Ahead of a premier at Toronto International Film Festival this week, Netflix has released their first trailer for a new original release titled Arq, a sci-fi mind-bender about a couple (Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor) who are stuck in a time loop and must figure out just what the heck is going on before they die — and wake up — and die again.
Attempting to separate itself in ways from something like Edge of Tomorrow, a twist on the “same day again” genre in Arq seems to be that both characters start to remember the time loop. However, considering how quickly Tom Cruise is able to catch Emily Blunt up on current affairs each time he loops by the midpoint of that film, I’m not sure this is much of a twist.
What remains is whether or not an effective, visually arresting piece of sci-fi can be conjured by writer-director...
Attempting to separate itself in ways from something like Edge of Tomorrow, a twist on the “same day again” genre in Arq seems to be that both characters start to remember the time loop. However, considering how quickly Tom Cruise is able to catch Emily Blunt up on current affairs each time he loops by the midpoint of that film, I’m not sure this is much of a twist.
What remains is whether or not an effective, visually arresting piece of sci-fi can be conjured by writer-director...
- 9/5/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
"You don't have to believe me, but I need you to trust me." Netflix has debuted the first trailer for a sci-fi film called Arq, produced by Netflix as one of their smaller productions (similar to Christopher Guest's Mascots). The film is about a unique technological device called the "Arq", which an engineer invents and keeps in his own house. Apparently it can "deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world", but one day he wakes up and finds masked men in his house. They shoot him and leave him to die, but he wakes up alive repeating the same day, like Groundhog Day (the clock is an obvious reference). Robbie Amell stars with Rachael Taylor and a cast including Gray Powell, Jacob Neayem, Shaun Benson and Adam Butcher. This actually looks pretty cool, I'm very curious about checking it out. Enjoy. Here's the first...
- 9/2/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Here's the two first french clips for "Regression", new thriller from Alejandro Amenábar ("The Others"). The movie starring Ethan Hawke ("The Purge", "Sinister") Emma Watson ("Harry Potter" Saga), with David Thewlis, Aaron Ashmore, Devon Bostick, Dale Dickey, Aaron Abrams, Kristian Bruun, David Dencik and Adam Butcher.A young girl is sexually abused by her father. Thus, begins the disturbing tale of a father and daughter torn apart, thrown into the center of a conspiracy that shocks the nation....
- 10/6/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
Here's the two first french clips for "Regression", new thriller from Alejandro Amenábar ("The Others"). The movie starring Ethan Hawke ("The Purge", "Sinister") Emma Watson ("Harry Potter" Saga), with David Thewlis, Aaron Ashmore, Devon Bostick, Dale Dickey, Aaron Abrams, Kristian Bruun, David Dencik and Adam Butcher.A young girl is sexually abused by her father. Thus, begins the disturbing tale of a father and daughter torn apart, thrown into the center of a conspiracy that shocks the nation....
- 10/6/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
Here's the new french poster for "Regression", new thriller from Alejandro Amenábar ("The Others"). The movie starring Ethan Hawke ("The Purge", "Sinister") Emma Watson ("Harry Potter" Saga), with David Thewlis, Aaron Ashmore, Devon Bostick, Dale Dickey, Aaron Abrams, Kristian Bruun, David Dencik and Adam Butcher.A young girl is sexually abused by her father. Thus, begins the disturbing tale of a father and daughter torn apart, thrown into the center of a conspiracy that shocks the nation....
- 9/24/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
Here's the new french poster for "Regression", new thriller from Alejandro Amenábar ("The Others"). The movie starring Ethan Hawke ("The Purge", "Sinister") Emma Watson ("Harry Potter" Saga), with David Thewlis, Aaron Ashmore, Devon Bostick, Dale Dickey, Aaron Abrams, Kristian Bruun, David Dencik and Adam Butcher.A young girl is sexually abused by her father. Thus, begins the disturbing tale of a father and daughter torn apart, thrown into the center of a conspiracy that shocks the nation....
- 9/24/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
Stars: Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Merritt Patterson, Jason Momoa, Janet-Laine Green, Melanie Scrofano, Adam Butcher, Philip Maurice Hayes, Miriam McDonald | Written and Directed by David Hayter
I, like many horror fans, know that the werewolf movie is the hardest of all the horror sub-genres to get right. For every American Werewolf in London, there’s an American Werewolf in Paris… But once in a while a movie comes along that successfully captures what makes the genre great. Wolves is one such movie.
Written and directed by David Hayter, who has penned such blockbuster films as X-Men and its sequel; and the film adaptation of Watchmen, Wolves tells the story of Cayden Richards. Your typical all-American jock, Cayden goes on the run following a vicious football incident and the murder of his parents – possibly at Cayden’s hands. You see Cayden is changing and not in your typical high-school teenager way.
I, like many horror fans, know that the werewolf movie is the hardest of all the horror sub-genres to get right. For every American Werewolf in London, there’s an American Werewolf in Paris… But once in a while a movie comes along that successfully captures what makes the genre great. Wolves is one such movie.
