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We live in a world dominated by intellectual property. Save for Oppenheimer and The Sound Of Freedom, last year’s 10 highest-grossing...
We live in a world dominated by intellectual property. Save for Oppenheimer and The Sound Of Freedom, last year’s 10 highest-grossing...
- 4/9/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
It is 36 years since RoboCop blasted its way onto UK cinema screens and made a splash of epic, gruesome, proportions. With that a cult-like following is born and the film’s influence cannot be overstated.
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is an incredibly methodical ‘making of’ documentary that has now set the standard and an exceptionally high one, no less. It comes as no surprise with the success of their recent projects which include Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story and Pennywise: The Story of It.
The documentary oozes passion and is testament to its directors Christopher Griffiths and Eastwood Allen clear love for the film in a project that has been over seven years in the making.
This four part series spans over more than four hours is nothing short of a triumph, it is forensic in its analysis and brings to life the chaos of the RoboCop shoot and does so brilliantly.
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is an incredibly methodical ‘making of’ documentary that has now set the standard and an exceptionally high one, no less. It comes as no surprise with the success of their recent projects which include Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story and Pennywise: The Story of It.
The documentary oozes passion and is testament to its directors Christopher Griffiths and Eastwood Allen clear love for the film in a project that has been over seven years in the making.
This four part series spans over more than four hours is nothing short of a triumph, it is forensic in its analysis and brings to life the chaos of the RoboCop shoot and does so brilliantly.
- 2/5/2024
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The fan-funded, four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is available to watch through the Screambox streaming service, and has also received a Blu-ray release. As fans watch the docuseries, it seems the most popular, standout moment is a sequence where weapons master Randy E. Moore talks about interacting with RoboCop star Peter Weller while holding a stack of Oreos. You can watch that clip in this embed:
Incredible documentary filmmaking pic.twitter.com/6dJjLsmP1O
— Braaains Bro Ben! (@BasementBros69) November 14, 2023
From Dead Mouse Productions Ltd and Cult Screenings UK Ltd, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is a fully independent retrospective into the making of RoboCop and its cultural impact over the last 30 years. Supported by dozens of the original cast and crew, RoboDoc is made by fans of the movie for fans of the movie. The filmmakers conducted interviews with sixty-six cast and crew members when assembling the documentary.
Incredible documentary filmmaking pic.twitter.com/6dJjLsmP1O
— Braaains Bro Ben! (@BasementBros69) November 14, 2023
From Dead Mouse Productions Ltd and Cult Screenings UK Ltd, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is a fully independent retrospective into the making of RoboCop and its cultural impact over the last 30 years. Supported by dozens of the original cast and crew, RoboDoc is made by fans of the movie for fans of the movie. The filmmakers conducted interviews with sixty-six cast and crew members when assembling the documentary.
- 11/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox is incredibly proud to be the streaming home of RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, a four-part Screambox Original Series that dives deep into the making of Paul Verhoeven’s iconic classic, RoboCop. In addition to all four episodes now streaming only on Screambox, you can also grab a physical copy on Blu-ray now.
While we released the documentary series this past Halloween season, RoboDoc has had a good bit of viral fame on social media this week. Why, you ask? Because of one particular behind the scenes anecdote that’s relayed in the series, which fans have been sharing around.
In this clip from RoboDoc, weapons master Randy E. Moore shares a story about RoboCop star Peter Weller, who one day had a serious craving for Oreos on the set of the film.
“I went upstairs and I was carrying about eight Oreos in a stack,...
While we released the documentary series this past Halloween season, RoboDoc has had a good bit of viral fame on social media this week. Why, you ask? Because of one particular behind the scenes anecdote that’s relayed in the series, which fans have been sharing around.
In this clip from RoboDoc, weapons master Randy E. Moore shares a story about RoboCop star Peter Weller, who one day had a serious craving for Oreos on the set of the film.
“I went upstairs and I was carrying about eight Oreos in a stack,...
- 11/15/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
AMC has rounded out the cast for the third The Walking Dead series. Annet Mahendru (Huck) and Aliyah Royale (Iris) join previously announced Alexa Mansour (Hope), Nicolas Cantu (Elton) and Hal Cumpston (Silas) as cast members in the third series of the franchise, which begins production next week in and around Richmond, Va.
AMC announced the casting news today immediately following the original show’s panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
The untitled third series will focus on the first generation to come of age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad. Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct the series co-created by Scott Gimple and The Walking Dead veteran writer and producer Matt Negrete, who will...
AMC announced the casting news today immediately following the original show’s panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
The untitled third series will focus on the first generation to come of age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad. Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct the series co-created by Scott Gimple and The Walking Dead veteran writer and producer Matt Negrete, who will...
- 7/19/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
It's tough to stand out among the other Super Bowl commercials, but the 30-second trailer for Disney's Tomorrowland turned a few heads - and probably brought back memories of Space Mountain. Yes, it's a movie inspired by Disneyland's futuristic-themed sector, and it's not the first time Disney transformed a ride into a feature film. Considering that some of the theme park's attractions have been beloved to Disney fans for years, it's surprising it took 60 years for Tomorrowland to spawn a movie. (California's Disneyland turns 60 this year, with plenty of celebrations foot.) To mark the World of Tomorrow's transition to the screen,...
- 2/5/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Last month I selected the poster for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank as my favorite poster of 2014. In the article I invited the “as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio” to “come out from behind the mask and take a bow,” and so I was very pleased when I got an email from Nicolette Vilar a few days later letting me know that she was the P+A designer behind the giant papier-mâché head.
