frenemies is a 2012 teen comedy-drama television film and anthology based on the novel of the same name by alexa young which premiered on disney channel .

it features an ensemble cast starring bella thorne , zendaya , stefanie scott , nick robinson , mary mouser and features connor price , jascha washington and dylan everett .

the film follows three pairs of teenage friends that go from friends to enemies and back again .

the film was directed by daisy mayer and written by dava savel , wendy weiner , and jim krieg .

the disney channel original movie premiered on january 13 , 2012 in the united states and canada .

frenemies ( film )

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frenemies taunt one another’s acting changes in thriller that loses psychological edge as it turns meta .
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a film still from
a ghost story
by david lowery , an official selection of the next program at the 2017 sundance film festival .
disney channel original movie “frenemies” buddies up with 4 . 2 million total viewers – tv by the numbers by urltoken
frenemies is a disney channel original movie ( very ) loosely based on a book of the same name . the film has three separate plots connected by the theme of friends becoming enemies .
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the film of the book : though only the names have been carried over .
zendaya bella thorne stefanie scott nick robinson & mary mouser as halle avalon greene julianne jake logan emma / savannah ( as mary matilyn mouser ) film title frenemies directed by daisy von scherler mayer film company disney channel 13 january 2012 - * * warning * * this photograph is the copyright of the film company and / or the photographer assigned by or authorised by / allowed on the set by the film company at that time of this production & can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film . a mandatory credit to the film company ( and photographer if known ) is required .
in 2012 , ilonzeh booked a role on the cw in arrow . her other film and tv credits include frenemies , killer reality , switched at birth , drop dead diva , and beauty & the beast .
to win a school popularity contest , a high school diva permits a film club classmate to record her popular life , but the film starts documenting her decline instead .
best short documentary award , 2014 costa rican international film festival ; best central american short documentary award , 2014 icaro central american film festival in guatemala . the feature - length version , in the production phase , was workshopped at 2015 berlinale film festival .
disney channel has set an airdate for its new original television movie frenemies , starring shake it up ' s bella thorne and zendaya .
in order to ramp up awareness for frenemies , beginning dec . 15 , visitors to the official disney channel website will be able to meet the characters and play a three - part game dedicated to the different storylines in the film .
i am a ba ( hons ) design for film and television graduate with two years experience working on various types of projects ; including film , television , live events and museum design .
frenemies was directed by daisy mayer , written by dava savel , wendy weiner and jim krieg and executive produced by leslie morgenstein and bob levy .
this article is about the film . you may be looking for the phineas and ferb song .
laura harring and melissa george in david lynch’s mulholland drive . photograph : publicity image from film company
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the actor starred in the 2002 film paid in full , and subsequently starred in the 2003 short film five deep breaths , which was an official selection at cannes , sundance , tribeca , and ipp . the film won multiple awards , and led to hector booking his role in the wire .
michael phillips lists five standouts from the 2017 sundance film festival . ( susan moskop / chicago tribune )
last year over 1 , 000 films were submitted to the highway 61 film festival through urltoken ( an online independent film festival submission service ) , and the very best were featured at the october festival .
“frenemies : art versus commodity , ” was listed previously as an artist collaboration . it is not an artist collaboration , it is the name of an exhibit .
closer to air , disney channel will unveil an exclusive preview of frenemies on disney channel on demand on jan . 6 . when the telepic premieres on tv one week later , simulcasts will also be available on sprint tv and mobitv . on jan . 17 , frenemies will be made available on itunes and xbox live .
can’t say how disappointing it is compared to ppp as it has an amazingly awesome lead who saves her film more than the one for this film . so that mere guilty pleasure on her resume was less disappointing .
george is a filmmaker and editor . he recently penned and completed direction of his first feature film , red right return . editing credits include : chris aran’s short film , and then i woke ; several episodic television series including frenemies , stalked : someone’s watching , dirty little lies ; and films killer instinct , goodbye sweetheart , touching the face of god , heaven is waiting and moonlight sonata .
submitted films are reviewed by judges , and cash prizes awarded to the top film in each category : $ 100 for features , $ 50 for short films , including a $ 50 prize for the top student short film .
television film and anthology based on the novel of the same name by alexa young . it features an ensemble cast of
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the highway 61 film festival is sponsored by the nonprofit pine center for the arts : 320 - 629 - 4924 .
and so the two girls decide to interview french singer jean after his first american sold - out concert which leads them to become frenemies . will they settle their differences and all that ?
jascha washington , play a teenage high school student in the film was actually 23 when movie was released . see more »
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, nick robinson , and mary mouser . the film follows three pairs of friends that go from friends to enemies and back again . the film is to be directed by daisy mayer and written by dava savel , wendy weiner , and jim krieg . the
anna received the 2015 karen schmeer film editing fellowship . her credits include : seymour : an introduction , a documentary directed by ethan hawke which follows seymour bernstein , an 84 year old pianist - turned - piano teacher . premiered at telluride film festival followed by the toronto international film festival and new york film festival . she is currently editing one bullet afghanistan , directed by carol dysinger , a documentary that explores the profound effect one stray bullet can have on a family , a community , a nation , and a war .
the film , currently under the working title bond 25 , will see bond get married , sources on the project told page six .
i will be reviewing each story on it’s own , then at the end i will say how the film works as a whole .
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reviewed online , chicago , apr . 13 , 2016 . ( in tribeca film festival — competing . ) running time : 87 min .
now six years strong , the 2016 highway 61 film festival is looking for submissions from local , national and international filmmakers starting april 1 .
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the film was released on dvd in the uk , alongside geek charming , on april 23 , 2012 . the following bonus features will be featured :
garrett hedlund and jason mitchell appear in
mudbound
by dee rees , an official selection of the premieres program at the 2017 sundance film festival .
actor demetrius shipp , jr . attends bet presents the american black film festival honors on february 17 , 2017 in beverly hills , california . ( getty )
the abc is , at one and the same time , the greatest friend of the australian film and television industry , and one of its greatest enemies .
oscar , emmy , and grammy - winning filmmakers morgan neville and robert gordon talk about making their acclaimed film on william f . buckley and gore vidal .
identical twins—live sisters and puppet brothers—hold fast to fraternal bonds ; texas tongans and a lonely taxi cab driver embracehigh school football ; mexican ranchers and costa rican goldpanners meditate on life ; post - apocalyptic frenemies drive to survive ; anda vietnam vet finds refuge throughtai chi . onsunday , november 1 , delve into these subjects and more with theut austin radio - television - film ( rtf ) department ' sfifth annualselected shorts program , the longhorn denius film showcase . thesefiction and documentary filmsrepresent the rich diversity of our production students ' interests and styles . taking place this year for the first time within the austin film festival , this year ' s showcase also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the ut rtf department , established 1965 .
selina robertson , of the feminist film network club des femmes , is also ambivalent . the level of fetishisation and objectification in movies such as the duke of burgundy left her cold , she says , “but having said that , the characters are very interesting to watch” . robertson would rather go and watch a film by fassbinder or bergman or , indeed , perry , than any number of current female - oriented films : “there’s a side of those film - makers that they love women - a lot of film - makers don’t . they’re in love with women , they’re fascinated by women , they want to mine their inner lives . ”
now for the film as whole . any film with more than 1 story can be mixed cuz some fit better as a whole , while some fit better piece by piece . this is a better piece by piece , as each one has a fair amount of strengths and weaknesses that do their job…for the most part .
zoe kazan and kumail nanjiani appear in
the big sick
by michael showalter , an official selection of the premieres program at the 2017 sundance film festival .
but it’s only the first story , so i’ll cut it some slack . i won’t grade it until the end where i will grade the film as a whole .
frenemies is the ninth episode of glee ' s fifth season and the ninety - seventh episode overall . the episode aired on february 25 , 2014 , after the fall hiatus . starting with this episode , glee episodes moved back to the tuesday 8pm timeslot .
if your tweens have read the book that inspired frenemies , you can talk about how the two compare . what changes were made for the movie ? was anything lost in the move to the screen ? what , if anything , was improved over the book ?
early submission fees ( by june 15 ) are $ 5 for short films and $ 10 per feature film . late submission fees ( by july 1 ) are $ 10 for short films and $ 20 per feature film submission . all made in minnesota films are $ 1 and student short films ( age 18 and under ) are free to submit .
