Thomas Hardiman's Medusa Deluxe is now showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries—including the United Kingdom, India, Turkey, Brazil, and Mexico—from August 4, 2023, in the series Debuts.Medusa Deluxe.In the midst of navigating the drama that ensnares all of Medusa Deluxe’s characters, Claire Perkins’s Cleve looks at a fellow hairdresser and explains, “There is some serious history in this hairstyle, do you know that? A story.” The hairstyle in question is initially shown as an unfinished work of art (or travesty if you’re a competitor hoping for a fellow stylist’s downfall): a mess of strands that’s easy to see through and hard to make sense of. But as the film progresses, Cleve creates a truly beautiful and engrossing design out of what was once incoherent webbing: a glowing ship upon a wave of hair, meant to be a recreation of the Orient,...
- 8/31/2023
- MUBI
Survival horror Fall (which is now on Netflix UK) sees two extreme sports enthusiasts climb up a 2000 foot tower in the middle of the desert and get stuck at the top. It’s high-concept in every sense as the two women teeter on a tiny ledge impossibly high up while the audience feel (pleasantly?) sick and anxious the whole time.
Fall is effective and efficient. The girls are likeable, capable and make good choices (other than climbing up a 2000 foot tower in the first place…). There’s real peril, enough back story to round the characters out, but ultimately it’s girls vs tower, with some pesky buzzards thrown in for good measure. This kind of survival horror – and by that in this instance we mean a film where characters are pitted against nature or a circumstance, rather than a person, or a supernatural entity – works viscerally when it’s done well.
Fall is effective and efficient. The girls are likeable, capable and make good choices (other than climbing up a 2000 foot tower in the first place…). There’s real peril, enough back story to round the characters out, but ultimately it’s girls vs tower, with some pesky buzzards thrown in for good measure. This kind of survival horror – and by that in this instance we mean a film where characters are pitted against nature or a circumstance, rather than a person, or a supernatural entity – works viscerally when it’s done well.
- 3/10/2023
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
When "WandaVision" dropped on Disney+ last year, it turned one of Marvel's lesser-known Avengers into a sitcom-hopping star. It also made its own star, Elizabeth Olsen, a household name thanks to her poignant performance as the grieving hero. Olsen joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2014, but her breakout role came two years earlier, in the form of a polarizing horror movie with an impressive visual gimmick.
"Silent House" is a twisted home invasion movie directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. The movie premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival alongside another Olsen-led film, the cult-set thriller "Martha Marcy May Marlene." Together, the two films...
The post This Underrated Horror Movie Was Elizabeth Olsen's Big Break appeared first on /Film.
"Silent House" is a twisted home invasion movie directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. The movie premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival alongside another Olsen-led film, the cult-set thriller "Martha Marcy May Marlene." Together, the two films...
The post This Underrated Horror Movie Was Elizabeth Olsen's Big Break appeared first on /Film.
- 2/23/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
More than 40 years after “Jaws” turned the fear of shark-infested waters into a classic horror trope, the concept keeps giving rise to new iterations, most recently with Liongate’s release of “Open Water 3: Cage Dive.” The low-budget project opens in limited theatrical release and VOD August 11, and it’s a curious outcome for what was a sensation at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and became a $54 million worldwide hit.
At this point, the franchise carries no earmarks of its indie roots — OW3 is a gimmicky story about Australian tourists whose cage-diving excursion with Great Whites goes horribly wrong — but the team behind the original installment never expected the concept to last this long. They didn’t even consider it a horror film.
In 2002, filmmaker Chris Kentis and his wife, Laura Lau, wrapped a passion project that had consumed two years of effort. Based on a true story about scuba divers...
At this point, the franchise carries no earmarks of its indie roots — OW3 is a gimmicky story about Australian tourists whose cage-diving excursion with Great Whites goes horribly wrong — but the team behind the original installment never expected the concept to last this long. They didn’t even consider it a horror film.
In 2002, filmmaker Chris Kentis and his wife, Laura Lau, wrapped a passion project that had consumed two years of effort. Based on a true story about scuba divers...
- 8/10/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
It’s that wonderful, frightful, cool and creepy time of year again, when everything including the leaves on the trees are dying and our taste buds are craving sugary sweets and pies made from the guts of our jack-o-lanterns. It’s October, which means Halloween is nearly upon us! Get you costumes completed, your home haunts constructed and your candy collected for trick’r treaters, because you have to make time to watch some of the scariest movies this time of year.
In an effort to assist you in your cinematic scare-fest, we’ve come up with a list of the scariest movies to watch on Halloween… with one caveat. We have excluded virtually all “slasher” flicks. Why? Well, let’s just say we all know them, we all love them on some level, but really… don’t we all want something more in our scary movies? In honor of...
In an effort to assist you in your cinematic scare-fest, we’ve come up with a list of the scariest movies to watch on Halloween… with one caveat. We have excluded virtually all “slasher” flicks. Why? Well, let’s just say we all know them, we all love them on some level, but really… don’t we all want something more in our scary movies? In honor of...
- 10/30/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
★★☆☆☆ From Chris Kentis and Laura Lau - the husband and wife creative force behind 2003's taught aquatic horror Open Water - comes Silent House (2011), a Us remake of Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez's La Casa Muda (The Silent House, 2010). Starring rising star Elizabeth Olsen as the film's tormented 'damsel in distress', this seemingly archetypal haunted house horror is unique for ostensibly being shot in a singular, continuous take - or so it would seem.
