Festival
Patty Jenkins Set to Appear at HollyShorts Film Festival For Q&a
“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins is set to open the Shorts on Film Program at the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival with a Q&a.
Jenkins, who is also know for films including “Monster” and television including “The Killing” finale, will appear in conversation with Steve Bellamy, president of Kodak Motion Picture, on August 11 at TLC Chinese 6 theatre. Among the topics she’ll be discussing are her work, artistic process and the state of the industry.
This year’s HollyShorts, which runs from August 10-20, has received a record number of submissions on analog film. Kodak film grants will be awarded to winners in a number of categories, as part of the brand’s long-term collaboration with HollyShorts.
Acquisition
The BBC has acquired Australian crime drama “Black Snow” for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer from All3Media International. The six-part series stars Travis Fimmel,...
Patty Jenkins Set to Appear at HollyShorts Film Festival For Q&a
“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins is set to open the Shorts on Film Program at the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival with a Q&a.
Jenkins, who is also know for films including “Monster” and television including “The Killing” finale, will appear in conversation with Steve Bellamy, president of Kodak Motion Picture, on August 11 at TLC Chinese 6 theatre. Among the topics she’ll be discussing are her work, artistic process and the state of the industry.
This year’s HollyShorts, which runs from August 10-20, has received a record number of submissions on analog film. Kodak film grants will be awarded to winners in a number of categories, as part of the brand’s long-term collaboration with HollyShorts.
Acquisition
The BBC has acquired Australian crime drama “Black Snow” for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer from All3Media International. The six-part series stars Travis Fimmel,...
- 8/10/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Mitzi Ruhlmann.
Mitzi Ruhlmann was five years old when she saw Phillip Noyce’s Stolen Generation drama Rabbit-Proof Fence, perhaps not an ideal experience for someone so young, but it had a profound impact.
From that moment on she was determined to become an actor, not a far-fetched ambition for a girl who spent a lot of time on film and TV sets watching her dad, cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann, at work.
(Ruhlmann Senior’s credits include the features The Nugget, The Night We Called It a Day and Little Fish and, most recently, the Netflix series Messiah, created by Aussie Michael Petroni and co-directed by Kate Woods, and Jupiter’s Legacy.)
Last month the 21-year-old came home after seven months in La auditioning for numerous roles. She’ll go back in February for pilot season.
Since she was 12 she has had a manager in the Us, Jennifer Gabler Rawlings, whom she...
Mitzi Ruhlmann was five years old when she saw Phillip Noyce’s Stolen Generation drama Rabbit-Proof Fence, perhaps not an ideal experience for someone so young, but it had a profound impact.
From that moment on she was determined to become an actor, not a far-fetched ambition for a girl who spent a lot of time on film and TV sets watching her dad, cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann, at work.
(Ruhlmann Senior’s credits include the features The Nugget, The Night We Called It a Day and Little Fish and, most recently, the Netflix series Messiah, created by Aussie Michael Petroni and co-directed by Kate Woods, and Jupiter’s Legacy.)
Last month the 21-year-old came home after seven months in La auditioning for numerous roles. She’ll go back in February for pilot season.
Since she was 12 she has had a manager in the Us, Jennifer Gabler Rawlings, whom she...
- 12/16/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
1951: Love of Life premiered on CBS.
1979: As the World Turns' Doug and Annie declared their love.
1981: General Hospital's Alan proposed to Susan.
1986: Another World's Mitch met his son, Matthew."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1951: Daytime soap opera Love of Life, created by Roy Winsor, premiered on CBS, three weeks after Search for Tomorrow debuted on the network. Both shows started as 15-minute serials but Love of Life would expand to 30 minutes in 1958, and remain a half hour until its final episode on February...
1979: As the World Turns' Doug and Annie declared their love.
1981: General Hospital's Alan proposed to Susan.
1986: Another World's Mitch met his son, Matthew."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1951: Daytime soap opera Love of Life, created by Roy Winsor, premiered on CBS, three weeks after Search for Tomorrow debuted on the network. Both shows started as 15-minute serials but Love of Life would expand to 30 minutes in 1958, and remain a half hour until its final episode on February...
- 10/5/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1951: Love of Life premiered on CBS.
1979: As the World Turns' Doug and Annie declared their love.
1981: General Hospital's Alan proposed to Susan.
1986: Another World's Mitch met his son, Matthew."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1951: Daytime soap opera Love of Life, created by Roy Winsor, premiered on CBS, three weeks after Search for Tomorrow debuted on the network. Both shows started as 15-minute serials but Love of Life would expand to 30 minutes in 1958, and remain a half hour until its final episode on February 1, 1980. None of the original actors stayed from beginning to end but director Larry Auerbach did.
1979: As the World Turns' Doug and Annie declared their love.
1981: General Hospital's Alan proposed to Susan.
1986: Another World's Mitch met his son, Matthew."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1951: Daytime soap opera Love of Life, created by Roy Winsor, premiered on CBS, three weeks after Search for Tomorrow debuted on the network. Both shows started as 15-minute serials but Love of Life would expand to 30 minutes in 1958, and remain a half hour until its final episode on February 1, 1980. None of the original actors stayed from beginning to end but director Larry Auerbach did.
- 9/25/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Five years ago this weekend Tim Burton’s updating of Dark Shadows, the gothic/horror-themed soap opera which ran from 1966 to 1971 on ABC and was a seminal influence on a generation of budding horror fans (including Burton), was released on American movie screens, one weekend after Marvel’s The Avengers was still dictating the imaginations (and the wallets) of moviegoers everywhere. Given Burton’s track record with horror comedies (Beetlejuice being the primary example) and collaborations with Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands), a surprisingly low number of ticket-buyers seemed ultimately to care—the movie, which cost $150 million to make, and undoubtedly a hefty chunk of change more than that to market, would earn back only slightly more than half of that in the United States, though its final take globally came in at around $235 million. There were a few takers among critics, notably...
- 5/13/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Australian born director and screenwriter Nicholas Verso has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. His recent directorial debut feature Boys In The Trees screened at this year's Venice and Toronto Film Festival and won Best Narrative Feature at the Austin Film Festival. The coming-of-age film, which recently opened in Australian theaters, is set on Halloween night in 1997 and stars Toby Wallace and Gulliver McGrath as two former friends who reconnect and go on a surreal…...
