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FOR GREATER GLORY | Advance Screenings Giveaway
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & Arc Entertainment invite you
to RSVP for passes to our special advance screenings of
FOR GREATER GLORY
May 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM in
Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, TX.
Synopsis: What price would you pay for freedom? In the exhilarating action epic FOR GREATER GLORY, an impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country, as the film’s adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War the daring people’s revolt that rocked 20th Century North America.
Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia headlines an acclaimed cast as General Gorostieta, the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Golden Globe winner Eva Longoria) watch Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet the man who hesitates in joining the cause will soon become the resistance’s most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader, as he begins to see the cost of religious persecution on his countrymen…and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic force to be reckoned with. The General faces impossible odds against a powerful and ruthless government. Yet it is those he meets on the journey – youthful idealists, feisty renegades and, most of all, one remarkable teenager named Jose who reveal to him how courage and belief are forged even when justice seems lost.
Director Dean Wright brings a visual power honed from years as a leading Hollywood effects guru on such blockbusters as TITANIC, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and CHRONICLES OF NARNIA to this real-life tale that has never been told on screen before. The film is written by Michael Love. The producer is Pablo Jose Barroso. Garcia and Longoria lead a stellar multinational cast that includes the legendary Oscar®-nominated and Oscar® Lifetime Achievement recipient Peter O’Toole, rapidly rising star Oscar Isaac (DRIVE), recording star and actor Ruben Blades (SAFE HOUSE), Bruce Greenwood (STAR TREK, SUPER 8), Nestor Carbonell (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES), Bruce McGill (LINCOLN), Santiago Cabrera (“Heroes,” CHE), Oscar®-nominated Catalina Sandino Moreno (MARIA FULL OF GRACE) and Eduardo Verástegui (BELLA).
Shooting on historic locations throughout Mexico, the equally accomplished behind the scenes team includes director of photography Eduardo Martinez Solares (BAD HABITS), Oscar®-nominated editor Richard Francis-Bruce (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, SEVEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE), production designer Salvador Parra (VOLVER) and Oscar®-winning composer James Horner (AVATAR, TITANIC, BRAVEHEART).
Director: Dean Wright
Starring: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Peter O’Toole, Oscar Isaac, Santiago Cabrera, Catalina Sandino Morena, Bruce Greenwood
Studio: Arc Entertainment
MPAA Ratinng: R
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Screening Info: Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:30PM
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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING | Advance Screenings Giveaway
Friday, May 11th, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & Lionsgate invite you
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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
May 14, 2012 at 7:30 PM in
Dallas & San Antonio, TX.
Synopsis: Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a “dudes” support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco’s surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone and Joe Manganiello
Studio: Lionsgate
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Friday, May 18, 2012
Screening Info: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:30 PM
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Arrive early. Screenings are over-booked to ensure a full house and to compensate for “no shows.” Tickets are not a guarantee of admission.
Michael | DVD Giveaway
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012We first saw writer-director Markus Schleinzer’s Michael at Fantastic Fest 2011 and it literally sent ice cold shivers down our spine. Schleinzer’s film also screened in the main competition at Cannes Film Festival, and was an official selection at AFI Fest, Toronto and Chicago International Film Festivals. The film won the Golden Pram Award for Best Feature Film at the Zagreb Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at the Miskolc International Film Festival. Strand Releasing will be releasing Michael on DVD in the United States on May 15, 2012. Since we consider Michael to be one of the creepiest pedophile films ever made, we jumped at the opportunity when Strand asked us to give away a few copies of the DVD to our loyal readership.
Director: Markus Schleinzer Writer: Markus Schleinzer Starring: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss, Victor Tremmel, Xaver Winkler, Thomas Pfalzmann
Not to be confused with the Nora Ephron film starring John Travolta, Austrian writer-director Markus Schleinzer’s Michael is an everyday portrait of a pedophile. A very average-looking thirtysomething, Michael (Michael Fuith) spends his mundane days working in an insurance office. Then, when he arrives home after work, Michael closes the shutters of his windows nice and tight and heads down to the basement to visit Wolfgang (David Rauchenberger), the 10-year-old boy whom he keeps locked up down there. Michael and Wolfgang have dinner, wash dishes, watch movies and play games; then Michael ushers Wolfgang back to the basement and locks him up again. For your chance to win a Michael DVD, tell us (in the Comments section below) the title of a film that sends ice cold shivers down your spine. Please note: We can only ship DVDs to U.S. postal addresses. Winners will be picked at random on May 15, 2012. Good luck!!!
