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British actress to receive career award; festival guest list includes Tom Hiddleston, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro.

Emily Watson, star of Breaking The Waves, The Book Thief and Everest, is receive the Donostia Award at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18-26) in recognition of her 30 years in film.

The British actress will collect the award at a gala on Sept 25 in San Sebastian’s Kursaal Auditorium.

The festival also unveiled some high-profile names and juries for its upcoming edition.

Actors attending include stars of Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, Sienna Miller, Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans; Freeheld actress Ellen Page; Sicario stars Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro; Tim Roth, at the festival with 600 Miles and Chronic; Louise Bourgoin, star of The White Knights; and Karin Viard and Isabelle Carré from 21 nuits avec Pattie.

Filmmakers in attendance include Pablo Agüero (Eva Doesn’t Sleep), Laurie Anderson (Heart of a Dog), Scott Cooper ([link...

Artist, Shannon Tindle, most recently worked on DreamWorks Animation's The Croods and Rise of the Guardians. But, it's her few pieces of artwork from a scrapped project involving Bruce Timm that caught my interest. Bruce, recently stepped down as the Supervising Producer of Warner Bros. Animation, but don't fret cause Gary Miereanu explained that Bruce would "be back - in a very big way." One possibility, that we posted back in late March (click here) was that Timm was creating a Justice League cartoon series. Now, I've come across Tindle's post from April 12th titled, "70's Justice League": "Last year I got a call from Warner Bros. asking if I'd be interested in working with Bruce Timm on a Justice League video. I think I was in the car before I finished the call. I met with Bruce who told me he was looking to do a graphic interpretation...

And we’re back. After an August bereft of interesting new releases on Netflix Instant Watch (Tangled and The Expendables were the only notable titles), it’s time to get back into the swing of things with a great set of new movies available to stream beginning September 1st.

New to Netflix Streaming On Thursday September 1st: Thunderball (PG | 1965)

Flickchart Ranking: #1070

Times Ranked: 33647

Win Percentage: 35%

How Many Top-20′s: 39 Users

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Other James Bond Movies available to stream on Thursday include:

You Only Live Twice (1967 – Sean Connery)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969 – George Lazenby)

Diamonds are Forever (1971 – Sean Connery)

Live and Let Die (1973 – Roger Moore)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1975 – Roger Moore) – My personal favorite

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 – Roger Moore)

Moonraker (1979 – Roger Moore)

For Your Eyes Only (1981 – Roger Moore)

Never Say Never Again (1983 – Sean Connery)

Octopussy (1983 – Roger Moore)

A View to a Kill (1985 – Roger Moore)

The Living Daylights...

This is the review of Buried on Pure Movies (directed by Rodrigo Cortés and starring Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Miño, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino and Kali Rocha. For most people, being buried alive is one of the most terrifying situations imaginable This is just what happens to Us truck driver Paul Conroy (Reynolds), buried in a box six feet under the Iraqi desert, with nothing but a trusty lighter and an unreliable mobile phone. After remembering that his convoy was attacked by Iraqi terrorists, he realises he must somehow orchestrate his own rescue.

Chicago – Many films have attempted to portray the unimaginably terrifying experience of being buried alive, from George Sluizer’s bone-chillingly bleak thriller, “The Vanishing,” to Quentin Tarantino’s crowd-pleaser, “Kill Bill Vol. 2.” Yet Rodrigo Cortés’ “Buried” is the first film in cinema history to take place entirely within the rectangular confines of a coffin.

Claustrophobic thrillers such as “Phone Booth” and “127 Hours” utilized cutaways to flashbacks, fantasies and supporting players to break up the monotony of the protagonist’s immobility. But Cortés has the audacity to make his audience feel as trapped as his main character. He refused to compromise his vision in order to make the film more marketable to the mainstream, and the resulting picture is a staggering feat of filmmaking ingenuity and artistic conviction. It’s also a hell of a good thriller.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

After making a handful of obnoxious comedies over the past decade, Ryan Reynolds...

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

No Strings Attached – Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline

The Way Back – Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell (limited)

Movie of the Week

The Way Back

The Stars: Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell

The Plot: A group of gulag escapees journey 4,000 miles to their freedom.

The Buzz: This is Director Peter Weir’s latest — that’s enough buzz right there.

In watching the film’s trailer, one gets the feeling that The Way Back is more of an adventure tale than it is a tale about the gulag. But we’re not talking carefree adventure here; this looks to be a story predominantly about survival, and survival in the most brutal of conditions. Knowing the film is based on a true story, combined with the way in which it has been marketed, allows for one to somewhat safely assume a happy ending (otherwise it...

