DJANGO UNCHAINED

Django Unchained is an upcoming Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kerry Washington, and is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2012 in the United States and Canada. Principal photography started in California in November 2011, Wyoming in February 2012, and at the a National Historic Landmark Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana, outside of New Orleans in March 2012.

Django Unchained is set in the Deep South, and follows Django (Foxx), a freed slave who treks across America with Dr. King Schultz (Waltz), a German dentist turned bounty hunter. The title and setting of the film appear to be inspired by the 1960s spaghetti western Django and its many unofficial sequels, with original Django star Franco Nero having a cameo.

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio

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THE AVENGERS

Marvel's The Avengers (classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the UK and Ireland) is a 2012 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures,1 based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is scripted and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor's adoptive brother Loki from subjugating Earth.

Development of The Avengers began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2011. With the signing of Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the screenplay originally written by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, in August and New York City in September. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

The Avengers premiered on April 11, 2012, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. The film received positive reviews from most film critics and set or tied numerous box office records, including the biggest opening weekend in North America and the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide. With a worldwide total gross of over $1.48 billion, The Avengers ranks as the third highest-grossing film of all time. The film is scheduled to be released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 25, 2012. A sequel to be written and directed by Whedon is scheduled for release on May 1, 2015.

IMDB rank: 8.6/10

Director: Joss Whedon

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson

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THE WORDS

The Words is a 2012 thriller film, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in their directorial debut. It stars Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, and Dennis Quaid.

A writer (Cooper), at the peak of his literary success, discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man's work.

IMDB rank: 7.5/10

Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde

Brian Klugman

Brian Klugman (born September 15, 1975) is an American actor.

Klugman was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father is a real estate broker, and his mother is a school teacher. Klugman's uncle is Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jack Klugman. Klugman has two brothers and one sister: Michael "Mike" Klugman (b. 1985), Jeffrey "Jeff" Klugman (b. 1972), and Laurie Klugman (b. 1977). He attended the Germantown Academy for high school, and Carnegie Mellon University for 2 years. Brian is nicknamed "Klugger". Klugman's most recent role has been in House on the episode "97 Seconds" as Thomas Stark, he has also appeared in Cloverfield, The Bogus Witch Project, Dreamland, Frasier, Joan of Arcadia, and National Lampoon's Adam & Eve.

Klugman also appeared in the 2009 horror/thriller Vacancy 2: The First Cut in the role of "Reece"

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American film, theater, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Hangover, The A-Team, Wedding Crashers, and Limitless. In 2011, People magazine named Cooper "Sexiest Man Alive".

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THE FIGHTER

The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale). The film also stars Amy Adams as Micky's love interest, and Melissa Leo as Micky's and Dicky's mother. The Fighter is Russell and Wahlberg's third film collaboration, following Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees.

The film was released in select North American theaters on December 17, 2010 and was released in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2011. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo). It was the first film to win both awards since Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986.

IMDB rank:7.9/10

Director: David O. Russell

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams

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BUKOWSKI

me and Faulkner

sure, I know that you are tired of hearing about it, but

most repeat the same theme over and over again, it's

as if they were trying to refine what seems so strange

and off and important to them, it's done by everybody

because everybody is of a different stripe and form

and each must work out what is before them

over and over again because

that is their personal tiny miracle

their bit of luck

like now as like before and before I have been slowly

drinking this fine red wine and listening to symphony after

symphony from this black radio to my left

some symphonies remind me of certain cities and certain rooms,

make me realize that certain people now long dead were able to

transgress graveyards

and traps and cages and bones and limbs

people who broke through with joy and madness and with

insurmountable force

in tiny rented rooms I was struck by miracles

and even now after decades of listening I still am able to hear

a new work never heard before that is totally

bright, a fresh-blazing sun

there are countless sub-stratas of rising surprise from the

human firmament

music has an expansive and endless flow of ungodly

exploration

writers are confined to the limit of sight and feeling upon the

page while musicians leap into unrestricted immensity

right now it's just old Tchaikowsky moaning and groaning his

way through symphony #5

but it's just as good as when I first heard it

I haven't heard one of my favorites, Eric Coates, for some time

but I know that if I keep drinking the good red and listening

that he will be along

there are others, many others

and so

this is just another poem about drinking and listening to

music

repeat, right?

but look at Faulkner, he not only said the same thing over and

over but he said the same

place

so, please, let me boost these giants of our lives

once more: the classical composers of our time and

of times past

it has kept the rope from my throat

maybe it will loosen

yours

from "Third Lung Review" - 1992

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PREMIUM RUSH

Premium Rush is a 2012 American action film directed by David Koepp and written by Koepp and John Kamps. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez and Jamie Chung. Set around a bicycle messenger who is chased around New York City by a dirty cop who wants an envelope the messenger has, it is scheduled for release on August 24, 2012 by Columbia Pictures.

Director: David Koepp

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung

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THE KING'S SPEECH

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new King relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.

Seidler read about George VI's life after overcoming a stuttering condition he endured during his youth. He started writing about the relationship between the monarch and his therapist as early as the 1980s, but at the request of the King's widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, postponed work until her death in 2002. He later rewrote his screenplay for the stage to focus on the essential relationship between the two protagonists. Nine weeks before filming began, Logue's notebooks were discovered and quotations from them were incorporated into the script.

Principal photography took place in London and around Britain from November 2009 to January 2010. The opening scenes were filmed at Elland Road in Leeds, which stood in for the old Wembley Stadium. For indoor scenes, Lancaster House substituted for Buckingham Palace, and Ely Cathedral stood in for Westminster Abbey. The cinematography differs from other historical dramas: hard light was used to give the story a greater resonance and wider than normal lenses were used to recreate the King's feelings of constriction. A third technique Hooper employed was the off-centre framing of characters: in his first consultation with Logue, George VI is captured hunched on the side of a couch at the edge of the frame.

Released in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2011, The King's Speech was a major box office and critical success. Censors initially gave it adult ratings due to profanity, though these were later revised downwards after criticism by the makers and distributors in the UK and some instances of swearing were muted in the US. On a budget of £8 million, it earned over $400 million internationally (£250 million). It was widely praised by film critics for its visual style, art direction, and acting. Other commentators discussed the film's representation of historical detail, especially the reversal of Winston Churchill's opposition to abdication. The film received many awards and nominations, particularly for Colin Firth's performance; his Golden Globe Award for Best Actor was the sole win at that ceremony from seven nominations. The King's Speech won seven British Academy Film Awards, including Best Picture, and Best Actor (Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Rush), and Best Supporting Actress (Bonham Carter). The film also won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Hooper), Best Actor (Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Seidler).

IMDB rank: 8,2/10

Director: Tom Hooper

Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter 

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