Caity Lotz from CW’s spinoff series in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow to a female astronaut who under risky experiment in ‘400 Days’ [PG]

Caity Lotz is set to star in the CW’s spinoff series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as ‘White Canary’. She is currently starring as ‘Sara Lance / Canary’ in CW’s hot TV show, Arrow. Caity was last seen on the silver screen in The Machine where she garnered rave reviews for her performance and received a nomination for “Most Promising Newcomer” at the British Independent Film Awards. Caity starred in The Pact, which was a breakout film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

On the small screen, Caity is often recognized for her recurring role as ‘Stephanie’ on AMC’s Mad Men, as well as her role as ‘Officer Kirsten Landry’ on MTV’s Death Valley.

In her upcoming film, Caity Lotz discusses her role in ‘400 Days’, a new thriller about inspiring astronauts who undergo a risky experiment.

The lucky team selected for this experiment are Theo (Brandon Routh), Emily (Caity Lotz), Bug (Ben Feldman) and Dvorak (Dane Cook). Hopeful candidates for a private spaceflight company with its sights set on deep space travel, the group are sent to live for 400 days in an underground facility that is designed to simulate the experience of an extended space mission – complete with a few “curveballs” to test their resilience and coping skills.

What was the particular appeal of this film for you? Why did you decide this was something you wanted to be involved in?

A few things. When I read it I just thought it was such a weird little movie. And I love sci-fi. Sci-fi is one of my favorite genres. The movie has me asking a lot of questions and thinking a lot. I also liked the idea of working with an ensemble cast. I didn’t get to do much of that before. You know, like a good group of Ben Feldman, and Dane Cook, and Brandon, of course, who now I’m working with every day.

Can you tell me about the set for the ship? Was it all connected up or do you have all the rooms kind of separated out?

It was all pretty much connected. That is like the cinematic magic, how they made that ship look great on camera, because… I mean, you know, on low budget films you’ve got to make things work in very… It was a little bit rickety and definitely… When I saw it on camera I was like, “How did they make that look so good?” So, yeah. But it was all connected and built there. A lot of IKEA. [Laughs]

There seems to be kind of a renewed interest right now in space movies. There’s Gravity, and Interstellar, The Martian… Are you hopeful that this is going to accelerate the space programs in real life?

Well, I think, you know, it’s the new frontier. Back in the day when Spain or whoever would send explorers out to find new lands, that’s what we’re doing today. I think it’s super exciting. I think humans are naturally curious. There’s just something about space that I feel like ties into our origins as humans and where we come from. I feel like a bit of a spiritual aspect of it all and how that ties in with science. I think that makes it really interesting and exciting for everyone.

Do you think there’s something frightening about it as well, though, the idea of drifting out in space?

Well, it’s definitely scary. If you are going into space there’s like an almost 30% chance that something catastrophic would happen and you’d die. [Laughs] That’s really scary. And it’s a great unknown. We really don’t know much about it. I think it would be terrifying. It’s just the vastness of it, vast blackness and endless space and endless questions, which I think is what makes it so beautiful.

I know that Emily gives up a lot for this mission. What do you think for her is driving her to do this mission in particular?

Emily is a very ambitious person. And it’s her dream. Her dream is to go into space. I think she wants to be an explorer, she wants to discover this new world. I think she’s at a point where she’s not going to let anything stand in her way of doing what she feels like is her life’s mission. And she’s willing to sacrifice things like her relationships for that.



It’s interesting how each of the astronauts gets given a little gift when they first get on the ship. For example, Emily gets origami. If you were stuck on a ship for 400 days, what’s the one thing you would bring to help pass the time?

Oh, gosh. It definitely wouldn’t be origami for me. I think Emily is very organized, which is not me in real life at all. What would I bring to pass the time? I mean besides… a movie would be what I would want. I would want my endless library with movies… Or just music. Movies or music. Then I could just like stretch and dance and feel good. That would be a good way to take up time.

Would you like to be stuck on a ship with those guys for 400 days? Do you think that would be a fun time or do you think it would go badly wrong?

I wouldn’t want to be stuck on a ship with anyone for 400 days! [Laughs] But if I had to, yeah, it wouldn’t be so bad. Brandon is a sweetheart. And Ben and Dane are two of the funniest people I’ve ever met.




 

“400 Days” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA. SHOWING FEBRUARY 2016! NATIONWIDE! 

Brandon Routh returns in ‘400 Days’ [PG]

Brandon Routh soared into the media limelight when cast as “The Man of Steel” in director Bryan Singer’s highly anticipated revival of the original superhero film franchise Superman Returns. 

After joining the CW series Arrow as DC Comics superhero The Atom, Brandon will next spin off the character into the upcoming series Legends of Tomorrow, also for the CW. In 2013, Routh voiced David “Hesh” Walker in the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts and appeared in the CBS comedy series Partners, from the creators of Will & Grace. Also in 2012, Brandon starred in Crooked Arrows, as the coach of a Native American lacrosse team playing in a prep school league tournament.

In the new sci-thriller film “400 Days,” Routh plays Theo, one of four astronauts (with Dane Cook, Ben Feldman and Lotz) who are on a simulated space mission, kept underground, to explore the effects of being isolated for a long period of time.

What drew you to “400 Days”?

I had never really done a sci-fi thriller or a thriller of any sort, and I was kind of intrigued by the process. I’m not a huge fan of scary movies, horror movies, but I do like thrillers. I also like the whole idea, the concept of space simulation. And I’d never done astronaut stuff either.


How would you do if you had to be sequestered away?

I’d like to think that I’d do OK. Now, with a 3-year-old son, maybe not so well, just because I’d be very worried about him not seeing me. ... That would definitely make a journey like that much more challenging. But prior to having a kid, I’d like to think that I had the mental fortitude to do it, and I like those challenges. I don’t know — a lot of it would depend on the people that you’re with, too. It would make a big difference about how your time goes, the people that you’re trapped with.


This is writer/director Matt Osterman’s second film. How was it working with him?

