Groundbreaking ‘GREENROOM’ redefined horror genre in film!

“Green Room” is a brilliantly crafted and wickedly fun horror-thriller starring Patrick Stewart as a diabolical club owner who squares off against an unsuspecting but resilient young punk band. Down on their luck punk rockers The Ain't Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems merely to be a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren't meant to see. Now trapped backstage, they must face off against the club's depraved owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise. But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain't Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life-or-death showdown. Intense, emotional, and ingeniously twisted, "Green Room" is genre filmmaking at its best and most original. Saulnier continues to build his reputation as one of the most exciting and distinctive directors working today, with a movie that's completely different from his previous, highly acclaimed Blue Ruin, but which is just as risk-taking and even more full of twists. The entire cast deliver first-rate performances, but Patrick Stewart gives a transformative and brilliantly devious turn as Darcy-elegant yet lethal, droll yet terrifying, Stewart makes the film simply unforgettable.

“GREEN ROOM” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA.

PITCH PERFECT STAR ANNA KENDRICK PAIRS UP WITH AN ASSASSIN IN LATEST MOVIE “MR. RIGHT”

Produced by hit movie makers, the upcoming romantic action comedy “Mr. Right” sees a hyperactive at the best of times, Martha (Anna Kendrick) has gone full-on manic since her latest breakup. She babbles, parties like a monster, cooks everything in sight — and is looking to do something terrible when she meets Francis (Sam Rockwell; “The Way Way Back”). To anyone else, Francis’s approach would come across as creepy, but Martha can’t help but be intrigued. They seem a perfect match: she's bananas, he's bananas... except he's a deadly sort of bananas. He’s a professional assassin. 

Francis is a hitman with a cause: he unexpectedly kills the people ordering the hits. Just as Martha begins to realize her new beau wasn't joking when he said he had to step out for a moment to shoot someone, things start heating up for Francis. His services are solicited by a dubious client who's being sought by an equally dubious FBI agent (Tim Roth; The Hateful Eight, Reservoir Dogs). As the bodies pile up, Martha needs to decide whether to flee or join in the mayhem.

Several years before writer Max Landis' mastery of offbeat storytelling became evident in “American Ultra,” “Victor Frankenstein” and the $122 million-grossing superhero hit “Chronicle,” he dreamed up an outrageous contribution to the rom-com canon in Mr. Right. When the dancing hitman high concept proved too challenging for mainstream Hollywood tastemakers, Circle of Confusion producers Rick Jacobs and Stephen Emery, who also manage Landis, decided to produce the script themselves.

 "For all its fun and dynamics, Max's story didn’t immediately catch the eyes of the studios, so that became an opportunity where Stephen and I decided to put the movie together organically," Jacobs says. "The great thing about Mr. Right is, it’s got a little bit of everything -- action, romance, comedy. The story doesn’t fit in one box, which can make it hard for some people, but for us it seemed like a really fun ride to jump on."

Making sure Mr. Right featured all the right moves, stunt coordinator Kevin Beard joined forces with fight coordinator James Lew to design Rockwell's eye-popping stunts. "Our challenge was to make all this action come alive," says Beard, whose stunt resume includes Texas Chainsaw 3D and The Expendables "Before the shoot began we had a three and a half hour meeting with Paco where the big question was 'How do you do a dance fight and not make it look stupid?' He had us go back and take a look at Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin movies from silent era. Once we started working out the moves, we came up with some cool stuff."

 “Mr. Right” opens in cinemas this April 6 from Pioneer Films. 

Check out the films’ trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsFkfIMQXgE&feature=youtu.be

PAUL BETTANY TAKES DIRECTOR’S CHAIR IN HARD-HITTING POWERFUL MOVIE “SHELTER”

Best known to worldwide audience as Jarvis/Vision in the blockbuster Marvel movies “The Avengers,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and in the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War,” Paul Bettany, who has also rendered an unforgettable performance in “A Beautiful Mind,” takes the director’s chair in his (directorial) debut in the movie “Shelter” which he also wrote, about two homeless people and their harrowing plight to survive. 

 

“Shelter” stars Bettany’s wife, Jennifer Connelly opposite Anthony Mackie, who has also appeared in “Avengers” movies as Sam Wilson aka Falcon. In “Shelter” Connelly takes on the character of Hannah while Mackie stars as Tahir. Both come from two different worlds. But when their lives intersect, they’re at the same place: homeless on the streets of New York. 