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- 9/17/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, September 17th 2012.
Pick Of The Week
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble (DVD/Blu-ray)
When Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the director of an international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., encounters an unexpected enemy that threatens global safety and security, he finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins for Earth’s mightiest heroes. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and two...
Pick Of The Week
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble (DVD/Blu-ray)
When Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the director of an international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., encounters an unexpected enemy that threatens global safety and security, he finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins for Earth’s mightiest heroes. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and two...
- 9/17/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Marvel Avengers Assemble; Silent House; Breathing; El Bulli
It says something about the parlous state of modern blockbusters that any comic-book franchise flick made with a modicum of heart, soul and (most importantly) wit is immediately hailed as a game-changing event. Aficionados have long known that writer-director Joss Whedon is one of the good guys – a genre film-maker who understands both his source material and the fan culture that surrounds it – but the money-spinning success of the awkwardly titled (in the UK anyway) Marvel Avengers Assemble (2012, Disney, 12) has now cemented him as a Hollywood big hitter.
This in itself is a reason to be cheerful, for while Michael Bay makes cynical millions treating his viewers with contempt, it's great to celebrate the success of a franchise film-maker who actually appears to like and respect his audience. Thus what could have been a join-the-dots mash-up of Marvel's biggest-hitting superheroes becomes a...
It says something about the parlous state of modern blockbusters that any comic-book franchise flick made with a modicum of heart, soul and (most importantly) wit is immediately hailed as a game-changing event. Aficionados have long known that writer-director Joss Whedon is one of the good guys – a genre film-maker who understands both his source material and the fan culture that surrounds it – but the money-spinning success of the awkwardly titled (in the UK anyway) Marvel Avengers Assemble (2012, Disney, 12) has now cemented him as a Hollywood big hitter.
This in itself is a reason to be cheerful, for while Michael Bay makes cynical millions treating his viewers with contempt, it's great to celebrate the success of a franchise film-maker who actually appears to like and respect his audience. Thus what could have been a join-the-dots mash-up of Marvel's biggest-hitting superheroes becomes a...
- 9/15/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Silent House
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross | Written by Gustavo Hernández, Laura Lau | Directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Hot on the heels of wrapping on her first film Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen dove straight into her second role, an intense week-long shoot for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s “one continuous shot” feature Silent House. Not only is Silent House a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film La casa muda (supposedly based on a true story from a Uruguayan village in the 1940s) but it also lifts the same gimmicks the original utilised and, for all intents and purposes, contains a bare minimum of originality.
The premise is simple and the idea is a novel one (or at least in the original film it was). A single hand-held camera follows the central character, Sarah, as she revisits the old...
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross | Written by Gustavo Hernández, Laura Lau | Directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Hot on the heels of wrapping on her first film Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen dove straight into her second role, an intense week-long shoot for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s “one continuous shot” feature Silent House. Not only is Silent House a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film La casa muda (supposedly based on a true story from a Uruguayan village in the 1940s) but it also lifts the same gimmicks the original utilised and, for all intents and purposes, contains a bare minimum of originality.
The premise is simple and the idea is a novel one (or at least in the original film it was). A single hand-held camera follows the central character, Sarah, as she revisits the old...
- 9/11/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Chicago – “Silent House” inspires the same strange mixture of feelings that I felt while watching fascinating yet severely flawed pictures like “The Life Aquatic” or “I Heart Huckabees.” My rational mind recognizes that the film doesn’t quite work, and yet my inner cinephile urges me to recommend it anyway. Here’s a movie that’s nearly worth seeing in spite of itself.
The directing team of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau made an enormous impression on horror fans with their 2003 indie hit, “Open Water,” which remains one of the scariest films of the last decade. For the majority of its running time, the film centered on the bobbing heads of a couple hopelessly stranded in the middle of shark-infested waters. By following the premise to its logical conclusion, the film refused to loosen its grip on viewers’ imaginations, while masterfully playing on their most primal fears.
Blu-ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
In their latest feature effort,...
The directing team of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau made an enormous impression on horror fans with their 2003 indie hit, “Open Water,” which remains one of the scariest films of the last decade. For the majority of its running time, the film centered on the bobbing heads of a couple hopelessly stranded in the middle of shark-infested waters. By following the premise to its logical conclusion, the film refused to loosen its grip on viewers’ imaginations, while masterfully playing on their most primal fears.
Blu-ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
In their latest feature effort,...
- 8/2/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water) return to the horror genre for another unique spin on a rather basic story. Silent House is a one take horror film, which uses lengthy shots and low lighting to capture the fear and suspense of a creepy house. Elizabeth Olsen takes the solo lead role and attempts to grab your attention for a little under an hour and a half, but eventually her screams and panting wears off and Silent House‘s true colors are revealed. It’s just another disappointing horror film with an interesting premise, great actress, but no story and a twist ending that ruins everything before it.
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen), her father (Adam Trese) and her uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) are gathering up a few things and working on their lakeside home out in the middle of nowhere. Certain eerie events lead to Sarah getting trapped inside the house,...
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen), her father (Adam Trese) and her uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) are gathering up a few things and working on their lakeside home out in the middle of nowhere. Certain eerie events lead to Sarah getting trapped inside the house,...