- 11/2/2016
- Deadline
The Santa Monica-based sales, production and financing company has boarded international rights to Mushroom Pictures’ coming-of-age horror film following its world premiere in Venice Horizons.
Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath and Mitzi Ruhlmann star in the Australian director Nicholas Verso’s debut about teenage friends who embark on a precarious all-night trek on Halloween.
Mushroom’s John Molloy produced Boys In The Trees and released the film theatrically in Australia. The company’s production credits include the iconic Australian drama Chopper.
“Nicholas Verso has made a stylish, smart and frightening film which perfectly captures the feat that lurks in our imagination,” said Myriad president Kirk D’Amico. “We are very proud to be able to bring this extraordinary film to international distributors.”
Myriad senior vice-president of marketing and acquisitions Audrey Delaney negotiated international sales rights with Mushroom’s Molloy and Bethany Jones.
The company’s slate roster includes Penelope Cruz in The Queen Of Spain directed by [link...
Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath and Mitzi Ruhlmann star in the Australian director Nicholas Verso’s debut about teenage friends who embark on a precarious all-night trek on Halloween.
Mushroom’s John Molloy produced Boys In The Trees and released the film theatrically in Australia. The company’s production credits include the iconic Australian drama Chopper.
“Nicholas Verso has made a stylish, smart and frightening film which perfectly captures the feat that lurks in our imagination,” said Myriad president Kirk D’Amico. “We are very proud to be able to bring this extraordinary film to international distributors.”
Myriad senior vice-president of marketing and acquisitions Audrey Delaney negotiated international sales rights with Mushroom’s Molloy and Bethany Jones.
The company’s slate roster includes Penelope Cruz in The Queen Of Spain directed by [link...
- 10/25/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Boys in the Trees.
Nicholas Verso.s Boys in the Trees has won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the Austin Film Festival. "I first attended the Austin Film Festival back in 2013 to attend the Writers Conference clutching my own script, desperately wanting to turn it into a film,. said Verso on accepting the award. .So it was incredibly exciting to return to Austin, not just for the Us premiere but to also receive this award.. Being acknowledged among their industry greats and emerging talents that have given me so much inspiration is truly an honour. .I especially wanted to thank John August and Craig Mazin at Scriptnotes for their wise tips and wisecracks at my accent as well as Rick Dugdale and Dan Petrie Jnr at Enderby Entertainment for their ongoing support and introducing me to this festival.. . The film.s producer, Mushroom Pictures. John Molloy said the...
Nicholas Verso.s Boys in the Trees has won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the Austin Film Festival. "I first attended the Austin Film Festival back in 2013 to attend the Writers Conference clutching my own script, desperately wanting to turn it into a film,. said Verso on accepting the award. .So it was incredibly exciting to return to Austin, not just for the Us premiere but to also receive this award.. Being acknowledged among their industry greats and emerging talents that have given me so much inspiration is truly an honour. .I especially wanted to thank John August and Craig Mazin at Scriptnotes for their wise tips and wisecracks at my accent as well as Rick Dugdale and Dan Petrie Jnr at Enderby Entertainment for their ongoing support and introducing me to this festival.. . The film.s producer, Mushroom Pictures. John Molloy said the...
- 10/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
We’ve all lost friends whether from naturally parting ways or an avoidable blow-up proving petty in hindsight. Age advances and tastes evolve — we don’t often think much of the phenomenon because they find peers more attuned to who they’ve become just like you. But sometimes the severed relationship carries with it pangs of guilt. Maybe the fracture was triggered by lame excuses like the concept of survival of the fittest, you joining your oppressors in order to stop being oppressed. Perhaps you cut loose the person you once said you’d do anything for in a way that transforms them into your enemy. And as graduation approaches with a clean break from the immaturity you’ve grown to resent, that guilt eats away at your conscience in search of relief.
This is the state in which we meet Corey (Toby Wallace) on Halloween 1997. His crossroads between present...
This is the state in which we meet Corey (Toby Wallace) on Halloween 1997. His crossroads between present...
- 9/14/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Adolescence is a time when friendships are especially malleable. People grow apart quickly, they develop and mature at different rates, and sometimes your best friend can become your worst enemy in just a few short years. Australian director Nicholas Verso’s debut film innately understands this idea. “Boys in the Trees” follows two former friends who meet up and trek together one Halloween night. They soon descend into old nightmares and relive past traumas.
Read More: Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Magnificent Seven,’ ‘American Honey,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘Birth of A Nation’
Corey (Toby Wallace) and Jonah (Gulliver McGrath) were friends when they were little, but then they soon grew apart. Jonah became a pariah and Corey joined a bullying skater gang who torment Jonah constantly. On Halloween night 1997, Corey encounters Jonah and, feeling guilty about the near-constant harassment, agrees to walk him back to house. What...
Read More: Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Magnificent Seven,’ ‘American Honey,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘Birth of A Nation’
Corey (Toby Wallace) and Jonah (Gulliver McGrath) were friends when they were little, but then they soon grew apart. Jonah became a pariah and Corey joined a bullying skater gang who torment Jonah constantly. On Halloween night 1997, Corey encounters Jonah and, feeling guilty about the near-constant harassment, agrees to walk him back to house. What...
- 9/1/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Boys in the Trees.
Tiff's Discovery program is where first and second time feature directors from around the world can strut their stuff.
.Toronto audiences first found Christopher Nolan, Lynne Ramsay and Steve McQueen in our Discovery section,. said the Artistic Director of Tiff, Cameron Bailey. .We can't wait to introduce a new generation of vibrant, original voices in cinema..
This year the Discovery line-up includes two Aussie titles: Joe Cinque.s Consolation, directed by Sotiris Dounoukos, and Boys in the Trees, directed by Nicholas Verso.
Joe Cinque.s Consolation, which.Titan View will release in cinemas across Australia on October 13, comes to Tiff after premiering at this month's Melbourne International Film Festival.
Based on Helen Garner's book about the headline-grabbing 1997 murder case, the drama chronicles how the romantic relationship between two Australian law students turns deadly.
The film's selection marks Dounoukos. return to the festival. In 2014, he was...
Tiff's Discovery program is where first and second time feature directors from around the world can strut their stuff.
