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The DC Extended Universe has been defunct for one year, with the new DC Universe now on the way. The former shared universe began in 2013, and it put actor Henry Cavill on the map through the role of Superman. This wasn't the actor's first film, by any means, and one year beforehand, he starred in a movie that was more poorly-received than even the most controversial Dceu entries.

The Cold Light of Day was a movie that featured several talented actors, but to no avail in terms of the actual quality. Barely making a blip at the box office, it fared even worse critically. It ultimately ended up being a rather infamous example of an action movie "subgenre,...

Henry Cavill is, by all accounts, a big star with an enviable career. But there's always been a certain tinge of unfulfilled potential to his journey. The British actor was almost James Bond before Daniel Craig won the role for 2006's "Casino Royale." Then, when he did land the role of the Man of Steel in the now-defunct Dceu, Cavill proved to be a great Superman that never really got a great Superman movie. Then, after making a high-profile exit from Netflix's "The Witcher" in 2022, Cavill announced he was back as Superman, before it was confirmed that he was, in fact, not back as Superman.

Despite these missteps and misfortunes, it's not as if the actor has struggled for roles. Following his unfortunate Superman return that never was, Cavill announced that he's starring in and executive producing a "Warhammer 40,000" series for Amazon and is currently gearing up to...

Perhaps it’s because of his stunning bulky physique or his unparalleled acting and fighting chops, but Henry Cavill absolutely eats it up in the action genre. Over the years since his career started, he has depicted his combat excellence across multiple genres, be it adventure-comedy, mystery, superhero, or even fantasy. That said, he prefers to do most of his stunt scenes by himself as well.

Henry Cavill. | Credits: The Cold Light of Day/Lionsgate.

The same was the case when he was working on his 2012 action-thriller The Cold Light of Day, which saw Cavill pulling off some really praise-worthy moves but still ended in the ditch as both critics and general audiences failed it. But that didn’t stop the actor from having a ball with the action sequences working with the stuntman while the director worried for his wellbeing.

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France’s Cnc Sets Carbon Footprint Stipulations In Return For Support

France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) is set to become one of the first state film and TV bodies to attach green stipulations to its funding. As of March 31, 2023, producers applying for funds across all genres and formats will have to include provisional and final carbon audits for the works when they make the application, the body announced on Wednesday.

The measure, which was approved by the Cnc board this week, is a major pole of its Plan Action! aimed at encouraging France’s audiovisual sector to make the transition towards ecologically sustainable practices and forms of energy. The body said data from the audits would be used for in-house studies assessing the environmental impact of film and TV productions, as well as to devise ways to support the sector as its takes on the challenge of embracing more sustainable practices.

The October weekend event will screen films from this year’s festival.

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be back in cinemas from October 14-16 with IFFR 2022: Return of the Tiger, after the last two editions of the festival were moved online due to the pandemic.

The city’s Cinerama Filmtheater and LantarenVenster venues will host screenings of selected films from the festival’s 51st edition, which was held online from January 26-February 6. Filmmakers and special guests from the selected films will be in attendance.

The event will screen 13 films from the 2022 Tiger Competition, including Paz Encina’s Tiger award winner Eami,...

RuPaul Leads The Way On BBC Three Return

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World led the way on BBC Three’s return to linear TV after a six year break last night, securing five times more viewers than any other show. The spin-off format, in which queens from around the world compete, was viewed by 350,000 people from 9pm-10pm, according to Barb data from overnights.tv. It was way ahead of reality format Eating With My Ex (70,000) from the previous slot, while the Launch Party managed just 28,000. The RuPaul spin-off will air for the next 10 weeks and comes off the back of the huge success of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which has aired for three seasons and is widely recognized to be BBC Three’s most popular non-scripted show.

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Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina’s “Eami” – being sold by MPM Premium – has won the top Tiger Award and a €40,000 cash prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the festival announced Wednesday. The 51st edition of the Dutch event, forced online due to the Omicron wave, will wrap on Sunday.

The jury, made up of Zsuzsi Bankuti, Gust Van den Berghe, Tatiana Leite, Thekla Reuten and Farid Tabarki, was impressed with her complex, magical realist take on the suffering of the indigenous tribes, calling it a “powerful film.” “It gave us the opportunity to dream and, at the same time, a chance to wake up,” they stated.

