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- 10/29/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Tom Felton remembered provoking the famous ire of Alan Rickman on the set of the Harry Potter movies.
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
- 10/8/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
Tom Felton remembered provoking the famous ire of Alan Rickman on the set of the Harry Potter movies.
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
- 10/5/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
Tom Felton remembered provoking the famous ire of Alan Rickman on the set of the Harry Potter movies.
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
The Draco Malfoy actor gave the anecdote in a new promotional video posted on social media ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.
“Eventually, I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman: ‘Don’t step on my f***ing cloak’,” Felton recalled of the late actor who played Professor Severus Snape across the film saga.
“ sort of giggled, death eaters and I looked at each other and thought, ‘Is he joking?’ It quickly became apparent: he’s totally not joking.
“Next take, the director was very keen for me to walk as close as I can to Alan. We got about halfway through the Great Hall before [mimes stepping on Rickman’s cloak]. You have to bear in mind his cloak’s attached...
- 10/5/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
Killing Eve's cast is already pretty killer as it is, but it's about to get even bigger and better (and killer-er?) for season three. Entertainment Weekly just revealed a whole slew of actors - seven, to be exact - who will be joining the BBC America series for its highly anticipated third installment, which is slated to premiere in the first half of 2020.
Included in the latest additions are Game of Thrones alum Gemma Whelan and Predrag Bjelac, who portrayed Igor Karkaroff in the fourth Harry Potter movie. BBC America also previously confirmed that Dame Harriet Walter (Succession) and Danny Sapani (Misfits) will be appearing in season three of the spy thriller show. We don't have any information about what roles these new cast members will be playing alongside Jodie Comer's Villanelle and Sandra Oh's Eve Polastri, but we're certainly already mulling over some theories.
Ahead, take...
Included in the latest additions are Game of Thrones alum Gemma Whelan and Predrag Bjelac, who portrayed Igor Karkaroff in the fourth Harry Potter movie. BBC America also previously confirmed that Dame Harriet Walter (Succession) and Danny Sapani (Misfits) will be appearing in season three of the spy thriller show. We don't have any information about what roles these new cast members will be playing alongside Jodie Comer's Villanelle and Sandra Oh's Eve Polastri, but we're certainly already mulling over some theories.
Ahead, take...
- 11/14/2019
- by Victoria Messina
- Popsugar.com
The Film Centre of Montenegro has announced the results of its competition for production, project development and script development. The Film Centre of Montenegro has announced the results of its latest competition for the financing of the production of feature-length fiction and documentary films, as well as project development and script development. In the feature-film category, the biggest winner was The Black Pin director Ivan Marinović, who will receive €270,000 for Forever Hold Your Peace, produced through Adriatic Western. Draško Djurović, whose previous outing, Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny (2012), was a crime-thriller starring Predrag Bjelac and Michael Madsen, will get €150,000 for The Last Night in the Bay, produced by his company Montenegro Max Film. Nikola Vukčević has been awarded €120,000 for Face of Honour, staged by...
Tom Austen and Michelle Fairley are preparing for the action in their new film, ‘Ironclad: Battle for Blood,’ as the adventure project is set to be released in theaters and on home entertainment. XLrator Media will release the action movie, which is already available on VOD and iTunes, in theaters on July 25, and on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5. Besides Fairley and Austen, ‘Ironclad: Battle for Blood’ also stars Tom Rhys Harries, Roxanne McKee, Rosie Day, Predrag Bjelac and Andy Beckwith The action movie was directed by Jonathan English, who also co-wrote the script with Steven McDool. Of ‘Ironclad: Battle for blood,’ English said, “I wanted to do [ Read More ]
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- 7/15/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Writer-director Jonathan English got surprisingly lucky with the first Ironclad (2011) film, as it offered a thrilling/shocking blood thirst of video-gaming proportions, as well as an impressive cast, including Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Derek Jacobi, Charles Dance and the dashing James Purefoy. Still set in the harsh surroundings of 13th Century Britain, post the Great Siege of Rochester Castle, the second film, Ironclad 2: Battle For Blood, seems to have switched target audience, with a more youthful cast of mainly TV actors.
After the De Vesci castle home comes under attack from a band of marauding Celts, resulting in a critical body wound for the master of the house, Gilbert De Vesci (David Rintoul), his son Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries) is tasked with fetching his battle-scarred cousin, Guy (Tom Austen) to defend their ancestral home. But the bitter Guy comes at a price and with a band of reprobates in tow,...
After the De Vesci castle home comes under attack from a band of marauding Celts, resulting in a critical body wound for the master of the house, Gilbert De Vesci (David Rintoul), his son Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries) is tasked with fetching his battle-scarred cousin, Guy (Tom Austen) to defend their ancestral home. But the bitter Guy comes at a price and with a band of reprobates in tow,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny, Montenegro's Submission for the Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. U.S. :Princ Films. International Sales Agent: Princ Films
War criminals are bizarre creatures, to say the least. Undoubtedly despicable but equally intriguing, they embody the worst of what humanity is capable of. It takes a certain kind of psychopathic mentality to carry out abhorrent acts and appear seemingly unaffected by the consequences. Perhaps they are immune to such brutal violence because they have forced themselves to justify it as means to a righteous cause. Their self-absorbed megalomania prevents them from empathizing with others. Desensitized and arrogant, they see anyone that stands in their way as disposable. One of these repulsive characters is at the center of Montenegro's first ever Academy Award entry, Draško Đurović’s film Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny, in which the intrinsic poignancy of the region’s past conflicts is vivid.