.Toronto audiences first found Christopher Nolan, Lynne Ramsay and Steve McQueen in our Discovery section,. said the Artistic Director of Tiff, Cameron Bailey. .We can't wait to introduce a new generation of vibrant, original voices in cinema..
This year the Discovery line-up includes two Aussie titles: Joe Cinque.s Consolation, directed by Sotiris Dounoukos, and Boys in the Trees, directed by Nicholas Verso.
Joe Cinque.s Consolation, which.Titan View will release in cinemas across Australia on October 13, comes to Tiff after premiering at this month's Melbourne International Film Festival.
Based on Helen Garner's book about the headline-grabbing 1997 murder case, the drama chronicles how the romantic relationship between two Australian law students turns deadly.
The film's selection marks Dounoukos. return to the festival. In 2014, he was...
- 8/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Now shooting his first co-lead role in an Australian feature after starring in Martin Scorsese.s Hugo, Steven Spielberg.s Lincoln and Tim Burton.s Dark Shadows, Gulliver McGrath is facing a dilemma. As he finishes his Vce exams juggled with his shooting schedule, the 17-year-old is tossing up whether to embark on a university course next year or to focus on his acting career.
.Acting is my dream but it is a fickle business so I do want something to fall back on,. McGrath tells If from the Adelaide set of writer-director Nicholas Verso.s The Boys in the Trees.
.I may go to university, perhaps to do a psychology degree, if my career doesn.t kick off..
In Verso.s debut feature McGrath and Toby Wallace (Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs, Parer.s War) are playing teenagers, Jonah and Corey, who embark on a...
.Acting is my dream but it is a fickle business so I do want something to fall back on,. McGrath tells If from the Adelaide set of writer-director Nicholas Verso.s The Boys in the Trees.
.I may go to university, perhaps to do a psychology degree, if my career doesn.t kick off..
In Verso.s debut feature McGrath and Toby Wallace (Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs, Parer.s War) are playing teenagers, Jonah and Corey, who embark on a...
- 10/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After starring in Martin Scorsese.s Hugo, Steven Spielberg.s Lincoln and Tim Burton.s Dark Shadows, Gulliver McGrath is playing his first co-lead role in an Australian feature.
Not bad for the Aussie actor who turned 17 last month.
In Boys in the Trees McGrath and Toby Wallace (Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs, Parer.s War) are playing teenagers who embark on a surreal journey on Halloween night in 1997.
The feature debut of writer-director Nicholas Verso, it starts a five-week shoot in Adelaide on Monday, funded by the South Australian Film Corp., Mushroom Pictures and private investors.
The producer is Mushroom Pictures. John Molloy with Hedone Productions. Kate Croser and Sandy Cameron as co-producers.
Verso wrote the feature in 2011 and then went through the Afc.s Springboard, which funded his short The Last Time I Saw Richard, which was named best short fiction film at the Aacta Awards.
Not bad for the Aussie actor who turned 17 last month.
In Boys in the Trees McGrath and Toby Wallace (Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs, Parer.s War) are playing teenagers who embark on a surreal journey on Halloween night in 1997.
The feature debut of writer-director Nicholas Verso, it starts a five-week shoot in Adelaide on Monday, funded by the South Australian Film Corp., Mushroom Pictures and private investors.
The producer is Mushroom Pictures. John Molloy with Hedone Productions. Kate Croser and Sandy Cameron as co-producers.
Verso wrote the feature in 2011 and then went through the Afc.s Springboard, which funded his short The Last Time I Saw Richard, which was named best short fiction film at the Aacta Awards.
- 9/25/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Voices (2014) Film Review, a movie directed by Marjane Satrapi and starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver, Ella Smith, Paul Chahidi, Stanley Townsend, Adi Shankar, Sam Spruell, Valerie Koch and Gulliver McGrath If popular entertainment is an accurate gauge of the moment’s cultural zeitgeist, 2015 must [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Voices (2014): A Unique Cinematic Experience...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Voices (2014): A Unique Cinematic Experience...
- 2/15/2015
- by Victor Stiff
- Film-Book
Lincoln
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Tony Kushner
USA, 2012
The American political system is hopelessly fractured. Its legislators are viciously divided on how to govern the nation. The president, about to begin his second term in office on a groundswell of grassroots public support, is either too much or not enough of a pragmatist, depending on who you ask. He leans on his advisors when he needs to, but is driven by his fierce intelligence and intense determination to do what he feels is right; in this case, that’s pushing through a country-changing bill through the House of Representatives, dominated loudly by his opposition. Still, he can deliver one hell of a speech when he needs to. Though it applies in many ways to President Barack Obama and the health care bill that’s dominated Western culture for the last few years, this description is specific to the...
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Tony Kushner
USA, 2012
The American political system is hopelessly fractured. Its legislators are viciously divided on how to govern the nation. The president, about to begin his second term in office on a groundswell of grassroots public support, is either too much or not enough of a pragmatist, depending on who you ask. He leans on his advisors when he needs to, but is driven by his fierce intelligence and intense determination to do what he feels is right; in this case, that’s pushing through a country-changing bill through the House of Representatives, dominated loudly by his opposition. Still, he can deliver one hell of a speech when he needs to. Though it applies in many ways to President Barack Obama and the health care bill that’s dominated Western culture for the last few years, this description is specific to the...
- 11/16/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Steven Spielberg took such a long road towards Lincoln that he lost his leading actor and it once seemed as if the film might never get made. The long-attached Liam Neeson was forced to bow out when Spielberg was finally ready to tackle the life of our sixteenth President, resulting in the unlikely choice of actor Daniel Day-Lewis as his replacement. Day-Lewis not only lacked the towering presence that Neeson shared with Lincoln, but the deep and commanding voice the man was known for. Or so we thought. The actor’s meticulous research revealed that Lincoln’s voice was rather soft and gentle and he was known to be a man with a good sense of humor. He was also a manipulator, forced to play tricky political games with his rivals and critics so that the now historical 13th Amendment abolishing slavery could be passed.
The mesmerizing performance of Day-Lewis,...
The mesmerizing performance of Day-Lewis,...
