brick is a 2005 american neo-noir mystery film written and directed by rian johnson in his directorial debut , starring joseph gordon-levitt .

brick was distributed by focus features , and opened in new york and los angeles on april 7 , 2006 .

the film 's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a californian suburb .

most of the main characters are high school students .

the film draws heavily in plot , characterization , and dialogue from hardboiled classics , especially those by dashiell hammett .

the title refers to a block of heroin , compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick .

the film won the special jury prize for originality of vision at the 2005 sundance film festival , and received positive reviews from critics .

it has come to be regarded as a cult classic .

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brick ( film ) <EOT> brick ( 2005 ) - sundance film festival movie review by william b . nunn

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macguffin title : the " brick " of the title is a heroin brick , the theft of which sets off the film ' s entire plot .

with the headline : film ; recreating ' the age of innocence ' in brick and paint .

· peter bradshaw is the guardian ' s film critic . brick lane screens again today at 4 : 15pm at the london film festival .

· brick lane premieres at the london film festival on october 26 . it opens on general release on november 16

many stars of the film world have trodden the pavements around brick lane , get in touch to be the next . note : brick lane market is only open and operational on sundays .

ruby films said it had been advised by police and tower hamlets council not to film in brick lane area , shoreditch .

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rian said he wrote brick straight out of film school at the age of 23 and started shooting the film the day before his 30th birthday as “…a labour of love . ”

ruby films is now seeking alternative locations for exterior scenes it had been due to film in the brick lane area this weekend .

the production company behind the film adaptation of monica ali ' s book brick lane last night abandoned plans to film on location in the heartland of london ' s bangladeshi community after a campaign from businessmen and traders opposed to the film .

" as the book was saying things against the people of the brick lane area , they shouldn ' t come to do their filming around brick lane .

although brick can be a bit thick , you have to admire the effort .

brick lane . . . community activists are protesting against plans to turn monica ali ' s novel into a film . photograph : david sillitoe

welcome to brick , a film noir by a first - time film - maker set in a california high school . brick is that rare thing : a completely original creation , even though it is stuffed full of references to other work , most notably the detective fiction of dashiell hammett .

the makers of the film brick lane have cancelled filming in the london area where it is set owing to opposition from the bangladeshi community there .

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brick films are stop - motion animation films using lego blocks and lego characters . there’s a strong brick film community and some great examples can be seen in this round - up of the top 10 lego movie tributes on youtube .

following talks with ruby films production company , a spokesman for film four , which is co - financing the film version of ali ' s booker - shortlisted novel , said : " as we would with any film , we have taken advice from police and have decided to film the remaining brick lane scenes at other locations . "

" the people [ of brick lane ] have been humiliated , and they [ the film - makers ] should not come near to them . "

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thank peter , it was our pleasure working with you . . . please share the results and contact us again ! ~ jared brick founding director + photographer brick house media co urltoken

if you really want to see what johnson is capable of , you should watch his best movie : the 2005 , strange and independent film , brick .

well , in brick there ' s two things all over the place : birds and feet .

meanwhile , laura stole another brick [ why was this brick special ? why was everyone talking about it ? ] , thus facilitating the slaughter that takes place at the pin ' s place .

a community action group in tower hamlets has launched a campaign to stop production of a film based on monica ali ' s booker - shortlisted novel , brick lane .

you’re still at the casting stage for looper . i understand you’re in talks with joseph gordon - levitt ( who played the lead in brick ) about the film ?

if you want to answer the questions , " who starred in the movie brick ? " and " what is the full cast list of brick ? " then this page has got you covered .

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analysis of the 2005 neo - noir film brick for a2 media studies ( covers ideas of ; character , setting , camera , sound , editing , narrative theory ) .

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this cast list of who was in brick includes both lead and minor roles . ( 17 items )

brick lane , which was ali ' s debut novel , was shortlisted for the 2003 booker prize .

as i was searching about the backstory making brick , i stumbled upon this making - of shot by l jean schwartz between 2003 ( when brick was shot ) and 2005 , shortly after its release .