As part of an Orthodox Christian paramilitary squad known as Shadows, which operated during the war in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, intimidating Beli (Branimir Popovic) became one of the most notorious and sadistic killers in the team. After having the sickening audacity to record one of his most gruesome achievements, he is sent to prison while is comrades fled the country. Partially motivated by greed, but also eager to achieve infamous grandeur, he sells the tape to the media.
Now free after serving his sentence, he realizes the tape doesn’t only put him at risk of facing the International Court, but also of retaliation from his ex-brothers in arms. Ready to escape to Italy before the authorities get to him, Beli returns to his family's home in a small Montenegrin town where his libertine younger brother Kento (Momcilo Otasevic) still resides. The latter now shares the house with a Swedish couple that pays him for his sexual favors. Unable to obtain money from them, Beli executes the foreigners upon his arrival.
Circumstantially turned into a fugitive, Kento, is now forcefully on the run with his insane brother. After briefly visiting their benevolent uncle to get cash, the duo heads towards a coastal town to visit one of Beli’s acquaintances that can help them escape. Reluctantly the man (Predrag Bjelac) accepts to help them as long as they don’t hurt his traumatized daughter, Sanja (Jelena Simic), who can’t speak after surviving the war in Sarajevo. Shifting the morality tale into a romantic getaway, Kenta quickly shows interest in beautifully silent Sanja, and decides to help her recover. While the lovebirds get to know each other, Beli realizes he doesn’t have much time as his crimes have finally caught with him.
Channeling an unsettling and charming demeanor Branimir Popovic fantastically plays Beli as a sort of caricatured villain, which steals the film in every scene with his self-important statements and depravity. Continually motivated by his sexually deviant fantasies, Beli acts upon his degenerate urges seeking to satisfy them at all costs. Nonetheless, despite dealing with the aftermath of terrible events, an interesting satirical tone permeates the film. None of the characters take themselves too seriously, and though the comedic elements don’t always work, they make for an amusing film. From a mawkishly funny photo session between Kenta and Sanja to Beli hilariously and scarily taking communion with cocaine rather than wine, the grim sense of humor is definitely an unexpected standout. Even American actor Michael Madsen plays a small part here as Beli’s friend-tuned-enemy, and adds to the irreverent allure of the piece.
Achieving full status as a sovereign country in 2006, the young Balkan nation is still struggling with the sequels of its time as a Yugoslav republic and the warring state in which it existed. In the same manner its cinema is still developing and discovering it's own unique voice in relation to its surrounding neighbors. As it is made clear in the film via the characters expressed discomfort, Montenegrins don’t consider themselves culturally Europeans despite geographically being part of the continent. Their idiosyncrasies don’t reflect those of wealthy countries on the Western coast, which provides them with a different perspective on their own difficulties.
Even if superstitious Kento thinks of the eponymous ace of spades as a bad omen, the people in this land seem to manage the cards destiny dealt them with undeterred perseverance. Overlooking the handful of technical issues present in the film, Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny is an engaging and darkly comedic work that shows promise not only for its director but also for his nation’s cinematic artistry.
Read more about all the 76 Best Foreign Language Film Submission for the 2014 Academy Awards...
War criminals are bizarre creatures, to say the least. Undoubtedly despicable but equally intriguing, they embody the worst of what humanity is capable of. It takes a certain kind of psychopathic mentality to carry out abhorrent acts and appear seemingly unaffected by the consequences. Perhaps they are immune to such brutal violence because they have forced themselves to justify it as means to a righteous cause. Their self-absorbed megalomania prevents them from empathizing with others. Desensitized and arrogant, they see anyone that stands in their way as disposable. One of these repulsive characters is at the center of Montenegro's first ever Academy Award entry, Draško Đurović’s film Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny, in which the intrinsic poignancy of the region’s past conflicts is vivid.
As part of an Orthodox Christian paramilitary squad known as Shadows, which operated during the war in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, intimidating Beli (Branimir Popovic) became one of the most notorious and sadistic killers in the team. After having the sickening audacity to record one of his most gruesome achievements, he is sent to prison while is comrades fled the country. Partially motivated by greed, but also eager to achieve infamous grandeur, he sells the tape to the media.
Now free after serving his sentence, he realizes the tape doesn’t only put him at risk of facing the International Court, but also of retaliation from his ex-brothers in arms. Ready to escape to Italy before the authorities get to him, Beli returns to his family's home in a small Montenegrin town where his libertine younger brother Kento (Momcilo Otasevic) still resides. The latter now shares the house with a Swedish couple that pays him for his sexual favors. Unable to obtain money from them, Beli executes the foreigners upon his arrival.
