Released by David Bowie’s estate in 2022, Divine Symmetry, subtitled “An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory,” is a 4-disc collection chronicling the year’s work leading to David Bowie’s fourth studio album. Demos, previously unreleased tracks, and live recordings capture the sound of a vision in a state of flux.
As its lead single, “Changes,” makes clear, Hunky Dory, released on Dec. 17, 1971, presented a notable metamorphosis for the artist who would go on to define transformation. This worked against Bowie as his label, RCA Records, worried he would reframe his image again, and did not promote the single. Hunky Dory didn’t chart until after the release of Bowie’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Bowie had only landed one hit during his tenure at Mercury Records, and it would have marked him as a novelty singer. “Space Oddity” charted five days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. His third album,...
As its lead single, “Changes,” makes clear, Hunky Dory, released on Dec. 17, 1971, presented a notable metamorphosis for the artist who would go on to define transformation. This worked against Bowie as his label, RCA Records, worried he would reframe his image again, and did not promote the single. Hunky Dory didn’t chart until after the release of Bowie’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Bowie had only landed one hit during his tenure at Mercury Records, and it would have marked him as a novelty singer. “Space Oddity” charted five days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. His third album,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Parlophone Records has released a new version of David Bowie’s “Starman” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the singer’s seminal album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The previously unreleased track, “Starman (Top Of The Pops Version – 2022 Mix),” was recorded during his iconic appearance on Top Of The Pops and remixed this year.
The Top Of The Pops broadcast recording, taken from the BBC’s master, was first released on the “Starman” 7″ pic disc in 2012. In 1972, the Musicians Union...
The Top Of The Pops broadcast recording, taken from the BBC’s master, was first released on the “Starman” 7″ pic disc in 2012. In 1972, the Musicians Union...
- 6/16/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
CinemaDhanush will be seen in the action thriller 'The Gray Man' which also stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. Ptitwitter/ Sun PICTURESActor Dhanush, who makes his Hollywood debut with filmmaker duo Anthony and Joe Russo's The Gray Man, said he always wanted to try his hand at foreign films but never expected to be working with the directors of Avengers: Endgame. Dhanush is part of an ensemble cast of the Netflix film The Gray Man, which includes actors like Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Rege-Jean Page, Jessica Henwick, Billy Bob Thornton and Wagner Moura. Dhanush, known for critically acclaimed movies such as Aadukalam, Asuran, and Karnan among others, expressed his excitement to be working on The Gray Man. "It is way too early to talk about it. I loved the experience of working on it. It has been a very good learning experience for me,...
- 12/11/2021
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
Directed by Ken Scott, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is a comedy that, along with the laughter, has a ton of ambition.
The narrative centers on Aja (Dhanush), a man who leaves India for a big adventure after his mother passes. Attempting to find a father he never knew, Aja instead stumbles [...]
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The narrative centers on Aja (Dhanush), a man who leaves India for a big adventure after his mother passes. Attempting to find a father he never knew, Aja instead stumbles [...]
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- 6/24/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
CinemaDhanush is wonderfully controlled and carries the film easily on his shoulders, but overall the journey feels quite flat. Sowmya RajendranThe Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, with Dhanush playing the leading man, is Bollywood meets fairytale. In this mild, sunshine-filled universe, a “fakir” (a street performer pulling cheap magic tricks) from a Mumbai slum can go to France with a fake passport without meeting any challenges on the way. He can land there and experience no cultural surprises at all (maybe because he watches Friends of all things on TV?!), as if he flies to Paris every week and knows exactly what to do. If you can forgive the blithe disposition of the script towards details and the fact that Ajathashatru Lavash Patel is played by a Tamil actor who sounds distinctly Tamil, The Extraordinary Journey is a harmless film that occasionally makes you smile. Directed by Ken Scott, the...
- 6/21/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir movie review is here. International debut of south star Dhanush, the movie is helmed by Ken Scott and it?s French, Indian, Belgian co-production based on a novel by Romain Puertolas titled ?The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe?. So how is Dhanush?s international debut?. Let?s find out in the review of The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir.
Immediate reaction when the end credit rolls
What happens when someone tries to please everybody and ends with nobody?, ?Fakiri? (misery sets in).
The Story of The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir
Based on a novel by Romain Puertolas, the movie is a story of a street artist from Mumbai Ajatashatru (Dhanush) who lands in Paris to find his missing father to fulfil his deceased mother?s lifelong dream. Ajatashatru is a street smart magician who hoodwinks firangis and keeps talking about chance.
Immediate reaction when the end credit rolls
What happens when someone tries to please everybody and ends with nobody?, ?Fakiri? (misery sets in).
The Story of The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir
Based on a novel by Romain Puertolas, the movie is a story of a street artist from Mumbai Ajatashatru (Dhanush) who lands in Paris to find his missing father to fulfil his deceased mother?s lifelong dream. Ajatashatru is a street smart magician who hoodwinks firangis and keeps talking about chance.
- 6/21/2019
- GlamSham
Directed by Ken Scott, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir stars superstar Dhanush in the lead role and it is the story of an underdog travelling in the lands of Europe in search of his estranged father. Even though the word ?Extraordinary? which lies in the title itself is enough reason for us to go watch this film in the theatres, we will still give you more reasons why you shouldn?t miss this film, which hits the theatres tomorrow.
Dhanush?s Brilliant performance:
After proving his ace acting skills in the both South film industry as well as Bollywood; Dhanush has made his Hollywood debut with this film and we just can?t keep calm! Even the famous daily of the west, The Hollywood Reporter said this about Dhanush?s acting skills, ?The film's true appeal lies in Dhanush's winsome turn as a down-and-out foreigner experiencing the absurdity of Europe,...
