New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A film crew will arrive next week in a filthy, semi-derelict, graffiti-strewn housing estate on the north-eastern extremity of Paris. Among the actors will be one of the best-known faces in world cinema: John Travolta. The name...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A new thriller starring John Travolta is shooting scenes in one of the impoverished Paris suburbs at the epicenter of the 2005 riots - thanks to a drive by filmmaker Luc Besson. But what happens when the film crews leave?...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Film News: Pair to receive Prix Eurimages -- With the European Film Awards taking place in Copenhagen this year, the European Film Academy has seen fit to honor two producers who have played an indelible role in recent Danish cinema.
full and free download (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
A new scene group Japhson Brings us a 2005 movie Danny The Dog in HDRiP. The movie, also known as Unleashed, directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Luc Besson. A few days ago, I posted a HDRiP movie starred by Jet Li. Here’s another one. Enjoy!
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Residents of France's most notorious suburban estate have hailed the filming there of a John Travolta film as bringing hope where the government has failed.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
The plot is much like Arthur Penns 1985 thriller Target, starring Gene Hackman, but altogether fiercer
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
TAKEN is a barnstorming, pulpy thriller starring Liam Neeson as a retired US special forces operative who goes on the rampage in Paris after his daughter is kidnapped.He has a 96-hour window to locate the 17-year-old before her Albanian snatchers sell her into sexual slavery.Produced by Luc Besson, it is furiously paced and action-packed, with Neeson making a creditable, highly-charged hero.“I’ll tear...
Spectator - The Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Taken is the latest film from the French film-maker Luc Besson and is about American, ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) who turns Paris upside down — ‘I’ll tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!’ — in his search for his abducted, 17-year-old daughter, Kim, although, personally, I wouldn’t have bothered. Kim is so irritating. Kim is so excitable and such a pampered flouncer to boot. ‘Bryan,’...
Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Anne Hathaway is in The Opposite of Love. Pierre Morel is working with John Travolta. Steven Spielberg has picked up the rights to Chocky. And Rachel McAdams has joined Sherlock Holmes....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Apparently Saturday Night Fever is still really big in France.
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers will star in FROM PARIS WITH LOVE for director Pierre Morel (TAKEN). The screenplay comes courtesy of Luc Besson and Adi Hasak, and revolves around a young embassy worker and an American secret agent who cross paths while working on a high-risk mission in Paris. Of course there's nothing in the description of the 'young embassy worker' to suggest he has devil...
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
John Travolta is currently in France shooting the thriller 'From Paris with Love' with co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Variety reports. The movie, based on a script by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak , centers on an embassy worker who encounters a secret American agent during a risky mission in Paris, the trade magazine says. The film, with a budget of $55 million, will reportedly be shooting on location...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
The shock of Pierre Morel and Luc Besson’s vigilante thriller Takenis how closely it resembles Michael Winner’s ghastly relic Death Wish. The troubling return of this gung-ho genre is no great cause for celebration if you’re a gay, drug-pushing, communist, black, Roman Catholic pimp who likes murdering small children (or combinations thereof). The target range has barely changed since 1974. The sly...
This is London (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
It sometimes feels if you can't move for film and other festivals these days but TCM Crime Scene 2008 has genuine mass appeal.
