Oblivion – 10 April 2013
Tom Cruise leads this Science Fiction as Jack Harper, a drone repairmen who is one of the few remaining people on Earth after a long war between the human race and an alien invader. When one day he discovers a crashed spaceship, his allegiances and beliefs begin to become compromised. Dir: Joseph Kosinski Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, [...]
OZ: The Great And Powerful – 8 March 2013
James Franco plays Oz in this prequel to The Wizard Of Oz. After Oscar Diggs, a small time circus magician, encounters a storm while flying his hot air balloon, he is transported to the magical land of Oz. Upon his arrival, he encounters three witches. Dir: Sam Raimi Cast: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz [...]
Stoker – 1 March 2013
From the director of Oldboy comes this mysterious psychological thriller starring Mia Wasikowska as a young adult girl whose father suddenly dies for unknown reasons. Her mother, played by Nicole Kidman, promptly moves in with her deceased husband’s brother, who Mia’s character never knew existed. Dir: Chan-wook Park Cast: Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver Released: 1 March [...]
Everything Is Connected: Cloud Atlas
Three directors, six narratives, multiple stars and a 500-year timespan: how David Mitchell’s ‘unfilmable’ novel became the soaring epic Cloud Atlas. Tom Hanks was in the midst of one of life’s most daunting challenges – getting through Herman Melville’s great American novel Moby Dick – when he met with Lana and Andy Wachowski at his [...]
Man On Fire: Mark Wahlberg Talks Broken City
In Broken City, Mark Wahlberg faces off against Russell Crowe in a gritty tale of corruption and murder. He tells Film3Sixty why his new thriller packs a rock-hard punch. Born and raised in the Boston ghetto and with a chequered past that includes a term in prison for assault, Mark Wahlberg knows his way around [...]
Danger Men: The Place Beyond The Pines
Following their success with Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance reunite for the fathers-and-sons drama The Place Beyond The Pines. We shouldn’t be surprised that writer-director Derek Cianfrance and Ryan Gosling would want to reunite. Blue Valentine was one of the most enthusiastically reviewed films of 2011, the touching portrait of a tattered marriage. Set in upstate New York, their second collaboration The Place [...]
In Dreams – Oz: The Great And Powerful
When creating the gorgeous and surreal dreamscapes of Oz: The Great And Powerful, Sam Raimi relied on Oscar-winning production designer Robert Stromberg. If you set out to tell the imaginary tale of how a circus magician from Kansas (James Franco) ended up becoming the exalted Wizard of Oz, then acclaimed director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 1, [...]
Steamy Clubs To Hot Properties: The Look Of Love
Steve Coogan reunites with director Michael Winterbottom for The Look Of Love, their ambitious biopic of Soho entrepreneur Paul Raymond. In Michael Winterbottom’s The Look Of Love, Steve Coogan ( In The Loop, The Trip) plays Paul Raymond, the publishing and property baron who opened Britain’s first strip club, ran a stable of adult magazines and bought up large swathes [...]
Make ‘Em Laugh: I Give It A Year
Sacha Baron Cohen’s longtime writing partner Dan Mazer shares the recipe for success with his deeply funny directorial debut I Give It A Year. Dan Mazer has been Sacha Baron Cohen’s confidante for 15 years – as writer and producer on everything from Da Ali G Show to Borat, Bruno and The Dictator – so we hazard [...]
Choose Life: ‘Broken’ Set Visit
Film3Sixty visits the set of the powerful British drama Broken, this year’s BIFA winner for Best Film. When he originally sat down to wrote his 2009 novel Broken, author Daniel Clay was inspired not by life in modern Britain but the world depicted in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, a book published in 1960 and [...]
