Movie Row: Previews

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Preview of "Nomad"
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Set in the 18th-century Kazakhstan, the movie follows the story of a young man destined to unite the country's warring tribes. The estimated budget of $40,000,000 makes it the most expensive Kazakh movie ever made and some critics say this shows in the movie.

Though the trailer is a little dull, from what I've read and seen so far, it seems Nomad is a good movie. I have to agree though that casting Jay Hernandez and Kuno Becker as main carachters in a film about Kazakhs is not really a struck of genius nor does it improve the feeling of authenticity of the picture.

The worldwide version was premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on 5 August 2006, and the North American release is scheduled for January 26 in the USA.

RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2007 (USA - limited)

Directed by: Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer, Talgat Temenov
Writing credits: Rustam Ibragimbekov
Starring: Jay Hernandez, Kuno Becker, Mark Dacascos, Jason Scott Lee, and Doskhan Zholzhaksyno

Also Known As: N/A
MPAA Rating: Not rated
Runtime: 111 minutes
Country: Kazakhstan
Language: Kazakh (with English subtitles)
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: N/A

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe

See it also at:
Official site
IMDb
Metacritic

Posted byBurner at 13:56 0 comments

Labels: Drama, History, Previews, War

Preview of "Epic Movie"

"Epic" they say. I doubt it. I've always thought bad of this movies that just make fun of other movies by actually managing to be worse than the movies they mock in the first place. And yes, I have to admit, some of them were funny by just being totally idiotic, but now it's just one after the other. Same stupid plots, same 3rd hand actors, same 3rd grade humor and the same fart jokes.

Well, from the writers of Date Movie (and what a lame piece of work that was), the same ones that contributed to Scary Movie series, comes Epic Movie. If you live in the US, you can see it starting January 26th. The plot sound like this:

The twisted minds of two of the six writers of "Scary Movie" tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in "Epic Movie." The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a refugee from Mexican "libre" wrestling, the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane, and the fourth a "normal" resident of a mutant "X"-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia (with a "G"). There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry - and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White Bitch of Gnarnia.

RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2007 (USA - limited)

Directed by: Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
Writing credits: Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Cox, Carmen Electra, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover & Fred Willard

Also Known As: Bob Bailey (USA) (working title)
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some comic violence
Runtime: N/A
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: N/A
Certification: USA:PG-13

Awards: N/A

See it also at:
Official site
IMDb

Posted byBurner at 12:35 0 comments

Labels: Adventure, Comedy, Previews

"Blood and Chocolate" Soon to Open
Monday, January 15, 2007

Blood and Chocolate will soon open in the US. On January 26th, to be precise. From what I've seen and read so far, it's just another werewolf movie. One nice touch to it is that it was filmed in Romania, in my city, Bucharest.

So, you have Vivian (Agnes Bruckner) a young werewolf who's living in Bucharest and is chosen as the mate for the leader of her pack, Gabriel, interpreted by Olivier Martinez, though she has feelings for a human - Aiden (Hugh Dancy). Her sense of alienation is heightened when a series of unexplained murders point to her as the killer, a threat not only for her, but for her entire pack as well. Personally, this plot has a little Underworld written over it, only this time, we don't have vampires, but werewolves. In fact, the producers are the same ones that brought you Underworld. Who knows, maybe I've underestimated this movie.

RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2007

Directed by: Katja von Garnier
Writing credits: Ehren Kruger (screenplay), Christopher Landon (screenplay) & Annette Curtis Klause (book)
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez

Also Known As: N/A
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse
Runtime: N/A
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: N/A
Certification: USA:PG-13

Awards: N/A

See it also at:
Official site
IMDB