Dhanush?s Brilliant performance:
After proving his ace acting skills in the both South film industry as well as Bollywood; Dhanush has made his Hollywood debut with this film and we just can?t keep calm! Even the famous daily of the west, The Hollywood Reporter said this about Dhanush?s acting skills, ?The film's true appeal lies in Dhanush's winsome turn as a down-and-out foreigner experiencing the absurdity of Europe,...
- 6/20/2019
- GlamSham
Indian star Dhanush embarks on a wild intercontinental journey in the upcoming film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, an exclusive clip from which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting above.
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
- 6/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indian star Dhanush embarks on a wild intercontinental journey in the upcoming film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, an exclusive clip from which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting above.
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
- 6/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After garnering rave reviews in film festivals and registering good numbers at the box office in many countries, Dhanush?s Hollywood debut, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, is slated to release in India and worldwide on 21st of June. The trailer of the film received a great response, and first two songs from the film, ?Angrezi Luv Shuv? and ?Madaari? are steadily climbing up the charts. The hook step of ?Madaari? is also a rage, and has been trending with #CrushitlikeDhanush.
Ahead of the release, the makers of the film released another song from the film, ?Maila Maila?, a rap with a touch of folk music. Composed by Amit Trivedi, the song has vocals by Mame Khan and Rap by R Venkatraman. Anvita Dutt and R Venkatraman have been penned the song that gives a glimpse into the adventurous journey of the protagonist Ajatashatru Lavash Patel, a street artist who cons tourists.
Ahead of the release, the makers of the film released another song from the film, ?Maila Maila?, a rap with a touch of folk music. Composed by Amit Trivedi, the song has vocals by Mame Khan and Rap by R Venkatraman. Anvita Dutt and R Venkatraman have been penned the song that gives a glimpse into the adventurous journey of the protagonist Ajatashatru Lavash Patel, a street artist who cons tourists.
- 6/17/2019
- GlamSham
Madaari song from Hollywood movie, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is raging hit. A peppy number, which features Dhanush dancing like there is no tomorrow, has managed to strike a chord and audience are loving to grooving to it, and have been sharing their dance videos on social media with #CrushItLikeDhanush. Seeing the response to this song, the makers have released a fun Behind the Scenes video of the song. ?
B?r?nice Bejo who has an Academy Award nomination to her credit, and International crew of the film can be seen trying to sing the song, and the attempt at crooning the Hindi number is extremely adorable. The video also showcases some of Dhanush's dun dance moves from the number.
The ?Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is based on the book by Romain Pu?rtolas and it revolves around an Indian street magician's journey to Paris. Finding...
B?r?nice Bejo who has an Academy Award nomination to her credit, and International crew of the film can be seen trying to sing the song, and the attempt at crooning the Hindi number is extremely adorable. The video also showcases some of Dhanush's dun dance moves from the number.
The ?Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is based on the book by Romain Pu?rtolas and it revolves around an Indian street magician's journey to Paris. Finding...
- 6/14/2019
- GlamSham
Actor Priyanka Chopra isn?t the only one who is making a name for her in the international arena! Actor Dhanush has constantly impressed his fans with his projects in Bollywood as well as down South. However, with his film, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, Dhanush has become quite the global star! The movie has received huge appreciation from the audiences across the world.
The film has opened internationally across multiple locations, the key ones being France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Netherlands and Hong Kong and has already earned in excess of Inr 30 Cr in sales. The film will be releasing in major markets, from 21st June through early July, like India, Saarc, USA, Singapore, Canada and UK. The movie released in Japan on the 7th of June and got excellent reviews and opening weekend collections. The film will also release in China in this June-July period, like most recent big Bollywood films.
The film has opened internationally across multiple locations, the key ones being France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Netherlands and Hong Kong and has already earned in excess of Inr 30 Cr in sales. The film will be releasing in major markets, from 21st June through early July, like India, Saarc, USA, Singapore, Canada and UK. The movie released in Japan on the 7th of June and got excellent reviews and opening weekend collections. The film will also release in China in this June-July period, like most recent big Bollywood films.
- 6/13/2019
- GlamSham
It seems south superstar Dhanush has made the leading French actress Berenice Bejo dance with a few typical Bollywood steps to an Indian song ?Madaari? for his International film The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir.?Dhanush burns the dance floor with wacky dance moves in ?Madaari? from The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir.
Dhanush, undoubtedly one of the biggest stars down South has also made a mark in Bollywood with films like Raanjhana and Shamitabh. His Hollywood debut, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, has been screened in film festivals across the globe and received a lot of critical acclaim and awards.
The movie The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir is based on the book by Romain Pu?rtolas and revolves around an Indian street magician's journey to Paris, finding himself in the midst of a crazy adventure he never bargained for. The film deals with the problems of refugees...
Dhanush, undoubtedly one of the biggest stars down South has also made a mark in Bollywood with films like Raanjhana and Shamitabh. His Hollywood debut, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, has been screened in film festivals across the globe and received a lot of critical acclaim and awards.
The movie The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir is based on the book by Romain Pu?rtolas and revolves around an Indian street magician's journey to Paris, finding himself in the midst of a crazy adventure he never bargained for. The film deals with the problems of refugees...
- 6/11/2019
- GlamSham
Barcelona – Agustina Macri’s feature debut “Soledad” (Solitude) won Best Feature award at the 3rd Barcelona Film Festival, which ran April 22-30.
Produced by Italy’s 39Films and Argentina’s Cinema 7 Films, and inspired by true events, the film follows titular Soledad Rosas who moved to Italy in 1997 to a squatters community. There she met a militant anarchist with whom she had a brief and intense love affair. A year later the couple was arrested and accused of terroristic acts meant to halt the construction of a railway.
