Sometimes films highlight little-known events in their country of origin that wind up catalyzing a re-evaluation of their nation’s history. Finnish director Klaus Härö’s “Never Alone” is shaping up to be that sort of film. It follows the deportation from Finland of eight Austrian-Jewish refugees by the Gestapo during World War II and the work of Abraham Stiller, a pillar of the Helsinki Jewish community, who tried to stop it from happening.
Despite Finland’s uneasy alliance with Nazi Germany during the early years of the war, Jewish citizens of Finland had their government’s protection in spite of some Finnish officials who would have preferred to comply with the Gestapo’s requests to expel them all.
It’s the first cinematic treatment of this subject, which producer Ilkka Matila says was too painful a story for the Finnish state and the entire society to speak about publicly.
Despite Finland’s uneasy alliance with Nazi Germany during the early years of the war, Jewish citizens of Finland had their government’s protection in spite of some Finnish officials who would have preferred to comply with the Gestapo’s requests to expel them all.
It’s the first cinematic treatment of this subject, which producer Ilkka Matila says was too painful a story for the Finnish state and the entire society to speak about publicly.
- 9/29/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
After three years of anticipation and two renewals for extra seasons before audiences even got to see the show, Dan Harmon’s adult animated comedy “Krapopolis” finally arrived with two episodes on Fox on Sunday night, bringing a solid audience with it.
An average 3.6 million viewers tuned in to the first episode of “Krapopolis” on Sunday night, according to Live + Same Day data from Nielsen. Titled “All Hail the Goddess of Likability!,” the premiere scored an impressive 1.2 rating among adults aged 18-49.
As is typical, viewership dropped with Episode 2 of “Krapopolis,” which aired directly afterwards. Titled “The Stuperbowl,” the episode drew 1.8 million viewers on average, and a 0.5 among adults 18-49.
The “Krapopolis” premiere benefitted from airing directly after Fox’s telecast of the Kansas City Chiefs-Chicago Bears game. NFL games always offer significant boosts to the programming that succeeds them, and Sunday’s game provided particularly buzzy lead-in:...
An average 3.6 million viewers tuned in to the first episode of “Krapopolis” on Sunday night, according to Live + Same Day data from Nielsen. Titled “All Hail the Goddess of Likability!,” the premiere scored an impressive 1.2 rating among adults aged 18-49.
As is typical, viewership dropped with Episode 2 of “Krapopolis,” which aired directly afterwards. Titled “The Stuperbowl,” the episode drew 1.8 million viewers on average, and a 0.5 among adults 18-49.
The “Krapopolis” premiere benefitted from airing directly after Fox’s telecast of the Kansas City Chiefs-Chicago Bears game. NFL games always offer significant boosts to the programming that succeeds them, and Sunday’s game provided particularly buzzy lead-in:...
- 9/25/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
1. “Grace and Frankie” Season 3 (available March 24)
Why Should I Watch It? If Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda aren’t reason enough — not to mention the rest of the cast, including Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, and June Diane Raphael — then know this: “Grace and Frankie” is a living embodiment of progressive beliefs. Not only does the show cover an array of taboo topics from the dramatic weight of right-to-die debates to casually breaking cultural stigmas surrounding post-menopause sex, but “Grace and Frankie” consists of half-hour episodes that don’t adhere to comedic or dramatic formulas. The tone is unique to the series, respecting the characters and building to moments of great power and great humor. So give it a try.
Best Episode: We haven’t seen Season 3 yet — Netflix, please send screeners at your earliest convenience — so we’ll simply say this: Midway through last year, when debating the best TV...
Why Should I Watch It? If Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda aren’t reason enough — not to mention the rest of the cast, including Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, and June Diane Raphael — then know this: “Grace and Frankie” is a living embodiment of progressive beliefs. Not only does the show cover an array of taboo topics from the dramatic weight of right-to-die debates to casually breaking cultural stigmas surrounding post-menopause sex, but “Grace and Frankie” consists of half-hour episodes that don’t adhere to comedic or dramatic formulas. The tone is unique to the series, respecting the characters and building to moments of great power and great humor. So give it a try.
Best Episode: We haven’t seen Season 3 yet — Netflix, please send screeners at your earliest convenience — so we’ll simply say this: Midway through last year, when debating the best TV...
- 3/1/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Biographical film about Sergei Eisenstein was Golden Bear nominated last year.
Independent British distributor Axiom Films has set an April 15 UK theatrical release for Peter Greenaway’s Golden Bear-nominated film about revered Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
Eisenstein In Guanajuato chronicles the director travelling to Guanajuato in Mexico in 1931 to shoot his feature Que Viva Mexico. While there, he falls in love with his guide.
