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PLANETNOTION TELEVISION!
CAMERA-FOLK AND FILM EDITORS WANTED!
Planet Notion is looking for guys and dolls to film and edit features for its new TV channel, PNTV. Accompanying Notion to artist interviews, gigs, fashion shows, festivals and international events, you will be skilled, passionate and full of ideas about how to produce shit-hot video content. Camera-folk will be experienced and ideally have their own equipment, or at least access to equipment, while editors must be able to turn projects around quickly, and with stylistic flare. If you can both film and edit content, we would especially like to hear from you! These casual, unpaid positions would be ideal for those looking to develop their showreels, and to get the chance to travel, film major artists and top events.
 
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Hannibal Rising
What drives a person to become a sadistic murdering cannibal? For me it was when I was six and my cousins stole my favourite Thundercat toy (Panthro) and made me watch as they microwaved him into a bubbling grey puddle. This latest instalment in the Hannibal Lecter series tells the story of how a similarly traumatic episode led to the development of the brain eating madman we've come to love. During the Second World War, Hannibal is captured by a gang of starving Nazi collaborators who stay alive by eating his younger sister. So, every so often I like to wind my friend Charlie up by telling him I think his sister is 'quite fit.' (It’s amazing - he goes fucking mental!) But even I would have to admit that it would be crossing a line if I actually went as far as killing and eating her in front of him. Evidently young Hannibal feels the same way and after the war he goes in search of revenge. Like the previous efforts, it’s not as good as Silence of the Lambs. But what it lacks in drama and character development, it more than makes up with, you know, people getting their faces eaten, so is probably worth a look. If that’s your kind of thing. MATT HARVEY CINEMA MOMENTUM PICTURES Release Date: 9th February
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Rocky: The Definitive Edition
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Ghost
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The Wonder Years DVD Box Set
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Peep Show Series 3
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You, Me and Dupree
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Dynamo's Concrete Playground
Dynamo's Concrete Playground is firmly embedded in street culture. This ultra-talented 23-year-old shows off his innovative mix of magic, beats and the streets throughout; he integrates amazing card manipulations with popping and locking, and bounces playing cards off his feet just like he's doing kick-ups in the park. He uses trainer tricks and faster-than-a-speeding-bullet clothes changes to shock JD Sports staff, performing tricks that have the power to silence even the gobbiest of youths. Yet alongside the tricks, this documentary shows him having jokes with his mates on their road trip, taking full advantage of that handy humourinducing tool, the loudspeaker. Much city-centre banter ensues ("Please remove your hood or we will remove you"), which only emphasises Dynamo's down-to-earth persona, as if an inflated ego could never become this man’s reality. Ever true to his roots, Dynamo takes us on a magical tour through the overlooked underbelly of British culture. From the infamous Delph Hill estate in Bradford where he grew up, to famous jerk chicken shop Island Hut in Birmingham, and on to some of the glamorous highlights of London, Dynamo wishes to show the "different sides of the UK, using magic and music to break down barriers." And no matter what ground he treads, people react with the same degree of gasp-inducing delight, showing magic’s universal appeal. Dynamo knows how easy it is to lose your way in Britain's much-criticised youth culture, and acts as a walking example to the kids he encounters. He shows that using your talent really can lead to great things. Dynamo is only 23-years-old, and magic has already made his wildest dreams come true. In his travels, he has entertained the likes of Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Dizzee Rascal, Chris Martin, Paris Hilton, Goldie, as well as his own personal icons De La Soul. Alongside this, as if you needed to add insult to injury, Snoop Dogg and Ian Brown have written tracks about him, he has performed with the Gorillaz and has been in a music video with Kanye West. His DVD incorporates an urban soundtrack of both new and well-known talent, ranging from Sway to Terri Walker, from Terra Firma to The Blood Brothers Crew. OUT ON DVD NOW
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DEJA VU
DIRECTED BY: TONY SCOTT STARRING: DENZEL WASHINGTON, JIM CAVIEZEL, VAL KILMER. Released at Cinemas: December 22nd An all-star directorial and production team bring us the latest in a line of unsettling yet captivating futuristic thrillers. 'Déjà Vu' explores the phenomenon that is commonly held as a trick of the mind, but here technology makes it a reality. For federal agent Doug Carlin (Washington), feelings about the past become warnings about the future and the dangers it may bring. When Carlin is called upon to investigate a horrific bomb exploded on board a New Orleans ferry, he quickly discovers that what he thought was all in the mind is actually a disturbing and ground-shattering race against time. Carlins' déjà vu holds the key to stopping a large-scale disaster, and he must travel back in time to stop the untimely murder of the woman he may or may not be in love with in the process. Even as both the love story and the course of history play out in reverse, the film’s far-fetched premise somehow manages to remain viable. In fact, the agents' Time Lab was constructed to resemble a surveillance system put in place in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina, when it was destroyed, and producer Bruckheimer is aware that such surveillance could soon become law. Always the innovator, Scott takes CGI to the next level with his choreographed car chases that are occurring in both the past and present. 'Déjà Vu' is impeccably shot, and remains slick and suspenseful throughout.