Inspired by the stories of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode people, as well as their mythology, Encina created a tale about a young girl who embarks on a journey after her village is destroyed.

“All my films deal with an issue of exile, of the diaspora,...

Paraguayan, French and Chinese features among winners.

Paz Encina’s ecological drama Eami has won the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, at the 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

The jury said the Paraguayan drama placed a spotlight “on the global massacres of indigenous tribes”. The film depicts the violence committed against the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode people, who lived in the Northern Paraguayan Chaco but were displaced by rampant deforestation.

It marks the second narrative feature of Paraguayan auteur Encina, whose 2006 debut Paraguayan Hammock won the Fipresci prize when it premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard.

Paris-based MPM Premium handles sales of Eami,...

Answering the SunInternational Film Festival Rotterdam have announced the full lineup for their "scaled-down" 51st edition, which will take place online between January 26 — February 6. As part of a full, nationwide lockdown, cinemas will remain closed in the Netherlands until at least 14 January. Tiger COMPETITIONAchrome (Maria Ignatenko)The Cloud Messenger (Rahat Mahajan)The Child (Marguerite de Hillerin/Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois)Eami (Paz Encina)Excess Will Save Us (Morgane Dziurla-Petit)Kafka for Kids (Roee Rosen)Malintzin 17 (Mara Polgovsky/Eugenio Polgovsky)Met mes (Sam de Jong)The Plains (David Easteal)Proyecto Fantasma (Roberto Doveris)Le rêve et la radio (Renaud Després-Larose/Ana Tapia Rousiouk)Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish (Lei Lei)To Love Again (Gao Linyang)Yamabuki (Juichiro Yamasaki)Big Screen COMPETITIONAssault (Adilkhan Yerzhanov)Broadway (Christos Massalas)Third Grade (Jacques Doillon)Daryn’s Gym (Brett Michael Innes)Drifting Petals (Clara Law)The Harbour (Rajeev Ravi)The Island (Anca Damian)Kung Fu Zohra (Mabrouk El Mechri...

This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 14 films selected for its flagship Tiger Competition. Scroll down for the full list.

The selection is typically globe-trotting, with features ranging from Chile to China, Sweden to Israel, and Mexico to India. A jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, plus two special jury awards. On the jury are: Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Gust Van den Berghe, Tatiana Leite, Thekla Reuten and Farid Tabarki.

Last year’s winner of IFFR’s Tiger competition was Indian filmmaker Vinothraj P.S.’s Pebbles, which was the country’s contender for this year’s International Oscar race, though didn’t make the shortlist.

Today, the festival also confirmed the line-ups for its Big Screen Competition, which aims to bridge the gap between popular and arthouse cinema. Titles selected range from Romania to France and South Africa. The Tiger Short Competition was also unveiled.

Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “Assault” and “Kung Fu Zohra” from Mabrouk El Mechri are among the lineup at International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) 51st edition.

The films were among 10 features selected for the Big Screen competition, which aims to bridge the gap between popular, classic and arthouse cinema.

IFFR also boasts the Tiger Competition for emerging talent and Ammodo Tiger Short competition for shorts.

Among the 14 titles selected for the Tiger Competition, Roberto Doveris will present “Proyecto Fantasma,” Morgane Dziurla-Petit will deliver “Excess Will Save Us” and David Easteal will show “The Plains.”

The festival, whose full lineup was announced on Friday, will run as a virtual festival on IFFR.com from Jan 26-Feb. 6 for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic revealed that the lockdown in the Netherlands had enforced some changes in previously announced elements of the program. For example,...

A scene from the French crime thriller TV series “Nox,” streaming on Topic. Courtesy of Topic.

“Nox” is a six-episode subtitled miniseries from French TV that is far more complicated than most, but worth investing the requisite degree of concentration. It’s perfect for binging, since that makes it easier to stay with all the characters and subplots unfolding before you. It starts as cops vs. bank robbers, from the vantage of detective partners Julie and Raphael as they figure out which bank will targeted next. They nail it, but most of the thieves manage to escape into Paris’ elaborate underground systems of tunnels. Julie dashes into the dark ahead of her partner and inexplicably vanishes.

