asylum is a 2008 american horror film that was directed by david r. ellis .

the movie was initially planned for a theatrical release but was instead released straight to dvd on july 15 , 2008 .

asylum stars sarah roemer as a young college student who must fight to survive the spirit of a mad doctor that is haunting her dorm .

asylum ( 2008 film )

asylum ( 2008 ) directed by david r . ellis • reviews , film + cast • letterboxd
( 2008 ) with brendan fraser . ( bizarrely enough , in england , the asylums film was retitled
journey to the center of the earth ( 2008 ) . the asylum mockbuster . stars : greg evigan , dedee pfeiffer . directors - davey jones & scott wheeler . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
there was created the educational film for the society about the topicalities of the social integration of the foreigners granted asylum .
for a typical film , the asylum floats a concept to its stable of writers . they blast back a slew of 100 - word pitches . if the asylum chooses horton’s concept , he bangs out a draft in 10 days , then hands it off to a producer ; revisions are made , then the asylum shoots the film , fast .
like the film ' s thematic elements , the camera trickery comes off as unnecessarily pretentious , the sort of thing film students applaud while mainstream audiences yawn .
( 2008 ) starring ricky schroeder and peter fonda . the jules verne book had been adapted to the screen a number of other times before with segundo de chomons lost silent
sessions ( the total number of the participants – 15 foreigners granted asylum ) .
zakaria , a young somali journalist , landed in lampedusa as an asylum seeker in 2008 . he remembers the island as a place of exclusion rather than arrival . four years later he returns to lampedusa as a free man , recalling his stay in the detention camp and searching for lost memories .
no amount of lowered expectations can disguise what a piece of junk [ asylum ] is .
there was organized the employment of the children of the foreigners granted asylum in the rrc .
blindness is a glum , ugly film , and pretentious in the bargain . but , perhaps least excusable , it is a fundamentally ill - conceived film , the visual depiction of a world without sight .
“the image of the foreigners granted asylum from the point of view of the society of lithuania” .
( 2016 ) for other companies . his co - director davey jones has yet to make another film .
during the festival of the international refugees day . the film was broadcast via the regional televisions of jonava and kaunas .
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[ an ] utterly inept follow - up horror of a horror film by snakes [ on a plane ] director david r . ellis .
was brought on board and read the script , he was dissatisfied with the particulars of the original film ' s story . he decided to retain the original film ' s basic idea involving mirrors , and to incorporate a few of its scenes , but change the story dramatically .
six college students discover their dorm was once an insane asylum that conducted gruesome lobotomies on its teenage inmates during the 1930 ' s .
she said it is a paradox that asylum seekers ' children are allowed to go to school but their parents are denied free esol .
consider the asylum’s line of “mockbusters , ” designed to ride the coattails of the zillion - dollar publicity pushes for big - studio films . when dreamworks studios came out with transformers in 2007 , the asylum raced out transmorphers . when columbia pictures released battle : los angeles in 2011 , the asylum countered with battle of los angeles . when mockbusters trip legal threats from the big studios—and they usually do—the asylum will fuss with the cover art and change the titles to pacify the lawyers , then thank the studios for throwing more publicity their way .
there were created 4 work places for the foreigners granted asylum . there were organized the courses of the lithuanian language according to the computer programs for 25 foreigners granted asylum . the foreigners prepared 4 newspapers about the life in the refugees reception center and the perspectives of the integration .
though some asylum seekers are kept in reception camps the vast majority are dispersed throughout the country in hostels or social housing , taylor says .
this allegorical disaster film about society ' s reaction to mass blindness is mottled and self - satisfied ; provocative but not as interesting as its premise implies .
combine the house on haunted hill remake and a nightmare on elm street – minus all the good parts – and you will get asylum . this paint - by - numbers horror film offers neither thrills nor chills . instead , director david r . ellis gives us a lesson in predictability and hollow characterization .
the film follows nicole carrow , a young woman who is threatened by a maniac serial killer , after her boyfriend jess , is abducted in a rest stop .
whenever a studio points out that the asylum’s films are too similar to its own , the asylum is there to remind the studio the similarities actually run a lot deeper than they think . the big studios are also selling viewers the same concept - driven shlock—they’re just funneling a lot more money into it . as horton puts it : “ battleship is a $ 200 - million film based on a board game . ” and when the big publicity push is over , battleship will be sitting right next to the asylum’s shoestring - budget american warships in the netflix queue . which movie looks stupid now ?
asylum seeker numbers have been dropping since 2002 and government should not be heeding alarmist messages to the contrary from right - wing critics , says taylor .
a campaign aimed at embarrassing the government into revoking its ban on free english lessons for asylum seekers by mobilising volunteers to teach them is being launched today .
this french export is an often over looked crime suspense / thriller that brings some bona fide excitement to the table . shot in film noir type black and white cinematography , an impressionist mood is conveyed instantaneously . the director of asylum focuses on the gritty , primitive , foreboding type atmosphere , igniting a sense of unease , seemingly effortlessly .
making matters worse , the film is directed by david r . ellis , who was 3 for 3 in terms of delivering the goods in silly movies . cellular is a blast ,
it ' s hard to explain all the vitriol aimed at meirelles ' film , which is a beautifully shot picture that is as haunting and profound as it is thought - provoking .
the aim of the sessions – to prepare the foreigners granted asylum for the vocational activity . the topics of the sessions – the motivation of the work and the study , the work in teams , the communicational skills , the self - confidence and etc . ( the total number of the participants – 30 foreigners granted asylum ) .
what would happen if everyone turned blind with no explanation or cure ? well , everyone but one person . this film is drawing a pessimistic picture of such a situation . the basic premise is very interesting , the following premise of the infected being held in camps entirely left to their own devices is already a bit over the top and more inhuman than reality , even if you are misanthrope . what follows is sometimes hard to stomach , a bleak , hopeless outlook on the loss of basic human values . it sometimes feels like the film is even going too far here . once the one person who still can see finally makes use of that advantage , things turn around and the film gets a lot more exciting and makes for a much more convincing finale , that almost feels like a zombie film but at least keeps a ray of hope . the acting and camera work is outstanding either way . a disturbing film , but at least a memorable one .
after some digging , horton discovered that the movies were all from the same studio : the asylum , a burbank , california - based company that scrapes out a seemingly endless quantity of bottom - of - the - barrel creature features , topless - teen comedies , and “mockbuster” rip - offs . transfixed , horton created a special “asylum” section in the shop and launched a fan blog that documented the films spurting from the studio . then , in 2011 , something magical happened : the asylum commissioned him to write his own film , an ancient - curse thriller called a haunting in salem . then he wrote 2 - headed shark attack . and shark week . and 40 days and nights . and 100 degrees below zero .
weak story , terrible acting , cheesey costume design , and very predictable . although some scenes were fairly graphic , it wasn ' t good enough to stop this film from being an unsmart horror flick .
even locked up in the juniper hill asylum , an adult henry bowers ( played by michael cole ) wasn ' t safe from it . the entity appears to him in the form of his deceased friend belch huggins , who gives henry his switchblade back and convinces him to kill the asylum orderly and escape back to derry in order to face the losers ' club once more .
there were organized 2 conferences for the foreigners granted asylum and the representatives of the society ( the total number of the participants – 50 ) . 60 stimulating means were presented to the participants .
dagmawi yimer landed in italy on july 30th 2006 , where he obtained the status of “humanitarian protection” . in 2007 he attended a course in partecipatory video , which ended with the production of the documentary il deserto e il mare ( 2007 ) . in 2008 , together with andrea segre and riccardo biadene , he made the documentary film come un uomo sulla terra and in 2010 the documentary c . a . r . a . italia . he has made a number of shorts ( sagome , lo scarabocchio , l’albero , equilibiro ) for the pro getto archivio delle memorie migranti , promoted by the asinitas association . his latest films are soltanto il mare and va’ pensiero .
