Showing posts with label French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean:4 Mermaid Astrid Berges-Frisbey talks Nak*d scary mermaids like "Gemma Ward"

 Astrid Berges-Frisbey, a Spanish-French actress, has found herself in the middle of one of Hollywood's biggest movies, playing a mermaid in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" and she shared a few things viewers have to look forward to.


"The movie starts again like from the beginning," Astrid Berges-Frisbey told OnTheRedCarpet.com at the film's Disneyland premiere. "It's a new story. You find again, Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Gibbs and some characters but there are so many new ones, interesting ones. The mermaids are scary. Angelica's [Penelope Cruz] character is just great. They had this marvelous idea to create a feminine of Jack."

In the film, Johnny Depp is back to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow and in this installment, Jack crosses paths with Angelica (Cruz), a woman who he slighted in the past and they agree to help each other to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenga, a ship belonging to the most dangerous pirate alive, Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack is not sure who to worry about more - Blackbeard or Angelica.

"On Stranger Tides" also introduces the beautiful but deadly mermaids and though they manage to capture mermaid Syrena (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), one of the men (Sam Claflin) falls in love with her.

The 25-year-old actress made her English language debut in the movie after appearing in several French films like "The Sea Wall." She was also the spokesmodel for fashion line French Connection's 2010 campaigns. But nothing could prepare Astrid Berges-Frisbey for the size of "Pirates of the Caribbean."

"I miss words to explain how marvelous this was for me," Astrid Berges-Frisbey said. "I still haven't realized it. I saw the movie once already and this is just unreal to feel like, 'Okay, I'm part of the movie.' It was such a great experience and I learned so much. I just want to thank everybody who gave me that part. It's unreal. I never thought I will be in a movie that big, that huge. I was just a huge fan when I was 16. Also, my part was really interesting for me as an actress."

Pirates: 4 Mermaid Astrid Berges-Frisbey N*de in her films "The Sea Wall ", "Extase", "Elles et moi ", "Divine Émilie"


Sunday, May 15, 2011

An Hollywood Action Ride From Jason Statham

The Mechanic : Jason Statham is the kind of action hero franchises are built on because he can sell the acrobatic sizzle, as well as connect with those hefty dramatic punches. In this surprisingly solid remake of a 1972 Charles Bronson movie, Statham plays a veteran hit man who is forced to reassess his allegiances when his mentor's loyalty becomes questionable.

To bring some sense of moral credibility to his life, he takes on his mentor's son (Ben Foster) as an apprentice -but all heck breaks loose when the good people seem bad, and the bad people start to look good. A decent action ride with some deeper male-bonding moments, The Mechanic revs high and keeps you tethered to your seat without putting a gun to your temple.

The Roommate  : Despite one of the creepier trailers and ad campaigns, this thriller about two gals who get a little too close in college corners itself in the shower as it abandons character in favour of cheesy thrills. Because the thrills aren't that chilly, and the dramatic development remains entirely transparent for the duration, neither Leighton Meester nor Minka Kelly find much to do. It all starts to feel a tad cheap, tawdry and forced.

Barry Munday  : Men may feel an unstoppable urge to clutch their privates over the course of this Patrick Wilson movie, and no surprise why: This black comedy deals with one man's personal struggle to deal with the loss of his testicles. After a freak encounter with an angry man and his trumpet, Barry Munday's entire life is put on hold.

Doctors could not save his baby-making plumbing, and suddenly, he's lost his life motivation. Ernest Hemingway wrote about such empty barns of manhood, but Wilson finds a way to animate the haunting absence with endless humour. Supporting performances from Chloë Sevigny and Cybill Shepherd only add to the understated theatrics. 3

Vanishing on 7th Street   : Spawned from a tradition that includes zombie movies and psychological horror, this Brad Anderson (The Machinist) thriller revolves around the concept of a failing electrical grid and monstrous spirits that suck people right out of their skins when darkness falls.

Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo are some brand name talents who bring some class to this otherwise B-movie concept chiller, but they can't do much to make the film more interesting as it starts to cycle toward cliché.

Modra : Toronto filmmaker Ingrid Veninger takes a personal story of home and turns it into a compelling little drama starring her own daughter. A very simple narrative takes us to Modra, a small town in Slovakia, where Lina (Hallie Switzer) meets her relatives for the first time while her friend Leco (Alexander Gammal) deals with his pent-up feelings of desire. The two teens have an awkward chemistry that fills this movie with the unique reek of sexual frustration, and it proves more successful at setting the mood than any cinematic device up Veninger's resourceful sleeves. Smart, subtle and small-scale.

Daydream Nation : High school sucks. Is there any point denying it While Glee recreates the geography of puberty with a Chiclet smile and bellowing pipes, first-time directors such as Michael Goldbach are stoking a whole new bonfire of vanity. If Daydream Nation is any indication, the whole point of this new take seems to be finding peace with the surreal, ungrounded state called the "teen years" and embracing all its uncertainties. Certainly, that's what Caroline Wexler (Kat Dennings) seems to be doing. A hot young woman with endless sex appeal, Caroline ends up at a new school in the wake of her mother's death with a desire to stir things up.

The Rite : Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine could start a business for veteran actors: the cliché role clearing house, where no reasonable offer will be refused. In this case, Hopkins takes on the cloth as a priest who starts a boot camp for exorcists. Incredibly, this movie takes its cues from the real Vatican, which recently started a retraining program of their own. The movie finds some decent content, but fails to develop it into anything more meaningful than a tired exchange between believers and skeptics -punctuated by a demonic apparition or two.