THE PURGE Review

THE PURGE is more of a slasher suspense thriller, but not as gory as the standard slasher movies. Much of the movie's strength centers on the thrilling suspense, build-up of things to come, and how the story and the events in the movie unfold. The twist and the turns that are sure to generate an audience reaction, whether their reactions may hate the movie or admire it. [read the rest of the review, click HERE]

Before Midnight moved a week later

The Philippine release date for BEFORE MIDNIGHT has been moved to July 10, 2013. The film was originally set for a July 3 release date [check out this prominent press release which announces that]. But it looks like the slot for the date has been filling up with too many big name movies simultaneously piling up. If there is one lesson we should learn from the Kick-Ass 2 re-sked [check that news HERE], it's that local release dates are indeed subject to change as late as days before the scheduled date. [check out our previous report on the release date]

Before Midnight Philippine Release Date Announced

BEFORE MIDNIGHT gets a Philippine release date. The Richard Linklater film will be set to hit the Philippines on July 3, 2013.[UPDATE: Before Midnight has been moved to July 10. [Check the update HERE]

This movie is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), that features Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in what is an unusually intelligent love story that focuses more on the mature interaction between its two main characters rather than the usual drama and over-sentimentalities of the usual romantic movie.

Before Midnight premiered on January 20, 2013, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It was then scheduled to have its international premiere out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film is set for wide release in the US on June 14, 2013.

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke were recently interviewed by ABS-CBN, and teased the possibility of a fourth movie being set in the Philippines [read full story of that report HERE]. But no formal announcements of a fourth movie were made just yet.

Upcoming Movies: The Purge

Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse Productions are gearing up for the upcoming release of a horror-thriller entitled THE PURGE. Directed by James DeMonaco, the film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey (best known as Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones). This movie boasts a very intruiging, and very scary plot idea, that every year, the government sanctions an annual 12-hour period where everything—including murder—becomes legal. Of course this film is rated R by the US MPAA. The film is due for release on May 31, 2013 in the UK and June 7, 2013 in the US. No release skeds for the Philippines have been announced as of yet. [details & trailer after the jump]

Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater working on "The 12 Year Project" and the third installment to the "Before Sunrise" series

Despite admitting that he had “gotten into trouble” and was now “sworn to secrecy,” Ethan Hawke confirmed that he and his longtime collaborator Richard Linklater would be shooting a follow-up to their critically acclaimed films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset this summer.

Almost ten years passed between the first two films, and we are quickly approaching almost a decade since the last. Though not much else is known about the next installment to this now-trilogy, Linklater and Hawke’s interest in the passage of time is without question.  The two have also been working on The 12-Year Project, literally filming a mere one vignette a year. For more on that project, the Sunset sequel and Hawke’s other recent projects, hit the jump.