Written and directed by David Hayter, who has penned such blockbuster films as X-Men and its sequel; and the film adaptation of Watchmen, Wolves tells the story of Cayden Richards. Your typical all-American jock, Cayden goes on the run following a vicious football incident and the murder of his parents – possibly at Cayden’s hands. You see Cayden is changing and not in your typical high-school teenager way.
- 3/30/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Reviewed by Kevin Scott
MoreHorror.com
Wolves (2014)
Written by: David Hayter
Directed by: David Hayter
Cast: Lucas Till (Cayden Richards), Stephen McHattie (John Tollerman), John Pyper-Ferguson (Wild Joe), Merritt Patterson (Angelina Timmins), Jason Momoa (Conner), Janet Laine-Green (Clara Tollerman), Melanie Scrofano (Gail Timmins), Adam Butcher (Deke), Philip Maurice Hayes (Kino)
I saw a random preview of this film at the theatre before the feature film that I was there to see. It was the climax battle scene between the two primary characters. Both were wolfed out and talking some trash. I never heard from “Wolves” again until I saw it streaming on Netflix. I reserve judgment as one should until I actually watch something. I always have a golden strand of optimism to grasp on to. When it comes to werewolf films, I’ve found myself becoming a little pessimistic. The last film that really nailed it was “Dog Soldiers...
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Wolves (2014)
Written by: David Hayter
Directed by: David Hayter
Cast: Lucas Till (Cayden Richards), Stephen McHattie (John Tollerman), John Pyper-Ferguson (Wild Joe), Merritt Patterson (Angelina Timmins), Jason Momoa (Conner), Janet Laine-Green (Clara Tollerman), Melanie Scrofano (Gail Timmins), Adam Butcher (Deke), Philip Maurice Hayes (Kino)
I saw a random preview of this film at the theatre before the feature film that I was there to see. It was the climax battle scene between the two primary characters. Both were wolfed out and talking some trash. I never heard from “Wolves” again until I saw it streaming on Netflix. I reserve judgment as one should until I actually watch something. I always have a golden strand of optimism to grasp on to. When it comes to werewolf films, I’ve found myself becoming a little pessimistic. The last film that really nailed it was “Dog Soldiers...
- 2/13/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
David Hakl launches crowdfunding campaign for horror Earthworks.
David Hakl, veteran of the Saw franchise, has taken to Kickstarter to help fund psychological horror Earthworks.
Producer Shaheen Schleifer and executive producer Roger Trett aim to raise £500,000 ($835,000) of the film’s budget through the platform, with donor prizes including appearences in the film and skype sessions with the director.
Set among the trenches of the First World War, the film follows five young Us soldiers who get lost in the fog of No Man’s Land during a mission.
Inspired by true events, the film was written by Michael Gilvar and will star Daryl Sabara, Michael Zegen and Adam Butcher.
David Hakl, veteran of the Saw franchise, has taken to Kickstarter to help fund psychological horror Earthworks.
Producer Shaheen Schleifer and executive producer Roger Trett aim to raise £500,000 ($835,000) of the film’s budget through the platform, with donor prizes including appearences in the film and skype sessions with the director.
Set among the trenches of the First World War, the film follows five young Us soldiers who get lost in the fog of No Man’s Land during a mission.
Inspired by true events, the film was written by Michael Gilvar and will star Daryl Sabara, Michael Zegen and Adam Butcher.
- 8/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
War is hell, and Saw V director David Hackl is out to prove it's a lot more hellish than you may think with his latest film, Earthworks. There's just one small detail... he's looking to you to help fund a portion of it! Read on for details.
Earthworks is a WWII horror film that follows five American doughboys on their first night in the trenches of the Western Front as they experience the living (and dead) hell that is No Man’s Land. It is to be directed by Hackl and produced by UK outfit Bluebeard Pictures.
“Earthworks exists in an isolated trench/No Man’s Land set and creates a sense of abandonment from the start... Five young American soldiers enter France, and on their first night at an Allied trench, everything goes wrong very quickly. Caught up in a beguiling fog, the young characters each come to different but understandable decisions.
Earthworks is a WWII horror film that follows five American doughboys on their first night in the trenches of the Western Front as they experience the living (and dead) hell that is No Man’s Land. It is to be directed by Hackl and produced by UK outfit Bluebeard Pictures.
“Earthworks exists in an isolated trench/No Man’s Land set and creates a sense of abandonment from the start... Five young American soldiers enter France, and on their first night at an Allied trench, everything goes wrong very quickly. Caught up in a beguiling fog, the young characters each come to different but understandable decisions.
- 8/14/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Working hard on her birthday, Emma Watson filmed for "Regression" in Toronto on Tuesday (April 15).
The "Harry Potter" star wore a gray apron over her dress with a black overcoat and white tights as she reviewed her scene.
In the upcoming thriller written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar, a father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.
Joining the 24-year-old actress in the cast is Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis, Dale Dickey, and Adam Butcher. "Regression" is slated to hit theaters on August 28th, 2015.
The "Harry Potter" star wore a gray apron over her dress with a black overcoat and white tights as she reviewed her scene.
In the upcoming thriller written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar, a father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.
Joining the 24-year-old actress in the cast is Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis, Dale Dickey, and Adam Butcher. "Regression" is slated to hit theaters on August 28th, 2015.