Nicolette, it turns out, was the perfect designer for a film about a fractured rock band, because as well as being a talented artist she is also the on-again, off-again lead singer of the all-female punk pop group Go Betty Go who have recently reunited and have a new Ep out this month. The band formed in 2001, released two CDs and played on the Vans Warped Tour, but Nicolette left in 2005. She recently rejoined the band with...
Nicolette, it turns out, was the perfect designer for a film about a fractured rock band, because as well as being a talented artist she is also the on-again, off-again lead singer of the all-female punk pop group Go Betty Go who have recently reunited and have a new Ep out this month. The band formed in 2001, released two CDs and played on the Vans Warped Tour, but Nicolette left in 2005. She recently rejoined the band with...
- 1/16/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Haven't checked out Escape from Tomorrow (review) yet? You should! Recently we had a chance to sit down with director Randy Moore and talk with him about making an undercover horror movie at both the happiest and scariest place on Earth... Disneyland!
DC: Do you feel like the circumstance of shooting Escape from Tomorrow on the sly as you did has stolen the thunder from other aspects of the film? I mean, it’s a neat and unusual feat, but is that all critics and audience talk about?
Randy Moore: Yeah, it took away from the story, but it’s also a double-edged sword. There's just so many films out there now that without the “gimmick” you probably wouldn’t even be interviewing me. So I always knew it would be an issue to deal with, but I told everyone, cast and crew, on our very first day of...
DC: Do you feel like the circumstance of shooting Escape from Tomorrow on the sly as you did has stolen the thunder from other aspects of the film? I mean, it’s a neat and unusual feat, but is that all critics and audience talk about?
Randy Moore: Yeah, it took away from the story, but it’s also a double-edged sword. There's just so many films out there now that without the “gimmick” you probably wouldn’t even be interviewing me. So I always knew it would be an issue to deal with, but I told everyone, cast and crew, on our very first day of...
- 5/20/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
In this monthly column we spotlight new Blu-ray/DVD releases by interviewing directors about the scenes that stood out most for them while making their movies. This month, we talk to Randy Moore about his black-and-white guerilla-made thriller set in Walt Disney parks, Escape from Tomorrow (out now on DVD/Blu-ray). Struggling to get his scripts noticed in Hollywood, Randy Moore came up with a radical idea while vacationing with his family at Disney World: making a movie in the Disney parks. Moore’s love-hate relationship with the parks fueled him to write and direct Escape from Tomorrow, about a father (Roy Abramsohn) with loose morals who goes on a strange, fever dream-like adventure through Disney World. Filmed on location at Disney World and Disneyland, Moore’s...
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- 5/7/2014
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Movies.com
One of the most talked about films from last year was Randy Moore's nightmarish Escape from Tomorrow (review), is available now on DVD and Blu-ray and we have your chance to score a signed poster and a DVD!
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an email at contests@dreadcentral.com including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
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From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape from Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm.
Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks,...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an email at contests@dreadcentral.com including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
This contest will end on at 12:01 Am Pt on May 8th.
From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape from Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm.
Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks,...
- 5/1/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Have you ever taken LSD and went to a theme park? Well, I have, and it is most certainly a wild ride. Granted, I haven’t been to Disney since I was around ten years old, so I haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing that(firsthand) yet, but after Escape From Tomorrow, I’m convinced that the experience is in my future. If you don’t know anything about Escape From Tomorrow, the film is a great example of modern day guerrilla film-making. The idea was, to “heist” a film. Considering that the script takes place at Disney, there is absolutely no chance in hell that Big Mouse would ever let them shoot on-location. So, they did the next best thing. They barged into the park during regular business, and took what they needed. According to the behind-the-scenes featurette on the disc, they got almost everything they needed doing it that way,...
- 4/29/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
One of the most surprising films to be released in 2013 was not a massive blockbuster. Instead, it was Escape from Tomorrow, an independent film effort, much of which was shot in the Walt Disney parks without permission from the company. Even though it was meant as a parody of the “Happiest Place on Earth,” lots of people thought that Escape from Tomorrow would never get released. However, after being championed by clearance counsel Michael Donaldson, the film was released. Ignored by the Disney company so as to not give additional attention to the movie with the Streisand Effect, Escape from Tomorrow was eventually released to a certain degree of success in theaters and video on demand. Writer/director Randy Moore sat down with his cinematographer Lucas Lee Graham in January of 2014 to record the commentary of the film they had shot in the fall of 2010 (with pick-ups in the spring of 2011), which is included on the DVD...
- 4/24/2014
- by Kevin Carr
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
You may have heard about Escape From Tomorrow when it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; it’s the black and white psychological horror movie shot at Disneyland without approval. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it, and am very much looking forward to checking it out:
Trailer: Escape From Tomorrow
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The Most Talked About Film Of 2013 Escape From Tomorrow Arrives On DVD And Blu-ray April 29 Following Its Smash Debut At Sundance 2013, Groundbreaking Feature From Writer/Director Randy Moore Pushes The Limits Of Filmmaking With Thrilling Horror Set In The Happiest Place On Earth
“A one-of-a-kind piece of subversive surrealism”
– The Hollywood Reporter
“A Remarkable Piece of Filmmaking”
– Film.Com
“The GQ Punch List: 22 Things You Should’ve Watched, Listened To, and Read This Year”
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making...
Trailer: Escape From Tomorrow
Click here to view the embedded video.
The Most Talked About Film Of 2013 Escape From Tomorrow Arrives On DVD And Blu-ray April 29 Following Its Smash Debut At Sundance 2013, Groundbreaking Feature From Writer/Director Randy Moore Pushes The Limits Of Filmmaking With Thrilling Horror Set In The Happiest Place On Earth
“A one-of-a-kind piece of subversive surrealism”
– The Hollywood Reporter
“A Remarkable Piece of Filmmaking”
– Film.Com
“The GQ Punch List: 22 Things You Should’ve Watched, Listened To, and Read This Year”
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making...