DARK SHADOWS | Advance Screenings Giveaway
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & Warner Bros. invite you
to RSVP for passes to our special advance screenings of
DARK SHADOWS
May 7, 2012 at 7:30 PM in
Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, TX.
Synopsis: In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David’s new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote
Studio: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Friday, May 11, 2012
Screening Info: Monday, May 7, 2012 at 7:30 PM
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
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Arrive early. Screenings are over-booked to ensure a full house and to compensate for “no shows.” Tickets are not a guarantee of admission.
BULLY | Screening Giveaway
Friday, April 6th, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & The Weinstein Company invite you
to RSVP for passes to our special screening of
BULLY
April 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM in
Austin, TX.
Synopsis: Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, BULLY is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America’s bullying crisis. BULLY follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals’ offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children.
Director: Lee Hirsch
Studio: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screening Info: Tuesday, April 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
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Arrive early. Screenings are over-booked to ensure a full house and to compensate for “no shows.” Tickets are not a guarantee of admission.
Shame | Blu-ray Combo Pack Giveaway
Friday, April 6th, 2012From visionary director Steve McQueen, one of the most talked about films of 2011 comes home to stunning Blu-ray from Fox Searchlight and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. A film festival powerhouse, Shame has captivated viewers through its haunting depiction of the life of a sex addict and his emotionally troubled sister. Evocative performances from [...]
Dragonslayer | Addikt Skateboard Deck & Skateboarding DVD Giveaways
Monday, April 2nd, 2012SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2011 SXSW Competition Award – Best Documentary Feature Best Cinematography HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2011 Best International Documentary – Best Documentary Smells Like Screen Spirit has joined forces with Team Dragonslayer and SnagFilms to get everyone totally psyched about the iTunes launch of Tristan Patterson’s documentary about skateboarding, relationships and [...]
Tyrannosaur | DVD Giveaway
Saturday, March 31st, 2012Strand Releasing will be releasing writer-director Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur on DVD in the United States on April 3, 2012. This is the very same film that won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 2012 BAFTA Awards; Best British Independent Film, Best Debut Director and Best Actress at the 2011 British [...]
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS | Advance Screenings Giveaway
Friday, March 30th, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & LIONSGATE invite you
to RSVP for passes to our special advance screenings of
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
April 9, 2012 in Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, TX.
Synopsis: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen.
If you think you know this story, think again. From fan favorites Joss Whedon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, FIREFLY) and Drew Goddard (CLOVERFIELD) comes THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, a mind blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out.
Produced by Whedon and directed by Goddard from a script by both, the film stars Kristen Connolly (THE HAPPENING), Chris Hemsworth (THOR, AVENGERS), Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz (LUST FOR LOVE), Jesse Williams (GREY’S ANATOMY), Richard Jenkins (LET ME IN) and Bradley Whitford (THE WEST WING).
Director: Drew Goddard
Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Amy Acker
Studio: LIONSGATE
MPAA Rating: R: Restricted – 17 and up ONLY! Do not bring your small children and don’t RSVP unless you are of age.
Release Date: Friday April 13th, 2012
Screening Info: Monday, April 9, 2012
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
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Arrive early. Screenings are over-booked to ensure a full house and to compensate for “no shows.” Tickets are not a guarantee of admission.
WRATH OF THE TITANS | Advance Screenings Giveaway
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Smells Like Screen Spirit & Warner Bros. invite you
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WRATH OF THE TITANS
March 27, 2012 at 7:30 PM in
Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, TX.
Synopsis: A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Sam Worthington) –the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson)–is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston). The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramirez), switch loyalties and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon’s demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson
Studio: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence and action.
Release Date: Friday, March 30, 2012
Screening Info: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:30 PM
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