Win Matthieu Kassovitz's Rebellion DVD Including La Haine DVD And Signed Postcard

Matthieu Kassovitz's Rebellion comes to Blu-ray and DVD on 26th August 2013 a intense true-life story and we’re giving away 2 copies of this film on DVD.

It’s April 1988 on the Ouvéa Island in the French colony of New Caledonia. 30 police are kidnapped by Kanak separatists and in response 300 special-forces operatives are sent in to restore order. To avoid unnecessary conflict, Philippe Legorjus (Kassovitz), the captain of an elite counter-terrorism police unit, is sent in to the heart of the rebel base to negotiate a peaceful solution. But against the highly pressured backdrop of presidential elections in France, the stakes are high and all bets are off.

As well as the copy of Rebellion on DVD we're also giving away a copy of Kassovitz classic film La Haine plus a signed postcard from the man himself. To be in with a chance of winning these prizes, please answer the following question:

Q.What famous French actor starred in the lead role of La Haine and was last seen in Danny Boyle's Trance?

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The Tarnished Angels Masters Of Cinema Blu-Ray Review

Rating: 12
BD Release Date:
26th August 2013 (UK)
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Cast:
Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack
Buy:
(Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray)
The Tarnished Angels is a film based on the novel Pylon by noted American writer William Faulker; who in fact wrote quite a few screenplays. Faulkner considered it the only good adaptation of his work he saw in his lifetime. Legendary director Douglas Sirk noted for his Technicolor drenched melodramas and the films normally starring Rock Hudson directed it.

The Tarnished Angels is about the very strange relationship between Roger Shumann (Robert Stack), his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), Roger’s mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson) and local reporter Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson). Roger is a disillusioned World War I flying ace that is making appearances as a stunt pilot, which also features his parachuting wife. They also have a kid Jack but it’s never clear that if Roger or Jiggs is the father on of the kid. The gypsy like lifestyle of the Roger, LaVerne and Jiggs intrigues Burke Devlin. He wants to do a newspaper piece on it much to the dismay to his editor.

Burke is dismayed by the treatment of his family and especially his wife LaVerne. He gets increasingly more and more attracted to his neglected wife. The key line is when Burke compares Roger, Jiggs and LaVerne as extra-terrestrials to his editor. They are very alien like and can’t form any meaningful relationship even with the ones they love. The film will end in tragedy in a way only true melodrama can.

The film is a slight departure from Sirk’s normally work due to the very contrasty black and white, which Sirk choose to shoot in to the echo the depression era the film is set. It is also perhaps his most bleak and pessimistic film. The film has the characteristic irony that goes though all of Sirk’s finest films. The Pylon, which Faulkner’s novel took its name and the pilots fly around is very overt symbolism of the characters going nowhere. It is brilliantly crosscut with the son Jack flying in circle during a tragic plane clash.

Rock Hudson gives a great performance, as the journo who falls deeply for LeVerne but knows nothing will happen. Rock is always one of the constantly surprising actors of the golden age of Hollywood for proof see Seconds and Giant. The film is also shoot in glorious black and white CinemaScope.

The Tarnished Angels also came out not that soon off one of his most successful films Written on the Wind that shared the same leads with the exception of Lauren Bacall. The film originally was one of his least successful films. The resurgence of his work since the 1970s with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John Waters, Todd Haynes and even Quentin Tarantino praising his brand of melodrama. The film has since being re-evaluated as one of his key works.

★★★★☆

Ian Schultz

Subtitled Style (Rebellion Feature)

Too often, incredible foreign-language films slip through the cracks and escape international notice. Even with widespread acclaim, it can be difficult for foreign films to be seen outside their native country and sometimes even within their native country, particularly if said film was the subject of controversy. Here is a look at ten of the best foreign subtitled action films, starting with Mathieu Kassovitz’s hidden gem Rebellion

Rebellion (2013)

Mathieu Kassovitz’s thrilling, action-packed Rebellion tells the real-life story of a French tribe in New Caledonia who attacked a police precinct taking 30 innocents hostage, as Special Ops officer Captain Philippe Legorjus (Matthieu Kassovitz, Haywire) is tasked with freeing them. A connection is formed between the Captain and lead terrorist Alphonse Dianou (newcomer Iabe Lapacas), but as negotiations become increasingly hostile, it becomes clear that the rebels have nothing to lose and everything to fight for. Kassovitz was nominated for a César award for this film, along with co-writers Benoît Jaubert and Pierre Geller for a Best Adapted Screenplay.

