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daisyridleyedits · 5 months

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"I have trouble trusting people because everyone tells me the person I believed in the most was really a monster."

—Daisy Ridley as "Helena" in The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)

#daisy ridley #dridleyedit #dailywomen #femaledaily #daisyridleyedit #filmedit #swcastedit #swcast #ladiesofcinema #ben mendelsohn #neil burger #garett hedlund #the marsh king's daughter #tmkd #helena pelletier #my edit #DRE edits

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angel-maldonado-enthusiast · 26 days

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Weʼre lucky ones, arenʼt we? We made it through in one piece.

THE LUCKY ONES (2008)

dir. Neil Burger

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staypuffedx · 8 months

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daisy ridley in the marsh king's daughter (2023) dir. neil burger

#daisy ridley #the marsh king's daughter #*#*f #*caps #neil burger #*dr

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luckydiorxoxo · 8 months

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The trailer for Neil Burger’s ‘THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER’ starring Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund has been released.

In theaters October 6, 2023.

#Neil burger #the marsh king's daughter #daisy ridley #ben mendelsohn #garrett hedlund

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cinemachronicles · 1 year

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Lily’s Movie Challenge (10/370): The Illusionist (2006)

#okay i used to be obsessed with this movie when I was younger #love love love love love edward norton and always will #also giamatti i mean come on #this was okay on rewatch but still gorgeous as ever #the illusionist #edward norton #lmc #paul giamatti #my gif #gif #gifs #movies #films #cinema #moviegifs #filmgifs #jessica biel #neil burger

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courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme · 6 months

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Best Aaron Taylor-Johnson movies and performances:

1. Kick-Ass - Matthew Vaughn (2010)

2. The Illusionist - Neil Burger (2006)

3. Avengers: Age of Ultron - Joss Whedon (2015)

4. Bullet Train - David Leitch (2022)

5. Nowhere Boy - Sam Taylor-Johnson (2009)

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emiliosandozsequence · 1 year

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the illusionist (2006) dir. neil burger

#the illusionist #the illusionist 2006 #neil burger #jessica biel #rufus sewell #edward norton #mine #msc #tisc #robyn

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brokehorrorfan · 4 months

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The Marsh King's Daughter will be released on Blu-ray + DVD on January 2 via Lionsgate. Based on Karen Dionne's 2017 novel, the 2023 psychological thriller film is currently available on VOD.

Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist) directs from a script by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Vacancy) and Elle Smith. Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn star with Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, and Gil Birmingham.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Neil Burger

The Art of Survival: Making The Marsh King's Daughter

Theatrical trailer

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Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When her father escapes from prison, Helena will need to confront her past. Knowing that he will hunt for her and her family, Helena must find the strength to face her demons and outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.

Pre-order The Marsh King's Daughter.

#the marsh king's daughter #neil burger #daisy ridley #ben mendelsohn #garrett hedlund #caren pistorius #brooklynn prince #gil birmingham #dvd #gift #karen dionne #lionsgate #limitless #the revenant #star wars

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wornoutspines · 8 months

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The Marsh King's Daughter | Official Trailer

Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund star in the movie adaptation of Karen Dionne's ‘THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER’. #daisyridley #BenMendelsohn #TheMarshKingsDaughter #OfficialTrailer #FilmTwitter #moviestrailers

Writer: Karen Dionne (Novel), Elle Smith & Mark L. Smith (Screenplay) Director: Neil Burger Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham I want to read the book first but I might not have the time because on that trailer alone the movie sounds amazing. Releases October 6, 2023 If you like this content, please consider supporting the…

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rickchung · 9 months

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Nerdstalgic x "Why Do Twin Films Get Released at the Same Time?"

How do "twin films" end up releasing in the same year? Movies like The Prestige and The Illusionist aren't alone, with releases like A Bugs Life and Antz, or more recently, White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen.

#video #the illusionist #the prestige #movies #film #cinema #filmmaking #nerdstalgic #video essay #film essay #christopher nolan #neil burger #christian bale #hugh jackman #scarlett johansson #michael caine #edward norton #paul giamatti #jonathan nolan

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ozdeg · 6 months

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#The Marsh King's Daughter #A lápkirály lánya #2023 #Neil Burger #2023/257

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movie-titlecards · 8 months

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The Illusionist (2006)

My rating: 6/10

So I guess Nolan was so impressed at how much better this did the whole "historical drama about stage magicians" thing than his sad corpse pickling movie, he actually copied the ending for his third Batman.

#The Illusionist #Neil Burger #Steven Millhauser #Edward Norton #Jessica Biel #Paul Giamatti #Youtube

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angel-maldonado-enthusiast · 25 days

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THE LUCKY ONES (2008)

dir. Neil Burger

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nothingunrealistic · 6 months

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Who’d have thunk? Billions, Showtime’s smart and cynical hit show about the intersecting worlds of NYC’s financial and law enforcement goes out with a happy ending. TV Insider talked to Neil Burger, a producer and director who helmed, among many other episodes, the inaugural episode and the series finale. (He also has a feature film The Marsh King’s Daughter debuting on November 3.)

