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Get a good look at Jeff Bridges, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes , and Alexander Skarsgard in THE GIVER. The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. The film is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. See all the images after the Jump... Be sure to check out The Giver Challenge, The Memory Deposit, and The Giver Experience - three fully immersive, interactive websites that are designed to reflect upon the themes present in the film and allow the user to experience THE GIVER for themselves. THE GIVER will be in theaters everywhere August 15th. Please Leave A Comment-

Plunge into the world of THE GIVER with three fully immersive, interactive online experiences. The Giver Challenge, The Memory Deposit , and The Giver Experience are virtual portals designed to reflect upon the themes present in the film, and allow fans the chance to experience THE GIVER for themselves. These three sites combine to create a deeply immersive experience for fans and newcomers alike, allowing them to explore the world of THE GIVER and put themselves in the shoes of The Receiver . The Giver Challenge : Become an official citizen of the community. Create a unique profile, earn points, win spectacular prizes, and give back to a Giver Challenge-approved charity. The Memory Deposit : This crowd-sourced catalogue of moments and themes pulls in user-submissions from across multiple social media platforms to create a tapestry of the human experience. The Giver Experience : Become the Receiver of Memories and speak to The Giver himself in a completely inte

The East Review By: MattInRC While a welcomed alternative to typical summer movie fare, The East has its issues. The state of Louisiana is beginning to take shape as the southern location of choice for Hollywood. Films like GI Joe: Retaliation, Broken City , and even 2012 Oscar contenders Django: Unchained and Looper had their origins in The Big Easy. The eco-terrorist drama The East was also shot in Louisiana; and while the Brit Marling/Zal Batmanglij production is a nice alternative to superheroes engaging in city-wide redecoration, its faults almost doom the project. The film starts with shocking images from the Deepwater Horizon disaster: scenes of birds covered in oil, with a frighteningly calm voice-over from Izzy ( Ellen Page , Inception), as she and the elusive eco-terrorist group The East assails a corporate executive's house. But Big Oil isn't the only target on The East's radar: Big Pharma and Big Agro also fall prey to their careful plann

Writer/Director ZAL BATMANGLIJ , Actress ELLEN PAGE and Actor ALEXANDER SKARSGARD will participate in three Bay Area Q&As on SATURDAY, JUNE 8 on behalf of Fox Searchlight Pictures' THE EAST . Q&As will take place following these showings of THE EAST on Saturday, June 8: 4:00pm @ Landmark's California Theatre 2113 Kittredge Street Berkeley, CA *Tickets available at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com 7:30pm @ Landmark's Embarcadero Cinemas One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level San Francisco, CA *Tickets available at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com 9:50pm @ Sundance Kabuki Cinemas 1881 Post Street San Francisco, CA *Tickets available at : https://www.sundancecinemas.com THE EAST Release Date: June 7, 2013 in San Francisco/Bay Area Directed by: Zal Batmanglij Written by: Zal Batmanglij & Brit Marling Produced by: Ridley Scott, Michael Costigan, Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson, Brit Marling Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skar

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for WHAT MAISIE KNEW ! The screening is on May 20th @ 7 PM San Francisco. WHAT MAISIE KNEW is an upcoming drama film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. It stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham and Steve Coogan , and is an adaptation of the Henry James' novel  WHAT MAISIE KNEW , set in modern-day New York City. Susanna ( Julianne Moore ) is a pushy but seductive rock and roll icon married to Beale ( Steve Coogan ), a charming, distracted art dealer. Unnerved by the prospect of middle-aged stasis and drawn to other lovers, the couple eventually divorces. Maisie ( Onata Aprile ), their only child, is caught in the middle of it all, a flesh-and-blood bargaining tool who winds up being shuttled back and forth between her parents as they each attempt to start their lives afresh with new partners ( Alexander Skarsgård and Joanna Vanderham ). Quietly precocious and a keen obs

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for DISCONNECT ! The screening is on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 7:00 PM in San Francisco. The film stars Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Alexander Skarsgard, and Max Thieriot . A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world. Disconnect explores the consequences of modern technology and how it affects and defines our daily relationships. Shot with eavesdropped naturalism, it ma