The screenplay was penned by Paolo Logli and Macri –the daughter of Argentine president Mauricio Macri. “Soledad” world-premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival and will be released in Argentina and Italy through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Company Italia respectively.
The Acec Critic’s Award went to another debut, this time from actress-turned-director Laura Jou. Produced by longtime...
Produced by Italy’s 39Films and Argentina’s Cinema 7 Films, and inspired by true events, the film follows titular Soledad Rosas who moved to Italy in 1997 to a squatters community. There she met a militant anarchist with whom she had a brief and intense love affair. A year later the couple was arrested and accused of terroristic acts meant to halt the construction of a railway.
The screenplay was penned by Paolo Logli and Macri –the daughter of Argentine president Mauricio Macri. “Soledad” world-premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival and will be released in Argentina and Italy through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Company Italia respectively.
The Acec Critic’s Award went to another debut, this time from actress-turned-director Laura Jou. Produced by longtime...
- 5/3/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir which stars Dhanush has been garnering praise all over the world. Now the incredible film has won the audience award for Best Comedy at the Barcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival.
In The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, based on a novel by Romain Puertolas titled The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, Dhanush plays the character of a street magician who tricks people into believing that he possesses special magic powers and tries to swindle them.
The ‘Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir’, which also stars Erin Moriarty is a French-English language comedy-adventure film directed by Ken Scott. The film has already released in France on 18th May 2018 and has been highly appreciated by the audience.
In The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, based on a novel by Romain Puertolas titled The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, Dhanush plays the character of a street magician who tricks people into believing that he possesses special magic powers and tries to swindle them.
The ‘Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir’, which also stars Erin Moriarty is a French-English language comedy-adventure film directed by Ken Scott. The film has already released in France on 18th May 2018 and has been highly appreciated by the audience.
- 5/2/2019
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir has won the audience award for Best Comedy at the Barcelona Sant-Jordi International Film Festival.
In the film, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, Dhanush plays the character of a street magician and a trickster who tricks people into believing that he possesses special magic powers and tries to swindle them.
The The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir is a French-English language comedy-adventure film directed by Ken Scott. The film has already released in France on 18th May 2018 and has been highly appreciated by the audience.
In the film, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, Dhanush plays the character of a street magician and a trickster who tricks people into believing that he possesses special magic powers and tries to swindle them.
The The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir is a French-English language comedy-adventure film directed by Ken Scott. The film has already released in France on 18th May 2018 and has been highly appreciated by the audience.
- 5/2/2019
- GlamSham
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the 'adult romance' feature "After", directed by Jenny Gage and written by Susan McMartin, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd, starring Josephine Langford as 'Tessa Young', a college student who begins a turbulent relationship with 'Hardin Scott' (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), opening April 12, 2019:
Cast also includes Peter Gallagher as 'Ken Scott', Jennifer Beals as 'Karen Scott' and Selma Blair as 'Carol Young'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "After"...
Cast also includes Peter Gallagher as 'Ken Scott', Jennifer Beals as 'Karen Scott' and Selma Blair as 'Carol Young'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "After"...
- 11/22/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Gregory Peck slips into vengeance mode full-tilt, riding down a quartet of blackhearted knaves: rapist Stephen Boyd, ambusher Albert Salmi, sneaky Lee Van Cleef and inscrutable Henry Silva. The action direction and scenery in this late ‘fifties Big Sky western are excellent; Joan Collins and Kathleen Gallant put in good performances as well.
The Bravados
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date September 18, 2018 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant, Barry Coe, George Voskovec, Herbert Rudley, Lee Van Cleef, Joe DeRita, Andrew Duggan, Ken Scott, Gene Evans, Beulah Archuletta, Robert Adler.
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Film Editor: William Mace
Original Music: Lionel Newman
Written by Philip Yordan from a novel by Frank O’Rourke
Produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr.
Directed by Henry King
The Bravados is just the kind of western America liked in the late 1950s,...
The Bravados
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date September 18, 2018 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant, Barry Coe, George Voskovec, Herbert Rudley, Lee Van Cleef, Joe DeRita, Andrew Duggan, Ken Scott, Gene Evans, Beulah Archuletta, Robert Adler.
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Film Editor: William Mace
Original Music: Lionel Newman
Written by Philip Yordan from a novel by Frank O’Rourke
Produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr.
Directed by Henry King
The Bravados is just the kind of western America liked in the late 1950s,...
- 10/2/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Eurimages Lab Project Award goes to performance artist story Burning Man from Norway.
Two Danish films were the buzz hits of Haugesund’s works in progress presentations this week. They were Queen Of Hearts, a drama starring Trine Dyrholm as a middle-aged woman having an affair; and political thriller Sons Of Denmark.
Dyrholm, whose credits include The Commune, Oscar winner In A Better World and TV’s The Legacy, stars in May el-Toukhy’s second feature Queen Of Hearts alongside rising Swedish actor Gustav Lindh. The story is about Anne, a lawyer who works with troubled youth, who shockingly starts...
Two Danish films were the buzz hits of Haugesund’s works in progress presentations this week. They were Queen Of Hearts, a drama starring Trine Dyrholm as a middle-aged woman having an affair; and political thriller Sons Of Denmark.
Dyrholm, whose credits include The Commune, Oscar winner In A Better World and TV’s The Legacy, stars in May el-Toukhy’s second feature Queen Of Hearts alongside rising Swedish actor Gustav Lindh. The story is about Anne, a lawyer who works with troubled youth, who shockingly starts...
- 8/24/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher have joined the cast of After, the movie based on Anna Todd’s bestselling novels that started out as a blowout fan-fiction success on Wattpad. They join Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin who are toplining the pic, which Jenny Gage is directing from Susan McMartin’s script.
Aviron Pictures acquired rights to the film this week and has set an April 12, 2019 release date. Production is underway now in Atlanta.