La Haine (1995)

Rebellion director Mathieu Kassovitz’s second feature film was the critically acclaimed La Haine (or Hate), which featured a stellar breakthrough performance from close friend, then-rising French star, Vincent Cassel. The controversial film chronicles 19 hours in the lives of three young friends from immigrant backgrounds—one North African, one Jewish and one Afro-French—as they contend with the overflowing racial tensions in the French housing project where they live. Despite the controversy in his native France, the film earned Kassovitz the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Oldboy (2003)

Loosely based on the Japanese manga of the same name, the second instalment in The Vengeance Trilogy by South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, Oldboy has developed something of a cult following for its cinematic originality and shocking twists. On his way to his young daughter’s birthday party, businessman Oh Dae-su is kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years. Once released, he embarks on a perilous five-day journey to discover the motive behind his confinement. Oldboy garnered incredible reviews from Western critics, and director Spike Lee’s American remake is scheduled for 2013 release.

Tough Enough (2006)

Director Detlev Buck’s gripping German thriller showcases a brilliantly emotional performance from a teenage David Kross (The Reader, 2008). When Miriam splits up with her wealthy boyfriend, she and her 15-year-old son Michael (Kross) are forced to relocate from their posh neighbourhood to a rundown Berlin suburb. Michael endures violent bullying from the first, until he begins running drugs for a local charismatic dealer. Praised for its gritty social realism and stellar soundtrack, the film won Buck the International Federation of Film Critics award at the Berlin Film Festival, along with a slew of other accolades from Germany and Austria.

City of God (2003)

The critically acclaimed City of God follows two young boys from the same Brazilian slum and the very different trajectories their lives take. Rocket grows up to become a photographer who chronicles the rise of childhood associate Li'l Zé, now a ruthless kingpin who terrorises the city with maniacal glee. The film received four Academy Award nominations, and following its success, director Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner, 2006) created a television series City of Men, which was then adapted into a 2007 film.

The Debt (2007)

This Israeli thriller tells the fictional account of a 1964 covert Mossad team charged with capturing a nefarious Nazi doctor who brutally experimented on Jews during the Holocaust. When the doctor manages to escape, the group reports instead that he was shot and killed in the process of fleeing. Years later, the celebrated agents discover the surgeon may still be alive and on the verge of confessing all. The film was nominated for four awards by the Israeli Film Academy, and in 2011, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson starred in the American remake.

Battle Royale (2000)

Based on the 1999 novel of the same name, Battle Royale follows a young student forced by a dystopian government to compete against the other students of his class in a fight to the death. The film was met with immediate controversy in its native Japan, particularly from government officials, but still managed to become one of the country’s top ten highest grossing films and was hailed by Western critics.

Tsotsi (2005)

In the slums of South Africa, brutal gang leader Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) comes of age through rather unusual circumstances. After a mugging gone wrong, Tsotsi accidentally rides away with a three-month-old in the backseat of a stolen car. With the police hot on his trail, the young gangster becomes the baby’s sole caregiver and that baby becomes the catalyst for his redemption. Tsotsi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film and was nominated for a Golden Globe in the same category.

Hidden (2005)

Starring French luminaries Danny Auteuil and Juliette Binoche, Michael Haneke’s polarising thriller about a small Parisian family shaken by the discovery that they are being anonymously surveilled premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to tremendous acclaim. The film won three prizes, including the Best Director Award for Haneke. The film received largely positive reviews, and is a regular fixture on the best of world cinema lists.