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thank you jenn , so glad the 3 series of lessons helped you out , feel free to contact me again for any future assistance . best regards , jared brick , founder of brick house images , urltoken

alas , brick , from writer - director rian johnson , isn ' t as clever as its conceit .

ask movie reddit : could someone explain the plot of brick to me ? i ' m so confused .

brick lane business association chairman mahmoud roug told bbc news it was a " victory for the community " .

brick cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of brick actors includes any brick actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view trivia about each brick actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to a page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of brick have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

brick is a wildly original film noir whose private eye , gangsters and femme fatale are all schoolchildren . its novice director , rian johnson , tells daisy garnett how it came to be made

abdus salique , who is leading the campaign against the filming of brick lane . photograph : guardian / sarah lee

2 . brick doesn’t conform to the generic convention of setting as it is set in an american high school .

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" we want to just get the film finished , " said the spokeswoman .

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a bad yet still enjoyable action flick in paul walker ' s final film .

there’s quite a large collection of creative commons licensed brick films on the urltoken website and music teacher sarah johnston has shortlisted her favourites for use by students in garageband film scoring projects in this list .

in the beginning , when emily calls brendan she already mentions a girl who told her to deal with the brick .

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although some very creative marketing tactics were utilized , the film suffered from poor advertising and failed at the box office , although it has since become a cult film .

what if i need a refund ? brick by brick is only able to issue refunds for shows that have been cancelled and purchased directly through our box office . any tickets purchased online can only be refunded through urltoken ( when applicable ) .

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“film sprout secured hundreds of paid screenings of our film at festivals , museums , universities , and other non - theatrical venues around the world…and increased revenues and raised the profile of the film beyond what we could have done alone or with traditional distribution . ”

what ' s better than a film noir ? a stylized , old - timey , slang - heavy film noir that takes place at a modern - day high school . seattlest recently spoke to rian johnson , writer and director of the highly acclaimed brick , now playing at the neptune theatre .

she framed by causing the theft of the brick to be blamed on emily . i think . can ' t remember .

thank you netalya , it was a pleasure working with you on your new headshots ! we are so excited to see where they take you next . . . onwards ! ~ jared brick , founding director + photographer brick house media co - urltoken

last night ' s london film festival showing of brick lane , the much anticipated movie version of monica ali ' s 2003 novel about a young bangladeshi woman in an arranged marriage in east london , disclosed a gentle , humane film . it was sweetly acted , and evidently conceived by director sarah gavron on a more modest , domestic scale than the book . certainly its gentleness and humour seemed a world away from this summer ' s nasty row , triggered by plans to shoot the film in brick lane itself .

rian johnson , the award - winning writer / director / editor whose debut cult film brick ( 2005 ) won a sundance award gave an inspiring masterclass talk to nfts students with his cousin the composer nathan johnson .

as to the language of the film , i thought it was a smart move to have the brick glossary [ promotional materials ] so you can go into it thinking " oh , ' bulls ' are cops . "

when brick hit at sundance then came out theatrically later in 2005 , the film flipped audience ' s expectations about what both high school dramas and film noir could be . creating such an original combination of two familiar genres did not mean making this film was an easy task for johnson - - far from it . instead , johnson has said that he wrote the original screenplay when he was 23 and made the film when he was 30 , spending his 20s trying to make it happen .

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: what went down between brendan and " jerr " before the events of the film .

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he has also lectured at the beijing film academy , yale , nyu , adelphi , ny state university at purchase and at the city university of new york . in 2012 he endowed the richard brick producing prize at columbia .

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but many in brick lane have distanced themselves from the campaign . even within the group spearheading the protest some elements have urged restraint . lutfur ali , the youngest in the campaign committee , said the film should be allowed to go ahead . " our aim is to sensitise the film - makers to our concerns . "

" brick " is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . it has strong language and some violence .

directed by michel gondry , this brickfilm uses bricks to the extreme , eschewing minifigs in favor of a very brick - centric view .