- 4/16/2014
- GossipCenter
Ketchup Entertainment has announced that they’ve snatched up U.S. rights to the directorial debut of “X-Men” screenwriter David Hayter’s werewolf action-thriller “Wolves,” starring Lucas Till (“X-Men: First Class,” as well as the upcoming “X-Men: Days of Future Past”), Stephen McHattie (“Watchmen”) and Jason Momoa (“Game of Thrones”), along with Merritt Patterson, Kaitlyn Leeb, and Adam Butcher. Wolves follows the story of Cayden Richards (Till) – a handsome eighteen year-old with a dark secret. Forced to hit the road after the brutal murder of his parents, Cayden finds himself turning into a savage wolf and is thrust between two warring clans of werewolves fighting for control of the ominous town of Lupine Ridge. Says Hayter about the acquisition: I am so pleased to partner with Ketchup Entertainment for the U.S. theatrical release of Wolves. My producers and I have worked for years to make Wolves something special and unique,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
The prologue of Kim Chapiron's Dog Pound illustrates the drastically different crimes that three teenage boys have committed, thus landing them in the Enola Vale juvenile detention center to serve out their sentences. Butch (Adam Butcher) was charged with aggravated assault of an officer, Davis (Shane Kippel) for narcotics possession with intent to sell and Angel (Mateo Morales) for vehicle theft. The three boys are tossed into a large dormitory room with twenty or so others, presumably representing a menagerie of criminal histories. The mere presence of three new boys is a catalyst for a Darwinian realignment of the power hierarchy. The scariest and most violent will rise to the top of the heap, as the meekest cower at the bottom. At the heart of Dog Pound is the fact that most teenage boys seem hardwired to not rat each other out. The boys brutally attack each other, but nobody talks.
- 8/17/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Six herds of bison (carrying the expression of a barfly at the end of a very long night), three foxes, two black bears and one wolf with a rabbit in his mouth. This is the account of all animals we saw on our 552-kilometer road trip across the Northwest Territories, looking for Larry Sole. Who is Larry Sole?
To answer that question I must take you back to the late eighties, to a time when Iron Maiden and Van Halen ruled, when the greatness of a man was measured by the vertical feathery grandness of his hair, and seizure-inducing magenta was the colour of everything. In this questionable moment in history, a gorgeous man named Richard Van Camp -- in the minus inhumane cold of Canada's north -- picked up a pen and started writing a novel about a skinny, self-deprecating headbanger named Larry Sole. It became an ode to the burning,...
To answer that question I must take you back to the late eighties, to a time when Iron Maiden and Van Halen ruled, when the greatness of a man was measured by the vertical feathery grandness of his hair, and seizure-inducing magenta was the colour of everything. In this questionable moment in history, a gorgeous man named Richard Van Camp -- in the minus inhumane cold of Canada's north -- picked up a pen and started writing a novel about a skinny, self-deprecating headbanger named Larry Sole. It became an ode to the burning,...
- 5/28/2013
- Moviefone
Six herds of bison (carrying the expression of a barfly at the end of a very long night), three foxes, two black bears and one wolf with a rabbit in his mouth. This is the account of all animals we saw on our 552-kilometer road trip across the Northwest Territories, looking for Larry Sole. Who is Larry Sole?
To answer that question I must take you back to the late eighties, to a time when Iron Maiden and Van Halen ruled, when the greatness of a man was measured by the vertical feathery grandness of his hair, and seizure-inducing magenta was the colour of everything. In this questionable moment in history, a gorgeous man named Richard Van Camp -- in the minus inhumane cold of Canada's north -- picked up a pen and started writing a novel about a skinny, self-deprecating headbanger named Larry Sole. It became an ode to the burning,...
To answer that question I must take you back to the late eighties, to a time when Iron Maiden and Van Halen ruled, when the greatness of a man was measured by the vertical feathery grandness of his hair, and seizure-inducing magenta was the colour of everything. In this questionable moment in history, a gorgeous man named Richard Van Camp -- in the minus inhumane cold of Canada's north -- picked up a pen and started writing a novel about a skinny, self-deprecating headbanger named Larry Sole. It became an ode to the burning,...
- 5/28/2013
- Moviefone
Anchor Bay Entertainment will release "Hellhounds", the 2009 Syfy fantasy adventure, on DVD, directed by former "Silver Spoons" actor Ricky Schroder, starring Scott Elrod, Adam Butcher and Amanda Brooks :
"...a Greek warrior must travel to the 'Underworld' and battle killer 'hellhounds' in order to rescue his dead bride from the clutches of 'Hades'..."
Filmed in Bucharest, Romania, cast also includes James A. Woods, Andrew Howard, Olivia Nita, Marius Chivu, Indra Ové, Ana Popescu, Ben Cross and Oltin Hurezeanu.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hellhounds"...
"...a Greek warrior must travel to the 'Underworld' and battle killer 'hellhounds' in order to rescue his dead bride from the clutches of 'Hades'..."
Filmed in Bucharest, Romania, cast also includes James A. Woods, Andrew Howard, Olivia Nita, Marius Chivu, Indra Ové, Ana Popescu, Ben Cross and Oltin Hurezeanu.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hellhounds"...
