NEWS - Melrose place! Non ci sono più le mezze stagioni seriali: Sky investe anche nella calda stagione sfornando la co-produzione (mica un prodotto d'acquisto!) "Patrick Melrose" con un Cumberbatch "supremo"
Una prova d’attore “suprema” (The Guardian), in quello che per Benedict Cumberbatch è “il ruolo della vita” (Rolling Stone). "Patrick Melrose", dal 9 luglio alle 21.15 su Sky Atlantic – e disponibile anche su Sky On Demand – è la nuova, osannata produzione Showtime e Sky tratta dalla saga de I Melrose, il ciclo di racconti semi autobiografici di Edward St Aubyn (edito in Italia da Neri Pozza, che per l’occasione lancia per la prima volta l’edizione integrale che contiene tutti e cinque i romanzi: Non importa, Cattive notizie, Speranza, Latte materno, Lieto fine), e firmata da David Nicholls (Un giorno, Le domande di Brian), che della serie è anche creatore. Ogni episodio della serie costituisce un adattamento di un volume diverso all'interno del ciclo. Accanto a Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, Sherlock, The Imitation Game) che veste i panni del protagonista, anche Hugo Weaving (Matrix, Il Signore degli Anelli, Captain America – Il primo Vendicatore) e la candidata all’Oscar Jennifer Jason Leigh (L’uomo senza sonno, Il matrimonio di mia sorella, The Hateful Eight), che interpretano i genitori di Patrick, David e Eleanor Melrose. Le cinque puntate della serie tv sono ambientate ognuna in una decade diversa della travagliata vita di Patrick Melrose, un tossicodipendente che si trova a dover fare i conti con l'improvvisa perdita del padre, protagonista dei ricordi più traumatici della sua infanzia. Ciò farà riemergere i demoni di un passato che sperava sepolto per sempre e costringerà Patrick, sempre più instabile e fuori controllo, a cercare un motivo per tornare a vivere. Il Guardian descrive la serie come “un Amleto sull’eroina”, la drammatica storia di un uomo alle prese con una dipendenza che trae origine dalla terribile – seppur privilegiata - infanzia vissuta nel sud della Francia, con un padre (Hugo Weaving) che abusava di lui e una madre (Jennifer Jason Leigh) che, succube del marito e persa fra alcol e rimpianti, non si avvedeva di nulla e lasciava Patrick in balia del padre e dei suoi indicibili eccessi. Dagli anni ‘60 in Francia alle notti psichedeliche della New York degli anni ’80, raccontate facendo ricorso a massicce dosi di black humor, fino alla Gran Bretagna dei primi anni 2000, la storia ci mostrerà il protagonista, in fuga dai ricordi e irrimediabilmente perso nella sua dipendenza, cercare una via per la redenzione anche agli occhi di una moglie più volte tradita e dei due figli, per provare a riconquistare quella voglia di vivere che gli era stata portata via quando era solo un bambino. Dietro la macchina da presa Edward Berger, già regista della serie Deutschland 83, che ha deciso di rendere unica ogni puntata declinando i toni della fotografia sulla base della decade della vita di Patrick Melrose raccontata. Oltre a vestire gli impegnativi panni del protagonista, Benedict Cumberbatch figura anche come produttore esecutivo della serie assieme a Helen Flint, Adam Ackland, Rachael Horovitz e Michael Jackson. Nel cast, accanto a Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving e Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anna Madeley (The Crown) interpreta la moglie di Patrick, Mary, Prasanna Puwanarajah (11 settembre – Tragedia annunciata, Diana – La storia segreta di Lady D) è il migliore amico del protagonista Johnny Hall, mentre Jessica Raine (Robin Hood, The Woman in Black, Fortitude) ricopre il ruolo dell’amante di Patrick, Julia. Nel cast anche Indira Varma (Il Trono di Spade, Exodus – Dei e re) che interpreta Anne Moore, un’amica della famiglia Melrose che cercherà di aiutare, senza riuscirci, il giovane Patrick, e Allison Williams (Scappa – Get Out, Girls) nei panni di Marianne, vecchia amica dei tempi dell’università che Patrick rincontrerà a New York. Blythe Danner (Will & Grace, Ti presento i miei), due Emmy e un Tony Award all’attivo, sarà invece Nancy, la zia del tormentato protagonista.
