Year: 2016

Happy Birthday: Tom Hardy

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tomhardy.jpgTom Hardy

Born: September 15, 1977 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

[acting tip on a movie or play] Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is your job to make them become so. Anything you do on stage or film has a direct relation to something you have experienced in one form or another in real life. Use your imagination to exaggerate or lessen that sensation. Then, disguise it in characterization and don’t forget to make lots and lots of mistakes, and look like a complete asshole. You’ll do fine.

WARRIOR
dir. Gavin O’Connor
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Nick Nolte		 Road to PerditionLAYER CAKE
2004
dir.Matthew Vaughn
Cast:
Daniel Craig
Tom Hardy
movie posterBRONSON
2008
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring:
Tom Hardy		 MOVIE POSTERTHIS MEANS WAR
dir. McG
Stars:
Reese Witherspoon
Chris Pine
sexyTHE DARK KNIGHT RISES
2012
dir. Christopher Nolan
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InceptionInception
dir. Christopher Nolan
Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ken Watanabe
MOVIE POSTERTINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
dir. Tomas Alfredson
Stars
Gary Oldman
Colin Firth
RocknRollaRocknRolla
2008
dir. Ritchie
Starring
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Tom Wilkinson		 MOVIE POSTERWETTEST COUNTY
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Shia LaBeouf
revengeBest of BAND OF BROTHERS MOVIE POSTERLOCKE
2014
dir. Steven Knight
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Ruth Wilson
MOVIE POSTERTHE DROP
2014
dir. Micha�l R. Roskam
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Noomi Rapace
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and Anne Hathaway
and Benedict Cumberbatch
and Charlotte Riley
and Chris Pine
and Christian Bale
and Cillian Murphy
and Ellen Page
and Gary Oldman
and Gerald Butler
and Girlfriend
and Jessica Chastain
and Joel Edgerton
and Joseph Gordon Levitt
and Leonardo DiCaprio
and Lindsay Lohan
and Patrick Stewart
and Rachel Speed
and Reece Witherspoon
and Shia LaBeouf
and Son
and Sophie Okonedo
as Bane
as Bill Sikes
as Bronson
as Earnes
as Heathcliff
as James Bond
as Shinzon
as Twombly
at Airport
Attitude
Bald
Beach
Beard
Before and After
Black and White
Body
Casual
Chest
Collage
Crying
Ears
Eyebrows
Eyes
Facial Hair
Fashion
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Headshot
in Band of Brothers
in Batman
in Black Hawk Down
in Bronson
in Inception
in Layer Cake
in Marie Antoinette
in Minotaur
in Oliver Twist
in Rocknrolla
in Star Trek
in The Take
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in This Means War
in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
in Warrior
Jacked
Jeans
Kleenex Commercial
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Lips
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Men’s Health
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Naked
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Shirtless
Skinny
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Teeth
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Happy Birthday: Prince Harry Windsor

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princeharrywindsorPrince Harry Windsor

Born: September 15, 1984 in Paddington, London, England, UK

Kate (Middleton) is the sister I’ve always wanted.

[on his role as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan] Our job out here is to make sure the guys are safe on the ground, And, if that means shooting someone who is shooting at them, then we will do it.

I’ve served my country.

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I’ve grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.

Deadline August 15th – TV Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival

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ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – THE SPECTRAL CITY
July 2016 Reading
Written by Arthur Vincie		ACTORTV SPEC Screenplay – BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
June 2016 Reading
Written by Linsen Oyosa		ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – WILD MAGIC
June 2016 Reading
Written by Julie Nichols
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – CIVILIAN
June 2016 Reading
Written by Gina Scanlon		ACTORFAN FICTION Screenplay – SPACE 2099 (based on Space 1999)
June 2016 Reading
Written by Kevin D Story		ACTORTV SPEC Screenplay – THE MINDY PROJECT “Culture Club”
May 2016 Reading
Written by Katie Bero
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – THE REAPER: REBELLION “AFTERLIFE”
May 2016…

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Deadline August 15th – Feature/Short Screenplay Festival

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FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

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ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – FIEND
July 2016 Reading
Written by Jeff York		ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – THE CHARLOTTETOWN JACKHAMMER
July 2016 Reading
Written by Marc Lalonde		ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – INKED IN BLOOD
June 2016 Reading
Written by Paul Corricelli
ACTORFeature Screenplay – THE BOO
May 2016 Reading
Written by Scott McEntire		ACTORFan Fiction Feature Screenplay – STAR WARS Episode I: THE REDEMPTION OF SKYWALKER
May 2016 Reading
Written by Brian O’Flaherty		ACTORFeature Screenplay – CATCH THE DEVIL
April 2016 Reading
Written by Martin Blinder
ACTORFeature Screenplay – MISPRINTS
April 2016 Reading
Written by Adam Preston		ACTORFeature Screenplay – DEAD NORTH
April 2016 Reading
Written by Alexander…

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Deadline August 15th – Novel Festival

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1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!