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few film awards have ever been more deserved than the special jury prize for " originality of vision " that johnson and brick won at the 2005 sundance film festival . ( a few weeks ago , johnson also won the best original screenplay award from the san francisco film critics . ) johnson has parlayed the critical success of brick into the brothers bloom , a film set to begin shooting in march 2007 on a budget 40 to 50 times the $ 500 , 000 it cost to make brick . rachel weisz has been cast as the female lead ; at this writing , there is no word on who will play the eponymous brothers . " we ' re getting very close to a few more ( casting ) coups , " johnson said . " keep your fingers crossed for us . "

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hey rian , thanks alot i am a big fan of brick . and i was planning this weekend to go visit the loactions . thanks

so how did johnson make the transition from brick to brothers bloom ? the independent online caught up with him in london to find out .

“i don’t want you to come kicking in my homeroom door because of something i didn’t do . ” —brendan frye to his vice principal , brick

brick is smart - - perhaps too smart for its own good at times . but in the end , its affectations add up to entertainment .

i just finish coming back from the finding the loactions usedin brick . it was fun . everywhere you shot was not far from each other .

brick is the type of movie that could work as a silent feature , but what will stick with most audiences long after the movie ends is the story johnson manages to tell in under two hours . johnson is a true student of film , and it’s clear from brick that whatever story he’s attacking will pay tribute to the stories that came before it . that’s why polanski’s chinatown and brick are so often paired together ; it almost feels like the sequel that people were waiting on , although with a flair that’s so uniquely his .

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it ' s meant to evoke classic film noir . the main guy ' s girlfriend is dead , and he ' s trying to find out who killed her . the story is him going through the network of gangsters , druggies , goths , jocks , whatever , in order to get to the bottom of it . the " brick " is a brick of heroin ( or something ) .

thanks mariah , we appreciate it , and so glad we could assist you with photo lessons ! our lessons are all about empowering you with photography foundation on your camera ! please continue to share the results . best , ~ jared brick founding director , educator + photographer brick house media co urltoken

take film noir , a generous dose of high school intrigue , a dash of david lynch , and toss them all into a blender . what you get is probably going to be brick . that , or charges for the murder of david lynch .

“reaching the college and community market was critical to our strategy . film sprout not only got us there , but also came up with other inventive ways of getting attention for the film…and earning us revenue . ”

like the best noirs , brick is a triumph of attitude , and there ' s no arguing that its brand of deadpan cool is precisely unique .

high school : in addition to taking place in a high school , brick was filmed in san clemente high school , which the director once attended .

director fritz lang experimented with sound ( and the striking pioneering use of leitmotif , to associate a sound with a film character ) in this early crime film ( and lang ' s first sound film ) . it starred peter lorre ( in his first lead role ) as hans beckert - a child serial murderer .

“film sprout was the perfect partner for us . not only did caitlin boyle and team help us find partners for community screenings , they helped the film make a real impact . they brought the film to new audiences week after week , raised awareness for the project and were simply a pleasure to work with . ”

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joseph gordon - levitt is so good in the film . another great role for him following mysterious skin .

down la drain : the film involved a murder that took place in a tunnel in the viaduct system .

a smart , funny short film with a point . and it ' s less than three minutes long !

one critic said of the film : “if wes anderson and terry gilliam ever had a child , science would be amazed and appalled . but also , it would probably end up making a film like this . "

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the film also made considerable use of matte paintings - projections or paintings placed behind foreground objects to trick audiences into believing the actors were in a different location ( for example , the view of the emerald city at the end of the yellow brick road ) .

eventually his own family stumped up the initial $ 200k investment in brick , which cost a total $ 450k to make and his cousin nathan composed the music for the film in which every character had his own musical theme , like prokofiev’s peter & the wolf .

here’s how much of brick had elapsed when i decided there was no way in hell i was leaving that theater until it was over : 68 seconds .

when she realized that she wasn ' t supposed to have taken the brick , and that laura wasn ' t on the up - and - up .