Matt is great, very passionate about his projects. He’s the writer/director, he came up with this concept and he really has a lot of passion he brought to the set, always coming up with new ideas. [He] was very collaborative working with all of us, because there are a lot of what might be red herrings in the movie and he had to explain all them to us sometimes because it’s such a head trip. There are things happening that I didn’t even realize. ... And sometimes you don’t get it until you see the finished product. The film looks great and he had a great ability to communicate with the all cast and crew. And we’re both from the Midwest. He’s from Minnesota, I’m from Iowa. It was awesome to have a Midwest teamup.


You co-star with Dane Cook. How do you think he did in a more dramatic role?

It was the first time I’d met Dane and didn’t know what to expect. He’s a very nice guy, very down to earth. His stage presence is definitely more of a persona he puts on. He’s certainly funny in person, but maybe because he doesn’t want to be the guy cracking jokes all the time. But, he certainly is very witty and very collaborative. He’s a producer on the film, and he helped to make the world the way that it is, very welcoming to me and we had a good time. And I think he did really great job, had a nice, grounded performance. We have a couple heated moments in the movie where our characters get upset with each other, and it was great. He did a fantastic job. I think he has great ability and will continue to do more, I hope.

“400 Days” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA. SHOWING ON FEBRUARY 10. NATIONWIDE! 

 

“DEADPOOL” TO PAINT THE TOWN RED ON FEB.10 (IN CINEMAS) [R16]

Expect plenty of wry humour in “Deadpool,” directed by Tim Miller and at Reynolds’ own experiences in the comic book world. Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, “Deadpool” tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. 

“Deadpool” star and producer Ryan Reynolds has no bigger fan than Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who has a fun cameo in the film and also serves as an executive producer. “There’s never been a character like Deadpool, and Ryan Reynolds plays him as though he was born to play the role,” says Lee. “Just like Robert Downey, Jr. was born to be Iron Man, you just can’t picture anybody else besides Ryan as Deadpool.”

Reynolds embraced the character’s myriad (and often twisted) facets. “In the comic book world, Deadpool is a man of our time with the ability to spout just the right thing, in terms of a pop culture reference, at the worst possible moment,” he quips. “That’s what makes him interesting to me and also makes him sort of limitless.”

Reynolds had long championed a film version of the iconic comics character. His deep involvement in the film’s development continued throughout production, in brainstorming sessions with director Tim Miller and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (“Zombieland”).

Tim Miller, who makes his feature film directorial debut on Deadpool, notes, “I think Ryan’s personality and DNA are really infused in the character. It was a close match to begin with, which is why Ryan was so attracted to Deadpool in the first place.”

“Ryan has a tremendous sense of humor, is very quick, and the character has really seeped into him,” says Reese. “He became in a way our ‘Deadpool Police.’ Whenever we got off tone or were writing in a way that didn't feel quite right, Ryan would say, ‘I don't think that sounds like Deadpool.’ We knew he was the best arbiter, because Ryan knows and loves the comics and has assimilated Deadpool’s voice and sense of humor.”
“We’re staying as true to the character as possible,” adds Reynolds. “We really ran with the idea of Deadpool being aware he’s a comic book anti-hero. It gave us the freedom to tell this story in a totally unorthodox way. We occupy a space that no other comic book movie has – or can.”

Deadpool is a unique figure in the Marvel Universe. Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld created Deadpool as possessing an often non-superheroic attitude. A sardonic foil to the holier-than-thou heroes and villains that populate Marvel’s other comics, Deadpool constantly cracks edgy jokes and breaks the fourth wall.

Liefeld joins Stan Lee in his admiration of the filmmakers’ work in translating the character to the big screen. “DEADPOOL explodes with action,” says Liefeld. “Ryan, Tim Miller, Paul and Rhett mined all the good stuff in the comics from about a ten-year period and came up with a movie that sews it all together. This will be the Deadpool that will become canon moving forward!”

It’s a date on Valentine’s week with “Deadpool” starting February 10 in cinemas (and IMAX screens) nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

“THE REVENANT” ADVANCE SCREENINGS FEBRUARY 2 NATIONWIDE, SCHEDULED AS LAST FULL SHOW [R16]

Leonardo DiCaprio’s award-winning and acclaimed film, “The Revenant” from Academy Award winning director Alejandro Iῆarritu holds its public advance screenings in Philippine theatres (2D and IMAX screens) as last full show nationwide on February 2, Tuesday – hours ahead of its opening (following) day on February 3.

Based on true events from legendary Hugh Glass’ accounts on surviving the wild, uncertain times and even returning from the dead, “The Revenant” is this year’s most awaited cinema event. In THE REVENANT, the highly anticipated film from 20th Century Fox, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a fur trapper and frontiersman who is left for dead deep in the unchartered American wilderness by a traitorous member of his team, John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). With sheer will as his only weapon, Glass must navigate a hostile environment, a brutal winter and warring tribes in a relentless quest to survive and exact vengeance on Fitzgerald. Inspired by a true story, the film is directed and co-written by renowned filmmaker and Academy Award-winnerAlejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel).

Glass’s mythology began in 1823, when he was among thousands joining the fur trade, a driving new force in the US economy. It was a time when many saw the wild as a spiritual void that demanded to be tamed and conquered by the steeliest of men. And so they poured into the unknown, plying unmapped rivers, disappearing into impossibly lush forests, seeking not only excitement and adventure but also profits -- often in fierce competition with the Native tribes for whom these lands had long been home.

Many such men died anonymously, but Glass entered the annals of American folklore by flat-out refusing to die. His legend sparked after he faced one of the West’s most feared dangers: a startled grizzly bear. For even the most tested frontiersmen that should have been the end. But not for Glass. In Iñárritu’s telling of the tale, a mauled Glass clings to life – then suffers a human betrayal that fuels him to continue at any cost. In spite of tremendous loss, Glass pulls himself from an early grave – clawing his way through a gauntlet of unknown perils and unfamiliar cultures on a journey that becomes not just a search for reckoning but for redemption. As Glass moves through the frontier in turmoil, he comes to reject the urge for destruction that once drove him. He has become a “revenant” -- one returned from the dead.

