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the emerging filmmaker competition winner will receive an award as well as have their film showcased alongside top talent at beacon independent festival .
all screenings are at the cinehub located in beacon, ny on the following date: • december 10 emerging filmmaker competition cine beacon has partnered with biff to give an emerging filmmaker, currently attending a hudson valley college the opportunity to screen their work alongside top talent and films at the beacon independent film festival .
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but inside, he introduced the film at the beacon theatre as cast and key creators reunited, mocking the famous line of his famous character, deranged driver travis bickle .
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the latest film from the collaborators of the qatsi anthology, visitors world premiered at the 2013 toronto international film festival and opened theatrically earlier this year .
our mission is to encourage and celebrate the film community in beacon and the hudson valley while building a deep bond between the community and filmmakers. we want to bridge both sides of the hudson valley through the explosion of film arts in our area .
given the impressionistic nature of the film, beacon film society is collaborating with beahive on this screening, the perfect space for us to collectively immerse in a unique cinematic experience. thank you, scott tillitt, for your generosity !
we were thrilled to work with director, trevor tillman on the website for his exciting sci - fi film, “beacon” (urltoken). this futuristic film needed a sleek and modern site that showcased the other wordly production photography and pre - production drawings that brought the film to life. it’s a must see film. congrats to the cast and crew !
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each month cine beacon will showcase one student film as part of their monthly screening events. up to 11 student films will be screened may 2015 – dec 2015. two judges will rate these films based on the following criteria: creativity, plot, editing, cinematography, and ability to engage. the top student film will be announced in may and have the honor of screening at beacon independent film festival .
cine beacon offers filmmakers local to beacon, ny and the hudson valley an opportunity to showcase their work with the community from which it originated. it also allows filmmakers an opportunity to network and learn from their peers local to the hudson valley .
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the aerial shots in beacon point were shot using a drone helicopter camera rig. the drone was operated by 2 people and flown over waterfalls, mountain tops and through the woods .
as / film reports, steven e. de souza, who wrote the movie with jeb stuart, revealed this factoid at a recent 30th anniversary screening of his film the running man .
jodie foster attends a special 40th anniversary screening of
taxi driver
during the 2016 tribeca film festival at the beacon theatre on thursday, april 21, 2016, in new york. (photo by charles sykes / invision / ap )
robert de niro bypassed waiting media on the red carpet thursday night before heading into a tribeca film festival screening of
taxi driver
in celebration of the iconic film' s 40th anniversary .
jodie foster attends a special 40th anniversary screening of
taxi driver
during the 2016 tribeca film festival at the beacon theatre on thursday, april 21, 2016, in new york. (photo by charles sykes / invision / ap) (the associated press )
* * * the film must be shot in the hudson valley, ny or the filmmaker must be a resident of the hudson valley or currently attending a hudson valley college. indicate which applies to your film in the description of the film. films not meeting the requirements will be disqualified immediately. entry fees are non - refundable. please read the rules below. * * *
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a woman, grieving over the death of her young son, and her husband move into the charming old beacon apartments where she begins to see the apparition of a boy who was killed there .
actresses, actors and film crew members were out in full force this week for the production of the new ghostbusters movie .
selected films: • 1 efc film screens per short film event • a representative from the film must be present at screening to show film. • short films must submit a digital file through dropbox or google drive for screening purposes. (no dvds) • if we can’t play your media then it will not be screened. • a media kit isn’t required, but remember to include a 100 word synopsis of your • • project and a still short or one sheet. • all selected films may be excerpted for publicity purposes. cine beacon reserves the right to promote any film to broadcast or internet media as required to market the screening or our parent organization. • cine beacon reserves the right to interpret the guidelines and enforce them at its discretion. they can be changed without notice, so keep checking back .
beacon point throws a bunch of people into the wilderness, adds some native american myth making, a pinch of aliens and slathers it all in superfluous storylines and exposition .
serenity received mostly positive reviews from film critics, with a
fresh
rating of 81% [ 8 ] from the movie review website rotten tomatoes, which compiles reviews from a wide range of film critics. ebert & roeper gave the film
two thumbs up ,
and the san francisco chronicle called it a triumph, [ 9 ] while the new york times described it as a modest but superior science fiction film. [ 10 ]
selected films • a representative from the film must be present at screening to show film. • short films must submit a digital file through dropbox or google drive for screening purposes. (no dvds) • if we can’t play your media then it will not be screened. • a media kit isn' t required, but remember to include a 100 word synopsis of your project and a still short or one sheet. • all selected films may be excerpted for publicity purposes. cine beacon reserves the right to promote any film to broadcast or internet media as required to market the screening or our parent organization. • cine beacon reserves the right to interpret the guidelines and enforce them at its discretion. they can be changed without notice, so keep checking back .