this year , the kcas will feature nine new categories , including favorite frenemies , most wanted pet and “ # squad” — the hashtag trend is one of the ways to vote this year , as kids can cast their ballot through twitter and facebook using special kca hashtags .
the university art museum will feature three new installments by local artists for their spring exhibition , presenting “dreams of another time” by artist duo rebecca campbell and samantha fields , “prints in process” by wayne thiebaud and “frenemies : art versus commodity , ” a collaboration of several artists .
all eyez on me , the biographic film about hip - hop star tupac shakur , will be released in theaters on friday , june 16– what would have been shakur’s 46th birthday . described by variety as “sprawling but sketchy in a standard biopic way , ” the film’s stars demetrius shipp jr . , who nails his performance as the late hip - hop superstar .
historically , rtf filmmakers have earned national and international prominence with the films included in the annual showcase . among this year ' s selections , a few films and filmmakers have already been receiving major recognition . named in 2015 by filmmaker magazine as one of
25 new faces of independent film ,
juan pablo gonzález won best documentary short at slamdance for his meditative the solitude of memory , which has played at idfa ( amsterdam ) , morelia ( mexico ) , cannes ( france ) , and edinburgh ( scotland ) film festivals . alvaro torres crespo ' s the undesired place won best short documentary at the 2014 costa rican international film festival and best central american short at the 2014 icaro central american film festival ( guatamala ) . just beginning its festival run , alison boland ' s night shift is playing this year not just in this showcase at the austin film fest but also as an official selection .
frenemies
follows the lives of three very different sets of friends dealing with the ups and downs of friendship . all three sets of friends weave through each other ' s lives , and ultimately need to work out their differences , and figure out what friendships means to them .
frenemies , co - starring a . n . t . farm ' s stefanie scott , nick robinson ( melissa and joey ) and mary mouser ( body of proof ) , will premiere friday , jan . 13 , 2012 at 8 p . m . on the cable network .
but my biggest issue is how rushed the story , and by extent , the whole film’s ending is . how does the “fighting friends” thing come into play ? allow wikipedia to explain :
michael stuhlbarg , timothée chalamet and armie hammer appear in
call me by your name
by luca guadagnino , an official selection of the premieres program at the 2017 sundance film festival .
films can be submitted at urltoken . for more information , visit urltoken , the highway 61 film festival page on facebook , or follow on twitter . questions ? email highway61filmfestival @ urltoken .
if you ' re not getting the picture , demon is a graphic film . refn goes for some deeply upsetting beats and lands everyone one of them , but demon is also surprisingly funny .
this is dave’s first film producing credit following his successful entrepreneur career . he passed away in november 2015 . dave was a childhood friend and a long time supporter of director chuck schultz’s work .
when avalon attempts to give fashion advice to a goth in return for a concert ticket , she refers to the 1990 film
edward scissorhands
when she compares the goth ' s fashion with it .
frenemies forever : why putin and obama can ' t get along vladimir putin took a deliberate jab at president obama , just when the two nations are attempting to make a deal on syria . putin is not only seeking to have the upper hand in u . s . - russia relations but to teach obama a lesson .
the last piece of the puzzle was funding . after numerous unsuccessful film and foundation proposals i found my angel– my childhood friend dave holmes , who over the course of seven years become our executive producer . added to the list of supporters are a group of high school classmates who helped with a house party . our film would never have been completed without a successful indiegogo campaign which raised some $ 56 , 000 from a diverse community of supporters , to whom we are eternally grateful . finally , i want to express my sincere gratitude to our dedicated film crew , whose contributions are on the screen for all to see and listen to .
but at the same time , it’s not as contrived or poorly written as that film . it’s tolerable at best . mediocre at worst . it hits all the beats you would expect , with only a few deviations .
archly silly , quotable , visually hypnotic and perfectly suited for repeat viewings . on first watch , the film is bizarre , hallucinatory , shockingly gruesome . a second watch unlocks the dumb - clever charms of refn ' s script
how much misogynist culture accounts for the conflict between these two frenemies is an open question , but it certainly throws gas on the fire . there may have been a time when beth and anna were close , but their decision to spend a weekend together feels forced and obligatory , like a married couple trying one last getaway before inking the divorce papers .
what barnes got right was the disconnect between tony’s beautiful philosophising and ugly wit . batra , for example , should have kept in tony’s line about veronica needing to “keep rolling the durex” on to a crucial character’s “spindly cock” . still , you can’t have everything . tony and his frenemies are a peculiar bunch . hang out with them while you can .
actor lauren cohan , wearing max mara , at max mara celebrates zoey deutch – the 2017 women in film max mara face of the future at chateau marmont on june 12 , 2017 in los angeles , california . ( getty )
as gender equality in film - making improves , we are seeing more female film - makers’ perspectives , at last – on their own relationships , but also on those of men . films such as kelly reichardt’s old joy or claire denis’s beau travail or kathryn bigelow’s the hurt locker have found angles on masculinity that men themselves seem to have missed . it can work both ways . the value of the outsider’s eye cannot be discounted , and should not be excluded . “film is the best way to get into the inner lives of people who are different from you , ” says perry , “to enrich your understanding of something that is outside your own worldview . that’s why we watch movies . ”
through a dialogue between its formal aspects and its characters ,
the solitude of memory
constructs a profound meditation on memory and grief . josé , nando ' s father , remembers repeatedly the last words that he spoke to his son before he decided to take his own life . josé then lives his days without him in a remarkably personal film , charged with poetry and introspection . the film was shot in milpillas , atotonilco in the state of jalisco , mexico .
growing its audience throughout , “frenemies” grew by 14 % in total viewers ( 3 . 7 million to 4 . 7 million ) , by 35 % in kids 6 - 11 ( 1 . 7 million to 2 . 3 million ) and by 40 % in tweens 9 - 14 ( 1 . 5 million to 2 . 1 million ) , start to finish .
largely derided among viewers for aussie lazenby ' s wooden performance in the wake of sean connery ' s retirement , the film has since been reappraised for its mod - leanings , new wave - esque aesthetics , and that tragically affecting ending .
meanwhile , after their catwalk success at fashion week , mtv announce that they want to film halley and avalon for a documentary . the girls are thrilled about being on television , but not so thrilled about having to work together once again !
david’s credits include : the calling ( director / producer / cinematographer ) best documentary feature costa rica international film festival , special mention cinematic achievement gasparilla film festival ( 2010 ) cinematographer the rural studio , follows the extraordinary work of architect samuel mockbee and his auburn university students . dave has worked in the cinema arts for over a decade on numerous dramatic , commercial , and documentary projects for clients that include : hbo , pbs , google , nfl films , and the history channel .
at last year ' s sundance film festival , amazon studios bought kenneth lonergan ' s
manchester by the sea
for $ 10 million . plenty of competing bidders and sideline observers thought , well , that ' s an optimistic amount of money to spend on a story of crushing grief and emotional isolation ( though i ' m hardly alone in finding it an optimistic film , in its way ) . critics , schmitics , these people said . where ' s the commercial appeal ?
look , to make a long story short , this is a guilty pleasure fun ride that is enjoyable . story 2 is a ton of fun and worth watching . but as a whole , the film is just kind of typical and weak .
these three women take the term “frenemies” to a level i have never experienced on screen . they show complete disdain towards the success of their friend’s on coming nuptials and spend most of the early part of the night bitter and making fun of her . they are selfish , cruel , and thoughtless towards , not just becky , but pretty much everyone else at the wedding reception .
there is much for feminist film critics to process here . bergman’s persona has been admiringly analysed by the likes of susan sontag and camille paglia . in her landmark book from reverence to rape , molly haskell lamented the 1970s movie landscape in comparison with women’s pictures of the 1940s . “here we are today , with an unparalleled freedom of expression , and a record number of women performing … and we are insulted with the worst - the most abused , neglected and dehumanised - screen heroines in film history . ”
or better yet , make story 2 it’s own movie ! if it had a longer length , and an even better script . , it could have been a pretty fun movie . but instead , it’s a slightly rushed middle story in a weak film .
i can ' t tell you much more about the book without giving away the ending , but i would really recommend frankenstyle , as well as the first three frenemies books , to anyone who loves reading about friendship problems and how to resolve them . i think frankenstyle is the best of the four books , but you ' ll have to read the whole series to find out if i ' m right !
the film starts with a chick telling us about her and her friend while using her soon to be dated in a few years ipad to show us her website and stuff . she then launches into the first story as it has to do with her own issues .
follows child prodigy jake logan and pet dog murray , web magazine publishers avalon and halley , and alter - egos emma and savannah as they each run into trouble , become enemies , learn important life lessons , and make nice with one another by film ' s end .
