"Lotus Eaters" Trailer

LOTUS EATERS features a cast of young up-and-comers lead by Antonia Campbell-Hughes, a former fashion model; Johnny Flynn, lead singer of the popular English folk-rock band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit and Benn Northover, who appeared in a number of acclaimed films including KIDNAPPED ABROAD and HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS.

The film, the directorial debut of Alexandra McGuinness, follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll.  The story centers on ex-model and aspiring actress Alice (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) as she struggles with her relationship with Charlie (Johnny Flynn), her drug-addicted ex-boyfriend.  The fashionable group of friends epitomizes a new modern “lost generation” reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway and his cohorts.

"The Hitchcock 9 National US Tour Announced

A national tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s nine earliest surviviving works, all newly restored by the BFI (British Film Institute), will roll out with screenings presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (Castro Theatre, June 14-16); Academy of Music’s Steinberg Screen in the Harvey Theater, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (kicking off June 18 at the Academy’s Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles); and BAMcinématek (kicking off June 29-July 5). The touring festival is a joint venture of the BFI, Park Circus/ITV Studios, and Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal.
 
The nine early Hitchcocks are also set to screen in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Boston, Berkeley, Columbus, and other American cities. Both the Brooklyn and San Francisco events will feature live music performed by the Colorado-based Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, British composer/pianist Stephen Horne, and other artists.
 
While Hitchcock is one of the most famous film directors of all time, his first ten films – nine of which surivive – are little known compared to his later work. Made from 1925 to 1929, Hitchcock’s extant silents are among the greatest achievements of early British cinema, containing the motifs and obsessions we’ve come to recognize as “Hitchcockian,” though most of the nine have been little-seen here, if at all.
 
The nine new BFI restorations include the director’s very first film, The Pleasure Garden, and such rarities as Downhill, Easy Virtue, Champagne, and The Farmer’s Wife.  The familiar Hitchcock style begins to emerge strongly in at least four of the films:  Blackmail, The Ring, The Manxman, and The Lodger, which the director himself dubbed “the first true Hitchcock picture” (it also features his first cameo appearance). One early Hitchcock, The Mountain Eagle, is lost.
 
The restoration of the “Hitchcock 9” is the largest restoration project ever undertaken by the BFI, which holds some of the most important and earliest surviving copies of the silent Hitchcocks; the restorations also include materials  sourced from other international archives. The restorations have made the films crisper and fresher than ever and  uncover new layers of meaning, encouraging a deeper appreciation of the precocious genius at work.

Title Sequence From "Oz The Great And Powerful"

Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and Joey King, Oz The Great and Powerful follows Oscar Diggs (Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, who is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. He thinks he's hit the jackpot -- fame and fortune are his for the taking -- that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity--and even a bit of wizardry--Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

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Two New "Fast & Furious 6" Tv Spots

Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete.

Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

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"The Kings Of Summer" Teaser

A unique coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends – Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Moises Arias) - who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact that family - whether it is the one you’re born into or the one you create – is something you can't run away from.

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"Iron Man 3" 2013 Kids' Choice Awards TV Spot Teaser

Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

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New TV Spot For "The Host"

In the March 29 release, when an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about - Jared (Irons), Ian (Abel), her brother Jamie (Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (Hurt), proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.

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First Photos From "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters"

The sequel finds Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, continuing his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.

New "Now You See Me" Poster

Now You See Me pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen," a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. "The Four Horsemen" pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and Jeff Bridges Up to Replace Jude Law in 'Jane Got a Gun'

You're probably not familiar with the - for lack of a better word - 'rough' road the indie western, Jane Got a Gun, has been on for the past couple weeks, so here's a quick recap:

• As of a month ago, Natalie Portman is set to star as Jane, a woman whose outlaw husband returns home riddled with bullets, forcing her to team with her ex-lover (Michael Fassbender) to seek revenge on the man responsible (Joel Edgerton).  Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) is set to direct with Portman also producing.

• A little more than two weeks ago, Fassbender drops out of the project, citing scheduling conflicts with X-Men: Days of Future Past (other word is he didn't get along with Ramsay).  Edgerton - being the good sport he is - decides to take on the ex-lover role Fassbender was to play, leading Jude Law to come in to play the villian role instead.

• This past Monday, Ramsay decides to no-show the first day of shooting, a not to subtle message that she's quit the project.

• Tuesday, the producers announce they've nabbed Gavin O'Connor (Warrior, the best film no one's seen) to direct the project, with a new start date of Thursday to begin shooting.

• Finally, Jude Law - being the 'good sport' he is - says screw you to the producers and quits as well, stating he signed on 'to work with Ramsay.'

So here we are today, with the film's barely two-day old director O'Connor and the producers scrambling to fill the villian role that's been vacated twice already.

Word comes that they're looking to get an actor with an 'international brand' (I guess they don't care what Americans think) and on the list are Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and a bit out of left-field choice, Jeff Bridges.

Gyllenhaal and Maguire have a history with Portman, having worked with the actress on Brothers while also being in the same age-range as Edgerton and Law, implying the role is for a young-to-middle age man.

The wild card here is Bridges who obviously doesn't fit the age-range but is one of the best actors working today.  Being that the role is for the villain - and not the ex-lover or husband (who's playing him anyway?) - it's safe to say it doesn't matter how old the guy is, as long as he's evil and can kick ass.

Stay tuned for more on this very troubled production as maybe by next week Portman will have dropped out with Betty White taking her place (that was a joke).

Source: LA Times