TIMOTHEE CHALAMET IN “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME”

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TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE IN “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME”

At 22, Timothée Chalamet becomes the youngest Oscar Best Actor nominee in 74 years, and he gets this distinction for his performance in Sony Pictures Classic's heartwrenching love story, Call Me By Your Name.

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Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film is the heady awakening of a 17-year old young man’s first passion. When Elio (Chalamet) falls for Oliver (Armie Hammer), the charismatic 24 year-old graduate student staying at his parents’ villa in northern Italy, it sets in motion an experience that will linger with both of them forever.

A large percentage of the story focuses on the myriad steps forward and backward between Elio and Oliver before their relationship finally becomes physical. Stressing anticipation through an unhurried buildup is common in Guadagnino’s films. Says Chalamet: “It’s the universally relatable game of cat and mouse and push and pull that occurs between people that are attracted to one another but have suspicions and insecurities about whether the other holds the same level of attraction. They also have trepidations because they aren’t in a time period or a location that is accepting or encouraging of them having an intimate relationship.”

While his films are praised for their eroticism, Guadagnino doesn’t depict sexuality gratuitously. Says Chalamet: “When you first see Elio and Oliver kiss, and the first time they really make love, the shots play out for awhile. You see the awkwardness and the physical tension in a way where, if there were a million cuts, would be lost.”

Rated R-16 With No Cuts by the MTRCB, Call Me By Your Name, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothee Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old young man, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart.

One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24 year-old American college graduate student working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Now showing exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas, Call Me By Your Name is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.

BABY DRIVER movie review

Baby Driver is the story about getaway car driver named Baby (played by Ansel Elgort) who wants to get out of robbing banks. But he has to pay for the money he owes Doc (Kevin Spacey). You can categorize it as an action/dark comedy movie.

 

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As for the cast, their respective character suits them all. Ansel Elgort combines his charms with the wit and theatrics similar to Charlie Chaplin. Kevin Spacey still appears authoritative and a fearsome character. Jamie Foxx, John Hamm, and Eiza Gonzales combines the mixed between comical and violent characters of bank robbers that you never seen before. Lily James provides the love interest aspect for Baby which is darkly different from her Cinderella character.

It is different kind of car stunts which is simpler than Fast & Furious because there is only one getaway car that does all the stunts for every heist. Baby’s private music tracks are not just soundtracks but really part of the story which makes it fun.

The month of August surely opened with a good movie starting with Baby Driver. This is probably the ideal movie adaptation of the video game Grand Theft Auto. For more movie reviews, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.

Columbia Picture's 2011 Line Up

Coming off a record-breaking 2010 which saw the studio releasing consecutive box-office hits (“Legion,” “The Karate Kid,” “Salt,” “Eat Pray Love”) and acclaimed films (“The Social Network”), Columbia Pictures now unveils its roster of would-be blockbusters for 2011.  Right off in January, Columbia immediately ups the stakes with two movie events – the gorgeous thriller “The Tourist” starring the hot-ticket team-up of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp; and the 3D action-adventure “The Green Hornet” which aims to reinvent the superhero genre.  The rest of the year promises to be as excitingly extraordinary. 

The Tourist.  Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist in Venice whose playful dalliance with a beautiful stranger (Angelina Jolie) leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger. 

            The Green Hornet.  Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA’s most prominent media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence  – until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire.  Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more inventive employees, Kato, (Jay Chou) they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves. 

            World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles.  When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue.  As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our first and last line of defense against a highly powerful enemy.

            Underworld 4.  The Underworld film series starring Kate Beckinsale continues with this fourth outing, bringing the action-horror franchise into 3D for the first time.                         

            Priest.  A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) disobeys Church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a beautiful priestess (Maggie Q). The three band together to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped the priest's niece before they turn her into one of them.                              

The Smurfs.  When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours – in fact, smack dab in the middle of New York’s Central Park. The Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.            

Burlesque.  For Ali (Christina Aguilera), a small-town girl with a big voice, there had to be somewhere her dreams could be fulfilled, rather than remain an empty goal.  Leaving behind hardship and an uncertain future for the entertainment capital Los Angeles, Ali stumbles upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue.

            How Do You Know.  Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, and Jack Nicholson star in this new comedy written and directed by James L. Brooks that takes a contemporary and romantic look at the question, “How do you know?”           

                Faster.  A stint in prison usually has one of two effects on a man – it either breaks him down or makes him stronger. For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year sentence proved the latter. His strength was not just fueled by time, but also by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment.                             

Just Go With It.  A plastic surgeon (Adam Sandler), romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.          

                The Roommate.  The story centers on Sara (Minka Kelly), a college student randomly assigned to a freshman dorm with a stranger named Rebecca (Leighton Meester). They start off as friends but things turn deadly as Rebecca begins to target people in Sara's life.

                Bad Teacher.   A teacher (Cameron Diaz) with a rich fiancé gets distracted when a handsome substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) arrives at her school.                           

                Hanna.   Uniquely, 14-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland.  Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin.        

                Zookeeper.  Zoo animals try teaching their keeper (Kevin James) their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman (Rosario Dawson) of his dreams.                                                       

                Friends with Benefits.  Coming out of disastrous relationships, a female headhunter (Mila Kunis) and her newest client turned best friend (Justin Timberlake) make a ‘friends with benefits’ pact vowing to stop the casual sex if either become emotionally attached.   

                30 Minutes or Less.   A pizza delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) embarks on an unlikely caper.                                    
               Skank Robbers.  Two female bank robbers’ paths collide when they hit the same bank on the same day forcing them to partner-up to escape without arrest. But fate is not through with them yet...                                                

Straw Dogs.  A couple (James Marsden, Kate Bosworth) moves to the country and soon become the target of harassment by local ruffians (led by Alexander Skarsgard).               

                Restless.   Directed by Gus Van Sant, one of the most astute observers of people living life on the edge, comes a take on friendship and young love as engaging and true as it is provocative and stirring. Two outsiders (Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper), both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.          

                Jack & Jill.  A comedy centered on fraternal twins (Adam Sandler). 

                Jumping the Broom.  A collision of worlds when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding.            

                Born to be a Star.   A small town nerd (Nick Swardson) stumbles upon a family secret: his quiet and demure parents were famous porn stars in the 1970’s. This motivates him to leave northern Iowa for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps and fulfill his destiny as the world’s biggest adult-film star.