“beyond the wilderness”, a short film drama directed by jackie illera is now live at beyondthewilderness. com. the director required an easy to update website for her production so she could share news and updates. we selected squarespace as the platform to showcase the film trailer, cast and crew, and production still photography .
however, some reviewers felt the film was unable to overcome its television origins, and did not successfully accomplish the transition to the big screen. usa today wrote that
the characters are generally uninteresting and one - dimensional, and the futuristic western - style plot grows tedious
while variety declared that the film
bounces around to sometimes memorable effect but rarely soars
.
this is one festival i wish i could have attended in person. well organized, filmmaker friendly and responsive to emails. thanks again for screening my film and hopefully will be back with another film soon! : )
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hey guys! thanks for hanging in there for the last few months while we have been super busy with client related work and school. this is our first official film and it is not necessarily the direction we are heading with our channel but we thought you might enjoy it! it is a epic sci fi that is set during a futuristic time period where the atmosphere has been diminished. healers such as charley in this film must fire a beacon into the sky to try and repair it. this film was made for our school final and on a 0 $ budget. sci - fi short movie - full hd
can i submit my film as a “rough cut”? absolutely. please indicate your estimated completion date, and your intentions for the project .
serenity is a 2005 science - fiction film written and directed by joss whedon. it is set in the universe of the canceled fox science fiction television series firefly, taking place a few months after the events of the final episode. like the television series that spawned it, serenity is a science fiction western, using elements of both genres. the film was released in the us on september 30, 2005 .
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a group of hikers on the appalachian trail become lost and stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival. beacon point is a sci - fi thriller full of suspense and surprises. you’ll never want to go camping again .
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- a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new earths. the central planets formed the alliance. ruled by an interplanetary parliament, the alliance was a beacon of civilization. the savage outer planets were not so enlightened and refused alliance control. the war was devastating, but the alliance' s victory over the independents ensured a safer universe. and now everyone can enjoy the comfort, and enlightenment of true civilization .
am i required to obtain rights for copyrighted material included in my film? legally, clearance for copyrighted material included in your film must be obtained before public screening. biff does not check for, nor take responsibility for the inclusion of uncleared materials in film submissions or selections. filmmakers are responsible for securing festival clearance rights for music, stock footage or any other material, to avoid potential rights infringements .
despite some gorgeous scenery – and i mean that sincerely, this looks absolutely fabulous for an independent feature – beacon point doesn’t really know what it wants to do with itself; flip - flopping around till it reaches its ambiguous end. whilst there’s only so much you can do with the scenario of ‘people get lost in woods and eaten’, what beacon point does try to do doesn’t gel and leads to a fairly unfulfilling event. a bit like hiking in a sense .
on october 5, 2005, universal also made the first nine minutes of serenity available online. [ 4 ] a browser plugin allowed the viewer to see the opening of the film in full - screen broadcast quality (bandwidth permitting). the clip was removed a few weeks later .
australian audiences were the first outside north america to get preview screenings. after an exclusive sydney test screening, melbourne held a public screening on july 21, 2005. this was followed by a film festival screening on the gold coast on july 22. public preview screenings were held in adelaide and sydney on august 1, and perth on august 4. further screenings were held in victoria, tasmania, and queensland in late august. a showing of the finished film billed as the
gala premiere
was held at the edinburgh international film festival on august 22, [ 1 ] followed by an interview with whedon the next day, [ 2 ] and preview screenings across the united kingdom and ireland on august 24, in london, birmingham, manchester and dublin. several of the screenings in all the countries featured the attendance of joss whedon and the film' s cast, followed by a q & a session with the audience. whedon also attended two q & a sessions after sold - out screenings of the finished film in melbourne and sydney on september 12 and 13 .
