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Gone Blu-ray Review
19 hours ago | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment's Gone is a mess.
Released without advance critics' screenings in February, the film was clearly deemed not worthy of widespread theatrical distribution but wasn't quite regarded badly enough to be relegated to existence as a Lifetime movie of the week - it is, in simplest terms, an example of "Red Box filmmaking;" it's a movie that the powers-that-be had to find a use for somewhere.
The film stars Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls, Red Riding Hood) as Jill, a young woman with a history of mental illness who claims to have been abducted a year or so prior to the events of the film. When her little sister turns up missing, she fears the same fate may have befallen her.
What follows is a 'Law & Order'-esque series of "a guy who leads her to the guy who leads her to the guy" misadventures in which Jill »
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: ‘Gone’ Blu-rays, DVDs Plus Amanda Seyfried-Signed Posters
27 May 2012 8:05 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In our latest psychological thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 prize packs up for grabs each with a Blu-ray or DVD plus an Amanda Seyfried-signed mini poster for the home entertainment release of “Gone”!
“Gone,” which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012, also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré, Sam Upton, Ted Rooney, Erin Carufel and Amy Lawhorn from director Heitor Dhalia and writer Allison Burnett.
To win your free “Gone” prize pack courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
“Gone” with Amanda Seyfried will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012.
Image credit: Lionsgate
The movie trailer for “Gone” can be watched now below. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Key Players in the 2012 Cannes Film Market: Celluloid Dreams
17 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Outside of the highly anticipated Rust & Bone from helmer Jacques Audiard, Celluloid Dreams is much more immersed in the market aspect of Cannes this year. Headed by Hengameh Panahi, Celluloid Dreams brings to some noteworthy Cannes this year, but outside of that doesn’t have anything to front. The Rambler, The Side Effect are noteworthy projects worth keeping tabs on, while Dormant Beauty starring the just Isabelle Huppert who is on some Cannes auteur bucket list drive and Dan Algrant’s debut Greetings from Tim Buckley (see pic above) should be top tier items drawing plenty of buyer interest.
City State (Borgriki) by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Rust & Bone (De Rouille Et D’Os) by Jacques Audiard
A Place On Earth by Fabienne Godet
Bald Mountain by Heitor Dhalia
City State 2: Brave Men’S Blood by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Detachment by Tony Kaye »
- Eric Lavallee
This week's new films
20 April 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Marley (15)
(Kevin Macdonald, 2012, Us/UK) 145 mins
Authoritative to the point of exhausting, Macdonald's documentary compiles an awesome amount of footage, photos, interviews, etc – but then it's a big subject. Whether you really get to the man beyond the legend is debatable (this was made with Marley family backing), but there's much here you've never seen, from Bob's Rasta roots to his kick-around in London's Battersea Park.
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A)
(Lasse Hallström, 2012, UK) Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt. 106 mins
An incongruous setting for a mushy fish-out-of-water romcom, with Blunt and her sheikh boss lured by McGregor's tackle.
Elles (18)
(Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011, Fra/Pol/Ger) Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier. 99 mins
Empowerment and eroticism mix uneasily when Binoche's enquiries into student prostitution affect her own life.
(Rob Heydon, 2011, Can) Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd. 99 mins
Rave-era yarn that's 15 years too late to be the Trainspotting of Mdma it wants to be. »
- Steve Rose
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Gone (2012)
20 April 2012 1:10 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
Price: DVD $26.99, Blu-ray $30.49
Studio: Summit Entertainment
The thriller Gone got poor reviews from critics, but the 2012 movie has some star power in Amanda Seyfried (In Time), Jennifer Carpenter (TV’s Dexter) and Wes Bentley (American Beauty).
The film follows Seyfried’s Jill, who was kidnapped two years earlier by a serial killer. Now her sister has gone missing and Jill believes the serial killer has returned. Unfortunately, no one else believes her, so she’s on the hunt for him by herself.
Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directed the PG-13 film, which grossed a low $11.7 million. However, considering the movie’s budget was only $5 million, it was a financial success.
Critics warned against the movie. Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers said, “It lies there flapping like a dying fish. Skip it,” and Eric D. Snider of Film.com said, “No money should ever change hands in any Gone-related interaction, »
- Sam
Gone – review
19 April 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Amanda Seyfried as a possibly delusional waitress caught up in a possible kidnap makes for surprisingly watchable multiplex filler
This surprisingly watchable multiplex filler casts Amanda Seyfried as a sort of hyper-neurotic Nancy Drew: a waitress rattling round on antidepressants after the trauma of an unsolved (and unproven) kidnap attempt, who returns home one day to find her sister has vanished in similar circumstances. Forced into playing detective, her capacity for spinning tall tales to elicit info sets us to wonder if there isn't something in the fact that the authorities have her down as a lunatic with a handgun. Allison Burnett's screenplay parcels out brisk character notes with its twists, while Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia – taking the Hollywood coin after his arthouse break-through Adrift – seeks out Portland locations that prove almost as colourfully fertile as our heroine's imagination. It's daffy, but it works.
