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'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done' Gets NY Theatrical Date, Official Poster!
5 November 2009 4:44 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Update: Official one sheet below! Absurda and Industrial Entertainment are pleased to announce a theatrical release date for My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (trailer below), executive produced by film icon David Lynch. My Son was directed by renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog (Rescue Dawn, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Michael Shannon (Oscar® nominee for Revolutionary Road), Willem Dafoe (Antichrist), Chloë Sevigny (HBOs Big Love), Udo Kier and Michael Peña among others. The film will debut at the IFC Center in New York on December 11, 2009 with other cities to follow. My Son tells the story of a mad man that walks his mother through with a sword while acting out an ancient Sophocles play. It was inspired by a true story. Also check out the newly launched official website. »
Watch the Trailer for Werner Herzog and David Lynch's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
18 August 2009 1:45 PM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done has a pedigree that almost guarantees it an audience (Ie: Werner Herzog directs, David Lynch produces), so it doesn’t really matter that this first trailer makes the movie look like a glum, dull retread of other self-serious thrillers. The film follows the apparently true story of a man (Michael Shannon) who acts out a Sophocles play in his head and kills his mother (Grace Zabriskie, from Big Love) with a sword. The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny and Michael Peña. »
DVD release inspirations including The Lucky Ones
17 August 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Morning Boxwishers and welcome to what is a very quiet Monday morning on the DVDs front. Y’know how sometimes there are so many new Dvds, you just don’t know which one to choose from? This ain’t one of those days. That’s not to say that what we have, one new DVD and two new Blu-Rays isn’t exciting, it’s just lacking any heavy-hitters, those films that you countdown till they’re available. Instead we have The Lucky Ones, a quirky indie starring lady of the moment Rachel McAdams and, making their Blu-Ray debuts, Angel Heart and La Haine. See, it’s not so bad after all. Click over the jump for more.
If you see… The Lucky Ones, starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña (Crash) as three Us soldiers that return from duty in Iraq to find that life has moved on without them. »
First Batch of Stills from My Son, My Son
15 August 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Now that the Toronto International Film Festival is fast approaching, we're getting better looks at a few of the films that will be playing there, including Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have You Done? Five new stills from the film hit online today, and they definitely convey a sense of unease -- but what else would you expect from Herzog and his long-time cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger?
Collider scored the first look at the pics so be sure to hit the link to see the rest of them. The following summary comes from the Tiff 09 site, where you can find more info on all the films that will be showing there:
Inspired by true events, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, is a story of ancient myth and modern madness. Brad Macallam, an aspiring actor performing in a Greek tragedy, commits the crime he is to »
- The Woman In Black
Battle: Los Angeles Script Review
6 August 2009 7:41 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Last month Columbia Pictures drafted the troops for Battle: Los Angeles, a science fiction movie being directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning). Still intrigued? I don’t see how, but here we go.
Aaron Eckhart plays the lead, a Marine staff sergeant in charge of a unit fighting their way through an alien invasion in the streets of modern day Los Angeles. Firing a weapon alongside him is Michelle Rodriguez (who also plays a grunt in James Cameron’s Avatar) as Corporal Santos, plus Michael Peña and Bridget Moynahan as two civilians they meet along the way. Shooting begins this fall, but in the meantime I took a peek at the script. I wish I hadn’t.