- 2/27/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi, a program of the American Film Institute, today announced the remaining sections and films that will screen in the festival.s World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Shorts programs. AFI Fest, which annually presents the best of world cinema in the movie capital of the world, will take place November 1 through 8 at the historic Grauman.s Chinese Theatre, the Chinese 6 Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
World Cinema showcases the most anticipated and prize-winning international films of the year, Breakthrough highlights work discovered only through the submission process and Midnight.s selections are always haunting. Both World Cinema and Breakthrough feature a number of films making their North American or U.S. Premieres, including The Angels. Share, Greatest Hits, Laurence Anyways, Nairobi Half Life, Pieta, White Elephant and Zaytoun.
Two of the shorts in competition are from AFI Conservatory.s recent class of...
World Cinema showcases the most anticipated and prize-winning international films of the year, Breakthrough highlights work discovered only through the submission process and Midnight.s selections are always haunting. Both World Cinema and Breakthrough feature a number of films making their North American or U.S. Premieres, including The Angels. Share, Greatest Hits, Laurence Anyways, Nairobi Half Life, Pieta, White Elephant and Zaytoun.
Two of the shorts in competition are from AFI Conservatory.s recent class of...
- 10/16/2012
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today, AFI 2012 announced its complete lineup, after previously debuting its New Auteurs, Young Americans, Galas and Special Screenings we finally get a look at the Midnight, Breakthrough, Shorts, and deliriously good World Cinema Selections.
The Shorts section, with almost too many to count, features new work from Nacho Vigalando, Nicolas Provost, and even Shia Labeouf (Cannes selected), among many others. The four Midnight titles all played in Tiff 2012’s Midnight Madness selection, and here we see John Dies at the End making a stop here after originally premiering at Sundance. They’ve nabbed three North American premieres in their Breakthrough section, including Kid from Fien Troch, Nairobi Half Life from David Tosh Gitonga, and Oh Boy from Jan Ole Gerster. But AFI has managed to really impress with it’s World Cinema selections. Just as they nabbed Cannes premiere Holy Motors for their Special Screenings, they’ve nabbed several high...
The Shorts section, with almost too many to count, features new work from Nacho Vigalando, Nicolas Provost, and even Shia Labeouf (Cannes selected), among many others. The four Midnight titles all played in Tiff 2012’s Midnight Madness selection, and here we see John Dies at the End making a stop here after originally premiering at Sundance. They’ve nabbed three North American premieres in their Breakthrough section, including Kid from Fien Troch, Nairobi Half Life from David Tosh Gitonga, and Oh Boy from Jan Ole Gerster. But AFI has managed to really impress with it’s World Cinema selections. Just as they nabbed Cannes premiere Holy Motors for their Special Screenings, they’ve nabbed several high...
- 10/16/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Lesser Blessed Trailer. Anita Doron‘s The Lesser Blessed (2012) movie trailer stars Benjamin Bratt, Krista Bridges, Kiowa Gordon, Adam Butcher, and Chloe Rose. The Lesser Blessed‘s plot synopsis: “ An adaptation of Richard Van Camp’s acclaimed novel, it’s the story of Larry, a Native teen with a troubled past [...]
Continue reading: The Lesser Blessed (2012) Movie Trailer: Anita Doron, Benjamin Bratt...
Continue reading: The Lesser Blessed (2012) Movie Trailer: Anita Doron, Benjamin Bratt...
- 10/1/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Contemporary World Cinema in Toronto International Film Festival is screening the world premiere of The Lesser Blessed, directed by Anita Doron and starring Benjamin Bratt. High school is especially harsh for Larry Sole (Joel Nathan Evans), a teenaged metal-head living in a remote community in the Northwest Territories. Shy and ruminative, he’s taunted daily by his town’s golden boy and resident bully, Darcy (Adam Butcher). This is because of Larry’s tortured past, and his aboriginal roots: he, his mother Verna (Tamara Podemski) and her sometime boyfriend Jed (Benjamin Bratt) are all members of the Tlicho First Nation.
Director Anita Doron is remarkable in her own right. She was born in Transcarpathia, in the former Ussr, and later defected to Canada. Her first feature, The End of Silence (06) won the Best Feature Film award at the Canadian Filmmakers’ Festival. She was a co-director of the interactive feature Late Fragment (07), which played the Festival. Her other features include Europa, East (10), Mystico Fantástico! (11) and The Lesser Blessed (12).
In a brief roundtable discussion with Benjamin Bratt and three other reporters (from Berlin, Sydney and Budapest) and yours truly, Benjamin Bratt, looking as young as a teenager, spoke about his transition to pater familias in his own private life with Talisa Soto and thier two children as well as in his part in this film. He likes helping lead the way for the young who are ruderless, for the ones with no voice whose culture has been cut away unceremoniously from their lives by conquering civilizations.