After is a story of self-discovery and sexual awakening that centers on Tessa (Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart as she enters her first semester in college. Her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Tiffin), a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
Gallagher will play Ken Scott,...
Aviron Pictures acquired rights to the film this week and has set an April 12, 2019 release date. Production is underway now in Atlanta.
After is a story of self-discovery and sexual awakening that centers on Tessa (Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart as she enters her first semester in college. Her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Tiffin), a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
Gallagher will play Ken Scott,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Kaala has become the first Indian film to release in Saudi Arabia. The South Indian Tamil-language film stars superstar Rajnikanth as a powerful gangster in Mumbai. Kaala is directed by Pa Ranjith and co-produced by well-known actor Dhanush, who recently made his international debut in The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, directed by Ken Scott. The Indo-French title also features Berenice Bejo (The Artist) and Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips).
Dhanush’s banner Wunderbar Films confirmed Kaala’s Saudi Arabia release via a tweet Wednesday ahead of the film's worldwide release Friday. Kaala (Dark Skinned) adds to the list of films now releasing in Saudi Arabia ...
Dhanush’s banner Wunderbar Films confirmed Kaala’s Saudi Arabia release via a tweet Wednesday ahead of the film's worldwide release Friday. Kaala (Dark Skinned) adds to the list of films now releasing in Saudi Arabia ...
Kaala has become the first Indian film to release in Saudi Arabia. The South Indian Tamil-language film stars superstar Rajnikanth as a powerful gangster in Mumbai. Kaala is directed by Pa Ranjith and co-produced by well-known actor Dhanush, who recently made his international debut in The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, directed by Ken Scott. The Indo-French title also features Berenice Bejo (The Artist) and Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips).
Dhanush’s banner Wunderbar Films confirmed Kaala’s Saudi Arabia release via a tweet Wednesday ahead of the film's worldwide release Friday. Kaala (Dark Skinned) adds to the list of films now releasing in Saudi Arabia ...
Dhanush’s banner Wunderbar Films confirmed Kaala’s Saudi Arabia release via a tweet Wednesday ahead of the film's worldwide release Friday. Kaala (Dark Skinned) adds to the list of films now releasing in Saudi Arabia ...
CinemaThe actor plays a street magician who cons people into believing that he possesses supernatural powers.Digital NativeDhanush’s first ever international film, the English-French movie The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, released to positive reviews in France. In the movie, the National Award winning actor plays a street magician who cons people into believing that he possesses supernatural powers. His character as Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has caught the attention of critics in a big way. Speaking about the actor, the film’s director Ken Scott has been quoted by the Indian Express as stating, “When I worked with Dhanush, I discovered a great actor and an amazing personality. It was a great experience during the Paris premieres and the press screenings to realise that the French audience and media felt the same about him and experienced the same delight and sense of wonder watching Dhanush in our film.” The producer of the film is also delighted with the positive response and has been quoted as saying: “The film had tested well early on during the editing process with a test audience in Paris, so we knew it would be well received. It was a treat reading the first reviews that emphasised the humanism of the film, its warmth, comedic quality and underlined the discovery of an incredible comedian they mostly didn’t know before this film with Dhanush.” Based on the novel by the same name, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is produced by Luc Bossi and Jon Goldman. The film stars Dhanush in the lead role with Bérénice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi, Erin Moriarty and Gérard Jugnot included in the star cast. Music for the film was composed by Nicolas Errèra, with Vincent Mathias handling the camera. The film was shot extensively in India, France, Italy and Libya. The film’s Tamil version is titled Vazhkaiya Thedi Naanum Poren. Also read: Like to be called a dreamer: ‘I’m a Mallu’ fame Rinosh George talks about film debut (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 6/6/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
At a time when the plight of immigrants has become the subject of heated political debate in Europe and the U.S., an extremely feel-good migration movie like The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir comes along as a rather pleasant surprise.
Not that this upbeat triumph-over-adversity tale — about a man from the lower depths of Mumbai who goes on a most unexpected trip through the Old Continent — can be said to truly reflect current realities. But as a cheeky form of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment a la Slumdog Millionaire or Lion, director Ken Scott's border-crossing adventure, which stars Tamil-born Bollywood heartthrob ...
Not that this upbeat triumph-over-adversity tale — about a man from the lower depths of Mumbai who goes on a most unexpected trip through the Old Continent — can be said to truly reflect current realities. But as a cheeky form of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment a la Slumdog Millionaire or Lion, director Ken Scott's border-crossing adventure, which stars Tamil-born Bollywood heartthrob ...
At a time when the plight of immigrants has become the subject of heated political debate in Europe and the U.S., an extremely feel-good migration movie like The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir comes along as a rather pleasant surprise.
Not that this upbeat triumph-over-adversity tale — about a man from the lower depths of Mumbai who goes on a most unexpected trip through the Old Continent — can be said to truly reflect current realities. But as a cheeky form of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment a la Slumdog Millionaire or Lion, director Ken Scott's border-crossing adventure, which stars Tamil-born Bollywood heartthrob ...
Not that this upbeat triumph-over-adversity tale — about a man from the lower depths of Mumbai who goes on a most unexpected trip through the Old Continent — can be said to truly reflect current realities. But as a cheeky form of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment a la Slumdog Millionaire or Lion, director Ken Scott's border-crossing adventure, which stars Tamil-born Bollywood heartthrob ...