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lunedì 9 luglio 2018
giovedì 11 dicembre 2014
SGUARDO FETISH - Clamoroso al Cibali! Kent-down! Nasce un parco a tema delle serie tv BBC! (nel 2020: ci tocca sopravvivere come Doctor Who...)
LONDRA - Una combinazione del ''glamour di Hollywood con il meglio della cultura British''. Questa la descrizione del nuovo parco a tema dedicato alle serie Tv di successo prodotte dalla Bbc e che verra' inaugurato nel 2020 nel Kent, in Inghilterra. E' il frutto di un accordo tra Bbc Worldwide (il braccio commerciale dell'emittente pubblica britannica) e una grande societa' londinese di sviluppo urbano che mira a ''portare in vita'' i programmi e i personaggi piu' seguiti, grazie ad un investimento da due miliardi di sterline. Cosi' i visitatori potranno calarsi nel mondo di 'Sherlock' (la fortunata serie che vede protagonista l'attore Benedict Cumberbatch nei panni di Sherlock Holmes), a quello di 'Doctor Who'. The BBC put extended plans for the theme park on show this month as part of its public consultation. London Paramount Entertainment Resort is expected to create 27,000 jobs, and attract 15 million visitors by its fourth year of opening. Kent Online even notes its 2-hour population catchment is the same size of Disneyland Paris. The theme park will be the first of its kind in the UK, inspired somewhat by similar Hollywood-styled resorts. London Paramount explains there will be 12 major rides — so it could be that you're riding in a Tardis or solving a mystery with Sherlock in the near future.
Read more: HERE
LONDRA - Una combinazione del ''glamour di Hollywood con il meglio della cultura British''. Questa la descrizione del nuovo parco a tema dedicato alle serie Tv di successo prodotte dalla Bbc e che verra' inaugurato nel 2020 nel Kent, in Inghilterra. E' il frutto di un accordo tra Bbc Worldwide (il braccio commerciale dell'emittente pubblica britannica) e una grande societa' londinese di sviluppo urbano che mira a ''portare in vita'' i programmi e i personaggi piu' seguiti, grazie ad un investimento da due miliardi di sterline. Cosi' i visitatori potranno calarsi nel mondo di 'Sherlock' (la fortunata serie che vede protagonista l'attore Benedict Cumberbatch nei panni di Sherlock Holmes), a quello di 'Doctor Who'. The BBC put extended plans for the theme park on show this month as part of its public consultation. London Paramount Entertainment Resort is expected to create 27,000 jobs, and attract 15 million visitors by its fourth year of opening. Kent Online even notes its 2-hour population catchment is the same size of Disneyland Paris. The theme park will be the first of its kind in the UK, inspired somewhat by similar Hollywood-styled resorts. London Paramount explains there will be 12 major rides — so it could be that you're riding in a Tardis or solving a mystery with Sherlock in the near future.
Read more: HERE
lunedì 20 maggio 2013
PICCOLO GRANDE SCHERMO/L'EDICOLA DI LOU - "Star Trek Into Darkness" sbanca e sbarca là dove nessun predecessore è giunto prima
VARIETY
Il nuovo "Star Trek Into Darkness" sbanca i botteghini e arriva là, dove nessun film della saga è giunto prima
"J.J. Abrams sets his filmmaking to “stun” for “Star Trek Into Darkness,” a sequel in every respect equal or even superior to its splendid 2009 predecessor, which lovingly and cleverly rebooted Gene Roddenberry’s long-running space opera following the black hole of 2002’s “Star Trek Nemesis.” Markedly grander in scale, although never at the expense of its richly human (and half-human) characters, “Into Darkness” may not boldly go where no “Trek” adventure has gone before, but getting there is such a well-crafted, immensely pleasurable ride that it would be positively Vulcan to nitpick. Global box office cume should easily warp past the prior pic’s $385 million for this sturdy Paramount tentpole, which opens overseas May 9 before beaming down Stateside one week later.
Abrams, whose last pic was the lyrical “E.T.”/“Close Encounters” homage “Super 8,” here tips his hat to the “Indiana Jones” series, opening with a thrilling setpiece that finds Kirk (Chris Pine) and Bones (the sly, loose-limbed Karl Urban) on the run from a tribe of very angry natives on the planet Nibiru. The natives, decked out in head-to-toe clay body paint, shimmer like human ceramics as they chase the Starfleet officers through a crimson forest, the lush colors of returning d.p. Dan Mindel all but searing the screen. Meanwhile, Spock (Zachary Quinto) toils away nearby, attempting to insert a high-tech ice cube into the raging volcano that threatens to destroy Nibiru and its inhabitants — a dangerous mission that quickly goes awry, building to a classic “Trek” standoff between stubborn Vulcan logic and impulsive human emotion.