The hunt for her is on, but subterranean Paris is three levels of spider webs under the entire city, with the lowest dating back to the Roman Empire’s occupation. No one has explored all of them.

Gaumont’s international sales arm will launch four new upcoming titles at Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.

French sales, production and distribution giant Gaumont has unveiled four new projects to introduce to buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings.

Shooting has just begun on Ramzi Ben Sliman’s in-house production Neneh Superstar, a ballet school drama starring big-screen debutant Oumy Bruni Garrel, Maïwenn and Aïssa Maïga. Bruni Garrel, who is the daughter of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Louis Garrel, plays a 12-year-old girl who wins a place at the prestigious dance school of the Opéra de Paris. She outshines the other students but...

With Father’s Day around the corner, here are a few movies you can binge watch with your old man, giving you all the new reason to spend quality time with him. Get some popcorn and cocktail ready to embark on a journey of laughter and emotions with the best of cinema curated by Lionsgate Play.

The Shack

Starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene is an American drama film. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P. Young. The story revolves around Mackenzie telling the story of his life from young to adulthood. Now, living with his wife and three children, Mack’s life is shattered when their youngest child disappears during a camping trip. He then receives a mysterious invite to meet with God at a place called ‘The Shack’.

A Better Life

Directed by Chris Weitz, this American drama film revolves around an illegal...

The new film currently being shot by Mabrouk El Mechri - a Les Films du Kiosque production sold by Gaumont – gathers together a cast composed of Sabrina Ouazani, Ramzy Bedia and Eye Haïdara. Having kicked off on 8 June, filming on Kung Fu Zohra by Mabrouk El Mechri is now set to wrap on 31 July at the Épinay Studios. This will be the filmmaker’s 4th feature film following on from Virgil (2005), Jcvd (2008) and the American work The Cold Light of Day (2012). Also the focus of much acclaim for the series Maison close and Nox, the director is uniting the likes of Sabrina Ouazani, popular actor Ramzy Bedia (at his best in South Terminal and Vandal, among other works,...

Les Films du Kiosque, the Paris-based production company behind Nicolas Bedos’ Cannes-premiering “La Belle Epoque” and Netflix’ hit original “Family Business,” is set to reteam with Bedos on “Masquarade,” and will produce Mabrouk El Mechri’s “Kung Fu Zohra.”

El Mechri’s film follows Zohra, a young cashier from the suburbs who is being physically abused by her violent husband Omar. Zohra is trying everything she can to shelter her 6-year-old child and sets off to learn how to defend herself. Her life changes after she crosses paths with Chang Sue, a kung fu master who runs the municipal gymnasium. Set to start shooting in March, the film will star Sabrina Ouazani, Ramzy Bedia and Eye Haïdara.

Gaumont has come on board to acquire French distribution and international sales rights to the film.

François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne founded Les Films du Kiosque. Kraus told Variety that “Kung Fu...

'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' 2015: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' movie is a domestic box office bomb: Will it be saved by international filmgoers? Directed by Sherlock Holmes' Guy Ritchie and toplining Man of Steel star Henry Cavill and The Lone Ranger costar Armie Hammer, the Warner Bros. release The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has been a domestic box office disaster, performing about 25 percent below – already quite modest – expectations. (See also: “'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' Movie: Bigger Box Office Flop Than Expected.”) This past weekend, the $80 million-budget The Man from U.N.C.L.E. collected a meager $13.42 million from 3,638 North American theaters, averaging $3,689 per site. After five days out, the big-screen reboot of the popular 1960s television series starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum has taken in a mere $16.77 million. For comparison's sake:...

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Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2008 - another great year for lesser-seen gems...

For some, 2008 will be memorable as the year of The Dark Knight, with its astonishingly unhinged turn from the late Heath Ledger. Alternatively, it could be remembered as the year a legion Indiana Jones fans left cinemas glum-faced, having sat through Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

Elsewhere, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan sang and danced on a Greek island in Mamma Mia!, while Will Smith played an alcoholic superhero in Hancock. But as usual, 2008 offered plenty of watchable movies outside the top 10, which is where we swoop in - like Hancock after a bottle of gin.