- 3/11/2014
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
One of the most talked about films from last year was Randy Moore's nightmarish Escape from Tomorrow (review), which was covertly filmed at Disney World. Next month you'll finally be able to see it for yourself. Read on for complete details!
From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape from Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm.
Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks, Escape from Tomorrow uses covert techniques that take guerrilla filming to another level, placing it amongst one of the most revolutionary films in history.
Celebrated by ScreenCrush as one of the best movies of...
From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape from Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm.
Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks, Escape from Tomorrow uses covert techniques that take guerrilla filming to another level, placing it amongst one of the most revolutionary films in history.
Celebrated by ScreenCrush as one of the best movies of...
- 3/10/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
After all the buzz surrounding Escape From Tomorrow during its festival screenings, it has been announced that the movie secretly shot at Disney will be given a Blu-ray and DVD release this April:
“Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape From Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm. Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore, along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks, Escape From Tomorrow uses covert techniques that take guerilla filming to another level, placing it amongst one of the most revolutionary films in history.
Celebrated by ScreenCrush as one of the best movies of the year, and called a “sneakily subversive exercise in low-budget surrealism and anti-corporate...
“Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape From Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm. Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore, along with its compelling take on childhood fantasy gone awry. Secretly shot at two world-famous theme parks, Escape From Tomorrow uses covert techniques that take guerilla filming to another level, placing it amongst one of the most revolutionary films in history.
Celebrated by ScreenCrush as one of the best movies of the year, and called a “sneakily subversive exercise in low-budget surrealism and anti-corporate...
- 3/10/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
You might remember last year a film about a Disney vacation gone wrong called Escape From Tomorrow. Filmed inside the theme park, Escape From Tomorrow is a decent into a suburban dad’s mid-life crisis turning his vacation with his family into a bit of a nightmare. You can read my full review Here.
Cinedigm is releasing the film April 29 on DVD and Blu-Ray. Read the press release below for the full details. Of note, Amazon only has the DVD to pre-order but judging by the press release below, this will be a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo.
From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape From Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm. Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore,...
Cinedigm is releasing the film April 29 on DVD and Blu-Ray. Read the press release below for the full details. Of note, Amazon only has the DVD to pre-order but judging by the press release below, this will be a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo.
From the Press Release
Featured in IndieWire’s top 5 first features of 2013, and called “a cult classic in the making” (Salon), Escape From Tomorrow comes to DVD and Blu-Ray April 29 from Cinedigm. Unlike any film ever made, the most buzzed about debut at Sundance 2013 enraptured audiences with the fearless methods used by its writer/director Randy Moore,...
- 3/10/2014
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
We Are Movie Geeks attended the screening Escape From Tomorrow over the weekend and was blown away by this unique and creepy head-trip of a film.Moore Auditorium was packed so the powers that be at Webster U Film Series have decided to add two more screenings. They are Tonight (Tuesday Jan 21st) and Wednesday (January 23rd) at 7:30pm.
What happens when you sneak your camcorder into Disneyworld and stealthily film a feature-length neo-noir sci-fi fantasy comedy horror thriller narrative? Find out when the critically-acclaimed Escape From Tomorrow screens at Webster University .
Escape From Tomorrow tells of Jim (Roy Abramsohn) and his wife Emily (Elena Schuber) who take their kids Sara (Katelynn Rodriguez) and Elliot (Jack Dalton) to Disney World. As they are about to go to the park for another day, Jim receives a phone call informing him that he has lost his job. Shocked from that body blow,...
What happens when you sneak your camcorder into Disneyworld and stealthily film a feature-length neo-noir sci-fi fantasy comedy horror thriller narrative? Find out when the critically-acclaimed Escape From Tomorrow screens at Webster University .
Escape From Tomorrow tells of Jim (Roy Abramsohn) and his wife Emily (Elena Schuber) who take their kids Sara (Katelynn Rodriguez) and Elliot (Jack Dalton) to Disney World. As they are about to go to the park for another day, Jim receives a phone call informing him that he has lost his job. Shocked from that body blow,...
- 1/21/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
What happens when you sneak your camcorder into Disneyworld and stealthily film a feature-length neo-noir sci-fi fantasy comedy horror thriller narrative? Find out this weekend when the critically-acclaimed Escape From Tomorrow screens at Webster University Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at 7:30pm.
Escape From Tomorrow tells of Jim (Roy Abramsohn) and his wife Emily (Elena Schuber) who take their kids Sara (Katelynn Rodriguez) and Elliot (Jack Dalton) to Disney World. As they are about to go to the park for another day, Jim receives a phone call informing him that he has lost his job. Shocked from that body blow, he must pretend to be the diligent father at Disney World, which is a brutally idiotic place to be when facing such a personal disaster. Jim grows increasingly obsessed with two vivacious teenage girls, clandestinely following them around the park while experiencing an acute break from reality, and keeping...
Escape From Tomorrow tells of Jim (Roy Abramsohn) and his wife Emily (Elena Schuber) who take their kids Sara (Katelynn Rodriguez) and Elliot (Jack Dalton) to Disney World. As they are about to go to the park for another day, Jim receives a phone call informing him that he has lost his job. Shocked from that body blow, he must pretend to be the diligent father at Disney World, which is a brutally idiotic place to be when facing such a personal disaster. Jim grows increasingly obsessed with two vivacious teenage girls, clandestinely following them around the park while experiencing an acute break from reality, and keeping...