- 7/27/2012
- by Jeremy Lebens
- We Got This Covered
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season One [Blu-ray] As far as "Star Trek" is concerned, I'm a big fan of the original series and the films spawned from those characters. I was never a fan of "The Next Generation". However, Paramount did send me a Blu-ray copy of this first season of "The Next Generation" and I am hoping to give a few episodes a watch this weekend and perhaps have a change of heart. Just as they did with the original series, this series has been remastered and contains updated effects. I loved what they did with the original series and I hope I can get just as excited about this one.
The Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan
Criterion Collection Blu-rays Criterion is delivering a double dose of Whit Stillman this week with what I believe to be his two best films. Metropolitan is probably the least accessible...
The Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan
Criterion Collection Blu-rays Criterion is delivering a double dose of Whit Stillman this week with what I believe to be his two best films. Metropolitan is probably the least accessible...
- 7/24/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
*here be major spoilers. Director: Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. Writers: Gustavo Hernández, and Laura Lau. Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, and Adam Barnett. Married couple, Chris Kenis and Laura Lau, return from their thriller Open Water (2004) with another terrifying movie, Silent House. Silent House is a North American remake of Gustavo Hernandez's Uruguayan film La Casa Muda (2010). Both films incorporate long takes into their narrative. Some scenes last for longer than ten minutes. During each take, actress Elizabeth Olsen delivers an astounding peformance as Sarah, a young woman who must confront a tortured past. That tortured past is going to revealed here along with some of the pseudo-psychological aspects of the film. Sarah experiences memory loss: "I think I have holes up here (pointing to her head)." Her memory loss has been caused by years of repression. Also, her conversation partner is a figment of her imagination,...
- 7/24/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Although it slightly runs off the rails by the end, Silent House manages to provide a few scares thanks to the intense performance of Elizabeth Olsen, tight camera angles and a brilliant use of bare bones lighting. A remake of the 2010 film La casa muda, Silent House was directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau with a screenplay from Gustavo Hernández (who wrote the original) and Lau. The movie stars Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Adam Barnett, and Haley Murphy. Keeping the review as spoiler free as possible, the movie opens on Olsen.s Sarah who is at her family.s vacation home with her father John (Trese) and her uncle Peter (Stevens). The three are...
- 7/23/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
This week: Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman who helps her father and uncle prepare their boarded-up summer home only to become trapped inside with a killer in "Silent House," a low-budget horror movie originally said to be shot in one long, continuous take.
Also new this week is the romantic drama "The Deep Blue Sea" with Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston, the supernatural thriller "Monitor" with Noomi Rapace and the Blu-ray debut of 1996's "The Island of Dr. Moreau" starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer.
'Silent House'
Box Office: $13 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 41% Rotten
Storyline: Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of the Olsen twins, plays a young woman, Sarah, who is helping her father and uncle clean out their secluded, boarded-up summer home in preparation for a renovation. After her uncle takes off to the nearest town, Sarah discovers her father badly injured upstairs and realizes to her...
Also new this week is the romantic drama "The Deep Blue Sea" with Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston, the supernatural thriller "Monitor" with Noomi Rapace and the Blu-ray debut of 1996's "The Island of Dr. Moreau" starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer.
'Silent House'
Box Office: $13 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 41% Rotten
Storyline: Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of the Olsen twins, plays a young woman, Sarah, who is helping her father and uncle clean out their secluded, boarded-up summer home in preparation for a renovation. After her uncle takes off to the nearest town, Sarah discovers her father badly injured upstairs and realizes to her...
- 7/23/2012
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 24, 2012
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Silent House should perhaps be called Really Noisy House, judging by the amount of screaming going on.
The horror movie stars Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) as Sarah, who gets trapped inside her family’s lakeside retreat. Unable to get out or contact anyone outside, Sarah experiences increasingly ominous events in and around the house.
Based on the 2010 foreign film The Silent House, the R-rated 2011 movie got mixed reviews from critics, and less appreciation from moviegoers. Silent House grossed $12 million in wide release in theaters, and while some critics say the film is incredibly scary, others say the only scary part is the movie’s flaws.
Both the DVD and the Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack include a feature commentary by co-director Chris Kentis (Open Water) and screenwriter/co-director Laura Lau (Grind).
That’s the...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Silent House should perhaps be called Really Noisy House, judging by the amount of screaming going on.
The horror movie stars Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) as Sarah, who gets trapped inside her family’s lakeside retreat. Unable to get out or contact anyone outside, Sarah experiences increasingly ominous events in and around the house.
Based on the 2010 foreign film The Silent House, the R-rated 2011 movie got mixed reviews from critics, and less appreciation from moviegoers. Silent House grossed $12 million in wide release in theaters, and while some critics say the film is incredibly scary, others say the only scary part is the movie’s flaws.
Both the DVD and the Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack include a feature commentary by co-director Chris Kentis (Open Water) and screenwriter/co-director Laura Lau (Grind).
That’s the...
- 5/17/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Silent House, Universal's English language remake of the one-take foreign horror flick La Casa Muda, is coming home so that you may judge for yourselves whether or not it was successful or if you should have just stuck to the source material!
From the Press Release
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) stars in this harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller presented in real time as one single, uninterrupted shot. Hailed as “pulse pounding scary” (Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times), Silent House is available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Ultra Violet™, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on July 24, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to...
From the Press Release
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) stars in this harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller presented in real time as one single, uninterrupted shot. Hailed as “pulse pounding scary” (Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times), Silent House is available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Ultra Violet™, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on July 24, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to...