So as usual, here's our selection of 25 underappreciated films from the year 2008 - starting with a British horror film starring Michael Fassbender...

25. Eden Lake

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Jean Claude Van Damme is gleefully deranged in Peter Hyams' no-frills Friday night beat-em up, in which a park ranger and vengeful ex-con form an uneasy alliance against a gang of marauding mercenaries on the Canadian border.The last decade has been a barren period for director Peter Hyams, who was responsible for the likes of Outland, 2010 and Schwarzenengger's End Of Days, as well as the superior Van Damme vehicles Time Cop and Sudden Death. Recent years have seen Hyams' son John take up the baton and score impressive hits in the Dtv action market, most notably helming Van Damme in the two most recent Universal Soldier sequels. Here John serves as editor for his father, while Van Damme delivers his best performance since Mabrouk El Mechri's...

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Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...

Henry Cavill Superman: Man of Steel vs. Superman movies of years past [See previous post: "Man of Steel Trailing Original Iron Man in Ticket Sales."] As mentioned in our previous posts, the $225 million-budgeted Man of Steel grossed an estimated $113.08 million this past weekend, including $9 million from Thursday midnight screenings. Directed by Zack Snyder, the 2013 Superman reboot stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent aka Superman. (Photo: Henry Cavill in Man of Steel.) Released in late June 2006, Bryan Singer’s $270 million-budgeted Superman Returns, starring Brandon Routh as Superman, debuted with $52.53 million, or about $64 million today. Even taking into account that Superman Returns lacked the box-office-boosting advantage of 3D surcharges, Man of Steel is obviously a much bigger hit than its immediate predecessor. Superman Returns eventually reached $200.08 million in North America, plus a slightly more modest $191 million internationally. Man of Steel will not only easily surpass Superman Returns at the domestic box office, but it’ll also earn at the very least twice as much as Superman Returns internationally.

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Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Timberlake and Sigourney Weaver will be presenters at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

First-time SAG Awards nominee Bradley Cooper is recognized this year for his lead role in David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” and as a cast member in the film. In addition to “Playbook,” Cooper had three other films in release in 2012: “The Words,” “Hit and Run,” and “The Place Beyond the Pines.” In May, he’ll be seen in “The Hangover Part III” and later this year will star opposite his “Playbook” co-star Jennifer Lawrence in the suspense drama “Serena.” He’ll also reunite with Russell to work on the director’s film about the Abscam scandal, also starring Christian Bale.

Viola Davis is a four-time Screen Actors Guild Award® nominee and two-time recipient of...

The Cold Light Of Day

Stars: Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Verónica Echegui, Sigourney Weaver, Joseph Mawle, Caroline Goodall| Written by Scott Wiper, John Petro | Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri

With action films it seems that sometimes the story writers feel they don’t have to really try. They seem to think that if they can get some recognisable stars that can put in a charismatic performance then it’s a safe bet that they will have a hit. Sometimes this can pay off, if the action scenes are big enough and the viewers are mesmerised into enjoying the big explosions and gun battles taking place in front of them, they won’t notice that they’ve seen the story many times before. This is the problem with The Cold Light of Day.

Will is on holiday with his family in Spain, but his thoughts are back home where he is being threatened with bankruptcy.

Coming in under the radar at the box office this weekend is The Cold Light Of Day starring the new Superman Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. In this clip, Willis and Cavill star as father and son on the run from the bad guys. Willis reveals to Cavill he is secretly a government agent.

With big names such as Cavill, Willis (Red, Die Hard franchise, and Weaver (Avatar, Alien series), it's surprising The Cold Light Of Day is getting a small release by Summit Entertainment.  One thing comes to mind the film is probably not that good.  The action thriller directed by first-time action film director Mabrouk El Mechri is being compared to a lesser version of Taken (Liam Neeson). The release date for The Cold Light Of Day was

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Title: The Cold Light of Day Director: Mabrouk El Mechri Starring: Henry Cavill (‘Man of Steel’), Bruce Willis, Signourney Weaver and Veronica Echegui (’6 Points About Emma’) A desperate man frantically searching for his kidnapped family, who are taken by terrorists in a European country while on vacation, proved to be a surprising hit in 2009, with the Pierre Morel-directed action thriller ‘Taken.’ Making a film several years later, with a similar premise with such proven genre talents as Bruce Willis and Signourney Weaver, seemed destined to become an instant classic. But their new movie, ‘The Cold Light of Day,’ unfortunately failed to incorporate the continuous adrenaline and terror, or [ Read More ]...