Elmer Bäck (Where Once We Walked) stars as Eisenstein, alongside Luis Alberti (The Golden Dream) and Maya Zapata (Bordertown).
Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante, Rasmus Slatis & Jakob Öhrman are also among the cast.
Strand Releasing handled the title’s Us theatrical, which began on Feb 5.
The film premiered at the Berlinale in 2015 where Greenaway was nominated for a Golden Bear.
Independent British distributor Axiom Films has set an April 15 UK theatrical release for Peter Greenaway’s Golden Bear-nominated film about revered Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
Eisenstein In Guanajuato chronicles the director travelling to Guanajuato in Mexico in 1931 to shoot his feature Que Viva Mexico. While there, he falls in love with his guide.
Elmer Bäck (Where Once We Walked) stars as Eisenstein, alongside Luis Alberti (The Golden Dream) and Maya Zapata (Bordertown).
Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante, Rasmus Slatis & Jakob Öhrman are also among the cast.
Strand Releasing handled the title’s Us theatrical, which began on Feb 5.
The film premiered at the Berlinale in 2015 where Greenaway was nominated for a Golden Bear.
- 2/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
2016 is kicking off with a much more diverse slate on primetime television with 5 mid-season replacements featuring Latino leads. Jennifer Lopez, America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, and George Lopez return to television in half-hour sitcoms. Also joining the television slate includes an animated comedy titled “Bordertown” from the producer from Family Guy featuring the voices of Nicolas Gonzales and Hank Azaria. Get a sneak peek at each show.
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- 1/5/2016
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
Spanish actor Juan Diego Botto (Bordertown) is set as the male lead opposite Michelle Dockery in the TNT drama pilot Good Behavior. Shooting begins at the end of the month. Based on the Letty Dobesh books by Wayward Pines author Blake Crouch, Good Behavior is written by Crouch and Chad Hodge (Fox’s Wayward Pines) and tells the story of Letty (Dockery), a thief and a con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision from implosion — which is exactly how she…...
- 9/15/2015
- Deadline TV
We now know when Fox is planning to bring FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully back to the small screen, as the network revealed that part one of The X-Files six-episode event series premiere will air on Sunday, January 24th.
In their 2015 - 2016 fall TV schedule announcement (which also includes information on Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens, slated to begin airing on Tuesdays this fall), Fox revealed that the return of The X-Files will take place on Sunday, January 24th, between 10:00pm - 11:00pm Est after the Nfc Championship game.
The second half of the two-part premiere will air at 8:00pm Est the following night on Monday, January 25th, with subsequent episodes also airing on Monday nights. Filming on the event series begins this June. For more information, see the official press release below (The X-Files details are highlighted in bold text). Also included in...
In their 2015 - 2016 fall TV schedule announcement (which also includes information on Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens, slated to begin airing on Tuesdays this fall), Fox revealed that the return of The X-Files will take place on Sunday, January 24th, between 10:00pm - 11:00pm Est after the Nfc Championship game.
The second half of the two-part premiere will air at 8:00pm Est the following night on Monday, January 25th, with subsequent episodes also airing on Monday nights. Filming on the event series begins this June. For more information, see the official press release below (The X-Files details are highlighted in bold text). Also included in...
- 5/11/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The USA Network is on the search for its next hit, with the announcement today of it’s 2014-15 development slate.
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
- 5/8/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Kate Del Castillo is one of Mexico's most important actresses and one of the most recognized faces in Latin America. Her imposing presence, both in person and on stage, her charisma, beauty and her enormous talent and passion for acting has lead her to be one of the rising stars in the Hollywood and Ibero American film and television industries. We have enjoyed her work in the most important series of American television, shows like 'C.S.I, Miami, Dallas', 'Weeds' and her many films include American Visa, Bordertown,Bad Guys, Under the Same Moon, The Black Pimpernel, Julia, Without Men and soon to be released A Miracle of Spanish Harlem.
She has shared credits with actresses such as Tilda Swinton, Kevin Kline, Mary Louise-Parker, Edward James Olmos, Eva Longoria and Christian Slater. It was in 2011 where Kate landed in the leading role 'as Teresa Mendoza' on the critical acclaimed 'La Reina del Sur' aired originally on Telemundo in the U.S. which positioned her at the height of her career.
In 2012 the film-director Jules Stewart choose her as 'Mousey' in K-11 which is also one of Kate's best acting challenges. We had the opportunity to accompany her on a day of shooting in her new movie called 'Visitors' a psychological thriller written and directed by Acan Coen and produced by the Mexican producers Jorge Aragon and Jesus Magaña. In the film, Kate plays Ana an skeptic surgeon who will try to win back her husband Daniel and her little Sebastián from the curse that has befallen them. Visitors is her comeback as the star of Mexican Cinema and a genre that she had not ventured before. Del Castillo's talked with us about this new project set to be released in 2014 and how she continues to strengthen her career.
