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Exclusive: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s performance film The Extraordinary Miss Flower has inked distribution deals with Madman for Australia and New Zealand and Non-Stop for Scandinavia and the Baltics.

The news comes fresh off the film’s UK theatrical run via BFI Distribution. Madman is planning an August release and Non-Stop will release the title in its territories in the fall. Additionally, The Festival Agency is helping with festival bookings are curating some screenings and a performance of the project this Autumn in Paris.

The Extraordinary Miss Flower brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. Described as “part film, part theatre, part fever dream”, the film takes the form of a series of specially designed performances by Torrini...

“Space Cadet” is ready for launch.

The animated feature – screening in Annecy’s Contrechamp section – has shot for the stars in multiple territories for Urban Sales, selling to Bac Films (France), Filmin and Vercine (Spain) Benelux – Periscoop (The Netherlands), Jef (Belgium), Eksystent (Germany), Filmladen (Austria), Folkets Bio (Sweden), Angel Films (Denmark), Fivia (Ex Yugoslavia), Alfazbet (Japan), Hope Content (Taiwan) and Aeon Entertainment (Vietnam).

“People keep telling me it made them cry,” admitted director Eric San, better known as Canadian scratch DJ Kid Koala. The story is based on his own graphic novel, which he wrote back in 2009, following his grandmother’s passing.

“She enjoyed Charlie Chaplin films. That’s one of my fondest childhood memories: watching Chaplin with her. She would come visit us in Canada and didn’t speak a word of English. These were the only movies we could share together.”

At the time of her death, he...

Disney and Marvel’s ensemble feature “Thunderbolts*” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £5.9 million ($7.9 million), according to Comscore.

In second place, Warner Bros.’ “Sinners” showed staying power, adding $2.5 million in its third weekend. The film has now reached a cumulative $14.1 million. Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie” slipped to third with $1.6 million in its fifth weekend but lifted its total to a towering $71.1 million, extending its reign as the year’s top-grossing title to date.

Also from Warner Bros., “The Accountant 2” took fourth place with $622,989 in its second week, bringing its total to $2.3 million. Sony’s horror-thriller “Until Dawn” followed in fifth, scaring up $442,953 in its second frame for a cumulative $1.5 million.

Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Penguin Lessons” claimed sixth place with $276,178 in week three, and is now at $3.5 million. Debuting at No. 7, “Bluey At The Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection” brought in $238,972, a...

Nick Cave and Richard Ayoade are among those reading out the posthumously discovered missives that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini, who soundtracks this gorgeous film

You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Geraldine Flower, the subject of A new film from artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the pair behind the 2014 Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. (Cave makes an appearance here reading a letter or two.) Flower was not famous in her lifetime and in fact, after watching the film we’re none the wiser about how she spent her later years. But when she died in 2019, a suitcase packed with hundreds of love letters written to her by smitten men in the 60s and 70s was found in her London flat.

The letters inspired a 2024 album by Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini (called Miss Flower) and also this intriguing, gorgeous and creative documentary – a film...

The 21st edition of the Glasgow Film Festival kicks into gear on Wednesday (February 26) with the world premiere of survival thriller Tornado from Scottish filmmaker John Maclean. With stars Tim Roth and Japanese actors Kōki and Takehiro Hira set to be in attendance, it’s sure to be one of the highlights of the 12-day event.

But there are also another 12 world and European premieres, 66 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 38 countries as well as In Conversation talks with stars such as James McAvoy and Jessica Lange and more on offer at the festival this year. We’ve rounded up what we think are sure to be some of the key films and events during this year’s Gff.

Tornado – Opening Night

The festival is opening with the world premiere of survival thriller Tornado from Scottish filmmaker John Maclean. The film, which stars Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki,...

"Tonight I hope to capture how I feel without it sounding like words." Anti-Worlds Releasing has unveiled the official trailer for The Extraordinary Miss Flower, a performance piece feature that is "part film, part theatre, part fever dream." It's playing at both the Dublin Film Festival & Glasgow Film Festival soon, then opens in UK cinemas this May. A Distiller Studios Production with Anti-Worlds & Phantoscopic, the film is backed by Distiller Music, and was shot at the Distillery II studio near Bristol. The story uncovers Geraldine Flower's collection of love letters, suggesting a potential double life as a spy. The Extraordinary Miss Flower is a spellbinding performance film bringing to life the remarkable story of the extraordinary Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 60s and 70s that also inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer / songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio and create new music.

BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s feature The Extraordinary Miss Flower.

The distributor is planning a May 2025 theatrical release for the title, after its screenings at Dublin International Film Festival on February 28 and Glasgow Film Festival on March 1 and 2.

Described by the BFI as a ‘biographical performance film’, The Extraordinary Miss Flower depicts the story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of love letters sent to her in the 60s and 70s, that inspired Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini to record a new album.

The film consists of performances by Torrini and her band,...

Exclusive: Paris-based Urban Sales has acquired worldwide rights for Canadian animation Space Cadet by DJ, music producer and visual artist Kid Koala, ahead of its premiere in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus section in February.

The futuristic, dialogue-free CGI work is described as a fable about young astronaut Celeste and her guardian robot, who is left pondering the future as his young charge blasts off on a solo mission of outer-space adventure.

Kid Koala aka Eric San is directing from his 2011 graphic novel of the same name, which Mylène Chollet has adapted for the screen.

Director, film composer and graphic novelist San has released five solo albums, and contributed to several feature film soundtracks including The Great Gatsby, Looper, Baby Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

As a scratch DJ he has toured with Radiohead, Beastie Boys and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and collaborated with Gorillaz, Deltron 3030 and Emilìana Torrini.

Memory, artistry, and the complex web of human connections are all explored in a spellbinding way in The Extraordinary Miss Flower. This film, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, goes beyond typical biographical storytelling by fusing the personal and the poetic to create a colorful tapestry that reflects Geraldine Flower’s mysterious life.

A worn-out box filled with the longing and affection of suitors from the 1960s and 1970s serves as the catalyst and canvas for this artistic tribute.

The narrative is a dual journey: one follows Geraldine’s life through the eyes of her daughter, Zoe Flower, and the other follows Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini as she channels this rich source material into a hauntingly beautiful album.

The film’s very essence is the interplay of memory and music, which invites viewers to reflect on the nature of love and loss through an intimate and broad lens. The...

Miss Geraldine Flower remains something of a mystery from beginning to end of this extraordinary experimental biopic. Inspired by a case full of letters, photographs and — those were the days — telexes left behind by the late Miss Flower after her untimely death, the film is essentially a song cycle, performed by Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini and filmed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the directing duo behind the 2014 Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. Like that film, The Extraordinary Miss Flower — which had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend — is an exercise in channeling its subject rather than simply showing and telling. And like that film, it is destined to find an eager cult audience for its psychedelic charms.

If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s no surprise. Although her writing was sophisticated, and she worked periodically in the media (broadcast...

We present our interviews from The Extraordinary Miss Flower red carpet at the London Film Festival Premiere. Directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, written by Stuart Evers, the film stars Emilíana Torrini and Caroline Catz.

Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

The Extraordinary Miss Flower Lff Premiere Interviews

Plot:

When Geraldine Flower passed away, her family uncovered a secret cache of letters containing declarations of love from suitors around the globe, hinting at the possibility of a life of espionage. Taking inspiration, Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini recorded an album that forms the spine of this filmic fever dream. The songs and images bring these amorous words and the beguiling Miss Flower thrillingly back to life.

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And now for something completely different… The Extraordinary Miss Flower, a new biographical filmic experience from British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, known for their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, is set for its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Saturday. The event’s 68th edition, which opened with Steve McQueen’s Saoirse Ronan-starring Blitz, wraps on Sunday.

Miss Flower is very different from many of the other offerings of the Lff. “When Geraldine Flower passed away, her family uncovered a secret cache of letters containing declarations of love from suitors around the globe, hinting at the possibility of a life of espionage,” reads its synopsis. “Taking inspiration, Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini recorded an album that forms the spine of this filmic fever dream. The songs and images bring these amorous words and the beguiling Miss Flower thrillingly back to life.”

On their website,...

Emiliana Torrini’s acting debut from directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard is making its debut at the London Film Festival next month.

Music! Letters! Nick Cave! If those words in any order appeal to you, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that The Extraordinary Miss Flower – which we’ve been looking at with intrigue for some time – is getting its world premiere in competition at the London Film Festival in October, and there’s a funky trailer to prove it.

