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In the run up to the release of Rio 2, Jemaine Clement (with the assistance of an animatronic bird) shocked and scared passers by in Kew Gardens – visit the link to see for yourself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYceMm2eNQ4&feature=youtu.be
It shows another innovation in the promotion of movies as studios explore the culture of cinema.
Can you think of any other great and original advertising campaigns for films from the past 10 years or so?
Here’s a brand new clip for The Other Woman which is out in cinemas on 23 April. In this clip we watch as Carly (Cameron Diaz) & Kate (Leslie Mann) stakeout Amber (Kate Upton) at the beach – with hilarious consequences!
Carly (Cameron Diaz) discovers her new boyfriend Mark (Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is a fraud – and worse – when she accidentally meets his wife, Kate (Leslie Mann). Carly suddenly finds herself comforting Kate, and their unlikely friendship solidifies when they realize that Mark is cheating on both of them with yet another “other woman,” Amber (Kate Upton). The three women join forces plotting an outrageous plan for revenge.
Here’s the UK trailer for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s (Amelie) new adventure film The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. Out in UK cinemas on June 13th, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, and Kyle Catlett as T.S. Spivet.
T.S. Spivet lives on a remote ranch in Montana with his parents, his sister Gracie and his brother Layton. A gifted child with a passion for science, he has invented a perpetual motion machine, for which he has been awarded the prestigious Baird Prize by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
He leaves a note for his family and hops a freight train to make his way across the United States and receive his prize.
But no one there suspects that the lucky winner is a ten-year-old child with a very dark secret…
Set at the height of 1950s glamour, this audience award winning drama recounts the extraordinary relationship between Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (played by Miranda Otto, Lord of the Rings) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (the beautifully handsome Gloria Pires). In search of inspiration, Bishop leaves America having accepted the invitation of an old college friend to stay with her on her sprawling country estate in Brazil. But she never counted on meeting the love of her life – her friend’s partner.
At first, the fiery personalities of the two women collide and lead to passion-fuelled debates, but animosity quickly turns to attraction, then desire. From Oscar-nominated director Bruno Barreto, REACHING FOR THE MOON is an intimate portrait of two remarkable artists as they discover the most incredible love.
The 8th Asian Film Awards (AFA) award ceremony, dubbed the “Asian Oscars”, was held tonight at the House of Dancing Water Theatre in the City of Dreams, Macau. The 8th AFA was jointly organized by the AFA academy (AFAA) and its constituent partners – Busan Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival and Hong Kong Film Festival.
The Grandmaster walked away with the most awards this evening, bagging seven awards: Best Film, Best Director for Wong Kar-wai, Best Actress award for Zhang Ziyi, Best Production Designer and Costume Designer for William Chang Suk Ping, and Best Cinematographer for Phillipe Le Sourd.
In her speech, actress Zhang Ziyi spoke of one of the martial arts directors that was on the MH370, the missing Malaysian flight. Director Wong Kar-wai received the Best Film award on behalf of the crew and dedicated his speech to the missing director. He offered his deepest condolences and called on the Malaysian government for more transparency in clarifying the situation soon.
Isabelle Huppert, one of Europe’s top actresses, was named as the first honorary member of the AFAA. Top French fashion designer agnès b of her self-named label presented the Best Costume Designer and Best Production Designer Awards at the AFA award ceremony.
Amidst a standing ovation, Taiwanese actor Hou Hsiao Hsien received the top honour of Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to Asian cinema throughout his 30 year career. “I’m receiving this award because I am an old man,” he joked. He expressed that he is motivated to continue making new films.
Irrfan Khan, lead actor of Indian romance film The Lunchbox, beat other nominees for the Best Actor award (including Tony Leung and Lee Kang Sheng) to win the award. “I’m honoured and delighted that I have been nominated with such great actors, actors which I’ve watched and which I’m in love with,” he said.
Guests were entertained by a singing performance from Chinese singer Zhou Bichang (Bibi Zhou), a microphone-grabbing giraffe Vivi, and a spectacular water show by the House of Dancing Water and its talented dance troupe.
List of winners:
Lifetime Achievement:Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Best Film:The Grandmaster
Best Director:Wong Kar-wai, The Grandmaster
Best Actor:Irrfan Khan, The Lunchbox
Best Actress:Zhang Ziyi, The Grandmaster
Best Newcomer:Jiang Shuying, So Young
Best Supporting Actor:Huang Bo, No Man’s Land
Best supporting actress:Yeo Yann Yann, Ilo Ilo
Best Screenwriter:Ritesh Batra, The Lunchbox
Best Cinematographer:Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster
Best Production Designer:William Chang Suk Ping, Alfred Yau Wai Ming, The Grandmaster
Best Composer:Nathaniel Mechaly, Umebayashi Shigeru, The Grandmaster
Best Editor:Shin Min-kyung, Cold Eyes
Best Visual Effects:Jung Sung-jin, Mr Go
Best Costume designer:William Chang Suk Ping, The Grandmaster