Monday you spoil us so.  THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: Excitement ramped up by 1000 – I don’t know how Carmel can stay away from trailers, but I take my hat off to her. I of course can’t.  How many days … thank GOD it’s playing at Sydney Film Festival because I need to see this film. I like that some trailer comments were “definitely keeping an eye on this one”. Even Michael Epp is excited. BamCinemaFest has scheduled their North American premiere of the film for 23 June and London is also unleashing the film in the Best Feature competition at EastEnd Film Festival on 1 July 2016. Have to thank Metrodome for giving us another great still of Robert as Charles Marker. I’ve also updated the movie review roundup given the release in Sweden – espeicially when you see quotes like “[Pattinson] once again in a small role, proving why he is something more than the actor who once played an iconic glittery vampire.” QUEEN OF THE DESERT:  I updated the Australian cinemas post with a few more cinemas – there’s definitely a much wider release for this film which is great. We also now have a release date for New Zealand in June and Italy has confirmed the DVD|Bluray release date in July. I also tweeted a link to a really good read about Gertrude Bell if anyone is interested. Oh and remember when we posted that Italy was getting the film in September? I’ve been told by an Italian cinema that QotD will be seen on screens in Italy “in the fall”. LIFE:  The release date for Brazil has been pushed back a few weeks in July. Film1 in the Netherlands is screening the film from June to July. And I found that Thailand released their DVD & Bluray on 20 April 2016. Better late than never for those who like to collect DVDs from different regions. LOST CITY OF Z: I tweeted that Elite is most definitely the distributor for The Lost City of Z in Switzerland. No release dates as yet, but watch this space.  Also, Deadline reported that promo footage was shown at Cannes. DIOR: Wowza those Peter Lindbergh shots. I can’t stop staring at them. THE ROVER: Theirry Fremaux says some lovely things in his introductory video for Canal+Cinema’s 10 movies that are screening as part of a look back over the Cannes Film Festival.  Some nice footage of Robert (and David) too. Correction: Thanks to Pattinson Art Work The Rover screened on 18 May not 22 May as we suggested. #WeGOforRob $30,000 for Robert’s 30 years – easy peasey. Have to take my hat off to all of Robert’s fans who have contributed – wonderful effort, but even if you are unable to contribute financially, just retweeting or if you’re not on Twitter – letting others know about what GO Campaign does is showing support. IN OTHER NEWS:  If you are in the Czech Republic then you’re lucky enough to have Cosmopolis and The Rover on your TV screens. Also for those who have access to HBO Now in the US, Maps to the Stars will be available from 1 June. As we wait for news on High Life filming, Creative Artists and Wild Bunch (both Sales Representatives) were added to High Life’s IMDbPro page. That’s good to see. Surprisingly I don’t have as much to say this week so until next Sunday …

THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER

Release Dates, Special Screenings and Film Festivals:  BAMCinemaFest (US) | East End Film Fest (UK)

*New* Official Trailer via TriArt Film (Includes Robert)

Gifs & Screencaps from Official Trailer

*NEW* Still

International Revew Roundup Updated 22 May 2016

 

Lots of surprises this week including Rob in the window of Dior Homme Sydney and The Childhood of a Leader one of 12 films in competition at 2016 Sydney Film Festival. What a fabulous week we’ve had but it was expected that this week would be special given that Robert turned 30 on Friday. Now let’s get into it. DIOR:  Seeing Rob in the window of Dior Homme’s Sydney Menswear store is definitely a great way to kick off a Monday.  Also very grateful to Dior Homme Sydney for sending us the press kit which gave us the official information about the sunglasses Rob has been wearing in the campaign. Rob’s also been unleashed in Hong Kong which we know thanks to @MyEllaRella. She has a bunch of pics which entices me to get back to HK! MET GALA 2016:  A few more photos from inside the Gala have surfaced thanks to Posh. QUEEN OF THE DESERT:  Updated the list of cinemas screening the film in Australia. Also tweeted about ticket competition via BMagBrisbane (closes 23 May 2016).  Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne are screening the film as part of their Golden Movie Club on 25 May 2016.  The catch? Not only do you have to be a Golden Club Member, but you have to be 60+ to join that Club.  The advantage is tix are only $6 and you can take 3 friends who will pay the same – $6. HIGH LIFE: Robert might not have a film at Cannes this year, but he has one for presale. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: Film festival darling – that’s what I”m going to call this film.  We now have a date and time for Paris and I am still pinching myself that it was indeed included in competition as part of the Sydney Film Festival. Loved seeing it in the printed guide which I of course had to get.  Just waiting on BAMCinemaFest to get their act together and tell us the date. We were spoilt with new stills/photos of Robert as Charles Marker – thank you Posh for the larger pics *mwah*. With the release of the film in Sweden this week I updated the Movie Review post and TriArt Film shared a great little poster. Speaking of posters – there’s also a new poster featuring Tom Sweet – it’s included with BAMCinemaFest post. The only downside this week to TCOAL was the journo who interviewed Brady. Why you would ruin the ending of a film for anyone is just plain stupidity. Seriously could not believe it when I read it – have managed to say relatively spoiler free until then. So please if you don’t want details of a final scene don’t click on the source link. I’ve refused to add it to the post. #weGOforRob: $17,400 and counting.  Incredible effort for everyone. Makes me smile when I think we can all band together and do some good in honour of Robert. THE LOST CITY OF Z: Looks like Bulgaria has joined the release date queue for this year.  Would be amazing if we had 3 of Rob’s films to watch this year at the cinema. IN OTHER NEWS: Hope you enjoyed our 30 hour countdown to Robert’s birthday – we definitely had fun selecting our 7 pics each – hmm perhaps we could do that randomly each month to celebrate Robert’s 30th all year. Off to hold a meeting.  Caitlin Cronenberg spoilt us with her pics from Cannes 2012 too. Well let’s see if we hear some High Life filming news next week or even a new film coming out of sales from Cannes? You just never know when it comes to what Rob has up his sleeve.  Until then …