it was one of the best experiences of my entire career ,
she said .
we were like a guerrilla film group. we were grabbing the stuff, grabbing the shots, and it was really thrilling .
another element to the film that i really enjoyed were the intense motorcycle chases. this is probably as similar to the television show that the movie got besides using the names of the characters. despite not being a huge action fan, i still found the chase scenes to be very entertaining and had me way more into motorcycles than i thought i would be .
an opera unmasked presentation of an opera on film: the terrific vienna state opera 2005 production, starring anna netrebko, leo nucci, rolando villazon. with english subtitles .
awards serenity won film of the year awards from film 2005 [ 5 ] and filmfocus. [ 6 ] it also won ign film' s best sci - fi, best story and best trailer awards and was runner up for the overall best movie [ 7 ] (batman begins received first place). won the 7th annual' user tomato awards' for best sci - fi movie of 2005 at rotten tomatoes. it also won nebula award for best script for 2005. more recently serenity won the 2006 viewers choice spacey award for favourite movie .
in celebration of its anniversary, tarantino brings his own 35mm print from his archives to tribeca for a special screening. following the film, tarantino and members of the cast will take part in a conversation .
do you give out awards? for our 5th season, biff will announce a juried best - film award. please stay tuned for details .
overall, the film was pretty hilarious, and i don’t regret seeing it. the best time to go see this movie would be if you are looking for something light and funny to go see with some friends. while i do not feel that this film was groundbreaking in any way, it was a nice distraction from responsibilities for a few hours .
emerging filmmaker competition rules: • may – november (september excluded) • up to 11 short films (documentary / narrative / experimental) • up to 10 minutes in length • must currently be attending a hudson valley college (westchester, rockland, orange, ulster, dutchess, sullivan, putnam, greene, columbia, albany, or rensselaer county) and be clearly indicated on each short. • 2 judges will determine a winner based on the following criteria (scale of 1 - 10): creativity plot editing cinematography ability to engage • if there is a tie, a third judge will be brought in as a tie breaker • all forms of 2d film are accepted. • all submission must be in english or have english subtitles. • student may submit only 1 film per competition cycle • winning film will be announced may 1st and will be screened at the 2016 beacon independent film festival
visitors reveals humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. comprised of only seventy - four shots, the film is visceral, offering the audience an experience beyond information about the moment in which we live .
joss whedon, the oscar - and emmy - nominated writer / director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of buffy the vampire slayer and angel, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, serenity .
• film must be shot in the hudson valley (westchester, rockland, orange, ulster, dutchess, sullivan, putnam, greene, columbia, albany, or rensselaer county) .
there is an homage to the 1956 movie forbidden planet. in that other movie, nearly 50 years earlier, a search and rescue mission has been launched to discover the fate of the bellerophon expedition to the planet altair iv, which had stopped reporting back to earth shortly after arriving at its destination. the rescue ship is designated united planets cruiser c57 - d. in serenity, mal and crew follow a beacon to the crashed
research + rescue
ship in which they find the recording that reveals the secret fate of the miranda project. the designation
c57d
is visible in one exterior and two interior shots of the crashed ship .
this film, which is very loosely based on the television show of the same name, is perfect if you' re just looking for a laugh. if you were a massive fan of the show, though, you may be let down a little .
mal reaches the second transmitter and finds that it is inconveniently located on a platform surrounded by a large drop. he is about to attempt to reach the platform when the operative shows up. they have a stand - off, which results in mal being quicker on the draw and shooting the stun gun out of the operative' s hand. mal then attempts to reach the transmitter, but the operative follows him. a fight begins between the two men, with the operative employing the same pressure point that killed the alliance doctor at the opening of the film — however, in mal' s case, that particular nerve cluster fell victim to a piece of shrapnel during the war, and mal had it moved .
director martin scorsese, who was a no - show on the red carpet, also attended. cast members jodie foster, cybill shepherd and the screenwriter, paul schrader, posed for photos and shared memories with reporters about their roles in the film considered by some to be in the top 100 of all time .