- 11/9/2012
- by Ron Henriques
- LRMonline.com
In the ubiquitous buzz that surrounded the casting of Daniel Day Lewis in Stephen Spielberg’s new film Lincoln, the most prescient sentiment was that the Academy should just award Lewis his Oscar now. Certainly, Lewis seems capable of discerning the perfect roles for his chameleon talents, and his masterful portrayal of one of America’s greatest historical figures should not only earn him great laurels but also an iconic status. With a signature top hat and a messy mop of greying hair, Lewis does not portray the President; he is Lincoln. And that’s just the first of a dozen reasons why Lincoln is among the best films made this year. Lincoln is not a typical childhood to death biopic, instead choosing to focus on the tenuous period after Lincoln’s reelection, toward the end of the Civil War, when the President tried desperately to get the Thirteenth Amendment...
- 11/8/2012
- by Jessica Delfanti
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The Senate VFX was awarded a total of 186 shots for Dark Shadows, which covered a broad range of work on some major sequences including the Collinwood Manor Fire, Angel Bay Cannery Seq, Construction Site Attack and a large selection of Collinwood manor exterior shots. The Senate was tasked with completing full CG environments, set extensions, green screen comps and ghost FX work, which, coupled with meeting the demands of a visionary director, made Dark Shadows a challenging yet hugely rewarding project to be part of. Dark Shadows was directed by Tim Burton and stars: Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters, Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis, Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins, Chloe Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Gulliver McGrath as David Collins, and Christopher Lee as Silas Clarney.
- 10/24/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Following a Lincoln screening in NYC, director Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis are holding a one-time Q&A, fielding fan questions from Twitter, live streaming now!
Video: Get A Closer Look at Lincoln
The historical drama focuses on the last four months of Abraham Lincoln's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. Lincoln also stars David Strathairn as Lincoln's loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns sons, Robert and Tad; Sally Field as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a radical member of Lincoln's own party.
The live Q&A with the Oscar-winning director and actor will be broadcast to a select number of AMC Theatres across the country, but you can watch it on Yahoo! Movies by clicking here.
The movie hits theaters in limited release on November...
Video: Get A Closer Look at Lincoln
The historical drama focuses on the last four months of Abraham Lincoln's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. Lincoln also stars David Strathairn as Lincoln's loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns sons, Robert and Tad; Sally Field as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a radical member of Lincoln's own party.
The live Q&A with the Oscar-winning director and actor will be broadcast to a select number of AMC Theatres across the country, but you can watch it on Yahoo! Movies by clicking here.
The movie hits theaters in limited release on November...
- 10/11/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Whenever Tim Burton and Johnny Depp get together, you get the feeling that these two cinema giants are preparing to put a new stamp on the word “character”. Depp loves to play roles that put him at odds with the world around him. Whether he’s the gentle recluse with scissors for hands in Edward Scissorhands or the delusional director in Ed Wood, Depp transforms himself into wholly unique and utterly engrossing characters under Burton’s direction.
This year’s Dark Shadows was no different. The film, adapted from the 1966-1971 TV series created by Dan Curtis, features Depp as Barnabas Collins. Barnabas is an unwilling vampire with an overwhelming love for family. After being trapped in a coffin for 200 years, Barnabas finds himself in a new world where he mistakes cars for Lucifer and the McDonalds’ logo for a demon sign. He’s also got an appetite for blood.
This year’s Dark Shadows was no different. The film, adapted from the 1966-1971 TV series created by Dan Curtis, features Depp as Barnabas Collins. Barnabas is an unwilling vampire with an overwhelming love for family. After being trapped in a coffin for 200 years, Barnabas finds himself in a new world where he mistakes cars for Lucifer and the McDonalds’ logo for a demon sign. He’s also got an appetite for blood.
- 10/2/2012
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
Chicago – “Dark Shadows” flops on the screen like an undead fish out of water. It doesn’t have one ounce of the spontaneity or style that made the work of its director, Tim Burton, or its star, Johnny Depp, so irresistible during their hot streak of the ’90s. The was back when Burton/Depp collaborations promised something more than peerless production values and morbid variations on familiar themes.
What made Burton’s early work so marvelous was the way in which it exposed the vulnerabilities and insecurities of its creator. “Edward Scissorhands” was an exhilarating portrait of teenage alienation, while “Ed Wood” explored the passionate yet absurd side of filmmaking. The latter film also centered on a friendship evocative of the young Burton’s own relationship with his aging idol, Vincent Price. These pictures were poignantly personal celebrations of individuality as much as they were visionary entertainments.
Blu-ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
In “Dark Shadows,...
What made Burton’s early work so marvelous was the way in which it exposed the vulnerabilities and insecurities of its creator. “Edward Scissorhands” was an exhilarating portrait of teenage alienation, while “Ed Wood” explored the passionate yet absurd side of filmmaking. The latter film also centered on a friendship evocative of the young Burton’s own relationship with his aging idol, Vincent Price. These pictures were poignantly personal celebrations of individuality as much as they were visionary entertainments.
Blu-ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
In “Dark Shadows,...
- 10/2/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I don’t recall how I first stumbled across the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows back in the 1960s. Normally, back then, I‘d come home from school and watch ‘50s reruns on Wnew or Wpix but somehow, I found the Dan Curtis series and fell for it thanks to the supernatural overtones. It was was heady mix of vampires, werewolves, witches, parallel universes and lots of secrets. When the show reached its conclusion, I was in high school, at a friend’s house and insisted we watch it even though he’d never seen it. I read many of the Marion Ross novels, some of the Gold Key comics, and even the short-lived syndicated strip with terrific Ken Bald artwork. The attempts to revive the series ever since never worked. Ever. So, when I heard both Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were fans, I figured they’d be ideal for a modern film version.
- 9/30/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Last week DreamWorks Pictures and Google Play announced that they will release the theatrical trailer for the highly-anticipated film Lincoln during a Google+ hangout with Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on September 13th, 2012 at 7Pm Est.
Meanwhile, the film unveils its very first sneak peek offering a first glimpse at Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in motion.
Well, you won’t see much of him, but you will hear him… or it is the soldier rather than Day-Lewis speaking. However, teaser gives us our first look at this dark film.
Lincoln also stars Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Strathairn, Walton Goggins, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Jared Harris and Gulliver McGrath, and is scheduled to open in limited release this November 9th, after which it will expand in theaters everywhere on November 16th,...
Meanwhile, the film unveils its very first sneak peek offering a first glimpse at Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in motion.
Well, you won’t see much of him, but you will hear him… or it is the soldier rather than Day-Lewis speaking. However, teaser gives us our first look at this dark film.