DIOR

Autumn Ready To Wear Campaign Hits Sydney

Robert Wears DiorComposit1.0 Sunglasses in Campaign

 

What a way to start the week (although technically for us it was Tuesday) MetGala Robert Pattinson. I hope he realises that we are now going to be expecting this every year – no pressure Rob.  METGALA2016: Wowza that first candid of Rob smoking. That’ll do me for the entire year .. honestly.  So many great photos of Robert that it’s impossible to single one out here (other than the smoking pic) and the Mario Testino instagram photo of Rob holding FKATwigs’ handbag.  I love his cheeky face – he’s such a character. Pretty sure we have over 500 pics from the event and I might have a few more once I digest them all and work out what may not have yet been posted. Big shout out to Posh who has spoilt us beyond words with this event. QUEEN OF THE DESERT:  So many Aussie cinemas have come on board to screen this film. I’ve updated the list especially since Tasmania finally got their act together – still happy dancing for you Michelle.  It’s definitely a wider release than LIFE.  Robert on the big screen is a must at least once a year. Don’t forget to enter the Weekend Edition competition for your chance to win 1 of 10 double passes and also the ABC Radio National competition.  Sometimes I’ll tweet smaller comps as we head towards 2 June so keep an eye on our Twitter on the sidebar of the site. Singapore Airlines will be screening the film on its in flight services for the month of June.  Anyone who wants to see the movie in Turkey has no excuse now that the distributor, Chantier Films, has provided a detailed list of cinemas who will be screening the film. SAPOMag has confirmed 9 June release date for Portugal. #weGOforRob:  Didn’t take this fandom long to reach the $13k target which is a marvelous result. Now we have a new target to achieve – $17,000 with an overall target of $30,000 for this year until the GO campaign (normally in November). I know this fandom can do this, without a doubt. It’s great to see it banding together to continue to raise more funds to help others. Robert must be chuffed.  THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: Looks like Paris will get a screening as part of Champs-Élysées Film Festival – no definite date but I will keep you all posted. Studio L’Equipe also tweeted last night that the film would be screening in Paris. I like that Brady is including one of Claire Denis’ movies in his Carte Blanche. THE LOST CITY OF Z: We already knew about the proposed 1 December 2016 release date for Portugal, but it was confirmed in SAPOMag which is a more reliable source. Thanks to @justoneofus1 who gave me the heads up for this and also for QotD. IN OTHER NEWS:  David Cronenberg will be playing God in a film – I thought this only fitting since he’s like a God to us because of what he did for Robert’s career. The Safdie Bros “Heaven Knows What‘ has been released in UK cinemas.  If you get a chance to see this intense film – do it.  Dior let us know that Rob was wearing Dior at the Met Gala.  Toby Antsis shared an old photo with Robert from when he interviewed him for Breaking Dawn Pt 1. It wasn’t a photo we hadn’t seen before but it seemed to be a close up version. Also High Life was mentioned in Ioncinema’s article about movies filming in May.  Lastly, if anyone is interested in watching the documentary about The Met Gala, Dendy cinemas is premiering on 11 May – you may recall there is a one second glimpse of Rob in the trailer (about 2.06). Filmink did an article about actors who have hit the cutting room floor *sniffsRawdy*. Fingers crossed we get news about High Life filming next week – wouldn’t that be an awesome way to lead into Robert’s 30th birthday which we will celebrating (Saturday) our time.  Hope Robert has an incredible lead up to it.  Until then …

