Immortals

Immortals is a film directed by Tarsem Singh. It starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, and Mickey Rourke. It is based on the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy.

Years after the Titanomachy, the Titan Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) declares war on humanity. He searches for the Epirus Bow, a legendary weapon created by the war god Ares (Daniel Sharman), which will allow him to free the rest of the Titans from Tartarus and take revenge on the Olympians who brought about their downfall. In accordance with ancient laws, the gods are unable to take a side in the war between Hyperion and humanity. It is left to a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill), chosen by Zeus (Luke Evans) and accompanied by the priestess Phaedra (Freida Pinto) and a slave (Stephen Dorff), to protect his homeland and save the gods.


Genres: Action | Drama | Fantasy
Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides
Music: Trevor Morris
Release date(s) November 11, 2011

Cast:
Henry Cavill as Theseus,
Freida Pinto as Phaedra,
Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion,
Kellan Lutz as Poseidon,
Luke Evans as Zeus,
John Hurt as Old Zeus,
Isabel Lucas as Athena,
Stephen Dorff as Stavros,
Corey Sevier as Apollo,
Joseph Morgan as Lysander,
Mark Margolis as Priest

68th Venice Film Festival 2011

68th Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival (Italian Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September, The latest one is from 31 August - 10 September 2011.

VENEZIA:

Golden Lion for Best Film
Faust by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)

Silver Lion for Best Director
Shangjun CAI for the film Ren Shan Ren Hai (People Mountain People Sea) (China - Hong Kong)

Special Jury Prize
Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)

Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Michael Fassbender in the film Shame by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom)
:British film was recognised at the Venice Film Festival with Michael Fassbender awarded the prize for best actor for his role in Shame, directed by the Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen.

Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Deanie Yip in the film Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui (China - Hong Kong)

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Shôta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidô in the film Himizu by Sion Sono (Japan)

Osella for the Best Cinematography
Robbie Ryan for the film Wuthering Heights by Andrea Arnold (United Kingdom)

Osella for Best Screenplay
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for the film Alpis (Alps) by Yorgos Lanthimos (Grecia)


Lion of the Future - “Luigi De Laurentiis”Venice Award for a Debut Film
Là-bas by Guido Lombardi (Italy) - International Critics' Week
and a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis, to be divided equally between the director and the producer


ORIZZONTI
Orizzonti Award (full-length films):
Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)

Special Orizzonti Jury Prize (full-length films):
Whores’ Glory di Michael Glawogger (Austria, Germania)

Orizzonti Award:
Accidentes Gloriosos (medium-length films) by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen (Sweden, Denmark, Germany)

Orizzonti Award (short films):
In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato (Italia)

Special Mentions:
O Le Tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese (New Zealand, Samoa)
All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore)


CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO
Controcampo Award (for narrative feature-length films)
Scialla! by Francesco Bruni

Controcampo Award (for short films)
A Chjàna by Jonas Carpignano

Controcampo Doc Award (for documentaries)
Pugni chiusi by Fiorella Infascelli

Special Mentions:
to the documentary Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
to Francesco Di Giacomo for the cinematography of Pugni chiusi



Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Marco Bellocchio

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award 2011
Al Pacino

Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film of the Year
Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi, and Monaldo Moretti)

L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema

Nicole Grimaudo

'Bachelor Pad' 2 Finale : Winners and Losers

It's the season finale of Bachelor Pad, and this one is supersized again, just to go out with a bang! (Like from a gun. Shooting you in the face.) So buckle in for three hours of idiocy as the four remaining couples -- Michelle & Graham, Kasey & Vienna, Kirk & Ella and Michael & Holly -- attempt to sharpen their last shards of dignity into the shape of a sword so as to stab each other in the back for that final prize of $250,000. But at least they'll all walk away with what they really wanted, which was more attention for doing close to nothing.

The couples each visit the training room to learn choreography for a sixty second routine.  Michael and Holly are first to attempt to synch up on the wall – it’s tough.  Graham tries to be tough for Michelle’s sake, but confides to the camera that he’s not okay with heights and is literally pissing down his leg! Riveting stuff only the week before the real TV shows start could handle it all! (AND it's happening at the same time as the latest GOP presidential debate, just so you can decide which group of self-serving blowhards you'd rather hear lie to each other's plastic faces.

The finalists are thrown onto a plane and end up in Las Vegas, where they walk into a theater that is "cold and kind of creepy looking," says Michelle. Like if Jake Pavelka was a theater, basically. Host Chris Harrison prances out from behind a cloud of smoke and uselessness looking like a lesbian Phantom of the Opera.

Since the most they've been asked to do so far this season is hump each other in mid-air for half an hour, everyone is crazy-freaked out by the prospect of doing something that requires actual training and skill. Each routine is only 60 seconds, and 10 seconds of that must be improv that demonstrates their "chemistry" as a couple. (Barf.)

We meet the "judges," who of course are the only three "successful" Bachelor and Bachelorettes, who in exchange for their love must serve as ABC's indentured servants for their entire lives: Trista Sutter, Jason Mesnick and Ali Fedotowsky.

The Winners: Holly and Michael! They've got roses, which means they are safe and going into the finals. They also have a big responsibility, like too much responsibility, probably: They get to choose the couple who will join them in the finale.

Who's Going to the Finals?

So now Michael and Holly have to choose which couple will join them (and compete against them) in the finals, and you can bet that Kasey and Vienna will do ANYTHING to convince Michael and Holly that it should be them. Vienna asks Kasey to be his "least intense," because she knows his freakish deluded passion is a big turnoff for Holly. (And everyone else except herself.) Kasey and Vienna try to say that they've "earned" the spot in the finals because they've "done the dirty work" all season long, and they also probably won't win, so Michael and Holly would have it in the bag! Kasey rambles on like a madman despite that Vienna told him not to.