- 1/17/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today, we shine the spotlight not on movies but rather on the poster art that was attached to them in 2013. This past year saw some truly awesome poster art make its way onto the internet and our walls, to the point that it was no easy task to cut the list down to only ten. In fact, it was downright painful to be forced to exclude such memorable imagery as a devil baby rocking out in the womb (Hell Baby), Sheri Moon Zombie staring us down in creepy skeletal makeup (The Lords of Salem) and a scary-looking tree standing in front of a scary-looking house (The Conjuring) - which is why I simply couldn’t bring myself to make any further cuts than those.
So instead of the planned ten, let’s instead take a look at my personal picks for the top 13 coolest horror posters of 2013!
Bad Milo
I...
So instead of the planned ten, let’s instead take a look at my personal picks for the top 13 coolest horror posters of 2013!
Bad Milo
I...
- 1/1/2014
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
One is a controversial film about a nightmarish trip to Disneyland. The other a documentary about UFOs and the government's cover-up of the existence of aliens. Both Escape from Tomorrow (review) and Mirage Men have found distribution from Random Media, who will be releasing them next year.
Escape from Tomorrow is set for DVD and Blu-ray release in April 2014 with no specific date yet set for Mirage Men. Learn all about both films below!
Escape from Tomorrow Synopsis:
The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Escape From Tomorrow should not exist, and yet it does. Like nothing you've ever seen, Randy Moore's directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth.
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he...
Escape from Tomorrow is set for DVD and Blu-ray release in April 2014 with no specific date yet set for Mirage Men. Learn all about both films below!
Escape from Tomorrow Synopsis:
The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Escape From Tomorrow should not exist, and yet it does. Like nothing you've ever seen, Randy Moore's directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth.
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he...
- 12/13/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
“Escape From Tomorrow” avoided Disney’s security forces long enough to make it into theaters (taking in something like $170,000 in the U.S.) and VOD, and now will get a DVD and Blu-ray release via multiplatform content company Random Media. Random also announced this week that it acquired all North American rights to documentary “Mirage Men,” which examines decades of government cover-ups about extraterrestrial visitors. Disney elected not to challenge the release of “Escape From Tomorrow,” Randy Moore’s nightmarish fantasy – despite that was shot, guerilla-style, in Disney theme parks without the company’s permission. Cinetic Media handled the film’s theatrical and VOD.
- 12/12/2013
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
It’s not easy making a great movie, but it’s even harder making a great trailer. Like all advertising, movie trailers have evolved in the last few decades to become a genuine pop culture event. An effective trailer can do wonders for a film, especially for a film that doesn’t come with a built-in audience. There’s no faster way to create buzz than with a good trailer, and a well made trailer can turn a movie from a first-time director starring a bunch of then-unknowns into the most-buzzed about movie for weeks. Meanwhile a poor trailer can doom a movie right from the start. Every year there are but a few trailers that, independent of the film they’re promoting, capture everyone’s full attention. Here are the trailers of 2013 that were able to do that best.
Please note: This is Ricky’s list. Deepayan’s list will follow next week.
Please note: This is Ricky’s list. Deepayan’s list will follow next week.
- 12/5/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking has announced the five nominees for its fourth annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated for the 2014 Heterodox Award are: Andrew Bujalski's "Computer Chess," Randy Moore’s "Escape From Tomorrow," James Franco and Travis Matthews’ "Interior. Leather Bar.," Kleber Mendonça Filho’s "Neighboring Sounds" and Carlos Reygadas’ "Post Tenebras Lux." "The 2014 Cinema Eye Honors Heterodox nominees prove once again that the contested space between narrative and documentary is the ideal cinematic environment to delve deep into our most modern tensions," said Esther Robinson, Chair of the Cinema Eye Honors. "Bringing us to settings as diverse as rural Mexico, dystopian Disneyland, and a forgotten leather bar, these films break convention to move...
- 11/25/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
In partnership with Filmmaker, Cinema Eye Honors announces the nominees for this year’s Heterodox Award, its fourth annual recognition of a narrative film that successfully and imaginatively weaves documentary strategies, content, and/or modes of production into its fabric. The five nominees are Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess; Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow; James Franco and Travis Mathews’ Interior. Leather Bar.; Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux. These selected films are intended to demonstrate the formal possibilities of non-fiction filmmaking, in addition to probing the ever-tenuous boundary between reality and its embellished analogue. “The 2014 Cinema Eye Honors Heterodox nominees prove once again that […]...
- 11/25/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In partnership with Filmmaker, Cinema Eye Honors announces the nominees for this year’s Heterodox Award, its fourth annual recognition of a narrative film that successfully and imaginatively weaves documentary strategies, content, and/or modes of production into its fabric. The five nominees are Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess; Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow; James Franco and Travis Mathews’ Interior. Leather Bar.; Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux. These selected films are intended to demonstrate the formal possibilities of non-fiction filmmaking, in addition to probing the ever-tenuous boundary between reality and its embellished analogue. “The 2014 Cinema Eye Honors...
- 11/25/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The fourth annual London Underground Film Festival is the first edition of the fest to be run by new caretakers Daniel Fawcett and Clara Pais, two accomplished filmmakers. The festival will run November 14-17 at the legendary avant-garde media center, the Horse Hospital.
Fawcett and Pais have programmed a bold fest, which begins on the 14th with the London-based documentary Grasp the Nettle by Dean Puckett. The film follows the challenges faced by a group of land rights activists fighting for a piece of disused land in West London. Also on opening night is Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow, which was filmed surreptitiously at Disneyland; and Táu by Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
Other films screening at the fest include the award winning doc A Body Without Organs, directed by Steven Graves; Alex Munt’s Warhol homage Poor Little Rich Girls (After Warhol); Irene Lusztig’s history of childbirth, The Motherhood...