( 2005 ) . with the announcement of the high - profile steven spielberg film , they realised that the h . g . wells novel was in public domain and made their own cheap copy and released it to video shelves one day before the spielberg film . this set them about on a new course of endeavour where they started making cheap copies of other high - profile films that were based on public domain works such as
six college students discover their dorm was once an insane asylum that conducted gruesome lobotomy ' s on its teenage inmates during the 1930 ' s . for the latest movie reviews , please visit : urltoken
most of the versions of the story start off with the discovery of a plumb bob that leads the way to a volcanic caldera that houses the entrance to the caves . when it comes the asylums
the opening scenes some will argue are cliché for a gangster / mafia type film yet i find the unique use of russian roulette , double crossing and interrogation compelling and will certainly keep audiences fixated on what happens next .
newly arrived asylum seekers who begin to learn the language from day one are more likely to learn quickly and efficiently and therefore be able to work and contribute to the economy when permitted to do so .
last fall , the asylum pushed out golden winter , in which talking puppies save christmas . this spring , it started production on holiday heist , a slight permutation—adult talking dogs save christmas . “goofy traps . silly puffs of flour and hot sauce . cute dogs . lots of cute dogs , ” says the film’s 25 - year - old line producer , devin ward . “six - to eight - year - olds will love it . ”
zakaria mohamed ali ( 1986 ) is a somalian photo - reporter . he has lived in exile in italy since 2008 . he was forced to flee somalia in 2007 following violence and death threats . he arrived in italy via the mediterranean island of lampedusa . since 2011 he is member of archivio memorie migranti , and is one among the directors of the movie “welcome to italy” . in 2012 , he shot “to whom it may concern” a short movie about his searching for lost memories in lampedusa .
subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken asylum trailer - directed by david r . ellis and starring sarah roemer , jake muxworthy , mark rolston , travis van winkle , ellen hollman . the teenager madison mcbride is traumatized by the loss of her deranged father when she was nine years old and the suicide of her beloved brother brandon one year ago . she decides to join the richard miller university , where brandon committed suicide , to overcome her demons . while walking to her dorm , she meets the weird janitor wilbur mackey that tells her that the place is haunted . madison befri mgm - 2008
the second act of the film delivers a foray of emotion as jack is imprisoned and left to survive chained to a desolate tree in a forest . we feel his sense of dread as he frantically clambers against his seemingly inevitable fate .
the sessions were proceeded in the relaxation room ( the renewal financed by the former project ) . the employee – the consultant did the sessions ( the total number of the participants – 25 foreigners granted asylum ) .
there was prepared and published the information set for the foreigners granted asylum ( in one set 10 different information books ) . the total number of the sets – 200 . each book was published in three languages .
in september 2007 the government ruled that asylum seekers would not be eligible for free esol ( english for speakers of other languages ) lessons until they were in the uk six months or their refugee status was confirmed .
a group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real , and he ' s thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art .
“it’s not like we said , ‘there aren’t enough crappy b - level movies out there , so we must corner that market ! ’ all we know is we’re making a film for netflix , and they tell us what they want . ”
( 1989 ) . both have appeared in a number of the asylums other films and spark up one of those comedic relationships that mostly consists of them trading flip lines as they head to the centre of the earth .
une petite surprise ici , durant une crise de ménage dont j ' essaie de profiter ! j ' ai passé un bon moment lors du visionnage , alors que je m ' attendais a arrêter après une trentaine de minutes . mais malgré la réalisation très efficace de r . ellis , qui sauve en grande partie la mise , quelques moments moins réussit , quasi - risibles , et un certain air de déjà vu au niveau du scénario ( qui assemble , avec tout de même assez de bonheur , plusieurs sous - genres du film d ' horreur avec un film de freshman ) , n ' arrive pas a hisser ce film au niveau de l ' excellence , du moins selon mes gouts . reste que plusieurs scènes sont d ' une intensité psychologique et d ' une noirceur surprenante pour ce genre de produit , et qu ' a plusieurs moments , le film nous rend quasi palpable le cauchemar des protagonistes . p . , assez intrigué pour que je te le garde ?
asylum is not a cheap remake , nor is it loaded with bad cgi , so i cannot hate it completely . there is some level of watchability here . sarah roemer – shia’s love interest from disturbia – will surely attract male viewers with her ample screen time ( not to mention brief nudity ) . the film is almost so bad it’s good â but not quite . it is predictable , clichã©d , and occasionally insulting to one’s intelligence with its sheer stupidity .
he guarantees there aren ' t any planes in asylum . but he won ' t rule out a possible reptile cameo . and someone just might say they are
tired of that mother ( - expletive ) doctor .
the campaign is calling on esol teachers to give time to train other volunteers across the country so they can teach asylum seekers enough english to use the transport system , buy groceries , use the emergency services and so on .
( 2017 ) . not just that but they started putting out other works with soundalike titles designed to capitalise on the success of big - name releases in the hope that unsuspecting patrons would think they were getting the other film . these include the likes of
long before he became a household name , seth green was the foul - mouthed wisecracking 12 - year - old richie tozier in the 1990 it miniseries . in the prologue to the series , it ' s revealed that richie was later cast in a hollywood film—a future that would mirror green ' s own . following it , he rose to fame with roles in popular commercials , the austin powers film franchise , the television series buffy the vampire slayer , the heist movie the italian job , and many more .
from j . c . harris , ronald james & christopher o ' brien ,
ghost asylum
begins as a historical documentary , and ends up revealing paranormal evidence that will blow you away . hear the dead . . . see full summary »
“the short answer is : we don’t know , ” says david michael latt , the asylum’s co - founder and head of physical production , who pushes as many as 25 films into production each year . “it’s not like we said , ‘there aren’t enough crappy b - level movies out there , so we must corner that market ! ’ we don’t really know the consumer . the consumer is too big and too fractionalized . all we know is we’re making a film for netflix , and they tell us what they want . ”
when latt runs down the list of the asylum films slated for production in the first half of this year , it sounds like a list of hot - button search terms : zombies , sharks , haunted houses , talking dogs . it’s almost as if the asylum doesn’t even have to make the movie—but it does , for “just a little bit less” than what they will collect from the netflix - redbox - syfy group of middlemen who are likely to buy it . it doesn’t matter how unwatchable it is .
there was organized the activity in the library , the foreigners were consulted in the searching for the literature , participated in the educational activity , were able to use the services of the internet library ( the total number of the participants – 30 foreigners granted asylum ) .
dagmawi landed on lampedusa in 2006 after three days at sea in a small makeshift boat . he met no - one during the seven days he was to spend confined in a former reception center near the airport , and beyond the wire fence he could see only the coming and going of tourist planes . a few years later he returns to lampedusa to film the island , speak with its inhabitants and move around freely . filmed in 2010 , the film proposes a combined view of two realities which rarely enter into the dialogue on lampedusa : that of a migrant and that of the lampedusans .
if the asylum’s films are naive camp , its marketing strategy is all deliberate . “it’s a parody of the studio system , ” latt says . “we’re making fun of the commerce side of this . you made your movie for $ 200 million ? i’ll make it for 20 bucks . ”
the film begins literally conceptualizing the old expression :
in the land of the blind , the one - eyed man is king
. everyone everywhere goes mysteriously sightless all of a sudden , except julianne moore , and she uncomfortably has to discover just what to do with her new superpower . the work has art stapled all over it , and message film , too . despite taking itself too seriously there are moments of lucidity , worth the wait , like moore and ruffalo ' s working together again . either i ' m getting older , or moore has suddenly become a good actress . . . or both maybe , yeah ?
i watched this last weekend , and like you thought it was terrible . i never thought david r . ellis would make a classic , but at least he had never made a film that wasn ' t worth watching . glad i ' m not the only one who thought
cellular
was a fun thriller .
tags terms : mockbusters transmorphers sharknado h . perry horton zombie apocalypse carmen electra prospector golden winter netflix movies films asylum battle of los angeles a haunting in salem shark week hollywood 100 degrees below zero 40 days and nights holiday heist creature features 2 - headed shark attack magazines : jul / aug 2013
young beverly marsh is forced to overcome a lot of difficult situations in her life—in addition to the threat posed by the evil inter - dimensional being terrorizing her small maine town . canadian actress emily perkins portrayed the young version of beverly in the 1990 it miniseries , which was one of her first major roles . after it , perkins would go on to appear in other television shows and movies like mom p . i . , the x - files , in cold blood , the ginger snaps film franchise , and the christy film franchise . more recently , you may have spotted her in the tv shows da vinci ' s inquest , supernatural , or hiccups .
the personal plan of the career was made for the each foreigner who got the consulting . there were organized 4 trips of the vocational and social knowledge and the meetings with the representatives from the institutions of the labor market of lithuania ( the total number of the participants – 25 foreigners granted asylum ) .