and i didn' t like the hot pants. i was embarrassed to have to walk down the street like that ,
foster said. the film' s frank violence, she added ,
today looks like nothing, but was ahead of its time .
bigelow and boal linger on the algiers itself—we are made to feel the desperation of the young men being beaten and mock - executed by the police, as well as the frustration of the cops trying to find the gun used to fire on them—but everything else feels rushed, compressed, condensed. our introduction to each set of players is modest and larded up with expository dialogue; the trial of the cops and the security guard who joined them in their extralegal efforts at the end of the film is too succinct, though its brevity helps highlight the absurdity and injustice of the not - guilty verdict that inevitably comes crashing down. as such, it' s sometimes hard to tell whose movie, exactly, this is .
“visit ors turns its predecessors’ concepts inside out… here, time slows to a near - standstill as the film peers into humanity’s troubled soul, glimpsed through the individual faces, which sometimes appear to be studying us as intently as we are studying them. ” – the new york times .
you sometimes get the sense that the focus of this film should be dismukes (john boyega), an armed guard keeping an eye on a grocery store who gets roped into the algiers mess. as a black man also charged with upholding order, dismukes awkwardly straddles both worlds, at one point telling an abused young suspect that the kid' s job is to survive the night. this is some of boyega' s best work—his shaking hands as he realizes he may take the fall for the actions of krauss and his crew say more than any lines of dialogue could—but he is simply absent from large portions of the film, and we see almost nothing from his pov after the trial begins .
but who left that body i hear you ask? well, it wasn’t drake as there are no antlers around. no, it’s down to some kind of malevolent creature that has something to do with aliens and / or native americans. after more walking then fellowship of the ring, the plot slips into neutral and beacon point becomes an exercise in who is going to be the next one to die .
the entire firefly set had to be rebuilt from scratch for the film, using frozen images from the firefly dvd set. zoic, the cg - rendering company that produced the graphics for the series, also had to perform a complete overhaul of their computer model of serenity, as its television model would not stand up to high - definition cinema screens (and future hd dvd resolution). the set for the failed colony, miranda, was filmed on location at diamond ranch high school in pomona, california. (the building into which the alliance ship is crashed is the drhs band and orchestra' s rehearsal room. )
something else that caught my attention was the chemistry between shepard playing jon baker and michael peña playing frank “ponch” poncherello. the two were perhaps the most convincing couple of the film and helped to liven up the plot. for me, shepard’s character was as equally funny and easy to connect to; although, peña’s ability to oversexualize women at random moments did leave me a little uneasy .
in an earlier cut of the movie, gruber and his terrorist henchmen synchronize matching tag heuer watches. as mcclane kills the baddies, he notices that the timepieces are all the same. and when he offers “clay” the cigarette, he spots the same watch .
the film opens with simon tam (sean maher) in the process of breaking his sister river (summer glau) out of an alliance facility where she is being experimented upon. after the pair escape into a ship, the adventure is revealed to be a recording being viewed by the operative, an alliance agent working on behalf of parliament with unspecified (but clearly very great) authority and responsibility .
alex smith recent woodstock transplant alex and his brother andrew recently made winter in the blood. their first feature, the slaughter rule, premiered at the 2002 sundance film festival. they are writing an amazon originals pilot, adapting the graphic novel son of the gun for fox searchlight and remembering laughter for director rodrigo garcía, and have written for hbo, warner bros. , disney, sony, and fx .
serenity' s international box office results were mixed, with strong openings in the uk, portugal and russia, but poor results in spain, australia, france and italy. universal international pictures cancelled the film' s theatrical release in at least seven countries, planning to release it directly to dvd instead. the box office income outside the united states was $ 13. 3 million, with a worldwide total of $ 38. 8 million, [ 16 ] slightly less than the film' s $ 39 million budget, which doesn' t include the promotion and advertising costs. the film' s creators and supporters are hoping that strong dvd sales, similar to those of the firefly television series, may lead to a sequel production. as of 2006, joss whedon himself has stated in at least one online interview that because of lackluster box - office performance, serenity will not see a sequel. [ source? ]
universal also utilized a viral marketing campaign, producing five short videos that were released on the internet between august 16 and september 5. these short films, known as the
r. tam sessions ,
depicted excerpts of counselling sessions with the character river tam while she was being held at a
learning facility
known only as
the academy
. the counsellor in these sessions is played by joss whedon himself. taking place before the events of the film or the television series, the videos shed some light on the experiments and torture
the academy
conducted on river. they
document
her change from a shy child prodigy to the mentally unstable character of the television series. [ 3 ] one aspect of river' s psyche often overlooked is that once the secret of miranda came out, she no longer was unstable. presumably, the visit of the alliance officials happened during these sessions .