Waltz With Bashir (2008)

In this fiercely original, animated documentary, writer and director Ari Folman meets up with an old army buddy, 24 years after the 1982 Lebanon War. Both still teenagers at the time, his friend remembers nothing about the war effort and Folmon discovers he, too, recalls very little with precision. In order to recover his memories, Folmon seeks out others in Beirut at the time to share their stories. Although classified as a documentary, the film uses a combination of storytelling techniques and Folmon used both actual people and composites. Among its numerous accolades, Waltz With Bashir counts the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language; but despite its numerous accolades, the film is banned in its native Lebanon.


Rebellion is released on DVD and Blu-ray by Lionsgate in UK&Ireland 26th August, read our review here.

A Hijacking (Kapringen) DVD Review

Rating: 15
DVD/BD Release Date:
26th August 2013 (UK)
Director:
Tobias Lindholm
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, soren malling, Dar Salim
Buy/rent:
[Blu-ray] [DVD]

It's not much of a pirate's life for ship's cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbaek), who becomes the victim of a hijacking in Tobias Lindholm's gruelling tale of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Lindholn co-wrote last year's superbly tense The Hunt, and he excels once more with a drama is low on the sort of swashbuckling frippery that has been prevalent in much of the recent pirate fare Indeed, the vast bulk of the film plays out post-hijacking as the increasingly desperate Mikkel plays a long and excruciating waiting game; tortuously dragged out over many weeks.

Meanwhile, half a world away in his Copenhagen office, Mikkel's boss prowls the corridors and walks a psychological tightrope of his own as he plays chief negotiator with the captors via their irritable translator.
Lindholm's steady, brooding film is sparse on frills but flooded with tension. A documentary aesthetic gives the whole piece a hyper-real sense of desperate, miserable futility. For poor Mikkel and his shipmates trapped aboard their floating prison the abyss looms large with little hope of salvation.

Raw and glossless it may be, but A Hijacking is nevertheless tough, claustrophobic and relentlessly tense. If your idea of a great pirate movie is all chattering parrots and rum, do yourself a favour and hoist the white flag.

★★★★☆

Chris Banks

All-In Short goes 'All In' For action packed short

What happens when your true love needs rescued and she's been held by a ruthless crime boss, so what do you do? Fight your way in, kick every one's ass! In Tyler Williams All-In short film that's what happens but we didn't mention to you he's MMA fighter!

A struggling fighter faces long odds as he takes on a gambling den of criminals in an attempt to rescue his true love from the clutches of a ruthless crime boss.

After a fairly successful run on the festival circuit Williams 10 minute short film All-In is now available online to watch  plenty of action, nice few camera shots to make it worthwile a look.


source:Twitch

Rebellion (L'ordre et la morale) Blu-Ray Review

Rating: 15
Release Date:
26th August 2013 (UK)
Directed By:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast:
Mathieu Kassovitz, Labe Lapacas, Sylvie Testud, Steeve Une, Jean-Philippe Puymartin,
Buy:
[DVD] / [Blu-ray]
After several years floundering in Hollywood mediocrity actor come director Mathieu Kassovitz marks his welcome return to form with Rebellion (L'ordre et la morale). A no holds barred shameful account on a little unknown black spot on French colonial history.

Dividing his time behind and front of the camera Kassovitz plays Phillipe Legorjus a anti terrorist captain assigned by French government during the countries 1988 presidential elections. He is sent to the French colony of New Caledonia to track down separatists who killed  3 policemen as well as taking 26 more hostage too.

When Legorjus confronts the leader of the separatists Alphonse (Labe Lapacas) to defuse the situation and negotiate the hostages release. What he finds is a group of indigenous Kanak people (New Caledonian people)who want independence from France. As Legorjus slowly gains the trust of the group he finds himself frustrated by harassment from his peers who daily repress the local populous. As Legorjus gets closer to a peaceful solution, political fighting closer to home between Mitterand and Chirac (the presidential candidates) who both support different solutions to end the stand off. Legorjus now finds himself running out of time to prevent tragedy unfolding.

For many years we have always read/heard about America's so called 'crimes' against humanity but rarely do we get an account of another nation. Rebellion is that stark reminder no country is safe, if you have a black spot in your history it's a story that must be told, this film is one of those stories. Kassovitz is a man on a mission, an angry man delivering a tense harrowing story which  slowly grips you as your pulled into the chaos.