MET GALA 2016 #ManusxMachina

Videos:  Teaser Preparing for Event | Red Carpet

Photos:  First Pic | HQs | MQs | Leaving Hotel (MQs|HQs) | Instagram | Inside Event | HQs Part 2

Montage

 

Where does the week go? Another quieter week this week, but maybe it’s the calm before the storm.  High Life is rumoured to start filming in May after all.  Actually the week ended with a BOOM with that gorgeous new still of Robert. But before I get to that, let’s see what has been going on. THE LOST CITY OF Z: CineArgentinas has a few entries like Mission Blacklist that make me suss about the accuracy, but then they redeem themselves with the accurate current release date for Life. So let’s see what happens shall we. Loving that Studio Canal (NZ) has the film listed in it’s 2017 releases. Also Portugal has listed the release of the film as 1 December 2016. Time will tell I guess. QUEEN OF THE DESERT:  I’ve added more Aussie cinemas to the list of who will screen the film in Oz. All States & Territories except Tassie are currently proposing to screen. Sorry Michelle.  Queen of the Desert (and Robert) are still getting some great reviews – like this one from Albania “Pattinson from his small role has issued a great character,” – haters be damned – which is why I’ve also updated the Review Roundup post. Portugal has joined the release date queue apparently, but I’ll feel more confident with that release date once it’s on NOS’s official site.  Italy has teased before that the DVD/Bluray will be released soon.  Now there is preorder link available but still no an actual release date, but I’ll keep it on a watchlist. THE TRAP: Development unknown – considering what’s been said in the past few months from Harmony Korine this really isn’t a surprise.  Still as I said in the post, whilst it remains on Robert’s “projects in development” I’ll keep it on my radar. LIFE:  David Fleischer wrote a great article about filming in Toronto and focused on Robert and Life. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: Brady Corbet is the American Guest of Honour at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival.  At the moment it only mentions that he will show his films and it may be that that will be part of Brady’s Master Class.  More information is coming so hopefully we might hear that the film is part of yet another film festival.  TriArt Films also shared the Swedish poster for their upcoming release on 13 May 2016. Not to mention we got a new still – still *twirling* I love it when I unearth new beauties. Thanks to the ever generous Posh for sharing the better quality pics with us. *mwah*  These new stills get even more excited to see this movie – I just love the way it’s been filmed – I’m still hoping that in 10 days time we find out that it will be part of Sydney Film Festival because I’ll be crushed if it’s not. #weGOforRob: Another amazing week of generosity from Rob’s fans.  Current total this morning was 11,220.  If you’re curious to know where it’s at, you can always check the details on our sidebar as I update the tally each morning (AEST).  IN OTHER NEWS: I’ve mentioned before the Safdie’s “Heaven Knows What” is an engrossing gritty film that you should definitely make an opportunity to watch. UK people have the chance with the film being released this week in cinemas.  Looking forward to seeing what gems are uncovered next week so until then …

THE LOST CITY OF Z

Distributors, Release Dates & Film Festivals:  Argentina | New Zealand | Portugal

QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Distributors, Release Dates & Film Festivals:  Italy (DVD|Bluray preorder) | Portugal

Australian cinemas listing as “coming soon” updated

Movie Review International Roundup *updated 30 April 2016*

 

It’s been a quieter week this week, or perhaps it’s just me since I’ve had quite a few things going on that have kept me away from being online as much as usual. I’m still in shock at waking up to the news about Prince on Thursday and sad as well. His talent will be sorely missed. GOOD TIME:  I love that Buddy is in the film – he has this presence on screen I can’t explain. Also if you haven’t listened to Buddy on Chillin Island, you should, but cheeky buggers again saying he wasn’t involved in the film, although it’s possible that wasn’t the plan back then.  We now know too that his character’s name is Ray. Curious as to his role - I still remember Buddy’s boxing techniques at the production office during that French intro the Safdie’s did when Heaven Knows What was released in France earlier this year. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: Although quiet on the US front, at least we know the Czech Republic and Slovakia now have a distributor for the film. I’ve also tweeted screening times for one of the Slovakian cinemas.  Also, Palace Cinemas have now added the film under “coming soon” in Victoria, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane.  I was hoping they would – that’s where I initially saw it and will be seeing it there again. The Australian poster has also been unveiled, but no Rob on it. If anyone in Sydney is interested in learning more about Gertrude Bell, WEA is having a 1 day seminar on 27 May.  I came across a brilliant UK review for the trailer that stated  “T. E. Lawrence, played by Robert Pattinson who gives another performance that will, no doubt, further shed prejudices of his Twilight days and cement his place as one of the greatest actors of our time” I’ll definitely be adding that to the movie review post. THE GO CAMPAIGN | #weGOforRob: Amazing effort from Rob’s fans, but we seem to have stalled on  the weekend. Still we have plenty of time to reach that $13,000 goal. Please donate if you can. Also loving Jules edits – loving them not to mention our support banner. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: How cool it reading Liam Cunningham’s excitement for this film – it ramps up mine a couple of notches if that’s even possible. We know that the film will be released in Sweden on 13 May 2016, and I came across a screening on 15 May 2016 at Scala Bio, Bastad and also Arenan Karlstads . It also looks like Sunflower Entertainment are handling VOD and TV rights for the film in Sweden. LIFE:  What a palaver with the Spanish DVD release dates. Is it – isn’t it.  Sheesh. DVDGO was right in the end. Turkey sneakily released its DVD on 19 April too. It wasn’t listed last time I looked at the DVD website. IN OTHER NEWS: Love how much FOXTEL screens Rob’s films. Smart people. If you have an instagram account and feel so inclined you can follow us now.  Well you could have followed us since about a year ago when I uploaded a pic of Robert from the Sydney Press Conference for The Rover, but then we’ve been a little lax.  It’s all systems go now.  Also if you are ever looking for information about Rob’s films you can always check out our dedicated individual film pages which are updated frequently. Well that’s all from me this week. As we heard towards our public holiday tomorrow for ANZAC day  …