Sneaking into theaters with little to no fanfare at the tail end of summer, "The Cold Light of Day," a dramatically inert and visually muddy thriller from Mabrouk El Mechri ("Jcvd"), is so bad that its mere presence in theaters feels like the behind-the-scenes machinations of some kind of contractual obligation instead of actual enthusiasm on anyone's part. It's telling that the movie was released in the United Kingdom back in April (it was rightly savaged) and is only finally coming out here. And if we were some high ranking executive at Warner Bros., we would be genuinely concerned about the on-screen presence of Henry Cavill, who leads "The Cold Light of Day" and has been cast by the studio as the lead in next summer's Superman extravaganza "Man of Steel." The dude doesn't just lack charisma, he seems to vacuum it from other actors too. Even recounting the plot...

Shot in 2010 and delayed until 2012, with a trailer finally surfacing earlier this year (and very little fanfare since), Mabrouk El Mechri’s action thriller “The Cold Light of Day” is finally getting a limited theatrical release this Friday. You can see why it took so long for the film to, ahem, see the light of day despite an A-list cast that includes Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver. Fact is, while it’s not a terrible movie, it’s just not a very good one, either. There’s a lot of action, gunplay, a hell of a lot of chases, and exotic Spanish locales. Still, you can never fully shake the feeling that “The Cold Light of Day” is a direct-to-dvd B-action movie masquerading as a slick Hollywood production. Things kick off with Cavill, playing young entrepreneur Will Shaw, arriving in Spain for a week of relaxation with the family.

Summit Entertainment has released five clips for The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver, and Bruce Willis.

Cavill is a young American who’s holidaying with his family in Spain. It’s clear they’re well off since they have their own private yacht, from which his folks go missing while he’s out to fetch some food.

As he sets out to find them, he learns that his own dad (Bruce Willis) is actually a CIA agent, caught in negotiations with a woman (Sigourney Weaver) who’s using the family as leverage.

The film is directed by Mabrouk El Mechri. Weaver, Joseph Mawle, Caroline Goodall, Jim Piddock, Rafi Gavron, and Óscar Jaenada round out the cast.

The Cold Light of Day will hit theaters in the U.S. on September 7th, 2012.

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Being John Malkovich was an amazing success story upon its 1999 release. Not only was it a critical darling that got nominated for a bunch of awards, but it also successfully launched the big screen careers of a music video director named Spike Jonze and a lowly TV writer named Charlie Kaufman. In case you didn’t know, those guys have gone on to be big names, and Being John Malkovich earns quite the pedigree by being the start of their careers. On a personal level, I walked out of the movie in ’99 shocked at how unique and inventive it was, and loving how it melded progressive filmmaking with a comic sensibility. Revisiting it all these years later though, I realize it hasn’t aged as well as I’d hoped, and I find myself wondering if it still deserves the level of reverence that it gets. Mabrouk El Mechri’s 2008 film Jcvd didn’t get near as...

It’s time for a round-up of a trio of international filmmakers and their upcoming projects. Exciting, no?

Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami most recently grabbed our attention with his fascinating 2010 critical hit “Certified Copy,” and he’ll be hoping that his next project (after “Like Someone in Love,” which screened at Cannes earlier this week) will be met with a similar reception when it eventually makes its way to theaters. “Horizontal Process” will be shot in the Apulia region of Italy, about which Kiarostami told an audience at the Bari Film Festival earlier this year that he loves “the complex architecture of the various cities, which conveys the complexity of the people who live there.” There are no plot details available as of yet, and it sounds like this is inspired far more by the region than by any particular story or script. [Variety]

Next up is Paolo Sorrentino, the...

We’ve already made it clear that, for Mabrouk El Mechri The Cold Light of Day won’t be a worthy follow-up to 2008′s acclaimed Jcvd. A bit of a shame, but something has just entered his field of vision — something that could wash the (potentially) bad taste of that actioner away. Variety informs us he’s currently developing Dalida, a biopic of the (soon-t0-be) titular Egypt-born, Italy-rooted, France-raised singer and actress, which Quad Films — the group behind recent French hits The Intouchables and Heartbreaker — will be producing.