Here is the trailer for the upcoming film Disconnect . The film stars Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Alexander Skarsgard, and Max Thieriot A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world. Disconnect explores the consequences of modern technology and how it affects and defines our daily relationships. Shot with eavesdropped naturalism, it marks the first fiction feature from Henry-Alex Rubin, director of the Oscar-nominat

Who is going to play Christian Grey ? It looks like Stephen Amell knows a bit more about that than we do. With a film version of E.L. James' sexy best seller " 50 Shades Of Grey " in development at Universal, fan have been spending a lot of time speculating who will star in the steamy drama. And while Emma Watson has been getting just plain ornery about reports she'll be playing Anastasia Steele , another actor has just dropped some pretty serious hints that he's in the running to play the mysterious Christian Grey . Stephen Amell , best known for playing the title role in the TV series " Arrow ," has been getting some buzz as a potential Mr. Grey, and he addressed the rumors in a video he posted on his Facebook page . "I get questions about Christian Grey all the time," Amell said in the video. "That project is a long way off. I know this ... because I had a meeting about it. LONG way off. I mean, not THAT long. But not close.

Today we have the trailer for WHAT MAISIE KNEW starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard , Steve Coogan , and introducing Onata Aprile as “Maisie”. Millennium Entertainment will release WHAT MAISIE KNEW in theaters May 2013. The film is directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. With the screenplay written by Nancy Doyne & Carroll Cartwright. A contemporary reimagining of Henry James’ novel, WHAT MAISIE KNEW tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title's heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. An aging rock star ( Moore ) and a contemporary art dealer ( Coogan )—Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by t

Though Disney's John Carter took the brunt of the heat for being this year's first flop, another big-budget extravaganza actually did worse: the board-game-inspired alien invasion flick Battleship . To date, Battleship has grossed $59.8 million in North America—nearly $7 million less than John Carter brought in by its fourth week. The film's director, Peter Berg , has finally opened up about the epic flop. He said via The Huffington Post that he hopes to learn from the experience and (hopefully) move on to a more successful project in the future. "I have a movie in theaters right now which has obviously underperformed in many ways. When [a movie] doesn't work, it's an ... interesting opportunity to look at what went wrong and how it went wrong." As for what actually went wrong? According to Berg the concept, and the budget propping it up, were just too "big." "It was a movie that I tried as hard as I could to get inside of. But t

BATTLESHIP Review By: Matt C Matt delivers another great movie review and hits it on the mark. BATTLESHIP is a clean miss that borrows too much and inspires too little. Hollywood must really be desperate these days: it's bad enough that audiences have endured reboots ad nausiem, but when we see movies based on popular board games, it's time for an intervention. Take the most recent example of an industry about to go squarely off the tracks  BATTLESHIP -. It looks like Transformers , feels like Top Gun with a hint of Star Trek, and its premise is a mish-mash of several noteworthy alien invasion flicks. While I will admit the ocean backdrop looks and sounds terrific, it's the story which takes on water early. Filled with more cliches than an interview with an NBA player and reeking of second-rate talent, Battleship plods on too long at the beginning and only somewhat redeems itself at the end by parading real-life veterans in front of the cameras to man the old USS

BATTLESHIP Review By:RAMA So what did RAMA think of BATTLESHIP? Matt's review to come soon. Congratulations, director Peter Berg , you are now the new Michael Bay, and that’s not a compliment. Just as I suspected.. the experience is like watching Battle: Los Angeles meets Transformers meets full blown advertisement for the U.S. Navy. In the words of that weatherman from the comedy Anchorman.. “Loud Noises!”.. Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate

IN THEATERS MAY 18 Win tickets to see BATTLESHIP ! We have passes to the special advance screening on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7:00PM in Sacramento. In Summer 2012, the battle for Earth begins at sea. Peter Berg ( Hancock, The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights ) directs and produces  BATTLESHIP , an epic-scale action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. BATTLESHIP  stars Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Alex Hopper, a naval weapons officer assigned to USS John Paul Jones; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of USS Sampson; global music superstar Rihanna, making her motion-picture debut as Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, Hopper’s fiancée and a physical therapist specializing in the rehabilitation of military combat veterans; Tadanobu Asano , as Captain