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Chris O’Dowd (“Puffin Rock”), Amy Huberman (“Derry Girls”), Beth McCafferty and Eva Whittaker (“Wolfwalkers”) lead the voice cast of “Puffin Rock and the New Friends,” the film based on the TV series “Puffin Rock.”

Following their collaboration on Oscar nominees “Song of the Sea” and “The Breadwinner,” WestEnd Films is teaming again with Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon and Northern Ireland’s Dog Ears on the film and is launching sales at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM), where first footage will be shown to buyers.

“Puffin Rock and the New Friends” sees Oona, Baba, May and Mossy joined by a new characters Isabelle, Phoenix and Marvin. When the last Little Egg of the season disappears under mysterious circumstances, Oona and her new friends race against time to bring the Little Egg home before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the entire island in danger.

The film...

When you hear the hip-hop-styled piano rhythm of “Pof,” the opening cut on Ari Lennox’s second album age/sex/location, the first thing you’ll notice is her voice, flowing full and wry like Erykah Badu circa “On & On.” Yes, this is a real, honest-to-God soul singer: no autotune effects, no flattening croon that approximates laptop software, no double-time rhythm meant to approximate a rapper’s inflections. Lennox isn’t a traditionalist, though, and her music feels utterly modern. Much like Summer Walker, Chlöe Bailey — both of whom guest...

The film, entitled Schachnovelle, will star Oliver Masucci in the lead role, alongside Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgard and Samuel Finzi. Best known for having directed the alpine drama North Face, as well as commercially successful adaptations of Winnetou novels and music videos featuring the likes of Madonna and Rammstein, German filmmaker Philipp Stölzl is now working on a reinterpretation of Stefan Zweig’s literary classic The Royal Game. Schachnovelle tells the story of lawyer Bartok, who, while on a cruise, recalls being imprisoned and tortured by the Nazis in Vienna. In 1938, Bartok gets arrested and taken to the Gestapo’s headquarters before he can flee to the USA with his wife. Because he refuses to cooperate with the Nazi officials and provide information about accounts that he manages, Bartok is sent into solitary confinement. A chess book helps him survive in captivity and overcome the mental suffering inflicted on.

The Chinese mountain-climbing adventure “The Climbers” works best when it’s an old-fashioned macho melodrama about the hardships faced by the first mountaineering team to document their summit of Mount Everest’s treacherous North-side in 1975.

In these scenes, writer-director Daniel Lee (“Black Mask”) and his colleagues deliver a less flamboyant but equally nationalistic mountain-climbing answer to “Top Gun,” one that’s mostly focused on the camaraderie and heartbreak that the (predominantly male) National Mountaineering Team faces whenever their stubborn but resourceful leaders Wuzhou Fang and Qu Songlin (Zhang Yi) press on in the face of avalanches, snow drifts, and other killer weather conditions.

Most action set pieces — which are the movie’s biggest selling point, given its IMAX presentation here in America — are marred by cheap-looking computer graphics and image-compositing, especially whenever the mountaineering team is super-imposed on the side of Everest during helicopter or crane shots. But impressive sound design,...

Acclaimed Japanese music composer Yoshihiro Hanno is turning director again for “Paradise Next,” a road movie involving two hit men on a journey of atonement. He previously got behind the camera with 2015 title “A Woman Wavering in the Rain.”

The Taiwan-set film is a co-venture between Taiwan’s Joint Pictures and Japan’s Shimensoka. The partners will handle distribution in their respective territories and are currently looking for a sales agent to handle business overseas. Additional finance comes from the exhibition and new tech sectors.

The project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s stars Satoshi Tsumbuki and Etsushi Toyokawa will be presented at the Taiwan industry party on Saturday.

Production is due to begin in late June, and delivery is tentatively scheduled for the second quarter of 2019.

Hanno has managed to attract the services of Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the film’s theme song.