Nadia Farés has been commissioned to play Dalida — born Iolanda Giglotti, though her first name was later changed to Yolanda — who reached her peak fame during the ’60s, performing songs such as “Parole parole” (with the legendary Alain Delon) and “Salma ya Salama,” while also making onscreen appearances in foreign art films. Unfortunately, the performer committed suicide in 1987 at the age of 54; as a result,...

The 80s was the golden era of the comically pumped-up action hero. But this summer they are back on the screen, alongside a new generation of beefcakes. Why?

Well, he always promised. Confirmation that Arnold Schwarzenegger would indeed be making a return to cinemas came a few weeks ago with the announcement of a sequel to Twins – Triplets, with Eddie Murphy. And by the time that film reaches us, the man famous for littering his works with smoking bodies and eviscerated vowels will already have starred in action thriller The Last Stand, and done the slo-mo explosion walk in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2. The Governator's in the house.

The first Expendables, in 2010, hinted at it, but this summer will make things clear: the beefcake action star is back. There is a triple-beef sandwich in Marvel Avengers Assemble, starring Captain America, Thor and the Hulk. In July, meat...

Since the first trailer hit, The Cold Light of Day has looked like the kind of thriller one wants to sit back with and have some easy fun for 90 minutes or so, without being challenged. Unfortunately, Mabrouk El Mechri’s follow-up to the acclaimed Jcvd is much too predictable and generic for it to work as a successful piece of popcorn entertainment and even the lean running time feels overextended for this story.

What little there is follows Will Shaw (Henry Cavill, delivering an impeccable American accent), a young business consultant who takes a vacation somewhere along the coast of Spain on his family’s boat. He meets his father, Martin Shaw (Bruce Willis), at the airport and they go to meet the rest of the family on the boat. After an overlong introduction of laughably bad dialogue, which was presumably intended to make one associate with the characters, the...

Headhunters (15)

(Morten Tyldum, 2011, Nor/Ger) Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Eivind Sander. 100 mins

It's a Scandinavian crime thriller, but for once, this isn't like The Killing or The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It's closer to the Coen brothers, with enough unpredictable plot turns, eccentric touches and morbid laughs to banish the Nordic darkness. There's something of Steve Buscemi about its hero, too: Hennie plays a slimy corporate headhunter/secret art thief who meets his match, loses his grip and literally ends up in the toilet as a result.

Le Havre (PG)

(Aki Kaurismäki, 2011, Fin/Fra/Ger) André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin. 93 mins

Applying his gentle, silent-comical approach to the tale of an illegal immigrant and his French protectors reaps rewards for Kaurismäki in a movie that's whimsical on the surface but built on firm foundations.

This Must Be The Place (15)

(Paolo Sorrentino, 2011, Us) Sean Penn, Frances McDormand,...

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Little more than a week will go by without you hearing pundits bemoaning a film that wasn’t screened for critics. Studio PRs might tell you it amounts to little more than embittered reviewers venting about having to pay out of their own pocket to see a new release, but more often than not, it indicates a film that the studio is not happy with, and one which they know will be sunk by negative reviews prior to release. The Cold Light of Day, a shockingly inept thriller from Mabrouk El Mechri – whose last film, Jcvd, was one of 2008’s big surprises – is little more than a showcase for our new Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, and a pretty terrible one at that.

If there’s one thing that Mechri’s film conveys well, it is Cavill’s physical prowess and chiseled good looks. He looks good running around shooting people,...

★☆☆☆☆ There were no press screenings for Mabrouk El Mechri's action-thriller The Cold Light of Day (2012), which stars Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis. This usually means that the film is not especially good, and that the studio is dropping it onto unsuspecting audiences in the hopes of recouping as much money as possible before the word of mouth spreads. Predictably, The Cold Light of Day is an exceptionally bad film.

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Verónica Echegui has yet to be discovered by American audiences, but she is already a well-known actress in her native Spain, having won several awards for her work in such movies as My Name is Juani (2006) and Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011). However, the 29-year-old actress should start to pop up on the radars of Stateside moviegoers once Mabrouk El Mechri's (Jcvd) new action thriller, The Cold Light of Day, opens this week.