Buried

Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo

Directed By: Rodrigo Cortés

Written By: Chris Sparling

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samantha Mathis, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Release Date: January 18, 2011

What would you do if you awoke to total blackness, barely able to move or breathe, and completely unaware of your location? What would you do if you soon realized that you're not only unaware of your location, but that you're actually in a wooden coffin, buried within the earth, set to ponder your horrific fate until the moment the last bit of life drifts away from your tormented body?

If you're anything like me, you'd likely slip into an uncontrollable panic wishing only that death would come as quickly as humanly possible. But for Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), who finds himself in this very position in director Rodrigo Cortés's new thriller, Buried, giving up is not an option.

Does claustrophobia set in easily for you? Then you may want to steer clear of the video aisles of your favorite stores as last year's intense buried alive flick (starring the future Green Lantern) is coming on home.

Being that this is another light week release wise, you don't have too many other options. That is unless you're in the mood for high speed chases featuring coffin-looking vehicles that could end up causing just as much anxiety.

Or maybe you'd just like to find comfort in another Roger Corman fest from a kinder, gentler era - a triple treat that has nothing to do with coffins. Yay!

Buried (Blu-ray Review)

Directed by Rodrigo Cortés

Starring Ryan Reynolds, and the voices of Samantha Mathis, Erik Palladino, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky

Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up six feet underground with no...

Here's an HD TV spot for "Buried", directed by Rodrigo Cortes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Warner Loughlin. In the film, Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, who wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time - fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true. Buried opens in limited theaters on Sept. 24 before...

Ryan Reynolds starrer "Buried" has two new TV spots up for your viewing pleasure. The Rodrigo Cortés film opens on September 24th via Lionsgate and also stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Harris, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño and Erik Palladino. I am itching to catch this one at some point. Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time- fighting panic, despair and delirium,...

Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have a first-come, first-served amount of admit-two advance-screening passes up for grabs to the new film “Buried” with Ryan Reynolds! To win, you’ll have to find the code that’s buried on HollywoodChicago.com and you’ll have to act quickly!

“Buried” stars Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, José Luis García Pérez, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Miño, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino and Cade Dundish from director Rodrigo Cortés and writer Chris Sparling.

This screening will take place tomorrow on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in Evanston, Ill. To win your free “Buried” code courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, you must navigate to this link. That link has more information about how you’ll find our buried “Buried” code! Read more about the film below.

The movie poster for “Buried” with Ryan Reynolds.

Image credit: Lionsgate

Here is the...

Lionsgate has been keeping their cards close to their chest in regards to their forthcoming thriller Buried, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García-Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino all star. With most of the film supposedly taking place within a coffin, it's hard to really share new footage with audiences. If you click over to Empire you'll find a new clip that gets even more claustrophobic.

As I’ve said before, I’ve been loving all the marketing for Ryan Reynold’s new movie, Buried. Latino Review have put up a new international trailer (not sure where it originated) for the directed by Rodrigo Cortés movie which also stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky and Samantha Mathis.

It’s scheduled for released in the UK October 1st.

We’re off to a screening of it this evening and are really rather excited about it!

MTV have gifted the world with 28 new images for movies that are coming up over the next few months. In a series of posts over the next few hours, I’m going to be putting up the image(s) and giving you a low-down on the cast, the synopsis and the release date (if there is one). If you want to see all the other posts in this series, click here.

This new image gives us an inside look behind the scenes of Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés on the set of “Buried”.

Buried also stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García-Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino.

Synopsis: Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival.

As you (should) already know, the majority of Lionsgate's Buried takes place inside a coffin. Ryan Reynolds plays a U.S. contractor working in Iraq who awakens to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. With the plot keeping the audience nice and confined, there are only so many images that can be released -- inside you'll find another dozen of looks at Reynolds six feet under. Buried arrives in theaters September 24. Directed by Rodrigo Cortes, Robert Paterson, José Luis García-Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino all star.

The posters, trailers and pretty much everything for Ryan Reynold’s new movie, Buried have been flipping fantastic and I’m pleased to report the latest, and probably last poster for the movie is just as good as the rest.

AICN have debuted it and I’ve placed it below. It uses quotes from publications all over the world including our friends at FirstShowing.net and ComingSoon.net to great effect and whoever put this together needs a pat on the back!

Buried is directed by Rodrigo Cortés and as well as Reynolds, stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky and Samantha Mathis.

It’s scheduled for released in the UK October 1st.

Click the image to enlarge or visit AICN for the mega big version!

This is the trailer for Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño and Erik Palladino, directed by Rodrigo Cortés. Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time— fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued.