similarly , johnson has created an extremely strong and loyal fan base through his web site . over the past two years he has posted more than twelve hundred messages to " rian ' s brick forum , " engaging in friendly conversation with the more than nine hundred fans who to date have contacted him . many of them , not incidentally , are film students , film writers and budding filmmakers themselves . ( for the sake of full disclosure , the author of this article has posted eighty - two messages on the brick forum . )

and in many ways , it is . brick is a movie that was never going to be successful or shoved under a microscopic lens in the same way the last jedi will . it’s only because of that freedom that johnson was able to make the film he did . the exploration of film that he wanted to experiment with can be seen in brick . each scene is a poster , each line is well - thought out and defined . each actor knows their place in the story and no one tries to outdo the other .

with the same make of projector and digital sound system as in our copper auditorium and seating 220 people , this auditorium sits within our beautiful grade ii * listed red brick georgian chapel and is used for talks , theatre , music performances , film screenings and more .

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the song " going in for the kill " by la roux was used in the film ' s trailers .

brick is the closest thing to a teenage version of roman polanski’s chinatown ; a noir - film that could exist on the beauty of its shots alone if you removed the dialogue . with the dialogue , however , brick is one of the most captivating films . johnson uses his young cast to tell a story much older than the characters they’re supposed to be playing . there’s an eloquence to brick that most films , independent or otherwise , targeted at teens don’t have . but it also comes across entirely non - chalant , like this was the movie that johnson was always supposed to make .

i’m working on a new project called ‘looper . ’ it’s a science fiction film . it will be very different from bloom or brick , but hopefully still fun . it is a bit weird i suppose , that i’ve gone from high school to cons to sc - fi .

i ' m not aware of the pin sending tug after emily ; i thought laura did . if he did , it was to inquire about the missing brick .

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unreliable narrators – many film noir protagonists are unreliable narrators due to skewed perspectives or medical / psychological conditions like amnesia .

matte artist chesley bonestell created the extraordinary matte paintings used in this film to recreate notre dame cathedral and medieval paris .

a film poster called krysler ' s mark is seen this is a refernce to owen krysler aka the judge child .

about your melding of genres . . . while you do make use of light and shadows , which are always seen in noir , i have to say that brick is the sunniest noir film i ' ve ever seen . so why stage a detective story in a california high school ?

five years after his first film , rian got to make the sci - fi blockbuster looper ( 2012 ) that gave him the chance to work with a list stars such as bruce willis , emily blunt , paul dano and joseph gordon - levitt who he’d first worked before on brick .

american filmmaker rian johnson is a happy textbook story : after a childhood spent making films using his cousins for cast and crew during summer , johnson wrote his first feature film , brick , at age 24 , in 1997 , and spent the next six years trying to find the money .

with kenneth murphy . brick is also executive producer of shadow 19 , an original science - fiction feature written by jon spaihts in development by joel silver at warner brothers .

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a witty , convoluted , breathlessly exciting variation on film noir set in a modern - day california high school , brick boasts a terrific ensemble cast led by joseph gordon - levitt as brendan frye , a courageous teenage gumshoe out to solve the drug - related murder of his ex - girlfriend .

in the event , the producers filmed very little in brick lane and the protest dwindled away . but not before the brick lane movie had almost played a part in britain ' s unedifying history of mob - activist censorship in art forms high and low : from monty python ' s life of brian to gurpreet kaur bhatti ' s play behzti .