- 5/15/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Universal has announced a July release for Silent House on Blu-ray, DVD, digital download, and on-demand. Continue reading for the official press release, which includes the full list of bonus features:
“Universal City, Calif., May, 15, 2012 — Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) stars in this harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller presented in real time as one single, uninterrupted shot. Hailed as “pulse pounding scary” (Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times), Silent House is available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Ultra Violet™, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on July 24, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey. Also...
“Universal City, Calif., May, 15, 2012 — Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) stars in this harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller presented in real time as one single, uninterrupted shot. Hailed as “pulse pounding scary” (Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times), Silent House is available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Ultra Violet™, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on July 24, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey. Also...
- 5/15/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Elizabeth Olsen-starring thriller Silent House is going to be available on a Blu-ray Combo Pack with Ultra Violet, as well as on DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on July 24, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey.
The film also stars Adam Trese (40 Days and 40 Nights, Zodiac) and Eric Sheffer Stevens (Julie & Julia). Head inside for the bonus features.
Read more...
When Sarah (Olsen) finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey.
The film also stars Adam Trese (40 Days and 40 Nights, Zodiac) and Eric Sheffer Stevens (Julie & Julia). Head inside for the bonus features.
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- 5/15/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
American Pie: Reunion (15)
(Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, 2012, Us) Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan. 113 mins
It's rare to see teen-movie characters all grown up, and this illustrates the reason why: they just make us feel old. The gang's all here, reverting to their old non-pc habits even as they mourn their lost youth. It's patchy and often dodgy comedy, but there's still something heartening about Stifler's defiant idiocy and Jim's dad's middle-age second chance.
Safe (15)
(Boaz Yakin, 2012, Us) Jason Statham, Catherine Chan. 94 mins
Triads, Russian mobsters, cops and everyone else in New York falls foul of Statham in another ludicrous but fast-moving actioner.
Two Years At Sea (U)
(Ben Rivers, 2012, UK) Jake Williams. 90 mins
Extraordinary, otherworldly observation of a modern-day Scottish hermit.
Goodbye First Love (15)
(Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011, Fra/Ger) Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky. 111 mins
Heartfelt study of a young teen's formative romantic fortunes.
The Lucky One (12A)
(Scott Hicks,...
(Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, 2012, Us) Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan. 113 mins
It's rare to see teen-movie characters all grown up, and this illustrates the reason why: they just make us feel old. The gang's all here, reverting to their old non-pc habits even as they mourn their lost youth. It's patchy and often dodgy comedy, but there's still something heartening about Stifler's defiant idiocy and Jim's dad's middle-age second chance.
Safe (15)
(Boaz Yakin, 2012, Us) Jason Statham, Catherine Chan. 94 mins
Triads, Russian mobsters, cops and everyone else in New York falls foul of Statham in another ludicrous but fast-moving actioner.
Two Years At Sea (U)
(Ben Rivers, 2012, UK) Jake Williams. 90 mins
Extraordinary, otherworldly observation of a modern-day Scottish hermit.
Goodbye First Love (15)
(Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011, Fra/Ger) Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky. 111 mins
Heartfelt study of a young teen's formative romantic fortunes.
The Lucky One (12A)
(Scott Hicks,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
It came, it saw, it conquered. Taking a massive, £38 at the cinemas, Strippers Vs Werewolves was every bit the success we all hoped and dreamed it would be. The Avengers did alright too apparently. Joss Whedon’s superhero epic more than lived up to the hype and laid financial waste to all before it.
Out this week are a sizable number of releases with the main one being the belated American Pie Sequel, American Pie : Reunion. The whole gang is back together, all grown up and with successful careers, which is ironic given the vast majority of returning actors. Zing.
Also out is the Zac Efron drama The Lucky One, in which the posters assure me he is ‘hotter than ever’. Plus, tense horror thanks to Silent House, 3D vintage animation in the form of Beauty and the Beast and Jason Statham once again flexing his proverbial acting muscles in Safe.
Out this week are a sizable number of releases with the main one being the belated American Pie Sequel, American Pie : Reunion. The whole gang is back together, all grown up and with successful careers, which is ironic given the vast majority of returning actors. Zing.
Also out is the Zac Efron drama The Lucky One, in which the posters assure me he is ‘hotter than ever’. Plus, tense horror thanks to Silent House, 3D vintage animation in the form of Beauty and the Beast and Jason Statham once again flexing his proverbial acting muscles in Safe.
- 5/4/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It’s Friday, so you know what that means – lots more films released in cinemas across the country and this is week there’s a whole heap of cinematic goodness awaiting you at your local multiplex, including American Pie: Reunion, Safe, Silent House, The Lucky One, Beauty and the Beast 3D, Juan of the Dead and Piggy.
Nationwide Releases American Pie: Reunion
In the comedy American Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart,...
Nationwide Releases American Pie: Reunion
In the comedy American Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Inventive horror remake Silent House opens this weekend. The tale of a young woman being chased around an old family home by shadowy figures (which may, or may not be, part of her imagination), was made by husband and wife directing duo, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (of Open Water fame) using the ‘single take’ format.
We were fortunate to grab some time to chat with Kentis about this unique cinematic venture, and some of the challenges and difficulties which came with trying to bring the story to the screen.
HeyUGuys: The original film was only made a couple of years back. Did you jump on the project almost immediately?
Chris Kentis: Pretty much. [Production company] Wildbunch had the rights and contacted us to see if we were interested. Laura had seen the original but I hadn’t. The change to tell a story in a single shot format was an exciting and interesting challenge,...
We were fortunate to grab some time to chat with Kentis about this unique cinematic venture, and some of the challenges and difficulties which came with trying to bring the story to the screen.