Lincoln also stars Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Strathairn, Walton Goggins, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Jared Harris and Gulliver McGrath, and is scheduled to open in limited release this November 9th, after which it will expand in theaters everywhere on November 16th,...
- 9/11/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Looks just like the guy on the penny, doesn't it? Get a first look at the poster for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis…
Related: First Look: Daniel Day-Lewis as 'Lincoln'
In theaters November 9, Lincoln focuses on the tumultuous last four months of the president's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed.
Video: Turning Abe Lincoln into a 'Vampire Hunter'
The DreamWorks film also stars David Strathairn as Lincoln's loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns sons, Robert and Tad; Sally Field as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a radical member of Lincoln's own party.
Related: First Look: Daniel Day-Lewis as 'Lincoln'
In theaters November 9, Lincoln focuses on the tumultuous last four months of the president's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed.
Video: Turning Abe Lincoln into a 'Vampire Hunter'
The DreamWorks film also stars David Strathairn as Lincoln's loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns sons, Robert and Tad; Sally Field as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a radical member of Lincoln's own party.
- 8/22/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - The first official still of Daniel Day-Lewis as former President Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming Steven Spielberg flick Lincoln has been released, and the Oscar winner bears an uncanny resemblance to the 16th president of the United States of America. "Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition," Steven told Entertainment Weekly, who posted the photo today. "Daniel was always conscious of his contemporary surroundings," he added. "Daniel never went into a fugue state. He did not channel Lincoln. All that stuff is just more about gossip than it is about technique." Among the other central characters are David Strathairn, as Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward; Lincoln’s sons, Tad (Dark Shadows‘ Gulliver McGrath) and Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt); his wife Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field); and Thaddeus...
- 8/7/2012
- x17online.com
Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis transforms into our 16th president in Steven Spielberg's long-in-the-works historical drama Lincoln from Disney, out November 9, and we have a first look!
Video: Bloody Fun & Tasty Temptations on 'Lincoln' Set
Of the complicated historical character, Spielberg tells EW, "Lincoln had a very, very complicated -- and at the same time, extremely clear -- inner life. He thought things out. He talked things out. He argued both sides of every issue. And he was very careful in making any decision. As a matter of fact, his opponents and his enemies criticized him often for being impossibly slow to a decision."
Lincoln focuses on the last four months of the president's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. The film also stars David Strathairn as Lincolns loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns...
Video: Bloody Fun & Tasty Temptations on 'Lincoln' Set
Of the complicated historical character, Spielberg tells EW, "Lincoln had a very, very complicated -- and at the same time, extremely clear -- inner life. He thought things out. He talked things out. He argued both sides of every issue. And he was very careful in making any decision. As a matter of fact, his opponents and his enemies criticized him often for being impossibly slow to a decision."
Lincoln focuses on the last four months of the president's life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. The film also stars David Strathairn as Lincolns loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincolns...
- 8/7/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Check out EW.com for the first look at Daniel Day Lewis in the title role of Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg. It has been over 60 years since an actor was Oscar nominated for his role as the 16th President (Raymond Massey for Abe Lincoln In Illinois, 1940) and only 10 pairs of male actors have been nominated for playing the same character or historical figure. Expect Lewis to join that list when the Academy Awards nominations for Best Actor are announced next year.
Based on the best-selling book, Team of Rivals, by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the screenplay has been written by the Pulitzer Prize winner, Tony Award winner, and Academy Award nominated writer Tony Kushner. It will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg.
Lincoln focuses on the last four months of the president.s .s life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of...
Based on the best-selling book, Team of Rivals, by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the screenplay has been written by the Pulitzer Prize winner, Tony Award winner, and Academy Award nominated writer Tony Kushner. It will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg.
Lincoln focuses on the last four months of the president.s .s life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of...
- 8/7/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Four score and seven years ago (not really) we got our very first look at Daniel Day-Lewis in character as our 16th President Abraham Lincoln, but it was only a paparazzi shot. EW.com has finally unveiled an actual first look photo of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis along with an outstanding supporting cast, with Sally Field as Mary Todd, Gulliver McGrath and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as his sons Tad and Robert, and David Strathairn as his Secretary of State. This first look side-shot of Day-Lewis isn't the most revealing, but it is finally our first look, meaning hopefully a trailer is coming soon. See in full below! "Lincoln had a very, very complicated—and at the same time, extremely clear—inner life," Spielberg states. Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which finished shooting last year, stars Daniel Day-Lewis (of My Left Foot, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood) as our 16th President,...
- 8/7/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Penny for your thoughts?
Long-range paparazzi (and the occasional sneaky fellow diner) grabbed snapshots of Daniel Day-Lewis as he was shooting Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln last fall.
But in this exclusive new image from the upcoming historical drama (out Nov. 9), we finally see the My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood Oscar-winner in full character, and the result is even more uncanny than originally expected.
Spielberg tells EW that Day-Lewis captures not just the likeness of the 16th U.S. president in the below image, but also the intangible, pensive quality that made him a great leader. “Lincoln had a very,...
Long-range paparazzi (and the occasional sneaky fellow diner) grabbed snapshots of Daniel Day-Lewis as he was shooting Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln last fall.
But in this exclusive new image from the upcoming historical drama (out Nov. 9), we finally see the My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood Oscar-winner in full character, and the result is even more uncanny than originally expected.
Spielberg tells EW that Day-Lewis captures not just the likeness of the 16th U.S. president in the below image, but also the intangible, pensive quality that made him a great leader. “Lincoln had a very,...
- 8/7/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
In time for your Halloween party planning Warner Home Video has announced the October 2 release of Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp was not the faithful adaptation of the Dan Curtis soap opera some expected and yet it was an affectionate tribute to the ABC series. Here’s the formal press release with details:
Burbank, CA, July 31, 2012 – Vampires, werewolves and a family of quirky characters collide as Dark Shadows comes back to life, arriving onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download on October 2 from Warner Home Entertainment Group. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Dark Shadows follows a vampire awoken from a multi-century sleep only to find that the family business is near ruin, his descendents are struggling and his past may come back to haunt him.
Burton directed Dark Shadows from a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith,...
Burbank, CA, July 31, 2012 – Vampires, werewolves and a family of quirky characters collide as Dark Shadows comes back to life, arriving onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download on October 2 from Warner Home Entertainment Group. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Dark Shadows follows a vampire awoken from a multi-century sleep only to find that the family business is near ruin, his descendents are struggling and his past may come back to haunt him.