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however , multiple investment documents and state cease and desist orders link the carrolls to companies fund - raising for the film .

the police service has released the short public information film called ‘stay safe : firearms and weapons attack’ which sets out the key options for keeping safe should the worst happen . you can watch the film on the national police chiefs’ council youtube account .

if you saw the internet in passing last week , you just might have caught wind of a small story about rian johnson joining a modestly successful sci - fi franchise to write and direct a future episode . for his sake , i certainly hope the first movie in the announced trilogy doesn ' t tank , or johnson may be out of a job . as i read that story , i was reminded of the austin film festival script - to - screen panel i moderated with johnson this past october to discuss his first feature film , the high school film noir brick . now only days away from principal photography on my first feature film , this feels like the perfect time to revisit our conversation to learn from johnson and his experiences making this original take on the film noir genre .

paul walker ’s “ brick mansions ” took in a moderate $ 400 , 000 in late - night thursday showings in the u . s . , according to industry estimates .

while film critics and fans debated the value of time - travel and whether they would ‘…go back in time to kill hitler” or not , for rian the film was , “…about the feeling of reacting to something you’re angry about , the primeval instinct to inflict violence as a response & the fact that’s not really healthy . the film is about violence vs . nurturing . ”

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i grew up making movies really . as teenager i went everywhere with a camera in my hand . i studied at the university of southern california’s school of cinematic arts and wrote the script for brick virtually straight out of college . i then spent most of my twenties trying to get the film made .

brick is one of my all time favorites , and one of the best " first films " i ' ve ever seen . johnson ' s one of the best working today .

even though it takes place in the modern day , the characters in brick all speak in an invented slang closely based off of vernacular speech in the ' 20s , ' 30s , and ' 40s . the high school social cliques match surprisingly well with traditional noir archetypes . much like its inspirations ( such as the noir classic , the maltese falcon ) , one of brick ' s main strengths is in its hard - boiled dialogue . the film also boasts excellent cinematography and strong performances .

brick lane as a film location is a microcosm of londons shifting ethnic patterns . what used to be poor slums and an area riddled with crime for the jack the ripper murders , is now the funky , vibrant , trend setting heart of east london , leading the way in vintage goods and underground cool .

says they did , but he edited the film to leave the doubt because they wouldn ' t in the land of fiction .

i liked the film when i first saw it , but it wasn ' t that great the last time i saw it .

johnson is clearly inspired by old school noir films and it shows here . his direction is very creative for such a low budget feature and his editing keeps the film visually interesting . it felt like a darker , more grounded edgar wright film at points .

chiaroscuro lighting – on the black & white film stock , this high - contrast lighting produced brilliant focus points and deep shadows .

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when i think of brick , the first thing that comes to mind is the dialogue . not only is the dialogue specific to film noir , the slang is specific to brick itself . in fact , the slang is so specific , even the film ' s protagonist brendan has to run new slang terms by his intelligence counterpart ( aptly named the brain ) to figure out what they mean . with such heightened dialogue , johnson certainly ran the risk of alienating his audience . at the aff panel , we screened the first dialogue scene of the film when brendan takes a distressed phone call from emily at a pay phone . i then asked johnson to walk us through this scene and how he used it to introduce both the story and his stylized dialogue :

but the lead convener of the campaign against monica ali ' s film brick lane , officially launched yesterday , vowed to continue with the protest irrespective of where the movie is filmed . abdus salique threatened to burn ali ' s book at a rally on sunday which is expected to be attended by hundreds of protesters .

movie simply called brick suggests a musical version of tennessee williams ' s cat on a hot tin roof , though that would need to be accompanied by an exclamation mark . the film is , in fact , a refreshing private - eye thriller in a style now widely identified as neo - noir , and the brick in question is a block of heroin . the term film noir was coined in 1946 by french critic lino frank to describe the dark hollywood melodramas that flooded parisian cinemas after the end of the nazi occupation and there ' s now a pretty general agreement that its heyday was from the early 1940s to the late 1950s .

' brick ' refers to a brick of heroin , which sounds like a familiar term but is in fact invented . the names of the protagonists are equally inventive : as well as the pin and brendan ( played by joseph gordon - levitt , best known for his performance in the television series 3rd rock from the sun ) , we have dode , biff and frisco .

if nothing else , the concept of a high school film noir is a shrewd attention - getting move for a first - time filmmaker like mr . johnson . " brick " was duly awarded the sundance film festival ' s special jury prize for originality of vision in 2005 . its raw ambition certainly puts it near the head of its class in contemporary teenage dramas . but what does that mean in a genre dominated by c students and worse ? the word " class " is a misnomer , since there ' s not a classroom in sight in " brick . " the main action takes place outside in the high school parking lot .

brick mansions is a non - starter : it chokes on its déjà vu , the hyperactive mixmaster editing is exhausting and the characters ' banter is so leaden it might violate federal emission standards .