He speaks for himself and his own Peruvian people (Qechua) when he begins to discuss the issue of disenfranchisement and how it affects the youth and how, as in this film, if they can be shown how to reconnect with their cultures then they can begin to open new pathways in their personal and social lives. His own mother, a native American activist, took her five children along when she was part of the Alcatraz prison takeover in 1970, so he has learned this from the cradle. When he saw the script to The Lesser Blessed, he immediately sent it to his brother Peter Bratt with a note saying that this is the sort of story he wishes he could make with his brother. He considers himself blessed for being able to sustain a television series which allows him to make the small independent features like The Lesser Blessed.
Director Anita Doron is remarkable in her own right. She was born in Transcarpathia, in the former Ussr, and later defected to Canada. Her first feature, The End of Silence (06) won the Best Feature Film award at the Canadian Filmmakers’ Festival. She was a co-director of the interactive feature Late Fragment (07), which played the Festival. Her other features include Europa, East (10), Mystico Fantástico! (11) and The Lesser Blessed (12).
In a brief roundtable discussion with Benjamin Bratt and three other reporters (from Berlin, Sydney and Budapest) and yours truly, Benjamin Bratt, looking as young as a teenager, spoke about his transition to pater familias in his own private life with Talisa Soto and thier two children as well as in his part in this film. He likes helping lead the way for the young who are ruderless, for the ones with no voice whose culture has been cut away unceremoniously from their lives by conquering civilizations.
He speaks for himself and his own Peruvian people (Qechua) when he begins to discuss the issue of disenfranchisement and how it affects the youth and how, as in this film, if they can be shown how to reconnect with their cultures then they can begin to open new pathways in their personal and social lives. His own mother, a native American activist, took her five children along when she was part of the Alcatraz prison takeover in 1970, so he has learned this from the cradle. When he saw the script to The Lesser Blessed, he immediately sent it to his brother Peter Bratt with a note saying that this is the sort of story he wishes he could make with his brother. He considers himself blessed for being able to sustain a television series which allows him to make the small independent features like The Lesser Blessed.
- 9/10/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Filed under: Movie News
'The Hunger Games' has found its two male leads. Josh Hutcherson, who's been campaigning for the role, will play teen combatant Peeta, while Liam Hemsworth was previously only penciled in as a possibility for Gale.
Lionsgate announced today in a release that Hutcherson ('The Kids Are All Right') and Hemsworth ('The Last Song') are confirmed for the roles in the hot new trilogy based on Suzanne Collins' best-selling book series.
They join Oscar-nominated Jennifer Lawrence, who'll play heroine Katniss Everdeen in the epic about a post-apocalyptic future in which one boy and one girl must fight to the death in an annual televised event called The Hunger Games.
Other names tossed around for these key male roles including rising stars Alex Pettyfer, Logan Lerman, Adam Butcher, Hunter Parrish, Lukas Till, Alexander Ludwig, Evan Peters and David Henrie.
Gary Ross ('Seabiscuit,...
'The Hunger Games' has found its two male leads. Josh Hutcherson, who's been campaigning for the role, will play teen combatant Peeta, while Liam Hemsworth was previously only penciled in as a possibility for Gale.
Lionsgate announced today in a release that Hutcherson ('The Kids Are All Right') and Hemsworth ('The Last Song') are confirmed for the roles in the hot new trilogy based on Suzanne Collins' best-selling book series.
They join Oscar-nominated Jennifer Lawrence, who'll play heroine Katniss Everdeen in the epic about a post-apocalyptic future in which one boy and one girl must fight to the death in an annual televised event called The Hunger Games.
Other names tossed around for these key male roles including rising stars Alex Pettyfer, Logan Lerman, Adam Butcher, Hunter Parrish, Lukas Till, Alexander Ludwig, Evan Peters and David Henrie.
Gary Ross ('Seabiscuit,...
- 4/4/2011
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
French director Kim Chapiron’s second feature takes him to Canada for a remake of Scum, the famed 1970’s gritty BBC film about life in a borstal, now entitled Dog Pound.
Four law-breaking teenagers (who we are introduced to via a nifty pre-credits sequence) find themselves incarcerated in a detention centre where revenge and retribution are a daily occurrence where the guards offer little in the way of sympathy or empathy. One of the youngsters, 17 year-old Butch (Adam Butcher), remanded for a violent attack on an officer at his previous institute, struggles to curb his aggression towards the authorities and some of his fellow intimidating inmates.
A film like this really lives or dies on the believability of the cast and Chapiron has assembled an authentic-looking bunch of young actors. They all acquit themselves extremely well and the lead Butcher (in the Ray Winstone role from the original) is particularly impressive,...
Four law-breaking teenagers (who we are introduced to via a nifty pre-credits sequence) find themselves incarcerated in a detention centre where revenge and retribution are a daily occurrence where the guards offer little in the way of sympathy or empathy. One of the youngsters, 17 year-old Butch (Adam Butcher), remanded for a violent attack on an officer at his previous institute, struggles to curb his aggression towards the authorities and some of his fellow intimidating inmates.
A film like this really lives or dies on the believability of the cast and Chapiron has assembled an authentic-looking bunch of young actors. They all acquit themselves extremely well and the lead Butcher (in the Ray Winstone role from the original) is particularly impressive,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We’ve been sent over a couple of brand new clips from Kim Chapiron’s ace juvenile prison drama Dog Pound. It has been released this very week on Blu-ray and DVD. You can read our review here: Dog Pound.