There’s one spectacularly tacky moment in Disney’s animated film “Frozen.” It’s when the young Queen Elsa, having fled into a wintry self-imposed exile, decides to embrace and then unleash her lethal power to congeal everything in sight into ice. Since she’s already living in sub-freezing temperatures so it’s not really such a big deal. Regardless, upon braying her first “Let it go!” this North Face-attired queen immediately morphs into a Vegas showgirl, decked out in a silver lame gown slit from her high heels almost up to her belly button. That’s female empowerment, Disney-style! Queen Elsa, an embodiment of irrelevant...

It's a high-flying weekend for Jelena! Recently reconciled exes Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are taking their romance to the friendly skies. The two lovebirds were spotted boarding a private jet together on Saturday in Van Nuys, Calif. The newly blonde Selena bundled up in an all-black ensemble for her private flight with her main man. The "Hands to Myself" singer carried an oversize bag for her adventure with her Canadian beau, who opted for jeans and a colorful North Face jacket. The pair appeared to be dressed for winter weather. Additionally, the twosome, who were spotted kissing last month after Selena's split from The Weeknd in October, didn't bring much baggage with them for their...

When Cyber Monday rolls around, it's hard to resist picking up a few things.  By now you're already in full-fledged Christmas shopping mode but before you start spending your life's saving at the department stores, consider logging on to eBay. Why fight the crowds when you can find that very same North Face zip-up seriously discounted online? While you're at it, you might as well bang out your whole shopping list and secure presents for everyone in your life. From state-of-the art watches for your baller friend to diamond studs for your So, these gifts will have even the hardest-to-buy for-friends saying you shouldn't have. For more Cyber Monday shopping inspiration be...

New photos for Game Of Thrones Season 7 have dropped thanks to EW, and while they aren't too revealing, there are some subtle differences you'll notice. Dany's trip out of the South brought a warmer wardrobe change as she holds domain over Dragonstone. The Hound is seen out in the cold, so you gotta wonder what role he'll play going into this season. You'll also see Arya giving some directions to a dude in a North Face jacket, which led to the realization that some of these photos are behind the scenes as well. Check out the images below and get ready for Season 7 of Game Of Thrones July 16th. ...

Ben Kingsley is set to star in “Death of an Author,” the first adaptation of the upcoming planned “Intrigo” trilogy of novels by international best-selling Swedish author Hakan Nesser. Benno Fürmann (“North Face”) and Tuva Novotny (“Jalla, Jalla”) will co-star alongside Kingsley in the first of three films that will be helmed by “The Girl Who Played with Fire” director Daniel Alfredson.

The titles of the three films will be “Death of an Author,” “Samaria” and “Dear Agnes.” They will be set in an undefined country somewhere in northern Europe, where many of Nesser’s stories have been set. The three films will share the same psychology and narrative structure, with plots that include some sort of escape with dark hidden secrets destined to surface, as well as guilt, revenge and atonement.

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Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus are spending quality time together.

The actors were spotted moving things out of Reedus’s sports car after returning to New York City from a trip out of town for a couple days. They were in high spirits and seemed to be having a great time together as Kruger smiled at Reedus while she grabbed bags out of the silver car.

The actress, 40, kept her outfit simple with a black jacket and a long cream skirt while keeping her should-length hair slightly tousled. Reedus, 48, rocked all all black outfit complete with a light North Face...

A new year, a new pack of Bachelor contestants to start following on Instagram.

While we’re looking forward to Nick Viall‘s dramatic journey to find true love, we’re just as excited about getting to know the women vying for his heart, through watching them on the show and obsessively tracking their social media footprints.

If you don’t have 10 hours to spend looking up all the remaining Bach contestants on Instagram, don’t worry. We got you. Here is what we learned from the Instagram accounts of 16 of the remaining 22 contestants.