in the film, schrader' s bickle, a vietnam war vet, becomes increasing agitated by the violence and sleaze of the city he sees as a night taxi driver. he grows obsessed with a beautiful presidential campaign worker, betsy (played by shepherd), as his mental state deteriorates, culminating in a violent shooting .
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in this april 9, 2016 file photo, ed skrein arrives at the mtv movie awards in burbank, calif. a week after his casting in the upcoming “hellboy” reboot sparked outcries of whitewashing, skrein has withdrawn from the film. he was cast as ben daimio in the “hellboy” reboot “rise of the blood queen .
many objected to the role not going to an asian - american actor. the character is japanese - american in mike mignola’s “hellboy” comics. (photo by jordan strauss / invision / ap, file )
when news broke of dax shepard’s plan to direct a modern version of “chips” based on the classic' 70s television series, the idea was (not surprisingly) met with mixed reviews. personally, i have only seen the show once or twice in my 19 years of life, so i didn' t have high expectations for this film and went into the theater with an open mind .
a better argument could be made for this being the story of larry (algee smith), given that he has an actual arc and undergoes meaningful change. a callow performer concerned only with fame and fortune when we first meet him, larry has, by film' s end, awakened to the ugly realities of the world and has no interest in making money by singing and dancing for white folks. and smith' s performance is arguably the film' s strongest, a gut - ripping trip into a world of terror unimaginable for most in the audience. but given his late introduction and the way in which we split time with so many others in the motel, it' s hard to view him as a viable lead .
does biff have premiere requirements? while we do not require premiere screening rights, we also take no responsibility for stipulations of your distribution agreements or copyrights for prior television, film, internet or festival showings .
after the crew buries the bodies of their friends mr. universe, shepherd book, and wash on haven, the crew patches up serenity in a repair yard on the planet persephone, arranged for by the operative. just as they are ready to leave, the operative arrives to tell mal that the tams are no longer being actively hunted by the alliance, and their regime has been weakened but warns they will not simply forgive the crew for getting the word out. mal warns the operative that he' ll kill him if they ever encounter each other again, but the operative (having abandoned the alliance) promises him they won' t .
the resources of earth have been depleted. humanity has moved to another star system and terraformed many of the planets. all the planets are controlled by the supposedly peace - loving, but actually authoritarian, alliance. a frontier justice still holds sway farther from the
core planets
, where outlaws like the crew of serenity can scrape out a living if they keep clear of alliance forces and the reavers, savage and cannibalistic humans who dwell beyond the outer planets and raid the alliance worlds around the rim .
the plan is to reveal this secret to all the worlds by using the transmitter equipment belonging to mr. universe. they contact him and he invites the crew to use the transmitter, but unfortunately the operative is already waiting at mr. universe' s headquarters, along with an alliance fleet. he runs his blade through mr. universe, and orders the equipment destroyed. serenity slowly heads back through reaver territory, however just when she' s about to leave mal uses the turret to opens fire upon a reaver ship. this provokes all the reavers present and they give chase. with the alliance fleet in orbit of mr. universe' s planet, the operative waits to shoot serenity out of the sky. when the ship emerges, he sneers that the ship isn' t even changing course... only to watch as dozens of reaver ships follow it. there is a massive battle between the alliance fleet and the reaver fleet, as wash steers serenity toward the planet with both the alliance and the reavers trying to destroy them as well as each other. during the attack, the operative' s ship is destroyed, but he flees the battle in an escape pod and follows the crew to the surface .
the film' s main action centers on a night at the algiers motel in the middle of the 1967 riots that engulfed the city—a night during which detroit cops tortured and executed several men they suspected of harboring a sniper. but the path taken to the algiers is a meandering one: a quick, animated history lesson gives way to a night club bust that sparked the riots before we slide into a squad car with a trio of abusive cops riding around town musing about their role as surrogate fathers for an unruly, ungrateful citizenry. we then slide to an unsigned motown group whose big break gets interrupted when the unrest shuts down their show before being introduced to a black security guard trying to placate white national guard troops when the gunfire begins .
