Take Over: Change of Schedule: Movies In September

Hey Guys,

I'm going to change the schedule around a little, seeing as I couldn't get away in time to do my blog yesterday and been rather busy, too busy to find a guest, I'm going to focus on up-and-coming films Today instead. This is my Take Over Tuesday.

Well it's 4th September, the new academic year is starting, so what does September hold for movie lovers?

First off we have the amazing new comic book film: Dredd (3D) Directed by Peter Travis:

Dredd is based in futuristic, violent city of America,  It has become a waste Land. Criminals have begun to rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order are Police have authority to act as judge, jury and executioner.  Known as 'Judges' who combine all three powers, they team up with a rookie, to try and take down a gang of drug dealers and stop the chaotic streets.

Dredd stars the lead actor out of Star Trek, Karl Urban, and got an out standing review at this years comic con. I've seen some trailers and it looks like a dark, futuristic comic, come to life.

This is a great movie for all the comic book geeks, and even the fans of comic films.

UK Release: 7/09/2012

Trailer (plus more info): http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-full-trailer-for-dredd-watch-now


Secondly we have a brand new Stop-Motion picture: ParaNorman (3D) Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell

I a quite town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a misunderstood boy who discovers he can communicate with Zombies and becomes the town's only hope.

This looks like a funny, fabulous family film with a lot of laughs and great moments for all to enjoy.

UK Release: 14/09/2012

Trailer (plus more info): http://www.totalfilm.com/news/new-trailer-arrives-for-paranorman-watch-now


Finally, the saga continues. One film that might make or break the whole franchise: Resident Evil: Retribution (3D) Directed by Paul W.S Anderson

Now I'm slightly wary about this film, I love the other films, even though they are rather over-the-top and sometimes a little unbelievable, they are still worth a watch, but I was unsure if they would bring another one out.

The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to destroy earth and effect the people, transforming the globe into masses of Undead, flesh eaters. The only hope is Alice, who awakens in Umbrella's operation facility, she unveils more of her complex, mysterious past.

UK Release: 28/09/2012

Trailer (plus more info): http://www.totalfilm.com/news/first-full-trailer-for-resident-evil-retribution-watch-now

If there are any movies you are excited about in September then let me know underneith in the comments, any other information you have on any of these films, or any comments, let me know

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Stay Safe:

Matt

Film Thursday: Stop-Motion Animation

Hey Guys,

This is Film Thursday.

Here’s the part of the week where I will either review a film or talk about how film can affect us in certain ways. Each week I will ask you what you feel should review next or what area of film I should look into.

This week we are going to look into the amazing world of Stop-Motion Animation, a very time consuming but extremely detailed form of animation.

For those of you unsure of what Stop-Motion Animation is, then think back to Wallace and Gromit (1989 – Present) by Nick Park, Aardman Animations.

Basically the way they create these animations is they place the clay models into the potion they need. Then take a few shots. They then stop the camera, move the models by the slightest amount for the next shot.

These stop-motion animations take up a lot of time, as one scene may take the animators a couple of days. So a whole film may take a year or maybe more.

Such Films as: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton, and Buton’s other creation: Corpse Bride (2005) are both stop-motion films and both have a high level of detail and had plenty of time spent making and creating these films.

The reason I am mentioning stop-motion is down to something that I am highly excited about. It is one film I truly cannot wait to go and see, I will be front of line as soon as it is out.

This film will be the work of Director, Producer, and Writer Guillermo del Toro (GDT/ Del Toro).  Del Toro is the creator of such films as: Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) and The Orphanage (2007). He has created some very extraordinary creatures and monsters and knows how to play with ‘The Dark Side’ of film.

So when I heard that GDT was rumoured to make a ‘dark’ version of Pinocchio, I was extremely excited at how the creatures would look and what tales he would bring through.

The idea of this film is based around a book that Gris Grimly wrote. Del Toro is working alongside The Jim Henson Company, and there are the first artistic impressions of the film.

If you haven’t guessed already, this will be a stop-motion animation. Which means it will not be released until around 2014, but it is just exciting to have seen some of the pictures from this talented director.

So here, from GDT’s own website, are some of the artist interpretations:

The first two pictures are artist interpretations, and the last one is one of the models they may be using in the movie.

So as you can see, it is a very exciting concept, the blue fairy is rumoured to be the soul of a dead girl and there are meant to be plenty of dark creatures. 

There are also rumours of Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Waits and Luing Andrews voicing some of the many characters.

If you want to find out more about Del Toro then here is his website:

http://deltorofilms.com/wp/

And this is all the information on his version of Pinocchio:

http://deltorofilms.com/wp/category/other-projects/pinocchio

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488589/

I can’t wait to see more info as it comes in, and can’t wait to see this film in 2014.

Stay safe,

Matt

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