the important thing is that someone watched it—or , at least , clicked on the movie - poster thumbnail . when it comes to a title like sharknado —ward’s latest asylum film—the poster is the movie . “it’s exactly what you think it is—a tornado full of sharks , ” he explains . “that movie cannot be bad . ” the tagline for sharknado is simply : “enough said . ” sometimes the poster is actually superior to the film , as one redbox renter said in an ostensibly negative review of 2 - headed shark attack . and it just wouldn’t make sense for things to work the other way around . on its blog , the company instructs fans to add its titles to their netflix queues to gin up the perception of “public demand” for the movie , and they couldn’t care less whether that demand translates into actual viewings . “this isn’t about trying to get you to watch our movie , ” they wrote . “this is about gaming the system . this is about taking a stand . against math . ”
madison heads off to the same college where her brother committed suicide in an attempt to get closure with his death . she and a bunch of other freshmen become friends and live in the new dorm which they find used to be an insane asylum . before long the spirit of a deranged doctor begins tormenting the students .
overall an interesting introduction into foreign - subtitled thriller that came across a little half c * * ked . not bad for a low budget of in the neighborhood of around $ 4000 . asylum is often referred to as i want to be a gangster since at least a dozen other films have already adapted the same title .
niace has no external funding for the campaign . but chris taylor , esol development officer , says members feel strongly that it is worth digging into its own cash reserves if it can persuade the government to reinstate free esol for asylum seekers . dr john sentamu , the anglican archbishop of york , is also a prominent supporter .
green is also known for his voiceover work in dozens of film and television shows ; you may remember him best as the voice of chris griffin in the animated comedy series family guy . he also provides many of the voices on the adult swim sketch comedy stop - motion - animated series robot chicken —a show he also created , produces , writes , and directs for .
in the age of internet streaming and mouse - click piracy , we appear to be living in a world of unlimited choices , all screened directly into our homes on demand . it’s just that many of those choices are of the sort churned out by modern b movie producers like the asylum—high concept , low budget , and mega everything , except good .
from j . c . harris , ronald james & christopher o ' brien ,
ghost asylum
begins as a historical documentary , and ends up revealing paranormal evidence that will blow you away . hear the dead speak . see the photographs that defy explanation . join in the investigations as we reveal far more than the official history is willing to share .
one friday in april , i drove out to a preposterous mansion in sherman oaks to see how the sausage gets made . “we’re producing a feature called bone alone , ” asylum executive director courtney hagen told me when she set me up with the day’s call sheet . “a movie with puppies . oh , i guess it’s called holiday heist now—thank god . ”
in yet another undesirable slice of torture - for - titillation ( think hostel , creep , but even less imaginative ) , a college student discovers that her dorm was once a notorious asylum . later , a group of students stumble into an old restricted area on campus , awakening the spirit of a mad doctor who proceeds to torture them in much the same way he tortured asylum patients in the past . this kind of low - budget gore - fest tends to be unintentionally humorous , and it’s that lack of intention that makes it all the more despicable . but then if we didn’t go to see them , they wouldn’t make them . we’d encourage you to do us all a favour and avoid it at all costs .
after accidentally murdering her boyfriend , debbie dicky moves to a new town and meets three girls who invite her to a sleepover . the very same night there is a breakout at the local insane asylum where forty serial killers escape and head over to crash the party . however , the girls at the slumber party might not be as helpless as the killers think .
this is a typically awful ' teen scream ' flick with the requisite bland teenagers . this , in itself , didn ' t really surprise me as director david ellis seems to specialize in this kind of generic fare , the sad thing is , is that the plot did have some potential but it was just handled so overwhelmingly badly that the film comes across as trite , badly acted & lifeless .
at that peak , ua had no studio and no theatres , but it was a focal point for independent producing , with over 20 films a year and a domestic gross exceeding $ 10m . of course , in the postwar years , the film industry suffered many blows , but ua flourished and carried some remarkable films , all of which had reason to be grateful for the extra independence they enjoyed .
five years ago , long before he would write his feature film about a two - headed shark , h . perry horton was an mfa graduate with a failed literary magazine under his belt and a job sorting film titles at a rare surviving video store in portland , oregon , that offers up big - budget hollywood films alongside obscure cult favorites . as he shelved , horton started eyeing some similarities in a slew of brand - new releases . these movies had never hit theaters . they arrived with no big - studio marketing push , but they didn’t come from any indie cult pedigree , either . they all had pulpy titles . they gave top billing to forgotten actors and aging sex symbols . many relied on the use of “mega”—as in mega piranha , mega - fault , and mega shark vs . giant octopus .
the three ' s company star continued adding roles to his long acting résumé following the premiere of it . he starred in the tv series hearts afire , and also in the problem child film franchise . additionally , ritter voiced the main character in the clifford the big red dog children ' s animated series , which earned him four daytime emmy award nominations . he also appeared in films like 1996 ' s sling blade and 2003 ' s manhood . unfortunately , on september 11th , 2003 , ritter experienced cardiac problems on the set of 8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter , passing away later that day in the hospital . ritter ' s final live - action film , bad santa , and a voice role in clifford ' s really big movie were both released after his death , and were both dedicated to his memory .
( 1976 ) , which was ironically shot on a soundstage and the sun at the earths core eliminated . the asylum seem to have taken more than a few leaves from burroughss book  there is also the introduction of a drilling mole ( the means whereby the explorers reached the centre of the earth in both books ) that is quickly pressed into operation to rescue the girls .
haha this movie was really really funny . especially at the end when fauxddy rips off his doctors coat and he has that wire dominatrix shit on . . . what is he anyway ? he can feel pain so he ' s not a ghost , he ' s dead but he ' s not a zombie . . . ? poorly thoughtout film , and you were right about the jock - most annoying character ever .
director david r . ellis has moved on to the less distinctively titled asylum , an r - rated creep - out about six college kids who learn their dorm is an old mental clinic . their snooping awakens the spirit of a mad doctor , based on a real - life physician from the 1930s , who specializes in torturous experimental surgery . and he ' s currently taking new patients .
the 2017 film version of stephen king ' s it made its mark as one of the biggest critical and commercial hits of the year , but it wasn ' t the first time the horror master ' s classic 1986 story made its way to the screen . the book ' s original adaptation , a 1990 tv miniseries , lacked a movie - sized budget and modern special effects , but still managed to give audiences plenty of scares .
directors  davey jones & scott wheeler , screenplay  steve bevilacqua , davey jones & scott wheeler , based on the novel by jules verne , producer  david michael latt , photography  mark atkins , music  chris ridenhour , visual effects  tiny juggernaut ( supervisor  davey jones ) , makeup effects  tom devlin , production design  brandon kihl . production company  the asylum / anthill productions .
when the asylum caught legal heat last year for planning to release a low - budget fantasy dvd called age of the hobbits the same week peter jackson’s three - hour epic hit theaters , it changed the name to clash of the empires , then released a statement that said : “we continue to believe that this frivolous lawsuit was filed to divert attention from the adverse publicity and poor reviews received by ‘the hobbit’ movie . ”
canadian actor jarred blancard played the teenaged bully henry bowers in the 1990 it miniseries—a character whose favorite pastimes include torturing the members of the losers ' club and trying to look cool with his greased - up hair , leather jacket , and switchblade . the disturbed bowers later falls under the influence of it , falsely confessing to the murders committed by the entity and being sent to live out his days at the juniper hill asylum .
from 1993 to 1997 , anderson starred as the title character in the cbs sitcom dave ' s world , after which he has only had a few film and tv credits on his imdb page . anderson also owned a nightclub in new orleans for several years , which he and his wife sold in 2006 when they moved to asheville , north carolina . these days , he ' s returned to his roots , performing stand - up and magic shows at venues around the country .
when jack , an aspiring young thug tangles with the wrong people he somehow gets an audition to work for the big time mob . after he botches one of his first jobs he goes on the lamb only to be captured , tortured and chained to a tree in a remote forest left to his own devices . will he have the gusto to overcome his restraints or will he simply descend further down the spiral of his own asylum ?
launching a right to a voice in london on the 60th anniversary of the united nations declaration of human rights , niace ' s chief executive , alan tuckett , said :
i think it ' s an embarrassment and a shame for britain that we signed up to the declaration , which promises everyone a right to education , and then we ' re saying to asylum seekers : ' sorry , you ' ve got to wait six months . '
madison mcbride ( sarah roemer from disturbia & fired up ) has been newly enrolled in richard miller university despite the protestations of her mother . it seems the university used to be an controversial mental institution specializing in teenagers . her and a few other teens residing in her dormitory decide to check out the abandoned section of the school . but seeing as all the new resident ' s have had ' troubled pasts ' the ghost of the doctor of the aforementioned asylum decides to ' cure ' them .
