500 Days of Summer – Film review

From the “kick ass” trailer I was really looking forward to seeing 500 Days of Summer, as I’m a complete sucker for romantic comedies. Well… At least I though it was! This is about a boy, that meets a girl, boy falls in love ,and girl… well… she does what she likes. This drives the poor boy insane, enough to write a full feature film about his breakup with Summer and achieve world wide success!  In most romantic comedies you will find that it’s the women who ends up with her heart broken. Not this flick! In this cases you will find that it’s the man who gets his heart broken and discovers himself on the path he should have always been on! This is based on a true story.. It’s so good, it has the build up, the progression, the wit, and the final delivery all in the right places. Go and seek out this movie Zooey Deschanel, is misleading, footloose and sooo HOT!

Directed by: Marc Webb

Written by: Scott Neustadter & Michael Weber

Produced by: Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick, Steven J. Wolfe

Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Matthew Gray Gubler, Rachel Boston, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moritz

This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be – it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will.  When Tom, A hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” to try to figure out where things went wrong.  His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.

SECRET CINEMA LONDON,

This event is not to be missed and If you can’t find anyone to go with you it’s usually  massively attended, so no need to worry, come as you are!!!

SECRET CINEMA LONDON

6th SEPTEMBER 2009

OUT OF THE MOVIE THEATRE AND UNDER THE STARS REMEMBER TELL NO-ONE…

‘It’s the best night out at the movies in Britain.’ The Independent On 6th September 2009, for the first time ever, SECRET CINEMA heads to the great outdoors! Held at a secret location in London SECRET CINEMA is aiming to be the biggest and most exciting open air cinema event this year. It will be opening up its gates to up to 3000 guests, but as usual, it all remains strictly, well… secret. What we can say is that audiences will be asked to participate in a kaleidoscopic journey to the theme of an American cult classic. For those who aren’t already in the know, SECRET CINEMA offers a very unique cinematic experience. The locations of the mystery screenings are only revealed a day before the event to those who have signed up to the mailing list via the SECRET CINEMA website. Tickets are now on sale from http://www.secretcinema.org Past clandestine screenings have seen live rescores, special guests, installation artists, musicians and performers. Locations can range from derelict theatres to city rooftops; while the films can be anything from premieres and exclusive previews to cult classics and time honoured favourites.

At the last sell-out screening the sights, sounds and smells of Jamaica came to Elephant and Castle with a screening of Jimmy Cliff’s reggae classic The Harder They Come. Hoards of excited crowds gathered at the newly transformed Coronet Theatre and celebrated in true carnival style alongside all the special performers and live reggae acts. Courtesy of Future Cinema SECRET CINEMA launched back in December 2008 and has since screened a number of classic films including Funny Face at The Royal Academy of Arts and an exclusive preview of Gus Van Saint’s Paranoid Park in a disused railway tunnel in South London.

Previous Secret Cinema Events include: The Harder They Come, Coronet Theatre, June 2009 Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, February 2009 Ghostbusters, Royal Horticultural Halls and the Corn Exchange, Brighton, November 2008 A Night at the Opera, Hackney Empire, October 2008  If…Dulwich College, London, and Clifton College, Bristol, June 2008 Funny Face, The Royal Academy of Arts, February 2008 Paranoid Park, A disused railway tunnel in South London, December 2007 Tickets cost £18.50 and must be booked via http://www.secretcinema.org

About Future Cinema Future Cinema creates large scale cinematic experiences, fusing feature film with music, theatre and live performance. The company is famed for taking audiences on a multi-sensory ride and regularly produces ‘Don’t Miss’ events across the country. In addition to its own events, Future Cinema also organises experiences for third parties, including premieres, award ceremonies and live music events. It also acts as an agency, providing a full range of performance artists and other event related personnel.

In March earlier this year, Future Cinema teamed up with Paramount Pictures UK to host the people’s premiere of Watchmen at the SeOne club in South London, and transported the guests to 1950’s New York with live music from punk rock band Gallows. http://www.futurecinema.co.uk

Screenplay tips!

I am currently in the middle of writing a short film and I’m looking around for some tips on how to structure it, I came across a site called  scriptfrenzy.org, they have a great section under the Writer’s Resources tab. It provides some straight forward “how to” guides on writing screenplays, TV scripts, comic books and stage.

If for any reason the helping hand you use isn’t working, take a look at scriptfrenzy.org.

Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April. As part of a donation-funded nonprofit, Script Frenzy charges no fee to participate; there are also no valuable prizes awarded or “best” scripts singled out. Every writer who completes the goal of 100 pages is victorious and awe-inspiring and will receive a handsomeScript Frenzy Winner’s Certificate and web icon proclaiming this fact.

Sounds like its worth a shot to me.

Enjoy!

SPECIAL 2 FOR 1 OFFER: STATELY SCREENINGS UNDER SKY!

Go and get them while you can, this is a great offer to see some really cool out door films in our very own National Trust homes. Details are below.

STATELY SCREENINGS UNDER SKY

The National Trust Stately Screenings brought to you by SKY in association with BAFTA and Screen East

If you love film, places steeped in history, enjoy al fresco dining with friends and family, and the idea of watching the stars, under the stars…then look out for a fantastic season of outdoor cinema with the National Trust.  The Trust has teamed up with partners big in the movie world – Sky, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Screen East – to bring an exciting programme of outdoor cinema to two prestigious National Trust properties this summer; presenting the very best in contemporary and classic film in the grounds of grand houses oozing with atmosphere.

The programme kicks off at the impressive Wimpole Hall, near Royston Cambridgeshire on Friday 21 August with the ‘period hoot’ Easy Virtue, followed by Oscar and BAFTA award winning Atonement on Saturday 22 August. At Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, guests can see The Duchess starring Keira Knightley on Friday 28 August, or get into Abba – mania with Mamma Mia! on Saturday 29 August.  Each event begins at 8pm with screenings starting at approximately 8.45pm, subject to light conditions, extra treats like ‘behind the scenes’ introductions to the films and local archive footage, plus delicious food and drink on offer. Tickets are priced at Adults £12, children £8 and Family £42, and include a complementary refreshment each on arrival.

Some of the films have a connection to the Trust properties: for example scenes for Easy Virtuewere in fact shot at Wimpole Hall, and Ickworth House was the family home of the real-life character ‘Bess’ who features in The Duchess.

Picnics are welcome at each event, and the beautiful gardens that the Trust is famous for will be open beyond normal opening hours for people to wander around before the films begin. The films will be projected from a giant cinema screen, taking pride of place in the grounds of these great houses and providing a sumptuous backdrop for you to enjoy the best of recent cinema.

These new, exciting film events have been brought to you in partnership with Sky with additional support from BAFTA, Screen East and the Cambridge Film Trust.

For more information and to book tickets for Wimpole Hall, please call 01223 206000.  For more information and to book tickets for Ickworth House, please contact The Theatre Royal Box Office on 01284 769505.

NATIONAL TRUST

The National Trust is Europe’s biggest conservation organisation and looks after special places acrossEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland for ever, for everyone. People and places are at the heart of everything it does. Over 3.5 million members,  over 50,000 volunteers, 500,000 school children, and millions of visitors, donors and supporters help the Trust look after 300 historic houses and gardens, 700 miles of coastline and 250,000 hectares of open countryside. www.nationaltrust.org,uk

BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. With an expert industry membership of nearly 6500 individuals, globally, we focus attention on the highest achievements of films, video games and television programmes shown in the UK each year in order to motivate and inspire those who make them, and to educate and develop the taste of those who watch them. www.bafta.org

SCREEN EAST

Screen East is the regional screen agency for the East of England dedicated to developing a vibrant and flourishing film, TV and digital media industry.  The agency aims to drive the content sector to the heart of the digital economy; build the region’s ‘on-screen’ identity through indigenous production and inward investment of filmed entertainment; delight audiences with the choice and quality of on-screen content and empower young people to shape their vision through media expression.  Screen East allocates Lottery funding on behalf of the UK Film Council through the Regional Investment Fund for England(RIFE).  www.screeneast.co.uk

Orphan – trailer

I went to see Orphan a weeks or so ago, I can honestly say that I was quite intrigued with Esther‘s secret. The advertising campaign questions “What is wrong with esther?” Well I can’t tell you that, but if you wanna get scrared go and seek out and see it. Isabelle Fuhrman’s performance was incredible. She is definetly one to watch for up and coming horror movies. It took me a few days to take the film in and understand what happened here. It’s definetly creepy and has an effect which is quite hard to shake off.  Its a very simple storyline with a very complex character.

Orphan hits the big screens this Friday 7th August. Enjoy!