Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Congratulations to all our Golden Globe Nominees!

Today the Golden Globe nominations were announced and we are thrilled! All our favorite movies were nominated!! Congratulations to 127 HOURS, BLACK SWAN, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, DESPICABLE ME, THE TOURIST and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Black Swan Holiday

Every holiday season in the Northwest, we look forward to The Nutcracker. This year, however, we have another Ballet event to be excited about...BLACK SWAN, from Fox Searchlight Pictures! It comes out in Seattle and Portland on December 10th and features Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis embroiled the dark world of professional ballet.

Just for fun, let's look at some similarities and differences between these two stories of drama and dance this holiday season:

The Nutcracker: An epic battle between mice and gingerbread soldiers takes place on Christmas eve. The Nutcracker leads the gingerbread soldiers but is wounded by the Mouse King who is only stopped when a little girl throws her slipper at him.

Black Swan: An epic battle between two dancers at a ballet company for the leading role on their production of The Swan Princess. Natalie Portman is the pure white swan and Mila Kunis is the passionate black swan. Somebody is wounded...or are both wounded? We don't really know but what we do know is that only ONE can have the lead role. There aren't any slippers thrown that we know of but there is sure to be some broken glass.

The Nutcracker: The nutcracker turns into a prince

Black Swan: Does Natalie Portman turn into the Black Swan...we don't really know yet.

The Nutcracker: Ends with a joyful dance between the leading lady and the prince.

Black Swan: Ends with a dance

We all know the story of The Nutcracker but BLACK is still a mystery. So go see it on December 10th and you too can make your own fun comparisons!

Cheers!
Sara

Monday, November 1, 2010

From Mumbai to Utah to SEATTLE!

Everyone loves Danny Boyle, and for good reason. He brought us such cult classics as 28 DAYS LATER and TRAINSPOTTING and two years ago he wowed the world with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. This year, as we are pre-occupied with financial woes and midterm elections, he brings us a film that truly makes us appreciate life, no matter how many trials and tribulations it may bring us. I am speaking of course about his new film 127 HOURS, starring James Franco, opening in New York and LA this Friday and in Seattle and Portland on November 19th. It tells a story of the power of the human will to live and in doing so is both terrifying and joyful. You can find the trailer at www.foxsearchlight.com/127hours. Check it out in theaters on November 19th and keep an eye on our Facebook for advance screening notification.

Cheers!
Sara

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

A Post SXSW Look Forward

I heard SXSW was a ton of fun this year and two of our films were featured at the Film and Music Festival which ran from March 12th through March 21. These are the titles we can look forward to in the coming months!

MACGRUBER from Universal Pictures releasing on May 21, 2010

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/17/macgruber-review-sxsw/

CYRUS from Fox Searchlight Pictures releasing on July 9, 2010

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/22/exclusive-cyrus-behind-the-scenes-at-sxsw/

There are those that are saying that MACGRUBER is the best Satuday Night Live film sinec WAYNE'S WORLD. It's about time, I say!

And CYRUS looks like a real comedy with a depth of meaning that is sometimes lacking in big splashy Hollywood gut-busters.

Cheers!
Sara

Friday, March 5, 2010

It's Oscar Time!

What are your plans for Oscar Night? I know what I will be doing...dressing up in my best red carpet attire, eating good food, drinking good wine and hoping that my choices in the office Oscar pool win me...big money! I will also of course be rooting for my favorite films and in doing so I am in a bit of a pickle because two of my favorites are contenders in the same category! They are FANTASTIC MR. FOX from Fox Searchlight Pictures and CORALINE from Focus Features and I so want both of them to win...what were the other nominated films anyway...? CORALINE holds a special place in my heart because we worked the premiere down in Portland and were able to talk to the artists who created the sets and figurines and see the extreme precision that goes in to preparing and shooting each scene. This experience made me appreciate even more FANTASTIC MR. FOX when it came out. And then I read an article in the New Yorker about Wes and how the movie was shot on something like 29 stages simultaneously and how every set piece was meaningful to the film, not just some background filler, something that many live action movies seem to not always consider! To sum up, while AVATAR is awesome (I saw it twice in 3-D IMAX) and THE HURT LOCKER is very good apparently (I have yet to see it but want to), sometimes it is within these smaller movies where you can really sense the craftsmanship and love. Ironic really that the, literally, tiniest films can have so much heart!

Cheers!
SARA

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Time flies when you are watching a good movie

January is almost behind us...spring is just around the corner. Wait, I thought it already was spring. But it is January, how can it be spring as well? Crazy mid 50 degree weather in January...I am hoping that THE WOLFMAN, which comes out on February 12th will provide sufficient chills to counteract the startlingly spring-like winter weather.

I like the idea of remaking classic horror films so that a new generation is able to appreciate a classic story. Hope this new version strikes the delicate balance between keeping the long time horror fans happy and bringing new ones into the fold. Universal Pictures seems to do horror well, releasing some of our favorite originals such as The Hunchback of Norte Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein and of course The Wolf Man as well as such modern classics as DRAG ME TO HELL...yes, I just called DRAG ME TO HELL a modern classic. And I am sticking to my guns. We must not forget those campy movies that make you both laugh and scream at the same time. They are just as much a part of the horror genre these days as are their more classically structured and acted brethren. I seem to have gotten distracted from my original thread but my real point is that THE WOLFMAN has made me think about how movies are constantly evolving, like living things, dependent on the world around them, the people that watch them and what came before them. Interesting food for thought for movie lovers and movie publicists alike I think...

Cheers - Sara