Burton directed Dark Shadows from a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith,...
- 8/1/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Warner Bros. has announced the details today on Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's latest collaboration in Dark Shadows, and imagine that, it's coming just in time for all of your Halloween celebrations in October.
If you wanted to take Dark Shadows home with you, you'll have the chance come October 2, 2012, when it comes to blu-ray, DVD, and digital download. The disc versions will all have the Ultraviolet download option, and of course a slew of special features and behind the scenes docs. Check the press release for the full details:
Vampires, werewolves and a family of quirky characters collide as "Dark Shadows" comes back to life, arriving onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download on October 2 from Warner Home Entertainment Group. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, "Dark Shadows" follows a vampire awoken from a multi-century sleep only to find that the family business is near ruin,...
If you wanted to take Dark Shadows home with you, you'll have the chance come October 2, 2012, when it comes to blu-ray, DVD, and digital download. The disc versions will all have the Ultraviolet download option, and of course a slew of special features and behind the scenes docs. Check the press release for the full details:
Vampires, werewolves and a family of quirky characters collide as "Dark Shadows" comes back to life, arriving onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download on October 2 from Warner Home Entertainment Group. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, "Dark Shadows" follows a vampire awoken from a multi-century sleep only to find that the family business is near ruin,...
- 8/1/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Warner Bros. will release Dark Shadows on October 2nd and we have the full list of bonus features, along with cover art. Directed by Tim Burton, Dark Shadows stars Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloe Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley, Gulliver McGrath, and Bella Heathcote.
“In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms...
“In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms...
- 7/31/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Without the connection to something that already exists as a cult hit, the premise of Dark Shadows would be nearly impossible to sell. Even with that connection Johnny Depp struggled to get the project off the ground, and the result, unfortunately, gives us a good example of why “vanity projects” have a bad name, no matter who we have involved with them.
Worse, Dark Shadows starts out as a thoroughly impressive effort to relive a curiosity of television, not merely by revisiting its well, but by trying to do what it was trying to do. A tricky, and overly thought-intensive idea, considering the genre we’re in, it is nevertheless a surprising turn to come out of what is ultimately an indescribably silly venture.
Depp plays Barnabas Collins, and we meet him some 200 years ago. A young man born of a wealthy family, Barnabas grows to adulthood in a small...
Worse, Dark Shadows starts out as a thoroughly impressive effort to relive a curiosity of television, not merely by revisiting its well, but by trying to do what it was trying to do. A tricky, and overly thought-intensive idea, considering the genre we’re in, it is nevertheless a surprising turn to come out of what is ultimately an indescribably silly venture.
Depp plays Barnabas Collins, and we meet him some 200 years ago. A young man born of a wealthy family, Barnabas grows to adulthood in a small...
- 5/25/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Battleship: Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch Brooklyn Decker has two box-office disappointments opening on the same weekend: Decker is featured in Battleship and What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Both movies opened way below expectations on Friday; in fact, official studio estimates released Saturday morning have them faring even worse than Friday night estimates indicated. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Peter Berg’s Battleship raked in $9m at 3,650 locations on Friday in the Us/Canada according to Box Office Mojo. That’s about $500k less than early estimates. For comparison’s sake: Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, at the start of its third weekend out, took in an estimated $15.3m. Box-office prognosticators were expecting Battleship to gross $40m on its first weekend out in North America. It turns out the alien invasion actioner / sci-fier will be lucky if it earns much more than $25m. A Universal release, Battleship cost a reported $209m.
- 5/20/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lopez, What to Expect When You’re Expecting Still going strong, The Avengers is on its third weekend out. Yet, the domestic box office is expected to be down 18% compared to last year because of three weak new entries: Peter Berg / Taylor Kitsch’s megabudgeted Battleship barely managed to stay afloat on Friday, while Sacha Baron Cohen‘s The Dictator (which opened on Wed.) and Kirk Jones’ all-star ensemble (Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Chace Crawford, etc.) What to Expect When You’re Expecting performed below expectations. [See Box Office: Battleship bombs.] The Dictator grossed an estimated $5.5m at 3,008 theaters on Friday, for an expected weekend total of $16m, as per Deadline.com. Sacha Baron Cohen’s R-rated comedy will thus reach a cume of $23m after five days. For comparison’s sake, Bruno — which was considered a major box-office disappointment following Borat — opened with $30.61m on its first weekend out in July 2009. Supporting Baron...
- 5/19/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Director: Tim Burton, Actors: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green
Over the past several years, Tim Burton’s films have grown increasingly less original, thematically oppressive and visually garish. Recent films as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland (both reworkings of familiar tales) had their moments, but generally demonstrated how and why Burton has declined, now far below the level of the auteur once behind Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Beetle Juice. Whereas the protagonists and images of those older films were morbidly endearing, impressive, Charlie and Alice showcased half-drawn characters whose surroundings were excessively manipulated to hammer home a point: “Look, Tim Burton’s made another film.”
Some would say his departure from visionary works as those he made in the ‘80s and early ‘90s might suggest Burton has sold out, or at least become a cliche. They’re probably right, but even sell-outs are...
Over the past several years, Tim Burton’s films have grown increasingly less original, thematically oppressive and visually garish. Recent films as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland (both reworkings of familiar tales) had their moments, but generally demonstrated how and why Burton has declined, now far below the level of the auteur once behind Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Beetle Juice. Whereas the protagonists and images of those older films were morbidly endearing, impressive, Charlie and Alice showcased half-drawn characters whose surroundings were excessively manipulated to hammer home a point: “Look, Tim Burton’s made another film.”
Some would say his departure from visionary works as those he made in the ‘80s and early ‘90s might suggest Burton has sold out, or at least become a cliche. They’re probably right, but even sell-outs are...
- 5/15/2012
- by Tom Elce
- DearCinema.com
Space Nazi comedy Iron Sky opened over the weekend, taking $116,319 from 45 screens. The Hoyts-distributed film, which follows a group of Nazis from the dark side of the moon as they attempt to invade New York, posted a screen average of $2,585.
Iron Sky opened in Europe last month, grossing more than $3 million from Finland, Norway and Germany on its opening weekend and debuting at number one in Finland.