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a former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it .
after a brief discussion between the operative and doctor mathias in charge of the alliance facility, the operative accuses the doctor of allowing vital government information to fall into dangerous hands, alluding to river' s psychic
gleaning
of alliance officials who monitored her in person. the operative quickly kills the doctor' s bodyguards with an archaic sword. he prevents the doctor' s attempt to flee by paralyzing him with a pressure - point blow to the side of his torso above his waistline. the operative lets him fall on the sword, which is standing upright with its hilt planted firmly on the floor as the operative kneels beside it. he orders an assistant to recover the mental conditioning triggers from the databanks as doctor mathias dies, and implies he is about to begin his search for the tam siblings .
this is a supernatural conspiracy theory thriller that turns gory at the end and is thought provoking at the same time. unlike the unreadable and unwatchable davinci code books and films, the 7th dimension is easy to get into but makes you work to keep up with each twist and turn. there' s no let up and you have to pay attention as the story unfolds. after a relatively slow, low key start the film gets into its stride and turns up the suspense as the main protagonist declan, either becomes a higher being or gets more and more demented. there are some genuinely scary moments and the story, although mainly gobbledygook is plausible enough to let you suspend your disbelief. not a multi million pound blockbuster, but all the better for it .
), an estate agent thoroughly bored with life. having ditched her job prospects in the bin, against the advice of any sensible or reasonable parent, she packs her problems in a backpack and decides go on a group hike across the appalachian trail with some likeminded individuals, including a man called cheese who used to like eating cheese. i have no need to tell you that, it’s just a character trait that’s stuck in my head since i saw the film. cheese. we have a grown man called cheese, whose name is shouted with intensity and emotion later in the film. think about that, being fearful for your friend, shouting out their name and sounding like you’re requesting a top up on a buffet .
mal doesn' t kill the operative, and instead disables him with a similar move and leaves him trussed up to watch the recording from miranda. returning to the crew, he is informed that river was trapped on the other side of the blast door with the reavers — presumably killed. the door opens a moment later to reveal river, standing with her head bowed around a roomful of dead reavers. after a moment, alliance troops blow in the wall behind her and enter, but instead of giving permission to shoot her, the operative (having seen the video from miranda) orders the squad to stand down .
while there is nothing new or captivating about the narrative of this movie, the comedy was done surprisingly well. i couldn' t help but notice the audience roaring with laughter at certain points, and i’ll admit i burst out a few times myself. it was a simple kind of humor you don' t have to think much about, which made for an easy watch. whenever certain portions of the film felt as though they were dragging slightly, another hilarious situation would arise that distracted from the dismal story development .
i wrote this for the best of all reasons. i wrote it as self - therapy. i didn' t write it as a commercial enterprise ,
he said .
i wrote it because i was afraid of becoming that character. it was the first script i wrote. fortunately the spirit of that script, the purgative element of it, survived through the direction and the acting and, eventually, the release. the impulse that caused me to write it is still there on the screen .
on march 2, 2004, according to an article in variety, the movie was officially greenlighted to enter production with a $ 40 million budget. principal photography started on june 3, 2004. joss whedon said that the film would be released as serenity, in order to differentiate it from the tv series. all nine principal cast members from the television series (adam baldwin, alan tudyk, gina torres, jewel staite, morena baccarin, nathan fillion, ron glass, sean maher, and summer glau) returned for the movie .
gruber’s planned getaway in an ambulance was improvised at the end of filming so when director john mctiernan shot the “synchronize your watches” scene, there was no ambulance visible in the background .