playing the adult version of eddie kaspbrak in the it miniseries was dennis christopher , who first rose to prominence in hollywood with his starring role as dave in the 1979 film breaking away , about a young man and his friends who decide to put together their own cycling team to take on some well - trained competition in the annual little 500 bicycle race . christopher went on to appear in many more films and television shows over the years , including murder , she wrote , star trek : enterprise , profiler , deadwood , and the lost room .
in fact , the idea was common sense , and that is why it has never gone away . it ought to be possible for a collective of film - makers to share a marketing operation and keep a bigger share of the profits . it ought to work well enough to enable them to tell their stories without undue external interference . but in its first few years , ua led a precarious existence . it sometimes had only a handful of films , and it didn ' t break into reliable profits until the late 1920s . one reason for that was the
reticence
of chaplin to commit to the new idea . in the early 1920s , chaplin preferred to hold to his deal with first national - thus the kid and the pilgrim were denied to ua . the first film he made for the new outfit was the experimental a woman of paris ( 1923 ) - a critics ' favourite , in which chaplin hardly appeared , and not a big hit . it was only in 1925 , with the gold rush , that chaplin actually worked for the new company . this was a bone of contention at board meetings , especially with pickford , the sharpest business brain at ua .
renowned actor tim curry did much of the heavy lifting in the 1990 it miniseries with his role as pennywise the dancing clown—the most common alter ego used by it as it terrorizes derry , maine . while there has been considerable buzz surrounding bill skarsgård ' s take on the character in the 2017 film adaptation , there ' s no question that the new movie might never have been made without curry ' s terrifying approach to the role . his dramatic turn as pennywise helped popularize the
evil clown
archetype , which undoubtedly spawned a new generation of coulrophobes after the miniseries aired on primetime television .
screenwriter ethan lawrence brings nothing to the table with his feature debut . the killer is a lame freddy krueger wannabe and the haunted asylum story draws too much from 1999’s house on haunted hill . at least that movie was scary , and jeffrey combs’ creepy dr . vannacutt was a hell of a lot better than burke . and he didn’t even talk ! nor does burke have any decent gore scenes . someone gets hanged , someone else gets stabbed . yawn . freddy didn’t get where he is by not being creative . step it up , dr . burke !
. naturally , this goes wrong and the soldiers are teleported to the centre of the earth where they are pursued by dinosaurs and giant spiders . if this were not wtf enough , you are straining trying to get your head around the fact that the centre of the earth here is no longer a set of caves but represented by wide open and sunlit outdoors ( where the asylum went to shoot in belize ) . you think , okay well they have cut costs by eliminating the caves and shooting outdoors , which sort of works with a vast stretch of the imagination
even in january 1919 , doubts were expressed . some observers wondered if chaplin and pickford would ever really trust each other , or whether chaplin reckoned that the company was actually called
united myself
. others argued that no human head was large enough to make the movies and run their business at the same time .
so the lunatics have taken charge of the asylum ,
said richard rowland , the president of metro pictures . it was a great line , but it was also an unfair assertion that the business was a crazy house - and thus beyond control .
has a considerable wtf component to it when you sit down to watch it after having read the jules verne book and seen the various other film versions . almost all of these other versions take place in the 19th century ( although some of the films have updated the story to the present - day ) and feature a group of explorers venturing into a volcano that leads down into a warren of darkened caves . many of the films have peppered this up with encounters with dinosaurs , primitives and lost cities ( which are not there in the book ) . however , the essentials of a journey through a series of underground caves remains in every version .
following it , brandis continued his acting career and his climb to the top of the
teen heartthrob
list with appearances in films and television shows like the neverending story ii , sidekicks , ladybugs , seaquest dsv , and ride with the devil . he hoped to halt a late ' 90s slump when he landed a role in the 2002 film hart ' s war ; unfortunately , many of his scenes ended up being cut for the theatrical release . friends said he ' d begun drinking heavily , and brandis attempted suicide in november 2003 . he was discovered and taken to cedars - sinai medical center , but sadly died of his injuries the next day .
with such a low rating and no comment , who will watch this excellent thriller which forms a sharp contrast to the average level of the french so called film noir of the era ? the first third may seem trite and with its subjects of russian roulette or
the gays who would enjoy smoking cigars ( ? )
, it could lead the director in tarantino territory . things go better with the
test
you ' ve got to pass to be part of the gang ; there ' s a lot of black humor in the scene in which the hero
teaches
a young recruit ( a head ' s relative ) how to hold up a bank . but the movie really takes off when the young hero
ends up tied to a tree like a dog in a forest where there ' s nobody miles around
; or almost nobody should i write . with very restricted means , the film becomes closer to some of hitchcock ' s enclosed space movies , such works as
rope
or
lifeboat
. to write more would be a spoiler . if you find the final unexpected twist far - fetched ( and it is in a way ) , remember the plane . the gangsters scenes which are actually a long flashback are badly introduced with pretentious pictures in the
present
, but apart from this , this is an unfairly overlooked thriller .
at the same time , the business was in chaos . all over america , films were distributed and exhibited on a local basis . a film - making company tried to sell off the rights to their pictures in all the local territories . they had deals and contracts , with set percentages on returns : x per cent of the box - office revenue . but the ultimate numbers were out of control . there were no reliable records , no safeguards , no justice . griffith had taken the gamble of making the birth of a nation . he had raised the money himself - and risked disaster . he had made the picture at over three hours , and he had taken a chance that people would swallow it .
when one man is struck blind while driving home from work , his whole world is turned to an eerie , milky haze . one by one , each person he encounters suffers the same unsettling fate . as the contagion spreads , and paranoia sets in , the newly blind victims of the
white sickness
are quarantined within an abandoned mental asylum . but , inside the quarantined hospital , there is one woman who has only pretended she is blind in order to stay beside her husband . she will lead a makeshift family of seven people on a journey to break out of the hospital and into the devastated city where they may be the only hope left .
even though child torture and evil spirits tend to put a damper on a universityâs reputation , the school evidently decided to leave a section of the old asylum untouched and simply tell students “don’t go in there . ” why would the university not tear that down ? why refurbish an entire building but leave one dilapidated wing with the all the torture equipment and old records intact ? honestly . and then tell teenagers not to go in there ? yeah , that’ll work . it reminds me of a hilarious sketch from mtv’s the state wherein a penitentiary has a wide - open gate that leads to freedom , but the guards tell prisoners to just consider that “off - limits . ”
before she became the adult beverly marsh in it , annette o ' toole started a long association with the man of steel with her appearance as clark kent ' s love interest lana lang in the 1983 film superman iii . following her stint in it , o ' toole continued her acting career —and returned to the superman universe in a very different role . from 2001 to 2011 , o ' toole starred in the smallville series as clark kent ' s adoptive mother , martha . in addition , o ' toole has appeared in many other films and tv shows , including nash bridges , the huntress , halt and catch fire , and 11 . 22 . 63 —in which she returned to the world of stephen king when she played a boardinghouse owner .
awesome title . i love troma and indie films in general ( proper indie films , i mean , not rebranded big studio , oscar - hunting rubbish ) and psycho sleepover ' s one of the best . these guys also made yeti : a love story , which kicks similar amounts of ass . ps has some really cheap , shoddy gore effects , but that just kinda makes it funnier . it ' s well lit with good sound and all the actors are enthusiastic and funny , even if some of them aren ' t daniel day lewis . seriously brilliant film . if you ' re not into the high - budget / low - imagination hollywood horror - comedies ( scream 4 , you suck ) but still want some killing and maiming between jokes , then totally check out psycho sleepover .
because the adult stanley ' s screen time was relatively short compared to the rest of the grown - up losers ' club members , you might remember actor richard masur better from some of his other early roles in shows like rhoda , east of eden , and one day at a time , or for his part in the sci - fi / horror classic the thing —which still gets masur regular gigs at horror conventions today . after it , masur continued his prolific film and tv career with dozens of roles in productions like encino man , picket fences , all my children , the good wife , and transparent . his most recent projects include his recurring part on the popular prison drama series orange is the new black , and roles in the upcoming films before / during / after and another year together .
even so , ua remained courageous and enterprising , reflected in coming home , apocalypse now and raging bull . it was that kind of ambition - the sense of a need to make a movie that would win prizes and money - that led to disaster : the decision to support michael cimino in the making of heaven ' s gate . cimino was regarded as a genius after the deer hunter , and ua had always believed in genius . initially set to cost about $ 6m , it ended up at least five times as expensive . long before its release , it became a laughing stock and the worst example of hollywood extravagance . today , many critics see heaven ' s gate as a fine , challenging film , but on its release it was such a failure that it led to widespread resignations at ua .