Britney Farar: Loves Ice Cream

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Jared Leto is wearing a preposterous straw hat this morning, a gigantic, not-quite-a-sombrero thing he bought for seven bucks at a corner store. And why not? He's made it this far by committing fully, sometimes crazily, to everything in his life: Method acting, music-making, video directing, tech investing, not to mention the arts of being enigmatic, brainy and really, really good-looking. "I don't dabble," he says. "I dive in, 1,000 percent." So if he needs sun protection for a hike, of course he goes big. In any case, Leto recently turned 44 — "old,...

The families of renowned climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges received some closure last week when the remains of both men were finally found 16 years after they were killed by a Himalayan avalanche, according to a statement on the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation's website. Two hikers found Lowe and Bridges' bodies during their ascent of Shishapangma, the world's 14th tallest mountain, which is located in Tibet. "They had come across the remains of two climbers still encased in blue ice but beginning to emerge from the glacier," the statement said. "[Hiker David] Goettler described the clothing and packs of the climbers to...

The families of renowned climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges received some closure last week when the remains of both men were finally found 16 years after they were killed by a Himalayan avalanche, according to a statement on the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation's website. Two hikers found Lowe and Bridges' bodies during their ascent of Shishapangma, the world's 14th tallest mountain, which is located in Tibet. "They had come across the remains of two climbers still encased in blue ice but beginning to emerge from the glacier," the statement said. "[Hiker David] Goettler described the clothing and packs of the climbers to...

Nice beard, Batman. Ben Affleck returned to his hometown of Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 30, where he grinned and showed off his bushy beard. The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actor, 43, looked happy to be back in Beantown as he scouted locations for his upcoming Prohibition-era crime drama, Live By Night. Sporting full facial hair for the homecoming, Affleck dressed casually for the outing in jeans and a light gray North Face anorak. Affleck will direct, produce, and star in the film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's best-selling [...]...

In Alcon Entertainment’s fast-paced, high-adrenaline action thriller Point Break, a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways.

Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.

The film, inspired by the classic 1991 hit starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, is scheduled for release in 3D and 2D in select theaters on December 25, 2015.

Check out the new trailer and featurette below.

The film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. These action adventure feats are performed by elite athletes representing the world’s best in class in big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling.

Point Break...

Cinelinx had the opportunity to speak with Charlie Clouser, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, about his score for the new TV series Wayward Pines. Join us as we get an exclusive in-depth look at the techniques and inspiration behind the music for this hit new show.

Charlie Clouser is a multi-instrumentalist composer, musician, producer, programmer and remix artist who has worked with some of the seminal recording artists of the last twenty years. Charlie came into prominence as a member of Nine Inch Nails from 1994-2000. Before joining the band as keyboardist/programmer, he’d already built a following with his extreme synth work and remixes for Prong, Marilyn Manson, White Zombie, and others. Charlie’s first film scoring effort, Saw, became an instant cult classic. His scores for the subsequent Saw series continue to define the films. Raw, grinding, propulsive, punctuated by incredible layers of sound and energy, they...

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Meru may be a meaningless name to those who aren’t a part of the climbing community, but for three American alpinists, veteran Conrad Anker, photographer Jimmy Chin and freestyle extraordinaire Renan Ozturk, making the first successful ascent of the treacherous peak in the Gharwal Himalayas was a goal bordering on obsession. The documentary of their journey weaves together footage from the team’s two attempts, in 2008 and 2011, with interviews with the climbers as well as their loved ones.

Co-directed by Chin and documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Meru is a compelling narrative of friendship, teamwork and the triumph of man’s will in the most unforgiving of circumstances. Having won over Sundance earlier this year and taking the Audience Award, the two directors (also husband and wife since 2013) spent a few days promoting the film at the San Francisco International Film Festival,...