“frenemies” outperformed year - ago time period levels by solid double - digit percent margins across all demos , including by 17 % in total viewers ( 4 . 2 million vs . 3 . 6 million ) , by 18 % in kids 6 - 11 ( 2 . 0 million vs . 1 . 7 million ) and by 20 % in tweens 9 - 14 ( 1 . 8 million vs . 1 . 5 million ) .
the casebook of nips & porkington director : melody wang • animation short – 2015 2nd place winner • canada • 3 min the casebook of nips & porkington is an animated short film about two members of the constabulary and their quest to restore a stolen egg to its distraught parents .
in recent years , annie silverstein ' s drama skunk won first place out of 1631 student films worldwide in the 2014 cannes film festival , cinéfondation section ; elizabeth chatelain ' s my sister sarah won the prestigious international documentary association student film award ; and the texas governor ' s office recognized john spottswood moore ’s personal documentary once again with the barbara jordan media award . in 2013 , three of the showcase films went on to win regional student academy awards , and one of them , brian schwarz ' s ol ' daddy , clinched the national student academy award in the narrative category .
“frenemies” easily dominated its time period , outperforming runner - up nickelodeon / nick - at - nite by 242 % in kids 6 - 11 ( 2 . 0 million vs . 585 , 000 ) and by 283 % in tweens 9 - 14 ( 1 . 8 million vs . 470 , 000 ) , and the no . 2 cable network , syfy , by 40 % in total viewers ( 4 . 2 million vs . 3 . 0 million ) .
zola and cézanne grow up together , and at first cézanne looks like one of life’s winners : the son of a wealthy banker whose family money allows him to paint . meanwhile , zola scrabbles a living in paris . but then zola becomes rich and famous , and cézanne becomes tortured with envious contempt . they are frenemies and frivals ; their appreciation of each other’s work coloured by anxious fear of failure , each obsessed with prestige and with being admitted to their respective elite societies .
morgan neville is a documentary filmmaker whose films focus on culture . his acclaimed 20 feet from stardom won the 2014 academy award for best documentary as well as a grammy award for best music film in 2015 . best of enemies was shortlisted for the 2016 academy award . neville has been nominated for three additional grammys for his films respect yourself : the stax records story , muddy waters can’t be satisfied , and johnny cash’s america , and won an emmy award for his film hank williams : honky tonk blues . neville’s non - music films include the cool school and beauty is embarrassing ( producer ) . recent projects include chelsea does , a four - part documentary series , and keith richards : under the influence — both for netflix . his film the music of strangers : yo - yo ma and the silk road ensemble was released by the orchard and hbo in june 2016 , becoming one of the highest - grossing documentaries of the year .
the film was shot in toronto , ontario , canada . it is very evident that it was shot in canada because in a scene , you can see conservative party of canada campaign signs in the background . this means that some scenes were filmed before the canadian general election , 2011 , which occurred on may 2 .
the novel ' s 1969 film adaptation saw bond ( george lazenby ) driving off to settle down with tracy ( diana rigg ) , only to have her die in a hail of bullets from foe blofeld ( telly savalas ) , as louis armstrong ' s brutally ironic we have all the time in the world plays .
this sequence occurs early in
catfight ,
the latest uncategorizable effort from puckish auteur onur tukel . either unable or unwilling to balance its none - more - black comedy , broader - than - broad political satire , and looney tunes - inspired explosions of violence ,
catfight
often seems to hinge some inside joke that the audience is never entirely let in on , and it will be a tough sell beyond the fringes of indie film . but it has a certain outlandish purity of purpose which heche and oh follow through on with demonic intensity , making for a film that ' s just as hard to embrace as it is to dismiss .
penned by robert wade and neal purvis - the screenwriters on all of craig ' s bond films to date , from casino royale to spectre - the film is set to open with a newly retired bond in
wedded bliss
with dr madeleine swann ( lea seydoux ) , his love interest at the end of spectre .
“we like to connect to curriculum across campus ; in the past we’ve connected to biology , german studies , film , history , english and just things you wouldn’t think of , ” mistry said . “there will be a curatorial vision for the exhibition and from there we create educational programming that makes sense for the campus . ”
perhaps the whole of
catfight
could be seen as a grand political allegory , history ' s neverending cycle of pointless vengeance goofily recast as alleyway brawls between fortysomething women . but it would be easier to make this argument if the film ' s more direct attempts at political commentary weren ' t so embarrassingly on - the - nose .
thanks to your network , i have been cast in commercials , short films & online projects . i love being on set and learn as much as i can about film making . i am very grateful for all of the opportunities that have come my way and excited for what ' s to come ! thank you ! ! : - )
coming from all over the world , members of the night shift custodial team in the moody college of communications building at ut austin and have built a tight - knit work family in the halls where ut students work and study . the film chronicles their life stories and situates these memories within the team ' s present - day work environment .
once a slate for “always shine” pops up in the middle of the action , the film has officially folded its central relationship into a more theoretical design . it’s an inadvertent argument for the virtues of convention : losing characters as carefully sketched and beautifully performed as beth and anna to a more experimental agenda is a deep sacrifice from which the pic never recovers .
this is sharon’s first producing credit . a professional actress for over 25 years , she made her broadway debut in the scottsboro boys , a role she originated at the vineyard theater . recent off - broadway credits include : dot by tony award nominee colman domingo at the vineyard . wild with happy also by domingo at the public theater , receiving a lucille lortel award nomination and an audelco award . film and television credits include : todd solondz film weiner dog ( spring 2016 release ) , gotham , blue bloods , taking chance , torn , michael clayton , malcolm x , die hard with a vengeance , law & order , and the webseries hustling receiving a 2015 indie series award for best supporting actress – drama .
thoroughbred ,
directed by cory finley . playing in the
next
sundance slate , this sleek , crafty genre exercise stars anya taylor - joy (
the witch
) and olivia cooke (
me and earl and the dying girl
) as frenemies plotting to kill one of the girls ' insufferable stepfather . as efficiently written as it is handsomely visualized ,
thoroughbred
got picked up for $ 5 million by focus features . the late anton yelchin , in a farewell performance , co - stars as a drug dealer who gets roped into the scheme .
all major international film festivals are about cash , good intentions , craven commercialism and occasional , inspiring risk , in unpredictable combinations . i caught the first five days of the 2017 sundance festival in park city , utah , which continues through this weekend . it sounds like hyperbole , but it took at least three days for those in attendance this year to even focus on the movies .
the screening will begin at 1 pm on sunday , november 1st , at the stateside theater . we will have a limited number of seats we can hold for people who both rsvp and arrive by 12 : 30 pm . after 12 : 30 , austin film festival badge , pass , and ticket holders will be let in . a limited number of single tickets may also be available for purchase at the door . after the screening , we will host an rsvp - only reception . if you are interested in attending more screenings from the 22nd annual austin film festival , which runs from october 29–november 5 , 2015 , please see their website for more information : urltoken . if you have any questions about the showcase , please contact elana wakeman at ewakeman @ urltoken .
' frenemies ' was the first movie of this summer holidays and i loved it very much . there were three stories in it and i like them all . the first story was about a boy and his dog . the dog was so cute . the second story about two thick friends who does everything together , they have never separated , but one it will be tested when they seek the job at a fashion magazine . and the third and final was about two girls who alike . the movie ends with a wonderful song . it was different movie than i urltoken of the best disney channel movie .
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getting press for your show ( whether film , theatre , music or dance ) is one of the most important tasks other than putting on a brilliant production in the first place . but if you can ' t afford to hire a publicist to move things forward with their expertise , connections and experience , how do you go about getting publicity ? mandy news has the answers for you – read on ! read more
cohan was raised in the us and moved to the uk at age 13 . she graduated from the university of winchester with a ba in drama and english literature . during college , cohan co - founded a theater company with which she toured after graduating . she got her start in the film cassanova as sister beatrice before starring in the sequel to van wilder as charlotte higginson . in supernatural , cohan played bela talbot .