sure enough , the kids explore the haunted asylum and draw the attention of the insane dr . burke , whose ghost still roams the halls . of course , each of these white - bread kids has a secret , dysfunctional past for the ghost to prey upon . he forces each of them to re - visit a horrifying memory from their childhood in a dream - like state . burke’s campy personality and penchant for killing kids in their own minds draws obvious comparisons to freddy krueger . the order of his attacks becomes pretty predictable when each student reveals their sad story one - by - one . furthermore , by telling their story beforehand , it spoils the nightmare that burke forces upon them . when one student reveals that he let his brother drown , there is no surprise when his burke - attack involves helplessly watching his brother drown again . way to spoil the fun .
the girls fail in any way to look like convincing soldiers  they seem more like a group of self - absorbed models that someone has abandoned in the wilderness . clearly , nobody involved in the production has taken the time to coach any of them in basic military training as they fail to hold their guns or move in any convincing soldierly way . for that matter , the scientific experiment they take part in lacks any believability . who sends a group of live subjects through a teleport system without having tested it first with at least some inanimate or animal subject ? even so , why would six girls teleport to a military base in germany heavily armed , with survival gear and live ammunition  they are taking part in a scientific experiment not beaming into a military zone ? the digital effects of the various dinosaurs and giant spiders they encounter are at least to a competent level , more so than most that turn up from the asylums in - house team , although are sparingly used .


life goes on is a 2009 film by sangeeta datta .

it shows how a hindu family in britain copes with the death of the wife and mother .

the story recalls shakespeare ’s king lear .

life goes on ( 2009 film )

life goes on , dir . sangeeta datta ( uk , 2009 ) - trailer
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sharmila tagore in life goes on , sangeeta datta ' s adaptation of king lear .
life goes on . film directed by sangeeta datta . starring om puri , sharmila tagore , girish karnad and soha ali khan
life goes on is a drama in which a man draws closer to his daughters after the untimely death of his wife .
since the slug club meets later in the film , harry goes right to spy on draco when leaving his compartment .
the film was the top grossing film at uk cinemas in 2009 , taking £50 . 7m , closely followed by avatar . - guardian
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filmed in english , with a smattering of bengali and hindi , life goes on has won the well - deserved best feature film award at the pravasi international film festival in delhi , and the best feature film audience appreciation award at the london asian film festival , and should go on to win some more now that it has entered the commercial market .
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in the film , malfoy is running away from harry and goes into a bathroom on the seventh floor , near the room of requirement . in the book , the bathroom that the duel takes place in is not on the seventh floor .
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* correction , december 1 , 2009 : anderson transferred to saint john’s school , not st . john’s academy , as originally stated .
a contemporary film adaptation of king lear , set in modern - day london , centred on the life of three generations of immigrants of a hindu family from bengal . stormglass productions .
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trailer for stormglass productions ' contemporary film adaptation of king lear , set in modern - day london , centred on the life of three generations of immigrants of a hindu family from bengal .
on january 2nd , 2009 , websites reported that the film had been rated
pg
by the mpaa , for scary images , some violence , language and mild sensuality . this is the first and only time since the third film that a harry potter film has been rated pg , although in britain it is a 12a .
a doctor faces challenges in life as well as from his daughters after the sudden passing of his wife .
vision – from the life of hildegard von bingen is available on dvd through amazon , although it’s a little pricey . in my opinion , it’s worth it .
all eyez on me the contours and contradictions of the life of the rapper tupac shakur ( demetrius shipp jr . , in his first movie ) are recounted in a biopic scheduled to be released on his birthday . danai gurira plays tupac’s mother , a black panther , and jamal woolard is biggie smalls , a . k . a . the notorious b . i . g . , whom he played in the 2009 film “notorious . ” benny boom directed .
diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul the wimpy kid grew up , so hollywood found a new one . in the fourth film based on jeff kinney’s popular books , greg ( now jason ian drucker ) goes on a family road trip . alicia silverstone and tom everett scott , also on their first outings in the wimpy - verse , play his parents .
charged separately from the rest of the ring , ajar’s main gig was selling the stolen property that the teens would amass from their robberies . when he was busted in 2009 ,
the film only shows the memory in which dumbledore goes to pick up voldemort at the orphanage and the memory in which voldemort asks slughorn about the horcruxes , which is shown twice , as in the book .
after giving birth to her first child , a happily married woman sees her picture - perfect life spiral out of control .
ryan bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles , and just after he ' s met the frequent - traveller woman of his dreams .
carroll , larry ( 2006 - 10 - 16 ) . terry gilliam on depp , ' potter ' and the film he panhandled to promote . mtv . retrieved on 2006 october 16 .
an idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail .
ingrid goes west an unbalanced loner with a few screws loose ( aubrey plaza ) becomes obsessed with a social media celebrity ( elizabeth olsen ) and worms her way into her life . it’s a dark comedy , not a stalker thriller . o’shea jackson jr . and wyatt russell also star .
tristan thompson goes house hunting alone as he checks out $ 2m property in la with its own basketball court . . . just minutes from khloe ' s mansion
the 22 months between start of filming and release of the film was by far the longest interval in the series to date and was in fact several months longer than the equally protracted schedule for the 2009 star trek film , which began production several months after hbp but was released several months before hbp . at one point the film was scheduled for a late 2008 release , but this was pushed back .
the dutch title ( komt een vrouw bij de dokter ) actually means
a woman goes to the doctor
, which is the opening sentence of many jokes .
in fact , “the life aquatic” does tell a story , but it’s one that sprawls with an epic ambition and a picaresque wonder . anderson’s playfully unstrung storytelling was both purposeful and meaningful : life in the wild , the film suggests , doesn’t follow the neat contours of dramatic suspense but is filled with surprises , accidents , and sudden lurches off course . the film’s arch stylization adds mood , metaphor , and humor to its realistic aspects . but anderson was aware that he ran the risk of confounding the public’s expectations . he told me , “with ‘life aquatic , ’ people argued that the whole movie should either be shot on
the special edition two - disc dvd for harry potter and the order of the phoenix contained two sneak peeks of the film , [ 71 ] [ 36 ] while the us edition included an additional clip . [ 72 ] warner bros and msn will run an online order of the phoenix quiz , with the prize being a walk - on part in the film . [ 73 ] as with the previous films , ea games will produce a video game based on the film . [ 74 ] the teaser trailer for the sixth video game was released along side of its website on july 2 , 2008 . the film will be released on 1 - disc dvd , 2 - disc special edition dvd , and 3 - disc blu - ray / dvd / digital copy combo pack on december 8 , 2009 [ 75 ]
jesús after committing an assault , a teenager ( nicolás durán ) in santiago is forced to confront his father ( alejandro goic ) in a film inspired by a real - life hate crime in chile in 2012 .
sangeeta dutta’s life goes on revolves around the lives of a bengali family that is part of the british asian diaspora , coming to terms with a death in the family . it is a story of their personal loss and of their coming to terms with it . the narrative explores the complexities of living one’s own culture as a member of a small , minority community residing in london .
in the film , harry , hermione , and ron are not seen back at the burrow after spying on draco . instead , they are next seen on the train , and it is here that they discuss what draco may have been doing at borkin and burkes in the film .
hearing is believing the star of this documentary is rachel flowers , who was born prematurely and went blind , but learned to play music and grew into a vibrant performer . the film follows two years in her family’s life .
khloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am
most biopics do one of two things at the end . either the film follows the main character to the end of his or her life ( often opening with the protagonist’s death and then jumping back , as in evita ) , or they cut the action and then offer epilogue text telling us what happened to the main characters later on . vision does neither of these things . it simply ends after hildegard takes her decision to start her first preaching tour . the effect of this choice is to focus the viewer’s attention on hildegard as a person , not as an historical figure . unlike evita , which presents eva peron’s life in explicitly historical terms and asks the viewer to pass judgment on what her life meant , vision takes a historical figure and asks us to understand her as a human being . it de - emphasizes the political and social context of hildegard’s life and instead concentrates on trying to help us understand who she was as a woman ( or rather , who von trotta thinks she was ) .
makeup artist joyce bonelli reaches out to the kardashian clan on instagram . . . after the famous family ' fire ' and unfollow her on social media
don - carlos ellis , said to be the leader of the gang , was on bail for another suspected attack on a group of youths , and had been due to report to a police station on the day of the murder .
pandorum supposedly refers to orbital dysfunctional syndrome . it is a psychotic break which takes place amongst ship ' s captains when they become convinced a mission is cursed , essentially a descent into madness brought on by the pressures of life in space impinging on an individual ' s sense of paranoia . this is a completely fictional condition .
there are no security measures discussed or implied before entering the burrow in the film .
the film doesn ' t show harry questioning dumbledore as to why he trusted snape .
the studio decided not to position the film as a kids movie , and spent seventy percent of the media for it on broad based , and adult driven buys .