The film’s got a pretty interesting story behind it, too. Taking the form of a series of performances by Emiliana Torrini and her band, the project was inspired when the musician, producer Zoe Flower and her husband, Simon, found a case of treasured letters, telexes and photographs in Flower’s mother’s possessions.

These letters became a creative springboard for a series of songs from Torrini, which in...

The 68th BFI London Film Festival has announced the films screening in the Official Competition and contending for the Best Film Award.

From a gripping Irish portrait of deep-rooted generational rivalry to a stop-motion animated tale of self-discovery; a moving portrait of living with deaf parents in Tokyo to a follow-up feature from one of Zambia’s most distinctive voices, the films selected for the Official Competition celebrate and recognize inspiring and inventive global filmmaking.

Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for ‘A Prophet,’ recent winners of the Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Corsage’ in 2022.

Also in news – Asa Butterfield & Molly Windsor added to cast of series ‘Out of the Dust’

The 11 films in Official Competition are:

April

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s probing exploration of rural life in Georgia centres on the experiences of a doctor whose moral...

Barry Keoghan, Nick Cave, and the voices of Sarah Snook and Eric Bana will feature in the competition lineup of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), held this fall in partnership with American Express. The Extraordinary Miss Flower, the new film from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, known for their Cave movie 20,000 Days on Earth, and the Luca Guadagnino-produced April from Georgia’s Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose feminist debut feature Beginning drew rave reviews, will be among the 11 movies competing for the best film award in London.

So will a drama about Islamic inheritance laws and gender dynamics, as well as a film about a Ukrainian family that most cope with the Russian invasion of their home country while away on a beach holiday.

Organizers on Thursday also unveiled such competition titles as Chris Andrews’ Bring Them Down, starring Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,...

The 68th BFI London Film Festival (Lff) has announced the 11 films selected for its official competition, vying for the best film award at this year’s event. The diverse lineup represents 13 countries and showcases a range of international filmmaking talent.

The selected films include:

“Memoir of a Snail” (Australia) dir. Adam Elliot: A stop-motion animated tale of separated twins in 1970s Australia, blending humor and emotion. Featuring the voices of Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Eric Bana, it won best film at Annecy earlier this year.

“Bring Them Down” (Ireland-u.K.-Belgium) dir. Christopher Andrews: A portrait of two feuding farming families in rural Ireland, starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott. The film travels from Toronto where it is a special presentation.

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” (Zambia-u.K.-Ireland) dir. Rungano Nyoni: A story of tradition, abuse and strength within a Zambian family. The film debuted...

The 2024 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for the films screening in Official Competition and competing for the coveted Best Film Award.

This year, selections include new features from “20,000 Days On Earth” filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Mipo O, and Rungano Nyoni. Actors Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott are among the casts in the curated program of 11 films.

The festival takes place from October 9 through October 20, with the winner being chosen by the Lff Awards Jury and announced on October 20. The Best Film Award was established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for “A Prophet.” Recent winners include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” in 2022.

The program includes “inspiring, inventive and distinctive international filmmaking,” with 13 countries represented across the selection, per the press release.

Highlights include “Bring Them Down,” directed by Christopher Andrews and starring Barry Keoghan and...

Eleven films including Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili’s latest April and Bring Them Down, starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbot, will screen as part of the official competition at this year’s London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.

Established in 2009 and first won by Jacques Audiard for A Prophet, recent winners of the Lff Best Film Award include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist in 2023 and Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage in 2022. This year’s crop of official competition films features projects from 13 different countries.

The competition titles will once again screen at BFI Southbank. The films shortlisted for the festival’s other competitive categories, the Grierson Award for Best Documentary, the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature and the Short Film Award will be revealed on September 4. Winners in all four categories will be chosen by the Lff awards jury. The BFI will announce jury members in the coming weeks.

The massive Rings of Power series may have dominated the Tolkien-sphere in the past few months but it's not the only interesting Lord of the Rings spin-off potentially coming out in 2022. Though delays have meant the Lord of the Rings: Gollum game doesn't have a clear release date, its impending release is enough to make fans of the eccentric character excited.

Not everyone loves Gollum though, and it's fair to say he's a character that divides opinion. Whether Gollum-haters skeptical that he was ever redeemable or Sméagol lovers who put him among the series' best characters, Lord of the Rings fans have plenty of hot takes about him that they took to Reddit to share.

