Nymphomaniac

Nymphomaniac tell the story of one woman’s wild adventures from birth to age 50. When Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard) finds Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) beaten and abandoned in an alleyway, he brings her home and tends to her wounds. While he takes care of her, Joe begins to recount her life story, in great detail and with many branching associations. A self-described nymphomaniac, Joe has had a wild life indeed, filled with adventure, pleasure, and pain.

Following Antichrist and Melancholia, Nymphomaniac forms the final part of Lars von Trier’s “trilogy of depression.” “The movie is what you think it is,” explains actor Shia LeBeouf. “There’s a disclaimer at the top of the script that basically says we’re doing it for real.” Featuring unsimulated sex acts and other stunts, Nymphomaniac pushes the envelope of what’s accepted in modern cinema.

Written and directed by Lars von Trier, Nymphomaniac will be released later in 2013 (exact date to be announced. This Magnolia Pictures drama also stars Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech, and Peter Gilbert Cotton.

Playing for Keeps

 

In Playing for Keeps, Gerard Butler plays George, a handsome and charming former Scottish soccer star. Down on his luck, George heads to the United States to reconnect with his ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) and son. In trying to redeem himself he agrees to coach his son’s soccer team – much to the delight of the entire town, especially the beautiful soccer moms who take a liking to him.

 

George was a pro at soccer but an amateur at life. In Playing for Keeps he suddenly finds himself with a lot of second chances – with his son, with his career, and, possibly, with his ex-wife. His attempts to get his act together are all met with hilarious challenges in this feel-good romantic comedy.

 

Playing for Keeps was directed by Gabriele Muccino based on a screenplay by Robbie Fox. Scheduled for a December 7, 2012 release by FilmDistrict, Playing for Keeps also stars Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid.

Bel Ami

Magnolia Pictures’ Bel Ami, directed by Declan Donnellan and written by Rachel Bennette, is based on the French author Guy de Maupassant’s 1885 novel, “Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel.” Set for a limited released on June 8, 2012, Bel Ami is the story of George Duroy’s (Robert Pattinson’s) corrupt rise from poverty to wealth, from pennilessness to one of the most successful men inParis.

Although Paris in the 1880’s was obstensibly a man’s world, as Duroy quickly learned, the most important people in Paris were not actually the men, but their wives. Upon returning from three years of military service abroad, Duroy works as a clerk before starting a career in journalism. Just like today, in 1880’s Paris connections were everything – and in his job as a journalist Duroy was able to meet some of the city’s most powerful people.

In a world where sex was power and politics and media jostled for influence, Duroy lived at the intersection of all three. Using his wits and powers of seduction, Duroy’s life was changed through a series of ruthless and calculating trysts with Paris’s most influential women.

Also starring Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci.

Savages

Set for release on July 6, 2012, Savages is directed by three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. A ferocious crime-thriller, Savages features an all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on the best-selling crime novel of the same name by Don Winslow; Winslow, Stone and Shane Salerno co-wrote the script.

On the surface Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist and Chon, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, may not appear to have a lot in common. But underneath their rather different exteriors they’re best friends who share a long-time friendship, a business growing some of the best marijuana ever developed, and a one-of-a-kind love with the same extraordinary woman, Ophelia.

Their friendship, business and love are all going great until a Mexican drug cartel catches up to their Laguna Beach, California, business and demands that the trio partners up with them. Things get ugly after the three politely refuse the offer.

When the cartel kidnaps Ophelia, Ben and Chon – with the reluctant assistance of a dirty DEA agent – wage a war to gain her release. Elena, the merciless head of the cartel, and Lado, her brutal enforcer, soon realize that they have underestimated the unbreakable bond between these three friends.