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the scene where ginny asks her mother for a pygmy puff is omitted . however , she is later seen on the hogwarts express with one sitting on her shoulder , which luna lovegood admires and remarks that they have been known to sing on boxing day .
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neither harper nor malfoy are seen playing on slytherin ' s team in the film , though since only part of the match was shown , they could have simply been off camera .
person to person shooting on 16 - millimeter , dustin guy defa directs this scrappy ensemble comedy set on a single day in new york . the cast includes michael cera , abbi jacobson , george sample iii , tavi gevinson and — stealing the show — the real - life vinyl enthusiast bene coopersmith , who is drawn in by the promise of a rare record .
wish upon an unhappy teenager ( joey king ) has an opportunity to improve her life and get revenge on her bullies when she comes into possession of a wish - granting music box . of course , there’s a catch . directed by john r . leonetti ( “annabelle” ) .
safety measures issued by the ministry and about the inferi were not discussed throughout the entire film .
in the book , the felix felicis is gold . in the film , it is clear .
wild ill at ease with civilized life , ania ( lilith stangenberg ) forges what becomes an increasingly close and physical bond with a wolf . if festival reviews are any indication , the film is poised somewhere between a tall tale and a provocative social commentary . nicolette krebitz wrote and directed .
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' i ' ve never met her but i have spoken to her on the phone . shaki showed me pictures on his mobile phone and i remember thinking she really is pretty .
' he was popular and always had girlfriends , but the girl on trial was different .
nobody speak : trials of the free press brian knappenberger’s documentary promises the inside scoop on the hulk hogan lawsuit that led to gawker’s bankruptcy , and on the broader implications for journalism .
beautiful accident in a comedy from china , a lawyer ( gwei lun - mei ) awakes from a car accident to find herself living a life not taken : she’s a housewife and mother .
when ron eats the chocolates , which had the love potion and was intended for harry , becoming lovestruck , and ultimately falls prey to slughorn ' s poisoned meade , was changed . in the book , this was all on his birthday , and slughorn , harry , and ron toast to ron ' s birthday , wishing him to have many more memorable birthdays . in the film , the events happened on valentine ' s day , and the toast was
to life !
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in the film , draco ' s reluctance to go with the death eaters is much more obvious .
the survivalist a standout at the 2015 tribeca film festival , stephen fingleton’s debut feature is a terse portrait of life in a postapocalyptic wood . martin mccann is the title character , who lives alone and fends off all comers until two women ( mia goth and olwen fouéré ) turn up at his doorstep .
draco does not sneak off on his own and talk to mr borgin about fixing the cabinet , but instead goes with his mother and several death eaters . harry , ron , and hermione do not follow him under the cloak and use extendable ears , and hermione does not try to trick mr borgin into telling her what draco is reserving .
it couldn’t have happened at a worse time . the attack on the employees of mol , …
joseph arranged to meet shakilus wearing a see - through floral dress on july 3 last year .
keyshia cole announces pregnancy on instagram . . . as boyfriend niko khale posts beach pic of couple
brittany farrell ( with megaphone ) in “whose streets ? ” the film is due out aug . 11 .
aragog ' s size appears smaller than described and shown in both the books and the second film adaptation .
as the scene with fudge and the muggle prime minister is not featured in the film , after the kidnapping is shown , the film cuts to harry reading a copy of the daily prophet in a muggle café located along surbiton station , then leaves it on the table when he sees professor dumbledore outside . also , the muggle waitress at the cafe flirts with harry and asks about the newspaper he reads in the film . this scene is entirely unique to the film , and harry does not appear until later in the book .
the scene where harry notices malfoy disappearing from the marauder ' s map when he enters the room of requirement is omitted from the film , but it is featured as a deleted scene on the dvd releases .
when dumbledore speaks in the great hall , hermione asks about his injured hand , and many others start to whisper upon seeing it . dumbledore dismisses it , saying it ' s nothing to worry about , and covers it with his sleeve . hermione does not say anything about it in the film , and aside from harry , the injured hand goes pretty much unnoticed .
. named “best dressed” in her 2007 yearbook and driving a white audi a4 to school , lee had already been fined and put on probation for shoplifting at a sephora with fellow bling ring member diana tamayo . after taking her fair share of jewels and jeans from various celebrities’ homes , she headed to vegas to live with her father . both in coppola’s film and in real life , the authorities eventually caught up with her .
the film does take some liberties with the facts . the ordo virtutum was written after richardis’ death ( indeed , one of the characters is thought to be based on richardis ) , but in the film , richardis plays a role in the first performance of it . the film depicts kuno as at different times both supporting and opposing her , but i’m uncertain that he opposed her except when she sought to leave disibodenberg . hildegard’s election was unanimous , but in the film , sister jutta ( lena stolz ) votes against it out of envy .
the weather on the day of the first quidditch match is snowing and stormy in the film , whereas in the book it is clear , a circumstance which ron attributes to the felix felicis he thinks he drank .
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casting is complete on
harry potter and the half - blood prince
. press release . retrieved on 2007 - 11 - 16 .
unlocked in an espionage thriller from michael apted , noomi rapace plays a c . i . a . agent who is on the run and working to stop a terrorist attack in london . orlando bloom , michael douglas , toni collette and john malkovich are also in the film , but who knows whose side they’re on ?
remember the actual bad kids ( and adults ! ) who inspired the film ? no ? here you go .
bill weasley does not appear in the film , much less get bitten by fenrir greyback as he does in the book . however , in the next film , he is shown bearing scars from being attacked by greyback . this creates a plot hole in the next film since it is unknown where , how and when the scarring happened .
the christmas season shown in the film is a big contradiction on what the chapter ' s title is . there are no signs of snow outside the burrow and ginny ' s nightdress seems unfit for a frosty season .
a new task force is built on the premise that the united states is under attack by malevolent immigrants .
pansy parkinson sits beside blaise and across from draco in the film , rather than beside draco , stroking his hair . very little of her as well as her relationship with draco is seen in the film series as a whole .
in the book horace slughorn was said to have a big silver moustache like a walrus and was supposed to be quite large , both are changed for the film . in the film , he does not have a moustache , and is only slightly chubby . additionally , slughorn is portrayed as a soft - spoken , senile man in the film .
in the book , after the house is restored , dumbledore , harry and slughorn have a drink and talk , before dumbledore asks to use the bathroom . in the film , dumbledore goes to use the bathroom right after the house is restored . when dumbledore returns , he and harry promptly leave , stating that he knows a lost cause when he sees one , just as in the book .
ascent experience mount fuji — through a selection of 4 , 000 photographs snapped over 150 years . the dutch artist fiona tan has built this experimental film out of those stills . screenings at film forum in new york will be free .
pray for rain california’s drought is over ; what better time to see it represented onscreen ? a journalist ( annabelle stephenson ) raised in the state’s central valley goes home and learns that the lack of precipitation has turned the farms into a violent gangland . jane seymour plays her mother .
pictures posted on the internet by his friends after his death showed him posing with a gun and a knife .
in this corner of the world based on a manga trilogy by fumiyo kouno , this anime centers on a woman who moves to a port city in hiroshima prefecture one year before the dropping of the bomb . sunao katabuchi directs .
in the book , leanne is crying when she tells mcgonagall about what happened , but in the film she is calm .
emma watson gives an impressive performance as nicki , one member of the hollywood thieving ring depicted in sofia coppola ' s latest film , the bling ring . but it makes us wonder : what ever happened to alexis neiers , the real - life criminal who inspired watson ' s role ? and did paris hilton ever get her jewels back , by the way ? and how many of those kids charged with robbing celebrities actually saw the inside of a prison cell ? if you ' re as curious as we are to know what ' s up with the real - life bling ring , here you go .
in the book , the flaw in horace slughorn ' s plan to hide himself was that he forgot to cast the dark mark . in the film , the flaw is the blood on the ceiling , which dumbledore identified as dragon blood .
past life in 1977 , two israeli sisters ( nelly tagar and joy rieger ) are prompted to unravel their seemingly upright father’s past actions in holocaust - era poland . avi nesher , of the much lighter “the matchmaker” ( 2012 ) , directs .
in the book , harry and dumbledore have to swim from the rock they arrive on to the cave entrance . in the film , they are briefly shown standing on the rock , with waves crashing around it , the sea seemingly too rough to swim across . the scene cuts to the two at the cave entrance , not showing how they got across .
late in life , she defied the archbishop of mainz and buried an excommunicated man in the rupertsberg cemetery . she refused to allow his body to be dug up , and was briefly excommunicated for her stand . ultimately , though , the archbishop relented .
in the film , the memory of the wool ' s orphanage doesn’t include talks of tom riddle hurting kids at the cave , of which only a crude picture is shown taped up on riddle ' s bedroom wall . however , there is a deleted scene where dumbledore tells harry about tom doing so when they are at the cave ' s entrance later in the film .
zacharias smith does a commentary during the quidditch match in the book , while there is no commentary during it in the film .
sanjay is interviewed on tv and shares his memories of the partition of india and of how his family fled the country .