Before we get deeper into the show, there was an Easter egg towards the end when Wags (David Costabile), loyal lieutenant to hedge fund billionaire Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis), says he’s angling to head to Miami where all the action is now and Axe says they should go together. So will Miami be the first of the proposed upcoming Billions spinoffs? Neil Burger: That one seems to the furthest along, and I think Wags may be going there. But time will tell.

In a show full of schemes and moral relativity, the series ended with the mother-of-all schemes with Axe and his major foe on the show, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti), joining forces to take down Mike Prince (Corey Stoll) and keep him from becoming the POTUS. Even if the cause was just, the incredibly complex plot to destroy his empire seemed shady at best and at worst, not entirely legal. They always push it right to the edge of legality and maybe it bleeds over a bit to the other side. They’re schemers, super clever, and sometimes it’s a bit legally dubious, but they seem to get the job done.

With the exception of Mike Prince, who in Season 5 bought Axe’s business on the cheap as Axe fled on Europe to escape Chuck’s justice, most of the show’s characters got what they wanted or at least got rich at the end. Was that always planned? This is an ending for real Billions fans and those are the people that [executive producers Brian Koppelman and David Levien] are writing for, that avid fan base. You can hear it in the language of the characters and the [pop culture] references and the density of the dialogue. I think that the end will really appeal to that constituency.

How much did Damian leaving the show in Season 5 — though we later learned he would come back for several episodes in the final season — change the storyline? There was COVID and Damian lost his wife, which was a huge tragedy, and [that] definitely changed the way the story was going to be built, but Brian and David are such adept writers that they took those blows and pivoted and adjusted. This last season might be the best season of all. How did his leaving affect how the Mike Prince character would develop? Mike Prince was already woven into the story before Damian left because a show seven seasons long needed to have another layer and another strong person added. By the way, Corey was an incredible addition and kind of unsung. He’s tremendous. Prince may have been the villain of sorts, but in his last scenes, especially with his lieutenant and old friend Scooter (Daniel Breaker), I actually felt some sympathy when he said to Scooter how they really wanted to do good when they began. It’s hard not to like Corey, which is great for a villain.

Speaking of villains, the show was set up so that Chuck and his team were not always the white hats and Axe and his were not always the black hats. Yes. What did that say about the two parallel and intersecting actions each took in their war against each other and sometime truces? From the outset, Chuck Rhoades was always a complicated guy who needed to prove himself. His wife Wendy Rhoades [Maggie Siff] was working for the enemy, and he didn’t always behave well because of it, to say the least. And Axe? Look, the show is about power and what we have to do to have that power; what’s the line that you will or won’t cross. And for Axe, Chuck is this guy that’s actually trying to ruin your life and take down your power. They were like two animals circling each other and looking to tear into and undercut each other. It was personal, and the ethical lines got very blurry. They both had demons driving them. Definitely. Chuck’s father, for one, led him to an addiction to masochism. He needed to feel pain, and that came from his relationship with his father. Axe had this hunger to prove himself because in his youth, he was ignored and humiliated and not takes taken seriously by people who considered themselves better than him.

The moral in the Prince story seems to be if you’re power hungry, don’t hide behind a front of goodness, but be upfront about who you are and what you want. Do you agree? Well, he’s this incredibly smart guy who knew the pitfalls of the way Axe and other billionaires behave. He has a soul, and he’s going to try to use his billions for good. But underneath that is, again, a real appetite for money and power, and he became delusional. I think the real moral is just to be human with whatever amount of money you have. How important was it to get Chuck and Axe to work together in the end to bring down a common enemy, even it’s obviously, as Chuck tells Axe, a temporary thing? I think the most important thing was to get Chuck and Axe fighting against each other in the show, and then the interesting move was when they would team up together when being allied was in their best interest. They’re never going to be on the same team for very long. In the bigger game, they’ll always be going head-to-head on opposite sides of the fence.

Well, Wendy won’t be caught in the middle anymore between her ex-husband and her employer. She’ll be CEO of a tele-mental health company. She is last seen having dinner with Chuck and their kids. What does that indicate? They find some kind of detente, where they can coexist. Co-parent? Will they be lovers again? I don’t know. They find some kind of peace — but all of them in the show find some kind of peace. Wendy was the fulcrum for so many stories and characters, no? In some ways, she’s the most interesting character. Those guys are ferociously going head-to- head, and she’s between them mediating and moderating. These guys are driven by their appetites, and though they’re complicated characters, she’s quadruply complicated with the pressure within as she tries to motivate both of them and work on their psyches.