LatinoBuzz: You said once that you yearned the feeling of the experience of doing something for the first time, now that you are going for the first time into a new movie genre, how do you feel working in this production?
Kate: Very happy, as I said the first time of anything is always a very special feeling. It's the first time that I work in a genre like this. I'm learning so much, I'm surprising myself everyday with the things that are happening, the rhythms, a movie like this has a very different kind of rhythm. I'm very happy and very excited.
LatinoBuzz: What makes this character special to you? What new challenges has it brought to you as an actress?
Kate: For me, the script is always the most important thing. When I read the script, I loved it, I spent nearly two years to consolidate this project, you know cinema sometimes has its delays, but I think it was all worth it, not only because of the story but also because it is a totally different character. Ana is a surgeon, a pragmatic woman, a very logical woman devoted to science, so what makes this character beautiful is that the perfect structure that Ana had starts crumbling as things with no logic started to happen, so when she begins to find logic to what's really happening, her world begins to crumble. That's why I loved this character, the character arc is very beautiful.
LatinoBuzz: How do you feel working with your director Acán Coen?
Kate: Fine, very happy, it's very cool to work with a new director, it's his first film. I like to see that hunger, that urge and that everything that has a new director I learn so much from everyone. I learn, I learn a lot always.
LatinoBuzz: In the thriller genre there's a really thin line between being a thriller movie or becoming a comedy, if the thriller isn't managed well. What should the audience expect from 'Visitants' ?
Kate: I think that happens more often with Horror. Visitants, it's a psychological thriller, so that doesn't happen with us. Visitants is an important production, it is a very well done production, there is a lot of money behind the film, the special and visual effects people are wonderful, the director, the whole team are very professional people who have been working on this for so many years and we are doing something very, very professional, very well done. There is so much talent in Mexico.
LatinoBuzz: What do you think of Mexican Cinema nowadays? What do you think 'Visitants' can contribute to the industry?
Kate: First of all, making a movie of this genre is rarely performed in Mexico, so it seems a very appropriate choice, is a genre that has a lot of spectators, a genre that the audience likes a lot, that sells a lot, it can be a very commercial film and a film that you can take to festivals at the same time too. Mexican cinema it's very vast, it comes in all genders, of all qualities too. We have a huge capacity to go on to compete around the world, festivals and awards around. It is a genre that not everyone dares to enter and that is a dare too. I like challenges, i like that fear you feel for something new and with a new director, I think it's very important to always support new projects.
LatinoBuzz: Every day you open yourself more doors in the Anglo market, What's next? What are your plans?
Kate: There are many plans, there are many plans with my agency, we want to do many things. We are closing projects. There comes something very important this year that I will be able to say later. I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela. Right now I thank God I have a privileged position where I can afford to choose projects, because I also want to forge a serious and respectable career for me, not for others. My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
LatinoBuzz: I must confess that I especially like your work in 'K-11' your character is impeccable. How was working with the director Jules Stewart?
Kate: Jules is an amazing woman who has worked with all the directors you can imagine, the greatest. She has made thousands of movies working like script supervisor. She had already the entire footage of the movie in her head, we shoot it super fast, she was quite sure what she wanted, everything was amazing and I loved Mousey my character, it was one of those opportunities that you get a once in a lifetime and I could not miss this one. These are the characters where you have lots of fun, you get the chance to add them a lot of things and with Jules help, because there's a very thin line too, right? you can also can became a comedy if this type of character isn't managed well. I am very proud of my work, I can not always say the same thing i am very hard on me, i think it was a job very well done between the two, between Jules and I. Jules is a very charming woman to work with, and is an amazing director, a director who knows how to talk to actors, knows how to work the actors, she knows perfect her camera movements, she had already the entire footage of the movie in her head. Incredible.
LatinoBuzz: Do you miss 'La Reina del Sur' and your role as Teresa Mendoza?
Kate: Very much, very much. Teresa Mendoza is a really beautiful character that has so many things and also goes through a lot. There are very few times that life gives you opportunities like this.
LatinoBuzz: Will there be a movie?
Kate: Maybe, maybe.
LatinoBuzz: Is there a favorite director with whom you would like to work in the future?
Kate: There are many directors I would like to work with. There are many. There are some wonderful spanish filmmakers as Alejandro Amenábar. I love the Coen Brothers too.
LatinoBuzz: What films have inspired you in your career as an actress?
Kate: Many! But one film that fascinates me is 'Orlando' because of the work that Tilda Swinton did there, with whom then I had the fortune to work with in the film 'Julia'. Orlando is one of the films that inspires you and makes you wanna say: I want to be an actress
LatinoBuzz: Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
Kate: I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals and I never do that kind of stuff I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.