Fawcett and Pais have programmed a bold fest, which begins on the 14th with the London-based documentary Grasp the Nettle by Dean Puckett. The film follows the challenges faced by a group of land rights activists fighting for a piece of disused land in West London. Also on opening night is Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow, which was filmed surreptitiously at Disneyland; and Táu by Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
Other films screening at the fest include the award winning doc A Body Without Organs, directed by Steven Graves; Alex Munt’s Warhol homage Poor Little Rich Girls (After Warhol); Irene Lusztig’s history of childbirth, The Motherhood...
- 11/13/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This week on Sordid Cinema, Ricky, Edgar and Simon tackle Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are, a remake of Jorge Michel Grau 2010 hit of the same name, which reinvigorates the cannibal genre with an emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven by monstrous appetites. But first, we discuss Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow, which caused quite a stir when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. To shoot his film, set in Disney World, Moore purchased a season pass to the park and secretly filmed his actors without the park’s knowledge. Also in our week in review segment, the gang briefly touches on Big Bad Wolves (recently named Quentin Tarantino’s favourite film of 2013) – Sion Sono’s outrageous action opus Why Don’t You Play In Hell – and finally, A Touch of Sin, an intricately plotted exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China,...
- 10/26/2013
- by Sordid Cinema Podcast
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – One of America’s family traditions has become the trip to Disney World (or land). In one of the most highly charged anarchistic films in memory, this “tradition” is set on its mouse ears, as writer/director Randy Moore allows everyone to “Escape from Tomorrow.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The average family, the average family vacation is the basis for this fantastic takedown of all that is sacred in the Disney universe. Shooting guerilla style on the actual locations, Moore creates a surreal landscape of fear, paranoia, sex, anarchy and madness – exactly what Walt had in mind when he created his world. In actuality though, this vision is closer to the truth than the fantasy Disney washes over us. It is a lesson in creating a balance between true imagination and contrived dollar grabbers. Although spotty in narrative flow, “Escape from Tomorrow” serves as an amazing thesis for American morality gone South.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The average family, the average family vacation is the basis for this fantastic takedown of all that is sacred in the Disney universe. Shooting guerilla style on the actual locations, Moore creates a surreal landscape of fear, paranoia, sex, anarchy and madness – exactly what Walt had in mind when he created his world. In actuality though, this vision is closer to the truth than the fantasy Disney washes over us. It is a lesson in creating a balance between true imagination and contrived dollar grabbers. Although spotty in narrative flow, “Escape from Tomorrow” serves as an amazing thesis for American morality gone South.
- 10/25/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The 2013 Sitges International Fantastic Film Fest wrapped up this weekend with an awards ceremony, and the winners list is overflowing with horror films you should be keeping on your radar.
From the Press Release:
Borgman, by Alex van Warmerdam, was the winning film at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which awarded prizes to many diverse productions. The award for best direction went to Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales for the film Big Bad Wolves and for best cinematography to Larry Smith for Only God Forgives. The award for best actress went to Juno Temple for Magic Magic and for best actor to Andy Lau for Blind Detective. The award for best screenplay went to James Ward Byrkit for Coherence and for distinguished special effects to Afflicted, by Cliff Prowse and Derek Lee.
In addition, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch received the special jury award,...
From the Press Release:
Borgman, by Alex van Warmerdam, was the winning film at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which awarded prizes to many diverse productions. The award for best direction went to Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales for the film Big Bad Wolves and for best cinematography to Larry Smith for Only God Forgives. The award for best actress went to Juno Temple for Magic Magic and for best actor to Andy Lau for Blind Detective. The award for best screenplay went to James Ward Byrkit for Coherence and for distinguished special effects to Afflicted, by Cliff Prowse and Derek Lee.
In addition, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch received the special jury award,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Want to see your own Disney fan or parody video on the DVD for Randy Moore’s Escape from Tomorrow? The film’s distributor, Pda, announces today that the winner of its current fan video contest, in which homemade videos are uploaded by applicants to Vine or Instagram and hashtagged #DisneyEscapeExperience, will be included as a special feature on the Escape from Tomorrow DVD. In addition, winners will receive Disney gift cards, signed posters and more. (See details below.) For the filmmakers and distributor behind Escape from Tomorrow, Disney’s Magic Kingdom is the gift that keeps on giving. In addition to being […]...
- 10/17/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Want to see your own Disney fan or parody video on the DVD for Randy Moore’s Escape from Tomorrow? The film’s distributor, Pda, announces today that the winner of its current fan video contest, in which homemade videos are uploaded by applicants to Vine or Instagram and hashtagged #DisneyEscapeExperience, will be included as a special feature on the Escape from Tomorrow DVD. In addition, winners will receive Disney gift cards, signed posters and more. (See details below.) For the filmmakers and distributor behind Escape from Tomorrow, Disney’s Magic Kingdom is the gift that keeps on giving. In addition to being […]...
- 10/17/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow caused quite a stir when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. To shoot his film, set in Disney World, Moore purchased a season pass to the park and secretly filmed his actors without the park’s knowledge. Many suspected that it would never actually get an official release, but after several months of controversy and possible lawsuits, the film was released in select theatres and VOD on October 11. The first official poster for the film, which was released not too long ago, features a bloody hand from Mickey Mouse reaching up. That alone was somewhat haunting, but nothing compared to the surreal, eerie and twisted experience of sitting through the film. Vice Magazine recently sat down with Moore, and star Roy Abramsohn, to discuss the film. Enjoy!
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- 10/16/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
This past Friday, a film that we caught at Fantastic Fest, Escape From Tomorrow was released in limited theaters and VOD. Hopefully, if you had any interest in the film, you have rented or seen the film by now. Vice has released a 13 minute Behind-The Scenes/exploration of the ideas of the film online and we have it embedded below.