If you loved Alan Clark’s controversial prison flick Scum, then Dog Pound is for you. It really is a knock-out film with a brilliant central performance from newcomer Adam Butcher. Check out the two brand new clips below. It’s definitely worth owning either on Blu-ray or DVD.
Dog Pound is Scum for the 21st Century, a tough and brutal film set in a young offenders institute for teenage boys that thesystem doesn’t know what to do with. The long-term inmates have built a rigid power structure based on fear and the guards use the prisoners to let out their own frustrations.
Butch, Davis and Angel are new arrivals.
If you loved Alan Clark’s controversial prison flick Scum, then Dog Pound is for you. It really is a knock-out film with a brilliant central performance from newcomer Adam Butcher. Check out the two brand new clips below. It’s definitely worth owning either on Blu-ray or DVD.
Dog Pound is Scum for the 21st Century, a tough and brutal film set in a young offenders institute for teenage boys that thesystem doesn’t know what to do with. The long-term inmates have built a rigid power structure based on fear and the guards use the prisoners to let out their own frustrations.
Butch, Davis and Angel are new arrivals.
- 1/4/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Year: 2010
Director: Kim Chapiron
Writers: Kim Chapiron, Jeremie Delon
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7 out of 10
It’s always quiet ones you have to look out for. At least that’s the case in Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound.
Taking place at a youth correctional facility in Montana, Chapiron’s film opens with an introduction to three soon-to-be new arrivals at the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center. We meet Angel, a 15 years old thief, Davis, a 16 year old drug dealer and Butch, at 17, the most soft spoken yet violent of the bunch. The rules at Enola Vale are laid out early on: stay out of trouble and stick to the rehabilitation program and chances are you’ll limit your stay. Not an easy thing for the three newcomers whose arrival immediately pegs them as fresh meat for picking.
Butch takes some of the abuse (though not...
Director: Kim Chapiron
Writers: Kim Chapiron, Jeremie Delon
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7 out of 10
It’s always quiet ones you have to look out for. At least that’s the case in Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound.
Taking place at a youth correctional facility in Montana, Chapiron’s film opens with an introduction to three soon-to-be new arrivals at the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center. We meet Angel, a 15 years old thief, Davis, a 16 year old drug dealer and Butch, at 17, the most soft spoken yet violent of the bunch. The rules at Enola Vale are laid out early on: stay out of trouble and stick to the rehabilitation program and chances are you’ll limit your stay. Not an easy thing for the three newcomers whose arrival immediately pegs them as fresh meat for picking.
Butch takes some of the abuse (though not...
- 9/7/2010
- QuietEarth.us
The Maid (15)
(Sebastián Silva, 2009, Chile) Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola. 96 mins
Less a slice of upstairs-downstairs realism than a black comedy that threatens to turn into a horror movie, this Chilean drama has been scooping awards across the globe, mostly for Saavedra's acting. She's a bravely monstrous creation, a long-suffering help whose resentments rise to the boil, particularly when a younger assistant is foisted on her. But just when we're ready to write her off, this agile, low-budget drama turns it round and confronts us with our own heartlessness. That's us served.
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (12A)
(Edgar Wright, 2010 Us) Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong. 112 mins
This tireless tale of modern loserdom, filtered through pop-culture consciousness, will push the buttons of younger fans, with its onslaught of music/comic book/videogame tricks and hipster humour. Older viewers may need a lie down.
The Girl Who Played With Fire (15)
(Daniel Alfredson,...
(Sebastián Silva, 2009, Chile) Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola. 96 mins
Less a slice of upstairs-downstairs realism than a black comedy that threatens to turn into a horror movie, this Chilean drama has been scooping awards across the globe, mostly for Saavedra's acting. She's a bravely monstrous creation, a long-suffering help whose resentments rise to the boil, particularly when a younger assistant is foisted on her. But just when we're ready to write her off, this agile, low-budget drama turns it round and confronts us with our own heartlessness. That's us served.
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (12A)
(Edgar Wright, 2010 Us) Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong. 112 mins
This tireless tale of modern loserdom, filtered through pop-culture consciousness, will push the buttons of younger fans, with its onslaught of music/comic book/videogame tricks and hipster humour. Older viewers may need a lie down.
The Girl Who Played With Fire (15)
(Daniel Alfredson,...
- 8/27/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
This account of life in an American juvenile detention centre may not be particularly original, but it's tough and well put together, writes Xan Brooks
Here is a tense, tautly wound penal drama, a kind of pocket A Prophet that charts the mis-education of three young tearaways at the Enola Vale correctional centre in Montana. Perhaps this tells us nothing new about life on the inside in the Us (there are rapes, riots and suicides), but it at least handles its brief with pace and precision. Director Kim Chapiron lines up his cast and lets them go, rattling through the yards and corridors where danger lurks at every turn. Angel (Mateo Morales) is a fallen innocent, Davis (Shane Kippel) a tattooed Oedipus and Butch (Adam Butcher) a lanky, charismatic hothead. All Butch has to do, he is told, is make it through two weeks without blotting his copybook; without manhandling a guard,...