The Enterprise crew has scarcely recovered from that one when, back
on Earth, a terror bombing lays waste to a top-secret Starfleet
intelligence facility and brings to the fore a new galactic baddie: a
rogue Starfleet officer named John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch) who
claims credit for the attack and, after an equally brazen follow-up,
hightails it deep into Klingon-controlled space. The hawkish Adm. Marcus
(Peter Weller) dispatches the Enterprise in hot pursuit, with this
familiar-sounding objective: Shoot first, ask questions later, and avoid
starting a war with the locals. Welcome to “Star Trek Into Zero Dark
Thirty.”
Only, this John Harrison is a slippery sort who, when given the chance, claims not to be the villain at all, but rather a pawn in someone else’s deadlier scheme. And for much of its running time, “Star Trek Into Darkness” makes a good guessing game out of whether this mysterious stranger with the glacial glare and bones seemingly made of steel is friend, foe or — like the “old Spock” of Abrams’ first “Trek” — a little bit of history repeating. It hardly matters, because whatever Cumberbatch is playing, he’s wonderful to watch, infusing the movie with the kind of exotic grandeur Eric Bana’s wan Romulan henchman (arguably the weakest link in the 2009 film) largely lacked. Also making her maiden “Trek” voyage is the lovely Alice Eve as an ambitious science officer who lies her way on to the Enterprise deck and makes goo-goo eyes with the good Captain. She is not, it turns out, the ship’s only stowaway.
Having previously established an alternate “Trek” timeline in which all the events of prior series and movies still happened, but aren’t necessarily doomed to recur, Abrams and returning writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (now joined by “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof) here take that idea and run with it, invoking prior “Trek” lore when it suits them, freely branching off into new directions when it doesn’t. (Hell, there’s even some trouble with a tribble.) It’s a tricky business, balancing reverence with reinvention, but like the young Kirk, Abrams seems altogether more comfortable in the captain’s chair this time — not just in the large-scale action scenes, but particularly in the quieter ones, where you can sense his real investment in these characters and his confident touch with actors.
The film builds particularly well on the burgeoning Kirk-Spock friendship, with Pine showing reserves of vulnerability and doubt beneath his cocksure exterior, while Quinto adds gravitas to Spock’s eternal inner conflict — and his deepening romance with Lt. Uhura (Zoe Saldana). But make no mistake: The action, when it comes, is superbly executed, whether it’s giant vessels making mincemeat of one another, or the simpler excitements of old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat and foot chases through crowded promenades.
The best, even-numbered films in the original “Trek” film franchise were shaped by the guiding intelligence of writer-director Nicholas Meyer, who laced the Starfleet jargon with high-toned literary references and a gently self-mocking sense of humor. Abrams, too, manages to keep the mood buoyant even when the fate of the universe is hanging in the balance, more than earning his tears when he finally decides to milk them. But if Meyer’s primary references were Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, Abrams’ are Spielberg, John Hughes and Cameron Crowe. In defiance of the self-congratulatory snark that has become de rigueur in Hollywood franchise fare, he brings a shimmering pop romanticism to “Trek’s” stalwart ideals of friendship, heroism and self-sacrifice. There’s something bold about that, indeed.
“Into Darkness” is a beautifully modulated and sustained piece of work across the board, with visual effects that seamlessly meld live-action and computer-animated elements, given further texture by old-fashioned celluloid
lensing (with 65mm Imax used for key action scenes). Post-production 3D conversion by Stereo D ranks among the best of its kind. The Enterprise has rarely looked sleeker than it does on production designer Scott Chambliss’ sets. Adding the cherry to the top of this cinematic sundae, composer Michael Giacchino’s soaring score once again revives Alexander Courage’s immortal Trek theme for the closing credits".
(Scott Foundas)
VARIETY
Il nuovo "Star Trek Into Darkness" sbanca i botteghini e arriva là, dove nessun film della saga è giunto prima
"J.J. Abrams sets his filmmaking to “stun” for “Star Trek Into Darkness,” a sequel in every respect equal or even superior to its splendid 2009 predecessor, which lovingly and cleverly rebooted Gene Roddenberry’s long-running space opera following the black hole of 2002’s “Star Trek Nemesis.” Markedly grander in scale, although never at the expense of its richly human (and half-human) characters, “Into Darkness” may not boldly go where no “Trek” adventure has gone before, but getting there is such a well-crafted, immensely pleasurable ride that it would be positively Vulcan to nitpick. Global box office cume should easily warp past the prior pic’s $385 million for this sturdy Paramount tentpole, which opens overseas May 9 before beaming down Stateside one week later.