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brick has already won the sundance film festival ' s coveted special jury prize for originality of vision , and the new yorker has declared it ' one of the most entertaining pictures this year ' . ' seriously , i ' m waiting for people to discover that we ' re a big scam , ' he adds , laughing .

5 . brendan - theprotagonistbrendan is the only one who doesn’t smoke or drink , which is unusual for the lead in a film noir . this could suggest innocence . the film charts his downwards spiral as he looks for and discovers emily who has died , this is shown through his costume ( he wears white symbolising purity at the start and his clothing gets darker throughout the film , his hair and clothes get messier and he is badly injured and covered with blood by the end ) . he seems to have a clear moral compass throughout the film , despite the events he faces . as he is a high school student , he is unusually young for a film noir protagonist .

animal ' s proprietary geometry format for this purpose is called ' bobject ' . " at the very front end it was a brick based approach " , says sarsfield . " as it moves down the pipeline , that gets baked into more of a standard geometry approach , but we maintain the connection to the brick database - each one of the bricks is recorded in the model dataset . ”

veteran actor and stuntman damien puckler has jumped out of a moving car and into a brick wall , brawled with machete - wielding goons and leaped off the top of a five - story building .

now that i think about it , brendan even sports a spike spiegel look in the film . the hair at least , for sure .

a spokeswoman said : " we have been advised by the police and tower hamlets council that it is probably best not to film there .

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critics were generally positive about the film ' s visual effects , casting and action , while criticism focused on a perceived lack of the satirical elements that are found in the source comic and on excessive violence . despite the positive critical response , the film lost money at the box office . dredd saw greater success following its home release , and has since been recognized as a cult film . the theatrical gross made a sequel unlikely , but home media sales and fan efforts endorsed by 2000 ad ' s publisher rebellion have maintained the possibility of a second film .

no personal attack . . . to each their own . i honestly feel you are missing out one a true gem by not allowing yourself to get lost in the world and story that brick creates .

' sankofa ' : a saga of slavery reaches the big screen : movies : haile gerima hit a brick wall when trying to finance his story of a black woman , so he did it himself .

" once the film is finished and people are able to see it , then we will be happy to open a dialogue on it . "

the film has a message at its core but the execution is way too simplistic with the actors acting as if they weren ' t paid .

at dinner , satish told me that working on brick lane had made him think about the kind of film he wants to direct in the future . " i always made happy films , you know , very happy but very light . this film made me want to do something more serious also . " he is just completing a movie about teenage pregnancy in india . if chanu managed to get under his skin a bit , satish in an uncanny performance on screen inhabits every inch of chanu .

sunshine noir : it ' s set in sunny san clemente , california , and even though it ' s set in january , brick is still probably one of the most brightly lit noir films ever made .

coordinating the campaign from his sweetshop armed with three mobile phones and an address book , the chair of the brick lane traders ' association , abdus salique , warned of the damage film could do to community relations . " nobody can come with a camera make a film about that book here . she [ ali ] has imagined ideas about us in her head . she is not one of us , she has not lived with us , she knows nothing about us , but she has insulted us . "

johnson ' s experiences in film school illuminate edward gibbon ' s admonition that instruction is seldom of much efficacy , except when it is almost superfluous .

animesque : the film is created with the same shot composition and editing an anime would have . brendan has the look of a spike spiegel expy .

edith wharton set " the age of innocence " in the new york of her childhood , the city of the 1870 ' s . in martin scorsese ' s new film adaptation , the scenes of new york and its environs are a glorious amalgam of intact victoriana and the film makers ' fantasies .

so glad you guys bring this up ! such a great script and a great movie that shows a darker side of high school and film noir .

it’s a movie that made me fall in love with what film can do and i’m ready for the last jedi to do it all over again .

in the weeks since , the film has taken in just $ 8 . 8 million worldwide , and played in only 52 american theaters last weekend .

agreed ! i loved brick . saw it randomly at the university art theater in irvine . didn ' t even know the director was doing a q & a after the film . he stayed and answered a ton of questions . very cool experience . he was nervous . i think he ' ll probably be doing quite a few panels supporting star wars lol .