Australian production company New Holland Pictures came on board the partcrowdfunded film in 2010, with portions of the film shot in Queensland in early 2011.
Unsurprisingly, The Avengers remains at the top of the charts for the third weekend in a row. The Disney picture earned a further $5.2 million from 617 screens, bringing its total gross to $39 million. The film has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide just 19 days after it began rolling out in cinemas.
Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's latest collaboration with Johnny Depp, ranked...
Iron Sky opened in Europe last month, grossing more than $3 million from Finland, Norway and Germany on its opening weekend and debuting at number one in Finland.
Australian production company New Holland Pictures came on board the partcrowdfunded film in 2010, with portions of the film shot in Queensland in early 2011.
Unsurprisingly, The Avengers remains at the top of the charts for the third weekend in a row. The Disney picture earned a further $5.2 million from 617 screens, bringing its total gross to $39 million. The film has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide just 19 days after it began rolling out in cinemas.
Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's latest collaboration with Johnny Depp, ranked...
- 5/14/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
After a disappointing domestic take of $28.8 million, Dark Shadows has opened to a slightly more impressive $36.7 million overseas from 43 territories reveals The Hollywood Reporter. This isn't too bad, but far from what Warner Bros. were hoping for (especially with a rumoured budget of $150 million). However, it still opened at #1 in many countries and still finished at #2 at the worldwide box office. Marvel's The Avengers made a whopping $95.4 million from 54 territories, totally eclipsing the latest Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration as it sped to a record breaking $1 billion in just 19 days. For more details on that, click Here. You can find my 4* review of Dark Shadows Here. Starring: Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins Chloë Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard Gulliver McGrath as David Collins Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis Release Date:...
- 5/13/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
New Johnny Depp 'Dark Shadows' movie delivered great action,drama,comedy & more. Warner Bros. Pictures released their new thriller flick "Dark Shadows" into theaters this weekend. I just checked it out,and I thought it was really good and entertaining. It also had more darkness and thrills to it than the movie trailers,led on. Johnny Depp was,of course,great in it,and also served up some funny lines. The movie stars: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote,and Gully McGrath. In the new flick, character Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) managed to majorly piss off an obsessed,love struck,witch named Angelique for having lots of romantic fun with her,but not loving her. Once he actually fell in love with another woman named Josette DuPres, Angelique had her killed,and turned Barnabas into a bloodsucking vampire.
- 5/13/2012
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Dark Shadows: Michelle Pfeiffer in the old Joan Bennett role, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Unlike Joss Whedon / Chris Evans / Chris Hemsworth’s The Avengers, Tim Burton / Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows isn’t about to break any box-office records. The latest Burton / Depp collaboration — also featuring Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloë Grace Moretz — opened with a disappointing $9.72m (including $550k from Thursday midnight screenings) at 3,755 North American locations. Dark Shadows is expected to finish its first domestic weekend with $27-28m — or less than the amount ($29.1m) The Avengers earned on its second Friday out. [See also The Avengers Movie to Break Another box-office Record?] Dark Shadows distributor Warner Bros. had been expecting at the very least a $35m opening weekend. Burton and Depp’s previous collaboration, Alice in Wonderland, debuted with $116m in March 2010. In fact, even Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which scored $9.3m on opening weekend in December 2007, sold more tickets than Dark Shadows. Making...
- 5/13/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
In Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, a white-faced, put-upon vampire, Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp), is unwittingly released into the modern world of 1972 after having been encased in a coffin for nearly two centuries. Immediately, the very thirsty bloodsucker sips the blood of the dozen construction workers who had unwittingly let him loose.
Refreshed, Collins uncomprehendingly walks through the town named for his family, amazed at the sights of graveled roads, automobiles, traffic lights, bulldozers, and folks eating ice cream sundaes in diners. Unsettled, he heads for his once-glamorous homestead, Collinwood Manor, to discover if any of his bloodline is still alive. "Family is the only real wealth," he notes.
Well, yessiree! By golly, the Collins clan has survived, although only by the skin of their teeth. There's the steely family matriarch (Michelle Pfeiffer), her widowed, negligible brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller) , her rebellious teen daughter Carolyn (Chloe Grace Moretz), and...
Refreshed, Collins uncomprehendingly walks through the town named for his family, amazed at the sights of graveled roads, automobiles, traffic lights, bulldozers, and folks eating ice cream sundaes in diners. Unsettled, he heads for his once-glamorous homestead, Collinwood Manor, to discover if any of his bloodline is still alive. "Family is the only real wealth," he notes.
Well, yessiree! By golly, the Collins clan has survived, although only by the skin of their teeth. There's the steely family matriarch (Michelle Pfeiffer), her widowed, negligible brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller) , her rebellious teen daughter Carolyn (Chloe Grace Moretz), and...
- 5/12/2012
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
I've only seen about 7 minutes of the first episode of the original series of Dark Shadows, so I cannot compare the TV show to Tim Burton's new take on it. I'll admit the only reason I tried watching the show was because an older woman asked me during a training session in 2001 whether I was named after the character in the late '60s supernatural soap. Up to that point in my life, I'd never heard of the show. When I heard this movie was coming out, I told Jette that I had to be the one to review Dark Shadows; how often do you get to watch a character who shares your name on the big screen?
Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, a powerful Maine businessman cursed by a witch in the late 18th century to be a vampire. For reasons too silly to explain, Barnabas finds...
Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, a powerful Maine businessman cursed by a witch in the late 18th century to be a vampire. For reasons too silly to explain, Barnabas finds...
- 5/12/2012
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Johnny Depp vampire: Dark Shadows The Avengers to break another box-office record? As per early, rough box-office estimates, the Joss Whedon-directed superhero movie is expected to gross $28-29m at 4,349 theaters in North America on Friday and a whopping $100m by Sunday evening — up from $80-90m predicted earlier today. Meanwhile, Tim Burton / Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows opened with a disappointing $10.5m at 3,755 locations. Dark Shadows is expected to finish its first weekend with $28m — the amount The Avengers is expected to earn on its second Friday out. The above figures were found at Deadline.com, which adds that Dark Shadows distributor Warner Bros. was expecting at the very least a $35m opening weekend. Burton and Depp’s previous collaboration, Alice in Wonderland, opened with $116m in March 2010. Making matters worse for Dark Shadows: its budget is pegged at $150-175m, not including marketing / distribution expenses. Unless...