Gollum Has The Best Original Song In The Trilogy

Not to be confused with the rhyme sung by Gollum when happily catching a fish in The Two Towers, "Gollum's Song" is the ballad heard...

Writer/director David Lea first won acclaim in 2002 when Half Life, a short film he co-directed for Greenpeace, won First Prize and Special Jury Prize at the young Advertising Awards in Cannes. He went on to direct award winning music promos for artists such as The Offspring, Emiliana Torrini and was nominated for Best VFX at the MTV music video awards for his work on the Radiohead Promo ‘There, There’.

His last short film Storage (staring Tom Hughes – Cemetery Junction, About Time) premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival before screening at festivals around the world. And now he’s released his latest short, On Sunday – a film half a decade in the making – shot on location in Cornwall and painstakingly post produced in the weekends and evenings over the next 5 years…

A man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall…but this...

Teased in Warner Bros. Pictures’ "For Your Consideration" and later confirmed by all involved, Watertower Muisc has released actor-musician Billy Boyd’s "The Last Goodbye" in full. Running behind "The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies’" credits, the track is one of the few components of Peter Jackson’s trilogy-capper that could take Oscar gold. Written and composed by Boyd (Howard Shore, who played Pippin in Jackson’s "Lord of the Rings" films, "The Last Goodbye" fits with "The Hobbit" series’ musical trend of folksy male vocalists (with Neil Finn’s "Song of the Lonely Mountain" and Ed Sheeran’s "I See Fire") versus the ethereal ballads that Enya, Emilíana Torrini, and Annie Lennox leant to "Lord of the Rings." Neither Finn nor Sheeran’s songs cracked the Original Song races in the past two years, giving "The Last Goodbye" an uphill battle when it comes to Oscars. “We focused...

We're a little over a month away from the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and the marketing continues to ramp up. On Monday, we got a new trailer along with a live fan Q&A with Peter Jackson and the cast. Yesterday, there was a new production blog, and today we have two more images along with the end credits theme, "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran. I presume that's an abbreviated version of the full title, "I See Fire because It's Coming out of the Mouth of the Giant Talking Dragon". Like a large portion of the marketing for Desolation of Smaug, these images highlight Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) because the characters are shiny and new. As for the song, it doesn't really do anything for me, but maybe it will work better after seeing the movie (I felt that way with Emiliana Torrini...

2 Chainz ft. Iamsu!, “Livin’”There are a lot of things to love about the new 2 Chainz album, starting with the great title B.O.A.T.S. II #Metime. (Finally, 2 Chainz is taking a little 2 Chainz time — you know, spa day, mani-pedi, Thai hot stone massage. Leave the kids with a sitter! Pamper yourself, Chainz!) Another of the album’s virtues: how tossed-off it feels, and how the rapper makes that a virtue. He pours out punchlines — some witty, some dopey, some gloriously both — giving every song the ramshackle feel of an off-the-dome freestyle. Even the album’s afterthoughts have their moments. One of my favorite verses is in the deluxe-edition bonus track “Livin’,” a gloriously scattershot mix of boasts and quips that climaxes in a couplet for the ages: “Brrraaattt, better duck, nigga!/Got a lake in my yard filled with ducks nigga!”Emiliana Torrini, “Speed of Dark”The...

Feature Tom French 19 Jun 2013 - 07:00

As series three of Neil Cross' Luther, starring Idris Elba, is poised to arrive on BBC One, Tom tells us why it well deserves our time...

This feature contains plot overviews but no real spoilers for Luther series one and two.

You might have seen the adverts on telly – the BBC’s Luther is back. The cult series returns to our screens in July, but the first two series may well have passed many people by. Writer Neil Cross will have recently appeared on the geek radar of some people for the first time, having penned two episodes of the seventh series of Doctor Who - The Rings of Akhaten and Hide. He's been around a little while though.

He was lead scriptwriter for the BBC spy drama Spooks for two seasons, and in 2010 he was given the chance to create his own crime series,...

Feature Ivan Radford Dec 19, 2012

As The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey dominates the box office, Ivan has a listen to Howard Shore's superb score...

Like a pair of old jeans that you hope still fit, returning to Middle-Earth after nine years was always going to be a daunting prospect. Thanks to its strange new 48fps appearance and a padded script that tried to turn it into a Lord Of The Rings prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey didn't fit quite as comfortably as everyone hoped.