Empire have just released a brand new international poster for Ryan Reynold’s Buried. It’s pretty much the same as we’ve seen before but no where near as good as the motion poster or the domestic poster that was released a while back.

Buried is directed by Rodrigo Cortés and as well as Reynolds, stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky and Samantha Mathis.

It’s scheduled for released in the UK October 1st. Click the poster below to enlarge.

Here's a foreign one sheet for Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried" that gives a little texture to Lionsgate's original. Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Warner Loughlin are starring. In theaters September 24 (Sept. 29 in the UK), Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a...

Here's the new trailer for Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried", starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Warner Loughlin. The movie is getting a limited release on September 24 before going wide on October 8. Reynolds plays a U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. ...

We have added the fantastic new trailer for Rodrigo Cortés mystery thriller 'Buried'. The Lionsgate film stars Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño and Erik Palladino.Early reviews for the film have been extremely positive with the film have a 9.2 rating on IMDb.Watch the new trailer in standard of HD below;'Buried' is released on limited screens across the Us from September 24th, while opening wider on October 8th.But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his...

Here's the new one sheet for Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried", starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Warner Loughlin. The movie is getting a limited release on September 24 before going wide on October 8. Reynolds plays a U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap....

Via MTV, here’s the latest poster for Ryan Reynolds’s “Buried”. My head hurts. Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time— fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño, Erik Palladino, Heath Centazzo, Joe Guarneri,...

The official Buried website have released this awesome new motion poster for Buried, the movie starring Ryan Reynolds who, from what we’ve seen, spends most of his time stuck in a coffin underground in the dark! I’ve embedded the poster below for your viewing pleasure.

This new motion poster goes nicely with the one we posted a while back but this time we get to see Reynolds trying to fire up his lighter to find out where he is. So far i’m loving the marketing campaign (teaser trailer here) for the movie, I just hope it’s good and isn’t just a copy of the Quentin Tarantino directed CSI from a few years back which has a similar subject matter.

Buried is directed by Rodrigo Cortés and as well as Reynolds, stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky and Samantha Mathis.

Lionsgate continues the trend of motion posters with a dark and claustrophobic look at Rodrigo Cortes' Buried, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Buried will be opening in select theaters September 24th and nationwide October 8, 2010. Robert Paterson, José Luis García-Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Erik Palladino all star But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited.More...

This film came out of Sundance with a pretty positive buzz, and the release of the poster caused people to lie down and take notice.

Now there’s a teaser trailer out in the wild and I’m very happy to place it here for your enjoyment.

As high concept as they come Rodrigo Cortes’ film Buried places Ryan Reynolds in a box for almost the entire running time, with only a phone and a limited air supply for company.

Official synopsis time:

Paul Conroy is not ready to die.

But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited.

Apple has released a second teaser trailer for Ryan Reynolds’ “Buried”. It’s not much to look at (literally, because 90% of the teaser takes place in total darkness), but there’s sure plenty to listen to. Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time— fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true. Starring Ryan Reynolds,...

Our good friends over at FirstShowing.net have debuted what I think could be one of the strangest and bravest teaser posters I’ve ever seen. The poster is for Ryan Reynolds’ new movie, Buried and when you look at the poster carefully, you’ll see exactly what they’ve done and what I mean. Don’t get me wrong though, I think it’s fantastic!

I was sitting here thinking that the poster hadn’t loaded until I looked at it closely. Buried is directed by Rodrigo Cortés and also stars Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky and Samantha Mathis.

Alex also gives us the short synopsis:

A U.S. contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it’s a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Buried has no...

Via First Showing, here’s a new teaser poster for Ryan Reynolds’ “Buried”. Hey, it’s not “The Green Lantern”, but what the hey, it’s the next closest thing, I suppose. Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is a civilian U.S. truck driver delivering food in Iraq who wakes up to find himself trapped in a coffin with limited air. Slowly, he remembers how he got there: after an attack by a group of Iraqis that kills many of his co-workers, he was abducted, and now find himself in his predicament. As Paul struggles to survive in the claustrophobic confines of the coffin, his captors attempt to get ransom for his release. With only a lighter and a cell phone inside the coffin with him, it’s a race against time to escape the tight confines of his death trap. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky,...

Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to "Buried," starring Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Harris and Warner Loughlin. Ryan Reynolds plays a civilian contractor who's kidnapped in Iraq and horiffically wakes up buried in a coffin in the desert with just a cell phone, a knife and a candle. The Rodrigo Cortez-directed thriller made its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival and sparked a bidding war between Screen Gems, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Lionsgate. Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan and Wendy Jaffe of Lionsgate negotiated the deal with UTA's Independent Film Group.