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“one big thing we were always talking about and we were always aware of was that this was a movie being made very adamantly ‘in the tradition of’ …” says perry . the immediate precedent that springs to mind is ingmar bergman’s 1966 classic persona , which uses a similarly minimal setup of two women in a secluded location . liv ullmann plays an actor who has inexplicably stopped speaking ; bibi andersson is her nurse , who fills the silence with talk that becomes personal , confessional , confrontational , accusatory . bergman blurs boundaries between the women’s identities , between dream and reality , past and present , inner and outer worlds . and again , the dynamic heads towards feverish mania , taking the audience , and even the film itself , with it ; in one memorable scene the image literally burns out to white , as if the film strip has caught in the projector gate and melted .
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parents need to know that frenemies paints an oversimplified picture of teen life and the complexity of its relationships , but the fact that it ' s headlined by multiple familiar faces from popular kids ' shows like shake it up and a . n . t . farm means it ' s bound to draw a young audience nonetheless . content - wise , there ' s no reason kids can ' t tune in , and there are multiple opportunities to discuss responsible social relationships as they relate to popularity , bullying , and manipulating people ' s feelings . ultimately kids won ' t miss out on the story ' s unmistakable positive messages about friendship , so there ' s some value to tuning in .
creating an astonishing film , theatre , music or dance production should always be the primary goal of any creative trying to succeed in the entertainment industry . but putting on an excellent show is just half the battle . the other half is getting your production as much attention as possible – and to do so you ' ll want a proper press release in place . read on to find out how to make a perfect press kit for your show . read more
i don’t want to give any spoilers ( go see it right meow ! ) the end of the movie remains unclear as to whether katie , regan and gena grow or learn anything from their late night hot mess adventure , but there’s no doubt that their strange friendship was as strong as it was when they were teens . from what i read most reviewers couldn’t get into the film because of the unlikeable characters . but the uncomfortable level of unlike - ability factor is one of the things i love most about the film ( second is lizzy caplan , duh ) . if likeability is so important why was house such a popular tv show ? it certainly wasn’t because he was likeable , but he was still beloved and that’s how i feel about regan , gena and katie . you don’t have to relate to their bad choices to understand the bizarre nature of female friendships . screw the hangover ; bachelorette is where it’s at .
the disney channel original movie “frenemies , ” starring bella thorne and zendaya ( both of “shake it up” ) , mary mouser ( “body of proof” ) , nick robinson ( “melissa & joey” ) and stefanie scott ( “a . n . t . farm” ) , chummed up to viewers across the u . s . , ranking as friday’s # 1 tv telecast among kids 2 - 11 ( 2 . 4 million / 5 . 8 rating ) , kids 6 - 11 ( 2 . 0 million / 8 . 3 rating ) and tweens 9 - 14 ( 1 . 8 million / 7 . 6 rating ) , and cable’s # 1 telecast in its time period in total viewers ( 4 . 2 million ) .
kevin is a member of the producers guild of america . he has produced feature narratives and an award - winning documentary . as the founder of a film production company , portmanteau films , he oversees all aspects of development with projects that will move to the production slate . he ' s the recipient of an award for his screenplay , dark jungle , that has received accolades from the hollywood’s insider the black list , and the academy ' s script contest the nicholl fellowships .
how do i even start to unravel the wonderfulness that is bachelorette ? the movie starts off with three high school best friends who are horrified when their other clique member becomes engaged and asks them to be her bridesmaids . there’s queen bee regan ( kirsten dunst ) , pretty airhead katie ( isla fisher ) and reckless stoner gena ( lizzy caplan ) . their horror pretty much comes from the fact that they can’t believe the fourth member of their clique , becky ( kick ass rebel wilson ) , the girl they use to call “pigface” is getting married before them . that’s it . becky is down to earth , and sweet and , as we find out throughout the film , truly cares about her friends and is the only character with any kind of dignity . but she’s fat so obviously her best frenemies are bitter and all of them coming together for her wedding exacerbate their insecurities which leads to binge drinking and a few dashes of cocaine here and there . what starts off as a fun drunken night with old friends ( long after the official bachelorette party abruptly ends ) results in a ripped wedding gown and katie , regan and gena trying to fix it before the wedding takes place the very next day .
the last story in the film is about savannah o’neal and emma reynolds - alter egos ( mary mouser plays both roles ) who trade places ( much like the parent trap ) because they each believe the other ' s life is better . savannah is a tomboy who loves skateboarding and lives with her dad and three brothers . she has a crush on jake logan and attends waterbury high school with avalon , halley , jake , and julianne . emma is a rich girly - girl who goes to a private school . they trade places when they meet at the mall . emma ( disguised as savannah ) gets a date with jake and emma starts acting romantic causing savannah to get mad and say
that ' s my boyfriend !
the two start fighting . later , at emma ' s birthday ball the girls forgive each other and switch back . avalon and halley lead everyone in a dance to
pose
by stefanie scott as the film ends .
the film sometimes aims its jokes well above viewers ' heads , sometimes operates on a grade - school intellectual level ; sometimes dares viewers to laugh at truly dark material , at others all but begs for easy applause . that it succeeds more often than not is due in no small part to heche and oh , who are wonderfully unafraid to make their characters deplorable people , and also able to invest their downfalls with sincere pathos , complicating any schadenfreude one might be expecting to find .
by contrast , broadbent is merely so - so ( he’s great when being twinkly - eyed and aggressively avuncular , less convincing as a self - absorbed grouch ) . perhaps the script asks him to cover too much ground . one gets the feeling the film - makers have been encouraged , ever so slightly , to make this fit for audiences in the mood for light entertainment — plot threads involving tony’s wife and daughter , not to mention a chirpy postman , belong in a sitcom , albeit a classy one .
this adaptation of julian barnes’s prize - winning novel is about a mid - life crisis . or rather , a mid - lie crisis . middle - aged londoner tony ( jim broadbent ) is confronted by a letter which makes him re - evaluate events that took place in his early twenties . he realises he has suppressed real memories and held on to false or incomplete ones and bamboozled himself , as much as others . the film , much concerned with how the brain works , induces mild terror : what the hell are we thinking ?
you will not have to wait long for the next feminine freakout . this week sees the uk release of nicolas winding refn’s the neon demon . stylistically and geographically , its los angeles fashion world is poles apart from queen of earth - somebody does get murdered . but beneath the movie’s pristine pop - culture polish and fastidious detachment , it bears many of the hallmarks of the genre . elle fanning’s ingenue model is taken in by a veritable coven of sculpted , coutured frenemies , whose apparently benign intentions conceal a litany of womanly sins : they are catty , duplicitous , vacuous , narcissistic , predatory . they’re evil lesbians and worse . fanning’s grounded innocence soon evaporates in this hallucinatory hall of mirrors , though refn ( working with two female screenwriters ) pushes beyond personal mania and through into depraved occult horror , somewhere between dario argento , guy bourdin and russ meyer .
based on a novel by alexa young , frenemies sets out to explore the complicated world of on - again , off - again teen relationships and to illustrate why friendship should top the value list . does it accomplish this goal ? yes , but the movie ' s worthwhile messages about social priorities and individuality come courtesy of sanitized characters and an unrealistic plot . these teens aren ' t coping with relatable academic pressures , complex relationships , or worries about their future . instead , 14 - year - olds are spending time at school plotting to land a dream job in the grown - up world , flubbing their way through someone else ' s fencing lessons while playing the role of a look - alike pal , and trying to reason with a pouting pet . sound familiar ? probably not , and it ' s a good bet your tweens will find it a little far - fetched as well .
the dinkytown uprising – filmmaker attending ! director : al milgrom • documentary feature – not for competition • minneapolis • 96 min the year is 1970 . the vietnam war keeps escalating , and protests are erupting on college campuses . but in minneapolis , word that a new fast - food franchise is planned in dinkytown gives the “war at home” a different turn . this documentary chronicles the 40 - day , 40 - night continuous dinkytown “occupation . ” from film programmer - turned - filmmaker al milgrom , the story is recounted by seven participants whose reminiscences become a microcosm of the ‘70s generation .
novitiate .
like
wind river ,
writer - director margaret betts ' well - acted but rickety drama benefits from a remote , hermetic setting rare in the movies . in this case it ' s 1964 , and we ' re cloistered away with a postulate ( margaret qualley ) in a convent wholly at odds with the newly introduced vatican ii precepts . melissa leo portrays the fierce mother superior . i need to see this one again to figure out why i resisted it . but that ' s the golden rule with any film you see in the blur of a major festival .