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fit for a prince ! louis becomes the eighth royal baby to wear the historic honiton lace christening robe on . . .
restless creature : wendy whelan heavy on ballet performances , this documentary focuses on ms . whelan , a principal dancer at the new york city ballet until 2014 . it catches her at a difficult moment , when she has surgery for an injury .
an inconvenient sequel : truth to power al gore offers a decade - later update to “an inconvenient truth . ” bonni cohen and jon shenk’s sequel finds him once again on the lecture circuit ( and frequently stepping away from powerpoint , at the 2015 paris climate conference and elsewhere ) with reports on both what has changed for the worse and on opportunities for an energy revolution .
house - elf kreacher and the hippogriff buckbeak are omitted from the film , and there is no mention of hagrid getting buckbeak back .
in dahl’s life . the farmer mr . bean and his wife derived some of their attributes from dahl and his widow . bean’s house is similar to dahl’s , and the fox runs and the tree where much of the action takes place resemble those in dahl’s garden .
everything , everything housebound for life because of a compromised immune system , an 18 - year - old ( amandla stenberg ) falls for the boy ( nick robinson ) who moves in next door in this adaptation of nicola yoon’s best - selling young - adult novel .
harmonium a prizewinner at cannes , koji fukada’s film captures the ripple effects on one family after the father ( kanji furutachi ) invites an acquaintance ( tadanobu asano ) , a recent ex - convict , to work with him in the garage next to his home .
the resurrection stone mounted on the ring is cracked down the middle , right through the symbol of the deathly hallows . however , in the film , the stone remains intact , but seems to have been purified , and is seen as clear rather than coloured .
slughorn tells dumbledore that the muggles who own the house are on holiday in the canary islands in both the book and film , however , in the book , he says this after the house is restored . in the film , he says this before the house is restored , to which dumbledore suggests putting the house back in order for its muggle owners . he then begins to restore the house .
a team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057 .
ant - man and the wasp soars to $ 76 million on opening weekend . . . beating its prequel by $ 19 million
erdogan becomes the ' 21st century ataturk ' : president is sworn in with sweeping new powers that put him on . . .
alfonso cuaron to return to harry potter ? . urltoken ( 2006 - 11 - 18 ) . retrieved on 2006 november 18 .
the film makes an interesting choice to focus on the emotional impact of events rather than on simply relating a narrative of events . it doesn’t always show the viewer the outcome of an event . for example , during the move to rupertsberg , some of the nuns rebel at the hard work that hildegard is demanding of them . hildegard seeks advice from the other nuns on how to handle this rebellion , but instead of showing how hildegard finally dealt with the rebels , the film jumps ahead to another incident . for von trotta , the important thing is not what hildegard decided to do , but rather how hildegard and the other nuns came to a group decision .
the scene in which draco catches harry spying on him on the train is performed much as it is in the book , though draco does not tell harry how he knew harry was there , just asking if harry ' s mother told him it was rude to eavesdrop . when draco uncovers harry after sending him to the floor , he steps on harry ' s nose in revenge for his father ' s imprisonment , just like in the book , but does not take care to step on harry ' s fingers .
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bronx gothic andrew rossi ( “page one : inside the new york times” ) directs this film version of okwui okpokwasili’s one - woman show — a dance and performance piece inspired by her upbringing in the bronx and centered on the rivalry between two girls on the cusp of adolescence . reviewing a production in 2014 , rachel saltz , writing in the times , called ms . okpokwasili “a magnetic performer . ”
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daniel radcliffe , rupert grint and emma watson to reprise roles in the final two instalments of warner bros . pictures ' harry potter film franchise
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the relationship between tonks and lupin is implied , as they leave the party together and tonks mentions that
the first night of the full moon cycle is always the worst .
she also calls remus sweetheart but later in the film . in the book , she was presumably discussing her feelings for and worries about lupin with mrs weasley before harry arrives . tonks does not appear on this chapter in the film .
iconic movie home where molly ringwald ' s sixteen candles was filmed finally sells for $ 1 . 135 million after two years on market
score : a film music documentary going behind the scenes of how film scores are composed , this portrait of the craft features some of the most familiar “music by” credits in the business , including hans zimmer , john williams , danny elfman , quincy jones , rachel portman and thomas newman .
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in 2000 , anderson began work on a fictional homage to jacques cousteau , based on a brief sketch that he had written in college . he wrote “the life aquatic with steve zissou” with his friend the screenwriter and director noah baumbach ( who is also a contributor to the new yorker ) . to collaborate on the script , the pair met daily at bar pitti , in the west village , for a late lunch and stayed through dinner , talking , while anderson occasionally took notes . “i don’t think we ever sat in front of a computer , ” baumbach said . “it was an extension of what our friendship had been . we were getting together anyway—why not turn it into something ? ”
the duel is longer and more intense in the film . in the book , malfoy turns around and attacks , and harry almost immediately uses sectumsempra after the two of them cast about two spells each at each other . in the film , harry and malfoy shoot several spells at each other , hide behind stalls and shoot spells at each other underneath the stalls , run around the stalls while shooting spells at each other and finally harry uses sectumsempra on draco when he sees him standing on the other side of the bathroom , directly after coming out from under cover .
harry is not frozen by dumbledore as in the book , rather , dumbledore instructs harry to go and hide below , and not to speak or be seen by anyone . harry hesitantly oblidges and goes down to the floor below the top of the astronomy tower looking up through floorboards at the events . in the book , he remains unnoticed the whole time , while in the film , snape catches harry in the tower , and persuades him to stay silent , before going upstairs to kill dumbledore .
furthermore , the role of bellatrix lestrange has been greatly expanded in the film . in the book , she does not fight in the battle of the astronomy tower or witness dumbledore ' s death . upon witnessing it in the film , she reacts by destroying everything with sadistic glee and delight .
during a scene where harry , ron and hermione are sitting in ron ' s room , discussing how old dumbledore would be , there are two different angles taken : one , the angle by the door ( that leads to a balcony outside ) that shows the interior of the room , and two , the angle from the inside of the room that shows the exterior scenery . based on these angles , we see hermione ' s legs folded together on one angle whilst on the other angle , her other leg is laid down on the floor .
wonder woman after an appearance in “batman v superman : dawn of justice , ” in 2016 , that was effectively a trailer within a film , wonder woman ( gal gadot ) gets a long - teased movie of her own . patty jenkins ( “monster” ) directs this origin story , which finds the superheroine leaving her life as an amazon princess to fight in world war i . chris pine plays the pilot who rouses her to action .