Here is a tense, tautly wound penal drama, a kind of pocket A Prophet that charts the mis-education of three young tearaways at the Enola Vale correctional centre in Montana. Perhaps this tells us nothing new about life on the inside in the Us (there are rapes, riots and suicides), but it at least handles its brief with pace and precision. Director Kim Chapiron lines up his cast and lets them go, rattling through the yards and corridors where danger lurks at every turn. Angel (Mateo Morales) is a fallen innocent, Davis (Shane Kippel) a tattooed Oedipus and Butch (Adam Butcher) a lanky, charismatic hothead. All Butch has to do, he is told, is make it through two weeks without blotting his copybook; without manhandling a guard,...
- 8/26/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Dog Pound is essentially an American re-tooling of Alan Clarke’s seminal television drama-turned-film Scum. Director Kim Chapiron relocates the drama to Nowheresville, USA (actually Montana) and focuses on the experiences of three young boys, each with their own issues and problems, and how they navigate through a tense, new world.
Thrust into the fresh hell of a correctional facility for teenagers, the newbies are met with stern authority and even sterner inmates, naturally leading to confrontation and power struggles.
The prison drama by its very nature is a restrictive genre and can only do so much, but they are rich with subtext and stereotypes to be dissected. Everybody’s favourite remains The Shawshank Redemption, but that romanticised the world of incarceration and the institutionalisation of the individual. Inmates aren’t re-invented by the state, they’re remade – and it can go in either direction.
Thanks to its well-drawn characters...
Thrust into the fresh hell of a correctional facility for teenagers, the newbies are met with stern authority and even sterner inmates, naturally leading to confrontation and power struggles.
The prison drama by its very nature is a restrictive genre and can only do so much, but they are rich with subtext and stereotypes to be dissected. Everybody’s favourite remains The Shawshank Redemption, but that romanticised the world of incarceration and the institutionalisation of the individual. Inmates aren’t re-invented by the state, they’re remade – and it can go in either direction.
Thanks to its well-drawn characters...
- 8/24/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
This is the trailer for Dog Pound, directed by Kim Chapiron and starring Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales, Lawrence Bayne, Bryan Murphy, Alexander Conti, Tim Turnell and Dewshane Williams. The Enola Vale Correctional Facility. A juvenile detention centre for teenage boys that the system doesn't know what else to do with. The long-term inmates have built a rigid power structure based on fear and the guards use the prisoners to let out their own frustrations. Butch, Davis and Angel are new arrivals. None of them know each other but they all swiftly realise that the odds are stacked against them and that their only hope for getting through their sentences is if they have each others' backs. But friendship will only get them so far when their endurance is stretched to the limit...
- 8/11/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
Following the poster which was released yesterday for the forthcoming prison drama, Dog Pound, a shiny new UK trailer has been offered up by Optimum, who will distribute the award winning film in the UK.
The trailer gives up a good indication of what to expect, and there’s evidence of some intense performances and the film’s director Kim Chapiron looks to be focusing on the central relationship between a group of inmates before things turn very nasty.
Dog Pound stars Lawrence Bayne, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales and Adam Butcher and is out in the UK on the 27th of August.
Here’s the trailer,...
The trailer gives up a good indication of what to expect, and there’s evidence of some intense performances and the film’s director Kim Chapiron looks to be focusing on the central relationship between a group of inmates before things turn very nasty.
Dog Pound stars Lawrence Bayne, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales and Adam Butcher and is out in the UK on the 27th of August.
Here’s the trailer,...
- 8/5/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Empire have debuted a new UK poster for Dog Pound. The film, which premiered the Tribeca Film Festival, has been met with acclaim, leading to Optimum Releasing acquiring the UK distribution rights.
Synopsis: Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
Dog Pound stars Lawrence Bayne, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales and Adam Butcher and was directed by 30-year-old Kim Chapiron, who was responsible for the 2006 horror feature, Sheitan.
The film resembles that of other prison dramas such as Hunger and A Prophet, with the emphasis this time switching to a juvenile prison, giving a astonishing look at how young people deal with the uncompromising standards of prison.
Check out the UK poster below:
Dog Pound will hit UK cinemas on August 27, 2010.
Synopsis: Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
Dog Pound stars Lawrence Bayne, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales and Adam Butcher and was directed by 30-year-old Kim Chapiron, who was responsible for the 2006 horror feature, Sheitan.
The film resembles that of other prison dramas such as Hunger and A Prophet, with the emphasis this time switching to a juvenile prison, giving a astonishing look at how young people deal with the uncompromising standards of prison.
Check out the UK poster below:
Dog Pound will hit UK cinemas on August 27, 2010.
- 8/3/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If there's one thing more likely to leave you staggering dazed from the cinema than a brutally uncompromising prison drama - Bronson, Hunger, A Prophet take a bow - it's an uncompromising juvenile prison drama, with extra levels of searing vérité provided by a cast partly made up of real-life inmates. Step forward, then, Dog Pound and its suitably bruising new quad poster.Inspired in part by Alan Clarke's '70s borstal-set Scum, Dog Pound tells the story of three young inmates at Montana's Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center. As the title implies, it's a dog-eat-dog world for drug dealer Davis (Shane Kippel), car thief Angel (Mateo Morales) and violent tearaway Butch (Adam Butcher). Each learns the hard way that lock-up isn't quite what they remember from old episodes of Porridge.Dog Pound is the handiwork of 20 year-old Parisian Kim Chapiron, whose debut, Faustian horror Sheitan, saw him bring...