cold eyes ( hangul : 감시자들 ; rr : gamsijadeul ; lit . " stakeout " or " surveillance " ) is a 2013 south korean film starring sol kyung-gu , jung woo-sung , han hyo-joo , jin kyung and lee junho .

a remake of 2007 hong kong film eye in the sky , the film is about detectives from the surveillance team of a special crime unit who work together to take down a bank robbing organization .

it made its north american premiere at the 2013 toronto international film festival , and also screened at the 2013 busan international film festival in the open cinema section .

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cold eyes is a nicely told story with solid characters to tell it . it matches well to eye in the sky . simon yam anyone ?
south korean movie ‘cold eyes’ led by jung woo sung and han hyo joo continues to show its dominance at the local box office despite facing a formidable rival in ‘mr . go’ .
it was no easy feat for ‘cold eyes’ to top the box office chart , and was achieved despite strong competition from ‘mr . go’ which attracted 94 , 916 admissions to place second .
the awards for best supporting actor and actress went to lee jung - jae for “the face - reader ( 2013 ) ” and jin kyung for “cold eyes ( 2013 ) , ” respectively .
in
cold eyes ,
jung plays a supporting role as a cold - hearted but meticulous gang leader . the movie , which is scheduled to be released next thursday , involves a game of cat - and - mouse with a gang of detectives who form a surveillance team to catch high - profile criminals .
cold eyes is a remake of the 2007 hong kong film eye in the sky and features yam , who played the head sergeant . he makes an appearance in the film in a brilliant nod to the original .
‘mr . go’ was aired 4 , 151 times at 840 cinema screens on its opening day , while ‘cold eyes’ was shown 3 , 109 times at 597 cinema screens , but the latter was still able to outlast its rival by 19 , 467 admissions . ‘mr . go’ had a big - scale preview screening , while costs for the creation of its gorilla character came up to 120 billion korean won , but ‘cold eyes’ still came out on top in the end .
zip cinema chief executive eugene lee yu - jin , the producer of cold eyes , originally watched eye in the sky as a reference for an original script about surveillance she was developing with directors jo ui - seok and kim byeong - seo .
‘cold eyes’ might have come out on top in the first sparring match with ‘mr . go’ , but with the weekend coming up where families come in droves to watch movies , it remains to be seen on who will be the final victor .
remake of eye in the sky ( 2007 ) redressed in korean clothing , cold eyes concerns undercover cops who blend in with the armed robbers they ' re pursuing , & organised criminals who are indistinguishable from crooked politicians and ' fat - ass executives ' .
korean thriller film “cold eyes” attracted 4 million viewers in just 17 days , becoming the fifth domestic film to hit the record this year ― following box office hits “the berlin file , ” “secretly greatly , ” “new world” and “miracle in cell no . 7 . ”
for 2 hours of screen time , the plot details behind the story keep things interesting by focusing on the non - tactical area of the crime stoppers division . never moving too fast nor too slow , cold eyes maintains focus from the opening to the closing credits with its cat and mouse like demeanor .
while remakes don ' t necessarily capitalise on the name recognition of the original - eye in the sky , the hong kong film , was not even released in south korea - cold eyes contains an unexpected cameo by simon yam tat - wah , who gave a memorable performance as the police chief in eye in the sky .
toronto , ontario and seoul , korea - - ( marketwired - july 9 , 2013 ) - spackman equities group inc . (
segi
) ( tsx venture : sqg ) announced today that cold eyes , the highly anticipated summer blockbuster produced by its korean movie production subsidiary , zip cinema co . , ltd . (
zip
) , finished # 1 at the korean box office this past weekend . cold eyes surpassed hollywood blockbuster , world war z , knocking it from the top spot . the movie posted the best opening weekend performance to date by any film this year in korea . according to official data provided by the korea box office information system , cold eyes sold an estimated 1 . 97 million tickets since its opening day on july 3 , 2013 , grossing krw 14 . 3 billion ( cad 13 . 2 million ) over its first 6 days , and capturing over 52 % of the nation ' s box office gross revenues during the period .
cold eyes is also set for a dream start on the international circuit as it makes its north american premiere at the toronto international film festival in the gala presentations section , giving the film the exposure it richly deserves and potentially attracting buyers who are after a solid and sophisticated south korean thriller that will generate revenue on ancillary markets .
according to statistics released by the korean film council ( kofic ) today , ‘cold eyes’ had 114 , 383 ticket admissions for july 17th , which saw it topped the box office chart for 3 weeks in a row . it’s total accumulated admissions now stands at 3 , 900 , 251 as they look to break the 4 million mark .
a high - octane south korean remake of the 2007 hong kong crime thriller “eye in the sky , ” “cold eyes” sustains its nervy tension all the way . for a work that hews so close to its source in dramatizing a police surveillance operation against a sophisticated robbery ring , it’s to the credit of co - helmers cho ui - seok and [ … ]
much like the 2007 original film , cold eyes centers on a special crime division that specialises in surveillance activities on high profile criminals as it follows the members of this team , most notably ha yoon - ju ( han hyo - joo ) who is the newest member of this group who possesses a number of observation skills including the ability to remember almost anything .
cast members from the runaway hit movie “ cold eyes “ , jung woo sung , han hyo joo , 2pm ‘s lee junho , and director cho ui seok was in singapore on august 30 to promote their latest action thriller . the movie’s first international gala premiere was held at the marina bay sands where the cast walked the red carpet and received warm greetings from fans .
despite all the flaws , this is a great thriller that should appeal to any fan of the genre . finally there is main female character , which is independent and strong , which should appeal to ladies . i hope that my prophecy will not come true in the future we will get more thrillers at level of cold eyes ( but i would like them to be the original korean creations ) .
a cold - pressed juice company has moved its headquarters to greater philadelphia , a central location its ceo and founder said allows the company to experience a growth spurt with more consumers , clients and hires .
its box office performance has also been strong . since its domestic release on july 3rd , more than 5 million viewers have seen cold eyes . the film was pre - sold at the cannes film market to major film countries in asia including japan , hong kong , macao , singapore , malaysia and brunei . korean cinema today met kim and joh , names you will want to remember for the korean popular film scene .
joh ui - seok and kim byeong - seo , the co - directors of cold eyes , were once classmates at the school of film , tv and multimedia in the korea national university of arts , where both majored in cinematography . they have long been best buddies , or seonhubae ( a korean word for a close senior and junior at work , school , etc ) , but joh made his film debut long before kim did . his film debut make it big ( 2002 ) was an action comedy , featuring the mishaps that three high school boys went through , when they accidently earned a big sum of money on the street . in 2006 , he made the world of silence which was a mystery introducing a duel between a detective and criminal , taking place over across the serial murders of young girls . cold eyes is his third feature .
lumi joins local cold - pressed juice companies sip - n - glo juicery , which has three locations , stripp ' d juice in old city , and p . s . & co . in rittenhouse square .
the ink factory’s simon cornwall said “ the spy who came in from the cold is one of the greatest espionage stories ever told . simon beaufoy is one of the most brilliant screenwriters of our generation ,
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‘cold eyes’ revolves around a hidden criminal organization that leaves no traces of its activities behind and the surveillance team of a special crime unit that seeks to hunt them down . the movie is described as a big budget action flick that offers viewers a rare glimpse on how surveillance teams work behind the scenes and the criminals who elude them with smart and nifty tricks . their face - off from start to finish serves as the biggest highlight of the entire movie .
i am lucky enough to attend a premiere of cold eyes . without any expectation or prior knowledge of the movie , i was drawn into the movie within 10 minutes . i do not want to spoil the movie for anyone but if you are into terrific korean thrillers like man from nowhere , the chaser etc . , cold eyes is definitely for you . the characters are vivid , the action is exciting and heart pounding , the fight scenes are well choreographed and believable , the cat and mouse tracking between the detectives and the villains will keep you on the edge of your seat . the jokes are natural and laughable too , which are inserted at the correct points of the movie to create a tense and loosen effect , catching hold of the audience and letting go a while when necessary . go and watch it , it is well worth your time . hollywood productions , better buck up as korea movies are coming strong .