LatinoBuzz: Mention in three words how would you like the public to remember you:
Kate: In three words I can hardly tell you, but I would like to be reminded with a career that has a wide range, that they can say they see me at least different in each of my roles.
She has shared credits with actresses such as Tilda Swinton, Kevin Kline, Mary Louise-Parker, Edward James Olmos, Eva Longoria and Christian Slater. It was in 2011 where Kate landed in the leading role 'as Teresa Mendoza' on the critical acclaimed 'La Reina del Sur' aired originally on Telemundo in the U.S. which positioned her at the height of her career.
In 2012 the film-director Jules Stewart choose her as 'Mousey' in K-11 which is also one of Kate's best acting challenges. We had the opportunity to accompany her on a day of shooting in her new movie called 'Visitors' a psychological thriller written and directed by Acan Coen and produced by the Mexican producers Jorge Aragon and Jesus Magaña. In the film, Kate plays Ana an skeptic surgeon who will try to win back her husband Daniel and her little Sebastián from the curse that has befallen them. Visitors is her comeback as the star of Mexican Cinema and a genre that she had not ventured before. Del Castillo's talked with us about this new project set to be released in 2014 and how she continues to strengthen her career.
LatinoBuzz: You said once that you yearned the feeling of the experience of doing something for the first time, now that you are going for the first time into a new movie genre, how do you feel working in this production?
Kate: Very happy, as I said the first time of anything is always a very special feeling. It's the first time that I work in a genre like this. I'm learning so much, I'm surprising myself everyday with the things that are happening, the rhythms, a movie like this has a very different kind of rhythm. I'm very happy and very excited.
LatinoBuzz: What makes this character special to you? What new challenges has it brought to you as an actress?
Kate: For me, the script is always the most important thing. When I read the script, I loved it, I spent nearly two years to consolidate this project, you know cinema sometimes has its delays, but I think it was all worth it, not only because of the story but also because it is a totally different character. Ana is a surgeon, a pragmatic woman, a very logical woman devoted to science, so what makes this character beautiful is that the perfect structure that Ana had starts crumbling as things with no logic started to happen, so when she begins to find logic to what's really happening, her world begins to crumble. That's why I loved this character, the character arc is very beautiful.
LatinoBuzz: How do you feel working with your director Acán Coen?
Kate: Fine, very happy, it's very cool to work with a new director, it's his first film. I like to see that hunger, that urge and that everything that has a new director I learn so much from everyone. I learn, I learn a lot always.
LatinoBuzz: In the thriller genre there's a really thin line between being a thriller movie or becoming a comedy, if the thriller isn't managed well. What should the audience expect from 'Visitants' ?
Kate: I think that happens more often with Horror. Visitants, it's a psychological thriller, so that doesn't happen with us. Visitants is an important production, it is a very well done production, there is a lot of money behind the film, the special and visual effects people are wonderful, the director, the whole team are very professional people who have been working on this for so many years and we are doing something very, very professional, very well done. There is so much talent in Mexico.
LatinoBuzz: What do you think of Mexican Cinema nowadays? What do you think 'Visitants' can contribute to the industry?
Kate: First of all, making a movie of this genre is rarely performed in Mexico, so it seems a very appropriate choice, is a genre that has a lot of spectators, a genre that the audience likes a lot, that sells a lot, it can be a very commercial film and a film that you can take to festivals at the same time too. Mexican cinema it's very vast, it comes in all genders, of all qualities too. We have a huge capacity to go on to compete around the world, festivals and awards around. It is a genre that not everyone dares to enter and that is a dare too. I like challenges, i like that fear you feel for something new and with a new director, I think it's very important to always support new projects.
LatinoBuzz: Every day you open yourself more doors in the Anglo market, What's next? What are your plans?
Kate: There are many plans, there are many plans with my agency, we want to do many things. We are closing projects. There comes something very important this year that I will be able to say later. I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela. Right now I thank God I have a privileged position where I can afford to choose projects, because I also want to forge a serious and respectable career for me, not for others. My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
LatinoBuzz: I must confess that I especially like your work in 'K-11' your character is impeccable. How was working with the director Jules Stewart?
Kate: Jules is an amazing woman who has worked with all the directors you can imagine, the greatest. She has made thousands of movies working like script supervisor. She had already the entire footage of the movie in her head, we shoot it super fast, she was quite sure what she wanted, everything was amazing and I loved Mousey my character, it was one of those opportunities that you get a once in a lifetime and I could not miss this one. These are the characters where you have lots of fun, you get the chance to add them a lot of things and with Jules help, because there's a very thin line too, right? you can also can became a comedy if this type of character isn't managed well. I am very proud of my work, I can not always say the same thing i am very hard on me, i think it was a job very well done between the two, between Jules and I. Jules is a very charming woman to work with, and is an amazing director, a director who knows how to talk to actors, knows how to work the actors, she knows perfect her camera movements, she had already the entire footage of the movie in her head. Incredible.