It's unclear how extensive Echegui's role in the movie is, but she is featured alongside Henry Cavill in the two new preview clips from the movie that have been released online. The plot revolves around a young man's (Cavill) quest to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his parents while on a family vacation in Spain and the secret life his father (Bruce Willis) has been leading. From what we see in the preview clips,...

A slew of images have surfaced for the thriller The Cold Light Of Day starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver.  The pic is directed by Mabrouk el Mechri, whose main credit is the Van Damme kinda-sorta comeback flick Jcvd.  Here's the synopsis:  After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase. With...

Well, even though it won't hit theaters stateside until the fall, "The Cold Light Of Day" actually rolls into theaters in the U.K. next weekend, and as such, a bunch of new stuff has hit the web to get the word out across the pond.

Starring Bruce Willis, Henry Cavill and Sigourney Weaver, the latest effort from "Jcvd" director Mabrouk El Mechri follows a young American (Cavill) whose family is kidnapped on vacation in Spain. He’s got hours to find them, and unravels a government conspiracy in the process and also learns his Dad (Willis), actually works for the CIA. Together they've gotta square off against the villain, played by Weaver. Three clips have landed and they're unfortunately fairly flat. A scene with Willis fighting two cops is fairly sloppy and not helped by being set in a dark forest and poorly cut together. Meanwhile, Cavill's scenes with...

After getting eight new images and a new clip from action-thriller The Cold Light of Day yesterday, Entertainment One UK have sent over two fast-paced action-fuelled clips for us to share with you showcasing Henry Cavill’s brute strength and resourcefulness in the lead.

We last saw Cavill in Tarsem Singh’s Immortals, which took more than $200m. at the international box office, and with The Cold Light of Day and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel as the actor’s next two leading roles, he’s clearly cementing himself as a rising action star/hero.

Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver star alongside Cavill, with Mabrouk El Mechri taking the helm, directing from a script co-written by Scott Wiper and John Petro.

“In 24hrs Will Shaw’s family will be dead.

Armed with a gun, but no information, distraught, confused and alone in an unfamiliar city, Will (Henry Cavill) is...

After getting a new UK trailer earlier this month for The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver, we now have eight new images and a new clip to share with you ahead of its release in our cinemas next weekend.

Cavill’s last film was the fantasy epic Immortals, which took more than $200m. at the international box office, and this will see him return with action acting talents but in more of a thriller setting.

“Armed with a gun, but no information, Will (Henry Cavill) is alone in an unfamiliar city and is forced to piece together the puzzle of his missing family.

Unwittingly embroiled in a Government conspiracy he has agents from all sides hot on his tail. An unrelenting chase across the streets of Madrid intensifies and Will is forced to question everything he has known in order to stay alive...

It seems almost too obvious to mention, but the bad guys in The Cold Light Of Day seem to have overlooked the fact that the Shaw family, their victims of choice, includes Superman and John McClane. This new clip from the film shows why that might have been a bad idea. Seriously, who else do they need to see sitting around the Shaw dinner table to think they might be better off picking on someone else? The Kraken? brightcove.createExperiences();  Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis - for 'tis they - are separated by a sinister gang of nasties when old man Shaw is kidnapped. The baddies represent even more sinister interests, including Sigourney Weaver's shadowy figure, who have dark designs on Willis's ex-spook. Well, at least they've got Ellen Ripley on their side. The man presiding over the carnage is French director Mabrouk el Mechri, director of meta-mindbender Jcvd.

Today we have the first clip from the upcoming The Cold Light of Day movie directed by Mabrouk El Mechri and yes, Cavill sure seems like he can handle himself but Sigourney Weaver looks like pretty serious villain. The action-thriller with awesome cast on board follows Will Shaw, played by Henry Cavill, who goes to [...]

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Could Keira Knightley be angling for her second Oscar nomination this fall? You can bet Focus Features and Joe Wright hope so (and we're predicting she will) as "Anna Karenina" now has a solid release date lined up, with "The Cold Light Of Day" getting a new date and "Lola Versus" now appearing on the calendar.