cold eyes is a remake of a hong kong film titled eye in the sky from 2007 . the set up of the plot is the same of a suave and meticulous master criminal who plans the crime but watches from rooftops . the fat man lookout who runs interference but whose debit card - like charge in a convenience store betrays his identity and those of his crew . the rookie who is initiated into a some kind of special unit of anti - crime unit .
based on the 2007 hong kong crime thriller eye in the sky , the south korean remake closely follows the original’s compelling premise of a surveillance unit tracking down a leader of an armed criminal organisation in the heart of a large city , but it’s also technically superior in its use of dazzling cinematography topped with a good eye for exploiting seoul’s urban landscape along with a smartly chosen cast that arms cold eyes with a great deal of caliber and vibrance making it a highly accomplished thriller .
transposed to the city of seoul , cold eyes easily topped the south korean box office in its first week of release ( july 3 ) , taking in us $ 13 . 8 million . it had taken in us $ 34 . 4 million as of august 1 . it has fared equally well among the critics , with at least one praising it as
refreshingly new
and for successfully retaining the spirit of the original , while smoothly incorporating elements of south korean culture .
remaking hong kong films for the domestic market has created fresh opportunities for the country ' s filmmakers . a better tomorrow ( 2010 ) , a remake of john woo yu - sum ' s 1986
heroic bloodshed
classic of the same title that featured stars joo jin - mo , kim kang - woo and song sung - hyun was not nearly as well received as cold eyes . b ut the song hae - sung ( failan ) directed film still grossed us $ 10 . 2 million .
enter james ( jung woo - sung , who co - starred with michelle yeoh in the tony costumer reign of assassins ) standing straight - backed on the roof of tall buildings armed with a good deal of technology himself . he stages a huge explosion in a parking lot to decoy the cops while his men rob a bank . refreshingly , there are idiots among the crooks , but james puts them out of their misery quickly with a twist of the knife and a glare . the cold eyes don’t belong just to the spy cameras .
in korea , as the production company generally takes 40 % of the net profit from a film ' s box office performance and ancillary revenues , the potential box office success of cold eyes is expected to contribute significantly to the future bottom line of zip , and ultimately , to the profits of segi , which indirectly owns 68 % of zip through its entertainment holding subsidiary , spackman entertainment group limited . the film has already recouped its production budget and the marketing costs , reaching the breakeven point ( estimated at 2 million tickets ) in its first 6 days .
editor shin min - kyung is a major player here with lightning fast cross - cutting that keeps the eyes bouncing around the screen like a tennis ball . the music , credited to dalpalan and jang young - gyu , is unforgiving in pumping up the tension and keeping it at just the right pitch .
a high - octane south korean remake of the 2007 hong kong crime thriller “eye in the sky , ” “ cold eyes ” sustains its nervy tension all the way . for a work that hews so close to its source in dramatizing a police surveillance operation against a sophisticated robbery ring , it’s to the credit of co - helmers cho ui - seok and kim byung - seo that the film has forged its own identity , rooted in the seamy seoul cityscape and a sterling cast that rivals “eye’s” thesps for dynamism . already sold to a handful of territories , the pic deserves a serious look from genre fans at its toronto preem .
[ intro ] you know what i ' m talkin ' bout a real mutha fucking pharmacist [ i don ' t wanna die , wanna die tonight ] go get you a xan two bucks a pop , but don ' t pop them shits flip them quick , five bucks a hit but then find you a real plug . . [ hook ] xan me down ' til i ' m ice cold xan me down ' til my eyes closed xan me down ' til i ' m ice cold xan me down ' til my eyes closed please don ' t let me drive , i ' ll catch fed time please don ' t let me drive , i ' ll catch fed time head lights streaking by , that ' s that xan right ? head lights streaking by , that ' s that xan right ? [ verse ] your bitch is a cheetah i never call her , she be moving too fast i dress like a loser , to you cause you ' re stupid i said fuck all that flexing and told her the future while you still lie to her , that ' s why she switches she lost in this pimpin ' i go nuts , bananas go gibbons i throw tennis balls and these bitches go get ' em freddy got magic and talent i ' m gifted my life is a movie , y - you just a critic so sit down and listen , you missing it g - gone like the wind this ain ' t scripted gone like prescriptions , i ' m lifted , i feel it cause fuck my life i ' ll get high if i want to sing if i want to rap how i want to do what i want pop a xan , i ' m a champion and i ' m a phantom , to all the bullshit ( do what i want ) pop a xan , i ' m a champion [ hook ] xan me down ' til my eyes closed xan me down ' til i ' m ice cold xan me down ' til my eyes closed please don ' t let me drive , i ' ll catch fed time please don ' t let me drive , i ' ll catch fed time head lights streaking by , that ' s that xan right ? head lights streaking by , that ' s that xan right ?
“secret in their eyes” rarely offers the thrill of finding new clues because they’re plopped down before us so gracelessly . the film’s villain , a punk named marzin ( joe cole ) , is an impossible bundle of contrivances : a snitch inside a terrorist cell who loves baseball , horse racing and comic books , yet yearns to be a cop .
the night manager broke records at the bbc for being the broadcaster’s most expensive drama – at around £3m per episode – however it excelled critically and in ratings in the uk and abroad . the spy who came in from the cold is understood to have not yet been shopped to buyers so the bbc interest has not been confirmed .
with a total budget of approximately krw 4 . 5 billion ( cad 4 million ) , cold eyes is a crime thriller directed by jo eui - seok and kim byeong - seo , and features top korean stars , seol kyeong - gu , jung woo - sung , han hyo - joo , and junho , of the k - pop group 2pm . han plays ha yoon - ju , a rookie member of the special forces unit of the korean police specializing in covert surveillance of high profile criminal targets , who teams up with veteran team leader hwang sang - jun ( played by seol ) to track down james ( played by jung ) , an elusive and merciless leader of a dangerous criminal organization . urltoken
rookie detective ha yoon ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the korean police forces special crime department that specializes in surveillance activities on high profile criminals . she teams up with chief detective hwang sang jun , the veteran leader of the unit , and tries to track down james who is the cold - hearted leader of an armed criminal organization .
what’s not to like in this mile - a - minute remake of the 2007 hong kong thriller eye in the sky , in which a crack police team challenges a brilliant , invincible criminal mastermind ? it may be the oldest cop plot in the world , but the sheer display of technique on screen transmutes the familiar lump of coal to gold . with filmmaking this good and tech work this innovative , the only question is when asian genre films are going to take over the rest of the world . this is one title that could have a shot at advancing out of korean language markets and film festivals . co - produced with canada’s spackman entertainment , cold eyes has had over 5 million admissions since its domestic release in july .
c old eyes , one of the hottest films at the south korean box office this summer , may strike fans of hong kong cinema as oddly familiar . that ' s because it is an official remake of eye in the sky , the gripping 2007 milkyway image feature about a police surveillance unit that is scriptwriter yau nai - hoi ' s sole directorial outing to date .
korean thrillers have earned them self certain reputation over the years , a reputation due to their consistent high level . only a handful of them is outstanding , but the rest is solidly constructed and does not deviate in the level from foreign production . unfortunately , this consistency in the level is also some kind of curse , because overtime the viewer starts to feel familiar with all the schemes and because of that most of the new thrillers will feel similar to the older and it will be hard to find something fresh . cold eyes is a great example that there is still room for innovation and a new way of using old ideas . this is an excellent remake of the hong kong movie eye in the sky ( 2007 ) and is a remake , which in my opinion has surpassed the original .
helmed and co - written ( with au kin - yee ) by yau nai - hoi and produced by johnnie to , “eye in the sky ” ( 2007 ) was so seamlessly plotted and nimbly orchestrated that it was a smart move not to tinker with it . instead , cho and kim have upped their game in action and special effects , particularly the car stunts and explosions that korean crews excel in . with its healthy budget on proud display , the production is less hard - boiled and quirky than “eye , ” but what it loses in the original’s inimitable stylistic tics , it makes up for in a high - end tech package with enhanced international appeal . like “the thieves” ( 2012 ) , another blockbuster that references hong kong crimers , “ cold eyes ” has drawn more than 5 million admissions , making it one of south korea ’s biggest hits of this year .
