LATimes.com have published an interesting article with films and performances they think were overlooked in this years Academy Award nominations. Maria’s moving turn in Beautiful Boy was included: Many small-budget features and their actors were overlooked by the Oscars. That includes ‘The Music Never Stopped,’ Maria Bello, Ashley Rickards and Anson Mount. In a perfect …
CARJACKED BLU-RAY DVD RELEASE NOV. 22, 2011
He took her car. He took her son. Bad idea. ANCHOR BAY FILMS GETS CARJACKED ON BLU-RAY™ AND DVD Drive For Your Life November 22nd BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Maria Bello (the upcoming “Prime Suspect,” Abduction) and Stephen Dorff (the upcoming November 11th release of Immortals, Blade) headline the Anchor Bay Films thriller Carjacked, premiering …
Montrealer Striking Gold With Indie Drama
Producer Eric Gozlan could have his breakout with Beautiful Boy By BRENDAN KELLY, The Gazette July 11, 2011 10:48 AM MONTREAL – Chances are you’ve never heard of Eric Gozlan or his production and film-financing company Goldrush Entertainment. Gozlan is not a guy with a public profile, especially here in his hometown. In a …
Beautiful Boy -Rolling Stones Review
Beautiful Boy Maria Bello, Michael Sheen Directed by Shawn Ku Rolling Stone: star rating Community: star rating By PETER TRAVERS JUNE 2, 2011 It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. There’s a shooting at your son’s college. You’re frantic that he is wounded or worse. Instead, the cops arrive at your door and announce that your beautiful …
Beautiful Boy at Dallas Film Festival 2011
by Graham Malin09, April 2011Film Festival Coverage, Movie Reviews0 Comments and 1 Reaction I honestly don’t know how I let Beautiful Boy fly under my radar during the festival. I was privileged with the opportunity to cover the red carpet and attend the US premier of the film and let me just start by saying …
Anchor Bay Acquires Drama ‘Beautiful Boy’
From: Deadline.Com TORONTO: The Toronto deals are exploding! Anchor Bay Films has just closed all English-speaking rights to Beautiful Boy, the Shawn Ku-directed drama. I’m told the deal was 7-figures, negotiated by Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group’s Ben Weiss with Anchor Bay Films’ Kevin Kasha. Deal includes a P&A commitment. Lightning Entertainment is selling foreign. …
Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff thriller expected in 2011
From: The Hollywood Reporter Anchor Bay Films has the keys for the distribution rights to “Carjacked,” a thriller being directed by John Bonito (“The Marine”). The film, set to star Maria Bello and Stephen Dorff, is scheduled to begin principal photography November 15 in Baton Rouge. The rights deal is for theatrical and video and …
Anchor Bay takes English-speaking on Bello, Dorff thriller Carjacked
From: Screendaily.com Anchor Bay Films has acquired North American, UK and Australian rights to John Bonito’s thriller Carjacked set to star Maria Bello and Stephen Dorff. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on November 15, on the story about a single mother who helps her son escape from a carjacking and …
Beautiful Boy — Film Review
From: Hollywood Reporter TORONTO — A spare, unflinching examination of a married couple coping with the tragic death of their 18-year-old son, “Beautiful Boy,” which won a FIPRESCI prize at Toronto, is graced by a pair of equally raw, affecting turns by Michael Sheen and Maria Bello. Sharing the theme of loss and healing with …