Bettany’s directorial debut is a love letter to the great New York dramas of the 1970s, “Shelter” is an unmerciful story of loss, love, sacrifice, redemption and, ultimately, hope.

“The germ of the idea for Shelter came from two seemingly unrelated places. First, I wanted to explore the concept of loss. And how we respond to it. Someone you love is there one day, and then they’re gone,” introduces Bettany of his concept for the film.

At the backdrop of New York, Connelly as Hanna is a heroin addict and wanders the streets day in, day out begging for money while holding out a sign that says ‘I used to be someone.” Nigerian immigrant Tahir whose visa has already expired performs on the streets drumming on plastic buckets to draw people in to drop in coins and bills. Their lives began to intertwine when Tahir spies his stolen jacket around her waist and eventually saves her from killing herself.

In a review from The List (UK) by Eddie Harrison, he notes that the role of Connelly is happening in real life. “Connelly’s captivating work elevates the material several notches; radiating both desperation and hope in equal measure, Hannah’s situation is heartbreaking and real, and a scene where she cleans herself up after a degrading act of sexual violence is utterly indelible,” he states.

Bettany further notes that the movie’s theme also touches on the brutal part of being human. “So I wanted to write a film that spoke to loss, and I wanted to focus on two characters, from as different backgrounds as possible—there is conflict inherent in that—whose back- stories are slowly revealed over the course of the film. Two characters whose present is so complicated by past loss, that their future is always in doubt.”


 

“Shelter” opens March 26 in cinemas nationwide from CrystalSky Multimedia. 

Check out the film’s trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47GgCoIU3Ak&feature=youtu.be

SUPERMAN STAR BRANDON ROUTH ABOARD PLANE MAYHEM IN “LOST IN THE PACIFIC”

The high-flying and non-stop thrilling action movie “Lost in the Pacific” starring Superman’s Brandon Routh aboard on the maiden flight of a giant, luxury aircraft called The Titanic in the Sky. Unfortunately, just like its historical ocean counterpart, the plane hits an abandoned aircraft carrier on its first voyage and its pilot, played by Chinese actress Zhang Yuqi, must try to land on an island in the middle of the Pacific.

Directed by Vincent Zhou, “Lost in the Pacific” is China’s first sci-fi action in English language and boasts of an impressive production crew including visual effects supervisor Bruce Jones (“The Italian Job,” “Star Trek”), art director Ian Bailie (“Atonement,” “Pride and Prejudice”) and Stareast Digital Lab and Venture 3D and Scott Winig serves as director of photography. It was clear that the Chinese production pulled out all the stops with international actors that also includes Oscar nominees Kami Asgar and Sean McCormack for the sound editing, and Academy Award winner Mark Paterson for the final sound mixing of the movie.

“Lost in the Pacific” is a futuristic riveting sci-fi thriller following a group of passengers stranded on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean after their luxury airliner makes an emergency landing. To make matters worse, as they try their best to survive and figure out a way to get the plane back in the air, they soon learn the island has been overrun with strange mutated creatures that take passengers off, one by one. Once in the air again, the two surviving military personnel set course for a secret military base. Little do they know, they’ve taken a sinister stowaway along for the ride. Routh plays a mysterious chef of the plane where Zhang Yuqi takes on the seat of the plane’s pilot. Zhang Yuqi, was recently voted "the most beautiful Asian face and has earned her fame in the world of cinema for her roles in the Chinese box office hits “A Hope (CJ7)” and “White Deer Plain.”

Director Zhou enthused that “We are excited to be working with Arclight Films on the recent launch of “Lost in the Pacific.” Huace film studio will be our main domestic distributor in China, and it will be the first Chinese movie to be distributed by its own distribution department. Huace is the second largest public company in the entertainment industry in China and has been developing a successful model for distribution and looks forward to the film’s release later this year.”

“With complex character relationships, dark, mysterious creatures all in groundbreaking 3D with top-of-the-line visual effects and a celebrated team both in front of and behind the camera, the film has all the makings of a worldwide box office hit,” said Ying Ye of Arclight Films, the company representing worldwide rights on “Lost in the Pacific” outside of China. Ye is also an executive producer on the film.

“I am thrilled to be working with such an amazingly talented cast and the exceptional team behind-the-scenes on Lost in the Pacific,” said Zhou. “We will bring an adventure of monumental proportions to audiences all over the world that will keep them on the edge of their seats until the very end, and even after they leave the theatre. A film like Lost in the Pacific has all the makings of an international success story on a global scale. Buyers from all territories see enormous potential in Lost in the Pacific.”