jung , who remains at the top of korea ' s a - list after 19 years in the industry , had never strayed too far from sweet , kind , heroic roles . ( exhibit a : he was literally ' the good ' in the good , the bad , the weird . ) his turn as james , a cold - blooded ring leader who never hesitates to kill if needed , is a must - watch .
outside of an oscar ceremony , you’ll rarely find a gathering of actors better than the cast of “secret in their eyes . ” the los angeles - set thriller stars chiwetel ejiofor ( “12 years a slave” ) as former fbi investigator ray kasten , who is trying to solve a crime that’s been haunting him for years . julia roberts plays his colleague jess cobb , whose teenage daughter was murdered by a slippery suspect , and nicole kidman is claire sloan , an ambitious deputy district attorney who failed to prosecute the case . with these three leading a movie , what could go wrong ?
seol kyung - gu , famous for portraying an unorthodox police detective in the popular public enemy films , plays a more gentle and fatherlike lead in the leadership role while han hyo - joo renowned for her roles as a romantic lead has never been so attractive as the fiercely intelligent rookie . jung woo - sung meanwhile plays the villain for the first time and yet still brings much of his charm as a cold hearted - killer . k - pop star lee jun - ho also leaves a lasting impression in his first significant role in a feature film as one of the younger team members .
joh in the hong kong original , hwang had a cold persona . however , seol kyung - gu turned him into a more human and warm character . when i was writing his lines in the script , i mimicked his voice and read them out loud . he is an analogue person , as opposed to the modern , digital person , if you like . for ha , i wanted to make a female character that female spectators would love - an independent and righteous cop . james was a petty criminal in the original , but i wanted to turn the character into a more charismatic figure .
yoon - joo , at some point , is going through a kind of break and floods in tears , but it is rather because of her impotence to use her talent to catch james , than being a
weak
woman . han hyo - joo very convincingly presents a sympathetic cop , along with her ? ? annoying tics and flaws , who in fact is defined by her skill and not a pretty face or character . in turn , sol kyung - gu somewhat toned down his character , so that han hyo - joo and supporting cast could shine more . detective hwang is not simply eccentric , he is a complex person who manipulates the relationships and emotions of others . however , the biggest surprise is the excellently created james . jang woo - sung in recent years stuck in the role of suffering romatic . in cold eyes he is finally able to show that he is better than that . portrayed by him james , is calm and methodical , and his only pleasure is seeing how his elaborately constructed plan is executed . hwang at some point defines him as
omniscient author
which perfectly describes his character . however , despite all this reserve and distance , james is still a hard and ruthless criminal who will not leave any loos ends , and his favored weapon is a fountain pen .
as it turns out , nearly everything . written and directed by billy ray from the 2009 argentinian film that won a foreign - language oscar , “secret in their eyes” traps three great actors in what feels and looks like a second - rate television cop show . the problem isn’t just the convoluted narrative and overall tone of morose self - flagellation . nearly every detail feels incorrect , from the squeaky - clean body of the brutalized victim to the crisp new case files that are supposed to be 12 years old . in this movie , when cops finally find the abandoned van that’s been eluding them for days , it’s parked sideways in the middle of a major street . on fire .
as the sloppy - looking but actually sharp - as - a - tack hwang , sol gives the character a more butch and authoritative spin than simon yam did in the original . about as warm as an icicle and sporting an aggressively asymmetrical haircut , jung brings his usual reserve to a role that’s the very embodiment of cold efficiency . as ha , han offsets her greenhorn goofiness with flashes of ingenuity , making one especially root for her in the climactic puzzle - solving scenes . the rest of the ensemble cast gels , but not in a hugely animated way ; yam makes a cameo appearance that reps a playful nod to the film’s source while also upping the star wattage .
the pre - title sequence is a complete story in itself , a cops - and - robbers stakeout on the subway and streets that forces the viewer to decide who’s shadowing who . it offers a fast intro to the main characters : police chief hwang ( sol kyung - gu ) and his team , a pretty , tom - boyish young rookie whose code name is piglet ( han hyo - joo ) , the happy young cop squirrel ( lee jun - ho ) and the smooth jacket - and - tie criminal james ( jung woo - sung ) who happens to be passing by . he will be the center of attention for the rest of the film , but at the moment it’s just a drill to see how observant piglet is . her round eyes fix on the chief as she recalls almost everything she saw in precise police jargon . “remember everything , ” hwang advises her .
you ' re hired .
headquarters of the special crime unit specialized in surveillance is csi : miami on steroids , with enough futuristic electronic tracking devices to run a large spaceship . yet co - directors cho ui - seok and kim byung - seo never linger on the fancy production design and it will take a quick - eyed viewer to even estimate how many police work in the open office space . attention will be distracted by lee , the chief of chiefs , played by the beautiful jin kyung as an elegant , cold - as - ice decision maker . refreshingly , there are no idiots on the team ( the one apparent goof - off turns out to be a geek genius ) and no personal animosities ; no one has family problems or even a family . they work as one extraordinarily efficient team that has all of seoul under its control via those omnipresent surveillance cameras that have cropped up on every street corner . they also control every police car , streetlight and train in gotham , making criminal activity very tough indeed .
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for this latest work , kim came up with the initial idea and joh laid the groundwork for the script while they both handled pre - production and finally , co - directed the film . “we did our dose of fighting during the pre - production , so there was little to disagree on once the actual shooting began . no more fights , ” confessed the two , implying the pre - production was a very careful and thorough job . as a result , we have had one very appealing film this summer .
joh yes , what i liked about the original film was that it was about a rookie , a young woman detective , and how she changes and grows up . i liked the theme of ‘watching people’ as well . kim is the one who saw the film first and told me about it . he has always been a camera director but i knew he was interested in directing too . so as i talked with the production company , i introduced him and convinced them that he should work on directing as well as shooting for this film .
kim i have always been a great fan on hong kong movies . i happened to see eye in the sky and thought it was an interesting film . like joh , i appreciated the fact that it was focused on the maturing of a rookie female detective , but what i liked also was that it looked into the world of professionals . the plot itself was not big in terms of scale , but very carefully and intensively structured , never letting go of tension throughout the film . so it occurred to me , ok , that film features hong kong , then what if i translate it in the korean landscape ? eye in the sky focuses on destiny and emotions . i thought it would be very interesting if we re - organize it with culture - specific personas in seoul .
kim / joh absolutely . we wanted to feature seoul as a megalopolis , and also introduce the culture specific landmarks . in other words , the city of seoul itself is among the main characters of the film . the first thing we did when we were working on the script was to buy a map of seoul . we drew the outline of the city and tried to look for the stand out features of each administrative region in seoul . in doing so , we realized that every distinctive region has its own style , including the generation and fashion of the mainstream people who inhabit there and the local architecture .
we wanted to feature the downtown streets like cheonggyecheon , seosomun and tehran boulevard as the center of action scenes , adding reality to the film . as a result , in the film , major landmarks of the city are featured and particularly the human traffic between the landmarks . it was our ongoing focus to expand the small and intensive atmosphere of hong kong into a larger landscape of seoul .
- human traffic and perspectives are very important in the film . how did you design them ?
joh we focused on the concept of creating certain layers between groups of people . what i am saying is , in the film , there are those who watch and those who are watched . i was thinking of presenting them as two different groups , in two different layers , so to speak .
for james , i wanted to feature him as a watcher looking over from the rooftop , and for hwang sang - jun , to be a commander on the ground . i employed a certain visual difference between the two groups . for james , bird’s eye view was dominantly used , while for the people on the ground like hwang and ha yoon - ju , eye level shooting was consistently maintained . what is interesting is that at the climax of the movie , their positions kind of switch , placing james , who has always been watching down from the rooftop , below the watchers on the ground . the overall tempo and psychological close - ups were also among the things i worked hard on .
kim for me , lively human traffic was very important . a lot of the time , the camera was freely placed so that it was in fluid communication with the relationships of the characters , such as the chaser and the chased , and their tension . as a camera director , i believed the rhythm was most important in this film . as a result , i wanted to create many different points even in one single take , making them overlap with each other . i tried to create the rhythm through a collision of shots , their different sizes , different movements , and so on .
joh as a joke , i would say that it could be my last work . that’s how desperately i worked on this film , and as such it is all the more dear to me . however , i was not quite expecting this kind of passionate reception from the audience . i am still somewhat puzzled .