Rating: 3/5
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Gone Review: Another Dull Amanda Seyfried Vehicle
19 April 2012 4:09 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately, »
- Shaun Munro
Film Review: 'Gone'
18 April 2012 8:03 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★☆☆☆ It's fair to say that the majority of the press pack attending the recent screening of Heitor Dhalia's Gone (2012) would have come along with preconceived ideas of what the film was going to be like. Whilst it did manage to regurgitate the innumerable clichés and terribly cheesy one-liners that arguably belong back in some 1980s second-rate action movie, there is one thing that saves this Amanda Seyfried vehicle from being a total disaster: a relatively good twist.
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- CineVue
Motion Picture Purgatory: Gone
8 March 2012 5:17 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
From most accounts Gone was underwhelming at best, but of course no film is ever fully accounted for around these parts until Trembles has weighed in with one of his Mpp reviews. Read on for his take on the film.
Gone was directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Mild goose(bump) chase!
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- The Woman In Black
Sam Upton Talks About Gone and Dodges Jersey Shore Shark Attack
3 March 2012 2:17 PM, PST | Best-Horror-Movies.com | See recent Best-Horror-Movies.com news »
Gone released in U.S. Theaters on February 24, 2012 and stars Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood, Jennifer’s Body). Directed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) with a screenplay written by Allison Burnett (Underworld: Awakening), Gone grossed $4.77M in opening-weekend U.S. box office receipts, the lowest opening this year for a nationwide release. The Horror Czar, Don Sumner of Best-Horror-Movies.com spoke with Gone (read our Gone review here) performer Sam Upton on the film’s release date about the film, working with Seyfried, Dhalia and Burnett, and why he loves a “controlled train wreck”. »
Box Office: February 24-26, 2012: Act Of Valor, Good Deeds
27 February 2012 4:00 AM, PST | Film-Book | See recent Film-Book news »
Box Office February 24-26, 2012. Act of Valor premiered in the Number One spot at the box office this weekend with $24.7 Million. Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds premiered in Second Place with $16 Million. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was Third with $13.4 Million. Safe House was Fourth with $11.4 Million. The Vow was Fifth with $10 Million for $103 Million so far. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, This Means War, Wanderlust (which premiered this weekend), Gone (which premiered this weekend), and The Secret World of Arrietty rounded out the top ten respectively.
Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and actual active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen.
Good Deeds is a romantic drama film written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
Wanderlust is a »
- R.W.
[Review] Gone
26 February 2012 7:20 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Gone does a few things well. For one, the movie is gorgeous to look at. The cinematography on display here by Michael Grady is top notch. Moss-grown forests have the deep, shadowy green hue that makes you feel as though you have entered somewhere primordial and ancient. Urban environments are frosted with day-old rain. There is real craftsmanship in the creation of these images.
Still, when a review begins with technical accolades you pretty much know what that says for the rest of the film, and Gone is no exception to this rule of inference. It’s not so much that the movie is bad. Heitor Dhalia‘s direction, while nothing groundbreaking, is competent and clear. The actors all commit to their roles, such as they are, and the story never plays dirty just to get an intriguing twist in. The problem is that the story, by Allison Burnett, is »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Gone Movie Review
25 February 2012 4:40 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: Gone Director: Heitor Dhalia (‘Adrift,’ ‘Drained’) Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata (‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ TV’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’) and Wes Bentley Being kidnapped and left for dead, and not having anyone believe the terrifying story after escaping, is one of the most devastating experiences a person can go through in life. But having the kidnapper come back to finish the job years later, only to take a sibling instead, and still not have anyone believe the tale, is even more traumatizing. The new film ‘Gone’ puts a new spin on the psychological thriller genre, showcasing the lengths a person would go to in order to save their sibling in »
- karen
Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Amanda Seyfried Bomb: Box Office
25 February 2012 2:49 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Amanda Seyfried, Gone Chris Pine / Reese Witherspoon / Tom Hardy's This Means War, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider Weak Box-Office Performers Starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, David Wain's Wanderlust opened at no. 8 with an embarrassing $2.2 million at 2,002 sites, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Wanderlust's debut was so poor that it trailed even last weekend's weak performers such as the Reese Witherspoon / Chris Pine / Tom Hardy comedy This Means War and the Nicolas Cage 3D actioner Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Wanderlust will be lucky if it reaches $6 million by Sunday evening. For comparison's sake: The Switch, Jennifer Aniston's 2010 comedy co-starring Jason Bateman, was considered a major box-office disappointment when it opened at 2,012 theaters with $8.43 million. The Switch went on to collect a measly $27.77m domestically and $22m overseas. Wanderlust will likely fare considerably worse. The film's total domestic gross, in fact, will »
- Zac Gille
Review: 'Gone' Starring Amanda Seyfried Is A Zero Sum Detective Story Meets Empty Lifetime Movie Slasher
25 February 2012 8:19 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s weirdly fitting that "Gone" is just as tonally confused as its lead protagonist -- the creators of the new Amanda Seyfried vehicle have made a slasher film for the Lifetime movie set. Director Heitor Dhalia tellingly concludes the film’s opening scene, with Seyfried, playing a jittery young woman who’s convinced she was abducted, in a steamy shower sequence. There’s no nudity in this shower scene but if Dhalia did show Seyfried lathering up in the buff, it wouldn’t have significantly changed the already gratuitous nature of this introductory sequence of Seyfried quietly touching herself behind a thin shower curtain.