Thanks to a well written script Rebellion opens up with the film's final outcome and it's not a happy ending. For the next 2 hours you learn who the true victims are, the Kanaks who simply want independence from France, now forced to pick up arms. Subjected to violence, racism, political infighting, beaucracy leaving a bitter taste in your mouth questioning any justification of the actions of the French.

Whilst popular stories of struggle are fascinating, lesser known struggles are even more intriguing and with Rebellion Kassovitz gives the Kanaks a voice, solidifying the legality of the Kanak's struggle to be a nation of their own. I laugh at Alec Salmond's cries of 'injustice' of the Scottish people (I'm Scottish) but if he really wants to talk about real injustices as the New Caledonians, the Kanak's fight to be independent, now that's true injustice.

Rebellion is a slow burning compelling film. The pace of the film may not be to everyone's liking but if if you enjoyed the Oliver Stone films of the 1980's this one will be right up your street. This is a powerful film that's intelligently written with Kassovitz delivering his best film probably since his best directorial flick since 195, Le Haine.

★★★★☆

Paul Devine

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Don't Mess With Tony's Hair, Saturday Night Fever Coming Back To UK Cinemas September

John Travolta is back as Tony Manero. The original uncut version of Saturday Night Fever will be lighting up dancefloors and illuminating screens nationwide on 24 September. It put the subculture of disco on the map and shot Travolta to Hollywood stardom, bringing him an Oscar-nomination in the process. The Bee Gee’s iconic soundtrack then became one of the most successful albums of all time and remains the only disco album to win Best Album of the Year at the Grammys.

This Cineworld Exclusive Special Presentation of the pop culture classic is back on the big screen across 78 cinemas for a one-day special.



"Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair" - Tony Manero

Every Saturday Tony puts on his wide collared shirt, flared trousers and platform shoes and heads out to the only place where he's seen as a god rather than some young punk. Away from the strobe lights and glitter ball though, Tony’s story as a Brooklyn paint store clerk becomes one of tragic disillusionment, violence and heartbreak. Highlighting issues of gang culture and racial tension, Saturday Night Fever remains a powerful and provocative tragedy that carries as much weight now as it did in 1977.

It is more than just a film that defined the music and fashion of a generation. It is a provocative urban tragedy that will attract audiences old and new upon its return to cinemas.

The Cineworld Exclusive Special Presentation of Paramount Pictures’ Saturday Night Fever screens nationwide for one-day only. So dust off the cobwebs, dig out the old suit , iron the that perfect crease up your trousers but if your too young get your dad's old suit as 24th September is the your body will move once again.

The Keeper Of Lost Causes Trailer Will Bring Smile To Fans Of Nordic Noir

The recent Nordic wave of Movie and Television has kept fan gripped to the edge of their seats for a long time now but just when you think things are about to quieten down another one appears. The urge for something of a higher quality keeps dragging fans back to Scandinavia for inspiration and the latest film to join the line is The Keeper Of Lost Causes.

From the Director of Klown, Mikkel Norgaard, The Keeper Of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) is based on the popular Department Q novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Detective Carl Mørck(Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a burned out police detective reassigned to the the department Q to investigate old cold cases and his first been a dissapearence of a female politican. The original verdict was suicide however Mørck is not convinced and with the help of his assistant Assad (Fares Fares) the case takes them into the seedy underworld of abuse and malice.

No word on exactly when this will arrive in UK, Ireland or even USA for that matter, but below is the film's official trailer which comes with English subtitles, so something must be in the works already. The Keeper Of Lost Causes is due out in its native Denmark on 3rd October.

Synopsis

Following a shootout that left his two partners respectively dead and paralyzed, chief detective Carl Mørck is assigned to the newly established Department Q, a department for old, terminated cases. The department consists only of himself and his new assistant Assad. Although they get explicit orders to only read and sort through the cases, only a single day passes before Carl’s stubborn nature throws them headfirst into the mystery of Merete Lynggaard’s disappearance; a well-known female politician who vanished five years ago from a passenger ferry. The only witness is her brain-damaged brother who was found on the car deck, screaming at the top of his lungs. The case was put to rest as an apparent suicide. Unconvinced by this explanation Carl and Assad venture on a journey that will take them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.

source:Twitch / Nordisk

The Look of Love - Coogan the Chameleon

Steve Coogan, forever tied to his legendary comic creation Alan Partridge, has appeared in a varied range of film roles in recent years, acting in biopics, voicing animated characters and of course recently starring as the aforementioned Partridge in the long awaited ALPHA PAPA. To celebrate the release of THE LOOK OF LOVE out on DVD & Blu-ray on August 19th, we take a look at a selection of Coogan’s cinematic roles.