It should be noted the original Battle of Los Angeles happened in 1942 three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eyewitness reports from scared citizens started an anti-aircraft barrage on »
- Jeff Leins
Observe and Report Blu-ray Details and Cover Art
31 July 2009 8:15 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Warner Home Video will counter Paul Blart: Mall Copy and release the Seth Rogen comedy Observe and Report on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 22. Co-starring with Rogen are Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Celia Weston, Collette Wolfe and Ray Liotta. Ironically (or not), Observe and Report's announcement comes the same day Judd Apatow's Funny People, co-starring Rogen, arrives in theaters. Earlier rumors had Observe and Report scheduled for a July release, not announcement. On Blu-ray, Observe and Report will be presented in 2.35:1 1080p video and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. Several bonus features are exclusive to Blu-ray and offered in HD as noted below. Seth Rogen, Anna Farris, and Jody Hill Pip (Bd exclusive) Seth Rogen & Anna Farris: Unscripted (Bd exclusive) Basically Training (Bd exclusive) Forest Ridge Mall: Security Recruitment Video (Bd exclusive) Deleted Scenes / Alternate Jokes Gag Reel Bd Live (Media Center, My Commentary, Live Community Screening) Digital »
The Jody Hill Interview Part 2: Observe & Report, the “Sex Scene Controversy,” Mall Hate, Parents, The Foot Fist Way, and a “Southern Godfather”
9 July 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
This past April saw the release of writer/director Jody Hill's first official Hollywood feature entitled Observe & Report. The film is an uncompromised portrait of a young mall-cop riding the peaks and valleys of bi-polar disorder like a vigilante daydream set to Queen's Flash Gordon theme. In the lead, Seth Rogen gave his most memorable and invested performance since a scathing-eyes debut on Freaks and Geeks. On top of that, Observe's production design was deliberately unglamorous; its depictions of a troubled, goofy main character and firearms bordered, at times, on misanthropic endorsement. Hill's script and direction managed to flesh out an endlessly talented supporting cast (Anna Faris, Aziz Ansari, Patton Oswalt, Ben Best, Danny McBride, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña, Collette Wolfe) in a decidedly untypical comedy. Many critics and viewers didn't know what to make of it. Far too many critics said, "I liked it, but it's not for everyone. »
- Hunter Stephenson
Observe and Report
21 April 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
Release Date: April 10
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Jody Hill
Cinematographer: Tim Orr
Starring: Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña, Anna Faris
Second-rate Taxi Driver
Calling Observe and Report a comedic variation of Taxi Driver is half right. Jody Hill’s new movie about a mall security guard with delusions of grandeur does follow the plot and structure of Scorsese’s stylish 1976 portrait of an unstable cabbie. But the comparison misses the fact that Taxi Driver is itself pretty funny, by design. All of its looming and actual bursts of violence are dripping with irony, and the dangerous naiveté of the eponymous taxi driver, Travis Bickle, is the source of many of the film’s jokes, unsettling though they may be. »
Observe and Report Review
13 April 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Observe and Report Written and Directed by: Jody Hill Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta There's a point about halfway through Jody Hill's Observe and Report where Ben Best hides in a closet in order to watch Seth Rogen's character receive some bad news. When he doesn't get the reaction he was expecting, he simply bails saying, "I thought this was going to be funny, but it turns out it's just sad." It struck me at that moment how this could very well summarize someone's reaction to the entire film. Whether or not it was an intentional jab at the audience remains to be seen, but in a movie that flashes the middle finger at just about everything in sight, it's not hard to think twice about a lot of the things presented on screen. As a comedy, Observe and Report delivers plenty of funny moments, »
- Sean
Hannah Montana sings her way past Fast & Furious. Miley Cyrus starrer tops the box office charts.