“The Revenant is a story of harsh survival but also one of inspirational hope,” Iñárritu says. “For me, the important part was to convey this adventure with a sense of wonder and discovery, as an exploration of both nature and human nature.”

“The Revenant” opens in cinemas across the nation starting February 3 (also in IMAX screens) from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. Check your nearest theatres for schedule and advance ticket purchase. 

ZAC EFRON IN BUDDY ROAD TRIP COMEDY WITH ROBERT DE NIRO IN “DIRTY GRANDPA”

Zac Efron and Robert De Niro go on a wild familial bonding in “Dirty Grandpa,” where Edron plays young, buttoned-up, conservative lawyer Jason Kelly who is in the final stages of preparation for a picture-perfect wedding to his seemingly ideal fiancée Meredith Goldstein (Julianne Hough) when Jason’s beloved paternal grandmother passes. Though it’s the week before his big day, everyone’s concerned for Grandpa Dick (Robert De Niro), suddenly alone for the first time after 40 years of marriage. 

After the funeral, Dick asks if Jason can drive him to Florida the following day, where he can grieve in the solace of their beloved getaway home. Knowing that Dick’s license has been suspended – and with the promise that he’ll be back the next day – Jason reluctantly agrees.



Once the trip begins, Grandpa’s true agenda emerges and it’s decidedly not one of him moping silently in a car. Between the golf detour, the cigar chomping, hard-drinking, and the Daytona Beach detour that goes completely off the rails, Jason quickly learns that the grandpa he knows and loves is not exactly the man he thought he was. Yet the pair’s crazy, debauched and revealing road trip will also help Jason come to grips with who he is too, which may be an even bigger surprise. With these very different blood relatives, learning something about how life should be lived turns out to be a two-way street.



For the role of Jason, Dick’s conservative and uptight grandson tricked into serving as co-pilot to Dick’s last effort at youth-grabbing wish fulfillment, the script was sent to actor Zac Efron, whose recent foray into the comedy realm with Neighbors proved to be a huge success. Efron found the script shocking, smart, and hilarious and was all-in, particularly when presented with the possibility of working with the incomparable Robert De Niro.



“It’s every guy’s dream to work with Bob De Niro,” says Efron. “I was really curious how we would work together. He’s been doing this for so long, he’s such an icon, yet I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do a role like this. The day I heard this could potentially happen, every antenna went up. It was like, ‘Could I even work with this guy?’ Our histories are so different! There’s Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver, and then there’s me, High School Musical!”



Efron continues, “being such a big fan, it was an opportunity to learn from one of the absolute greatest actors that’s ever lived. He’s such a presence on camera – formidable and dramatic and real – that when he applies all those talents and skill to comedy, the screen just blows up. I would break constantly because the stuff that would come out of his mouth was insane. Then the movie ended up being really cool, so it was a double win.”



Zac Efron notes that as packed with laughs as it is, the undercurrent of family bonding and self-expression in Dirty Grandpa gives the comedy a richer texture. “At the end of the day, the movie is about family coming back together, and about being set free,” says Efron. “It’s a story of growth and happiness. It’s just that the road there is ridiculously funny and chaotic.”



Guaranteed to be a boundless, wild ride, Dirty Grandpa is sure to not disappoint, either as a raucous laugh-getter or a compelling, inspiring story of two men seeking different types of fulfillment. Says director Dan Mazer, “All road trips lead somewhere. But in this case, it’s a destination of understanding, growth and bonding that points the way forward for both Dick and Jason, who come to realize how much they had to learn from each other. There may not be many dignified moments on their journey, but the ultimate indignity is tolerating a life you don’t want, and that’s where Jason grows the most from hanging out with his one-of-a-kind Dirty Grandpa.”

“Dirty Grandpa” opens this February 3 in cinemas from Pioneer Films.

“JOY” MOVIE LISTS AMAZING WOMEN OF HISTORY INCLUDING FILIPINO SCIENTIST DR. FE DEL MUNDO [PG]

What keeps a person trying and trying then faltering and then knocking their head against the wall until the point of success? And what then transforms all the exasperating ups and downs that follow on the heels of success into a sustaining sense of joy and discovery? David O. Russell’s 8th feature film, “Joy,” probes four decades in the upward-moving life of a single-mom-turned-business-magnate to explore how daring, resilience and the persistence of vision carry people from the ordinary into extraordinary moments of creation, striving and love.

Starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, based loosely on the life and rise of inventor and home shopping star Joy Mangano, the genre-blurring story of “Joy” follows the wild path of a hard-working but half-broken family and the young girl who ultimately becomes its shining matriarch and leader in her own right. Driven to create, but also to take care of those around her, Joy experiences betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love as she finds the steel and the belief to follow her once-suppressed dreams. The result is an emotional and human comedy about a woman’s rise – navigating the unforgiving world of commerce, the chaos of family and the mysteries of inspiration while finding an unyielding source of happiness.

“Joy” opens this February 17 across Philippine cinemas from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. Along with Joy Mangano, the following pioneering female inventors share the limelight in celebrating the exhilarating ride that “Joy” explores on their daring resilience and the persistence of their vision that carried them from the ordinary into being extraordinary, one of them is Filipino genius Fe Del Mundo.

Filipino Scientist Dr. Fe Del Mundo: Inventor of Low-Cost Incubator in 1941 (November 27, 1909 – August 6, 2011)

Dr. Fe del Mundo was the first Asian woman and the first Filipina to be accepted at the prestigious Harvard University School of Medicine. Her specialization was on pediatrics, and she is best known to the Filipinos as the designer of a low-cost incubator made of bamboo and other local materials. She published more than 100 articles in medical journals, and trained various medical practitioners in and out of the country. She was also the first Filipina to be conferred the rank of National Scientist in 1980.