HeyUGuys: The original film was only made a couple of years back. Did you jump on the project almost immediately?
Chris Kentis: Pretty much. [Production company] Wildbunch had the rights and contacted us to see if we were interested. Laura had seen the original but I hadn’t. The change to tell a story in a single shot format was an exciting and interesting challenge,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This might be a competent remake of a terrifying Uruguayan film – but it still feels like a copy
When Uruguayan film-maker Gustavo Hernández brought out his single-take chiller La Casa Muda in 2010 I found it thoroughly creepy: in over an hour and a half of real time, a young woman finds horrible things in the derelict house she is clearing out. (More hardened pundits yawned and also derided the "real time" conceit, noting that cuts could have been cheated into moments of pitch darkness and whip-pans.) Well, it has now been competently remade by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau; Kentis's real-life drama Open Water had a comparable atmosphere. The film is streamlined a little, and takes place in daytime to dusk, instead of night – but there are no great developments, and Elizabeth Olsen isn't as interesting as she was in Martha Marcy May Marlene. It's still atmospheric enough, and like the original,...
When Uruguayan film-maker Gustavo Hernández brought out his single-take chiller La Casa Muda in 2010 I found it thoroughly creepy: in over an hour and a half of real time, a young woman finds horrible things in the derelict house she is clearing out. (More hardened pundits yawned and also derided the "real time" conceit, noting that cuts could have been cheated into moments of pitch darkness and whip-pans.) Well, it has now been competently remade by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau; Kentis's real-life drama Open Water had a comparable atmosphere. The film is streamlined a little, and takes place in daytime to dusk, instead of night – but there are no great developments, and Elizabeth Olsen isn't as interesting as she was in Martha Marcy May Marlene. It's still atmospheric enough, and like the original,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If I had known, before I saw Silent House, that it was the work of the filmmaking team of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who made the slyly disturbing Open Water, I’d have been even more disappointed when I stepped out of the screening room. Because Open Water is absolutely brilliant, and it took them eight years to follow up with... this? As an exercise in style and performance, there’s certainly a unique significance here: like a piece of cinematic theater, it features the truly wonderful Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) as a young woman locked into her family’s remote vacation house -- now crumbling into disrepair -- while someone stalks her through the manse, all presented in what looks like (but actually isn’t) one uncut stretch of 80-something movie minutes. Olsen is, without question, one of the most intriguing, most thrilling young talents to...
- 5/3/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
★★☆☆☆ All too often it seems, promising films are derailed by a hopelessly lacklustre finale, which is unfortunately the case with Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's initially atmospheric chiller Silent House (2011) (an English language remake of Uruguayan film La Casa Muda). Showcasing the talents of Elisabeth Olsen (this film wrapped before Olsen began shooting on the critically-lauded Martha Marcy May Marlene) and thankfully bucking the found footage formula trend, Silent House is unfortunately scuppered by some ludicrous, highly illogical leaps of faith in its final third.
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- 5/2/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Like February’s superhero flick Chronicle, Silent House is another genre piece which uses a potentially gimmicky filming format (this time it’s the single, continuous take) to surprisingly good effect. It was the same method deployed in the original Uruguay version a couple of years back, and deemed efficient enough to use again, but despite the best efforts of lead Elizabeth Olsen, the film is unfortunately struck by that all too familiar case of the bad ending disease which has scuppered similar past projects and undoes much of the initial sterling work here.
Using a simple haunted house premise as the hook, the threadbare plot sees Sarah (Olsen) helping her dad and uncle shift belonging from an old family house. Things seem slightly off-centre and then she receives a knock on the door from a girl around her age who claims to be a cousin, although she has no memory of her.
Using a simple haunted house premise as the hook, the threadbare plot sees Sarah (Olsen) helping her dad and uncle shift belonging from an old family house. Things seem slightly off-centre and then she receives a knock on the door from a girl around her age who claims to be a cousin, although she has no memory of her.
- 5/2/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Silent House
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross | Written by Gustavo Hernández, Laura Lau | Directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Hot on the heels of wrapping on her first film Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen dove straight into her second role, an intense week-long shoot for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s “one continuous shot” feature Silent House. Not only is Silent House a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film La casa muda (supposedly based on a true story from a Uruguayan village in the 1940s) but it also lifts the same gimmicks the original utilised and, for all intents and purposes, contains a bare minimum of originality.
The premise is simple and the idea is a novel one (or at least in the original film it was). A single hand-held camera follows the central character, Sarah, as she revisits the old...
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross | Written by Gustavo Hernández, Laura Lau | Directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Hot on the heels of wrapping on her first film Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen dove straight into her second role, an intense week-long shoot for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s “one continuous shot” feature Silent House. Not only is Silent House a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film La casa muda (supposedly based on a true story from a Uruguayan village in the 1940s) but it also lifts the same gimmicks the original utilised and, for all intents and purposes, contains a bare minimum of originality.
The premise is simple and the idea is a novel one (or at least in the original film it was). A single hand-held camera follows the central character, Sarah, as she revisits the old...
- 5/1/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Okay, it’s not a brand new poster, but it is a little wider and a bit shorter than the other printed promotional offerings we’ve seen. That’s at least something, right? That justifies an entire article that’s almost strictly devoted to the fact that this shouldn’t be an article. Right? At any rate, the latest UK poster for directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s “Silent House” remake resides below. Plus, it’s a quad poster, which makes it a little cooler than most. I’m kidding. Have a look at this synopsis: In Silent House, Sarah, along with her uncle and father, prepare their long-time family summer home, recently violated by squatters, for sale. But broken windows and cracks in the plaster are the least of their problems when they discover they are not alone and there’s more than just mold concealed behind the walls.
