Insights from the Cinematic World: life

Dumb and Dumber To

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To.

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Dracula Untold

The year is 1462, and Transylvania has enjoyed a prolonged period of peace under the just and fair rule of the battle-weary Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, and his beloved and brave wife, Mirena. Together, they have brokered peace for their country and ensured its people are well-protected.

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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector’s (Simon Pegg) life seems perfect, but it’s not; he’s stuck. He’s a busy psychiatrist with a thriving practice, living with his ‘perfect’ girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike,) in a ‘perfect’ London flat. One day, it hits him that he’s losing patience with his patients, who aren’t getting any happier. He wonders… what is happiness?

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Get on Up

You know him by many names: “Mr. Dynamite,” “The Godfather of Soul,” “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.” But now get to know the man behind the legend. Born dirt-poor in South Carolina in the middle of the Great Depression in 1933, James Brown survived a young life of abandonment, abuse, reform school, jail.

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And so it goes

AND SO IT GOES is really about second chances. People get a second chance or a third chance or a fourth chance or a fifth chance, if you’re just willing to open up and take it and plunge in says Diane Keaton

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Kate and Mark King’s posh suburban world was scripted as being in Connecticut, but was filmed in Westchester, NY, at a private house in Harrison.

The Other Woman

THE OTHER WOMAN balances its broad comedy and emotional truth with a bit of fantasy and high glamour – or as director Nick Cassavetes dubs it, the film is “candy-dipped.”

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Draft Day

In Draft Day, on the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin Costner) has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred.

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Journey to the West

This is a world plagued by demons, who cause its human inhabitants unspeakable suffering. Young demon hunter Xuan Zang, fearlessly guided by his belief in “giving himself for the greater cause”, risks his all and conquers a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong.

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Ride Along

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart lead the lineup in Ride Along, the new film from Tim Story. When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend’s brother—a hot-tempered cop—to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This Walter Mitty (Stiller) is a modern day-dreamer, an ordinary magazine photo editor who takes a regular mental vacation from his ho-hum existence by disappearing into a world of fantasies electrified by dashing heroism, passionate romance and constant triumphs over danger.

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47 Ronin

Keanu Reeves leads an all-star international cast in the action-adventure 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people.

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DIANA

The idea for DIANA was generated in-house at Ecosse Films several years ago. The story the filmmakers wanted to tell was the love story between Diana and Dr. Hasnat Khan, a British Pakistani heart surgeon. The filmmakers wanted to portray Diana’s life as accurately as they could.

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