Apparently the first look at the upcoming Point Break remake from director Ericson Core was shown during CinemaCon down in Las Vegas yesterday and with that comes the first looks at Luke Bracey and Edgar Ramirez in the film playing FBI agent Johnny Utah and extreme sports enthusiast and criminal Bodhi respectively. The duo are playing roles made popular by Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 film, and for many this remake is completely unnecessary, but it's set to arrive on December 25 nonetheless. One week after Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, which is to say... we'll see how this turns out. This updated version will follow a similar premise as the first as a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi (Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a string...

The Jump's eliminees Dom Parker and Phil Tufnell have opened up about their exit from the competition tonight - promising that they'll reunite on Dom's upcoming chat show.

Speaking to reporters including Digital Spy in Austria after losing out to Jb Gill and Mike Tindall, the duo - who became "good mates" during training - explained that they would love to work together in the future.

"I'll invite him [on the show] - whether or not he turns up or not," Parker joked. "As long as he brings me a box of chocolates."

As Tufnell suggested that he could bring the drinks out, Parker agreed: "Yes, you can be the butler. Who's the celebrity butler today?"

Tufnell added that the duo could go on a skiing holiday together, with Parker adding: "We could do that. A bit of mountaineering, perhaps. We could take on the North Face of the Eiger or something, barefoot.

Jessica Biel kept warm during a Friday stroll with her two dogs by bundling up in sweats and a puffy North Face vest. The actress has been noticeably keeping her figure under wraps after reports surfaced that she is pregnant with her first child. Neither Jessica nor her husband, Justin Timberlake, has publicly commented on the rumors, and Us Weekly reports that they are "enjoying the news for themselves." They may be taking a cue from Justin's fellow Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling, who kept girlfriend Eva Mendes's pregnancy a secret for many months. After Eva and Ryan welcomed baby Esmeralda in September, Eva said she kept her pregnancy under wraps because she wanted to offer her child a bit of privacy. As for Justin, he spent at least part of the weekend apart from his wife, as he was spotted watching the Memphis Grizzlies face off against the Miami Heat in his hometown of Memphis,...

How's this for viral marketing? A South Korean ad agency working with The North Face has created a pop-up store that forces patrons to literally climb the walls in search of the perfect jacket. The shoppers entering the space probably assume the rock-climbing grips mounted to walls are just part of the outdoor brand's vibe, but little do they know that they're about to enter The Danger Zone. In the video, the floor begins retracting, and the shoppers are forced to scale the walls in search of the perfect The North Face jacket that's descending from the ceiling. "Never stop exploring,...

MTV’s 2004 series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County was ahead of its time in the reality TV game. It spawned spin-offs like The Hills and The City, and as a result is responsible for introducing the world to Spencer Pratt. It’s been 10 years since Kristin and Lauren competed for the attention of local heartthrob Ste-phen, and while they might be over it today, their simple yet addicting series has left us with a handful of moments we still can’t shake.

In addition to the SoCal slang we picked up — Ex: We were so amped on this gnarly series we cried when it was dunzo — and enviable West Coast lifestyle that included weekend bonfires and hotel parties for underage attendees, there were moments from the drama that we remember more clearly than our own high school experience. Check out the defining moments of Laguna Beach season one, below.

MTV’s 2004 series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County was ahead of its time in the reality TV game. It spawned spin-offs like The Hills and The City, and as a result is responsible for introducing the world to Spencer Pratt. It’s been 10 years since Kristin and Lauren competed for the attention of local heartthrob Ste-phen, and while they might be over it today, their simple yet addicting series has left us with a handful of moments we still can’t shake.

In addition to the SoCal slang we picked up — Ex: We were so amped on this gnarly series we cried when it was dunzo — and enviable West Coast lifestyle that included weekend bonfires and hotel parties for underage attendees, there were moments from the drama that we remember more clearly than our own high school experience. Check out the defining moments of Laguna Beach season one, below.