KollywoodTovino plays the baddie in this Dhanush starrer.Digital NativeDigital NativeMalayalam star Tovino Thomas has joined the sets of the Dhanush starrer Maari 2 in which he plays the baddie. Confirming this, Tovino had posted on Twitter “Joined the sets of #Maari2 ! Amazing Team , overwhelming experience:) @dhanushkraja @directormbalaji.” Joined the sets of #Maari2 ! Amazing Team , overwhelming experience:)@dhanushkraja @directormbalaji — Tovino Thomas (@ttovino) February 20, 2018 And the film’s director Balaji Mohan had replied, “Pleasure shooting with u bro! looking fwd to the rest of the shoot!” Pleasure shooting with u bro! looking fwd to the rest of the shoot! https://t.co/OJ4qzm4Wzy — Balaji Mohan (@directormbalaji) February 20, 2018 Maari, one of the biggest hits in Dhanush’s career, was released in the year 2015. Ever since then, there has been a lot of expectations on its sequel, in which he returns as a dhoti-clad, moustache-twirling rowdy. The shooting of Maari 2 commenced last month and is progressing at a breakneck speed. The film’s release is slated to be later this year. While the prequel had Kajal Aggarwal as the female lead, in the sequel it will be Sai Pallavi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar sharing screen space with the actor. Reports indicate that Varalaxmi may be seen in a negative role in the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing the music for the film with Om Prakash cranking the camera. Gk Prasanna is in charge of editing with Silva choreographing the stunts. Maari 2 is being bankrolled by Dhanush’s home production Wunderbar Films. Dhanush is one of the busiest stars in the Tamil film industry with a number of films in various stages of production needing his attention. His last film release was another sequel Velaiilla Pattadhari 2, which was directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. Dhanush has the Gautham Menon directorial Enai Nokki Paayum Thotta and Vada Chennai with director Vettrimaran lined up for release this year. Also, he is busy with his debut Hollywood movie The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, which is being directed by Ken Scott. This film will be released in French as well. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 2/22/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
EntertainmentDhanush also shared the first poster of the film on his official Twitter handle, in which he is seen wearing a colourful Rajasthani headgear.IANSActor Dhanush, who has shared a poster and teaser of his Hollywood debut The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, says it has indeed been a journey extraordinaire. Based on a bestseller book The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, the film is an English-French comedy-drama directed by Ken Scott. Dhanush shared the first poster of the film on his official Twitter handle. In the poster, he is seen wearing a colourful Rajasthani headgear. "Here is the teaser poster of 'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir'. My first English film. It's been an extraordinary journey indeed. Hope you guys like it," tweeted Dhanush, a popular name in the south Indian film industry. Here is the teaser poster of “the extraordinary journey of the fakir” .. my first English film. It’s been an extraordinary journey indeed. https://t.co/z3t92chRM2 .. This Summer. @LRCF6204 hope you guys like it. pic.twitter.com/gOBaCpeRWM — Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) February 9, 2018 The movie also features French actress Berenice Bejo, Somalian-American actor Barkhad Abdi and American actress Erin Moriarty. In director Scott's words, the film is a story of a young Indian who comes from Mumbai. "He knows nothing else but his neighbourhood." According to Scott, working with actors from different cultural backgrounds was inspirational. Sharing his experience in a video, Scott said: "I fell in love with the project. Working with Dhanush and other actors from so many different cultures was truly inspiring. We shot in different countries -- India, Italy, France, Libya. "We wanted to impact these different countries to the main character. Very simply what I tried to do is to get the best out of each actor to find the right balance of drama and comedy." In the film, Dhanush is playing a Mumbai man named Ajatashatru Lavash Patel. "Something in the story makes the movie look like a fable, so we wanted 'Fakir' to be very entertaining and adventurous," Scott added.
- 2/10/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Entertainment The actor narrated a one-liner to Nagarjuna a few months ago and received a go ahead to develop the full script, sources say.Digital NativeDhanush and Nagarjuna will be teaming up for a multi-starrer, say sources in tinsel town. A National Award winning actor Dhanush narrated a one-liner to Nagarjuna a few months ago, and received positive signals to go ahead with the development of the full script, according to sources. Following this, Dhanush is preparing the script and sources say that he will be donning the director’s robes as well. Though this film is touted to be a multi-starrer, it is not clear if Dhanush would go on to share the screen space with Nag or limit himself to directing the movie. Incidentally, Dhanush made his directorial debut with Pa Pandi, which had Raj Kiran and Revathy in the lead and Dhanush himself in a cameo role. Getting a nod from Nag, Dhanush is preparing the final script and there is a buzz that this film will be bankrolled by the famous production house Sri Thenandal Films. The makers are planning the movie as a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu languages. It is being planned on a big scale and it will be really massive if Nagarjuna comes on board. Dhanush’s last film release was Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 which was a hit and he currently has a slew of films in his kitty including the Gautham Menon directorial Enai Noki Paayum Thota, Vettrimaran’s Vada Chennai, and Balaji Mohan’s Maari 2. He also has the Hollywood movie The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, directed by Ken Scott. Nagarjuna, on the other hand, is busy with the Ram Gopal Varma directorial which has not been titled yet. The shooting of this film is underway and reports are that its title would be Sapadham. It may be mentioned here that there were reports of Dhanush approached the Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi initially but he turned down the offer due to date issues following which the offer went to Nagarjuna. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 2/7/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Actor Dhanush is making his Hollywood debut with The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, directed by Ken Scott. The film, based on the book “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe” by Romain Puertolas, went on the floors earlier this year and it was shot in Mumbai (India), Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy) and Paris (France) among other places. On Tuesday, the first look poster of the film was released and it featured Dhanush, looking dapper in a blue suit and resembling nothing like a Fakir.
- 11/2/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
The following article contains minor spoilers for “Blade Runner 2049.”
In addition to a pair of memorable performances from Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, cinematographer Roger Deakins’ stunning visual work, and director Denis Villeneuve’s dystopian vision, “Blade Runner 2049” has one more element worthy of excitement: a supporting cast of new and rising stars. Many of them have already made their mark on indie cinema, like the perpetually working David Dastmalchian or the irreverent Carla Juri, while others will likely use Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic as a springboard for even bigger careers (like Ana de Armas, the film’s biggest find).
