Wednesday, July 2, 2014

This July 2014 in CinemaWorld

Nordic Crime Dramas on CinemaWorld This July

It’s a whole new world of entertainment beyond Hollywood. CinemaWorld, the first Pan-Asia international movie channel, brings the best movies from the world’s best story tellers. Introducing diverse cultures, all movies are shown in their original language subtitled in English.
Explore the Northern part of Europe with CinemaWorld’s exclusive premieres on Sunday See The World every 9:00 PM, featuring Nordic films – Echoes From the Dead and Glass Dolls.
Echoes From The Dead, a mystery novel adaptation from the team behind the Millenium Trilogy, takes place in the Swedish island of Ɩland. Julia’s six-year-old son Jens goes missing, and she is holding her father, Gerlof, responsible. Carrying a heavy burden, Gerlof spends many years performing his own investigation. His prime suspect is the mythical Nils Kant, who is supposedly dead and has been buried for many years. But rumor has it that Nils Kant still haunts the island. Twenty years after the disappearance, Julia’s father receives one of the shoes Jens was wearing the day he went missing. Who sent it? Is Jens still alive? Starring Lena Endre, who plays the role of Julia, winner of the Best Actress Awards from the Amanda Awards (Norway’s Oscar) and the Guldbagge Award (Sweden’s Oscar), Echoes From The Dead premieres on CinemaWorld on July 6, at 9:00 PM.
Just released this April 4, 2014 in Norway is Thriller Glass Dolls. One windy, autumn day, university student Lisa is found dead in a small lake on the TromsĆø Island. As police and investigator, Aslak Eira, seems to be fumbling in the dark, the best friend of Lisa disappears as well. The struggle to save the student’s life and to reveal the identity of the murderer becomes a race against time. For Aslak, it becomes a matter of life and death as his 16 year-old son becomes involved in the case. Based on a recent novel of Norwegian crime writer Jorun ThĆørring, catch Glass Dolls on CinemaWorld on July 20, at 9:00 PM.
Continue the adventure at home with Swedish psychological thriller series, Van Veteeren, on CinemaWorld’s Thriller Fridays, at 11:00 PM. Watch episodes Return of the Dancing Masters on July 4, Carambole on July 11, The Swallow, The Cat, The Rose & Death on July 18 and Moreno & The Silence on July 25.
As CinemaWorld is committed to offering what is good, outstanding and different, Sunday See The World has more movies premiering first on CinemaWorld.
Some say money is the root of all evil, but is this the case in Iranian movie, Check? Despite their different characters and beliefs, four persons are obliged to spend 30 hours together waiting to have their share after cashing in a check. Little do they know that each one is looking for a way to take everything for themselves. Check premieres on July 13, at 9:00 PM. Also another fresh release, this time from Spain and Argentina, is Betibu. Pedro Chazarreta was found dead in a peaceful and well-guarded private neighborhood. A few years prior, Pedro was the only suspect accused in the murder case of his wife, simulating a silly domestic accident. To cover Chazarreta’s death, a popular newspaper calls on a ghost writer known as Betibu. Who killed Chazarreta? Is his death related to his wife’s? Find out on July 27, at 9PM.
For more details about CinemaWorld, log on to www.facebook.com/CinemaWorldAsia, follow @CinemaWorldAsia, or visit cinemaworld.asia.

CinemaWorld is available in Metro Manila on Cable Link on channel 301, and on Sky Cable HD on channel 184. Contact your cable operator for more details.








Tuesday, July 1, 2014

ALWAYS A “THIRD PERSON” IN RELATIONSHIPS

Academy Award Winner director Paul Haggis (“Crash) once again explores complex characters in the intriguing interconnected stories in “Third Person” starring Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Loan Chabanol and Moran Atias.
Photo courtesy of Axinite Digicinema

                At the core of the story is Liam Neeson, who plays Michael,  a Pulitzer Prize winning author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite in Paris to finish his latest book.  He recently left his wife, Elaine (Kim Basinger), and is having a tempestuous affair with an ambitious young writer, Anna (Olivia Wilde) who has her own agenda.

At the same time, Scott (Adrien Brody), a shady American businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating everything Italian, Scott is in search of something decent to eat when he meets Monika (Moran Atias), a breathtakingly beautiful gypsy, who is about to be reunited with her young daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her daughter’s smuggler is stolen, Scott feels compelled to help.  They take off together for a dangerous town in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he is the patsy in an elaborate con game.

Julia (Mila Kunis), an ex-soap opera actress, is caught in a custody battle for her 6 year-old son with her ex-husband Rick (James Franco), a famous New York artist. With her support cut off and her legal costs ruinous, Julia is reduced to working as a maid in the same upscale boutique hotel where she was once a  frequent guest. Julia’s lawyer Theresa (Maria Bello) has secured Julia one final chance to change the court’s mind and be reunited with the child she loves.

“Third Person” tells three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal, the tales play out in New York, Paris and Rome - three couples who appear to have nothing in common and only tangential connections. But there is always a third person in any relationship -- perhaps not romantically, perhaps you aren't even aware of their existence, but they are there.  At its heart, Third Person is much more than a collection of love stories -- it is a mystery; a puzzle in which truth is revealed in glimpses, and clues are caught by the corner of your eye -- and nothing is truly what it seems.        

Renowned actress and activist, Bello shares, “Like most of the characters in this film you don’t really understand who this character is until it unfolds towards the end.  Paul is such a beautiful writer that the character keeps getting more and more complex, so in the beginning you think  Theresa’s  this   straight   arrow  lawyer   who’s  representing  Mila   Kunis’ character Julia in her custody case, but then you find out towards the end that she has her own complication and pain going on”.

 “Paul Haggis has been a dear friend for ten years, but we’ve never worked together, and I’ve always loved his writing, so, when I first read this, like, every other script he’s ever written, I fell in love with it and really, really wanted to do it and I’m so pleased to be here. It’s fun working with him but of course there’s this fine line between ‘friend’ who I’ve known forever, and ‘director’… and he walks that edge so beautifully. He’s incredibly supportive and has very strong vision about what he wants so, as an actor you feel very safe in that, and yet very free to express yourself,” Bello says further.


If I Stay's Chloe Grace Moretz & Jamie Blackley Greets Philippines





Chloe Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley, the lead stars of the upcoming romantic drama “If I Stay,” say “Hello, Philippines!” as they invite Filipino fans of Gayle Forman's best-selling novel to cath the film when it opens here on Sept. 3, 2014

The international main poster for “If I Stay” has also just been revealed, featuring a collection of haunting images, anchored by the tagline, “Life for Love.”

Forman’s beloved novel comes to the screen in New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ drama “If I Stay,” starring ChloĆ« Grace Moretz (“Carrie,” the “Kick-Ass” films), Mireille Enos (“World War Z”), Joshua Leonard (“Higher Ground”), Jamie Blackley (“Snow White and the Huntsman”) and Stacy Keach (“Nebraska”).

In the film, Mia Hall (Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate.

Rounding out the main cast are Liana Liberato , Aisha Hinds, Jakob Davies and Gabrielle Rose.

R.J. Cutler directed the film from a screenplay by Shauna Cross based on Forman’s novel. “If I Stay” is produced by Alison Greenspan, with Denise DiNovi, Forman and Brad Van Arragon serving as executive producers.

Cutler’s behind-the-scenes team included cinematographer John de Borman, production designer Brent Thomas, editor Keith Henderson, costume designer Monique Prudhomme and composer Heitor Pereira.

Opening across the Philippines on Sept. 03, 2014, “If I Stay” is a presentation of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company.