' sankofa ' : a saga of slavery reaches the big screen : movies : haile gerima hit a brick wall when trying to finance his story of a black woman , so he did it himself . - latimes

the film advises those who get caught up in an incident to ‘run , hide and tell’ - guidance which can be applied to any place . we know that from case studies and real life testimony based on the experiences of people who have survived attacks the advice given in the film has saved lives .

the film was critically acclaimed as being " …a smart , original neo - noir that works as an ingenious mind - game as well as a slick hollywood calling card . " it won him the 2005 sundance film festival special jury prize for originality of vision and opened doors to help make his next major film the brothers bloom ( 2009 ) - a con - man story starring mark ruffalo , adrien brody , rachel weisz and rinko kikuchi and robbie coltrane .

our thanks once again to the austin film festival for giving no film school permission to share part of the transcript from the script - to - screen panel with our readers . for nfs readers , aff has also extended an exclusive 25 % discount on conference badges to the 21st austin film festival & conference , oct . 23 - 30 , 2014 . go to austin film festival ' s website through this specific link and use promo code no film school to get the discount . confirmed conference panelists so far include matthew weiner , jim sheridan , lawrence kasdan , terry george , john patrick shanley , neil labute , michelle ashford , whit stillman , richard kelly , emma tillinger koskoff , noah hawley , mark johnson , william broyles , kelly marcel , and randall wallace .

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

wild teen party : inverted . because this is a noir film set in a high school , the teen parties are classy cocktail affairs with live jazz .

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alpine productions , which produced the film , told investors that the film could have massive returns , according to one of those investors , court documents and investment documents obtained by thewrap . instead , it grossed $ 8 . 8 million worldwide on what the producers told investors was a $ 70 million production budget .

" i ' ve seen her , i ' ve talked with her , " he claimed . " she never told us she ' d write a book . now she can ' t even come to brick lane . "

in our very own podcast , “yellow brick road” we meet the artists behind the visual effects , the magicians behind the curtain that bring audiences over the rainbow to worlds where monkeys can fly and nothing is impossible . listen now

it looks like we don ' t have a specific address for brick house media , which makes giving directions tricky . this business might not have an official storefront , or it might move to multiple locations throughout the day .

an early talkie gangster film starring gary cooper ( as a shooting gallery sharpshooter named the kid ) , director rouben mamoulian ' s city streets ( 1931 ) ( his second feature film ) , was notable as the first american film to have a voice - over , during a close - up of the tear - stained face of nan cooley ( sylvia sidney ) , the stepdaughter of mobster pop cooley ( guy kibbee ) , as she recalled the past during a flashback .

brick is an immensely enjoyable film , a virtuoso exercise that is at once an affectionate homage , an exercise in romantic fantasy and an oblique commentary on teenage life . we ' re simultaneously engaged by its attractive hero and invited to stand back and watch him from a distance . however , those who do not enter into the spirit of the piece may well find it deeply irritating .

but what kept me going is that i’m not really useful at anything else in life . just the fact that this is really all i always wanted to do , there were not any other options so i knew whether it happened now , or whether it happened ten years from now , i would still be trying to get this movie made . and i knew it would happened eventually . ” rian johnson – buidling brick ( brick’s making - of )

from all accounts , johnson created an extremely close - knit set on brick ; joseph gordon - levitt even reported that johnson cooked dinner for the cast and crew most nights during the three - week shoot . ( " he ' s not a bad cook , " gordon - levitt opined . ) the closeness of the brick collaborators is underlined by the dvd commentary , in which a relaxed , jokey johnson trades anecdotes about the film ' s production with tillen , actors nora zehetner and noah segan , producer ram bergman , and costume designer michele posch . it ' s fifty percent commentary , fifty percent kaffeeklatsch .


aaron richard ashmore ( born october 7 , 1979 ) is a canadian film and television actor .

he is known for his roles on american television series , such as jimmy olsen on smallville and steve jinks on warehouse 13 .

he plays johnny jaqobis on the canadian television series killjoys .

he is the identical twin brother of actor shawn ashmore .