Read More:‘Blade Runner 2049’ Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Neo-Noir Sequel Is Mind-Blowing Sci-Fi Storytelling
It’s only appropriate that a future-oriented world like the one on display in the “Blade Runner” franchise would spawn new stars, but they’ve shined quite brightly before. Here’s where you...
In addition to a pair of memorable performances from Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, cinematographer Roger Deakins’ stunning visual work, and director Denis Villeneuve’s dystopian vision, “Blade Runner 2049” has one more element worthy of excitement: a supporting cast of new and rising stars. Many of them have already made their mark on indie cinema, like the perpetually working David Dastmalchian or the irreverent Carla Juri, while others will likely use Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic as a springboard for even bigger careers (like Ana de Armas, the film’s biggest find).
Read More:‘Blade Runner 2049’ Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Neo-Noir Sequel Is Mind-Blowing Sci-Fi Storytelling
It’s only appropriate that a future-oriented world like the one on display in the “Blade Runner” franchise would spawn new stars, but they’ve shined quite brightly before. Here’s where you...
- 10/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Tamil star Dhanush has begun shooting for his maiden Hollywood film, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, directed by Ken Scott. The film is based on “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe” by Romain Puertolas. The screen play of the film is by Puertolas and Luc Bossi (Brio films) and it has a conglomeration of production houses from three different continents. The shoot started earlier this month and Mumbai, Brussels, Rome and Paris are the probable locations.
- 5/23/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
A truly International collaboration, The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir, directed by Ken Scott and starring Indian actor Dhanush, rolled in Mumbai this week. The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir is produced by Brio Films, Vamonos Films, M! Capital Ventures, Little Red Car Films, Impact Films, Aurora Global Media Capital, Scope Pictures, TF1 Studio and Aleph Motion Pictures.
The film is based on “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe” by Romain Puertolas. The screen play of the film is by Puertolas and Luc Bossi (Brio films) and has a conglomeration of production houses from 3 different continents. The shooting has commenced earlier this month and is expected to be shot in Mumbai (India), Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy) and Paris (France).
Starring the inimitable Dhanush in the titular role of the Fakir, the film, as the name suggests, marks an extraordinary journey in the life...
The film is based on “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe” by Romain Puertolas. The screen play of the film is by Puertolas and Luc Bossi (Brio films) and has a conglomeration of production houses from 3 different continents. The shooting has commenced earlier this month and is expected to be shot in Mumbai (India), Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy) and Paris (France).
Starring the inimitable Dhanush in the titular role of the Fakir, the film, as the name suggests, marks an extraordinary journey in the life...
- 5/22/2017
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout star Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
- 5/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout star Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
- 5/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Patti Cake$ breakout Danielle Macdonald on board Seville International Cannes sales title.
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
Seville International will launch pre-sales in Cannes on prestige drama Skin, a true story about the redemption of a Neo-Nazi that pairs Jamie Bell with Danielle Macdonald from Sundance breakout and Directors’ Fortnight entry Patti Cake$.
Guy Nattiv will direct the true story based on the life of Bryon ‘Pitbull’ Widner, a violent gang enforcer who is decorated in facial tattoos for committing hate crimes.
Skin will recount how Widner falls in love with a mother of three daughters outside the gang and turns his back on the gang, resulting in the arrest of its leaders.
As he embarks on his new life, the former gang member receives a $70,000 gift from a Holocaust survivor to pay for painful surgery to remove his facial tattoos.
Skin marks the fourth feature from Nattiv, whose The Flood (Mabul) won the Generation Kplus – Best Feature Film at the...
- 5/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes-bound project is based on Ken Scott’s adaptation of the post-wwii non-fiction book by Karen Levine.
Hana’s Suitcase centres on a survivor and entrepreneur who must revisit memories of Auschwitz and discuss his sister’s fate to help a passionate educator create a Holocaust exhibit.
Producing the Canada-German co-production are Christian Larouche of Christal Films, Scott through his Cinemascott Productions banner, and Henning Molfenter of Babelsberg Film. Maxime Vanasse will serve as executive producer.
Ascot Elite holds German-speaking rights.
The project was originally created as a radio documentary by Levine, who turned it in a book.
Seville International represents worldwide rights.
Hana’s Suitcase centres on a survivor and entrepreneur who must revisit memories of Auschwitz and discuss his sister’s fate to help a passionate educator create a Holocaust exhibit.
Producing the Canada-German co-production are Christian Larouche of Christal Films, Scott through his Cinemascott Productions banner, and Henning Molfenter of Babelsberg Film. Maxime Vanasse will serve as executive producer.
Ascot Elite holds German-speaking rights.
The project was originally created as a radio documentary by Levine, who turned it in a book.
Seville International represents worldwide rights.
- 5/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
I was gutted by the news shared by playwright/producer Jeff Cohen as he and I walked our dogs in Riverside Park early this morning. The Thin White Duke was no more. I struggled to understand the implications of losing a music hero. Rushing home, resigned to reality, I watched his two new videos, the one above and the ablum's title track which I featured on this website last week, both from his 28th studio album, ★(Blackstar), released this past week on January 8th, 2016, the date of Bowie's 69th birthday. As I watched "Lazarus" again, it all made sense.
"Lazarus" is clearly Bowie's epitaph, his final prophetic performance on this mortal coil...
Look up here / I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama that can't be stolen Everybody knows me now...
The coins on his eyes, the pallor of his skin, his frail body wrapped in a fashionalbe shroud.
"Lazarus" is clearly Bowie's epitaph, his final prophetic performance on this mortal coil...