LatinoBuzz: Do you miss 'La Reina del Sur' and your role as Teresa Mendoza?
Kate: Very much, very much. Teresa Mendoza is a really beautiful character that has so many things and also goes through a lot. There are very few times that life gives you opportunities like this.
LatinoBuzz: Will there be a movie?
Kate: Maybe, maybe.
LatinoBuzz: Is there a favorite director with whom you would like to work in the future?
Kate: There are many directors I would like to work with. There are many. There are some wonderful spanish filmmakers as Alejandro Amenábar. I love the Coen Brothers too.
LatinoBuzz: What films have inspired you in your career as an actress?
Kate: Many! But one film that fascinates me is 'Orlando' because of the work that Tilda Swinton did there, with whom then I had the fortune to work with in the film 'Julia'. Orlando is one of the films that inspires you and makes you wanna say: I want to be an actress
LatinoBuzz: Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
Kate: I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals and I never do that kind of stuff I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.
LatinoBuzz: Mention in three words how would you like the public to remember you:
Kate: In three words I can hardly tell you, but I would like to be reminded with a career that has a wide range, that they can say they see me at least different in each of my roles.
- 9/18/2013
- by Renee Ylizaliturri
- Sydney's Buzz
For a while there, we were worried. There seemed to be a way too long stretch of time where Antonio Banderas looked like he might never rebound from what seemed to be a string of bad choices. While he was keeping the lights on with "Shrek" movies, he was starring in one movie after another that no saw/heard of. Remember "The Big Bang," "The Code," "Bordertown," or "Take The Lead"? Yeah, neither do we. But 2011 has been a return to form. He reteamed with Pedro Almodovar for the severely underrated "The Skin I Live In," starred in the epic "Black Gold" and next week, he appears in Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire." Now, he's eyeing a role that will definitely keep him in the spotlight. Banderas is looking to step into the shoes of Fidel Castro for the upcoming "Castro's Daughter." In the works for a while now, the film...
- 1/13/2012
- The Playlist
Jennifer Lopez is at a bizarre crossroads in her career, where she's currently famous for formerly being a superstar, because at any rate, no one wants to see her in movies or listen to her music. Her last few efforts on the big screen--"The Back-Up Plan," "El cantate" and "Bordertown"--were outright duds. While on the music fromt, despite having a hit single with "On The Floor," no one bought her album "Love?" with only 183,000 copies sold to date a far cry from her previous effort "Brave" (650,000 copies) and leagues away from the era when she was moving units…...
- 6/22/2011
- The Playlist
The Back-Up PlanCast: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’LoughlinDirection: Alan PoulRating: ** It’s been nearly three years since the release of her last film, the direct-to-dvd dud, Bordertown. Latina diva Jennifer Lopez took a break from acting, gave birth to twins, only to return to the big screen in this equally dud romantic farce. She shouldn’t have bothered. Targeting the lowest common denominator audience, debutant director Poul never gets to the heart of the protagonist to involve us in her predicament. Despairing of ever finding her Mr. Right, a 30-something pet shop proprietor (Lopez) opts for artificial insemination. Predictably, upon leaving ...
- 5/14/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Antonio Banderas and his Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! director Pedro Almodóvar will reunite for the film La Piel que Habito (translation: The Skin I Live In). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Almodóvar told the Spanish daily El Pais, "The film will be a terror film, without screams or scares....It's the harshest film I've ever written and Banderas' character is brutal." In the movie, based on the Thierry Jonquet novel Tarantula, Banderas will play a plastic surgeon who takes revenge on the man who raped his daughter. Almodóvar said he sees it as a way for both Banderas and himself to stretch.
- 5/5/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Jennifer Lopez's first romcom since Monster-in-Law was left trailing by DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon, now in its fifth weekend
The winner
How to Train Your Dragon's flight has been loopy but rewarding thus far and the well-reviewed animated movie touched down at No 1 in its fifth weekend. It added an estimated $15m (£9.7m) to raise its running total to $178m, combining with the $194m overseas tally for a tasty $372m and rising in cinemas – and that's before we even begin to think about DVD, cable and TV.
Sharp-eyed followers of this chart will recall that the DreamWorks Animation release ended last weekend at No 1 too, only for Kick-Ass to boot it into silver medal position at the start of last week. It would appear the Dragon attack has vanquished all foes this time, given the $2.7m gap between it and The Back-Up Plan in second place.
