Film Review: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn (Part 2)

The final film in a franchise adapted from Stephenie Meyer‘s supernatural romance novels, Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is the fifth and final instalment to the love-it-or-hate-it Twilight Saga, concluding the series with the second part of the adaptation of her final novel, Breaking Dawn. Directed by Bill Condon, who also directed Breaking Dawn – Part 1 which was released this time last year, Part 2 picks up with newly turned vampire Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), her now-vampire husband Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and their newborn half-human/half-vampire child Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy). When the news reaches the Volturi, however, the coven begin a plan to destroy the Cullen family for bringing an immortal child into their world. On the brink of a vampire war, the Cullen’s must gather vampire clans from around the world, but will it all end in disaster? Or will the new powers of Bella and her daughter be strong enough to defeat the coven?

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Robert Pattinson of Arabia, Twilight Star Attached To Herzog’s ‘Queen of the Desert’

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With his latest film Cosmopolis having its limited release in New York and Los Angeles this week, it has recently been confirmed that Robert Pattinson is set to play a young Lawrence of Arabia in Werner Herzog‘s indie, Queen of the Desert.

Set to star opposite Naomi Watts who will be playing English writer Gertrude Bell, the biographical drama chronicles her life as a writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer and political attache for the British Empire. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford at the turn of the 20th century, she travelled through the Middle East, defining the borders of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

DVD Review: Bel Ami

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Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with screenplay by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a British period drama based on the 1885 French novel of the same name written by Guy de Maupassant.

Premiered as an Official Selection at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the film chronicles the life of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a penniless ex-soldier who travels through 1890s Paris, rising to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women – Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman), Virginie Rousset (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci).

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Meet Renesmee Cullen: New ‘Breaking Dawn’ Images

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We have the first set of images for the latest Twilight film this week, introducing us to some of the new characters who will be joining the cast as well as Bella and Edward’s new born vampire child.

Directed by Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is the final instalment in a series of adaptations based on Stephenie Meyer’s highly acclaimed supernatural romance novels.

Get Some Face Time With New Character Posters for ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2’

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With the release of the final Twilight film, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, set to be released later this year, Summit Entertainment has revealed three new character posters of the film’s main characters, Bella, Edward and Jacob.

Set to be released on November 16th and directed by Bill Condon with a script by Melissa Rosenberg, the final chapter in Stephenie Meyer’s supernatural romance, the film picks up with newly turned vampire Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), her now vampire husband Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and their new born baby Renesmee, as the vampire coven, the Volturi, plan to destroy the Cullen family for bringing an immortal children into the world. On the brink of a vampire war, the Cullen’s gather a number vampire clans from around the world. Will it all end in disaster? Or will the new powers of Bella and her daughter be strong enough to defeat the coven?

Robert Pattinson Is Eager For a Haircut In New Full-Length Trailer for ‘Cosmopolis’

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The first full trailer for David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis has been released this week, and if you were blown away from the 30 minute teaser last month then you will be blown away from what you are to see here.

Based on Don DeLillo’s novel of the same name, the film follows a millionaire, Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), on a trek across Manhattan to get a haircut. At least that’s all you can get from the film’s trailer as from then on it just gets a bit weird.

New French Trailer for David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’

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The first – French – trailer for David Cronenberg’s hard-hitting drama Cosmopolis has been released this week. Based on Don DeLillo’s novel of the same name, the film follows a millionaire, Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), on a trek across Manhattan, which is followed up with the tag line “How far can he go before he goes too far?”

‘Bel Ami’ Starring Robert Pattinson Gets US Release Date

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Released in the UK earlier this month, Magnolia Pictures has announced that they are to distribute 1890s Paris set period drama, Bel Ami, and that they have now set a US theatrical release date for the film which stars British actors Robert Pattinson and Kristin Scott Thomas and American actresses Uma Thurman and Christina Ricci.

TV Spot & 19 New Images of Robert Pattinson in ‘Bel Ami’

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Here’s one for the girls, with a whole 19 new images of Robert Pattinson and a new TV spot for his latest film, Bel Ami, this week.

Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with the screenplay written by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a period drama set in 1890s Paris. Pattinson plays the character of George Duroy, a penniless ex-soldier, as the film chronicles his rise to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women, played by the likes of Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Robert Pattinson Talks ‘Bel Ami’ And Says He’s Too Old to Return to Twilight

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At the premiere for his upcoming film Bel Ami this week, Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson told Reuters that he would be too old to play his vampire character Edward Cullen again if Stephenie Meyer was to write a fifth novel.

Making his first appearance as the ever-youthful vampire back in 2008, when Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment released the first out of five films to be adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novels, Pattinson has since a big name for himself.

Watch 10 Minutes of Robert Pattinson in ‘Bel Ami’

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Ten minutes worth of clips for British actor Robert Pattinson‘s upcoming film, Bel Ami, have been released online this week.

Set to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this week (17th February), this 1890s Paris based period drama is based on the novel on the same name written by Guy de Maupassant.

Film Review: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn (Part 1)

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Directed by Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is the first part to the final instalment of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight Saga novels.