Look up here / I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama that can't be stolen Everybody knows me now...
The coins on his eyes, the pallor of his skin, his frail body wrapped in a fashionalbe shroud.
- 1/11/2016
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, June Diane Raphael, Britton Sear, Ella Anderson, Nick Frost, James Marsden | Written by Steve Conrad | Directed by Ken Scott
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
- 7/9/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Expect to see a lot of premature eulogies for Vince Vaughn's career today, after the disastrous opening of "Unfinished Business," just like you saw a lot of premature obituaries last week for Will Smith's career after the lackluster debut of "Focus."
True, "Business" was an especially spectacular flop, premiering in 10th place with only an estimated $4.8 million, less than half of the already modest $10 million pundits were predicting. That the movie is only the latest in a string of Vaughn flops (including "The Watch," "The Dilemma," "The Internship," and "Delivery Man") seems reason enough for pundits to start measuring the coffin.
Weep not for Vaughn. His hands and feet were immortalized in concrete outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre just this past Wednesday. Next month, he'll star in the eagerly-anticipated second season on HBO's "True Detective," which, if nothing else, will remind those viewers who think of him only as...
True, "Business" was an especially spectacular flop, premiering in 10th place with only an estimated $4.8 million, less than half of the already modest $10 million pundits were predicting. That the movie is only the latest in a string of Vaughn flops (including "The Watch," "The Dilemma," "The Internship," and "Delivery Man") seems reason enough for pundits to start measuring the coffin.
Weep not for Vaughn. His hands and feet were immortalized in concrete outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre just this past Wednesday. Next month, he'll star in the eagerly-anticipated second season on HBO's "True Detective," which, if nothing else, will remind those viewers who think of him only as...
- 3/9/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
91 minutes has rarely felt as long. Here's our review of Vince Vaughn's latest, Unfinished Business...
Every now and then, an actor that usually makes good choices will pick a less-than-brilliant movie role that, nevertheless, pays handsomely. Unfinished Business seems to be what happens when you get a whole ensemble cast of players who seemingly have no possible incentive to be here other than the money.
It's no surprise to see Vince Vaughn, but we haven't the foggiest as to what Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, James Marsden and Nick Frost are doing here, if they're not in it for the salary. This mirthless, mercenary comedy is beneath all of them, even Vaughn, although this seems to be the kind of vehicle to which he hitches his wagon all too often these days.
In essence, it's 20th Century Fox's kit-bashed answer to The Hangover and Horrible Bosses, following three...
Every now and then, an actor that usually makes good choices will pick a less-than-brilliant movie role that, nevertheless, pays handsomely. Unfinished Business seems to be what happens when you get a whole ensemble cast of players who seemingly have no possible incentive to be here other than the money.
It's no surprise to see Vince Vaughn, but we haven't the foggiest as to what Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, James Marsden and Nick Frost are doing here, if they're not in it for the salary. This mirthless, mercenary comedy is beneath all of them, even Vaughn, although this seems to be the kind of vehicle to which he hitches his wagon all too often these days.
In essence, it's 20th Century Fox's kit-bashed answer to The Hangover and Horrible Bosses, following three...
- 3/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
20th Century Fox released their new comedy film, "Unfinished Business," into theaters this weekend, and all the reviews have been submitted from the top, major movie critics in the biz. It turns out that they weren't too fond of this one, giving it only an overall 32 score out of a possible 100 at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: James Marsden, Tom Wilkinson, Sienna Miller, Nick Frost, Vince Vaughn and Dave Franco. We've posted blurbs from a few of the critics,below. Michael O'Sullivan at the Washington Post, gave it a 63 grade, stating: "While by no means a masterpiece, the comedy, by Canadian director Ken Scott, is a careful calibration of crass gags and genuine sentiment that succeeds more often than it fails." Dana Rosa Falcone from Entertainment Weekly, gave it a 50 score. She stated: " The movie struggles to find its comedic footing by trying to bring out the family...
- 3/7/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Chicago – Have you ever seen a film where they throw everything against a wall to see what sticks? The appropriately titled “Unfinished Business” is a throwing machine, taking the flimsy premise of a business trip and using it as an excuse for a splattering of jokes that mostly don’t work.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Vince Vaughn takes his hipster/flummoxed movie persona and becomes a Daddy figure, with the wifey at home, and two rug rats for use as punchlines. Yep, Vincent has gone domestic. Joining him is the requisite dopey assistant and old horny guy, which is reliable as a basis for jokes-that-don’t-score. This is a by the book mainstream comedy, with no originality and a foregone conclusion. When Vince Vaughn is portraying an underdog sales representative – yes, I said sales rep – and it doesn’t look like he’ll close the big deal, what do think will happen? It...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Vince Vaughn takes his hipster/flummoxed movie persona and becomes a Daddy figure, with the wifey at home, and two rug rats for use as punchlines. Yep, Vincent has gone domestic. Joining him is the requisite dopey assistant and old horny guy, which is reliable as a basis for jokes-that-don’t-score. This is a by the book mainstream comedy, with no originality and a foregone conclusion. When Vince Vaughn is portraying an underdog sales representative – yes, I said sales rep – and it doesn’t look like he’ll close the big deal, what do think will happen? It...
- 3/6/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Teaming up again with his Delivery Man director Ken Scott, Vince Vaughn trades in his recent run of safe comedies with something much, much cruder with Unfinished Business. Vaughn plays Daniel Trunkman, a troubled small business owner who, along with his two only employees (Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco), travel to Berlin to close an all important deal. But the minute they step off the plane, it’s clear that this routine business trip will be anything but. There is something charmingly old school about Unfinished Business’ story, as one unfortunate incident bleeds into another (in a perfect world, this would have been National Lampoon’s Business Trip), but when it comes down to it, the movie is just an incredibly bland affair. Wasting no time in getting the story up and running, Unfinished Business drops us into a movie already in progress, as Vaughn’s confrontation with his former...