The winner
How to Train Your Dragon's flight has been loopy but rewarding thus far and the well-reviewed animated movie touched down at No 1 in its fifth weekend. It added an estimated $15m (£9.7m) to raise its running total to $178m, combining with the $194m overseas tally for a tasty $372m and rising in cinemas – and that's before we even begin to think about DVD, cable and TV.
Sharp-eyed followers of this chart will recall that the DreamWorks Animation release ended last weekend at No 1 too, only for Kick-Ass to boot it into silver medal position at the start of last week. It would appear the Dragon attack has vanquished all foes this time, given the $2.7m gap between it and The Back-Up Plan in second place.
- 4/26/2010
- by Jeremy Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
This weekend marks the return of Jennifer Lopez to mainstream movies after a five-year hiatus. For a stretch that lasted from the late 1990s on through 2005, Ms. Lopez was arguably one of the most bankable actresses. That may sound strange today in light of her last theatrical release, El Cantante, making just $7.6 million in 2007, while another movie, Bordertown, went straight-to-video (not to mention the waning record sales of her music career). Perhaps contributing to a negative perception of her prior drawing power is the fact that she never starred in an intended blockbuster and none of her movies grossed more than $100 million (though three did adjusted for ticket price inflation). Following supporting work in pictures like My Family and Money Train, Jennifer Lopez broke out into leading roles in 1997 with back-to-back hits Selena and Anaconda. Music biography Selena racked up $35.3 million or the equivalent of around $60 million adjusted for ticket price inflation,...
- 4/22/2010
- by Brandon Gray <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Jennifer Lopez may be getting ready to go overboard... or, more specifically, Overboard. The singer-dancer-actress, who hasn't been glimpsed on the big screen since the overlooked Bordertown (2006) and El Cantante (2006), seems set to stake a new claim to movie stardom. Look for her alongside Alex O'Loughlin, Danneel Harris and Anthony Anderson in the romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan (2010), due out in theaters on April 23. And, according to the film trade publication the Hollywood Reporter, she's about to finalize a deal to remake the Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell romantic comedy Overboard (1987). For those with good memories, a great video or DVD collection, and/or a knack for finding sweet old movies while channel surfing, Overboard was a low-key piece of entertainment directed by Garry Marshall, who most recently brought us the recent box office hit Valentine's Day (2010). The original film cast Hawn as Joanna, a rich, spoiled, and dislikable woman...
- 3/22/2010
- by ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
- ScreenStar
Jennifer Lopez may be getting ready to go overboard... or, more specifically, Overboard. The singer-dancer-actress, who hasn't been glimpsed on the big screen since the overlooked Bordertown (2006) and El Cantante (2006), seems set to stake a new claim to movie stardom. Look for her alongside Alex O'Loughlin, Danneel Harris and Anthony Anderson in the romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan (2010), due out in theaters on April 23. And, according to the film trade publication the Hollywood Reporter, she's about to finalize a deal to remake the Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell romantic comedy Overboard (1987). For those with good memories, a great video or DVD collection, and/or a knack for finding sweet old movies while channel surfing, Overboard was a low-key piece of entertainment directed by Garry Marshall, who most recently brought us the recent box office hit Valentine's Day (2010). The original film cast Hawn as Joanna, a rich, spoiled, and dislikable woman...
- 3/22/2010
- by ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
- ScreenStar
It's back to cookie-cutter romcoms as Jennifer Lopez makes a comeback. But someone needs to point her towards her adventurous 90s films if she really wants to recover her mojo
Vincent Van Gogh, Nick Drake, Jennifer Lopez. Three lives marked by public apathy and critical disregard. Three lives whose genius lay undiscovered until it was too late. Three lives scratched out in a mess of poverty and desperate anonymity.
Apart from Jennifer Lopez, obviously, because she's one of the most famous women on Earth and she's sold 48m albums and her films have made a total of $900m around the world and she's released 18 different perfumes and has definitely kissed Ben Affleck on the mouth at least once. But that doesn't matter – Jennifer Lopez is easily just as unknown and underappreciated as the other two, whatever their names were. It's about time that the world woke up and started to...
Vincent Van Gogh, Nick Drake, Jennifer Lopez. Three lives marked by public apathy and critical disregard. Three lives whose genius lay undiscovered until it was too late. Three lives scratched out in a mess of poverty and desperate anonymity.
Apart from Jennifer Lopez, obviously, because she's one of the most famous women on Earth and she's sold 48m albums and her films have made a total of $900m around the world and she's released 18 different perfumes and has definitely kissed Ben Affleck on the mouth at least once. But that doesn't matter – Jennifer Lopez is easily just as unknown and underappreciated as the other two, whatever their names were. It's about time that the world woke up and started to...
