Check out the brand new trailer for Alien: Covenant, hitting theaters May 19.
Miscellaneous
ATOMICA LA Special Screening on March 8th!
Syfy Films held a special screening of ATOMICA on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the iPic Theaters in Westwood, CA. Following the screening, there was a private reception held at The Tuck Room Tavern.
ATOMICA will be available in select Theaters on March 17th and VOD and Digital HD on March 21st.
Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pet, ABC’s “Lost”), Sarah Habel (CW’s “Riverdale”, USA’s “Rush”, Whip It, Hostel: Part II) and director Dagen Merrill (Broken Hill, Beneath).
A24 releases The Blackcoat’s Daughter Trailer !
On behalf of A24, we are pleased to share a trailer from THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER . The film premieres in theaters March 31, 2017 and is now available exclusively on DirecTV.
Written and directed by Osgood “Oz” Perkins (I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House), the film stars Emma Roberts (Fox’s “Scream Queens,” FX’s “American Horror Story”), Kiernan Shipka (AMC’s “Mad Men,” Lifetime’s “Flowers in the Attic”), Lucy Boynton (Sing Street, Don’t Knock Twice), Lauren Holly (ABC’s “Motive,” Dumb & Dumber), and James Remar (Showtime’s “Dexter,” Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, The Warriors).
A deeply atmospheric and terrifying new horror film, The Blackcoat’s Daughter centers on Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton), two girls who are left alone at their prep school Bramford over winter break when their parents mysteriously fail to pick them up. While the girls experience increasingly strange and creepy occurrences at the isolated school, we cross cut to another story—that of Joan (Emma Roberts), a troubled young woman on the road, who, for unknown reasons, is determined to get to Bramford as fast as she can. As Joan gets closer to the school, Kat becomes plagued by progressively intense and horrifying visions, with Rose doing her best to help her new friend as she slips further and further into the grasp of an unseen evil force. The movie suspensefully builds to the moment when the two stories will finally intersect, setting the stage for a shocking and unforgettable climax.
Game of Thrones-Season 7 will return July 16th!
HBO has confirmed that GAME OF THRONES will return for its seven-episode seventh season SUNDAY, JULY 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT).
Based on the popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. Members of the ensemble cast for the sixth season included Emmy®and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Jonathan Pryce. Season six credits: executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.
TV, Myself, and I (Part II): Rediscovering Ed
TEASE
Imagine this article is playing out before your eyes like a television show. The screen is black. The Foo Fighters’ song “Next Year” plays as we fade in on a familiar scene and the voiceover says, “Last time on “TV, Myself, & I.” We flashback to Part I of this article in which I discuss the Four Factors of Televisual Familiarity, or the major reasons certain television shows become significant in our lives. A montage of clips illustrates the following examples:
- Finding shows during transformative periods in our lives.
- Someone we love turning us onto a particular show and sharing it with them.
- Shows with sex appeal and characters we find desirable.
- Programs that help us develop professional dreams and attitudes we carry into adulthood.
Finally, in a dramatic cliff hanger, the voice-over reminds you that these categories often overlap and a personal case study of my relationship with the cult-favorite Ed is promised for Part II. You laugh. You cry. You get a new plate of nachos. And we’re back.
TV, Myself, and I (Part I): The Four Factors of Televisual Familiarity
The intimacy of watching television is different than bonding with movies or music. Whenever I enter new periods of confusion in my life, I make it a point to rewatch the The Graduate (1967) or blast the electric “I-don’t-give-a-fuck” Live 1966 “Royal Albert Hall” version of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.” I pursue the familiar wisdom born of disillusionment in these pieces of art because it’s comforting and gives me hope. Television shows come to me as ever-changing episodes that demand my attention in the present moment. Whatever happens in my life between these installments informs my perspective on the stories and characters.
Oscar Nominations 2017-‘La La Land’ is in the lead with 14 nods!
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Directing
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Lead Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lead Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Documentary Short
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
Live Action Short Film
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Best Original Song
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
“The Empty Chair” – Jim: The James Foley Story
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
Best Costume Design
La La Land
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
Allied
Best Makeup and Hair Styling
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
A Man Called Ove
Best Production Design
La La Land
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Arrival
Hail Caesar
Passengers
Best Film Editing
La La Land
Moonlight
Hacksaw Ridge
Arrival
Hell or High Water
Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Doctor Strange
Deepwater Horizon
Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Sound Mixing
La La Land
Hacksaw Ridge
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Arrival
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Top 10 Groundlings Alumni Movie Performances
Please give a warm welcome to our newest Cinephella, Chris!
Michael Myers is Coming Home with Blumhouse and John Carpenter
by Logan Myerz
If you have paid attention to the horror genre over the past ten years, you have probably been nodding off at the movie theaters during one of the god awful horror re-makes Hollywood has force fed us. But, once in a while, there is a film that is worth recognizing, and gives us a little hope for the genre. I am a huge horror movie fan and when I hear or read the word “remake,” I start to tune out the rest of the conversation.
FYI – Info on the next Game of Thrones episode
JUNE 12th EPISODE
Episode #58 (season 6, episode 8): “No One”
Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: June 12 (11:35 p.m., 2:00 a.m.), 13 (12:30 a.m.), 14 (9:00 p.m., 1:50 a.m.), 16 (11:00 p.m.), 17 (9:00 p.m.), 18 (12:10 a.m.) and 24 (8:00 p.m.) HBO2 playdates: June 13 (8:30 p.m.), 17 (1:00 a.m.), 18 (4:00 p.m.), 19 (8:00 p.m.) and 26 (7:00 p.m.)
While Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) weighs his options, Cersei (Lena Headey) answers a request. Tyrion’s (Peter Dinklage) plans bear fruit. Arya (Maisie Williams) faces a new test.
Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Mark Mylod.
Cinephellas 