Not so for composer Howard Shore. Howard slips into those trousers with all the silky charm of Ian McKellen’s eyebrows, recapturing the mood of his original scores while also developing new themes; the characters are all new, but the backdrop feels the same.

And backdrops don't get much better than this. If Peter Jackson was bonkers to try and film Tolkien’s fantasy epic...

While the ingredients might seem the same -- Middle Earth, hobbits, dwarves, adventure, Gandalf, etc. -- Peter Jackson's upcoming "The Hobbit" trilogy will likely offer up some key differences from his "The Lord Of The Rings" series of movies. And when it comes to the soundtrack, it looks like Jackson will be switching up the game too. While 'Fellowship Of The Ring,' 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return Of The King' all featured end credits tunes by women -- Enya, Emiliana Torrini and Annie Lennox respectively -- for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the director has turned to fellow New Zealander and Crowded House member Neil Finn. There's no word yet on the title of the song or if he'll be joined by his bandmates, but it perhaps suggests a different tonal direction for the music that will play as you unstick your feet from the theater floor.

Zack Snyder, as the filmmaker tends to do, has split the Owf audience (and indeed our own writers) firmly down the middle over his latest movie Sucker Punch but one thing that we can all agree on is that it has a kick-ass soundtrack.

We previewed it some weeks back and now I am delighted to say we have three copies of “Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” that’s out now, to give away to our lucky readers, courtesy of Sony Music.

The audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder describes as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns” has taken over two years to create, and will delight filmgoers and music fans of all generations.

Fascinatingly reworked versions of classic songs illuminate the soundtrack, with the film’s star Emily Browning covering “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” (Eurythmics), “Where Is My Mind?” (The Pixies), and...

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

(The second very positive review of Sucker Punch at Owf, this time from Adam Rayner, with the movie out in the U.K. today)

‘It doesn’t know what it wants to be’ is a stock phrase batted around a lot in film criticism; Sucker Punch seems certain to receive this more than most movies. Zack Snyder’s latest film is another action-packed, CGI-laden feast of the senses that like his earlier effort, the wonderful Watchmen, does itself no favours with mainstream audiences by overcomplicating what on paper is already a somewhat convoluted concept; a thriller set in three parallel worlds all existing simultaneously. However, while many may view this as a flaw – I view it as a virtue; it is not that this film doesn’t know what it wants to be, but rather it knows exactly what it wants to be: ambitious, bold and challenging.

The Sucker Punch soundtrack. Describing his new project Sucker Punch as Alice In Wonderland with Machine Guns might have been a good way of securing funding, and might attract chuckling late-teen boys to the theatres, but graphic-fancying CGI automaton Zack Snyder might just as equally have suggested Terminator 2 with cartoon owls, or Citizen Kane with the Ed 209, such is the wisdom of melding a beautifully functioning classic with a completely incongruous element. If only he’d come up with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then at least he’d have a best-selling book on his hands. Just as well that Snyder’s snappy-cum-brainless one-liner stands empirically for nothing, the similarities of Sucker Punch with Lewis Carroll’s classic limited to a female protagonist entering a sort of fantasy world, and the dissimilarities being giant robots, CGI everything, massive explosions, every female character looking like an auditioning Playboy bunny, and everything...

Genre: Action | Fantasy | Thriller

Director: Zack Snyder

Writer: Zack Snyder (screenplay & story), Steve Shibuya (screenplay)

Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language.

Summary: A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

Run Time: 109 min.

View the Trailer Here

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is a gamer boy’s wet dream. From the trailers, you’d think, “What the heck is this film about?” But heck, it really doesn’t matter. Just sit back, relax, and let your eyes indulge in the visual orgy of game-play type action and babes that kick ass.

Sucker Punch is a feast for the eyes with well choreographed fight scenes, video-game inspired special effects and environments,...

Music is an important aspect of any movie, but in "Sucker Punch," it's absolutely essential.

Director Zack Snyder sat down with MTV News to chat about his latest action epic, which lands in theaters today (March 25), and he discussed the integral role that music plays in the film. As you're likely already aware, "Sucker Punch" deals in multiple levels of reality, and when our heroes slip into that combat space, they do so through a combination of music and Baby Doll's mesmerizing dancing.