“one of the best cinema experiences of the year…. over the course of this strikingly beautiful movie, the directors alex and andrew j. smith pointedly close the gap between father and son, spinning a drama of estrangement and tentative bonding into a swift and brutal tale of survival. ” — la times
after moving into the home of a deceased relative, a family discovers they may have inherited more than just the house .
in the payoff to a subplot from both the series and the film, simon and kaylee finally make love. zoë tells mal that
she' s tore up plenty, but she' ll fly true ,
ostensibly referring to the ship but also describing her own state. mal then heads to the cockpit and meets with inara and asks her if she' s ready to disembark... and inara admits, with a smile, that she doesn' t know. mal tells her that it' s a good answer and takes his seat at the helm with his new co - pilot, river. he is surprised when she already shows aptitude for piloting but tells her that it' s not knowledge or expertise that keeps a ship in the air or makes her a home. . it' s love. with that the two take serenity, now restored to her former glory, into the air and back out into space. the final shot shows the ship flying off triumphantly, until a random piece of metal flies from the back of the ship and hits the camera, prompting the movie' s final line from mal :
what was that ?
two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one' s crush on her tutor. however, her love interest doesn' t live alone. he' s part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world' s most mysterious mainframe. whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results. can this seemingly insignificant chain of events, which have thrown this group together, be construed as fate? can the beacon provide a signal of hope or is it a web of manipulation, paranoia and ultimately... murder ?
caissie levy is stunning as elsa, the beautiful princess with the cursed gift to turn her kingdom into ice, and patti murin makes a darling anna, the earthbound princess whose love for her sister is the only thing that can set elsa free .
the backlash followed previous controversies including the castings of emma stone as a half - hawaiian, half - chinese air force pilot in cameron crowe’s “aloha” and scarlett johansson as the cyborg protagonist in the japanese anime remake “ghost in the shell. ” last week’s netflix release, the japanese manga adaptation “death note” also drew criticism for transferring a japanese story to seattle without any asian actors .
mal arrives to find mr. universe has been killed. however, before he died, he was able to leave a pre - recorded message with his robotic wife which informs mal that there is a secondary transmitter in another area of the complex. meanwhile, the crew is losing ground to the reavers and is forced to retreat when zoë and kaylee are injured. the operative arrives on the planet and runs into the robotic wife, who repeats the message, informing him where the secondary transmitter is. the crew try to close the blast door, but it does not close completely. this buys them some time, but when simon, the doctor, is hit by a stray bullet, there is no one to tend to the injured. he tells them he needs his medical bag which he left on the other side of the door. river goes to her injured brother' s side, and tells him that he' s always taking care of her, and now it' s her turn to take care of him. she then dives through the gap in the blast door, throws the medical kit back through and closes the door to protect the crew before being swarmed by reavers .
detroit, the latest film from writer / director team kathryn bigelow and mark boal (zero dark thirty, the hurt locker), is a compelling and chilling piece of work, one filled with performances that help bring to life a horrifying night in the midst of a dreadful tumult—a small tale of injustice bringing light to a greater evil. as a piece of narrative filmmaking, however, it' s somewhat messy, with characters appearing and disappearing almost haphazardly .
in addition to traditional advertising methods, universal sought a few unique approaches to promoting the film. hoping to generate buzz through early word - of - mouth, universal launched an unprecedented 3 - stage campaign to sneak - preview the movie in 35 us cities where the television series had earned high nielsen ratings. the first stage of screenings was held in 10 cities on may 5, 2005. the second stage, held on may 26, 2005, added an additional 20 cities and was also the source of controversy when individual theatres began selling tickets before the official announcement was released, leading some shows to be sold out before being announced. the third round of screenings, with an additional 5 cities, was held on june 23, 2005. the screenings proved a success, with all three stages selling out in less than 24 hours, the second - stage screening in dc sold out in a mere 22 minutes and the second screening in phoenix sold out in 8 .
this isn' t a
bad
film but it just lacks a compelling plot to keep you engaged and walking. it starts out fine as we meet the characters and they start the hike, but i think there really isn' t enough conflict between them to keep it interesting. drake, the hike leader, is a little too underwritten of the characters. he has a secret - - which we know - - but he acts so nasty to everyone (instead of being a nice guy) that it sort of undermines the surprise of who he is. the acting across the board is fine, but i sense there was a lot of padding. at the 30 min mark, when we should be deep into the plot, it' s still sort of aimless. and since not much of interest is going on, i was sort of bored. kept watching, but even when the alien aspect was introduced, it still didn' t goose the plot. everything just settled back into the plodding narrative. it' s then i checked and saw i was 55 mins into it with only about 25 mins left! so yes, it' s a short film, but if they can' t keep me watching an hour into it, something is missing - - my interest. so i stopped and looked for something else to watch .