12 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Disney’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie” became the number one film of the Easter weekend with an estimated $34 million grossed. Young star Miley Cyrus gets her second number one at the box office as the Peter Chelson-helmed film averaged a strong $10,904 per theatre from an opening 3,118 venue count. Film is now the fifth best April opener of all time behind “Fast & Furious,” “Anger Management,” “Scary Movie 4” and “The Scorpion King.” Hannah Montana Daily Estimate Breakdowns: Friday - $17.2 millionSaturday - $10.3 millionSunday - $6.4 million “Fast & Furious,” last weekend’s debuting #1 and highest April opener ever, showed a 59% change with $28.7 million in its sophomore weekend as opposed to last weekend’s big $70.9 million gross. The Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster starrer has accumulated around $104.7 million, now covering its $85 million budget with ease. Paramount/DreamWorks animated sci-fi comedy “Monsters vs. Aliens” showed a slight 30.6% change in its third weekend at play with $22.6 million posted. »
Fsr’s Weekly Report Card for 04.10.09
10 April 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Observe And Report Studio: Warner Bros. Rated: R for for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence. Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta and Collette Wolfe Directed by: Jody Hill What it’s about: Seth Rogen plays a bipolar mall security guard who is infatuated with the girl at the perfume counter (Anna Faris). While trying to get in her pants, he’s also trying to solve a string of crimes that have been happening at the mall. When a real policeman (Ray Liotta) threatens his fragile world, things go a bit nuts. What I liked: I will admit that I did laugh at some moments in this movie. This film has a very sharp edge that is not going to be right for everyone. In this respect, I did enjoy some of the more outrageous moments. Additionally, the non-stop onslaught of profanity and raunchiness was something that I could respect »
- Kevin Carr
Fsr’s Weekly Report Card for 04.10.09
10 April 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Observe And Report Studio: Warner Bros. Rated: R for for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence. Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta and Collette Wolfe Directed by: Jody Hill What it’s about: Seth Rogen plays a bipolar mall security guard who is infatuated with the girl at the perfume counter (Anna Faris). While trying to get in her pants, he’s also trying to solve a string of crimes that have been happening at the mall. When a real policeman (Ray Liotta) threatens his fragile world, things go a bit nuts. What I liked: I will admit that I did laugh at some moments in this movie. This film has a very sharp edge that is not going to be right for everyone. In this respect, I did enjoy some of the more outrageous moments. Additionally, the non-stop onslaught of profanity and raunchiness was something that I could respect »
- Kevin Carr
Box Office Weekend Ahead – Can Hannah Montana stop Fast and Furious?
10 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Disney unspools its next teen-drawing venture in “Hannah Montana: The Movie” into 3,115 venues, certainly pulling in tons of fans of the eagerly followed series. The question? Do they have what it takes to down “Fast and Furious” in its sophomore weekend at play? “Furious” has turned in the biggest gross of the year so far with $70.9 million grossed and a total of over $85 million pocketed thus far. “Montana” is helmed by Peter Chelsom, known for crowd-pleasing films like “The Mighty,” “Serendipity” and “Shall We Dance.” Two other wide openers will be vying for a slice of the weekend’s earnings but should pose no threat to the first two films. The first is the mall cop comedy “Observe and Report” which finds 2,727 locations and stars the ever-popular Seth Rogen as well as Michael Peña and Anna Faris. Jody Hill of “The Foot Fist Way” directs and writers the screenplay. We »
Box Office Weekend Ahead – Can Hannah Montana stop Fast and Furious?
10 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Disney unspools its next teen-drawing venture in “Hannah Montana: The Movie” into 3,115 venues, certainly pulling in tons of fans of the eagerly followed series. The question? Do they have what it takes to down “Fast and Furious” in its sophomore weekend at play? “Furious” has turned in the biggest gross of the year so far with $70.9 million grossed and a total of over $85 million pocketed thus far. “Montana” is helmed by Peter Chelsom, known for crowd-pleasing films like “The Mighty,” “Serendipity” and “Shall We Dance.” Two other wide openers will be vying for a slice of the weekend’s earnings but should pose no threat to the first two films. The first is the mall cop comedy “Observe and Report” which finds 2,727 locations and stars the ever-popular Seth Rogen as well as Michael Peña and Anna Faris. Jody Hill of “The Foot Fist Way” directs and writers the screenplay. We »
Box Office Weekend Ahead – Can Hannah Montana stop Fast and Furious?
10 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Disney unspools its next teen-drawing venture in “Hannah Montana: The Movie” into 3,115 venues, certainly pulling in tons of fans of the eagerly followed series. The question? Do they have what it takes to down “Fast and Furious” in its sophomore weekend at play? “Furious” has turned in the biggest gross of the year so far with $70.9 million grossed and a total of over $85 million pocketed thus far. “Montana” is helmed by Peter Chelsom, known for crowd-pleasing films like “The Mighty,” “Serendipity” and “Shall We Dance.” Two other wide openers will be vying for a slice of the weekend’s earnings but should pose no threat to the first two films. The first is the mall cop comedy “Observe and Report” which finds 2,727 locations and stars the ever-popular Seth Rogen as well as Michael Peña and Anna Faris. Jody Hill of “The Foot Fist Way” directs and writers the screenplay. We »
[Movie Review] Observe and Report
9 April 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Even the Rat Pack had an entourage—the hangers-on who show up in many of the same films or productions, but never achieved group title status. As does modern-day Hollywood’s “Frat Pack,” made up of the leading men in the comedy genre. While there are only seven official members of the unofficial group, there are many friends of the Frat Pack that might be considered “junior members.”