Single-mother Bette Nesmith Graham invents correction fluid in 1951 (March 23, 1924—May 12, 1980)

Born in Dallas, Texas, Bette Nesmith Graham, a single, divorced mother, working as a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust used to find it difficult to erase mistakes on her typewriter. Graham, who was also a talented painter, knew that with lettering, an artist never corrects by erasing a mistake, but by painting over the error. In 1951, she invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen, using tempera paint and an ordinary kitchen blender. She called the fluid Mistake Out. The name was later changed to Liquid Paper.


German housewife Melitta Bentz invents modern coffee filter system in 1908 (January 31, 1873—June 29, 1950)

Born in Dresden, Bentz, an enterprising mother of two, was fed up cleaning and constantly wringing out stained cloth filters, and scraping sludge off the bottom of unfiltered pots when she was making coffee. Bentz experimented with different types of paper and devised an easily disposable filtration system by laying a piece of paper over the perforated bottom of a brass pot.

British student Emily Cummins invents eco-friendly, solar-powered fridge in 2009 (February 11, 1987)

British Inventor Emily Cummins is passionate about sustainable designs that have the ability to change lives. She credits her grandfather as her greatest inspiration. ‘He gave me a hammer and began to teach me how to make toys from scraps of materials found in his garden shed.’ Her entry into a sustainable design competition, a ‘pullable’ water carrier for water workers in Africa, earned her a Technology Woman of the Future award in 2006.


Marjorie Joyner: the first black woman to receive a patent, for her Permanent Waving Machine in 1928. (October 24, 1896—December 27, 1994)

Born in Virginia, the granddaughter of a slave and slave-owner, Marjorie Joyner grew up in poverty and went onto become the first black woman to graduate from the A.B. Molar Beauty School in Chicago. While making a pot roast one day, she noticed how long, thin rods held the pot roast and heated it up from the inside. She imagined a design using rods saying, ‘I figured you could use them like hair rollers, then heat them up to cook a permanent curl into the hair’.



Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers (1863-1953)

Anderson was born in Green County, Alabama and moved west to Fresno, California, where she operated a cattle ranch and vineyard. In the winter of 1902, she visited New York and observed how dangerous it was when snow and sleet slowed down streetcars, obscuring vision. Anderson sketched a solution in her notebook: a ‘squeegee’ wiper on the outside of a windshield, connected to a lever on the inside.


Russian immigrant Ida Rosenthal designs the modern-day bra in 1920s.

(January 9, 1886—March 29, 1973)

Ida Rosenthal was born in Rakow near Minsk, the eldest of seven siblings. When she was sixteen, she moved to Warsaw, where she worked and took classes in Russian and mathematics. She immigrated to America aged 18, following her fiancée William Rosenthal. They married and she opened a dress shop with her husband, working closely with another dress shop owner, Enid Bisset. At the time Bisset and others were making bandeaus for women who wanted to flatten the figure; this was the ‘flapper’ era, when the boyish look was fashionable. Rosenthal, who was voluptuous, deplored the fashion: "why fight nature?" she asked. She set about designing bras in different sizes and built them into the dresses she sewed, as cups, which separated and supported the breasts, ‘lifting’ instead of flattening.



Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr: pioneers wireless communication in in 1941 (November 9, 1914—January 19, 2000)

Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna. During the 1920s, she moved to Berlin to study acting. Immigrating to America, she shot to stardom in Hollywood and was known as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’. However, that wasn’t to be her greatest claim to fame! Her leading men included Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, and Spencer Tracy. But her accomplishments as a scientist are even more remarkable. During World War II, together with the composer, George Antheil, she developed a ‘Secret Communications System’ with the goal of helping to combat the Nazis. By manipulating radio frequencies at irregular intervals between transmission and reception, the invention was intended to form an unbreakable code to prevent classified messages from being intercepted by enemy personnel. It was meant for radio-guided torpedoes, and the pair gave it to the US Navy. Lamarr and Antheil received a patent in 1941, but the significance of their invention wasn’t appreciated until years later. It was implemented on naval ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What is fascinating is that the invention would eventually revolutionize mobile communications, paving the way for cell phones and fax machines.



Celebrated cook Ruth Wakefield invents the first chocolate chip cookies in 1930 (June 17, 1903—January 10, 1977)

Ruth Wakefield was a trained dietician and food lecturer. In 1930, Wakefield and her husband bought a tourist lodge in Whitman, Massachusetts. Located at the halfway point between Boston and New York, many travelers paid a toll, changed horses, and ate home-cooked meals at the lodge. Wakefield’s lobster dinners and desserts were famous. In 1930, Wakefield was mixing a batch of cookies, when she added broken pieces of chocolate: the result was a tray of the first chocolate chip cookies. She called her creation Toll House Crunch Cookies. The recipe made its first appearance in the 1938 edition of Wakefield’s “Tried and True” cookbook. The cookies became massively popular and eventually, Andrew Nestle and Ruth Wakefield made an agreement—Nestle would print the Toll House Cookie recipe on its package, and Wakefield would be given a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate!



Margaret Knight invents the modern paper ‘grocery’ bag (February 14, 1838—October 12, 1914)

Born in Maine and raised by a widowed mother, from a young age, Knight displayed a passion for inventing. At age 12, she observed a textile accident at the mill where she worked. She came up with a device that would automatically stop a machine if something got caught in it. Soon, her invention was being used in the mills. After the Civil War, Knight worked in a paper bag plant, which inspired her to create a paper bag that would make it easier to pack items. She designed the machine that automatically folded and glued the bottom of bags, creating the flat-bottom paper bags we still use today.

  “Joy” is SHOWING ON February 17  nationwide from 20^th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

Now Showing: Brooklyn (Ayala Malls Cinemas Exclusive) [PG]

 “Brooklyn” is NOW SHOWING, exclusively in Ayala Malls Cinemas nationwide

Now Showing: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ALADDIN [PG]

The New Adventures of Aladdin is Now Open from Pioneer Films

GERARD BUTLER FLEXES MUSCLES ANEW IN MYTHOLOGICAL ACTION FILM “GODS OF EGYPT” []

When Egypt fell in chaos and evil threatened to rule, gods and men rise to the occasion to fight against and for each other in the upcoming spectacular action-adventure movie “Gods of Egypt.” 

Inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt, the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero Bek (Brenton Thwaites) undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in an unlikely alliance against Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. As their breathtaking battle against Set and his henchmen takes them into the afterlife and across the heavens, both god and mortal must pass tests of courage and sacrifice if they hope to prevail in the epic final confrontation.

Directed by visionary director Alex Proyas who also helmed blockbuster thrilling movies “I, Robot” and “The Cros,” “Gods of Egypt” brings an impressive ensemble of actors who play powerful gods and mortals in “Gods of Egypt” that includes Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus, Gerard Butler as Set, Brenton Thwaites as Hathor, Courtney Eaton as Zaya, Chadwick Boseman as Thoth, Geoffrey Rush as RA, Bryan Brown as Osiris and Rufus Sewell as Urshu.

“Gods of Egypt” opens February 24 in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films. Check out the film’s trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZUEAXe3cig&feature=youtu.be

LATEST ADAPTATION OF ALADDIN AND THE MAGICAL LAMP IN “THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ALADDIN" from Pioneer Films.

French comedian Kev Adams star in the latest adaptation of the famous Arabian folktale of Aladdin and the magical lamp in “The New Adventures of Aladdin” that will open in local cinemas this January 27. 

 



Adams takes on the role of Sam in the movie who is a modern Aladdin who lives both in Baghdad and in a magical world. “The New Adventures of Aladdin” sets off when Sam ( Kev Adams) and Khalid , two young thieves are about to rob a department store on the evening of 24 December . Sam, disguised as Santa Claus is attacked by children who want him to tell a story . In order not to attract attention , he began to tell them the story of Aladin and the wonderful lamp but he gives a very personal version of the tale of a thousand and one nights while trying to win the heart of Princess Shalia (played by Vanessa Guide).

Guide describes her role as very colourful, “I am very happy to have had the chance to play this role in high colors, it has lots of character and a fairly wide range of emotions, for an actress it's great to interpret. My role Princess Shalia dreams freedom outside the enclosure of the Palace and is tired of being considered like a little girl by her father Sultan. Shallia has this ability to marvel discovering real life on the streets of Baghdad. She eventually falls in love with Aladdin,” shares Guide.

Vanessa Guide has so far starred in movies such as “Puzzle Chinese” and “Papa Mom” and “The New Adventures of Aladdin” is her first female lead. “Yes, it's been a while now that I work and I earn my living as actress.

It is important that we feel when we trusted us you're young actor, we're given our luck, then he must prove that one is worthy of that trust. Our director Arthur, producers and distributors gave me this opportunity and I owe them a lot.”

As for his leading man Adams, Guide shares, “I find him amazing in the film, I have never seen him work like that. He successfully inhabited Aladdin and got very good reviews for his performance.”

Adams on the other hand performed all the stunts himself, “I did not want under any circumstances deprive me of doing the fight and action scenes, I really had to fully participate in the filmmaking process. And our director created an atmosphere in the set that we did not want to leave. He is very creative, funny and style for this project, it was important, Nourishing to have someone like him the head of the film.”

“The New Adventures of Aladdin” opens January 27 in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films. 

ROBERT DE NIRO HELPS ZAC EFRON INTO MANHOOD IN “DIRTY GRANDPA” [R18]

Ready to be a man? Learn it from the pro, in this case, from grandpa in the ultimate comedy buddy trip “Dirty Grandpa” starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron. 

Jason Kelly [Zac Efron] is one week away from marrying his boss’s uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick [Robert De Niro], to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride. Ultimately, on the wildest journey of their lives, “dirty” grandpa and his uptight grandson discover they can learn from one another and form the bond they never had. This outlandish comedy also stars Aubrey Plaza, Zoey Deutch, Julianne Hough, Adam Pally, and Dermot Mulroney.

As Dick and Jason embark on their seemingly innocent overnight trip to Florida, Jason begins to notice that Grandpa isn’t quite himself. Expecting to accompany a grieving widower for a brief trip of reflection and inter-generational male bonding, Jason discovers a foul-mouthed, scotch-drinking horndog with only one objective: sex, and lots of it. Dick had been a faithful, loving and doting husband to his wife for over forty years, but after losing her, he can only live life forward – Dick’s ready to get busy. This is his moment to live it up and throw it down, but he needs a wingman.

During the writing process, screenwriter Phillips had only one actor in mind for the role of Dick Kelly: the incomparable Robert De Niro, whom Phillips never in a million years imagined would be willing to take on the provocative role. “It’s crazy because when I wrote the script I was living in New York and always only had Robert De Niro in mind, who has that perfect blend of comedic timing and imperiousness that the character needed. He also had to be slightly terrifying and really smart, and De Niro certainly embodies all of those qualities,” explains Phillips.

Witnessing his outrageous screenplay come to life was a thrill for John M. Phillips, an experience he will not soon forget. “Hopefully audiences will appreciate seeing Robert De Niro and Zac Efron in roles you’ve never seen them play before. The fact that Robert De Niro has said these ridiculously crass things I’ve written has been a great accomplishment for me, one in which I will lord over my friends and enemies for the rest of my life,” jokes Phillips.

Boundless wild ride awaits when “Dirty Grandpa” hits theatres this February 3 from Pioneer Films. Check out the film’s trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcgqsTYGFZA

NAILING IT IN THE ROMANTIC COMEDY “ACCIDENTAL LOVE” [R13]

“Accidental Love” is a wacky comedy with an underlying theme of health care, starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhall, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Kirstie Alley, Tracy Morgan and Malinda Williams.
Alice Eckle (Biel), a somewhat naïve roller-skating waitress in a small Indiana town, is about to get engaged to her trooper boyfriend, Scott (Marsden). At the fancy Gondola restaurant when Alice has an engagement ring on her finger, a clumsy workman accidentally shoots her in the head with a nail from his nail gun.

At the hospital, the doctors cannot operate to remove the nail because Alice does not have health insurance and the nail is not life threatening so its removal does not qualify as an emergency. If the nail shifts to a different position, however, it might influence Alice’s behavior in unpredictable ways such as increasing her sex drive or causing her to speak Portuguese.