- 1/11/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Jose here with some Foreign Language Film Oscar analysis.
The second to last time Mexico was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, the movie was made by respected director Carlos Carrera. The film was The Crime of Father Amaro, which arguably banked in on the crush the whole world had developed with rising star Gael García Bernal and of course the controversy factor.
Mexico is counting on Carrera to get them their eighth nomination in the category with his newest film Backyard a thriller which deals with the murders of women in the bordertown of Ciudad Juárez. The "muertas of Juárez" as they've become known, have been a pressing issue for the local authorities for more than a decade now. Very little has been done to solve what amounts to more than 500 crimes (including murders and disappearances).
The film is preachy and sloppy (read my review here) but...
The second to last time Mexico was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, the movie was made by respected director Carlos Carrera. The film was The Crime of Father Amaro, which arguably banked in on the crush the whole world had developed with rising star Gael García Bernal and of course the controversy factor.
Mexico is counting on Carrera to get them their eighth nomination in the category with his newest film Backyard a thriller which deals with the murders of women in the bordertown of Ciudad Juárez. The "muertas of Juárez" as they've become known, have been a pressing issue for the local authorities for more than a decade now. Very little has been done to solve what amounts to more than 500 crimes (including murders and disappearances).
The film is preachy and sloppy (read my review here) but...
- 9/30/2009
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Jennifer Lopez has signed on to star in Plan B, a romantic comedy being developed by CBS Films, one of the first projects from the studio to get a green light. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing via their Escape Artists banner. The movie centers on a single woman who conceives twins through artificial insemination (her Plan B) only to meet the man of her dreams (her Plan A) on the very same day. It was written by Kate Angelo, a former writer for the sitcoms Will & Grace and Becker. The Maid and Manhattan and Wedding Planner star last hit the screen in 2006 in Cantante, El and Bordertown. She took time off to concentrate on her family and music career. The producers are currently seeking a director as well as the male lead, with production scheduled to start in the spring. Lopez is also getting ready to film The Governess,...
- 12/16/2008
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Campaigning star Jennifer Lopez's humanitarian efforts have been honored by human rights group Amnesty International. The Out Of Sight actress was awarded the Artists for Amnesty prize at the Berlin Film Festival on Wednesday for highlighting the spate of unsolved killings in Mexico in her latest film. Bordertown, which also stars Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen, sees Lopez play an investigative journalist reporting on a serial killer in the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez. Amnesty International claims more than 400 unsolved female murders have been committed in Juarez since the killings began in 1993. Lopez described the situation as "one of the world's most shocking and disturbing, underreported crimes against humanity." The actress said she was "very humbled" after being presented with the award by East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta, a Nobel Peace laureate.
- 2/16/2007
- WENN
- 57th Berlin Film FestivalFebruary 8 to 18, 2007Countdown: updateCountdownClock('February 8, 2007'); Berlin, Germany Festival LinkOn February 8 the curtain will rise in Berlinale Palast for the 57th Berlin International Film Festival. Throughout the following ten days, the festival will show 373 films on some 50 cinema screens all over the city. At the growing European Film Market, the festival's business fair, more than 700 films will be presented to the industry. International guests, stars on the red carpet, packed theaters, hot debates, and wild parties - the Berlinale will play Berlin like no other event on the calendar does. Yet, it is a festival not only of the masses, but also of the many: of the many who in months of hard work organized the programme and provided the infrastructure, and of the many who are busy behind the scenes to keep the festival buzzing. Of course, it will again be a festival of stars,
- 2/7/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- The official lineup for the 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival is starting to take shape, with a raft of new titles -- including Paul Schrader's The Walker, Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima and Gregory Nava's Bordertown -- tabbed for this year's event.
Because Schrader is serving as president of the Berlinale jury this year, The Walker, described as a pseudo sequel to his 1980 film American Gigolo, will screen in an out of competition slot. The film, which features Kristin Scott Thomas and Lauren Bacall, will have its world premiere in Berlin.
Letters From Iwo Jima also will screen out of competition, already having opened in North America and Japan.
Eastwood's Japanese-language epic will not be the only film in Berlin that looks to World War II for inspiration. The Counterfeiter, Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky's story of the Nazi effort to forge millions of British pounds in a bid prop up Hitler's failing regime, also has been chosen for competition.
French directors Jacques Rivette and Andre Techine both return to Berlin with their latest.
Because Schrader is serving as president of the Berlinale jury this year, The Walker, described as a pseudo sequel to his 1980 film American Gigolo, will screen in an out of competition slot. The film, which features Kristin Scott Thomas and Lauren Bacall, will have its world premiere in Berlin.
Letters From Iwo Jima also will screen out of competition, already having opened in North America and Japan.
