Showing posts with label Silence of the Lambs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silence of the Lambs. Show all posts

Sunday, October 19, 2014

It's Apocalyptic & Psychological, Oh My: Forever's End

Field Of Dreams, Or Forever's End?
Devolver Digital Films to Release
Forever’s End
A Compelling Feature-Length
Apocalyptic Psychological Drama
Written & Directed By J.C. Schroder
• Digital VOD/DVD/Blu-ray Releases: November 25, 2014

Check this out, quite compelling, I must say, and I just did.

 Devolver Digital Films is proud to announce the cable and digital VOD releases of the compelling award-winning psychological drama, Forever’s End. Written and directed byJ.C. Schroder, the atmospheric feature-length film follows a young woman, living in seclusion years after an apocalyptic event that killed her family and seemingly everyone else on Earth. Her world is turned upside down when unexpected visitors show up. A cable VOD (Video on Demand) release date is set for October 14, 2014 (check local listings). The digital VOD release is scheduled for November 25, 2014. The film will be available via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, PlayStation, Xbox, VUDU, Vimeo on Demand, VHX, Gumroad, Google Play, and others. Forever's End: Limited Edition Blu-ray and DVD are also both scheduled to release on Novem ber 25th, exclusively on Amazon.com via Star Com Entertainment. Blu-ray edition will include behind the scenes featurette, outtakes, and conversation with the cast. For additional information, please visit http://www.foreversendmovie.com.

Forever’s End follows Sarah White, played by Charity Farrell, who has spent six years in solitude after an apocalyptic event that killed her family and seemingly everyone else on Earth. She lives alone on a bucolic rural homestead, filling her days with chores, playing the piano, and writing in her journal. Until visitors start to show up. First, her hostile sister Lily, played by Lili Reinhart (Law & Order: SVU, Surviving Jack, Kings of Summer), returns without an explanation. Next on her doorstep is the handsome Ryan, played by Warren Bryson (Finale). He claims that he met Sarah, years prior, but she has no recollection of him. Not sure who to believe and on the verge of insanity, Sarah starts to question everything she knows to be true. 

One of the film’s producers is industry veteran Michael Katchman, the former MGM, LionsGate, and Orion executive who was responsible, in part , for the releases of legendary films Dances With Wolves and Silence of the Lambs.
Awards –

• Special Jury Award – International Film Awards, Berlin 2013
• Best Actress (Charity Farrell) – Fancine Film Festival 2013 
• Score: Jury Choice Award – Park City Film Music Festival 2014

Monday, October 29, 2012

The Horror: Sing-A-Long With The Drews



Described as "Americana singer/songwriters with twisted roots", The Drews are the lean and mean husband and wife music machine Jennifer and Andrew DiMartino  and were once voted Seattle's number one band...Boo!

As it happens this duo has managed to put one great macabre song on each of their CD's that I recommend to others, listen to and use for my Halloween fun!

Their first CD "Strategically Interrupted Silence" features "Lloyd's Eyes" which chronicles the demented activity of an optometrist who steals his patients eyes and collects them as trophies. Rumor has it he and Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs" do lunch once month and talk shop.

"Lloyd's Eyes" is musically insane and perfect fun for Halloween or anytime, you want to get all "eye for an eye" on someone's butt!

Next up "Necroditty" from their great CD "Sins of Others" produced by Conrad Uno.

Time to break the title down, Yo! Necro=Dead and if you substitute the word "diddle" for "ditty" the song title would basically translate into "Diddle The Dead".

If you need more of a song explanation than this consult a mortician, because I'm not getting into it any further with you guys, so there!

Get your spook on with The Drews at: 
http://www.wearethedrews.com/

http://www.myspace.com/thedrews

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Reel Life: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara, Rooney Mara, Rooney Mara….

Where do I start? Having not seen the Swedish version of “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” and not having read the book, I went into David Fincher’s version with no real expectations whatsoever….Rooney Mara.

This is what I came away from it with, TGWTDT is and adult movie with a capital “A” … and I do not mean for it’s violent & sexual content (we will get to that later).

It is a film for grown ups who like character exposition and plots you have to pay attention to. The first half of the film is dedicated to establishing who Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) & Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) are as people before their two paths cross. At first I thought this part of the movie to be a tad long, but the more it sat with me, the more I loved it!

When I see a movie and I think about it after the fact, well that is a good sign to me, it is better than it being disposable. 


Thus TGWTDT is a fascinating character study. My only quibble is, I wished Mikael Blomkvist was as interesting as Lisbeth Salander. Rooney Mara, OK, time to move past it, David Fincher has directed some of my most favorite in your face movies “Se7en” “Fight Club” & “The Social Network” …which, is one of the things I find quite interesting about TGWTDT -

The sex and violence are quite subdued…. Seriously lets site a couple of Jodie Foster films that illustrate intense quite well, Oscar winner “Silence of the Lambs” way more freaky violence wise, and “The Accused” a rape scene that had me so upset I wanted to lay it down on the next guy I saw on Hollywood Blvd. who even gave a woman that look.

Yeah, TGWTDT is quite tame by the abovementioned standards. So one of my fave directors, Fincher, has remained true to himself, yet oddly grown up. Did I like TGWTDT? Heck yeah! It was a really great film for adults…and in case I did not mention it Rooney Mara is amazing!

Note: Hey Mr. Fincher - you never disappoint, however, next time you want to be a big boy, a little up in people’s grill would be a nice addition.
 
http://www.dragontattoo.com/site/