"I think the germ of the movie came from when we were talking about this sort of musical number I wanted to do," Snyder explained of the music of "Sucker Punch." "I thought it'd be cool to use this musical number as the spine of the movie, the spine of an action sequence, and then getting in and out of it would be, like, the music...

If you're a fan of director Zack Snyder ("Watchmen," "300"), you know that subtlety isn't exactly his strong suit. Going by the soundtrack to his new action/fantasy/teenage boy fantasy  "Sucker Punch," this extends to every aspect of the process.

The film's soundtrack is comprised exclusively of covers of classic songs, including Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," The Smiths'' "Where Is My Mind" and The Stooges' "Search and Destroy." While no song matches the intensity of the original, Snyder reworked many of the selections to avoid the original sin of copying the source material wholesale.

So we get Eurhythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" turned into a jazzy noir number sung by "Sucker Punch" star herself Emily Browning. The cold, detached singing of Annie Lennox have transformed into the chanteuse vocals favored by singers like Julee Cruise in all those David Lynch films. Browning also appears on a cover...

Sony Music have announced the release of Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on March 28th, featuring artists including: Alison Mosshart, Carla Azar, Björk, Skunk Anansie and Queen.

The audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder describes as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns” has taken over two years to create, and saw Snyder (Watchmen, 300), collaborate with Grammy-nominated composer and music director Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge!) and composer Tyler Bates (Watchmen, 300, Californication) to select the collection of songs featured on the soundtrack, which play an integral role in the film.

Reworked versions of classic songs illuminate the soundtrack, with the film’s star Emily Browning covering “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” (Eurythmics), “Where Is My Mind?” (The Pixies), and “Asleep” (The Smiths), and stars Carla Gugino (Watchmen) and Oscar Isaac (Robin Hood) performing a sultry, musical theatre-inspired version of “Love Is The Drug” (Roxy Music). Alison Mosshart (The Dead Weather,...

Zack Snyder has gained a reputation for striking and stylish visuals in films such as 300, Watchmen and Legend of the Guardians - and now he's also hoping to stimulate us on an auditory level.

A host of classic songs have been "wildly reimagined" for the soundtrack album for Snyder's fantasy adventure Sucker Punch, some of them performed by the film's stars.

Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will hit stores on March 28, 2011.

Sony Music's audio companion to the movie Snyder describes as "Alice In Wonderland with machine guns" has taken over two years to create. It includes songs by Eurythmics, The Smiths, Roxy Music and The Beatles; a full track listing is included below.

Snyder (Watchmen, 300), collaborated with Grammy-nominated composer and music director Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge) and composer Tyler Bates (Watchmen, 300, Californication) to select the songs featured on the soundtrack, which play an integral role in the film.

Last week, it was announced that the Sucker Punch soundtrack would be arriving on March 22nd, just a few days before the movie's March 25th release date in theaters. As evidenced by the track listing, there will be musical elements mixed in with this fantasy adventure from director Zack Snyder, as Emily Browning, Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac are all singing various cover songs throughout the body of the story.

Also contributing two covers to this soundtrack will be Skunk Anansie, who remixes Bj&#246rk's 'Army of Me' as well as sings a new version of The Stooges' 'Search and Destroy', which has been release for listening below.

Skunk Anansie "Search and Destroy" by Soundtrack Stream

Here is the full track listing for the upcoming Sucker Punch soundtrack.

1. 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' -- Emily Browning

2. 'Army Of Me (Sucker Punch Remix)' -- Bj...

Releasing March 22nd, a few days before the film is released, the Sucker Punch soundtrack features some interesting songs and covers. I think the press release says it all, actually:

“Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), collaborated with Grammy®-nominated composer and music director Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge!) and composer Tyler Bates (Watchmen, 300, Californication) to select the collection of songs featured on the soundtrack, which play an integral role in the film.

“Working with Marius and re-teaming with Tyler on Sucker Punch’s soundtrack was an extraordinary experience,” said Snyder. “Sucker Punch is a film created with multiple levels of reality, so this same layered construct had to be considered and applied when approaching the music. The selection of songs we chose and the various ways in which they were each re-envisioned had to add depth, dimension and meaning to the sequences they exist within. Marius and Tyler did an amazing job...

Whether or not Sucker Punch turns out to be a watchable movie – and certainly myself and Simon have expressed & debated our doubts about that issue to some length this week – there’s a good chance it will at least have a pleasurable soundtrack.