mal comes out and orders that serenity be remodeled to look like a reaver ship, which involves painting and mutilating the hull, making a dangerous modification to the engine to leak radiation, arming the weaponless cargo vessel with the settlers' cannon, and tying the bodies of the dead settlers to the prow. everyone protests, but mal furiously informs them that they can either do what he says or leave the ship now and is ready to shoot anyone who tries to stop him, seconds before he put a bullet into a surrendering alliance soldier emerging from the wrecked ship. serenity, now painted red and looking far more menacing, leaves for miranda. sneaking through a fleet of reaver vessels, the ship finally reaches the other side without incident .
despite critical acclaim and internet buzz, serenity performed modestly at best at the box office. although several pundits predicted a # 1 opening, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] the film opened at # 2 in the united states, taking in $ 10. 1 million its first weekend, spending two weeks in the top ten, and totalling a box office gross of $ 25. 5 million. [ 14 ] movie industry analyst brandon gray described serenity' s box office performance as
like a below average genre picture
. [ 15 ]
“you see his eyes look at the watch. that’s how he knows that he is one of the terrorists, ” de souza says .
set 500 years in the future, serenity is the story of the captain and crew of a transport and cargo ship. their lives of petty crime are interrupted by a psychic passenger who carries a dangerous secret .
on arrival, the crew discovers that the outpost has been ravaged by alliance forces, its inhabitants killed. mal finds book, who has shot down the attacking ship; mortally wounded, he dies in mal' s arms. several other outposts that had harbored serenity in the past have also been destroyed. captain reynolds receives a message from the operative claiming responsibility, and promising more of the same until river is turned over .
is the story of officer krauss (will poulter)? we spend as much time with him, demens (jack reynor), and flynn (ben o' toole) as almost anyone else, sitting in the squad car with the three as they discuss their unruly wards, running with them as they shoot looters in the back, huddling with them as they try to suss out the identity of the algiers shooter, listening in as they try to plot their way out of legal trouble with detroit pd brass. poulter, as krauss, is particularly good. whereas reynor' s cop comes off as a dullard and o' toole' s as a greasy - haired caricature of a racist pig, there' s a scheming quality to poulter' s face—the arched eyebrows, the widened eyes—that renders him unsympathetic yet intriguing. (his turn as a demonic cop here is a reminder that he would' ve been perfect as pennywise in the upcoming adaptation of it, a part for which he was long rumored .) but krauss et al kind of fade away toward the end of the film, bystanders as the legal system bails them out for their bad behavior.
the beacon is a 2009 american horror/thriller film . it is the second film made by sabbatical pictures . it was later officially renamed haunting at the beacon . the film was shot in the rogers hotel in waxahachie , texas . the film 's theatrical debut is in seven cities in october 2009 . the film debuted at the 2009 paranoia film festival where it won for best picture and best actress ( teri polo ) . it has been selected to be one of the films for the 2009 la femme film festival . the film was directed and written by michael stokes . 
the beacon is a 2009 american horror/thriller film. it is the second film made by sabbatical pictures. it was later officially renamed haunting at the beacon. the film was shot in the rogers hotel in waxahachie, texas. the film's theatrical debut is in seven cities in october 2009. the film debuted at the 2009 paranoia film festival where it won for best picture and best actress (teri polo). it has been selected to be one of the films for the 2009 la femme film festival. the film was directed and written by michael stokes.
the beacon is a 2009 american horror/thriller film. it is the second film made by sabbatical pictures. it was later officially renamed haunting at the beacon. the film was shot in the rogers hotel in waxahachie, texas. the film's theatrical debut is in seven cities in october 2009. the film debuted at the 2009 paranoia film festival where it won for best picture and best actress (teri polo). it has been selected to be one of the films for the 2009 la femme film festival. the film was directed and written by michael stokes.