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ACTORNOVEL READING – WHAT PASSES BETWEEN WOMEN
July 2016 Reading
Written by Patty Fischer		ACTORNOVEL Reading – ALEX THE INVENTOR
June 2016 Reading
Written by Gordon Brynelson		ACTORNOVEL Reading – OBITER DICTA
June 2016 Reading
Written by Lucien M.
ACTOR1st Ch. Novel Transcript – WATER FOR BLOOD
May 2016 Reading
Written by Brett Bacon		ACTOR1st Ch. Novel Transcript – TJ S LAST SUMMER IN CAPE COD
May 2016 Reading
Written by Garfield Whyte		ACTORNovel Chapter 1 Reading – EXOTIQA
April 2016 Reading
Written by M. Black
ACTORNovel 1st Chapter Reading – MYSTIC VILLAGE
April 2016 Reading
Written by Jeannine Fortier		ACTORNovel Prologue Reading – IN THE WAKE OF WAR
April 2016 Reading
Written by Stephen L. Nowland		ACTORNovel Reading – PANTERRA: The Machinist
April 2016 Reading

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Read the Best of Storyboard Artist Interviews

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Interview with Storyboard Artist Robert Castillo (X-Men: Apocalypse, Star Wars: Episode VII)

Award winning Director, Animator and Illustrator and Storyboard Artist Robert Castillo discovered his passion for art and illustration at the tender age of five. Nicknamed “Sketch”, Castillo would draw his way through his difficult transition of returning to the US from the Dominican Republic, mastering English, and acclimating to the mostly white environment of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Interview with Storyboard Artist Cristiano Donzelli (Ben-Hur, The Young Messiah)

Storyboard Artist Cristiano Donzelli is a wealth of knowledge. You can feel his passion for what he does. No wonder all of the top filmmakers in the world who venture to Italy want to work with him. He simply makes all the films he storyboards better.

Interview with Storyboard Artist Stephen Forrest-Smith (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight)

I had a blast sitting down with the very talented storyboard artist Stephen Forrest-Smith. Stephen has worked on some…

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Today’s TIFF Reviews: September 14, 2016

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: (re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***

From Walter Hill, the director of classics like 48 HOURS, THE LONG RIDERS and THE WARRIORS, (re) ASSIGNMENT is a revenge action thriller with a difference. Michelle Rodriguez plays a lowlife killer put through full male-to-female gender reassignment surgery by a score-settling surgeon (Sigourney Weaver).

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: RAW (France/Belgium 2016) ***

As a first time director of a horror feature, Julia Ducournau gets her facts straight. At the introduction of RAW at TIFF Midnight Madness, she told a full house that when she asked a fellow filmmaker about Toronto audiences, she had been told which she did repeat, to huge cheers, that Toronto has the best audience in the world.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: CITY OF TINY LIGHTS (UK 2016)

The city referred to in the title is London. And Travis’…

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: (re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***

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Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.

re_assignment_poster.jpg(re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***
Directed by Walter Hill

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Caitlin Gerard

Review by Gilbert Seah

From Walter Hill, the director of classics like 48 HOURS, THE LONG RIDERS and THE WARRIORS, (re) ASSIGNMENT is a revenge action thriller with a difference. Michelle Rodriguez plays a lowlife killer put through full male-to-female gender reassignment surgery by a score-settling surgeon (Sigourney Weaver).

The surgeon is first seen straitjacketed in an interrogation room. Calmly, and not without pride, she recounts to her psychiatrist (Tony Shalhoub) how she got there.

The film unfolds in multiple layered flashbacks, one occurring before the previous one. The film is also appropriately framed by comic book graphics.

A lowlife killer named Frank…

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: (re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***

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Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.

re_assignment_poster.jpg(re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***
Directed by Walter Hill

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Caitlin Gerard

Review by Gilbert Seah

From Walter Hill, the director of classics like 48 HOURS, THE LONG RIDERS and THE WARRIORS, (re) ASSIGNMENT is a revenge action thriller with a difference. Michelle Rodriguez plays a lowlife killer put through full male-to-female gender reassignment surgery by a score-settling surgeon (Sigourney Weaver).

The surgeon is first seen straitjacketed in an interrogation room. Calmly, and not without pride, she recounts to her psychiatrist (Tony Shalhoub) how she got there.

The film unfolds in multiple layered flashbacks, one occurring before the previous one. The film is also appropriately framed by comic book graphics.

A lowlife killer named Frank Kitchen (Rodriguez) killed her brother, so she took her ultimate revenge. She captured him and conducted full gender-reassignment surgery. Now Frank is forced to face the world as a woman.

Confused, pissed off, and as macho as ever, she’s out for her own vengeance.

Rodriguez plays both the male and female roles but it is Weaver who steals the show as the straightjacketed surgeon with her extremely snide remarks. Seems that the movie was written for Weaver.

 

 

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: RAW (France/Belgium 2016) ***

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raw_poster.jpgRAW (France/Belgium 2016) ***
Directed by Julia Ducournau

Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella

Review by Gilbert Seah

As a first time director of a horror feature, Julia Ducournau gets her facts straight. At the introduction of RAW at TIFF Midnight Madness, she told a full house that when she asked a fellow filmmaker about Toronto audiences, she had been told which she did repeat, to huge cheers, that Toronto has the best audience in the world.

Her film about a new graduate in a vet medical university reminds one immediately of Dario Argento’s SUSPIRA. The vet school environment is fully utilized with the blood of animals constantly splattered on the freshies, sights of bottled carcasses as well party happenings (the music track from the club is amazing!). Shy 16-year-old Justine (Garance Marillier) is following in the footsteps of her entire family when she enrols at veterinary college, where she finds herself in the shadow of her distant and dismissive older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf ).

To make matters worse, she is thrown into the humiliating traditions of the school’s wild and vicious hazing rituals. A strict vegetarian like her parents, Justine is confronted with a moral dilemma when she must eat a raw rabbit liver as part of an initiation rite.

When she does, her tastes transform to the desire for more flesh including human ones. The film traces her roots and transformation. A neat subplot has her falling in love with a gay Arab. French FX master Olivier Afonso (who was also responsible for Midnight Madness horror favourite À L’INTERIEUR) again does marvellous work.

The paramedics had to be called during the screening. The most gruesome segment is the finger eating scene.

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