- 8/3/2010
- EmpireOnline
The opening moments of "Dog Pound" introduce its young subjects in a frenzy of violent acts: Suave 16-year-old Davis (Shane Kippel) gets nabbed by the cops for pushing pills; 15-year-old Angel (Mateo Morales) goes down for assault and auto theft; hot-headed Butch (Adam Butcher) beats up a correctional officer. Immediately after this rapid succession of mini-scenes, director Kim Chapiron delivers the title card, as if presenting the outcome of a societal ...
- 4/28/2010
- Indiewire
Dog Pound, French filmmaker Kim Chapiron's second feature (subtitle-averse, have no fear - the pic is in English) is a chilling look inside a world all too often left forgotten in American cinema: the world of boys' correctional facilities. Their bigger, badder older brothers (prisons) being far sexier and scarier, it's not often that this equally harsh world is given its due. Well, not anymore. Chapiron's film is a gritty, clear-eyed depiction of what one can only imagine goes on behind closed doors at youth institutions. Specifically, the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center in Montana, where there is a clear hierarchy amongst the inmates, and the social ecosphere is, as it were, dog-eat-dog. Plunged into that world come three newcomers: Butch (Adam Butcher), who assaulted a correctional officer; Davis (Shane Kippel), a drug dealer; and Angel (Mateo Morales), a car thief. Their journey of comprehension and integration - and in one's case,...
- 4/26/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Dog Pound, French filmmaker Kim Chapiron's second feature (subtitle-averse, have no fear - the pic is in English) is a chilling look inside a world all too often left forgotten in American cinema: the world of boys' correctional facilities. Their bigger, badder older brothers (prisons) being far sexier and scarier, it's not often that this equally harsh world is given its due. Well, not anymore. Chapiron's film is a gritty, clear-eyed depiction of what one can only imagine goes on behind closed doors at youth institutions. Specifically, the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center in Montana, where there is a clear hierarchy amongst the inmates, and the social ecosphere is, as it were, dog-eat-dog. Plunged into that world come three newcomers: Butch (Adam Butcher), who assaulted a correctional officer; Davis (Shane Kippel), a drug dealer; and Angel (Mateo Morales), a car thief. Their journey of comprehension and integration - and in one's case,...
- 4/26/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Typically, walking out of a movie angry isn.t a good sign. Whereas most films that leave a moviegoer livid are just plain old bad films, the rage Dog Pound leaves you with stems from the profound nature of the material and its powerful presentation. Don.t want your kid to end up in juvie? Take them to see Dog Pound. The film opens by introducing us to the main players. There.s Davis (Shane Kippel), a 16-year-old nabbed for drug possession, Angel (Mateo Morales), a 15-year-old convicted of assault and auto theft and Butch (Adam Butcher), a 17-year-old on lockdown for assaulting a correctional officer. Upon handing over their personal items in exchange for their prison garb, the boys are rough and tough, seemingly unconcerned with their current situation. However, it doesn.t take long until they feel the pressure of their keeper, Officer Goodyear (Lawrence Bayne), and the...
- 4/22/2010
- cinemablend.com
Hellhounds by director Ricky Schroder was already released on television earlier this year, but in case you missed the flick Hellhounds will release on DVD February 16th, 2010. Ricky takes on the Greek myths of old to tell a tale of the undead in Hades, and an epic warrior who challenges Theron (minion of Hades). The excitement kicks off next year, however, the poster art for the film is available here along with a synopis and second one-sheet below.
A synopsis for Hellhounds here:
"When Kleitos’ jealous friend Theron poisons his bride Demetria, the warrior descends into the Underworld to rescue her, slaying the duplicitous Theron. The evil ruler Hades raises Theron from the dead to lead a pack of undying hellhounds, wolf-like guardians who have been released to do the bidding of their master—kill everything in their path and bring Demetria back to Hell."
The original poster for this...
A synopsis for Hellhounds here:
"When Kleitos’ jealous friend Theron poisons his bride Demetria, the warrior descends into the Underworld to rescue her, slaying the duplicitous Theron. The evil ruler Hades raises Theron from the dead to lead a pack of undying hellhounds, wolf-like guardians who have been released to do the bidding of their master—kill everything in their path and bring Demetria back to Hell."
The original poster for this...
- 12/17/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
McGowan earns top CSA kudos
TORONTO -- Michael McGowan, writer and director of the feel-good Canadian movie Saint Ralph, was the big winner Monday night as the the Canadian Screenwriting Awards were handed out in Toronto. The Writers Guild of Canada, honoring the best in film and TV writing, gave McGowan the trophy for best feature-film screenplay for his tale of a small boy with a big heart and his unusual quest for a miracle. Samuel Goldwyn Films earlier picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the comedy, which stars Campbell Scott, Adam Butcher and Jennifer Tilly.
- 4/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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