What the hell is The Silverhide? That's a really good question. Judging by the trailer and stills for the new UK flick Pounce, it appears to be a giant pissed off creature with a taste for human flesh. Check it out!
Pounce is the first feature film produced by Other Dimension Films Ltd., a production company formed in 2011 by Keith R. Robinson for the purpose of producing low budget features as well as commercial product and in conjunction with Los Angeles-based Groom Lake Illusions run by producer Jay So. It was written and produced/directed by Keith R. Robinson and stars Kelly Wines, Lucy Clarvis, Phil Stone, Jordan Murphy, John Hoye, and Matt Brewer. The music is performed by Toby Wilson, and the film was shot in London/Essex, England, with some location work in the rugged mountains of Wales.
Synopsis
Pounce is a horror/thriller film about a group...
Pounce is the first feature film produced by Other Dimension Films Ltd., a production company formed in 2011 by Keith R. Robinson for the purpose of producing low budget features as well as commercial product and in conjunction with Los Angeles-based Groom Lake Illusions run by producer Jay So. It was written and produced/directed by Keith R. Robinson and stars Kelly Wines, Lucy Clarvis, Phil Stone, Jordan Murphy, John Hoye, and Matt Brewer. The music is performed by Toby Wilson, and the film was shot in London/Essex, England, with some location work in the rugged mountains of Wales.
Synopsis
Pounce is a horror/thriller film about a group...
- 4/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
There's more legal fallout from the doomed Korean-produced sequel to Beverly Hills Ninja, which was set to star David Hasselhoff instead of the original 1997 comedy's lead actor, Chris Farley. Last year, Mitchell Klebanoff, who co-wrote the original and was tapped to direct the follow-up, won a lawsuit against Korean investors who bought rights to the franchise from Sony. An arbitrator in the dispute determined that the investors hadn't properly terminated him as a director and awarded him nearly $262,000. Now comes a new lawsuit from Jay So, who says he was contracted by Klebanoff and
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- 3/8/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The original "Men in Black" gave the sci-fi alien invasion movie something it has always lacked -- a dress code. Black suits, dark glasses and a supercool attitude were required. Now Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return as Jay and Kay, the secret police unit that monitors extra-terrestrial activity on planet Earth in "Men in Black II".
Naturally, what was hip and original in the first movie is now familiar and less hip in the sequel. Nevertheless, director Barry Sonnenfeld and company retain much of the rubbery alien slapstick humor, All American team Smith and Jones continue to play off each other smoothly, and a bigger role has been created for that instant laugh-getter Frank, the cigar-smoking, tough-talking pug.
Critics will have fits, but most younger audiences will be in stitches. "MiB II" may not approach the $587 million worldwide gross of "MiB" in 1997, but then again it's not impossible.
The key effect has nothing to do with Rick Baker's mind-tickling alien makeup or Industrial Light + Magic's visual effects, but the weird, "who-knew?" chemistry of Smith and Jones. Smith's exuberance and comic timing can elevate anybody's game. Here it serves to take the edge off Jones' gruff, no-nonsense acting style. Smith's Jay So lightens up the tough-guy aura surrounding Jones' Kay, you might mistake Jones for a light comedian.
Nothing particularly memorable happens in the sci-fi action here. Abbott and Costello movies had more sophisticated plots. But the sight of the two actors wading into a sea of icky creatures and bumbling aliens is irresistibly funny.
The film's major task is getting Kay and Jay back together. If you recall from the first film -- and don't hate yourself if you don't -- Jones' Kay was "neuralized" at the end, meaning his memory was wiped clean. Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro's script makes their reteaming a matter of international urgency caused by the reappearance of Kay's old nemesis Serleena, an intergalactic blob of snaky parts that morphs into the curvaceous form of Lara Flynn Boyle.
Because only Kay knows where he long ago hid the object Serleena seeks, he is swiftly located in the civilian job of postmaster in Massachusetts and de-neuralized. The rest of the movie gets taken up with Kay and Jay tracking down clues amid the clutter of creatures manipulated by puppeteers and effects magicians.
Rip Torn returns as the Men in Black's boss, Zed, and Tony Shalhoub is back as Jeebs, the alien pawnshop owner. The chief new human is talented and beautiful Rosario Dawson, playing a witness to an alien-on-alien crime who Jay fails to neuralize when he develops a crush on her.
New aliens include Johnny Knoxville's Scrad/Charlie, Serleena's henchman with two heads but only half a brain, and John Alexander's Jarra, the ozone thief. The tiny and slinky Worm Guys return in extended roles that exploit their slovenly manner.
