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DVD Review - Mama (2013)
17 June 2013 11:35 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Mama, 2013.
Directed by Andres Muschietti.
Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse, and Megan Charpentier.
Synopsis:
Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years.... but how alone were they?
"A ghost is an emotion bent out of shape, condemned to repeat itself time and time again."
Mama is the story of two little girls who are left alone in the woods on the day of their mother’s murder. Five years pass and the girls are found but due to their time alone have become feral and unresponsive. The girls are taken in by their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who, along with his girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain), tries to offer them a loving family – but something’s not quite right; the girls keep referring to someone called Mama and it’s soon evident that they may »
- Flickering Myth
DVD Review: 'Mama'
17 June 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★☆☆☆ With renowned Spanish fantasy-horror maestro Guillermo del Toro - the visionary director behind Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth - on producing duty, early signs were promising for the Andrés Muschietti-directed Mama (2013), a tale of two orphaned sisters taken in by the spectral presence referred to in the film's title. However, while del Toro's previous works managed to forge a truly unique vision and arguably a new spin on a tired genre, Mama sadly fails to capture any such innovation; calling on a host of horror clichés and all too familiar tricks of the trade in its bid to pull a few cheap scares.
The story follows Victoria (Megan Carpenter) and Lilly (Isabelle Nélisse), two young, orphaned sister who are mysteriously saved from their crazed father's shooter just before he is about to kill them, thanks to a spectral force later referred to by the girl's as 'Mama'. »
- CineVue UK
‘Mama’ Review
10 June 2013 2:21 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier | Written by Neil Cross, Andrés Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti | Directed by Andrés Muschietti
In preparation for watching Mama, I caught up with The Orphanage, the logic being that both come under the ‘presented by Guillermo del Toro’ horror label, are directed by Spanish filmmakers and both deal with paedophobia to certain degrees. As it turns out, the exercise was fairly pointless. Those three assets are almost all they share in common. Fortunately, they do share one other thing – both films are very good.
Mama opens with a father bundling his two infant children into a car, fleeing in desperation. After a crash, the family find themselves in the traditional cabin in the woods with a mysterious creature. Years later, the girls are found by their uncle Lucas (played by Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). They are practically feral and whilst eight year old Victoria retains her language skills, »
- Jack Kirby
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Blu-ray, DVD Combo Packs to ‘Mama’ From ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Creator
4 May 2013 6:09 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
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“Mama,” which comes to Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on May 7, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, stars Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash, Javier Botet, Jane Moffat, Morgan McGarry, David Fox, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Christopher Marren, Julia Chantrey, Ray Kahnert, Diane Gordon and Matthew Edison from writer and director Andrés Muschietti and writer Neil Cross. “Mama” is rated “PG-13”.
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Mama (2013) Review
27 March 2013 9:04 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
Reviewed by Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com
Anything that has a “Guillermo Del Toro Presents…” tag above a film, be it horror or otherwise, I know I can get excited about because that man just has an eye for some bizarre and refreshingly original content and he hasn’t let me down yet.
Mama comes from the twisted minds of Andrés Muschietti and Bárbara Muschietti and is the result of Guillermo Del Toro discovering their 2008 short film Mamá and being so impressed by it that he helped the duo develop a feature film around the concept with bigger toys to play with in the sandbox.
I could begin this sentence by going into the plot and setting up the storyline for you all, but Mama is one of those horror films where you are best going into blind and discovering plot details for yourself and even beginning to describe how this »
- admin
Mama Blu-ray and DVD Arrive May 7th
10 March 2013 8:45 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
From Academy Award nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, The Help) comes the pulse-pounding tale of one mother's twisted love in Mama. Brought to life by Academy Award nominee Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) and also starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Mama will be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on May 7, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Also available on Digital Download on April 23, 2013.
Mama is the haunting tale of two little girls who vanish without a trace from their suburban neighborhood the day that their parents were killed. But when the young sisters are found alive years later in a decrepit cabin, their uncle (Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Chastain), take them in. As they try to introduce the children to a normal life, Annabel begins to wonder if the traumatized girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home or if »
- MovieWeb
Mama Director Andres Muschietti Takes Bird Box
26 February 2013 8:43 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Andres Muschietti is in talks to helm an adaptation of Josh Malerman's upcoming novel Bird Box for Universal.
Plot details are few, but we do know that the story will be set in a post apocalyptic time and centers on a woman and two children that make their way down a river. The studio is currently searching for a writer.
Josh Malerman is the front-man to a Detroit based pop rock band, which formed back in 2000. His novel will be published in 2014. Andres Muschietti most recently direct Mama, which brought in over $97 million worldwide.
Scott Stuber, Christopher Morgan and Barbara Muschietti will be producing. No production date has been released.
Mama was released January 18th, 2013 and stars Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash, Javier Botet, Jane Moffat, Morgan McGarry. The film is directed by Andres Muschietti. »
- MovieWeb
Movie Review - Mama (2013)
23 February 2013 9:59 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Mama, 2013.
Directed by Andres Muschietti.
Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nélisse.
Synopsis:
Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years... but how alone were they?
Since seeing Andres Muschietti's Mama, the one question I've been asked is: 'is it as scary as the trailer?' And the answer to that is more or less the same to the question 'is the film any good' which is, 'sort of'.