- 4/17/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Even though it opened last month over in the States us poor little old Brits are still yet to receive Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's horror redo 'Silent House'. But to help tide us over is the reveal of the new UK quad poster from the real-time movie based on the Uruguayan horror flick 'The Silent House' (Aka 'La Casa Muda'). It opens here in the UK from 4 May and stars Elizabeth Olsen ('Red Lights'). Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens and Julia Taylor Ross all co-star. Check out the new quad below, which apart from a collection of various quotations doesn't particularly open us to anything we haven't seen previously....
- 4/13/2012
- Horror Asylum
She’s only 23 years old, but Elizabeth Olsen’s big screen one-two punch is a no-foolin’ trumpet blast heralding the arrival of a major new movie talent. If, bafflingly and sadly, her debut “Martha Marcy May Marlene” failed to crack $3 million at the domestic box office, won over plenty of critics; she was co-honored, along with her collaborators, with the New Generation Award by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, among several other prizes. Her new film, “Silent House,” not just confirms Olsen’s talents, but immediately showcases her ability to anchor a movie — quite literally. She’s in every frame of co-directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s psychological thriller, which [ Read More ]...
- 3/31/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Silent House is one of those films that came and went from theaters in the blink of an eye - so fast, in fact, we practically forgot about it already until Trembles sent in this week's Motion Picture Purgatory review for it!
Synopsis:
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family’s longtime summer house after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.
Filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau once again confront the face of fear in this enthralling psychological thriller. Impressively captured with a continuous camera shot, Silent House tracks the growing panic of its enigmatic lead, Elizabeth Olsen, who’s trapped in an unnerving nightmare. Never ones to...
Synopsis:
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family’s longtime summer house after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.
Filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau once again confront the face of fear in this enthralling psychological thriller. Impressively captured with a continuous camera shot, Silent House tracks the growing panic of its enigmatic lead, Elizabeth Olsen, who’s trapped in an unnerving nightmare. Never ones to...
- 3/22/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat, a young woman finds she is unable to contact the outside world as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Silent House is supposedly inspired by real events that took place in the 1940s, but no information can be found to authenticate the claims. Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, Silent House was released March 9, 2012 and is a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film of the sa…...
- 3/15/2012
- Horrorbid
Elizabeth Olsen, Sundance-favourite in the last two years, has had a brilliant rise to fame since her debuts last year at the independent film festival with Martha Marcy May Marlene and Silent House.
The former of the two saw its release in the UK earlier this year, and now the latter is due to get its release in just under two months’ time, having opened at the Us box office this past weekend.
“Silent House is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey,...
The former of the two saw its release in the UK earlier this year, and now the latter is due to get its release in just under two months’ time, having opened at the Us box office this past weekend.
“Silent House is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey,...
- 3/12/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you needed any more evidence as to just what an acting talent Elizabeth Olsen is, take a trip to Silent House...
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) is returning to the house where she spent her summers growing up for the first time in years. She's in the company of her father John (Adam Trese) and her Uncle Peter (Eric Sheffer Stevens). The three of them are in the process of cleaning out and refurbishing the long-forgotten old place in an attempt to sell it and get a little money out of it, since nobody in the family really uses it anymore. The house is in pretty bad shape, so the refurb has been taking longer than expected.
However, Sarah's not long for this work. She's just going to be there a few days to pack up some of her things from childhood, and then she'll be moving on with her life.
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) is returning to the house where she spent her summers growing up for the first time in years. She's in the company of her father John (Adam Trese) and her Uncle Peter (Eric Sheffer Stevens). The three of them are in the process of cleaning out and refurbishing the long-forgotten old place in an attempt to sell it and get a little money out of it, since nobody in the family really uses it anymore. The house is in pretty bad shape, so the refurb has been taking longer than expected.
However, Sarah's not long for this work. She's just going to be there a few days to pack up some of her things from childhood, and then she'll be moving on with her life.
- 3/12/2012
- Den of Geek
Eddie Murphy, A Thousand Words John Carter Box Office: Prince Of Persia Revisited? Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, which received about as many bad reviews as the Andrew Stanton / Taylor Kitsch sci-fier John Carter, easily maintained its position at the top of the North American box office this weekend, March 9-11. The Lorax took in $39.1 million (-44% from last weekend), according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Domestic total: $121.95m. Budget: $70m. As mentioned in my previous article (see link above), John Carter was no. 2 with $30.4m. At no. 3, the widely panned low-budget flick Project X added $11.55 million (-45%). Domestic total: $40.12m. Budget: $12m. Starring Martha Marcy May Marlene's Elizabeth Olsen, Silent House opened with $7.01m at 2,124 locations, for a mediocre $3,300 per-theater average. It gets worse: the Laura Lau / Chris Kentis-directed horror flick received an F rating from movie audiences. The silver lining: It reportedly cost less than $1m,...
- 3/11/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Based on the Uruguyan film La Casa Muda, directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau take viewers on a journey through the inner psyche of a tortured young woman named Sarah who finds herself trapped alongside her family in an abandoned home in Silent House.