Joseph Gross Gallery is pleased to present So Far, So Good, a group mixed media show with work by Hueman, Erik Jones and Alex Yanes. The exhibition marks the first major New York City show for the three artists, each of whom are experiencing a break-out year in 2014. So Far, So Good will present these rising art stars, each at a tipping point in their respective careers, and draws comparisons between each artist’s distinctive and unconventional style. Joseph Gross Gallery will host an opening reception on October 9th from 6:00 to 9:00 Pm in Chelsea at 548 W 28th Street, 2nd Floor. Widely known in the La street art scene and increasingly recognizable from her collaborations with brands like North Face and Nike, Hueman will show 10 new works on canvas and wood panel painted in her...

Alcon Entertainment’s action-thriller Point Break, starring Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer and Delroy Lindo, begins principal photography today, it was announced by Alcon principals Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

The production will film on four continents, including North America, Europe, South America and Asia, and features stunts performed by the world’s top extreme sports athletes, as opposed to stunt performers. Locations set for filming include Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Mexico, Venezuela, French Polynesia, India and the United States. Alcon will release through its output deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.

Ericson Core (“Invincible”) is directing from Kurt Wimmer’s (“Salt,” “Law Abiding Citizen”) screenplay. Ramírez (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “Che: Part One”) stars as Bodhi and Bracey (“G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” upcoming “The Best of Me”) will portray Johnny Utah.

Point Break is inspired by the classic 1991 hit starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves.

In “Point Break,...

The Cohen Film Collection announced recently that two major films by acclaimed director Costa-Gavras – Capital, the Oscar winner’s most recent feature, and Amen, his César-winning historical drama from 2002 – have been digitally remastered and will be released in deluxe Blu-ray and DVD editions on June 10, 2014. The Blu-rays will have SRPs of $34.98 each and the DVDs will have SRPs of $24.98 each.

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Since his debut in 1965, the Greek-born,...

Given how many gold mining reality TV shows there are on the air right now, you'd think some of these guys would just say, eh, maybe it's time to go into a field that's less crowded, like directing. But no, these rough and ready guys are determined to find gold, even when that means going to places with intentionally misleading names, like Greenland, which is mostly ice. If The North Face isn't sponsoring this show, it should. Anyway, here's a first look at the second season of Animal Planet's "Ice Cold Gold" (premieres Thurs. March 6 at 10:00 p.m.),  in which...

It's Dracula vs. Bane as Luke Evans' name has been added to the mix for Doug Liman's "The Summit" at Sony Pictures.

An adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's historical novel "Paths of Glory", the story deals with the mystery of George Mallory's ascent of Mount Everest. The mountain climber made several attempts to be the first to reach the summit before that of his Australian rival George Finch.

However Mallory and partner Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine never returned from their June 1924 climb. In 1999, Mallory's frozen body was found near the summit on the North Face, and debate has raged ever since about whether he was actually on his way down or up.

Tom Hardy was previously linked for the role of Mallory, seemingly dropped out due to scheduling, but is now apparently back onboard. Luke Evans ("The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," "Fast and Furious 6") was one of...

Enjoying the frigid air of the Big Apple, Amanda Seyfried and Justin Long took their pooch, Flynn for a walk.

The celebrity sweethearts were coming back from the store, Amanda wearing a long black North Face coat and a pair of black and white striped skinnies, while Justin walked beside her, smiling and wearing a black leather jacket and dark pants with hiking boots.

In related news, the 28-year-old "Lovelace" beauty is at work on a staggering list of movies, set for release throughout 2014 and 2015. The soonest to arrive is named "A Million Ways to Die in the West," directed by Seth MacFarlane.

The comedy comes out on May 30th, 2014, and its synopsis states, "A cowardly farmer seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to help him win back the woman who left him."...

Leaves rustling! Hair blowing! Temperatures as low as 50 degrees! Cats and dogs living together! Mass hysteria! It must be winter in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel proved that Los Angeles is a town full of wusses when it comes to cold temperatures by showing a video montage of the local news stations covering the weather. If you were to just go off their TV packages, you would think Southern California was about to fall into total anarchy, complete with raiding of North Face stores and a shortage of slouchy knit caps. "Whenever the weather in L.A. drops below 70 degrees, our local news stations go nuts," Kimmel said before reminding the viewers that everything in the video was real (save for some body parts). A...