They hold a fundraiser to gather money for Alice’s operation but fail in raising the $100,000 necessary for surgery. Alice does however befriend two people with their own medical issues: Reverend Norm who suffers from priapism and Keyshawn who suffers from a rectal prolapse. Then Alice’s Aunt Rita proposes a solution to the problem. Rita is a vet and has operated on cows before. Confident in her surgical abilities, she tries operating on Alice but fails to remove the nail - causing Alice even more distress.

Watching TV, Alice sees her congressman, Howard Birdwell, a charming but rather clueless fellow, visiting a bunch of kids and promising them colored glue. In congress Howard has vowed “to help all the people,” and might just be Alice’s last chance to get the nail out.

And so it goes… Alice and Birdwell fall in love as Trooper Scott shows up to rescue his beloved. Birdwell however escapes to a man’s retreat to center himself. Though the congressman has seemingly double- crossed Alice a second time, he secretly attaches a small health care rider to a different bill thereby finally allowing her to resolve her medical issues. Then with everybody healthy, they all celebrate at Keyshawn’s wedding.

“Accidental Love” opens February 3 in following cinemas from CrystalSky Multimedia. 

SM North Edsa, SM Fairview, SM Marikina, SM Megamall, SM MOA, SM Manila, SM Sta Mesa, SM Southmall, SM BF, SM Bicutan, SM Pampanga, Sm Bacoor, SM Cebu, SM Cebu Seaside, SM Iloilo, Sm Davao, Gateway Cineplex, Shang Cineplex, Sta Lucia, Greenhills Theater, Gaisano CDO, Gaisano, Iligan, Gaisano Butuan, Ever Commonwealth.  

 

 Check out the film’s trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dax0YZWEakQ

EXPERIENCE THE IMMERSIVE POWER OF “THE REVENANT” ON THE BIG SCREEN ON FEBRUARY 3 AVAILABLE IN IMAX THEATERS ONLY FOR ONE WEEK! [R16]

Leonardo DiCaprio has portrayed a kaleidoscopic array of characters – from Howard Hughes to Jay Gatsby to Wolf of Wall Street’s profligate Jordan Belfort – but the role of the Hugh Glass in “The Revenant” was an entirely new challenge, taking the actor into borderlands that few in our modern world have experienced. It is DiCaprio’s most intensely physical role and at the same time, an almost wordlessly raw performance. 

Academy Award®-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu brings the legend of Hugh Glass to the screen with “The Revenant,” an epic adventure set in the unchartered 19th century American Frontier. Immersing audiences in the unparalleled beauty, mystery and dangers of life in 1823 America, the film explores one man’s transformation in a quest for survival. Part thriller, part wilderness journey, The Revenant explores primal drives not only for life itself but for dignity, justice, faith, family and home.

DiCaprio was also enthralled by Iñárritu’s aim to bring Glass’s story to life with a realism that would plunge audiences into life in primordial Western lands long before cowboys and outlaws. “I’ve never really seen this time period in American history put on film, so that interested me,” he says. “This was a unique time and place in the history of the American West because it was far more wild than what we think of as ‘the wild, wild West.’ It was like the Amazon, a completely unknown wilderness, a no man’s land where few laws applied. These trappers who came from Europe and the East Coast had to learn to live a life in the middle of the elements -- surviving like any other animal in the wilderness.”

The director emphasizes that DiCaprio faced tests no actor could fully prepare for in his performance. “Leo was working in the toughest of conditions, under a challenging wardrobe, in extreme make-up, going to the most emotionally uncomfortable and dark places. But no matter what he is going through, something immediate comes to life when Leo is in front of the camera. There’s an incredible power,” Iñárritu observes.

The bear attack that threatens to end Glass’s life immediately took DiCaprio into a mano-a-mano struggle with one of nature’s most skilled predators. “The bear attack was incredibly difficult and arduous,” DiCaprio recalls, “but it’s profoundly moving. In the film, Alejandro puts you there almost like a fly buzzing around this attack, so that you feel the breath of Glass and the breath of the bear. What he achieved is beyond anything I’ve seen. Glass has to find a way to deal with this full-grown animal on top of him. He’s at the brink of death – and you are fully immersed in this moment with him.”

DiCaprio did many of his own stunts: he was buried in snow, went naked in minus five-degree weather and jumped into a frigid river, each moment bringing him more in touch with Glass’s will. But as he makes his way, Glass does not just abide – he also changes profoundly, something DiCaprio reveals in a multi-hued range of subtle details that add up to the film’s stirring climax.

“Throughout, there’s that question of whether some kind of revenge is ultimately the thing that will quench Glass’s thirst at the end of the day. But the need to continue on becomes something more to him…it becomes a kind of spiritual endeavor,” he concludes.



An immersive experience to be fully experienced only in theatres, get ready when “The Revenant” opens in cinemas on February 3 from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

WILD ABOUT “DEADPOOL” - OVERWHELMING RAVES FROM EARLY SCREENINGS - IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS FEBRUARY 10 []

20TH Century Fox’s recent reveal of Deadpool’s redband trailer was eventually followed by a special advanced screening in New York and Los Angeles, though the studio showed an unfinished version of the movie, the fans’ reactions as had been reported in Screenrant is overwhelmingly positive.



The ones who got to screen it first are vouching that the studio, Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds did right about it this time, even saying that this is the best comic movie ever in the Marvel universe! Tweets had gone viral describing the movie (rough cut) as being “phenomenal, great job, my favorite Marvel movies of all time, outstanding and the best movie ever seen.”

“Deadpool” tells the origin story of Wade Wilson (Reynolds), whose terminal cancer is ‘cured’ by the same Weapon X program that created Wolverine, leaving him permanently disfigured, but impervious to pain and able to regenerate from his wounds.