Sonnenfeld keeps things brisk. The movie clocks in at a trim 88 minutes, and things move more swiftly than in a cartoon. Technical effects are top-notch, which doesn't mean the creatures don't look fake as hell. That's part of the joke.
MEN IN BLACK II
Columbia Pictures
An Amblin Entertainment production in association with MacDonald/Parkes Prods.
Credits:
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriters: Robert Gordon, Barry Fanaro
Story by: Robert Gordon
Producers: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Executive producer: Steven Spielberg
Director of photography: Greg Gardiner
Production designer: Bo Welch
Music: Danny Elfman
Co-producer: Graham Place
Costume designer: Mary E. Vogt
Visual effects supervisor: John Berton
Alien makeup effects: Rick Baker
Editors: Steven Weisberg, Richard Pearson
Cast:
Kay: Tommy Lee Jones
Jay: Will Smith
Zed: Rip Torn
Serleena: Lara Flynn Boyle
Scrad/Charlie: Johnny Knoxville
Laura Vasquez: Rosario Dawson
Jeebs: Tony Shalhoub
Agent Tee: Patrick Warburton
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Naturally, what was hip and original in the first movie is now familiar and less hip in the sequel. Nevertheless, director Barry Sonnenfeld and company retain much of the rubbery alien slapstick humor, All American team Smith and Jones continue to play off each other smoothly, and a bigger role has been created for that instant laugh-getter Frank, the cigar-smoking, tough-talking pug.
Critics will have fits, but most younger audiences will be in stitches. "MiB II" may not approach the $587 million worldwide gross of "MiB" in 1997, but then again it's not impossible.
The key effect has nothing to do with Rick Baker's mind-tickling alien makeup or Industrial Light + Magic's visual effects, but the weird, "who-knew?" chemistry of Smith and Jones. Smith's exuberance and comic timing can elevate anybody's game. Here it serves to take the edge off Jones' gruff, no-nonsense acting style. Smith's Jay So lightens up the tough-guy aura surrounding Jones' Kay, you might mistake Jones for a light comedian.
Nothing particularly memorable happens in the sci-fi action here. Abbott and Costello movies had more sophisticated plots. But the sight of the two actors wading into a sea of icky creatures and bumbling aliens is irresistibly funny.
The film's major task is getting Kay and Jay back together. If you recall from the first film -- and don't hate yourself if you don't -- Jones' Kay was "neuralized" at the end, meaning his memory was wiped clean. Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro's script makes their reteaming a matter of international urgency caused by the reappearance of Kay's old nemesis Serleena, an intergalactic blob of snaky parts that morphs into the curvaceous form of Lara Flynn Boyle.
Because only Kay knows where he long ago hid the object Serleena seeks, he is swiftly located in the civilian job of postmaster in Massachusetts and de-neuralized. The rest of the movie gets taken up with Kay and Jay tracking down clues amid the clutter of creatures manipulated by puppeteers and effects magicians.
Rip Torn returns as the Men in Black's boss, Zed, and Tony Shalhoub is back as Jeebs, the alien pawnshop owner. The chief new human is talented and beautiful Rosario Dawson, playing a witness to an alien-on-alien crime who Jay fails to neuralize when he develops a crush on her.
New aliens include Johnny Knoxville's Scrad/Charlie, Serleena's henchman with two heads but only half a brain, and John Alexander's Jarra, the ozone thief. The tiny and slinky Worm Guys return in extended roles that exploit their slovenly manner.
Sonnenfeld keeps things brisk. The movie clocks in at a trim 88 minutes, and things move more swiftly than in a cartoon. Technical effects are top-notch, which doesn't mean the creatures don't look fake as hell. That's part of the joke.
MEN IN BLACK II
Columbia Pictures
An Amblin Entertainment production in association with MacDonald/Parkes Prods.
Credits:
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriters: Robert Gordon, Barry Fanaro
Story by: Robert Gordon
Producers: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Executive producer: Steven Spielberg
Director of photography: Greg Gardiner
Production designer: Bo Welch
Music: Danny Elfman
Co-producer: Graham Place
Costume designer: Mary E. Vogt
Visual effects supervisor: John Berton
Alien makeup effects: Rick Baker
Editors: Steven Weisberg, Richard Pearson
Cast:
Kay: Tommy Lee Jones
Jay: Will Smith
Zed: Rip Torn
Serleena: Lara Flynn Boyle
Scrad/Charlie: Johnny Knoxville
Laura Vasquez: Rosario Dawson
Jeebs: Tony Shalhoub
Agent Tee: Patrick Warburton
Running time -- 88 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 6/25/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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