' we only knew each other between action and cut ' : robin wright breaks her silence on kevin spacey ' s sexual . . .
moka “moka” is indeed french for “mocha , ” the color of the car that a bereaved mother ( emmanuelle devos ) thinks killed her son . wanting revenge , she insinuates her way into the life of the car’s owner ( nathalie baye ) . frédéric mermoud directs ; switzerland supplies the scenery .
vision does a good job of showing many of the major events in hildegard’s life . it opens with her oblation as a young girl , and then jumps forward to the 1140s when hildegard ( barbara sukowa ) begins to write down her visions and rise to fame . we see some of the opposition she encountered from male clergy who were suspicious of her claims . we see her struggle to achieve independence from disibodenberg , and we watch the development of her relationship with sister richardis ( hannah herzsprung ) . we see a performance of part of the ordo virtutum . the film frequently uses hildegard’s own words , and much of the music is based on hildegard’s liturgical compositions . where possible , the film was shot in the ruins of several medieval monasteries .
the drowning an independent filmmaker with an experimental streak , bette gordon ( whose credits include “variety , ” the 1983 riff on “vertigo” ) directs this thriller centered on a forensic psychologist ( josh charles ) . in the pat barker novel “border crossing , ” on which it’s based , he rescues a young man from suicide , then learns that years earlier he had testified against him as an expert witness . julia stiles also stars .
gotti john gotti , the crime boss and “first media don , ” was already the focus of a 1996 tv movie , in which he was played by armand assante . in this theatrical film , which covers 30 years in his life , john travolta assumes impersonation duties , as he did for robert shapiro . mr . travolta’s wife , kelly preston , plays gotti’s . the screenwriters are lem dobbs ( “the limey” ) and the character actor leo rossi .
the ornithologist the portuguese director joão pedro rodrigues ( “to die like a man” ) continues to defy classification with this story of a bird - watcher ( paul hamy ) who sets off downstream on an isolated river and , on his journey , encounters increasingly strange company . manohla dargis called the movie , inspired by the story of st . anthony , “the single most delightful and narratively adventurous movie i saw at toronto” during its film festival .
the ensuing battle between hogwarts staff and students against death eaters has been significantly reduced to a rampage through hogwarts ; with bellatrix lestrange shattering the windows and other glass objects in the great hall . the castle appears to be deserted except for one auror on duty , who snape jinxes out of the way . the battle was so reduced because the film ' s producer felt it was too similar to the battle that would occur in the final film .
after cliched scenes of american military commanders speaking through interpreters to suspicious and hostile natives , the movie goes on a long , tiresome , dramatically inert detour around european capitals , with the glenimal in the company of his vegas - style rat pack entourage : including good - ol’ - boy second - in - command greg pulver ( anthony michael hall ) , smoothie pr matt little ( topher grace ) , embedded rolling stone reporter sean cullen ( scoot mcnairy ) , and token afghan civilian badi basim ( aymen hamdouchi ) . and finally , in the last half - hour , there is some actual war - film - type fighting , from which pitt is frustratingly absent .
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there was also no debate or meeting at headmaster ' s office between professors to discuss whether or not dumbledore would be buried on hogwarts grounds .
in the film , the part where percy weasley arrives at the burrow on christmas day with the new minister for magic rufus scrimgeour is omitted , including the part where scrimgeour attempts to persuade harry to help the ministry to tell to the wizarding world that the ministry ' s doing a wonderful job .
in the film , harry is never mentioned to have inherited grimmauld place or kreacher after sirius black ' s death , as he did in the book .
dawson city : frozen time in the silent era , the gold rush town of dawson city in the yukon was the last stop on the film - shipping circuit . the creative solutions used to dispose of flammable nitrate stock resulted in the inadvertent preservation of 500 films — forgotten reels were excavated in the 1970s . bill morrison ( the found - footage collage “decasia” ) uses those clips to tell a story that interweaves film history and a sociological history of dawson .
a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned . . . with someone or something new on - board .
tom brady shows no mercy as he takes on gisele and his cancer - survivor mom in dodgeball . . . with a ' no crying ' rule
three men will be executed over the infamous gang - rape and murder of a female student , 23 , on a delhi bus in . . .
hell on earth : the fall of syria and the rise of isis directing jointly , the author and filmmaker sebastian junger and his frequent producing collaborator nick quested ( “restrepo” ) examine the origins of the islamic state , with a particular emphasis on the civil war in syria — an exceedingly timely topic .
though the inferi in the book climb out of the lake and attempt to drag harry back in with them , they actually pull him underwater in the film .
in the novel , it says that a bright green light hit dumbledore ( avada kedavra ) , while in the film , its more of a cyan colour .
if you want to know more about hildegard , i’d suggest starting with hildegard of bingen : a visionary life by sabina flanagan . she does a good job of recounting hildegard’s life and works and gives a sense of the enormous range of her work . if you want to delve into her writings , an easy option would be selected writings : hildegard of bingen ( penguin classics ) , which is organized by themes rather than individual works . or you could look at hildegard of bingen : scivias ( classics of western spirituality ) , which is her account of her visions . for a slightly different approach to her work , take a look at hildegard von bingen’s physica : the complete english translation of her classic work on health and healing . these only scratch the surface of hildegard’s writings .
diagon alley is almost completely boarded up and vacated . the only life to be seen comes from weasleys ' wizard wheezes joke shop . the
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posters are not mentioned ( though the product is shown in the background , and was created as promotional material for the film ) . however , there is a statuesque , moving sign of one of the weasley twins ' lifting a top hat to reveal a rabbit . the sign is over a story tall .
richard brody began writing for the new yorker in 1999 , and has contributed articles about the directors françois truffaut , jean - luc godard , and samuel fuller . he writes about movies in his blog for newyorker . com . he is the author of “everything is cinema : the working life of jean - luc godard . ”
camera obscura suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder , a war photographer begins to see real premonitions of deaths in his pictures . it’s a horror film , naturally .
in the film , at breakfast before the first quidditch match , luna lovegood , not hermione , notices harry faking to slip felix felicis into ron ' s drink .
the film omits the details that fenrir greyback is a werewolf , and also the part of lupin mentioning that greyback was the one who turned him into a werewolf .
in the book , dumbledore appears to be bleeding from his mouth after being killed , and harry wipes off the blood with his ( harry ' s ) own sleeve as he kneels by the headmaster ' s body . in the film , dumbledore is not bleeding , and harry just strokes dumbledore ' s hair and puts his hand to dumbledore ' s dormant heart . also in the film , ginny is seen going over to sit beside harry and he leans on her shoulder sobbing .
ginny , not harry , hides the textbook in the room of requirement . in the final book , harry knows where to find the diadem horcrux based on where he hid the book . in the final film , harry knowing the diadem and half - blood prince ' s books ' locations are unrelated to each other .
on this week’s good one podcast , vanessa bayer tells the full story of her most beloved character , from her own bat mitzvah to her final snl .
in transit a founding figure of the direct - cinema movement , albert maysles died in 2015 , shortly before this film’s premiere . his last feature observes the passengers on amtrak’s empire builder route , which connects chicago and the pacific northwest . mr . maysles directed with lynn true , nelson walker , ben wu and david usui .
the scene of harry , hermione , and ron having breakfast , including harry discussing malfoy ' s conversation on the train , ron telling off a student for pointing , hermione confiscating a student ' s fanged frisbee , and the three discussing their classes is omitted from the film , which cuts to the students crowding the corridors .
rubeus hagrid ' s cabin is set on fire by bellatrix lestrange intentionally instead by thorfinn rowle due to the wand battle . the film doesn ' t show if fang was trapped inside the hut and also hagrid is not present in this scene . harry and hagrid didn ' t put out the fire using the aguamenti charm .
dumbledore and harry do not have many talks about voldemort like they did in the book . voldemort is not explained as someone who likes to control people , who is very charming with all the teachers , who places great meaning on places where he has tortured others , and who feels a deep connection to hogwarts because it is proof he is special and is a wizard and because it feels like his home . however , these details were focused on in the chamber of secrets film .
hounds of love it’s not a tribute to the kate bush album of the same title , but an australian thriller about a young woman ( ashleigh cummings ) who’s abducted by a serial - killer couple ( emma booth and stephen curry ) . the news media in perth have noted similarities between the plot and a real - life case .
the discussion between harry and hermione inside the hogwarts library is included . romilda vane was introduced but she does not speak . madam pince is not present in the film .
harry , slughorn , and hagrid sing a song while drinking after mourning aragog . in the film , this scene is shortened , and only the final verse is heard .
in the book , dumbledore drinks about three cups of the potion before falling prey to its effects . in the film , he starts reacting after his first drink . in the book , the potion eventually causes him to faint , but in the film , while suffering badly from the potion , he manages to remain concious the entire time .
in the book , dumbledore is left in a considerably weakened state after drinking the potion , which continues up to his death . this is less evident in the film .
vincent - n - roxxy in an update of old noir themes , “vincent - n - roxxy” casts emile hirsch and zoë kravitz as a couple whom circumstances bring together and send on the lam . romance follows to some degree , but word from last year’s tribeca film festival suggests that violence dominates . zoey deutch co - stars .
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king arthur : legend of the sword after two revisionist takes on sherlock holmes , the director guy ritchie aims to show off the hipper side of king arthur , a character whose last major reboot was in a 2004 antoine fuqua film . an irreverent charlie hunnam plays the title role ; jude law is the pretender to arthur’s rightful throne .
at the centre of this is producer - star brad pitt , who goes cartoonishly over the top in his look - away - now performance as the general , renamed glen mcmahon , nicknamed the “glenimal” . he is renowned and admired for his straight - talking , can - do attitude – loved by the men under his command and , of course , disliked by the washington pointy - heads and pen - pushers .