Directed by Tim Miller, “Deadpool,” adapted from the Marvel Comics character created in 1991 by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, tells the origin story of Wade Wilson (played by Ryan Reynolds), whose terminal cancer is ‘cured’ by the same Weapon X program that created Wolverine, leaving him permanently disfigured, but impervious to pain and able to regenerate from his wounds. Dubbed “The Merc with a Mouth”, Deadpool is a pop culture-literate antihero unique amongst comic book characters in that he can break the fourth wall and flip superhero conventions on their head.

On the movie’s action, Lucas Siegel from Comicbook.com shares, “The violence is definitely crazy, definitely over-the-top, and definitely gory. But it’s also well-choreographed, and some of these action sequences are so quick and stunning, you can’t blink for minutes at a time, for fear of missing the next unbelievable stunt. It’s a blast to watch, and impressive – it ramps up nicely, as well, from a familiar opening sequence to the explosive finale.”

Siegel further injects, “This is a fun movie, and it just feels oh so Deadpool. Rarely have I seen a comic book movie not just capture a character so well, but add to it, as well. Deadpool is simply what fans have been dying for, and it’s clear in every moment that it was made by hardcore fans, too.

“Deadpool” arrives February 10 in cinemas nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.



Check out Deadpool’s redband trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOOehQecp8

IRISH ACTOR DOMHNALL GLEESON STARS IN TWO STRONG OSCAR CONTENDERS – “THE REVENANT’ AND “BROOKLYN”

Rapidly rising Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson stars in “The Revenant” and “Brooklyn” – two of this year’s strong Oscar contenders. Gleeson , who has been coming to the fore as one of the most versatile actors of a new generation with roles in “About Time,” “Calvary,” “Unbroken,” “Ex Machina” and in “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” goes from unshaven in his role as Captain Henry in “The Revenant” to all-dapper in “Brooklyn.”

In “The Revenant” by Oscar winner filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the title role, plays the role of Captain Andrew Henry, a real-life historical figure who was one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Trading Company and a leader of the expedition up the Missouri River.

Inspired by true events, “The Revenant” is an epic story of survival and transformation on the American frontier. While on an expedition into the uncharted wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally mauled by a bear, then abandoned by members of his own hunting team. Alone and near death, Glass refuses to succumb. Driven by sheer will and his love for his Native American wife and son, he undertakes a 200-mile odyssey along with Henry’s (Gleeson) soldiers through the vast and untamed West on the trail of the man who betrayed him: John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). What begins as a relentless quest for revenge becomes a heroic saga against all odds towards home and redemption.

For Domhnall Gleeson, playing the role of Fitzgerald’s disappointed Captain, it was thrilling to go up against Hardy as Captain Henry realizes he has been duped. “Tom has brought an edge to Fitzgerald where you never know which way he’s going to go,” Gleeson says. “My character feels beaten down by Fitzgerald, but then he starts to hold his ground – and it was really exciting to go toe-to-toe with Tom.”

Gleeson notes that the script gives Captain Henry a fictionalized arc beyond what history knows of him. “The real Andrew Henry was respected, whereas in this story you see him as an uncertain man learning to be leader. He goes on a journey, growing into the man he was said to be,” he explains. From the start, Gleeson understood the film was going to be a purposefully challenging experience. “Before we even started shooting, Alejandro said he wanted it to be a tough experience for the actors – and he was true to his word. We were put in unusual circumstances and challenging conditions but it was exciting because it was so different,” he comments. “I certainly have never done anything like it before. There’s an exhilaration to making a movie in a way that people just don’t make movies anymore.”

Gleeson says the roughness of the shoot enriched the performances. “My character is meant to find his circumstances horribly difficult, he’s meant to feel out of place and so I poured everything I was experiencing into the performance,” he explains. “You hope that ultimately the size of all that these men contended with --- the desperation, the madness and uncertainty -- will feel present in the movie theater.”

From the cold and ruthless forest in “The Revenant,” Gleeson dons neatly pressed suits as Jim Farrell in “Brooklyn” where he plays opposite Saoirse Ronan who plays Eilis, an Irish immigrant in America who must choose between two countries, two men and two destinies.

Eilis’ Irish lover, Jim Farrell (Gleeson), had to be both an opposite attraction and a legitimate threat to Eilis’ New York lover, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen). Gleeson knew he, too, had to find a subtle but visceral chemistry with Saoirse Ronan, to put the question mark in the audience’s mind. “Life in Brooklyn may offer Eilis more, but it was my job to make Jim seem worth staying in Ireland for,“ he says. “I really wanted to create a connection with Saoirse that you would feel is worth fighting for.”

Like his castmates, Gleeson related to Eilis’ experience in his own way. “I think everybody’s known a sense of displacement at one time or another, of not having a clear home,” he says. “I’ve certainly been familiar with that at various times in my life -- and I thought it was captured brilliantly in this story. Then there’s a lot of romance and fun to the story, which is very appealing.”

“Brooklyn” director John Crowley says that Gleeson’s take on the character brought out the bittersweetness of the story. “There’s a consummate intelligence to Domhnall,” says Crowley. “He thinks very deeply about all his roles and he brings an intensity and maturity to Jim that bounces beautifully off of Emory as Tony. It was so important that Jim and Tony occupy vastly different spaces, that they be totally opposite versions of men that Eilis could see herself with – and Emory and Domhnall brought completely different but equally compelling feelings that underline her choice.”


“Brookyln” [PG] opens exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas starting January 27 while “The Revenant” [R16]opens February 3 in theatres (also in IMAX screens) nationwide – both from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVES, AN OCEAN-SPANNING TRIANGLE IN “BROOKLYN” [PG]

In search of a new life, the heart warming movie “Brooklyn” trails the life of Eilis, played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, a young luminous Irish woman who has lived her whole life in tiny Enniscorthy, Ireland – who is swept away to America through the prodding of her thoughtful sister into becoming a confident woman in a foreign land.