Paul Raymond – The Look of Love (2012)

Paul Raymond, otherwise known as the King of Soho, was a bold and brave businessman during a time of social change. He is most famous for his strip clubs in Soho during the 1960’s that brought him an obscene amount of wealth, which led to the launching of Paul Raymond Publications and soft porn magazines. After watching video footage and talking with the Liverpudlian’s family and friends, Steve Coogan was able to bring his character back to life, showing his close relationship with his daughter Debbie Raymond and how drugs were the downfall of his family.

Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa (2013)

After he first appeared on BBC Radio 4 with On The Hour back in 1991, Alan Partridge has become a UK phenomenon and Steve Coogan’s 20 year long comedy masterpiece. Coogan has mastered Alan’s insecure, superficial, social status obsessed personality, this year culminating in his very own action film. Acting as a negotiator during an armed takeover of the news station, Partridge looks to take advantage of the media buzz. As witty as he’s ever been, Coogan’s alter ego looks to be a hit with critics and viewers.

Tony Wilson – 24 Hour Party People (2002)

Despite being another biopic of a media mogul, 24 Hour Party People is a very different film. Tony Wilson, Cambridge educated journalist, knew he’d found ‘the future of music’ one night at a small concert featuring the Sex Pistols, and later sets up Factory Records who would sign Joy Division. Using a healthy dose of artistic license, the film depicts the defining foundations of the punk movement in Manchester and the later era-defining ‘Madchester’ scene of the late 80s and early 90s. See if you can spot a cameo from the real Tony Wilson.

Tristram Shandy – A Cock & Bull Story (2005)

In this book within a book within a film within a film, Coogan plays himself playing an actor. Based on the humourous eighteenth century book Tristam Shandy, famous for its long discussions of metaphysical concepts, the film employs layers of this outside the production of the film being made on screen. Using a documentary style, the lack of plot focus from the novel allows Coogan freedom to riff amusingly with co-star Rob Brydon unhindered by relevance to anything happening within what can be loosely described as the story.

Damien Cockburn – Tropic Thunder (2008)

With a $92 million budget, this comedy action movie is only the fourth from director Ben Stiller. Coogan plays a fledgling director attempting to shoot an adaptation of a war novel written by John Tayback (Nick Nolte). What he and the rest of the production don’t realise is that their location is actually the territory of a violent heroin gang who view the film crew as a threat. The frustrated Coogan is a month behind schedule and stressing about his project, to amusing satirical effect. When he is blown up by a land mine, the actors believe it is a trick to add realism to their roles.

Phileas Fogg – 80 Days Around the World (2004)

Taking David Niven’s role in the Oscar winning 1956 version of the film, the modern update with Jackie Chan is an amusing retelling that doesn’t take itself nearly as seriously. Coogan fits the shoes of mad inventor with surprising ease. His outlandish CGI inventions and trademark British humour in the face of almost certain death give the film a warm charm, and is representative of a self-awareness that the grandeur of its older adaptation won’t enthral modern audiences in the same way that it did half a century ago.

Ambassador Mercy – Marie Antoinette (2006)

The cult period film by Hollywood royalty Sophia Coppola put Coogan in a more minor role. Speaking of the director, he said “You know that if Sofia Coppola’s going to make a costume drama it’s not going to be ordinary ... The reason I did that movie was because of her.” Like many in the industry, he prefers the freedom of independent filmmaking, but made exception on this occasion. An uncommon non-comedic role for the actor, Coogan proves he can tackle this type of character with a flourish.
The Look Of Love will be released on 19th August on DVD and Blu-ray.