Returning home after a sunny vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson tasted that oh, so bitter realization that all good things must come to an end.

The cute couple was still dressed in their Mexican adventuring attire, and didn't seem to mind the chilly Los Angeles evening air. 37-year-old Diane wore a white sweater and straw hat, sporting a pair of cut-off denim shorts. Joshua walked beside her with their luggage, also showing off a straw hat, North Face t-shirt, and blue shorts.

In related news, the former "Mighty Ducks" stud awaits the release of his new movie, entitled, "The Affair," a drama premiering at the end of this year.

The TV movie centers on "Noah, a married father of four, who becomes involved with Allison, a married woman mourning the loss of her child, after a chance meeting at the beach."...

They Are What They Are: Renfroe’s Derivative Ice Age

Indie filmmaker Jeff Renfroe returns to Canada for his latest effort, a sci-fi actioneer, The Colony, which makes a serious attempt at thrilling us despite its cobbled together scenario that will put you in mind of plenty classic genre titles concerning post-apocalyptic environmental weather changes or humans trapped in wintry tundra. While it certainly never transcends its B movie trappings, a valiant attempt by its two lead performers helps distract from some of the larger faults and obvious use of distracting CGI.

A new Ice Age has forced mankind underground, the earth’s population severely reduced to a finite amount of humans living together in small colonies, subsisting on plants and animals they’ve been able to cultivate with themselves under the earth. Right before a never-ending blizzard began, mankind had developed a series of towers designed to reverse the dire weather patterns,...

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch play two clashing highway road workers in Prince Avalanche, a goofy but rich comedy that adapts an obscure Icelandic film titled Either Way from 2011. Shot with a small crew and featuring a diabolical mustache from Paul Rudd, the film is written and directed by David Gordon Green.

Like a select few before him, Green is an intriguing creative force in Hollywood for his disinterest to stand still, and in the same place. He originally gained recognition by making indie film darlings like George Washington and All the Real Girls, but later challenged any type of genre categorization by following up the dark film Snow Angels with Pineapple Express. From there he went on to direct two raunchy comedies back to back, Your Highness and The Sitter, released in the same year. His latest, Prince Avalanche, continues his interest in comedy, but doesn’t feature the...

While the rest of the world celebrates Britain's bundle of joy, the good folks at Music Box Films are offering you the chance to win your own bundle of despair. Yay! Actually, North Face is a visually stunning hi-def experience based on a disastrous real-life attempt to conquer the the north side of the Eiger just prior to World War II. The Silence deftly navigates the emotional fallout as a series of policemen and civilians relive the murder of a young girl 23 years after the fact. Both films are absolutely riveting and come with some nice special features. Both are depressing as hell. Do not attempt this as a double feature. We've got 3 prize packs. You get a Blu-ray of each film. To win, simply be amongst...

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Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"42"

What's It About? Brian Helgeland's biopic tells the story of baseball great Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and the legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford. Rickey made history by breaking baseball's color line in 1946 and signing Robinson, while Number 42 went on to made history on the field.

Why We're In: While Helgeland's film is in no way groundbreaking, it is still a dedicated and endearing tribute to two great heroes of American sports. Boseman, an unknown to the big screen, stands out for his commendable portrayal of Robinson, and Ford gives one of his best performances in years.

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"Lord of the Flies" Criterion Collection

What's It About? In Peter Brooks' 1963 ("King Lear") adaptation of William Golding's novel, a group of schoolboys get shipwrecked on an island and...

German moutaineers get their climb on in North Face.

The contest is over. And the two winner, chosen by Random.org, are Anita and Matt! Congratulations! Please email your mailing address to lhlerman@gmail.com before July 17 to claim your prize.