So, in the end, Axe’s most loyal employees leave, not just Wendy and probably Wags, but young Rian (Eva Victor) who goes off backpacking around the world, and importantly the extraordinary Taylor (Asia Kate Dillon), who starts their own Taylor Mason foundation to do good, a goal they always had — once they made a billion dollars, of course. Taylor did have noble goals; they’re kind of a person on the spectrum who lacked a kind of emotional response and cut some corners but had an ethical line that was more rigorous than the one Axe had.

I never saw a show that had so many pop culture references: movies, music, sports etc. Some well-known, others more obscure. Why so many in the brilliantly dense dialogue? That’s Brian and David. They’re so erudite and love those Easter eggs, and this whole show has all these different ideas firing off like fireworks all the time. Maybe you get it, and maybe you don’t. If you do, great, and if you don’t, you’re like, these characters are crazy smart. It was an incredible show and a real honor and pleasure to be there at the beginning and help cast it and then direct the finale seven seasons later.

#points if you can identify the line that made me do a double take!#billions #7x12 #neil burger #mike wags #damian lewis #bobby axelrod #chuck rhoades #mike prince #wendy rhoades #rian billions #taylor mason

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explainedfilms · 7 months

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Voyagers Movie Ending Explained (In Detail)

Neil Burger, the director behind “Without Limit” and “Divergent,” shows in his new sci-fi film VOYAGER an ambitious space mission that goes brutally wrong. We’ll reveal in our review whether the film was a success. A top-class ensemble: In addition to various newcomers (here: Tye Sheridan), Colin Farrell is also on board. However, director and author Burger does not open his film as the kind of…

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#Amazon Prime #Colin Farrell #Fionn Whitehead #Isaac Hempstead Wright #Lily-Rose Depp #Neil Burger #Science fiction #Tye Sheridan

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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year

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Divergent (2014)

Divergent is a post-apocalyptic adventure film populated by teenagers, meant for teenagers and conceived by teenagers - at least that's what it feels like. Even if you can get past the story’s rickety premise, you'll be constantly reminded of other, better movies you'd rather be watching.

In a post-war future, only the city of Chicago remains. Society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (humble people who are in charge of governing the society and ensuring everyone has enough to eat), Amity (farmers), Candor (judges and lawmakers, known for their brutal honesty), Dauntless (the thrill-seeking, bungee-jumping tattoo-clad police and army) and Erudite (the scientists). When it comes time for Beatrice “Tris” Prior (Shailene Woodley) to take the test that determines which faction she belongs to, the results are inconclusive. Rather than expose herself as “Divergent”, she chooses Dauntless. As she trains to meet the demanding requirements of her new “family”, she discovers a massive conspiracy to overtake the government.

On paper, the concept may not seem so unbelievable but seeing it live raises many questions. People are categorized at the age of 16 and their personalities remain static forever? And we're supposed to believe the snooty know-it-all Erudite people are the ones fixing the high-tech wall surrounding the city from impending attack (from what, exactly?) Or are the farmers also serving as plumbers and garbage men? Perhaps the factionless - shambling, miserable wretches who are alternatively pitied and hated by the rest - are the ones running gas stations and such. What I’m saying is that the five factions we see don’t seem like enough to run a city. You simply don’t believe the world this film is set in.

Moving past what would ultimately be nitpicking if the story and characters were engaging, we have Triss, a vanilla protagonist who struggles to pass the various physical and mental tests demanded by sexy instructor “Four” (Theo James). It’s by-the-books high school business with the generic bully (Miles Teller as Peter), the romantic drama and the best friend who also didn't expect to join the fun-loving faction that seems more concerned with tattoos than actual law enforcement (Zoë Kravitz as Christina). Except the stakes are higher because if Tris fails her exam, she’ll end up family-less and homeless.

It culminates in a confrontation between Tris and a few individuals against – of course – the “smart faction” who has used mind control technology to turn the Dauntless into robots and is slaughtering every member of Abnegation. It’s one of those films where you almost wish you could see the villains win and find out what would happen next. I don’t know if the factions are supposed to be balanced in terms of numbers – I don't think so as a quarter of the new Dauntless recruits have been banished to the factionless slums after failing the leaders’ outrageous demands - but if there’s a group that’s smaller than the rest, it’s got to be the “smarter than everyone else” people. Had their plan succeeded… what was their next move? Were they just going to expect everyone else in Chicago to be ok with the wholesale slaughter of the previous politicians? Would the police have been kept under mind control forever? It’s one thing to spread rumors and shake people’s beliefs in the government, it’s another to wipe out a fifth of the human population!

Despite the numerous problems with the story, you can see why this tale has appeal to its intended audience. The scenes of Tris using her wits to pass her exams in a way that doesn’t reveal her “out-of-the-box Divergent thinking” are interesting. Shailene Woodley is a compelling lead. Neither of these would ever make you watch Divergent over Harry Potter or the very similar Hunger Games, however. (On Blu-ray, September 7, 2018)

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