I’m just going to point out that the image above was done by me and not Jules – lol who am I kidding you all know that’s not Jules’ brilliance. Anway, for reasons beyond Jules’ control she was unable to finalise this week’s promo edit. Rest assured I only stepped in for emergency purposes. Now on to regular programming.  I cannot believe it – how is it December. I’ve been doing these week in reviews for just over a year now.  Where has the time gone.  Oh yeah I have spent most of it looking for Rob’s films at theatres and info about them that I think the year just disappeared. LIFE: I am forever saying how much I love BTS stills, they give us a glimpse into a world we rarely see. Keep them coming I say. Also, there are so many screenings of the film coming up and I’m not just talking about first time release. How great is it that Télérama is acknowledging what a great film Life is by including it in their 2016 Festival. I love that there are also random screenings around the UK and the Netherlands. Turkey, the US & Canada have also unleashed the film this week. Unfortunately for Indonesia though they have pushed back their release until 2016 something to do with classification I believe. As you know I’ve spent some considerable time searching for theatre screenings and found that there are quite a few variations to the release dates in the US & Canada between 1 Dec 2015 to January 2016, so make sure you check out our post that I’ve sticky’d to the top of the site. Also don’t forget you can watch it on demand and download on iTunes. I tweeted some interesting articles – one from Kasey Lea who plays James Dean’s cousin in the film who had some lovely words about Rob (and Dane) and one of Dane’s recent interviews. Speaking of Dane, he was tweeting away promoting the film and knows how to get our attention. I updated the international review post – I loved the Sun-Times quote “further evidence [Pattinson’s] a legitimate actor with a bright future, & the willingness to sublimate ego in favor of craft”. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: I updated the international reviews for this film too with a great one about Rob “Robert Pattinson is the only one who makes sense as T.E. Lawrence”. Yes Rob is always one of the few making complete sense. What about that gorgeous BTS still of Rob and the cubs. Still jealous. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: I love that we are bombarded with Rob on our TV. It’s also funny that we get an interview with Francis Lawrence and he’s asked about working with Rob. Always interesting to hear an outsider’s opinion even if it does ruffle some feathers. HIGH LIFE: Des Hamilton Casting is looking for an 17-28 yo female with Albinism.  This movie fascinates me. It was great to see that the Franco-German Film Meeting culminated in some cash going Claire Denis way for this film. As I said, one step closer. THE TRAP:  Waiting for that “visual assault” Harmony. I know you won’t disappoint. IN OTHER NEWS:  I came across an article on Camille Rowe which mentioned how great the Dior campaign with Rob was for her career. I couldn’t go past posting that vid of Rob from Harry Potter days – 10 years. I wonder what that Rob would think of today’s Rob.  As we head quickly towards Christmas, let’s see what next week brings shall we. I know I’ve been good Santa – just saying. Until then …
LIFE
Release dates, screenings & film festivals:  US & Canada from 1 Dec to January 2016 | France - Télérama-AFCAE Festival 2016 | Netherlands – Arthouse Movie W | Surrey (UK) 2016 | Malaysia | Bath Film Festival 2015 | Singapore
New BTS Still
New Clip featuring Rob and Jack Fulton (Rodney)
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Let’s take a look at what’s happened in the world of Rob this week. LIFE: Life keeps popping up with release dates and special screenings.  I know I posted that Turkey would release the film on 4 December and  Marsgate Cinemas has it listed in the coming soon for that date. Ropery Hall, North Lincolnshire is having a screening in March 2016 and it’s never too early to pencil that into your diary. I’ve also updated the US Cinema Screenings adding Denver and San Diego to the list.  Cineplex Canada also confirmed to me that it will be “selected” cinemas premiering the film in Canada on 4 December 2015.  I found a Vancouver cinema that will screen Life between 6 and 9 December.  Also we’re still all pondering whether that’s a new still or a screencap? Who knows since it’s so hard to tell. Seems a good quality screencap though. Japan is gearing up for the release in December and it’s doing some wonderful tie ins, a cafe serving 1950s food, a James Dean photo exhibition including double passes and totes and apparently the movie was voted in the best dressed awards. I don’t know what to make of that lol. How cool is @mykromag’s black and white vid though – sometimes I wish Anton had filmed the entire movie in black and white. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: Can’t believe South Korea just sprung it on us that they’re screening the film as part of their Cine Cube Film Festival on Sunday. Lucky ducks. Lebanon you are giving me whiplash with the changing of release dates as are you Jordan. I hope these two new dates stick. GOOD TIME: “Major Hollywood Actor” is how Rob is described in the open casting call. I also saw the words “prison scene” and “bad boy” and I’m officially *DED*. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: I’ve been keeping an eye out for the Dubai Intl. Film Festival dates and I noticed on Wednesday morning that they removed the poster previously shown for the film and replaced it with that great pic of Rob as Charles Marker. They eventually updated dates and times that evening too so now we know it’s at 2.15 pm on 12 and 16 December 2015. You can also purchase individual tickets for the screenings.  Sally found a great article in AnOtherMag including TCoaL as one of ten exceptionally underrated films “Robert Pattinson pops up as a politico, but the most revelatory thing is Scott Walker’s ominous and inspired, thundering score.” Everyone mentions the score. I can’t wait to see and hear this film. HIGH LIFE: The Guardian mentioned High Life as part of an article on upcoming sci-fi films.  Thanks to Sally for finding that one. IN OTHER NEWS: Werner Herzog is hosting his Rogue Film School in March 2016. What an amazing opportunity. I laughed to myself when I read the conditions that said no photography, no mobile phones – given that Werner refuses to have a mobile. Smart man.  Anton Corbijn’s on the jury of the Marrakech Film Festival – I hope they include one of Rob’s films in their lineup.  How great to see that The Rover still makes it onto some cinema screens especially in regional towns. What a treat.  Cassian Elwes was asked by Vanessa what Rob was like to work with and it’s no surprise that his answer was “He’s so talented and so nice”. Also for those who are always interested in how a film is distributed, marketed and the costs involved I tweeted an article by InsideFilm. It’s so informative as is the full article that is on the screenblog. As the article mentions, it’s pretty rare to get this amount of in depth information about the industry.  I very much recommend that you have a read especially since it talks about not always having access to the film’s cast to help promote. So that’s it for me this week, I have an inkling that we may get some new photoshoot pics  – not sure why but it’s been on my mind for the past few days. Fingers crossed. Until next week …
LIFE
Release Dates, Film Festivals & Special Screenings:  Ropery Hall, North Lincolnshire | US Cinemas – Denver | Geneva | US – San Diego & VOD info | Canada – Vancouver
International Reviews Updated *23 November 2015*
US TV Spot
*NEW*? Pic Of Rob In ‘LIFE’
@mykromag posts Black and White Teaser Vid on Instagram
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It’s been a really busy week for me so I probably won’t have a lot to say since a lot of my searching time was hampered by real life. In any event, we’ve had some great throwbacks of Rob this week – like that great pic from the Uniqlo Megastore opening in London in 2007. As expected Rob attended the 8th Go Go Gala in LA and didn’t we get some incredibly dapper photos of him. What about Rob and Vin Diesel I really would like to see him behind the wheel of a fast car in Furious 8 after all he is buddies with Michelle Rodriguez. QUEEN OF THE DESERT:  For those living in LA, they had their chance to see a special screening of the film and a Q&A with Werner. Werner is such a trooper turning up with a cracked rib apparently.  The Middle East seems to be gearing up for the release of the film – finally. And I actually got around to finishing up the reviews that have been out since September – blame me going on holidays, life getting busy and release dates taking priority. LIFE: Vertigo Films has been promoting the upcoming release of the film on 20 November. Check out our timeline for lots of retweets like this.  MPictures Thailand has equally been promoting.  I tweeted a link to an interview of Anton’s where he talks about the film, but it is dubbed in Spanish. I did post an English interview done in Spain, which is quite interesting for those who love Anton’s work as well as Rob. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: I was hoping that we would eventually get a poster for this film and thanks to the Dubai Intl Film Festival we did. I originally posted a teeny tiny version but thanks to @Nicole2Dogs for the heads up that there was a UHQ version finally on the Dubai Intl FF website. I also found the still of Rob in a huge size, not UHQ because there’s nothing Ultra High about the quality of that pic – other than Rob being in it. I finally put together a roundup of reviews for the film from Venice that I missed and also from SEFF. I’ll add to this review post as the film is slowly released around the world. And I’m still hoping that we see it at Sydney Film Festival. I noticed that the World Cinema Director at Dubai is none other than Nashen Moodley the director of our very own film festival in Sydney. Fingers crossed. Sadly TCoaL didn’t win the Golden Giraldillo at SEFF15.  NEWS I TWEETED: It seems that Madrid is having a premiere screening of Life on 19 November 2015. You can win tickets or buy them.  Don’t forget if you live in Canberra or close by tomorrow is the last chance you will have to see Queen of the Desert at the British Film Festival. Don’t worry as I mentioned previously, the film is still listed in Transmission’s coming soon for 2016. Also don’t forget Life is out now in Thailand check out which cinemas here.  And this isn’t related to Rob but it was brought to my attention. It’s a kickstarter program for a doco on fangirls called “I Used To Be Normal”.  Fascinating – hope it gets made. So let’s see what next week shall bring. Whatever it is, we know it’s going to be great since it involves Rob. Until then.
QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Release Date, Film Festivals & Special Screenings:  Bahrain, Oman & Qatar | Iraq | Jordan
Movie Reviews: Â International Roundup
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It’s a big week here at RPAU.  Seven years online is an achievement I wasn’t sure we would make or to be honest, had no idea would happen when I first got involved in February 2009. I remember how excited I was when Cilla approached me to see if I was interested in posting on the site. And I won’t forget that my first post attracted a negative comment that I still remember today because apparently I wasn’t being objective enough about Rob. Which is ironic because this person wasn’t being objective enough about my post. Anyway, I guess it was an introduction into what putting yourself out there on the internet really is all about. The fandom has changed over the years, but one thing that hasn’t is our love and desire to bring you all things Rob career wise and haven’t we had a ride. We look forward to continuing the promotion of Rob for many years to come. LIFE: For the Italian promo F Magazine interviewed Rob. I’m always a little wary of interviews that seem to focus on Rob’s private life given that we know he rarely, if ever, discusses it. We did get some great quotes from Rob though, like how he’s unpredictable and that he’s not afraid to take a challenge. Japan finally locked in a release date in December, as well as a few dates in January. M Pictures (Thai distributors) updated their Facebook coversheet and photo in the lead up to its release on 12 Nov. and then they tweeted the evolution of Rob’s career. They’re also holding an interesting little contest to win double passes with 5 guys engaging in a James Dean makeover. France is also gearing up for the DVD|Bluray release in January 2016. Vertigo Films unleashed the official Spanish website for the film prior to its 20 Nov release too. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: The game of chess for release dates continue. Poland has moved the release back by 3 weeks to April. For Aussies concerned about missing out on the screenings during the Brit Film Festival which concludes next week, don’t worry, the film is still included in Transmission’s coming soon schedule for 2016. Macedonians are included in the lucky peeps getting a chance to see the film this year with it’s Gala Premiere at CineDays. Werner Herzog had some lovely things to say about Rob too. HIGH LIFE: Patricia Arquette is now listed on IMDbPro under “High Life” and Vulture listed Claire and Rob in their article about 100 women directors Hollywood should hire which was a very interested read. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER:  I was reading an article about LEFFEST and noticed they mentioned that NOS was the distributor of the film in Portugal. Hopefully they’re not just talking about the Festival. I also went to check on ticket sale links for the festival and noticed that they had removed the screening that was to happen at Estoril on 12 November.  Perhaps as I said in the post, that was a media screening and not for general public. Or maybe they just decided to have the first screening perhaps premiere at Lisbon at 9.30 pm. The film is also been shown to potential distributors at American Film Market, we had our first review from The Hollywood Reporter who attended and surprise surprise it’s not a favourable review. Don’t read it if you don’t want spoilers, because thanks to this reviewer they pretty much left nothing to the imagination – other than Rob’s performance which wasn’t even mentioned. LOST CITY OF Z:  I know we know it’s finished filming, but it’s always good to see the words “post production” in print. Last day of filming was definitely 31 October 2015. Now we do what we always do when it comes to Rob’s film releases – patiently (or not so patiently) wait. GOOD TIME: Speaking of patiently waiting, the Safdie Bros tweeted confirmation of their cinematographer for the film. In addition to that, thanks to the keen eye of @Robjectify, we also had confirmation of the shoot dates in New York in Jan/Feb 2016 and some more plot and character info. Exciting  times ahead. THE ROVER: I added the preorder links for the blu-ray|DVD release for Japan, which as you may recall is 6 January 2016. IN OTHER NEWS: Rob was named as a First Ambassador for GOCampaign, which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering how he has supported the GOGO Galas over the past few years. Rob also attend the MOBO Awards – he’s a beautiful soul isn’t he – yeah stating the bleedin’ obvious. THINGS I TWEETED ABOUT:  Esquire tweeted an article about the new Dennis Stock book on James Dean.  Mia Goth has been nominated for “Most Promising Newcomer” at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and the HQs continue on what we might have to rename HQ Monday.  Rob was so cheeky at Comic-Con in 2009. Next week brings us the GoGo Gala Dinner on 12 November and well I can’t wait to see what else unfolds.  Until then  …