The acclaimed 2008 adventure film North Face was finally released on Blu-ray today and Music Box Films has given Disc Dish two copies to give away to a pair of readers!

Directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas and Johanna Wokalek, North Face is based on the true story of a 1936 attempt to scale the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, the North Face of the Eiger, by two competing climbing teams. One team consists of German climbers are Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser, who quit their service in the German military in order to make the attempt. The competing group of Austrians that eventually team...

Untaken Legacy: Stolzl’s English Debut a Clunky, Derivate Actioneer

Originally titled The Expatriate, German director Philip Stolzl’s English language debut gets the dumbed down title of Erased, which unfortunately only makes it an easy target for jokes concerning what the film does with your time. While the film manages to avoid being completely asinine, nicely packaged and more smartly written than your general fare in the Taken vein, Stolzl’s film can never quite manage to feel like an original concept, instead feeling like a European tinged, anemic subset of the Jason Bourne franchise.

Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) is an expatriate American living in Belgium, trying to start his life over working for a multinational corporation specializing in high-tech security. Only recently, his 15 year old daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) has left the Us to come live with him, and the two don’t seem to know each other very well,...

Spotted on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. Young adult dread wearing a Skullcandy backpack, in-between gaming sessions.

Favorite console: Xbox 360

Currently playing: NBA 2K13

Favorite Basketball Team: New York Knicks

Favorite Football Team: Green Bay Packers

Headphones of Choice: Beats by Dre

Hat: Under Armour

Jacket: North Face

Skateboard Status: Retired

Incongruities:

- Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, but hasn’t jumped on the Brooklyn Nets bandwagon yet.

- New Yorker who likes the Packers.

- Beats by Dre headphones, and a Skullcandy backpack.

Sit down, Lemon Andersen ‘got a story to tell. He grew up in Brooklyn by the ten crack commandments. After both parents succumbing to Aids through their addictions, he took the improbable journey from Rikers to reading his first poem at El Puente Community Center to Broadway earning himself a Tony Award. Or as Lemon simply puts it, he took those lemons and made “the best goddamn lemonade!” He is now the subject of a documentary called ‘Lemon’ by Laura Brownson & Beth Levison which chronicles the journey of his one man play ‘County of Kings; the Beautiful Struggle’ which recently closed the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival and will air on PBS on October 19th as part of Voces, a four part Latino documentary series in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month.

LatinoBuzz: When you think of riding the train, standing room only on a winter day, hoodie and goose down North Face on in Brooklyn—what song pops into your head?

Lemon:“It’s all about the mood I’m in and the scene I’m writing. ‘Cause work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. So I don’t listen to any music that’s not an influence on what I’m working on that day. Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go. It depends on what character I’m working on because all of my characters are musically driven as far as their language and their style. So it really depends on the day and what character I’m working on. One day I may be listening to Wu-Tang and another day I’m listening to A$AP Rocky, matter of fact I was listening to him on the train yesterday. Right now listening to A$AP Rocky cause I’m writing about some pretty motherfuckers from Harlem”.

LatinoBuzz: Author from any time in history, from any place whose swag should have had them born in the County of Kings in 1975?

Lemon:“I would definitely have to say William Shakespeare, he should have been born in Brooklyn in 1975 because I would have loved to see Shakespeare’s poetic portrayal of that generation and that world. He’s a big inspiration on my writing about that world and on my style. Shakespeare all day man, that’s the Og. I mean, I would pick Sophocles or any one of those guys, but Shakespeare is my kind of writer cause its all poetry. Basically for me Shakespeare is the greatest storyteller ever in the world, ever, period, hands down there is no one better than him and I challenge any motherfucker to question it. Even if they say he wasn’t the one who wrote it, I’m talking about the work not the man; I don’t know that fool, I know his work”.

