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A Good Day to Die Hard DVD Hitting Stores June 4

on March 26, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

The fifth installment in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 4. The extended edition will include over 2 hours of bonus footage. The 2 disc set will include the following BTS footage:

Disc 1: Blu-ray

Extended Cut of the Film

Deleted Scenes
– Jack Scopes Out Courthouse
– Collins Gets Approval to Move
– John McClane Original Introduction
– Russian Girls on Plane
– Safe House Intrusion
– Gun Store
– Fight with Anton

Making it Hard to Die
– Introduction
– Stunts
– Helicopters and Aerial
– Special Effects
– Motion Base
– Armoury
– Russia and Budapest
– The Look of the Movie
– Chernobyl
– Camera Work
– Editorial Los Angeles
– Color Grading
– Visual Effects
– Film Scoring
– Wrap Up
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A.C.O.D. Among New Films Added to London Sundance Festival

on March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

Sundance London, the film and music festival whose sophomore edition kicks off next month, has added three features to its roster. Stuart Zicherman’s A.C.O.D. starring Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Clark Duke; Sean Ellis’ Sundance Audience Award winner Metro Manila; and Jeff Nichols’ Mud, which premiered in Cannes last year before bowing Stateside in the Spotlight section of Sundance 2013. The festival, which showcases American indie cinema, runs April 25-28 at London’s O2 Arena.

You can buy tickets for the film by visiting the official site.

Movies The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now Added to Phoenix Film Festival Lineup

on March 20, 2013March 20, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

According to the Phoenix Film Festival, James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now has been added to the lineup and will open the fest which will run from April 4th-11th and celebrate its 13th year of bringing a fine selection of new and award-winning films to Arizona.

TSN is the opening night film and and director James Ponsoldt will be on hand as well to introduce and offer a Q&A.

You can find out more about the film by visiting the official site.

Gallery Updates Movies Smashed

ScreenCaps from the Making of Smashed

on March 14, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

I’ve uploaded screen-caps of Mary where she was featured in the “Making of Smashed” featurette off the DVD. Head to the gallery to check out the pics.

And in case you missed any of the caps, you can check out the screen caps from the deleted scenes here, and the film captures here.

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Smashed DVD Deleted Scenes Caps

on March 13, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

I went ahead and capped all the deleted scenes from the Smashed DVD. Be sure to check them all out in the gallery and I will continue capping the special features from the DVD throughout the week.

Deleted Scene– “Kids Asking Kate the Gender of the Baby”

Deleted Scene– “Kate and Charlie Play Piano”

Deleted Scene– “Santa’s Village”

Deleted Scene– “Kate Cooks for Charlie”

Deleted Scene– “Longer Shares at AA Meeting”

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Smashed DVD ScreenCaps and New Interview

on March 12, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

Thanks to Melanie, we’ve uploaded over 1000 screen-caps of Mary’s amazing performance in Smashed. Head to the gallery to check them out.

I’ve also begun capping the deleted scenes. The first deleted scene is already up in the gallery as well.

Be sure to keep checking back! I’ll be adding more caps from the DVD extras. Additionally, a new interview with director James Ponsolt, who directed Smashed has been posted online and he talks about why he chose Mary and how they filmed the emotional scene towards the end of the film. Click HERE to read the full interview. Below is James’ reason as to why he picked Mary for the lead role:

I knew Mary from many movies, especially Scott Pilgrim which I really loved her in. That’s obviously a hyper-stylized live-action cartoon of a movie but she gives a really grounded, naturalistic and strong performance in it. And I think there’s a reason Mary has been in a number of action and horror movies: she’s tough, she doesn’t feel weak and fragile. And it was important to us that the person who was going to play Kate to be someone who could be a surrogate for the audience. It was important for us to have someone who was brilliant and had a great sense of humor; who would allow us to laugh with her and not just at her. It was a strong and complicated person. And Mary knew she hadn’t done films before where she was in every single scene and acted this kind of way. So she was nervous and shouldered the burden of the film. The movie lives or dies by her performance. I didn’t ask her to audition, but when we first met over lunch and had a long several-hour conversation getting to know each other, she offered to put herself on tape to give her take on the character. So she did that at home and did a lot of scenes, including this one. I watched them with my wife and we were just blown away by her.

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Tickets Available for The Spectacular Now Screening at the Atlanta Film Festival

on March 6, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

As the title reads, tickets are now available to purchase to see director James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now at the Atlanta Film Festival. The film will close the festival on March 23 with a screening time of 7:00 pm. Be sure to buy your tickets today! You can do so by clicking here.

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The Spectacular Now to be Released August 2, 2013

on February 28, 2013February 28, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

It’s been announced that James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now will be released on August 2, 2013:

Upstart distributor A24 has set an August 2 limited release for the James Ponsoldt-directed The Spectacular Now. The Spectacular Now was scripted by (500) Days of Summer scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and stars Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Elizabeth Winstead in a drama about a mismatched young high school students. It was bought at Sundance in January.

Movies Smashed

Making of ‘Smashed’ Featurette

on February 27, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

In anticipation of the March 12 DVD release date, Sony Pictures Classics has released a small clip that shows how the film was made.

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, SMASHED is an intensely moving story about love, fidelity and what it means to love someone and be committed to them, while recognizing the need to change your life…and the heartbreaking discovery that your partner won’t be changing with you.

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features include:
• Commentary with Director James Ponsoldt & Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• Deleted Scenes
• Two Featurettes:

o Making Smashed
o Toronto Film Festival Red Carpet and Q&A

SMASHED has a run time of approximately 91 minutes and is rated R for alcohol abuse, language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

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The Spectacular Now Scheduled for August Release

on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 by Jessica Comments Off

In an interview with Screen Crush, star of The Spectacular Now Miles Teller, told the site that TSN will have an August release date. Here’s what he said:

You finished wrapping up ‘The Spectacular Now’ a while ago, and I haven’t seen it, but a couple of my colleagues have and they were very impressed with your performance. So congratulations on that.

Thank you.

I’ve been reading that it’s going to SXSW.

Yeah, I think it’s playing March 11 at SXSW.

What’s the current plan to bring this film to the masses more?

Yeah, it was picked up by A24. A24 is a distribution company, they’re doing ‘Bling Ring,’ Sofia Coppola’s movie. They’re also doing ‘Spring Breakers.’ I think the goal for this is August 2 it’ll start out in select cities and then platform.

I think ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ and the fact that movie did so well and really found a big audience, I think that kind of opened the door probably a little bit for this.

Tickets aren’t available yet, but according to the SXSW website, Spectacular Now will be playing March 11 at 9:30 pm at the Topfer Theatre. Meanwhile, the film will be closing the Atlanta Film Festival on March 23.