Eastwood's Japanese-language epic will not be the only film in Berlin that looks to World War II for inspiration. The Counterfeiter, Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky's story of the Nazi effort to forge millions of British pounds in a bid prop up Hitler's failing regime, also has been chosen for competition.
French directors Jacques Rivette and Andre Techine both return to Berlin with their latest.
- 1/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jennifer Lopez has dumped her new manager, Brittany Murphy's ex-fiance Jeff Kwatinetz. The singer/actress ended her year-long business relationship with the head of power players The Firm at the weekend, according to website TMZ.com. The split comes just before the release of Lopez's new films Bordertown and El Cantante, in which she stars alongside her husband, Marc Anthony. Her album of Spanish-language ballads, Como Ama Una Mujer, is also scheduled for release in November. In a statement, The Firm's bosses write, "Jennifer is a dear friend of The Firm and will remain so regardless of the business relationship. This was a decision based on differing styles and expectations and we wish her the absolute best."...
- 9/26/2006
- WENN
Jennifer Lopez has found out that a leading suspect in the murders her new film Bordertown revolves around has been arrested. The singer/actress learned of the arrest of a key suspect, in what have been dubbed the maquiladoras murders, on the red carpet at the premiere of her new movie on Tuesday night. Lopez plays a journalist investigating the rapes and murders of factory workers in Cuidad Jarez, Mexico, which have rocked the city since 1993. Upon hearing the news, a thrilled Lopez said, "This movie has been very topical for a long time. This is has been going on for many, many years and it's also one of the reasons I wanted to make this movie. It's such an important story and I just felt this is some way I can bring life to this story. I'm really interested to find out what happened. I had no idea there had been an arrest."...
- 9/14/2006
- WENN
Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez has sacked her agents at top Hollywood firm International Creative Management (ICM) in an attempt to boost her film career. The Monster-in-Law actress left ICM for the third time on Friday, after reportedly being unhappy with the movie projects she had been cast in. A source tells PageSix.com, "(Former agent) Ed Limato didn't do anything for her in over a year. He got her into Dallas - a TV remake that will probably flop. She is doing Oscar-winning work in Bordertown. She should not be doing Dallas." Lopez has signed with the William Morris Agency, who will look after both her film and music careers.
- 5/2/2006
- WENN
Jennifer Lopez is so unhappy with her accommodation and on set trailer while filming Bordertown, she has demanded a luxury motor home and a private villa. The Maid In Manhattan beauty is starring in the low budget movie shooting in Mexico as a favor to director Gregory Nava, who made her breakthrough film Selena, but she still demands to live in luxury. An insider tells Pagesix.Com, "She doesn't realize this is an independent movie - as in no studio is attached - and there is no one to pay her outrageous bills." And her superstar requirements don't stop there - Lopez is determined her hairdresser Oribe's $10,000-a-day charge be taken out of Bordertown's budget, according to the gossip website. The source continues, "The s**t is going to hit the fan when she is told no one can pay for Oribe... (Co-star) Antonio Banderas isn't asking for anything, but she is!"...
- 6/19/2005
- WENN
CANNES -- Germany's economy may still be spluttering, with unemployment at record highs and growth almost nonexistent, but after a couple years of quiet, German independent distributors are again pulling out their checkbooks at the Cannes market, snatching up several high-profile Hollywood projects. Andreas Fallsheer's fast-growing Falcom Media Group grabbed Gregory Nava's crime drama Bordertown, starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Lopez, from Mobius International. The Swiss-based group also grabbed Mobius' .45, a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale featuring Milla Jovovich. Falcom also inked a deal to take German distribution rights for the horror title Rise, starring Lucy Liu, from Mandate Pictures. Babel, the Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett/Gael Garcia Bernal omnibus feature from Mexican helmer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, was bought by Berlin-based Tobis Film from Summit Entertainment.
- 5/16/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Antonio Banderas is set to join Jennifer Lopez in the indie thriller Bordertown, pairing the two stars for the first time on the big screen. Set on the U.S.-Mexico border, the film centers on a journalist who investigates a series of murders that take place in the vicinity of some U.S.-owned factories in the region. Gregory Nava, who directed Lopez in the 1997 feature Selena, is directing the picture, which is being fully financed by Mobius Entertainment. In 2001, Nava and Banderas signed up to work together on the Walt Disney Co. film Zapata.
- 4/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jennifer Lopez will re-team with her Selena director Gregory Nava to play a journalist in her next movie, Bordertown. Lopez, who won acclaim when she portrayed tragic singer Selena Quintanilla-perez in the 1997 movie, will play a reporter who investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Production on the movie is set to begin in New Mexico and Mexico on April 30, 2005.
- 3/16/2005
- WENN
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