Abrams, whose last pic was the lyrical “E.T.”/“Close Encounters” homage “Super 8,” here tips his hat to the “Indiana Jones” series, opening with a thrilling setpiece that finds Kirk (Chris Pine) and Bones (the sly, loose-limbed Karl Urban) on the run from a tribe of very angry natives on the planet Nibiru. The natives, decked out in head-to-toe clay body paint, shimmer like human ceramics as they chase the Starfleet officers through a crimson forest, the lush colors of returning d.p. Dan Mindel all but searing the screen. Meanwhile, Spock (Zachary Quinto) toils away nearby, attempting to insert a high-tech ice cube into the raging volcano that threatens to destroy Nibiru and its inhabitants — a dangerous mission that quickly goes awry, building to a classic “Trek” standoff between stubborn Vulcan logic and impulsive human emotion.
Only, this John Harrison is a slippery sort who, when given the chance, claims not to be the villain at all, but rather a pawn in someone else’s deadlier scheme. And for much of its running time, “Star Trek Into Darkness” makes a good guessing game out of whether this mysterious stranger with the glacial glare and bones seemingly made of steel is friend, foe or — like the “old Spock” of Abrams’ first “Trek” — a little bit of history repeating. It hardly matters, because whatever Cumberbatch is playing, he’s wonderful to watch, infusing the movie with the kind of exotic grandeur Eric Bana’s wan Romulan henchman (arguably the weakest link in the 2009 film) largely lacked. Also making her maiden “Trek” voyage is the lovely Alice Eve as an ambitious science officer who lies her way on to the Enterprise deck and makes goo-goo eyes with the good Captain. She is not, it turns out, the ship’s only stowaway.
Having previously established an alternate “Trek” timeline in which all the events of prior series and movies still happened, but aren’t necessarily doomed to recur, Abrams and returning writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (now joined by “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof) here take that idea and run with it, invoking prior “Trek” lore when it suits them, freely branching off into new directions when it doesn’t. (Hell, there’s even some trouble with a tribble.) It’s a tricky business, balancing reverence with reinvention, but like the young Kirk, Abrams seems altogether more comfortable in the captain’s chair this time — not just in the large-scale action scenes, but particularly in the quieter ones, where you can sense his real investment in these characters and his confident touch with actors.
The film builds particularly well on the burgeoning Kirk-Spock friendship, with Pine showing reserves of vulnerability and doubt beneath his cocksure exterior, while Quinto adds gravitas to Spock’s eternal inner conflict — and his deepening romance with Lt. Uhura (Zoe Saldana). But make no mistake: The action, when it comes, is superbly executed, whether it’s giant vessels making mincemeat of one another, or the simpler excitements of old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat and foot chases through crowded promenades.
The best, even-numbered films in the original “Trek” film franchise were shaped by the guiding intelligence of writer-director Nicholas Meyer, who laced the Starfleet jargon with high-toned literary references and a gently self-mocking sense of humor. Abrams, too, manages to keep the mood buoyant even when the fate of the universe is hanging in the balance, more than earning his tears when he finally decides to milk them. But if Meyer’s primary references were Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, Abrams’ are Spielberg, John Hughes and Cameron Crowe. In defiance of the self-congratulatory snark that has become de rigueur in Hollywood franchise fare, he brings a shimmering pop romanticism to “Trek’s” stalwart ideals of friendship, heroism and self-sacrifice. There’s something bold about that, indeed.
“Into Darkness” is a beautifully modulated and sustained piece of work across the board, with visual effects that seamlessly meld live-action and computer-animated elements, given further texture by old-fashioned celluloid
lensing (with 65mm Imax used for key action scenes). Post-production 3D conversion by Stereo D ranks among the best of its kind. The Enterprise has rarely looked sleeker than it does on production designer Scott Chambliss’ sets. Adding the cherry to the top of this cinematic sundae, composer Michael Giacchino’s soaring score once again revives Alexander Courage’s immortal Trek theme for the closing credits".
(Scott Foundas)
martedì 12 marzo 2013
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