As Eilis arrives into the diverse tumult of Brooklyn, New York a sudden burst of homesickness overwhelms her, feeling like an exile. But as Eilis dexterously learns to adapt to life as a New Yorker, she meets an Italian immigrant, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen), a funny, sweet, charismatic suitor determined to win her devotion. Just as she seems on the verge of beginning a new life, a family tragedy brings her back to Ireland where she is pulled back into the life she left behind and meets an Irish gentleman, Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson) whom she eventually falls in love with too. Caught between two countries, two men and a decision that could affect her future forever, Eilis confronts one of the most breathtakingly difficult dilemmas of our fluid modern world: figuring out how to merge where you have come from with where you dream of going.

The entirety of “Brooklyn” builds to the life-altering decisions Eilis must make: between Tony and Jim, between Brooklyn and Ireland, between her past and what she wants for her future. Everyone involved knew from the start that the story hinged on the uncertainty of her ultimate choice.

While casting Eilis was vital, it was equally important that her two suitors – one American, the other unexpectedly found when she returns to Ireland – be as alluring and true-to-life. To play the boyish plumber Tony Fiorello, who woos Eilis with bravado and tenacity despite her uncertainty, the filmmakers chose rising star Emory Cohen. Known for his roles on NBC’s “Smash” and Derek Cianfrance’s “The Place Beyond the Pines,” this is his first major romantic lead.

Cohen, who is a New York native, was drawn to the character as both a timeless symbol of youthful passion but also as a very real Italian immigrant who believes in the 1950s ideal that the measure of man is doing the best by the woman he loves. “Ultimately, I think this is a story that makes you think about a lot of things in life then and now,” he says. “What does it mean to love whole heartedly? What does it mean to be a good man? What does it mean to enjoy the simple things in life?” 

If Tony Fiorello is sweetly seductive, his more provincial but gentlemanly Irish counterpart, Jim Farrell, had to be both an opposite attraction and a legitimate threat. That led to the choice of Domhnall Gleeson, who has been coming to the fore as one of the most versatile actors of a new generation with roles in “About Time,” “Calvary,” “Unbroken,” “Ex Machina” and in “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.”

Gleeson knew he, too, had to find a subtle but visceral chemistry with Saoirse Ronan, to put the question mark in the audience’s mind. “Life in Brooklyn may offer Eilis more, but it was my job to make Jim seem worth staying in Ireland for,“ he says. “I really wanted to create a connection with Saoirse that you would feel is worth fighting for.”

Like his castmates, Gleeson related to Eilis’ experience in his own way. “I think everybody’s known a sense of displacement at one time or another, of not having a clear home,” he says. “I’ve certainly been familiar with that at various times in my life -- and I thought it was captured brilliantly in this story. Then there’s a lot of romance and fun to the story, which is very appealing.” 

“Brooklyn” opens January 27 exclusively at select Ayala Malls Cinemas – Glorietta 4, Trinoma, Market!Market! and Fairview Terraces from 20th Century Fox thru Warner Bros. Log on to www.sureseats.com for schedule.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO’S WINNING FILM “THE REVENANT” STAYS FIERCE - EDGES OUT “FORCE AWAKENS” AT THE (U.S.) BOX-OFFICE ON ITS OPENING (FRI)DAY

With multiple wins at the recent Golden Globes and major nominations in the upcoming 88th Academy Awards, film “The Revenant” starring Leonardo DiCaprio directed by Academy Award winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu is fiercely strong at the (U.S.) box-office with an incredible opening (Friday, Jan. 8) of $14.4 million, edging out “Star Wars: The Force Awakens’” ($10.75 million) that day.

 

 

 

“The Revenant” best seen on the big screen, is on its way to $100 million with an estimated gross of $97 million to-date. Inspired by true events, “The Revenant” is physically intense and emotionally gripping story of a man presumed to be dead but came back to life. The legend of Hugh Glass, as he is regarded to be the revenant, someone who came back from the dead, is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Part thriller, part wilderness journey, The Revenant explores primal drives not only for life itself but for dignity, justice, faith, family and home.

Glass’s mythology began in 1823, when he was among thousands joining the fur trade, a driving new force in the US economy. It was a time when many saw the wild as a spiritual void that demanded to be tamed and conquered by the steeliest of men. And so they poured into the unknown, plying unmapped rivers, disappearing into impossibly lush forests, seeking not only excitement and adventure but also profits -- often in fierce competition with the Native tribes for whom these lands had long been home.

Many such men died anonymously, but Glass entered the annals of American folklore by flat-out refusing to die. His legend sparked after he faced one of the West’s most feared dangers: a startled grizzly bear. For even the most tested frontiersmen that should have been the end. But not for Glass. In Iñárritu’s telling of the tale, a mauled Glass clings to life – then suffers a human betrayal that fuels him to continue at any cost. In spite of tremendous loss, Glass pulls himself from an early grave – clawing his way through a gauntlet of unknown perils and unfamiliar cultures on a journey that becomes not just a search for reckoning but for redemption. As Glass moves through the frontier in turmoil, he comes to reject the urge for destruction that once drove him. He has become a “revenant” -- one returned from the dead.

Adds Leonardo DiCaprio: “The Revenant is an incredible journey through the harshest elements of an uncharted America. It’s about the power of a man’s spirit. Hugh Glass’s story is the stuff of campfire legends, but Alejandro uses that folklore to explore what it really means to have all the chips stacked against you, what the human spirit can endure and what happens to you when you do endure.”

“There are powerful themes for me in the film: the will to live and our relationship with wilderness,” explains DiCaprio of his immediate attraction to the story. “I’ve also previously played a lot of characters who were incredibly articulate in different ways and had a lot to say, so this was a unique challenge for me. It was about conveying things without words or in a different language. A lot of it was about adapting in the moment, about reacting to what nature was giving us and to what Glass was going through as we filmed. It was about exploring the most internal elements of the survival instinct.”

Based in part on Michael Punke’s novel “The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge,” 20th Century Fox and New Regency present “The Revenant,” also starring Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Kristoffer Joner, Joshua Burge and Duane Howard.

 

 

 

Powerful epic saga unfolds on the big screen when “The Revenant”opens in Philippine cinemas this February 3 from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

 

 

Now Showing: Jeruzalem from Pioneer Films [R16]

“Jeruzalem” is now showing in theatres nationwide from Pioneer Films.