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World Cinema: The Salesman

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The Salesman: Cinema Release Date: 27th January 2017 Director: Asghar Farhadi Production budget: Opening Weekend:  $71,078 Domestic Total (to date): $2,295,989 Production Company: Memento Films Production Distributed by: Memento Films Distribution Certificate: PG-13 (USA), 12A (UK) Genre: Drama Film Stars: Shahab Hosseini as Emad Taraneh Alidoosti as Rana Babak Karimi as Babak Farid Sajadhosseini as The Man Mina Sadati as Sanam Maral Bani Adam as Kati Mehdi Koushki as Siavash Emad Emami as Ali Shirin Aghakashi as Esmat Mojtaba Pirzadeh as Majid Sahra Asadollahi as Mojgan Ehteram Boroumand as Mrs. Shahnazari Sam Valipour as Sadra Critic Reviews: Marketing: Accolades:

US Independent: Moonlight

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Moonlight: Production budget: $1.5 million Opening Weekend: $402,075 Domestic Total (to date): $25,153,321 Production Company: A24 Distributed by: A24 Certificate: PG-13 (USA), 15 (UK) Genre: Drama Stars: Chiron, the film's protagonist Trevante Rhodes as Adult Chiron / "Black" Ashton Sanders as Teen Chiron Alex Hibbert as Child Chiron / "Little" Kevin, Chiron's closest friend André Holland as Adult Kevin Jharrel Jerome as Teen Kevin Jaden Piner as Child Kevin Naomie Harris as Paula Janelle Monáe as Teresa Mahershala Ali as Juan Patrick Decile as Terrel Reviews: Marketing:  Accolades:

Harry Brown

Plot: In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands.                Cast: Michael Caine as Harold "Harry" Brown Emily M

Representation: Gangs

"Gang of boys as young as nine leave man with broken ribs in horrific mugging" A gang of boys as young as nine broke a man’s ribs in a violent robbery, police said. The victim, a 58-year-old man, was walking from West Ashland along the Redway which runs between V7 Saxon Street and H9 Groveway in Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, when he was set upon by seven youths. He was struck from behind and knocked to the ground where the group continued to assault him before stealing his bag during the attack at about 9.55pm on Monday. Detective Constable Katrina Walmsley, of Thames Valley Police, said: "The group cowardly attacked the victim from behind and then continued to assault him as he lay on the ground and tried to get up. "The offenders are between about nine years old to about 15 years old. Unfortunately there are no other descriptions of the offenders at this time but I am confident that someone knows who they are. "The bag that was stolen is qui

US Blockbuster: Suicide Squad

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Suicide Squad: Cinema Release Date: 1st August 2016 Director: David Ayer Production budget: $175 million Opening Weekend: $133,682,248 Domestic Total (to date): $325,100,054 Production Company: DC Entertainment Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures Certificate: PG-13 (USA), 15 (UK) Genre: Fantasy/ Science-Fiction Stars: Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Legend of Tarzan) Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club, Fight Club) Will Smith (Independence Day, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns, Pan) Jai Courtney (Divergent, Terminator Genisys) Joel Kinnaman (Robocop, The Darkest Hour) Jay Hernandez (Bad Moms, Crazy/Beautiful) Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder, Fences) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor, Lost) Ben Affleck (Batman, Justice League) Scott Eastwood (Fast 8, The Longest Ride) Reviews: Marketing: For Suicide Squad, the company produced this fun, brig

Aims and Context

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UK Production: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Release Date: 18th November 2016 Director: David Yates Production budget: $180 million Opening weekend: $74,403,387 Domestic Total (to date): $234,018,657 Production company: Heyday Films Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures Certificate: PG-13 (USA), 12A (UK) Genre: Fantasy/ Action Stars: Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl, The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables) Katherine Waterston (Steve Jobs, Inherent Vice) Ezra Miller (Justice League, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury) Colin Farell (Total Recall) Samantha Morton (Minority Report, John Carter) Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)  Carmen Ejogo (The Purge: Anarchy) Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim, Drive) Reviews: Marketing: One of the marketing stunts that Warner Bros. did for the release of the film