Brought to life by up-and-comer Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah's nonchalant but albeit inquisitive persona is brilliantly captured on-screen by the single-camera shot film reminiscent of the The Blair Witch Project.As the film sets in motion, it seems promising, as viewers are welcomed to join in and discover the identity of an unknown intruder targeting the innocent family composed of Sarah, her father, John, interpreted by Adam Trese and Uncle Peter played by Eric Sheffer Stevens. Quickly, emotions jolt as the patriarch of the family falls victim to the elusive killer. As the cat and mouse chase
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Brought to life by up-and-comer Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah's nonchalant but albeit inquisitive persona is brilliantly captured on-screen by the single-camera shot film reminiscent of the The Blair Witch Project.As the film sets in motion, it seems promising, as viewers are welcomed to join in and discover the identity of an unknown intruder targeting the innocent family composed of Sarah, her father, John, interpreted by Adam Trese and Uncle Peter played by Eric Sheffer Stevens. Quickly, emotions jolt as the patriarch of the family falls victim to the elusive killer. As the cat and mouse chase
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- 3/11/2012
- CineMovie
We at Best-Horror-Movies.com were lucky enough to attend an early screening a couple of weeks prior to release that had the added bonus of having the directors, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, in attendance for a Q&A after the film. In this article we explain the complete plot details and explain the ending indepth, so you have been warned Silent House spoilers ahead.
- 3/10/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Silent House
Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau
Written by Laura Lau
USA, 2012
Silent House is the sort of movie that actresses would like and critics would hate. The actresses would love it because it’s almost a one-woman show: Elizabeth Olsen is in almost every frame of the film and has the vast majority of the dialogue. The critics would hate it because it’s nearly impossible to describe why this movie fails without spoiling the ending for all of their readers.
Olsen, drafted into her role before it was even known that Martha Marcy May Marlene would be an indie hit, plays Sarah, who is helping her father and uncle fix up her childhood home. Strange things start happening to Sarah over the course of the movie’s 88 minutes, which are observed in real time with no cutaways – or, more accurately, with very well-hidden cutaways in the style of Hitchcock’s Rope.
Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau
Written by Laura Lau
USA, 2012
Silent House is the sort of movie that actresses would like and critics would hate. The actresses would love it because it’s almost a one-woman show: Elizabeth Olsen is in almost every frame of the film and has the vast majority of the dialogue. The critics would hate it because it’s nearly impossible to describe why this movie fails without spoiling the ending for all of their readers.
Olsen, drafted into her role before it was even known that Martha Marcy May Marlene would be an indie hit, plays Sarah, who is helping her father and uncle fix up her childhood home. Strange things start happening to Sarah over the course of the movie’s 88 minutes, which are observed in real time with no cutaways – or, more accurately, with very well-hidden cutaways in the style of Hitchcock’s Rope.
- 3/10/2012
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
One of the new movies in theaters this weekend is Silent House, a remake of Urugayan director Gustavo Hernández's La Casa Muda that was directed by Laura Lau and Chris Kentis (Open Water). To help drum up some business for the low-budgeted horror thriller, Open Road Films has released two preview clips from the movie, including one that features an introduction by lead actress Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene). In the movie, which was shot to look like one long continuous take in real time, Olsen plays a young woman named Sarah who finds herself trapped inside her family's secluded lake house with no way to contact the outside world and seemingly no way out.
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- 3/10/2012
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Silent House is the kind of movie that will likely divide views along a pretty solid line. However, whereas many films would divide people along the lines of “love it” or “hate it,” this film will most likely break people down into “admire it” or “despise it.” This distinction will probably form along lines regarding both the narrative of the film and its primary technical gimmick.
Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman named Sarah who has joined her father and uncle at their lake-side house to clean up and prepare the property for sale. As night falls and her brother leaves, Sarah begins to hear ominous noises emanating from the upper floors. She and her father go to inspect the sound but find only empty boxes, boxes that Sarah begins to fill with her childhood belongings. However, before long the noises are back, and her father is nowhere to be found.
Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman named Sarah who has joined her father and uncle at their lake-side house to clean up and prepare the property for sale. As night falls and her brother leaves, Sarah begins to hear ominous noises emanating from the upper floors. She and her father go to inspect the sound but find only empty boxes, boxes that Sarah begins to fill with her childhood belongings. However, before long the noises are back, and her father is nowhere to be found.
- 3/10/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
This is a review show of the week’s movie releases from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website! Hello everyone, this is episode 31 of the “Movie Night” podcast! This week Rudie Obias & Perri Nemiroff review the new film from Jennifer Westfeldt, “Friends With Kids.” They also touch upon the new horror film, “Silent House” and the new sci-fi Disney adventure, “John Carter.” “Friends With Kids” features Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns. Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. “Silent House” features Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese and Eric Sheffer Stevens. Written by Laura Lau. Directed by Chris Kentis & [ Read More ]...
- 3/10/2012
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Silent House, directed by Chris Kentis (Open Water) and Laura Lau, is an American remake of a Uruguayan film that sets its premise around the notion that the film is done all in one take. I have not seen the Uruguayan film and therefore will not be commenting on how the films compare/contrast. I went into Silent House with little knowledge of the story and I was anticipating a competent experience. Part of that competence I expected from Elizabeth Olsen who has gotten attention lately for her role in Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene. Olsen did turn out to be one of the better aspects of the film but she became lost in other issues the film had. Silent House is fantastic with its “one-take” premise, but poor writing and a horrible payoff make this film avoidable.
Silent House opens with Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) staring out into the water and...
Silent House opens with Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) staring out into the water and...
