Director Peter Berg sure does fancy his modern day war themed films. And why wouldn’t he? Barring Battleship, he has a knack for these heart-felt but hard-hitting and gritty stories. His true talent seems to be in these dense fish-out-of-water narratives focusing on a few key players set in a world they struggle to comprehend. With many parallels to his 2007 film The Kingdom, Lone Survivor, whether or not it was a true story (which it is), is a passion project for Berg and can almost be viewed as a companion piece. Lone Survivor, adapted from a novel of the same name (keeping the name of the book is a…
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Interview…Film Composer Alex Heffes on ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’
The world lost Nelson Mandela in December of this year and so it’s bittersweet that this Winter we are given a powerful film that chronicles the life of such an important man. The film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom is directed by Justin Chadwick, stars Idris Elba and Naomie Harris and features a moving and emotional score from award-winning British composer Alex Heffes. Alex composed over 90 minutes of original music for the film. Traveling to South Africa he recorded choir vocals and South African singing legend Caiphus Semenya’s own voice to depict Mandela’s passing into Manhood as a young boy and ultimately reprising this theme for his inauguration as South Africa’s…
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G-S-T Review…Saving Mr. Banks
A spoonful of sugar, as they say, helps the medicine go down. In the case of Saving Mr. Banks, John Lee Hancock needn’t any help coaxing people to eat up his charming quasi-biopic. But still, that idea of needing something to sort of grease the rails to get a job done really captures the spirit and the idea of the entire film itself and does make the film so much more palatable. On the surface it’s fun to see the crotchety British writer thumb her nose at Disney’s candy-coated empire, but there’s so much more to it than that. Now Saving Mr. Banks, despite the appeal and allure of one Walt…
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Sweet Trailer…’How To Train Your Dragon 2′
One of the biggest (and unexpected) hits in the DreamWorks Animation catalog is their medieval adventure story How To Train Your Dragon. Delightful, fanciful, funny and heartwarming that story, about a boy and his dragon, just keeps giving and giving and now, best of all, DreamWorks Animation is giving us a sequel. The trailer for this follow-up to the 2010 film just hit and it looks like more high-flying fun. It features the return of the original cast as well as that patented DreamWorks charm. Enjoy! It’s been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest…
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Sweet Trailer…’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’
Good news everyone! For those of you interested in all things Apes, the time spent waiting for the continuing saga of one of the most famous cinematic simians has not been in vain; the dawn of that particular story draws closer. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) has taken the reins from Rupert Wyatt in this new Planet of the Apes series and from the look of the trailer that dropped today it seems to be in good hands. In this next installment, titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, we find Caesar has risen to effectively become king of the apes. Now that the simian flu has crippled humanity he and…
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English-Language Voice Cast Revealed for Studio Ghibli's 'The Wind Rises'
While we at G-S-T are among the most fervent supporters of Studio Ghibli, and purists in respect to the Japanese language track, we have never been fond of dubbed versions of their films. That said when the studio, largely supported by the Walt Disney company, goes all out on major league talent they really shoot for and grab big stars. Whether or not they are particularly right for their character is another matter but one thing is for sure, big names can be huge drawing power. Especially for a film that signals the end of the Miyazaki era. Today we learn who will voice the dub for what is Miyazaki’s final…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – Advance Screening Passes to 'THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY' in DALLAS, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Thanks for your interest in 20th Century Fox’s THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with 20th Century Fox to give Dallas area film fans FREE passes to a special “Advance Screening” of THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott. This screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 PM. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. Click the poster above and enter this RSVP code on the GoFoBo website…GOSETAGVKJ. These passes are first-come, first-served but to be fair to everyone else, please be sure you can attend the screening before you go and claim a…
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Ohhh, Look…Three 'Saving Mr. Banks' Featurettes
When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise – one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt faced the curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who had absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stopped selling and money grew short, Travers reluctantly agreed to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation. For two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulled out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – Advance Screening Passes to 'GRUDGE MATCH’ in DALLAS, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Thanks for your interest in Warner Bros. Pictures’ GRUDGE MATCH. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with Warner Bros. Pictures to give Dallas area film fans FREE passes to a special “Advance Screening” of GRUDGE MATCH starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin. This screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Tuesday, December 17th at 7:30 PM. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. Click the poster above to get your PRINTABLE GoFoBo pass…but it’s first-come, first-served so act fast!! Be one of the first people to register for your ticket and you may get to see GRUDGE MATCH before it opens on December 25th. Little reminder though, this ticket is not an assigned seat,…
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Sweet Trailer…’Jupiter Ascending’
Whether you understand them or not, the Wachowskis play by their own rules and push cinematic boundaries with every singe frame. The Matrix wowed the sci-fi/action world, Speed Racer wowed anime fans almost exclusively, Cloud Atlas wowed half of those who saw it (the other half is still trying to figure out what they saw) and their latest film looks to again cater to a special breed of film fan. Expect this to be just as groundbreaking and ambitious but for now let’s just get to the good stuff…check out the first sweet looking trailer for Jupiter Ascending below. Jupiter Ascending is an intergalactic epic in which humans are near…