Read Our Review of ‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Synopsis
The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Escape From Tomorrow should not exist, and yet it does. Like nothing you’ve ever seen, Randy Moore’s directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth.
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full...
Read Our Review of ‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Synopsis
The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Escape From Tomorrow should not exist, and yet it does. Like nothing you’ve ever seen, Randy Moore’s directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth.
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full...
- 10/15/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Right now you can see Randy Moore's bold and daring Escape from Tomorrow, an indie shot in Disney World without permission. Many people have been wondering just how the film came to be, and an extended featurette has made its way online with Moore talking about the inception of the idea, some of the difficulties he and his extremely small crew had completing the film, and much more. Again, it's a miracle this film was even made at all with all the references to Disney properties (with the studio choosing not to sue producers) and the guerilla shooting style, but that's what has people buzzing about the film. Watch it! Here's the full-length featurette on Escape from Tomorrow, from Vice Magazine (via Nerdcore): Escape from Tomorrow is written and directed by Randy Moore. The film, secretly shot at Disney World, is described as a postmodern, surreal voyage into...
- 10/15/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Title: Escape From Tomorrow Director: Randy Moore Starring: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Danielle Safady, Annet Mahendru One of the buzziest titles at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “Escape From Tomorrow” comes to its reputation for dropping jaws sincerely, by way of its guerilla-style production technique. Shot in the monochromatic setting of the Canon 5D Mark II digital camera, debut director Randy Moore’s strange meditation on the inherent phoniness of family mores — part black-and-white student thesis film, part subversive attack on corporate-peddled American fantasy — unfolds in unauthorized fashion at Orlando’s Disneyworld theme park, with a pinch of green-screen assistance here and there. At times legitimately hypnotically alluring, “Escape From Tomorrow” runs out of [ Read More ]
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- 10/15/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
What's illegal at Disneyland? Dogs, drugs, alcohol, pamphlets, flags and large coolers. Not listed? Secretly shooting a feature-length movie. But Disneyland couldn't have imagined director Randy Moore would have the courage to film Escape From Tomorrow on location -- and that it would be so horny. In the black-and-white theme park noir, a father of two (Roy Abramsohn) lusts after two underage French teenagers, cheats on his wife (Elena Schuber) and discovers that the Disney princesses are high-priced prostitutes. And that's before he suffers a psychotic breakdown triggered when Walt's animatronics start shooting him him dirty looks. To shoot Escape From Tomorrow, which opens this Friday, Moore bought his cast and crew season passes to Disneyland and Disney...
- 10/15/2013
- Village Voice
Disney is all over the news these days. The studio is taking its 90th birthday celebration to Chicago and is burnishing animation mogul Walt Disney's legacy with "Saving Mr. Banks," the "Mary Poppins" backstory and would-be Oscar contender (December 20). But the company is seemingly paying no heed to controversial "Escape from Tomorrow," shot guerilla-style at Disneyland. Will the studio sue filmmaker Randy Moore? On October 16, Disney will be celebrating the studio's 90th anniversary in Chicago, the birthplace of founder Walt Disney, and will unveil an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, showing off nearly 300 artifacts from the past nine decades of Disney history. Pieces on display at "The Treasures of Walt Disney" include hand-drawn artwork and sculpted models from classic animated films such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia" and "Sleeping Beauty"; a partial recreation of Walt Disney's office in Burbank, including original...
- 10/14/2013
- by Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
It was a great weekend at the box-office for Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, but not for anyone else.
Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" held onto the top spot for the second weekend in a row with a whopping $44.3 million, dropping a mere 20% from its record-breaking debut last weekend. After just ten days, it has managed a $123.4 million domestic gross and a $68 million overseas gross.
The Tom Hanks-led "Captain Phillips" opened to strong reviews and a very healthy $26 million - that's better than several of Hanks' last few movies, and better than the opening of "Argo" ($19.5M) in the same release slot last year.
Not faring so well was Robert Rodriguez's sequel "Machete Kills," the heavily promoted action comedy which landed in fourth place with a mere $3.8 million - making it one of the worst wide opening releases of the year (think "Paranoia" bad). Reviews were terrible, but as...
Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" held onto the top spot for the second weekend in a row with a whopping $44.3 million, dropping a mere 20% from its record-breaking debut last weekend. After just ten days, it has managed a $123.4 million domestic gross and a $68 million overseas gross.
The Tom Hanks-led "Captain Phillips" opened to strong reviews and a very healthy $26 million - that's better than several of Hanks' last few movies, and better than the opening of "Argo" ($19.5M) in the same release slot last year.
Not faring so well was Robert Rodriguez's sequel "Machete Kills," the heavily promoted action comedy which landed in fourth place with a mere $3.8 million - making it one of the worst wide opening releases of the year (think "Paranoia" bad). Reviews were terrible, but as...
- 10/14/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Writer-director Randy Moore’s “Escape From Tomorrow,” a fantasy horror film shot guerrilla-style at Walt Disney World Resort without permission, underwhelmed in its debut at the specialty box office this weekend. The Producers Distribution Agency release, day and date with its video-on-demand debut, took in $66,112 from 30 theaters for a $2,204 per-screen average. The black-and-white and unrated “Escape From Tomorrow,” which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, follows an unemployed father (Roy Abramsohn) whose sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls and a series of disturbing visions. The latter are mainly based on the park’s.
