Thanks to Fitiri, I have added one new still of Mary in A Good Day to Die Hard and some new stills of her as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Head to the gallery to check out the new additions!
Category: Movies
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Indiewire Names Faults One of the Best Films of ’15; Returned Update
A quick update for all of us looking forward to seeing Mary in the new A&E series The Returned: According to Twitter, tomorrow A&E will be at the winter TCA to present the upcoming show with some of the cast in attendance. Hopefully we’ll get a teaser trailer out of this! 🙂 *Fingers crossed.*
Also, Faults was among IndieWire‘s top ’25 best films of 2015 we’ve already seen’ list. Here’s what they said about the film:
“Faults”
Director: Riley Stearns
Cast: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Beth Grant, Chris Ellis
Synopsis: A washed-up TV guru/cult expert decides to de-program a young girl from a cult called Faults, in order to pay off the remainder of his debt.
Verdict: Riley Stearns writes and directs his first feature like a man who’s been making compelling, darkly funny, and unpredictably twisted films for years. Films about cults tend to either veer towards undiluted horror (“The Wicker Man,” “Children of the Corn”), eerie drama (“Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “The Master”) or strict genre-fare (“Kill List”), so it’s a testament to Stearns’ talents that he manages such a formidable balancing act of a spooky genre story masquerading as a suburban drama of horrors. Crumbling societal values and power trips with identity make for some of the blackest humor we’ve seen recently, and with the underused Leland Orser absolutely ripping it in a spectacular lead performance, followed so closely by the excellent and instinctive Mary Elizabeth Winstead, “Faults” is likely to end up as one of the year’s very top directorial debuts.
Our Review: Here’s William’s B grade review from SXSW
Release Date: March 6th
The Austin Chronicle also praised the film:
Sharing much of the cast with one of my favorite gonzo action/slasher hyrbids ever, The Guest, Faults could not be more tonally different. Leland Orser plays a washed-up cult deprogrammer named Ansel Roth, hired to get a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) back with her family. What quickly and disturbingly unfolds is not just a battle of wits, but a Beckett-meets-Mamet descent into interpersonal darkness. Orser gives one of the year’s best performances, while Winstead’s aura of blank innocence gives director Riley Stearns space to take the movies to incredibly dark places. As I wrote during SXSW, “Stearns’ graduation to the feature leagues may be the most quietly impressive since Craig Zobel opened up the Great World of Sound.”
‘Faults’ to Debut at the 2015 Film Comment Selects Festival
The Film Society of LINCOLN Center announced its lineup for the 15th edition of Film Comment magazine’s essential, eclectic festival, taking place February 20 – March 5, 2015. Among those films selected to play is Riley Stearns and Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s new film Faults.
Film Comment Selects series tickets will go on sale Tuesday, February 10. A pre-sale to Film Society members will begin Friday, February 6. Below is the film’s description and time/date it will debut at the fest.
Faults
Riley Stearns, USA, 2014, DCP, 89m
Ansel Roth is at the end of his rope. Once a prominent authority on mind control and cult organizations, he’s now broke and alone, resorted to doing lame, sparsely attended seminars and book signings at crappy hotels. On the edge of suicide he is approached with a new assignment: to help “save” a distraught couple’s 28-year-old daughter Claire from the mysterious titular religious cult. He reluctantly accepts, and as the five-day deprogramming mission is carried out, events become increasingly messy and bizarre, with Ansel’s outside troubles also paying an inopportune visit. This contained film-mostly taking place within the walls of a motel room-is guided by the dynamite lead performances of Leland Orser as Ansel and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Claire, and a strikingly clever script (written by first-time feature director Riley Stearns) that is as funny and dark as it is surprising. A Screen Media Films release.
Monday, February 23, 8:30pm
Congrats, Mary and Riley!
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New Social Media Pages for Mary’s Upcoming Projects
Two new social media pages for Mary’s upcoming projects are now active. The first is a Facebook page for the March release of her psychological film Faults and the second is a Twitter page for her new TV show The Returned, rumored to begin airing in January 2015 on A&E. There is also a Facebook page here.
Be sure to follow both pages for the latest news on Mary’s work and in addition, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
Also, a teaser poster for The Returned has been released, which you can view in the gallery.
(*Note: Mary’s only official social media pages are her Twitter and Instagram. She has no Facebook.)
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Kill the Messenger Blu Ray Features Announced
After it was revealed via Amazon that Kill the Messenger was available for pre-order in February, Blu-Ray.com has unveiled that the date it will hit shelves is February 10th, 2015 in Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD format.
The Blu-ray release of Kill the Messenger is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. Special features include:
- Feature Commentary with Director Michael Cuesta
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Cuesta
- Kill the Messenger: The All-Star Cast
- Crack in America
- Filming in Georgia
Jeremy Renner leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets. He further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
Be sure to mark your calendars and pick up your copy!
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New Today Show Candids
I have added a few new candids of Mary leaving The Today Show studio last month in New York when she stopped by to promote her film Kill the Messenger. You can head to the gallery to see the new additions as well as the full set.
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Kill the Messenger Available for Pre-Order
Amazon has listed Kill the Messenger for pre-order for DVD and Blu-Ray. According to DVDReleaseDates, the film is scheduled to hit shelves in February of 2015, but it has not yet been confirmed.
Kill the Messenger stars two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner, who leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
KTM hit theaters in limited release last month.
The film also stars Mary, Rosemary Dewitt, Barry Pepper, Ray Liotta and Tim Blake Nelson. Be sure to visit Amazon to pre-order your copy!
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Faults to Play at the AFI Festival Next Month
The AFI Festival has announced the films that will be featured in the New Auteurs, Shorts and American Independents sections at this year’s festival. In the ‘American Independents’ category, Faults will be screening at the event, scheduled to take place from November 6 through 13 in Hollywood, CA, at the Dolby Theatre, the TCL Chinese Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Free individual tickets to AFI FEST screenings and Galas will be available to the general public online at AFI.com beginning Friday, October 24, but only the Cinepass Express pass will provide priority entry to all regular screenings including the New Auteurs, Shorts and American Independents selections, as well as access into the Cinema Lounge. These and other AFI FEST Passes are on sale now at AFI.com/AFIFEST, and AFI Members receive special discounts.
You can read more information about the film festival or view the other films that will be playing at the festival by clicking here.
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New Candids of Mary in New York
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Video Interview of Mary on Today
As mentioned earlier today, Mary stopped by the Today Show in New York City to promote her new film Kill the Messenger. You can view it below. I’ve also added a video of her signing autographs at last night’s premiere.
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