Just like Zack Snyder’s meticulously hand-chosen track list for Watchmen included an eclectic taste of iconic tracks from all kind of music era’s and genres, Snyder has once again choose a wide selection of recognisable tunes for his latest action fantasy, many of which are covers sung by the cast themselves.

Lead Emily Browning seems to be the busiest as she has renditions of The Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’, The Smiths’ ‘Asleep’ and ‘Where Is My Mind?’ by the Pixies, though cast members Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac also cover Roxy Music’s ‘Love is the Drug’.

Some of the songs I’ve sampled from youtube below,...

Actresses Emily Browning and Carla Gugino, as well as actor Oscar Isaac, will be making musical contributions to the soundtrack for director Zack Snyder's upcoming fantasy adventure Sucker Punch.

Emily Browning will sing on three tracks, lending her voice to covers of the Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams, The Smiths' Alseep, and the Pixies' Where Is My Mind. Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac will duet on a jazzy rendition of Roxy Music's Love is The New Drug.

Kills and Dead Weather frontwoman Alison Mosshart will contribute a cover of The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Dies, with Skunk Anansie bringing a cover of The Stooges' Search and Destroy, as well as a remix of Bj&#246rk's Army of Me.

Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available in stores and online from WaterTower Music starting March 22nd. The entire track list is below.

1. 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of...

Here are some details on the soundtrack for Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch. I am super excited to see this when it arrives in theaters on March 25! Not only does the movie look amazing it is going to sound amazing as well (both sound fx wise and musically).

The disc features music from Queen, Björk, as well as three tracks featuring Emily Browning. The actress lends her voice to a trio of tracks taking on the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), The Smiths’ “Asleep” and The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” (with Yoav). Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac also sing Roxy Music‘s “Love Is the Drug.”

The disc also features a remix of “Army of Me” by Björk and Skunk Anansie, the latter of which also takes on The Stooges’ “Search and Destroy.” Emiliana Torrini delivers her version of Jefferson Airplane‘s “White Rabbit”, Alison Mosshart (Dead...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy releases tomorrow, September 14th, as individual Blu-Ray titles, and I have a great giveaway to help celebrate the fact. One lucky winner will receive all three films on Blu-Ray, plus an assortment of other goodies.

Below you can find information on the three films, and the special features available for each, plus some videos, then I’ll let you in on the details of the giveaway. And, don’t forget to check out www.LordOfTheRings.net for more info.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In this first part of the Trilogy, the young hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits a ring; but this ring is no mere trinket. It is the One Ring, an instrument of absolute power that could allow Sauron, the dark Lord of Mordor, to rule Middle-earth and enslave its peoples. Frodo, together with a Fellowship that includes his loyal hobbit friends,...

Glen salutes the long and illustrious career of composer Howard Shore, whose work has accompanied many of maverick director David Cronenberg’s movies, as well as all three parts of The Lord Of The Rings...

Howard Shore has provided scores for over 50 films throughout his career to date, including numerous collaborations with David Cronenberg and The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Below are what I consider to be some of his finest scores to date...

Videodrome

Shore's score for Videodrome is one of many collaborations the composer had with filmmaker David Cronenberg. To date this remains one of Shore's creepiest and most atmospheric pieces as he provides the accompaniment to some truly bizarre and disturbing scenes.

So integral is the score to the film that it seems to form part of the narrative as it provides the perspective of the antagonist in this conflict between man and technology. It's not the most accessible piece,...

Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy masterpiece of the J. R. R. Tolkien classic, “The Lord of the Rings” is finally on BluRay and from many reports, it looks bloody amazing. Heck it looks bloody amazing already from the trailer for this Blu-Ray box set (see trailer below)! Not only is it immediately apparent how much work was put into the conversion to BluRay high definition quality, but it sounds like the world of Middle Earth is suddenly more real than ever. The added depth and detail lends a richness to every dimension an already visually-stunning trilogy of films.

While all this is fantastic, there’s a fly in this soup – die-hard fans of the trilogy are not so thrilled. Why? This release contains the three theatrical releases of the “Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “Return of the King” along with the same special features that came with those DVD sets.