- 10/13/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Films have been shot at Disney theme parks since before Disneyland even opened in 1955. The year before, Walt Disney personally offered a sneak peek of what was to come in the pilot episode of Disneyland. And specials made for TV and souvenir videos continued from there, whether it was to show the attraction on its opening day or offer virtual tours of the park or introduce new additions or to celebrate some anniversary or another. The same goes for Walt Disney World following its opening 16 years later. Once in a while, though, something makes its way out of the parks that’s not made by Disney. Even then, it might be with permission, as in the 1962 Universal release 40 Pounds of Trouble, which features an extensive chase sequence through Disneyland (watch Tony Curtis and some Keystone-esque cops run around Main Street here). And the Matterhorn scene in That Thing You Do (directed by the guy who would later...
- 10/12/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Escape From Tomorrow
Written and directed by Randy Moore
USA, 2013
Imagine the pressure that comes with being the Happiest Place on Earth, for fifty thousand people every day, from 1971 until a time unforeseeable. If you work there, you have to be happy. If you visit there, you’ll be treated like there’s something wrong with you if you’re not happy. And if you take your kids there, you may well be defining the standard by which they will measure happiness and nostalgia for the remainder of their lives. It’s too much pressure for any human to handle. Inevitably, the facade will crack, and out of one of those cracks has oozed the unforgettably bizarre film Escape From Tomorrow.
Writer/director Randy Moore has said in interviews that the idea for the film came from visiting his divorced father as a boy in Orlando. Distanced from his children...
Written and directed by Randy Moore
USA, 2013
Imagine the pressure that comes with being the Happiest Place on Earth, for fifty thousand people every day, from 1971 until a time unforeseeable. If you work there, you have to be happy. If you visit there, you’ll be treated like there’s something wrong with you if you’re not happy. And if you take your kids there, you may well be defining the standard by which they will measure happiness and nostalgia for the remainder of their lives. It’s too much pressure for any human to handle. Inevitably, the facade will crack, and out of one of those cracks has oozed the unforgettably bizarre film Escape From Tomorrow.
Writer/director Randy Moore has said in interviews that the idea for the film came from visiting his divorced father as a boy in Orlando. Distanced from his children...
- 10/12/2013
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
Every American has fond memories of Walt Disney World, moments in time that bond us to family like no other vacation really could. There’s magic in the air, and whether it’s manufactured or not, millions flock to the mouse Mecca every summer.
Well, first-time director Randy Moore is here to ruin all of that. To be fair, Escape From Tomorrow is not an assault on the corporate icon nor is it really offering deft social commentary about consumer culture. It’s just a weird, horror sci-fi hybrid that just so happens to be illegally shot on the grounds of Disneyland and Disney World. Moore came out of hiding from an undisclosed location to talk to Dread Central about the film and the surprising response it’s been getting since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
DC: So, I saw the film this morning …
Rm: It’s a great morning movie.
Well, first-time director Randy Moore is here to ruin all of that. To be fair, Escape From Tomorrow is not an assault on the corporate icon nor is it really offering deft social commentary about consumer culture. It’s just a weird, horror sci-fi hybrid that just so happens to be illegally shot on the grounds of Disneyland and Disney World. Moore came out of hiding from an undisclosed location to talk to Dread Central about the film and the surprising response it’s been getting since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
DC: So, I saw the film this morning …
Rm: It’s a great morning movie.
- 10/11/2013
- by Drew Tinnin
- DreadCentral.com
As a kid, Randy Moore was haunted by Disney World, where he made an annual trip during summers with his dad. So as an adult, and a filmmaker, Moore wanted to capture and question the allure of such manufactured-fantasy.
The result is Escape From Tomorrow, which was shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World without permission from the famously proprietary Walt Disney Co.
"I was pretty confident that Disney wasn't about to go out of their way and give me permission," Moore said, "so I didn't ask them for it."...
The result is Escape From Tomorrow, which was shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World without permission from the famously proprietary Walt Disney Co.
"I was pretty confident that Disney wasn't about to go out of their way and give me permission," Moore said, "so I didn't ask them for it."...
- 10/11/2013
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Ever since "Escape From Tomorrow," the black and white indie shot covertly in Disneyland and Disney World, debuted at this year's Sundance, the indie film world has wondered if the notoriously litigious entertainment conglomerate would come after Randy Moore's microbudget film. (It is worthwhile to note that the Columbia University lawyer Tim Wu said at Sundance that Disney wouldn't have a case.) Now, with "Escape From Tomorrow" in limited release, a ticker has been added to the film's website that announces the amount of weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds since the film has been released and the team behind it has remained lawsuit-free. Interested in the making of the film? Check out Indiewire's profile on the film's production and promotion, which includes a bit about Moore's feelings on Disney.
- 10/11/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
You could say that Randy Moore’s Escape From Tomorrow is a gimmick first and a movie second, but that would be missing the point. Yes, shot clandestinely on a shoestring in real Disney theme parks, Moore’s odd little thriller is a great example of a filmmaker using digital technology to evade and subvert the corporate powers-that-be. And the novel concept behind the film’s production allows us to look past some of its rougher spots: occasionally unfortunate edits, shifting focus, some not-so-hot performances captured in less-than-optimal takes. C’mon, it’s a movie made up almost entirely of stolen shots! What did you expect, Kubrickian exactitude?But Escape From Tomorrow is a pretty nutty film in its own regard, a borderline-experimental miasma of sexual neuroses, macho angst, regressive frenzy, and fevered paranoia. It opens on Jim (Roy Abramsohn), shirtless in an Orlando hotel room, being informed over the...
- 10/11/2013
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
The Magical Kingdom you spent your childhood exploring may not be the innocent perfection you believed it to be. That's right: Disney World has a demented side and filmmaker Randy Moore is here to show it to us.