First up, the experimental and likely to be eye-popping take on Leo Tolstoy's literary masterwork has now been pegged for a November 9th limited release (the same weekend "Skyfall" opens in the U.S.) But perhaps more agonizing for those looking forward to the pic stateside, is that date will be a full two months after it opens in the U.K. on September 7th. Either way, we'll grin and bear it as this one is boasting a wealth of talent -- Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Olivia Williams, Ruth Wilson, Holliday Grainger...

Congratulations, American Reunion and the 3D release of Titanic - you have just lost one of your competitors On Friday April 6th. According to Box Office Mojo, The Cold Light of Day, the new action film from director Mabrouk El Mechri, has shifted its release date and will no longer be in theaters at the start of next month. Instead, the film has been moved by Summit Entertainment to September 7th, which currently is much more favorable in the competition department. As of now the only other film to be released on that day is A Lonely Place for Dying, which stars James Cromwell. The next weekend, however, is a bear as Ben Affleck's Argo, the 3D release of Finding Nemo and Resident Evil: Retribution will all be hitting theaters. The Cold Light of Day stars Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver and is about a son (Cavill...

When an action film starring the new Superman (Henry Cavill), Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver exists to almost everyone’s obliviousness — less than four weeks before it hits — there’s a problem. Summit figured their method wasn’t so sound, as Exhibitor Relations tells us that Mabrouk El Mechri‘s The Cold Light of Day has been moved from April 6th to September 7th, four weeks before Willis‘ other actioner, Looper. Not to be unfair to a film which looks utterly inoffensive, but Rian Johnson made the one I’m really looking forward to.

Now, let’s make the smooth transition from studio action films to period dramas. Exhibitor Relations also report that Joe Wright‘s intriguing Anna Karenina has (shock!) a fall release of November 9th. Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Olivia Williams, Kelly Macdonald, and Emily Watson star in the adaptation that gives a little twist to Tolstoy.

Here’s the brand new UK trailer for the new movie starring Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill called The Cold Light of Day. This trailer is similar to the Us one released a month or so ago but contains some new bits of footage for your viewing pleasure.

Armed with a gun, but no information, Will (Henry Cavill) is alone in an unfamiliar city and is forced to piece together the puzzle of his missing family.

Unwittingly embroiled in a Government conspiracy he has agents from all sides hot on his tail. An unrelenting chase across the streets of Madrid intensifies and Will is forced to question everything he has known in order to stay alive long enough to rescue his family… but is there anyone left he can trust?

Starring super British talent Henry Cavill (Immortals) alongside Hollywood action legends Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Sigourney Weaver (Avatar) The...

Third poster for The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis Also in the cast of the Mabrouk El Mechri-helmed action thriller from Summit Entertainment are Caroline Goodall, Jim Piddock, Rafi Gavron, Óscar Jaenada, Roschdy Zem, Verónica Echegui and Emma Hamilton. Scott Wiper and John Petro wrote the script which tells of a young Wall Street trader's (Henry Cavill) who is kidnapped white in Spain. With only hours to find them, he must uncover a government conspiracy and its connection to his father's secrets. Pic opens April 6th and looks quite entertaining...

Third poster for The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis Also in the cast of the Mabrouk El Mechri-helmed action thriller from Summit Entertainment are Caroline Goodall, Jim Piddock, Rafi Gavron, Óscar Jaenada, Roschdy Zem, Verónica Echegui and Emma Hamilton. Scott Wiper and John Petro wrote the script which tells of a young Wall Street trader's (Henry Cavill) who is kidnapped white in Spain. With only hours to find them, he must uncover a government conspiracy and its connection to his father's secrets. Pic opens April 6th and looks quite entertaining...

Third poster for The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis Also in the cast of the Mabrouk El Mechri-helmed action thriller from Summit Entertainment are Caroline Goodall, Jim Piddock, Rafi Gavron, Óscar Jaenada, Roschdy Zem, Verónica Echegui and Emma Hamilton. Scott Wiper and John Petro wrote the script which tells of a young Wall Street trader's (Henry Cavill) who is kidnapped white in Spain. With only hours to find them, he must uncover a government conspiracy and its connection to his father's secrets. Pic opens April 6th and looks quite entertaining...