LIFE
Release Dates, Film Festivals & Distributors: Japan | France DVD|Bluray
Print Interview with F Magazine Italy
Vertigo Films (Spain) Launches Official Website
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Holy wow – Rob as Henry Costin was a feast for the eyes wasn’t it and I could not think of a better way to start off this week.  Other than getting another set photo from Northern Ireland of Rob sitting in the mud. Whoever said I don’t like Mondays clearly didn’t have incentive like we did this week. And that happened before Posh spoilt us with 196 photos of Rome Rob. I think I may have almost passed out even though we had seen most before, they were either not HQ or tagged. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER:  Remember the special screening and Q&A at Pleasantville? PattinsonPro attended and if you want to see what she says then click here. I also tweeted the opinions of others – WendyBeth and CandyQ – there’s a few from Candy so you might want to check out either our’s or Candy’s timeline. No real spoilers just making us even more excited to see this film. The Burns Film Centre tweeted a photo of Jonathan Demme with Brady Corbet from the weekend screening of The Childhood of a Leader too. Also, last week we posted that the film would have it’s premiere in Spain at the European Film Festival Seville, but what we didn’t know or realise then was that it will be included in the official competition. We also now have the dates and screening times for LEFFest. HIGH LIFE: Patricia “Freakin” Arquette. That.is.all. Actually there’s a great interview/article about Claire Denis that I’ve tweeted about before, but I just realised that she actually mentions Patricia so I’ve retweeted it. Great read. Also KFTV claims the film is slated to shoot in Cologne in April 2016. Time will tell I guess. I also tweeted a link to a great indepth interview with Claire Denis for those who, as I said, like me want to familiarise themselves with her. Or a more recent interview at Cannes this year. IMDbPro also updated to change the “Untitled Project” to “High Life”. LIFE: Canada’s release date has been pushed back from 6 November 2015 to 4 December 2015 and according to IMDbPro it’s claiming to be a limited release. Indonesia will also see the film at a later stage, with Feat Pics confirming to us they are now planning to release in early December 2015. Anton attended the screening in Japan and had a few nice things to say about Rob. GOOD TIME: It’s been rumoured that Good Time will film in New York some time this month and according to Production Weekly, it just might be on schedule. Not much information has been available for this film, I like that they are keeping their cards close to their chests. I also noticed that a casting director is now attached to the film *clapshands* LOST CITY OF Z:  It’s a wrap! One step closer. THE TRAP:  I noticed that DCM, one of the production companies (and distributors) mentions more info coming soon about The Trap on their website.  I’ll keep that on my radar. QUEEN OF THE DESERT: I tweeted a link to a Q&A with the Key Art Designer for Queen of the Desert, Chris Sousa Ebels where he describes working on the film as a highlight of his career and also how the film’s theatrical poster came about. Interesting read. You know what else was interesting – the actual film. I had a chance to see it yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Not sure if I’m going to write up a review, will see if I get a chance as I have a few things going on at the moment, but Rob’s performance is wonderful and the film as a whole I found totally absorbing. And we all know my love of Kidman and Franco and I actually enjoyed their scenes together. I found that the only review of the film that I paid any attention to was Jess Ellicott’s and I have to say she is 100% on point. IN OTHER NEWS: For those living in Cork, Ireland, the Safdie Brothers “Heaven Knows What” is screening as part of the Cork Film Festival. I know it’s on my list of movies to see whilst I’m on holidays over Christmas/New Year. I really have to give up my day job in order to catch up with everything. Looking forward to seeing what next week brings.  Cannot believe it is November already.  Until then …
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Queen of the Desert tix now avail:  AFI Fest (US) | British Film Festival Palace Cinemas | Ljubljanksi FF
The Childhood of a Leader tix now avail: Â LEFFEST
LOST CITY OF Z
New Photo of Rob as Henry Costin
New Northern Ireland Set Photo
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