Moore's "Escape From Tomorrow," a psychological horror fantasy, follows a recently unemployed father (Roy Abramsohn) through the deceiving depths of Disney World during his family vacation. What would normally appear to be a fun day of rides, wonder, and fireworks turns into a psychotic nightmare of erotic perversion, violent death, and evil enchantments. "Escape From Tomorrow" is Disney gone wrong -- or maybe just Disney how we don't want to see it, disillusioned by its sugarcoated grandeur.
Besides the mind-bending story, one of the most fascinating aspects of the film is that it was actually shot in complete secrecy in both Disney World and Disneyland, something that has garnered much controversy. Filmed in guerilla-like documentary style,...
Moore's "Escape From Tomorrow," a psychological horror fantasy, follows a recently unemployed father (Roy Abramsohn) through the deceiving depths of Disney World during his family vacation. What would normally appear to be a fun day of rides, wonder, and fireworks turns into a psychotic nightmare of erotic perversion, violent death, and evil enchantments. "Escape From Tomorrow" is Disney gone wrong -- or maybe just Disney how we don't want to see it, disillusioned by its sugarcoated grandeur.
Besides the mind-bending story, one of the most fascinating aspects of the film is that it was actually shot in complete secrecy in both Disney World and Disneyland, something that has garnered much controversy. Filmed in guerilla-like documentary style,...
- 10/11/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
We’re not sure why writer/director Randy Moore decided to come swinging out the gate with a first feature like “Escape from Tomorrow,” and frankly, we’re not entirely sure how he got away with even making it in the first place. Much of this dark, utterly bizarre comedy would appear to be covertly shot on the property of Orlando’s Walt Disney World, and despite Moore’s strident avoidance of the dreaded D-word, there’s little doubting that the Mouse House and all it represents is in his sights. On the last morning of a Florida family vacation, Jim (Roy Abramsohn) receives a phone call, telling him that he’s been let go from his job. He keeps this information to himself, content with simply rushing his wife (Elena Schuber) and kids (Jack Dalton and Katelynn Rodriguez) out the door for another day of brutal humidity and endless lines.
- 10/10/2013
- by William Goss
- The Playlist
The film to see this weekend is Paul Greengrass' breathless, beyond-intense thriller "Captain Phillips," anchored by knockout performances by veteran Tom Hanks and newcomer Barkhad Abdi. Based on the real-life saga of a cargo ship captain held hostage by Somali pirates, the film is cruising into awards season with strong reviews off its Nyff world premiere, along with some controversy. Also receiving excellent reviews is Peter Miller's doc on the Doc, "A.K.A. Doc Pomus," focusing on the legendary New York songwriter who churned out more than 1,000 songs over the years, including classics like "Save the Last Dance For Me" and "This Magic Moment," to name only a very few. The film reveals Pomus' struggles with polio since childhood, among other aspects of his personal life, even as he collaborated with the likes of Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. Otherwise, it's eclectic pickings. Randy Moore's Sundance hit "Escape from Tomorrow...
- 10/10/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
You don't have to be a parent who has survived dragging small children through the wonders of Walt Disney World to "get" the paranoid Gothic vamp "Escape from Tomorrow." But it helps.
A demented black-and-white acid trip through bad news in a bad marriage with bad parenting, all experienced at "The Happiest Place on Earth," "Escape" is "Breaking Bad" without all the cooking and meth dealers.
But middle-aged man in crisis? "Escape" has that. Jim (Roy Abramsohn) takes the news that he's been laid off by phone -- standing on the balcony of the Contemporary Resort (the hotel that the Disney monorail goes through) so that he doesn't wake his family.
His creepy little boy Elliot (Jack Dalton) locks the door so he can't get back in. That is just the first sign of Elliot's 6-year-old Oedipus Complex.
Jim, staggered by his secret bad news, is off his game during...
A demented black-and-white acid trip through bad news in a bad marriage with bad parenting, all experienced at "The Happiest Place on Earth," "Escape" is "Breaking Bad" without all the cooking and meth dealers.
But middle-aged man in crisis? "Escape" has that. Jim (Roy Abramsohn) takes the news that he's been laid off by phone -- standing on the balcony of the Contemporary Resort (the hotel that the Disney monorail goes through) so that he doesn't wake his family.
His creepy little boy Elliot (Jack Dalton) locks the door so he can't get back in. That is just the first sign of Elliot's 6-year-old Oedipus Complex.
Jim, staggered by his secret bad news, is off his game during...
- 10/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
This weekend, an American cargo ship gets hijacked by pirates in "Captain Phillips," the world's most famous star-crossed love story is retold in "Romeo and Juliet," and Machete goes to Mexico to take down an arms dealer in "Machete Kills."
From director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum," "United 93"), "Captain Phillips" stars Tom Hanks as the titular seaman and tells the true, harrowing story of a container ship, the Alabama, hijacked by Somali pirates.
Carlo Carlei's ("Fluke") adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" tells the classic story of the forbidden love between teens from feuding families. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit" and Douglas Booth ("Lol"), along with Danielle Lewis ("Homeland") as Lord Capulet.
The ruthless Machete ("Danny Trejo") returns to kick more ass in Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills." The ex-Federale heads to Mexico to stop an arms dealer before a weapon is launched into space. The...
From director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum," "United 93"), "Captain Phillips" stars Tom Hanks as the titular seaman and tells the true, harrowing story of a container ship, the Alabama, hijacked by Somali pirates.
Carlo Carlei's ("Fluke") adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" tells the classic story of the forbidden love between teens from feuding families. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit" and Douglas Booth ("Lol"), along with Danielle Lewis ("Homeland") as Lord Capulet.
The ruthless Machete ("Danny Trejo") returns to kick more ass in Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills." The ex-Federale heads to Mexico to stop an arms dealer before a weapon is launched into space. The...
- 10/10/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
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