- kim , you have now made your debut as a film director . are you planning to work on both directing and shooting in the future ?
kim yes . i’ve always felt some kind of thirst as i worked as a camera director . i wanted a bigger involvement in films . so this film is in a way a reflection of my own growing up in filmmaking . directing was a totally different world than what i used to imagine , but it was so much more fun and rewarding . i would love to work on both if i possibly could .
joh i have a costume drama in mind . actually , i am attracted to every genre , including melodrama and horror . for a while , i want to make the kinds of films that the audience would want to see , rather than what i wanted to see .
kim i will be working on a film as a camera director later this year . it is going to be something that brilliantly steals the audience’s mind , so to speak . i would love to experiment in different genres , within their formulaic structures . let me put it this way : i want to be a pitcher with his own killer ball .
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jung woo - sung , considered the top teen idol of the 1990s , remains popular among young fans at the age of 40 and is set to appear for the first time in his career as a villain , in what is being hyped as korea ' s biggest summer blockbuster .
to add to his character ' s mystique , the gangster ' s name is never revealed , except for a billing as
james
in the final credits , and he is taciturn throughout , meaning jung had few lines to memorize .
i was worried at first [ about portraying a character with so few lines ] . but when i read the script , i was able to instinctively imagine the character ' s way of speaking and the look on the face . i tried to portray the character as i saw him , ” said jung during an interview with the chosun ilbo on wednesday .
also , i didn ' t want to try to make his part in the movie bigger than it was supposed to be , just because it ' s me playing him . that would have diluted what i saw as the unique quality of the character , when reading the script .
jung said he acted in an understated way .
i think this better exposed the character as being solitary and mysterious ,
he added .
it ' s been 20 years since jung made his debut in the movies in 1994 .
i should have made more action and romantic dramas . focusing on those genres would probably have been enough for me to establish my name . but i guess i wanted to try different things as i saw what other actors were doing , especially their performances portraying realistic , down - to - earth characters . now i think it wasn ' t worth it . what people want to see from me is my own unique style of acting ,
he said .
when i reflect on the past 20 years , one of my great regrets is that i didn ' t appear in more films . i only chose those that suited my personal tastes . moreover , because i was quite a big star , my former agency refused many scenarios on my behalf without even letting me look at them ,
he said .
asked what the future holds in store , he joked that he still has time as
people now live longer , so they can work in their respective fields till they grow very old .
as my peers have played a key role in boosting korean popular culture , i think there ' s still plenty of work for us to do ,
he said .
actor song gang - ho and actress jun ji - hyun won the grand prizes in the film and television segments , respectively , at the 50th lf baeksang arts awards , held in the grand peace hall of kyung hee university in northeast seoul on tuesday .
song and jun starred in the film “the attorney ( 2013 ) ” and sbs romantic drama “my love from the star , ” respectively .
clockwise from top left : song gang - ho , lee jung - jae , kim soo - hyun , shim eun - kyung , jin kyung and jun ji - hyun . ( jtbc )
the best acting in film awards were given to actor seol gyeong - gu and actress shim eun - kyung , who starred in “wish ( 2013 ) ” and “miss granny ( 2013 ) , ” respectively . the best acting in television awards went to actor cho jae - hyun of kbs 1tv drama “jeong do - jeon” and actress lee bo - young of sbs drama “i hear your voice . ”
the best film award was presented to “the attorney ( 2013 ) , ” directed by yang woo - seok , and the best television drama award to kbs 2tv’s “good doctor . ”
the best entertainment show award was presented to tvn variety show “grandpas over flowers , ” while the best educational program award went to sbs investigative documentary “i would like to know . ”
the best director award went to bong joon - ho for “snowpiercer ( 2013 ) , ” and the best producer award to ahn pan - seok for jtbc’s “secret love affair . ”
actor kim soo - hyun , who starred in the sbs drama “my love from the star” and film “secretly , greatly ( 2013 ) , ” earned triple awards , being named the best new actor in the film segment , and the most popular actor in both the television and the film segments .
the star - studded film , which stars actors sol kyung - gu , jung woo - sung , and actress han hyo - joo , tells the story of a group of detectives specializing in surveillance activities on high profile criminals . in the film , they together try to arrest the members of a bank - robbing organization .
han hyo - joo , whose previous roles include the visually impaired woman in song il - gon’s 2011 tearjerker romance “always , ” and the unhappy queen consort in last year’s box office hit period drama “gwanghae : the man who became the king” ( masquerade ) , delivers a plausible and nuanced performance as ha yoon - ju , a young , driven woman who becomes the newest member of the special surveillance unit of the police force . soon after she joins the team , the unit is assigned to monitor the elusive james ( played by jung woo - sung ) , who in fact is the ruthless leader of an international crime ring .
jung ( “a good rain knows , ” “a moment to remember” ) , who has long been regarded a national heartthrob , presents an engrossing portrait of the lonely and complex villain . the role is jung’s first villain in his acting career of some 20 years .
heavyweight actor sol kyung - gu ( “the tower , ” “peppermint candy” ) brings a lot of humor to the movie , by playing ha yoon - ju’s considerate boss , who is both caring and hilarious .
popular boy band 2pm member lee jun - ho makes his appearance as the confident , likable youngest member of the surveillance team , and surprisingly pulls off the role with ease . this is lee’s second film appearance as an actor . his first was directors kim gok and kim sun’s 2011 horror “white : the melody of the curse . ”
the film hit local theaters on july 3 , and dominated the local box office ever since . it ranked no . 2 on korean film council’s box office chart on friday , beating hollywood blockbusters “world war z” and “pacific rim , ” and local 3 - d gorilla film “mr . go , ” which came out on wednesday . it garnered around 19 billion won ( $ 17 million ) at the local box office as of july 12 , according to the korean film council .
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detective hwang ( sol kyung - gu ) leads a specialized surveillance team in the police department . yoon - joo ( han hyo - joo ) takes a test to join the team . she ' s tested on her observation skills and memorization . she passes her test and becomes the newest member of the surveillance team .
while , yoon - joo takes her test , james ( jung woo - sung ) and his crime group robs a bank . he stands on the rooftop of a nearby building and directs his team ' s movements . he doesn ' t tolerate any mistakes .
as soon as yoon - joo joins the surveillance team , they are tasked to take down james ' criminal group . the surveillance team immediately runs into trouble when they can ' t identify any of the robbers due to their masks and their efficiency in robbing the bank . detective hwang finds one man caught on cctv near the bank .
james gets a new order from a mysterious broker ( kim byung - ok ) and once again completes a heist . while , the surveillance team goes after james , the mysterious broker also looks to take out james .
production takes place from august , 2012 - february , 2013 with filming beginning late october , 2012 .
actor jung woo - sung plays a villain for the first time in his acting career and han hyo - joo plays a cop for the first time in her acting career .
2013 ( 33rd ) hawaii international film festival - october 10 - 20 , 2013 - spotlight on korea * u . s . premiere
very beautiful , like it super ! ! ! when also the playing of the role as an detective girl / woman , who ' s detective ha yoon - joo . . idolize it . .
this movie was only great because of sol kyung gu . the rest of the cast were just so - so . maybe it ' s because of their roles in the movie which were too stagnant . the story plot was a little bit subdued .
crazy different . . . . . jws omg ! ! love your work absolutely ! . . . ( thats about it folks . . ) , got lost and confused along the way , but finished it ! . . . always great to see jws on screen , doesnt matter what role he plays , good work jws , kamsa absolutely !
good movie , i recommended this movie for people who like action and suspense . really good .
where ' s korean cinema here ? boring , standardized , music playing almost constantly , characters unreal , no human touch . even the great actors in it don ' t shine . shame
fortunately , this korean remake is not shot - for - shot . the basic premise and story set - up are the same .
watched this movie a few days ago , and still can ' t believe that she ' s go the biggest role in this film , despite being cast along side with veteran top - notch actors like sol kyung gu and jung woo sung . her presence in this movie really brighten up the intensive atmosphere at appropriate moments . i ' m so proud of her achievement in this film . really enjoyed it .