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.”

GOOD TIME

Buddy Duress Stars Opposite Robert Pattinson in Good Time

Twirls through RPAU Week in Review this week thanks to Lost City of Z, Good Time and celebrating Jules’ birthday.  LOST CITY OF Z: Marked complete *massivefistpump* GOOD TIME: The Safdie Bros are cheeky buggers aren’t they.  They update IMDb as filming the day after filming’s complete on 23 March and now miraculously on 9 April it’s in post production. Love their style. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: I love that we are getting TE Lawrence promotional pictures in UHQ.  Thank you Posh as always.  I contacted Wanda Films (Spain’s  distributor) this week and they advised they wouldn’t be doing a theatrical release, but they would be releasing on TV. I’m trying to find out whether it’s Netflix etc, so stay tuned. Also, South Africa has pushed the release forward by 2 days – so only 10 days to go South Africa.  THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER:  I updated the reviews with a couple of great ones that have come out of Turkey this week. And no suprise great reviews came out with the film winning the Golden Tulip Special Jury Prize. Wonderful news. I cannot wait to see this film. Ukraine has added the film to its September releases, thanks to Volga who are also releasing in Russia on same day. Sweden has added a DVD/Bluray alert and Kino Zeit (Germany) for cinema release LIFE: The Ukraine were quiet in releasing this film. Lucky I’m on top of it lol. Hong Kong has been posting some great articles on EDKO’s facebook page like this one. Also if you are in The Netherlands, Pathe is still screening the film in April to July. THE GO CAMPAIGN: We are supporting the collaboration of The Go Campaign and @RobPBirthdayPro to raise funds in honour of Rob’s 30th Birthday. It’s an extremely worthy cause and Rob’s fans are so generous.  The target is $13,000 and well I don’t think we will have a problem reaching that as a fandom when you think they raised $2,000 in the first hour.  Keep an eye on our tweets on the sidebar of the site if you’re not following on Twitter or via their websites in our post. I’m also updating the tally on the sidebar each morning and evening so you can keep abreast of how things are going. I don’t normally ask people for money, but just think if a $1,000 donation can empower 2,500 young Nepalese girls to become entrepeneurs – imagine was $13,000 or more could do. Rob’s fans generosity has raised over $120,000 for the GO Campaign. That’s an incredible achievement.  Also as I mentioned, you should follow RobPBirthdayPro as they have some great polls and giveaways happening in the lead up to 13 May.  MAPS TO THE STARS: Can’t think of a better way to spending National Canada Day. THE TRAP:  Auditions on 10 May you say … keeping an eye on this. Seeing Rob and Al Pacino in a film together is a bucket list tick seeing as Bobby De Niro didn’t come to fruition. IN OTHER NEWS: Emilie de Ravin was asked about working with Robert during Remember Me and her response was as expected “Fun and inspiring! He’s quite the comedian and a great actor”. Wow that photo from Rome by Christian Aust. Somehow Michelle and Christian had some kind of telepathy on Monday night since they both posted Rome 2008 pics.  Posh spoilt us yet again with some Dior 2013 shots in much much better quality. Instagram was also giving us some Rob moments. Shame The Lost City of Z wasn’t included in the Cannes line up but the silver lining is that we will probably see Rob at Venice and/or TIFF in August/September. Looking forward to seeing what is unleashed next week.  Remember, if you are able to donate to The GO Campaign please do so – every cent makes a difference to the lives of those who are being helped.  If we all just donated even $1 – imagine the difference that could make.  Until next week …

THE LOST CITY OF Z

Movie News:  IMDbPro Shows Film as “Complete”