- 3/10/2012
- by Jesse Bartel
- The Liberal Dead
Husband-and-wife filmmaking tandem Chris Kentis and Laura Lau made a splash, both figuratively and literally, with 2004′s “Open Water,” which unfolded almost entirely in the ocean, and could very loosely be described as the “Blair Witch Project” version of “Jaws.” Telling the story of a pair of stranded divers, it was a nervy, low-budget movie that tapped into fear in a visceral, primal way. It was also very profitable, raking in $54 million internationally against production costs that were less than one percent of that. So it’s been a surprise that the pair have been away so long. That was not by design, Kentis assures ShockYa at a recent press day [ Read More ]...
- 3/10/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
John Carter: Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas (center), Taylor Kitsch As reported earlier today, John Carter earned a paltry $500,000 at Thursday midnight screenings in North America despite recent ads comparing the Andrew Stanton sci-fier to George Lucas' Star Wars and James Cameron's Avatar. Things haven't gotten much better since. As per Deadline.com, John Carter is expected to collect slightly less than $10 million at 3,749 North American locations, including 290 IMAX houses, on Friday. The film's weekend box-office take is expected to reach (a 3D/IMAX-inflated) $28 million — or about $5 million less than the maximum amount predicted based on early Friday showings. To say that's bad news for Disney would be a major understatement. Starring Taylor Kitsch in the title role, John Carter cost Disney a reported $250 million, in addition to millions more spent on marketing. In other words: Disney may have in its hands another box-office disaster not unlike last year's Mars Needs Moms.
- 3/10/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
John Carter movie: Taylor Kitsch & pal John Carter earned a relatively meager $500,000 at Thursday midnight screenings in the United States despite recent ads comparing it to George Lucas' Star Wars and James Cameron's Avatar. In France, it had the sixth biggest opening day of the year, smack between the Clint Eastwood / Leonardo DiCaprio biopic J. Edgar and the Josh Hutcherson / Dwayne Johnson / Vanessa Hudgens fantasy/adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. And earlier today, Deadline.com reported that John Carter looks poised to collect only $9.5-$11 million at 3,749 North American locations, including 290 IMAX houses, on Friday, and at most (a 3D/IMAX-inflated) $33 million for the weekend. Directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Taylor Kitsch in the title role, John Carter cost Disney a reported $250 million. Not to mention millions more spent on marketing. In other words: Disney may have in its hands another box-office cataclysm not unlike last year's Mars Needs Moms.
- 3/10/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
If, like me, you're still nowhere near tired of gazing into Elizabeth Olsen's soulful blue eyes, we've got four more clips of the starlet in Silent House, directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's remake of the Spanish-language thriller La Casa Muda, which opens today. Check 'em out after the jump. Here's the film's synopsis: "Silent House is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, Silent...
- 3/10/2012
- FEARnet
Boarded up windows, locked doors, and dimly lit rooms . . . these are all ingredients for a haunted house. Throw in an unwelcome house guest or two and your about half-way there in terms of what to expect from Silent House. However, in an attempt to not let you be bored by the all too familiar scenario, directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, have employed the same gimmick that the original Uruguayan film boasted: one long continuous camera shot. Though it may be this clever device that gets you into the theater to see the film, it will be the engaging performances and intense experience that will leave you remembering it.
Silent House takes you on a single-take camera ride through a creepy house with Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen). She has returned to her family’s desolate home to help out her father (Adam Treese) and uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) fix it up in order to sell it.
Silent House takes you on a single-take camera ride through a creepy house with Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen). She has returned to her family’s desolate home to help out her father (Adam Treese) and uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) fix it up in order to sell it.
- 3/9/2012
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Elizabeth Olsen broke onto the scene last year with Martha Marcy May Marlene and has since been on the top list of upcoming Hollywood actresses. So how does the youngest sister of the Olsen Twins sustain the momentum of her new success?
Elizabeth Olsen next appears in the horror film Silent House directed by Open Water directing team Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. Since her new found Hollywood career, Elizabeth Olsen has been selective with her roles. Olsen recently told CineMovie before Martha Marcy May Marlene she would take any role that came her way. Thanks to the buzz surrounding her break-through performance last year she is able to read through various scripts and choose projects which will challenge her as was the case with the independently-produced Silent House. Silent House
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Elizabeth Olsen next appears in the horror film Silent House directed by Open Water directing team Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. Since her new found Hollywood career, Elizabeth Olsen has been selective with her roles. Olsen recently told CineMovie before Martha Marcy May Marlene she would take any role that came her way. Thanks to the buzz surrounding her break-through performance last year she is able to read through various scripts and choose projects which will challenge her as was the case with the independently-produced Silent House. Silent House
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- 3/9/2012
- CineMovie
A gimmicky horror film from Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water), Silent House keeps you engaged until that timeless genre staple, the moronic plot twist, takes the movie to a weird, sinister places and saps the fun out of it. Of course, that makes it hard to review the picture, which depends so heavily on that third act reveal. The first hour-plus is pretty gripping, a real-time single-take (undoubtedly including disguised cuts) depiction of a young woman named Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) being tormented by mysterious stalkers inside a lakeside home she and her father (Adam Trese) are restoring. It’s a creepy place, with the windows boarded up, the doors locked and the power shut off. Cell phones don’t work and there are no neighbors. The filmmakers, remaking a 2010 Uruguayan movie, play up the closed-off quality by setting the action during the late afternoon, with the sun first setting outdoors. The...
- 3/9/2012
- by Robert Levin
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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