The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy will finally be available for the first time ever on Blu-ray, On Demand and Digital Download on April 6 and you just know we have to celebrate this monumental release. We have a brand new contest lined up and not only are we giving away this nine-disc Bd set, but we're also giving away posters and a brand new Orc sculpture, valued at over $200. You know these prizes will surely go fast, so be sure to enter this contest right away!

Winners Receive:

The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy nine-disc Blu-ray setThe Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy posterThe Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Orc statue, valued at over $200.

to enter this huge contest today. You can also to learn more about this Bd set and other Warner Home Video products as well.

This new nine-disc Bd set...

One Blu-ray Set to Rule Them All. Warner Home Video is releasing Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy on Blu-ray April 6. The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy is a nine-disc set that will include digital copies of each film on three separate discs and will also be Bd-Live enabled, offering new interactive possibilities.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy contains the original theatrical versions of the three films, with more than seven hours of special features. The Trilogy will retail for $99.98 Srp. Extended versions of the films will be released at a later date on Blu-ray.

The Trilogy will also be available day and date on Video on Demand from cable and satellite providers. The films will be offered for electronic download from online retailers including iTunes, Microsoft Xbox Live, Zune marketplace and Amazon Video on Demand. Pre-order it here.

I haven’t watched any of The Lord of the Rings films since 2004 but I’ll definitely be sitting down with them again when they hit Blu-ray on April 6, 2010. Warner Bros. Home Video just released a two-minute trailer showcasing all the films together again and it was a reminder of why we fell in love with Peter Jackson’s masterful adaptation in the first place.

As we reported yesterday, Wbhv is releasing the theatrical versions of the films in a nine-disc box set which will include the Blu-ray versions of the films, mostly the features from the original DVDs, and a digital copy of each film. The set will retail for $99.98 but since that’s the Msrp, you’ll probably be able to buy it for slightly less (my guess is somewhere around $75-80, at least when it first goes on sale). There’s currently no word when we’ll...

The other day, I was perusing the iTunes homepage when I spotted a celebrity playlist unlike the rest. Usually, there is only one Mc narrating their ultimate mixtape but this time there were two. Not just any two — it was Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page who had put one together, together.

Listening to their banter back and forth gave me the giggles and darn it if I didn’t turn red and make my mind wander to some amazing far off places.

The point of the celebrity playlist is to basically show the world what terrible or incredible music taste a certain celeb has. At one point, Drew says, “Ellen’s got great taste and we share a lot in common and yet I feel like I’m always being turned on to new things by her." Oh I bet! I bet you get turned on by new things coming...

The line-up for Scotland's 2009 Edge Festival has been announced. Acts confirmed so far include David Byrne, Calvin Harris, and The Streets.

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will play the Playhouse in Edinburgh on Saturday, August 8th. Calvin Harris will play the HMV Picturehouse on Monday, August 10th, while The Streets will play the same venue on Saturday, August 15th.

Other confirmed acts include Emiliana Torrini, who plays the Queens House on Sunday, August 9th, and Enter Shikari, who'll perform at the HMV Picturehouse on the 27th.

This is the 10th anniversary of the Edge Festival, previously known as the T on the Fringe Festival. Past performers include Radiohead, Muse, Morrissey, and Snow Patrol.

The final remaining tickets for this summer's Glastonbury Festival have reportedly sold out within an hour over the weekend. The festival sees Bruce Springsteen appear as one of the headliners.

Glastonbury takes place from June 26-28 this summer on Worthy Farm, Pilton. According to the event's official website, the last "few thousand" were put on sale at 9 am Sunday and are now completely gone.

Although this year's full Glastonbury line-up won't be announced until a month before the Festival, a few attractions have been announced. Lily Allen, Fleet Foxes, Neil Young, a reunited Blur and Franz Ferdinand are amongst the other names announced.

Emiliana Torrini, Doves, The Ting Tings, Echo And The Bunnymen, White Lies and Florence And The Machine are also expected to perform at this summer's festival.

ROME -- Venice International Film Festival organizers said Thursday that Israeli director Amos Gitai will round out the seven-member jury for the fest's 62nd edition. Gitai, whose regularity on the festival circuit included last year's Venice installment with the screening of his film Promised Land, joins jury president Dante Ferretti, Chinese writer Cheng Ah, French director Claire Denis, German director Edgar Reitz, Icelandic actress and musician Emiliana Torrini and U.S. producer Christine Vachon.