The first part of Breaking Dawn follows Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and her now vampire fiancé Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) through their marriage and honeymoon to the life-threatening consequence of Bella falling pregnant. Now, with the Volturi coven waiting for Bella to be turned immortal and the Quileute werewolf pack keeping guard, Bella must prepare to say goodbye to the ones she loves as she weakens from the blood-sucking baby inside of her.

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9 New Images for Part 1 of ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’

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With the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 this Friday (18th November), we have nine new images from the film, just to get you that little bit more excited.

Breaking Dawn is the final novel to Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight Saga. This first part follows Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) through their marriage and honeymoon to the life-threatening consequence of Bella becoming pregnant. Now, with the Volturi, a vampire coven, waiting for Bella to be turned immortal and the Quileute werewolf tribe keeping guard, Bella must say goodbye to the ones she loves and prepare for the birth of her blood-sucking baby as they watch her weaken from its thirst.

‘Bel Ami’ Starring Robert Pattinson Is Coming To The US

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Robert Pattinson‘s (The Twilight Saga) latest film, Bel Ami, has found an American distributor this week, meaning that this Paris based period drama will be arriving in US theaters early next year.

Sony Pictures Worldwide has bought the rights to distribute this UK, French and Italian production, which is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and based on a French novel of the same name, written by Guy de Maupassant in 1885.

Film Review: Little Ashes

“Remember me when you are at the beach, and above all when you paint crackling things and little ashes. Oh, my little ashes! Put my name in the picture so that my name will serve for something in the world.” – Federico Lorca to Salvador Dali.

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Directed by Paul Morrison, Little Ashes explores the young lives and friendship of surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (Robert Pattinson), filmmaker Luis Bunuel (Matthew McNulty) and writer Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran). Set in 1922, Spain was dominated by the army and conservative morality invaded every sphere of life: social, artistic and sexual.

As the film opens, Salvador Dali is 18 years old and beginning university in Madrid. Wearing a frilly shirt and a pointy hat with a centre parting in his long hair, he steps out of his carriage into a crowd of suited and clean-cut men. He stood out from the crowd and behaved in an eccentric manner to draw attention to himself which was reflected in his work, creating a new genre of surrealism.

Robert Pattinson’s Earlier & Upcoming Films

We all know the Robert Pattinson of the Twilight Saga which began in 2008. The Edward Cullen that teenage girls drool over (I being one of them). But I’m much more interested in his roles in other work. His lead role as Tyler Hawkins in Remember Me, released on DVD this week, a heartbreaking tale of love and family relationships. His appearance, and death, as Cedric Diggory in the even more popular Harry Potter (And The Goblet of Fire) franchise in 2005. So I decided to do a little research into other films he has been in, or is currently in production of, to set myself, and possibly others, a small playlist of films to watch over the summer.

Film Review: The Twilight Saga 3 – Eclipse

From Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, the third film adaptation from her novel collection, Eclipse, is directed by David Slade, who has already dabbled in the vampire franchise with 30 Days of Night. Eclipse, living up to the Saga’s bad criticisms, churns morals to its younger audience and disappoints with changes from the original film and cast. But it’s not that bad, it’s just not one to charm its haters.

Eclipse follows the story of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) who must finally choose between her glittering vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf phasing best friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) as the two most important people in her life must work together to fight and protect her as an army of vampires form to destroy the Cullen family.

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Film Review: Remember Me

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Remember Me follows 21-year-old Tyler Hawkins (Robert Pattinson), a typical university student living in New York. We are introduced to his character as either holding a bottle of beer or having a cigarette in his hand, with the characters around him constantly remarking on the smell of alcohol and smoke and of his ghost-like presence. It’s not until we learn about the death of Tyler’s brother that we understand his behaviour and unsociable nature. There is a lot of emotion behind Pattinson’s acting which makes it easy to relate to his character. We can see that he’s only set out to make a difference but is full of anger because of the injustice and ignorance of the people around him.

Film Review: The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon

Directed by Chris Weitz, New Moon is the second film in The Twilight Saga based on the series of books by Stephenie Meyer. The story of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella after an attack that nearly claimed her life. Edward makes the difficult decision to leave his beloved behind as Bella begins to embrace self-destruction, finding comfort in the arms of her close friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) who has a supernatural secret of his own. Subsequently delving into the history of the Quileutes, Bella discovers the secrets of Jacob’s tribe while looking forward to a reunion with Edward that may have deadly consequences.

Film Review: The Twilight Saga 1: Twilight

Based on Stephenie Meyer‘s novel of the same name and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Twilight follows high-school student Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves from sunny Arizona to the perpetually overcast town of Forks in Washington. There, she meets Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a handsome but mysterious teen who has a secret. Edward is a vampire. His family don’t drink blood, but Bella’s scent inspires a nearly-impossible-to-harness bloodlust in Edward. Far from being frightened, the two enter into a dangerous romance. Things go relatively smoothly until a visiting vampire clan – consisting of James (Cam Gigandet), Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), and Laurent (Edi Gathegi) – catches Bella’s unique scent and threatens the young couple’s future together.