A trailer has been released for The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing - English mathematician and logician, the father of modern day computing, and the man who cracked the German Enigma code during the war.
Norwegian director Morten Tyldum, known for the crime thriller Headhunters, presents this true story of Turing and his team. In a race against time they work at Britain's top-secret code breaking centre during World War II to break the German Enigma Code. The film spans Turing's life from his unhappy teenage years at boarding school to the triumph of his secret wartime work, to his post-war life where he was the victim of persecution for a now outdated criminal offence.
'The Imitation Game' will be released in New Zealand cinemas on Thursday, January 8th, 2015. In the meantime check out these books we have on Alan Turing, he was a very interesting man!
I seem to be stuck in trailer heaven... or maybe it's trailer hell. I'm not that sure anymore because I've watched so many over the past few weeks. And not just movie trailers but book trailers. Wonderful little snippets made by publishers and authors and the like, all in the name of reaching out and promoting their books.
They've come a long way in recent years. No longer bland little ads that really didn't tell you much , they are now professional mini movies with special effects, celebrity cameos and so much more.
And they're marvellous And also highly addictive. Which of course meant that I just had to share. Because like all new addictions I've just got pass it on to others.
The following are just a few of the trailers I've found and enjoyed. Most strangely enough are for books I had never thought of reading until I saw these trailers. And now I am madly adding to my ever increasing holds list. As you do.
The one flaw with some of these trailers and a great many others out there are the voice overs. Seriously someone somewhere could make a really good living out of doing decent voice overs for book trailers. Sadly it doesn't seem to be a career choice for anyone... yet. Personally I can't wait for someone like Richard Armitage (he of Hobbit and Spooks fame) to become involved. Of course if he or someone with an equally swoon worthy voice did start to book trailers I'm might never stop watching them...
I have to admit I'll probably won't read the book. But I just love this trailer anyway. It's just so French and quirky and French and charming and French... did I mention French. Oh good I did.
This might win my award for the most annoying voice over. In fact it has two annoying voice overs. Which is even worse Still dragons. As people. So yeah I'm hooked.
A celebrity trailer. Starring not only James Franco who also happens to be the author but a handful of other actors. I just love some of the sights. Awesome stuff.
“I've decided to go on tour and support my new book, Uganda Be Kidding Me. I think we all know how much I love the sound of my own voice." - Chelsea Handler
That's right, Chelsea Handler, comedian, talk show host and author is heading to little ol' NZ in November for the first time evaaaa as part of her new stand-up comedy tour Uganda Be Kidding Me. Handler will be performing at the ASB Theatre in Auckland on Sat 29th November !
My Live Nation members can secure tickets first during an exclusive pre-sale beginning 9am on Wednesday July 23rd until 5pm Thursday July 24th. For complete details visit Live Nation !
I'm a bit late to the game with this, and many of you have probably seen it already BUT!!! It is VERY exciting in my eyes.
J.K. Rowling has added another installment into the world of Harry Potter. This time it is a Daily Prophet news article written by the infamous gossip columnist Rita Skeeter, who spots Potter, friends, and family at the Quidditch World Cup Final.
Rowling released this on her site Pottermore, which I would Highly Recommend that you sign up to right now, if you haven't already! You get to go through and answer questions, and then get sorted into a house; the questions are designed by Rowling herself!
It will probably come as no surprise that I am addicted to trailers. I adore them x1000. In fact in some ways they are often better than the movie.
And isn't that a sad state of affairs.
The following trailers though only make me want to see the movie even more. Which is exactly what a trailer should do. Hopefully they will also make you want to read the book. Because yes, all these trailers are based on books.
So why not check them all out. While you do that I'll be watching even more trailers. All in the name of work.
"With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turning on him. Then again is he as innocent as he seems..."
"Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. In an effort to jog her memory she starts a journal but one day a terrifying truth emerges, forcing her to question everything she has been told."
"Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives."
"When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to returned to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with various family members and friends. Sometimes there can be too much closeness..."
"An Indian family moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant run by the indomitable Madame Mallory."
Ever since watching (and subsequently getting addicted to) the Sia video clip for Chandelier - watch below! - I have been also addicted to Dance Moms.
Dance Moms is a reality TV show which the girl from the video clip is in. It follows a group of young dancers (the oldest is 13 and the youngest is 6) attending the dance school of the infamously tyrannical Abby Lee Miller. In the show you get to see the girls dance and that's great (Maddie, from the Sia video, is so very amazingly talented), but the main drawcard are the Dance Moms. They are hilarious and crazy and passionate and I love them! I'm not usually a reality TV fan, but this show has me hooked.
Here are the links to the Dance Mom related items we have in the catalogue and the video clip in question! I've also included a couple of other songs she performed on Jimmy Kimmel recently to promote the release of her new album 1000 Forms of Fear - request your copy now!
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