LatinoBuzz: If St. Cecilia, patron saint of poets, was from Flatbush Ave. What would she be wearing and how would you holler at her?

Lemon:“I live by the code kill them with kindness, blood everywhere, for me it’s always about being the nicest kind of guy. What she would be wearing is something that is independent to her personality. On some hip-hop tip but no brand names totally indie hip designers. Something that really reflects her personality. That’s how I would start the conversation, I would notice something that she’s wearing and comment on it, something like I know the brand or “I’ve seen that in Paris,” and that will strike a chord with her and we’ll talk”.

LatinoBuzz: Three time felon, Tony award winner, one man show and now subject of a documentary film—any regrets to your journey?

Lemon:“I don’t know, I think that if I had any regrets that would cancel out the great people that I have in my life. All the tough stuff that I’ve gone through that I don’t wish on no one else has brought a beautiful community to me. The only thing I regret is the pain that I had to endure because pain sucks, the feeling of pain sucks, I don’t give a fuck when people say “more pain, more gain” no one wants to feel pain”.

LatinoBuzz: What do you tell your children about your parents?

Lemon:“You know, I talk to my kids about my mother’s energy and how she would have loved them. I talk about how kind and polite my father was. So that they have some kind of remembrance that even though my parents died from their addictions and so that they know they were genuine in how they were. That’s what I try to do. I try not to give too many details, though they are not old enough to ask me for details yet”.

LatinoBuzz: What would you rather? Drink wine with Pablo Neruda. Play ‘Cee-lo’ with Langston Hughes, Slap Box with Charles Bukowski or Slow Dance with Sonia Sanchez?

Lemon:“Would be slap boxing with Charles Bukowski cause he tried to protect Langston Hughes cause he owes me on the dice game and Sonia Sanchez is sitting there laughing her ass off with Pablo Neruda sipping wine. I would slap box with Bukowski and I’ll know that he’ll try to go for his. Bukowski stands out for more than anyone, although I love Langston Hughes and I love Sonia, and Pablo Neruda is the most beautiful loving poet of them all. I’m too rambunctious and so Charles Bukowski fits the bill. I would turn those guys down any day to even just have coconut water with Bukowski. So that’s my dude, he rolls big with me, in my work, so yeah I’d slap box with him all day, right on the corner”.

LatinoBuzz: What ritual sends you to your creative realm?

Lemon:“Lately its been getting up in the morning and allowing my kind of madness to grow. By that I mean that I have to allow myself to wake up before I start writing. I wake up I talk to one of my closest friends. I talk to my management team and I get their energy boiling. I get the blood boiling. I get angry, I get hungry, and I go at it, and I don’t stop ‘til I go to bed at night. So I have to get the blood boiling is just not coffee. It has to be that I’m in conversation with people in the morning before the work start because people drive me. Through out the day I listen to music I go to local cafes I hang out with the Mexicans behind the bar let them know that I love and that I’m holding them down, real talk, and that’s my every day”.

LatinoBuzz: If you and Biggie played Hooky—what’s the day like?

Lemon: “Wow, if me and Biggie played hooky I think we’d be sitting at home, that’s the only time I would go back to smoking weed, because I know I’ll be smoking with Biggie. I don’t smoke weed but for Biggie and Bob Marley. I would smoke with him and we would be watching Midnight Express and Brubaker and I would be telling him, “you see these movies that’s why I’m writing ‘Toast’, that’s why I write scripts and not raps.”

LatinoBuzz: Line of poetry or a lyric you wish you wrote?

Lemon:“I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death.”—Nas, “NY State of Mind”

LatinoBuzz: What will people say about Lemon when it’s all said and done?

Lemon:“That he believed in a generation not based on race but on class and style, and they had a great story tell and he told it”.

For info on The documentary and screening times visit: http://www.lemonthemovie.com or show Lemon some love at: http://twitter.com/lemonandersen

Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights emerging and established Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on twitter.

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