- 5/12/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, Gulliver McGrath as David Collins, Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters, Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Ray Shirley as Mrs. Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis, Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Dark Shadows Tim Burton / Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows is off to a middling start, earning $550,000 at Thursday midnight screenings in North America. Comparing the box-office performance of Dark Shadows to those of, say, Jennifer Lawrence’s eagerly awaited The Hunger Games or Joss Whedon’s superhero ensemble The Avengers would be not only cruel but downright unfair. Although the previous Burton / Depp collaboration, Alice in Wonderland, was a humongous hit, opening with $116 million in March 2010, Burton’s campy version of the late ’60s soap opera Dark Shadows has a different sort of appeal.
- 5/11/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Title: Dark Shadows Directed By: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Grace Moretz, Gulliver McGrath Dark Shadows has had its ups and downs since day one. As someone who never watched the original show, it was tough to care when word got out that a feature film was in the works, even with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s involvement. Even as the cast was packed with famous faces and stills hit the web featuring Burton’s signature highly unique visuals, there was still no need to care with no connection to the material. However, when the [ Read More ]...
- 5/11/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Box Office Mojo reports that Dark Shadows made $550,000 from midnight showings, putting it on course for an opening weekend of $35 - $40 million. Marvel's The Avengers (it's main competition) is expected to reach anywhere between $75 million and $100 million domestically. The above projections may in fact be a little high as John Carter and Think Like a Man made a similar amount during midnight showings and ended up grossing less than $35 million in total. However, the Tim Burton helmed film is also opening internationally this weekend (where The Avengers has already been on release for over two weeks) and should perform fairly well. Stay tuned to Cbm this evening for my review of Dark Shadows. Starring: Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins Chloë Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard Gulliver McGrath as David Collins Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman Jackie Earle Haley...
- 5/11/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Chicago – Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows” is one of the most inconsistent and frustrating major films in a long time. There are elements here and there that work but Burton and writer Seth Grahame-Smith seem incapable of figuring out how to wrangle them into a coherent, successful film. I like Johnny Depp and Eva Green’s performances and Colleen Atwood’s costumes are typically fantastic but rarely has a film more aptly proven the “more is less” theory – part comedy, part horror, part ‘70s spoof, part soap opera. And yet none of the genres in this mash-up are the least bit successful.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Depp plays the legendary Barnabas Collins, an eighteenth century son of a tycoon big enough that the town of Collinsport is named after him. Collins falls for the lovely Josette (stunning newcomer Bella Heathcote) but this infuriates the witch Angelique Bouchard (Green), who happens to be in love with the mysterious Barney.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Depp plays the legendary Barnabas Collins, an eighteenth century son of a tycoon big enough that the town of Collinsport is named after him. Collins falls for the lovely Josette (stunning newcomer Bella Heathcote) but this infuriates the witch Angelique Bouchard (Green), who happens to be in love with the mysterious Barney.
- 5/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Dark Shadows is a strange breed of film. This adaptation of the cult soap opera show is not as stylishly bizarre as one might expect. Quite the opposite, in fact, with director Tim Burton continuing to his descent into more of a brand and less of a fresh and hungry filmmaker. What makes this out-of-place summer film odd is both how glaring its problems are and how entertaining the film remains despite these flaws.
When we first come upon Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) in the 17th Century, he is wealthy, beloved and madly in love with his bride-to-be, Josette duPres (Bella Heathcote). He has it all, until an evil and jealous witch, Angelique (Eva Green), takes it all from him. Barnabas’s punishment for not loving Angelique is pretty hefty: the death of his parents, the loss of his love, transformation into a vampire and a coffin for nearly 200 years.
When we first come upon Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) in the 17th Century, he is wealthy, beloved and madly in love with his bride-to-be, Josette duPres (Bella Heathcote). He has it all, until an evil and jealous witch, Angelique (Eva Green), takes it all from him. Barnabas’s punishment for not loving Angelique is pretty hefty: the death of his parents, the loss of his love, transformation into a vampire and a coffin for nearly 200 years.
- 5/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Dark Shadows - a souped-up, jewel-toned, bigscreen adaptation of the musty yet beloved supernatural soap opera from the late sixties - seemed pretty much guaranteed to disappoint at least one of its major potential fanbases. If it were too different from or condescending to its source material, fans of the creaky old serial would cry foul. But if it were too faithful to what really wasn't a particularly coherant (or exciting, on most days) show to begin with, it would bore the hell out of anyone looking for a dependably offbeat Tim Burton movie.
So it's interesting in the worst possible way to see that rather than disappoint half of its audience, Dark Shadows may disappoint pretty much all of it.
For those unfamiliar with the premise, Shadows tells the story of the Collins family, a dynasty of once-prosperous fish canners who by the early 1970's have nearly succumbed to...
So it's interesting in the worst possible way to see that rather than disappoint half of its audience, Dark Shadows may disappoint pretty much all of it.
For those unfamiliar with the premise, Shadows tells the story of the Collins family, a dynasty of once-prosperous fish canners who by the early 1970's have nearly succumbed to...
- 5/11/2012
- by brian
- The Backlot
Dark Shadows
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloë Grace Moretz
Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Plot: Barnabas Collins (Depp) is a vampire set free in the ’70s. Now he tries to return his family to power, while a witch (Green) has other plans.
Who’S It For? Fans who will turn a blind eye to “story” and just want to see Burton play around with Depp.
Overall
Burton and Depp make a good team in their own genre of “odd, quirky entertainment.” They’ve proved this with past works like Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands. Lately they’ve managed to focus on the odd, and not the entertainment with Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So, when it was announced that they were resurrecting the ’70s vampire soap opera “Dark Shadows,” part of me thought that sounded good,...
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloë Grace Moretz
Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Plot: Barnabas Collins (Depp) is a vampire set free in the ’70s. Now he tries to return his family to power, while a witch (Green) has other plans.
Who’S It For? Fans who will turn a blind eye to “story” and just want to see Burton play around with Depp.
Overall
Burton and Depp make a good team in their own genre of “odd, quirky entertainment.” They’ve proved this with past works like Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands. Lately they’ve managed to focus on the odd, and not the entertainment with Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So, when it was announced that they were resurrecting the ’70s vampire soap opera “Dark Shadows,” part of me thought that sounded good,...
- 5/11/2012
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
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