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BLACK BOOK
DIRECTED BY: GABRIELE MUCCINO STARRING: CARICE VAN HOUTEN, SEBASTIAN KOCH, HALINA REIJN. Released at Cinemas: January 19th Paul Verhoeven spent 20 years honing his art in Hollywood, directing action thrillers like 'Robocop', 'Starship Troopers' and the lascivious 'Basic Instinct'. Now he’s returned to his native Holland to bring us this complex wartime tale of collaboration, betrayal and retribution. 'Black Book' covers the final months of WW2 as we follow the fate of Rachel Steinn, a strikingly beautiful Jewish woman (van Houten) forced into hiding who then witnesses the murder of her whole family. To unmask the traitors, Rachel assumes a blonde bombshell persona, joins the Resistance and works at Nazi HQ. Verhoeven brings all his Hollywood experience to bear, negotiating the complex twists and turns of a cracking script. We identify wholeheartedly with Rachel’s quest for the truth, which leads her to make unlikely allegiances and take thrilling risks. Verhoeven's recreation of wartime Holland always rings true, this movie is after all based on actual events, and Verhoeven only introduces explicit sexual scenes and quickfire humour when they enhance the plot.
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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
DIRECTED BY: PAUL VERHOEVEN STARRING: WILL SMITH, THANDIE NEWTON, JADEN SMITH. Released at Cinemas: January 12th Chris (Smith) is in dire straits. His career is flailing miserably, his wife has just abandoned him with their five-year-old son and a whole heap of financial worries, and he’s about to be evicted from his flat. When he sees a man with a slick suit and a Ferrari, he realises he's not destined to remain at the bottom of society’s pile, and embarks on an internship at a brokerage to try and overcome the odds stacked against him and his son. Despite being homeless and penniless, Chris Gardiner's story shows the massive success that can stem from support, love and a battle of endurance, and it’s all based on a true story, folks. This is a rare move towards serious emo-drama for Smith, and it pays off, for this is heart-wrenching stuff. A fathers' plight to remain just marginally above the poverty line for his infant son is harrowing enough, but when the son places all the trust in the world in his loser father, it becomes increasingly hard to fight back the tears. With just a smattering of nepotism, Smith's son is played by his actual son (who would've guessed it!) who shines as the ultra-cute and ever-grateful Chris Jnr. This is an emotionally engaging rags to riches story, a chance to see Smith in an entirely new light, and perhaps in the running for an Oscar.
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PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
DIRECTED BY: TOM TWYKES STARRING: BEN WHISHAW, DUSTIN HOFFMAN, ALAN RICKMAN. Release date: December 26th 'Perfume' combines magical and intoxicating imagery with incredible acting to create an affecting aroma that looks set to last. Jean Baptise Grenouille (impressive newcomer Ben Whishaw) is gifted with a superior, almost supernatural, sense of smell. He becomes infatuated with the smell of an innocent orange-seller, and vows to recreate her perfect scent for the whole world to experience. He gains an internship with floundering perfumer Baldini (the consistently wonderful Hoffman), but soon becomes frustrated by the limitations of perfumery to capture human odour, and turns to murder. The perfume he creates by gathering the scent of 12 beautiful young women dramatically transforms all those who come into contact with it, and Grenouille realises that he has managed to bottle pure innocence. This fascinating protagonist feels no responsibility or compassion, but is fuelled solely by his olfactory obsession. His talent is comprehensible from the outset, and we come to understand his motives as the search for real love, in spite of any negative consequences. Twykes sets the scene with Jean-Baptiste's birth in the fish markets of 18th century Paris, and juxtaposes this festering filth with the ravishing decadence of the perfumeries visited later. The impressive cinematography ensures that the film remains visually sumptuous throughout, as the lush colours used here become an almost aromatic experience. This is dark and affecting viewing, showing Grenouille's escalating conflict realistically and intricately. It possesses a persuasive power, this 'Perfume'.
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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
DIRECTED BY: RYAN MURPHY STARRING: ANNETTE BENING, ALEC BALDWIN, JOSEPH CROSS, JOSEPH FIENNES, GWYNETH PALTROW, EVAN RACHEL WOOD. Released at Cinemas: January 19th 'Running with Scissors' tells the madcap rites of passage tale of Augusten, a 12-year-old obsessive compulsive boy packed off by his mother to live with her shrink. In Dr Finch’s house of quirks, Augusten must become accustomed to a space packed to the rafters with sociopaths, a place where the Mother figure eats dog food for fun, and miracles emerge from stool-samples. The plot seems too outlandish to be true, yet this is based on the facts of Augusten Burroughs' own upbringing, as documented in his big-hit memoir of the same name. Although this is a scandalous pitch-black comedy, 'Running with Scissors' offsets the mayhem with sensitive character development across the board. All of the characters possess deep-rooted and disturbing issues, yet the film humanises rather than criticises. Annette Bening stars as Augusten's (Cross) too-bipolar-to-function mother Deidre, who displays at least seven shades of psycho here, and hopefully gets herself in the running for an Oscar to boot. Rising starlet Evan Rachel Wood puts on a great show as Natalie, Augustens' cynical sidekick. Even habitually straight-laced pair Paltrow and Fiennes manages to convey their characters' problems with sympathy rather than cliché. First-time movie director Murphy (of Nip/Tuck fame) has recently stated that this is a survival story about the universal quest for family and identity. Augustens' childhood innocence is left in tatters as events unfold here, yet he manages to find the hilarity amid the calamity, and emerges largely unscathed. Burroughs' himself states that he "used humour as a kind of life raft" to keep him afloat throughout these tumultuous times, which is what the film so perceptively conveys.
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