Circumstantially turned into a fugitive, Kento, is now forcefully on the run with his insane brother. After briefly visiting their benevolent uncle to get cash, the duo heads towards a coastal town to visit one of Beli’s acquaintances that can help them escape. Reluctantly the man (Predrag Bjelac) accepts to help them as long as they don’t hurt his traumatized daughter, Sanja (Jelena Simic), who can’t speak after surviving the war in Sarajevo. Shifting the morality tale into a romantic getaway, Kenta quickly shows interest in beautifully silent Sanja, and decides to help her recover. While the lovebirds get to know each other, Beli realizes he doesn’t have much time as his crimes have finally caught with him.
Channeling an unsettling and charming demeanor Branimir Popovic fantastically plays Beli as a sort of caricatured villain, which steals the film in every scene with his self-important statements and depravity. Continually motivated by his sexually deviant fantasies, Beli acts upon his degenerate urges seeking to satisfy them at all costs. Nonetheless, despite dealing with the aftermath of terrible events, an interesting satirical tone permeates the film. None of the characters take themselves too seriously, and though the comedic elements don’t always work, they make for an amusing film. From a mawkishly funny photo session between Kenta and Sanja to Beli hilariously and scarily taking communion with cocaine rather than wine, the grim sense of humor is definitely an unexpected standout. Even American actor Michael Madsen plays a small part here as Beli’s friend-tuned-enemy, and adds to the irreverent allure of the piece.
Achieving full status as a sovereign country in 2006, the young Balkan nation is still struggling with the sequels of its time as a Yugoslav republic and the warring state in which it existed. In the same manner its cinema is still developing and discovering it's own unique voice in relation to its surrounding neighbors. As it is made clear in the film via the characters expressed discomfort, Montenegrins don’t consider themselves culturally Europeans despite geographically being part of the continent. Their idiosyncrasies don’t reflect those of wealthy countries on the Western coast, which provides them with a different perspective on their own difficulties.
Even if superstitious Kento thinks of the eponymous ace of spades as a bad omen, the people in this land seem to manage the cards destiny dealt them with undeterred perseverance. Overlooking the handful of technical issues present in the film, Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny is an engaging and darkly comedic work that shows promise not only for its director but also for his nation’s cinematic artistry.
Read more about all the 76 Best Foreign Language Film Submission for the 2014 Academy Awards...
- 12/18/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Tim Bergmann (left) and Sasa Kekez
On one hand, we've seen the story of the new German coming out story Sasha before: a sensitive misfit who is a closeted gay teen tries to survive an ignorant, dictatorial father with the help his best female friend who is in love with him, while his mother, who senses the truth, makes aheartfelt, if ultimately misguided attempts to protect him from harm.
On the other hand, this same story has rarely been told quite this well, or acted by such a good cast. And the fact that the main character, Sasha, is the son of poor Croatian immigrants living in Germany makes this movie seem fresher than it otherwise might.
Sasha is nineteen and, along with his best female friend Jiao (Yvonne Yung-Hee), is studying for a musical scholarship that will finally take him away from the prosaic life of his ignorant, homophobic,...
On one hand, we've seen the story of the new German coming out story Sasha before: a sensitive misfit who is a closeted gay teen tries to survive an ignorant, dictatorial father with the help his best female friend who is in love with him, while his mother, who senses the truth, makes aheartfelt, if ultimately misguided attempts to protect him from harm.
On the other hand, this same story has rarely been told quite this well, or acted by such a good cast. And the fact that the main character, Sasha, is the son of poor Croatian immigrants living in Germany makes this movie seem fresher than it otherwise might.
Sasha is nineteen and, along with his best female friend Jiao (Yvonne Yung-Hee), is studying for a musical scholarship that will finally take him away from the prosaic life of his ignorant, homophobic,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Strand Releasing has picked up U.S. rights to the German coming-of-age drama "Sasha." Dennis Todororic directed the film from his own screenplay. The story focuses on Sasha, who, confronted with the everyday prejudice of his homophobic immigrant family, struggles with his urge to come out. When his beloved piano teacher Gebhard Weber plans to leave the city, the young man is heartbroken. The only person in whom he can confide his feelings is his best friend Jiao. After a failed audition, Sasha swears never to play piano again, but a consoling telephone call from Gebhard changes his mind – and causes a turn of events. The next morning all secrets are exposed and only his brother’s intervention prevents Sasha’s father Vlado from shooting Gebhard dead. But the gun still goes off... Ewa Borowski produced the film. Starring are Sascha Kekez, Tim Bergmann, , Rolf Berg, Predrag Bjelac, Ljubisa Gruicic,...
- 6/22/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Today - *Tuesday June 30th* - Predrag Bjelac (http://www.snitchseeker.com/hp-movie-facts/bjelac-predrag-igor-karkaroff-35066/), the actor who portrayed Igor Karkaroff, Headmaster of Durmstrang in the Goblet of Fire is celebrating his 47th birthday! Whilst his appearance in Potter was limited, Predrag has also appeared in films such as The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, and The Omen, as well as television drama Spooks. *:loons: Happy Birthday, Predrag! :gift2: *...
- 6/30/2009
- by allucha
- Snitchseeker.com
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