With Guillermo del Toro as executive producer, Mama has received a lot of attention from the horror community and on the surface that makes a lot of sense. The story, while a little far fetched, is quite engaging and the image of 'scary looking children doing creepy things' is bound to interest those who enjoy watching movies through their finger tips. The problem Mama »
- luke-o
Mama (review)
21 February 2013 3:44 PM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
The movie called Mama, fer pete’s sake. And it gives us Jessica Chastain as a punky dyed-black-haired rock chick who, as our introduction to her, is happily shouting “Guess who’s not pregnant!” to her boyfriend from the totally clichéd “waiting for the pee stick to do its divination in the the bathroom” scene. I figured, This is it for the poor woman. She’s doomed to maternity anyway. Because I already knew what Mama was about: that she and the boyfriend would be taking in his nieces because they’ve been orphaned by teh spooky or something. That’ll learn a rock chick who doesn’t want babies. But oh! Look how just the teensiest of shift in emphasis turns a flick from the trite and tired -- movies are always forcing women into motherhood and making sure they like it whether they like it or not -- »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Film review: Mama (15)
21 February 2013 10:00 AM, PST | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
Buried somewhere in this supernatural horror is a slyly subversive allegory on mother love. Sponsored by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), it spins a creepy tale of loss and possession: two young daughters (Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse) of a vanished murderer are found in a backwoods cabin, where they have lived on a diet of cherries and moths for five years. »
Universal Wants a Sequel to Guillermo Del Toro's Mama
20 February 2013 11:05 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Universal Pictures is eyeing Mama as a potential franchise, with early discussions under way about making a sequel to director Andres Muschietti's horror-thriller.
Here's what Universal Studios International president David Kosse had to say about a potential follow-up.
"We think there's potential for a Mama franchise. We'd like to do another one. But those conversations are in the early stages. Mama is the first of this type of model that we've had enormous success with so there are more opportunities for this kind of film."
The model he is speaking of is the Universal Studios International co-production with Barbara Muschietti's company Toma 78, where the project was reconceived as an English-language Canadian-Spanish co-production. Universal had initially planned on making the film a Spanish-language production.
Mama has earned an impressive $89.2 million worldwide, with $68.2 coming from the U.S. The movie has yet to open in 43 key territories, such as UK, »
- MovieWeb
Review: Mama
18 February 2013 8:01 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Mama
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier | Written by Neil Cross, Andrés Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti | Directed by Andrés Muschietti
In preparation for watching Mama, I caught up with The Orphanage, the logic being that both come under the ‘presented by Guillermo del Toro’ horror label, are directed by Spanish filmmakers and both deal with paedophobia to certain degrees. As it turns out, the exercise was fairly pointless. Those three assets are almost all they share in common. Fortunately, they do share one other thing – both films are very good.
Mama opens with a father bundling his two infant children into a car, fleeing in desperation. After a crash, the family find themselves in the traditional cabin in the woods with a mysterious creature. Years later, the girls are found by their uncle Lucas (played by Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). They are practically feral and whilst eight year old Victoria retains her language skills, »
- Jack Kirby
'Mama' review: Jessica Chastain stars in old-fashioned ghost story
18 February 2013 12:15 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Director: Andrés Muschietti; Screenwriters: Andrés Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Neil Cross; Starring: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse; Running time: 100 mins; Certificate: 15
If your idea of a scary movie involves screaming teenagers, serrated edged knives and geysers of blood, Mama will disappoint. But for those who favour a good old-fashioned ghost story, bristling with suspense, this film should be embraced with open arms. Guillermo del Toro is the executive producer, and there's certainly an echo of Pan's Labyrinth in its dark fairy-tale premise.
Zero Dark Thirty star Jessica Chastain anchors the story as Annabel, a goth rocker who gets cold feet at the prospect of minding her boyfriend's two young nieces and quickly finds her spine chilled as well. Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and her little sister Lily (Isabelle Nelisse) are introduced first, as the innocent victims of a car crash in a snowy mountain forest.
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Mama Motion Test Featurette
25 January 2013 12:05 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Universal Pictures' horror-thriller Mama took the top spot at the box office last weekend, taking in an impressive $28.1 million. The studio has released an intriguing behind-the-scenes video that shows fans how Mama herself came to life. This motion test reveals actor Javier Botet's unorthodox movements that, combined with prosthetics, makeup, and CGI hair, brought this creepy character to the silver screen in director Andres Muschietti's captivating thriller.
Mama - Movement Test
Mama was released January 18th, 2013 and stars Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash, Javier Botet, Jane Moffat, Morgan McGarry. The film is directed by Andres Muschietti. »
- MovieWeb
Mama review
20 January 2013 11:16 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Review Ron Hogan Jan 21, 2013
A starry cast and imaginative visuals lift a familiar horror tale. Here's Ron's review of the atmospheric horror, Mama...
Lucas (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) is a successful financial bigwig of some sort, with a wife and two lovely girls. Everything seems to be going well in his life - at least judging by his awesome house - but one day he just randomly snaps. He shoots two co-workers, then he drives home, murders his wife, and absconds with his daughters who are too young to know any better. They suffer a crash on an icy mountain road, slink through the forest, and find a lovely, filthy abandoned cabin. Or at least they think it's abandoned.
Five years later, Lucas's twin brother Jeffrey (also Coster-Waldau) has spent his entire savings looking for his lost brother and those missing children. It took a lot of time, but after a coincidental »
- ryanlambie
Win A Pass To The Advance Screening Of Mama In St. Louis
7 January 2013 7:03 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Academy Award®-nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Pan.s Labyrinth, Hellboy series) presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something wants to come tuck them in at night.
Five years ago, sisters Victoria (Red Riding Hood.s Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Mirador.s Isabelle NÉLISSE) vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace. Since then, their Uncle Lucas (Game of Thrones. Nikolaj Coster-waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (The Help.s Academy Award®-nominated actress Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home.
As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, »
- Movie Geeks
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