The curly-haired funny man Seth Rogen is one of the Frat Pack’s pals and has gained himself a bona fide Hollywood reputation since his early days on the fast-cancelled television show, Freaks and Geeks. After some minor roles in major Frat Pack flicks, Rogen gained speed—his latest comedy, Observe and Report, has got him in the lead role as a bipolar mall security guard.
The premise probably sounds familiar, as it’s a similar character to the Kevin James movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop, »
- Erin Burris
[Movie Review] Observe and Report
9 April 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Even the Rat Pack had an entourage—the hangers-on who show up in many of the same films or productions, but never achieved group title status. As does modern-day Hollywood’s “Frat Pack,” made up of the leading men in the comedy genre. While there are only seven official members of the unofficial group, there are many friends of the Frat Pack that might be considered “junior members.”
The curly-haired funny man Seth Rogen is one of the Frat Pack’s pals and has gained himself a bona fide Hollywood reputation since his early days on the fast-cancelled television show, Freaks and Geeks. After some minor roles in major Frat Pack flicks, Rogen gained speed—his latest comedy, Observe and Report, has got him in the lead role as a bipolar mall security guard.
The premise probably sounds familiar, as it’s a similar character to the Kevin James movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop, »
- Erin Burris
"Observe and Report" - Review #2. A raucous comedy that for the most part delivers on the laughs
9 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
"Observe and Report" reviewby Eric Sloss, Writer Mall cops are now all the rage in movies. After the surprise smash success of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”, comes “Observe and Report”. Although these movies share a lot in common, they couldn’t be further apart in tone. The Paul Blart movie was more of a family oriented film that played it close to the vest. “Observe and Report” deals with much more adult themes and attitudes. You truly never know which way it would go. This is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Seth Rogen plays mall cop Ronnie Barnhardt. He’s actually head of mall security. Ronnie hilariously gets upset at a news reporter for getting his title wrong. Ronnie is thrust into the spotlight by a flasher at the mall. He is bound and determined to catch this guy and does whatever it takes to catch him. »
"Observe and Report" review - How is it possible that there’s a second movie about a mall cop to review already this year?
8 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
"Observe and Report" Review by Mike Digiorgio, Writer How is it possible that there’s a second movie about a mall cop to review already this year? After suffering through the huge disappointment that was Paul Blart: Mall Cop, I hoped maybe Observe and Report could capture what should be a funny movie. With apologies to the real-life guys who observe and report, a movie about a mall security guard who takes his job too seriously should be funny in the right hands. If I may, I’ll quote myself from my Paul Blart review referencing one of the few things I liked: “It’s kind of funny that Paul took an oath as a security guard to ‘observe and report’ and he works a Segway very well – we needed more of that kind of law enforcement parody earlier on.” Ah ha! I got a kick out of that phrase »
Seth Rogen Premieres 'Observe and Report' in Hollywood
7 April 2009 3:42 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, and Michael Peña premiered their new comedy 'Observe and Report' Monday night in Hollywood, and "The Insider" was there! Anna Faris tells "The Inisder" why she loved working with Seth and that she's looking forward to seeing how fans receive the dark comedy. "Working with Seth is just so great, he's such an amazing guy," she says. "He's so laid back and cool. It was great. I think this movie is going to hopefully shock and appall people." In the film Seth plays Ronnie Barnhardt, the head of mall security. Ronnie dreams of the day when he can move on to bigger and better things and real police work. When the mall is struck by a flasher Ronnie takes action in hopes that solving the case will earn him a spot at the police academy, and the love of his dream girl, Brandi (Faris »
- TheInsider
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