“Lost in the Pacific” opens March 16 in cinemas from Pioneer Films.

In ‘Intruders’ Rory Culkin plays a delivery man caught between three home invaders from Captive Cinema

Actor Rory Culkin is victimized by some dangerous INTRUDERS in the brutal home-invasion thriller. Culkin plays Dan, a food deliveryman who appears to be the only friend of Anna (Beth Riesgraf), a young woman whose crippling agoraphobia prevents her from leaving her house. After her brother dies, three local thugs (played by Martin Starr of DEAD SNOW 2, SUPERBAD and FREAKS AND GEEKS, Jack Kesy and Joshua Mikel) break into the home in search of money Anna’s sibling has left her, and Dan winds up being taken hostage as well. Culkin, whose first screen appearance was in a photo in his brother Macaulay’s psychodrama THE GOOD SON, has also done the genre thing in M. Night Shyamalan’s SIGNS.

Was the experience of making INTRUDERS as claustrophobic as it plays on screen?

Sort of, because we shot it in one house, and the whole crew had to fit in there. We did shoot on a set for the last two or three days, because they had to build the stair rig [in the basement] and all that. I mean, it would have been strange if the house already had a pre-built dungeon!

Did being stuck in those tight confines help you get into character?

Yeah, it was cool. I think I was the last actor to come on board, just days before shooting started, so I didn’t have much time to dwell on it. That was sort of appropriate, though, because Dan doesn’t have time to think about what’s going on, so I used that to my advantage.

Dan is probably the most complex character in the film; he starts out as a nice guy, but then you find out about his other side, and he becomes more conflicted.

 What I liked about Dan was that he seemed to be the only human in it; the others are just monsters [laughs]. They’re all terrible people, and Dan is the voice of reason; he’s like, “We can stop this, we don’t have to do this.” Even when it’s clearly far too late to stop it, he’s still trying to defuse the situation. I guess you could see him as the weakest character, but I tried to find the strength in him saying, “I’m not like you guys.”

How was it working with Beth Riesgraf and director Adam Schindler?

 I love Beth, and it’s strange because she’s, like, angelic, and she was playing this part, and in the second half of the film you have to choose a side. There’s no good guy, so it’s interesting to see which side people take, and what makes them jump, who makes them jump. I thought she did it perfectly. And Adam and his partner, Brian [Netto], were really cool, creative dudes. They’re horror guys and comic-book fans, and they’re fun. I just watched the film last night, and I was really impressed with the editing. The script was so much fun to read, and I was just hoping it would translate on screen, and I felt it did. I was very impressed with them.

Was there anything in the script that you didn’t get to shoot, or that didn’t wind up on screen?

Yeah, there was one thing I was actually looking out for last night while I was watching it, but I understand why it didn’t make it in. I had the first line in a scene, so I was like, “I can do whatever I want before I say my line,” because there were a lot of people in the room. Dan’s leg was broken and I was on the floor, and it was just a moan; I was like, [lets out a long groan] before I said my line, and I milked it and stretched it out, trying to set a tone. But it didn’t end up fitting, and I get that.

For you and also Riesgraf, playing such intense roles, were you able to turn it on and off between takes, or did you stay in character the whole day while you’re shooting?

I have a hard time turning it off, so I try to stay in it all day. Other actors—and I wish I was like that—can turn it on and off, and Beth was sort of like that. You know, you want to be protective of your work, but you also don’t want to be an asshole, you know what I mean? So there’s a fine line, and Beth is great at protecting her work politely. Some actors aren’t; some actors bark, and I have a tendency to do that sometimes, but I’ve worked on that [laughs].

How about Martin Starr; did he cut up between takes, or did he stay serious on set?

Oh no, he’s totally on-and-off. He’d be torturing someone, they’d call cut and then he’d make a stupid joke. But then he would notice, like, “Oh, OK, some of these people are still into it.” It’s a balance, it’s collaborative. He was great.

Was the physical side of the role enjoyable—playing in the fake blood and so forth?

Yeah, there was a lot of latex happening. I had never been so tortured in a film; they break my fingers and break my leg, it was rough [laughs]. I’ve been on the other end of that, like in SCREAM 4, where I played the killer and was torturing people, and it’s interesting, because that can be difficult too. If you really want to get into a part, you have to justify everything you’re doing, and getting into the headspace where you’re OK with hurting people can be challenging. There’s a numbness to playing the victim that, surprisingly, might not be as hard.

“INTRUDERS” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA.

SHOWING MARCH 16. NATIONWIDE!