- 3/6/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Does Vince Vaughn do actual comedies anymore? Once the poster child for bros-behaving-badly fare, Vaughn has recently begun engaging in an interesting, occasionally perplexing bait-and-switch: Lure us with the promise of wild antics (the posters for Unfinished Business depict Vaughn and co-stars Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco in various states of bacchanalia), then deliver something more somber and sensitive instead. Looking back over my review of Delivery Man, the 2013 sperm-donor comedy-drama Vaughn made with his Unfinished Business director Ken Scott, I see that I basically said the same thing then, too. So maybe I should stop being so perplexed.But still. For its first half, Unfinished Business is surprisingly acerbic and serious, more Up in the Air than Office Space. It opens mid-conversation, as we see St. Louis mineral salesman Dan Trunkman (Vaughn) bickering with his ruthless boss Chuck (Sienna Miller — yes, you read that right) over a 5 percent pay cut.
- 3/6/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Apparently made by snickering 12-year-olds who like naked boobies and have heard rumors about the phenomenon known as “the business trip.” I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
- 3/6/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Once again Hollywood reaches for that elusive golden ring that is the big box office “R” rated comedy smash. After all, there’s been a Hangover trilogy, and double dips in the Hot Tub Time Machine and those Horrible Bosses. So when did this cycle of raunchy, crude laugh fests begin? Many point to that unexpected Bo champ from nearly ten years ago, Wedding Crashers. And, oddly enough, one half of that “bromance” headlines this new release. That 2015 hit was a high point in the roller coaster movie career of Vince Vaughn, a ride that really began with his breakout role nearly twenty years ago in Swingers. But of recent years the coaster car has been on a downward trek with misfires like The Watch and The Internship. Perhaps with two new comic cohorts and the director of one of his few recent bright spots (Delivery Man), he can put...
- 3/6/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director: Ken Scott; Screenwriter: Steve Conrad; Starring: Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson, Sienna Miller, June Diane Raphael, Nick Frost, James Marsden; Running time: 91 mins; Certificate: 15
Vince Vaughn's desperate need for a career recharge hits a critical point with his latest comedy Unfinished Business, a story of three down-and-out salesmen who form their own company and head to Europe in a bid to close a deal ahead of a competitor.
The film aims to harness the spirit of Vaughn's best comedies from a decade ago,Old School and Dodgeball (a Vaughn-led band of misfits triumph over adversity), but this is a mere shadow of those films, painfully lacking in laughs or any characters that leave a lasting impression. The True Detective-inspired Vaughnaissance can't get here fast enough.
Lending support are Tom Wilkinson as a divorced sixtysomething desperate to get his mojo back and Dave Franco as a dimwitted ex-Foot Locker employee whose name,...
Vince Vaughn's desperate need for a career recharge hits a critical point with his latest comedy Unfinished Business, a story of three down-and-out salesmen who form their own company and head to Europe in a bid to close a deal ahead of a competitor.
The film aims to harness the spirit of Vaughn's best comedies from a decade ago,Old School and Dodgeball (a Vaughn-led band of misfits triumph over adversity), but this is a mere shadow of those films, painfully lacking in laughs or any characters that leave a lasting impression. The True Detective-inspired Vaughnaissance can't get here fast enough.
Lending support are Tom Wilkinson as a divorced sixtysomething desperate to get his mojo back and Dave Franco as a dimwitted ex-Foot Locker employee whose name,...
- 3/5/2015
- Digital Spy
In the years since he strutted onto the scene — lean, handsome, mouth running a mile a minute — in Doug Liman’s Swingers (1996), Vince Vaughn has become one of the poster boys for the mainstream American comedy: from romantic (The Break-Up) to bromantic (Old School), pretty good (Wedding Crashers) to very bad (Fred Claus) to frankly unnecessary (Delivery Man). His new film, Unfinished Business, falls into that last sub-category — perhaps not coincidentally, as it, too, has been directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man was Scott’s remake of his own homegrown Quebecois hit, Starbuck). A guys-gone-
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- 3/4/2015
- by Jon Frosch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “Unfinished Business” starring Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco and Tom Wilkinson!
“Unfinished Business,” which opens on March 6, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Jil Funke, David Akinloye, Dennis Oestreich, Heidi Philipsen, Marc Zwinz and Jeffrey Corazzini from director Ken Scott and writer Steve Conrad. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free “Unfinished Business” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5 p.m. (not 7 p.m.!) in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Preferably,...
“Unfinished Business,” which opens on March 6, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Jil Funke, David Akinloye, Dennis Oestreich, Heidi Philipsen, Marc Zwinz and Jeffrey Corazzini from director Ken Scott and writer Steve Conrad. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free “Unfinished Business” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5 p.m. (not 7 p.m.!) in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Preferably,...
- 3/1/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A dirty secret around The Playlist parts: we love Vince Vaughn. Or rather, a few of us really like Vince Vaughn when he is in R-Rated comedies like “Wedding Crashers” or…. well, maybe mostly “Wedding Crashers.” The last few years have been more than unkind to almost all of his comedy choices and the comedy projects that he and his team develop, from "Fred Claus," "Four Christmases," "Couples Retreat," The Dilemma," "The Watch" to more recent fare like “Delivery Man.” In short, Vaughn hasn’t starred in a worthwhile comedy since “The Break-Up” in 2006 which itself is still uneven (but much more grown-up than you’d expect). And so he’s got another comedy in the works, “Unfinished Business,” which once again taps Ken Scott, the French Canadian director of “Delivery Man” (which is a remake of Scott’s own “Starbuck” -- Hollywood came knocking and he answered). The movie...
- 2/24/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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