That relatively chaste but still innately sleazy moment reveals just how flimsy "Gone"’s sheen of respectability is (Dhalia and screenwriter Allison Burnett make a big of show of respecting the psychological fragility of Seyfried’s heroine). As a result, it is a disingenuous and »
- Simon Abrams
Act Of Valor Tops, Jennifer Aniston Bombs: Box Office
25 February 2012 2:29 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Wanderlust It's Oscar weekend. So, what are the top movies at the North American box office? The Artist? The Descendants? Hugo? Try Act of Valor, featuring (as per the film's publicity) actual Navy SEALs in a story of red-white-and-blue honor and valor and all that good stuff that unpatriotic film critics have given a putrid 19% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes (top critics). Directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, Act of Valor is expected to gross $27 million over the weekend — following $9.4 million at 3,039 locations on Friday — according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. As per Deadline, Relativity acquired the film for $13 million, in addition to committing itself to spending $30 million in marketing and distribution. So, for a $43 million investment, $27 million in three days isn't bad at all. (At Box Office Mojo, Ray Subers had been expecting a $20.5 million opening.) But it isn't great, either, »
- Zac Gille
Film Review: Avenging Pursuit Motivates Amanda Seyfried in ‘Gone’
24 February 2012 7:47 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The premise of “Gone” is a beguiling notion. What if the victim of a traumatic crime can’t get authorities to believe her? The evidence doesn’t add up, there are no physical signs of struggle and no crime scene is found. Amanda Seyfried plays such a victim, and her very sanity is questioned.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is fast-paced, with a probable improbability that works because the screenplay and direction is tight as a drum. Whether or not Seyfried’s character is to be believed, there is a rooting interest in her, simply because she has an obsession for justice that is more fiery than the all other “protection” institutions. There is also a larger symbolic nature to the crime and punishment, as the males in the film are hapless or skeptical, while the main character get better results fending for herself.
Seyfried portrays Jill, a tense resident of Portland, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Verdict Is in on Gone!
24 February 2012 7:16 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
So how does this weekend's genre release stack up against the competition? We have the verdict on Gone for you right here. Read on if you dare.
Read our review for Gone here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
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- Uncle Creepy
Go Behind the Scenes with Two New Gone Clips Featuring Amanda Seyfried
24 February 2012 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Our UK based readers will just have to suck up the fact that Heitor Dhalia's ('Adrift') new flick 'Gone' won't be arriving theatrically until the 30 March. However, it's those lucky yankee doodles that can catch the thriller in cinemas today! And in case you're still in two minds as to whether you should be heading down to your local multiplex and grabbing a ticket then why not check out a couple of new behind-the-scenes clips below, featuring it's hottie lead star Amanda Seyfried ('Red Riding Hood', 'Jennifer's Body'), to help make your mind up. Jennifer Carpenter ('Dexter'), Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley ('The Hunger Games'), Erin Carufel, Sebastian Stan, Socratis Otto and Joel David Moore ('Aviator') all co-star. Check out the new scenes below. »
Go Behind the Scenes of Gone
23 February 2012 10:11 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
With Gone getting ready to open in theatres this Friday, we've dug up some good old fashioned behind-the-scenes goodness for you to tide you over until our review comes. Dig it!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it! »
- Uncle Creepy
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