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aaron ashmore <EOT> aaron ashmore is an actor known for smallville , the shrine and warehouse 13 .

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the show has just been renewed for a second season and aaron ashmore is breathing a sigh of relief .

seeing double : shawn and aaron ashmore , 37 , are identical twins . “smallville star” aaron was born one minute before his twin in richmond , british columbia , canada .

this site is not maintained by aaron ashmore or his management . it ' s strictly a fan run thing .

aaron ashmore ' red is for emmy ' - party for ' non - profit invisible children ' held at king king .

toronto - based actor , aaron ashmore , will be among the many special guests arriving in ottawa for this weekend’s pop expo .

shawn and aaron ashmore are constantly being mixed up by people , he says . but it hasn’t yet really invaded their acting careers .

aaron ashmore ' s movie my brother ' s keeper made its theatrical debut in toronto , ontario , canada on october 1 , 2004 .

aaron ashmore and his identical twin brother , shawn , were born on 7 october 1979 in richmond , british columbia , canada . shawn ashmore appeared on smallville before aaron—in the season one episode leech and the season three episode asylum , as eric summers . it would be nearly five years before aaron would take on the role of the elder brother of superman ' s future pal , jimmy olsen .

kryptonsite exclusive : aaron ashmore talks smallville at the television critics association press tour in pasadena , california on july 17 , we were able to catch up with aaron ashmore who takes on the role of jimmy olsen in smallville ' s sixth season , which begins airing on september 28 on the new cw network .

aaron carter , 29 , and his twin sister , angel ( left ) are extremely close . in fact , aaron walked his sister down the aisle in her 2014 wedding .

aaron richard ashmore is a canadian film and television actor , perhaps best known for his roles in american tv shows , as jimmy olsen in smallville and as steve jinks in warehouse 13 . he is the twin brother of actor shawn ashmore .

aaron portrays john jaqobis in season 1 , season 2 , season 3 and season 4 of killjoys .

“brothers & sisters” alum luke macfarlane , hannah john - kamen and aaron ashmore have been cast as the leads in syfy’s newest scripted series “killjoys , ” the cable network announced tuesday .

in 2011 , ashmore was cast in two cult hits , both airing on syfy in the us : lost girl and warehouse 13 . portraying the character steve jinks in warehouse 13 , ashmore’s role expanded from recurring appearances throughout season 3 to the main cast in seasons 4 and 5 . aaron ashmore can next be seen in the alejandro amenabar directed film regression .

actor / movie and book fan . also not shawn ashmore but an honest mistake .

aaron ashmore is an identical twin . his brother is shawn . that’s pretty unique , but consider this : both young men are also stars of sci - fi , on small and big screens .

shawn ashmore played bobby " iceman " drake in x - men : days of future past .

in summer 2015 , ashmore began his role as john jaqobis in the syfy original series killjoys .

. in other news i ' ve updated the projects side bar to reflect some upcoming convention appearances for aaron in 2014 .

aaron ashmore played daily planet photographer henry james " jimmy " olsen . he started his role during season six , and became a series regular during season seven and season eight . jimmy was killed off in the season 8 finale , doomsday , and aaron left the show as a series regular . aaron returned to smallville for the show ' s final episode finale , part 2 , in which he played an adult version of his henry ' s little brother james bartholomew olsen in the year 2018 .

a few seasons before aaron ashmore picked up jimmy’s iconic camera on the wb show , his twin brother shawn had actually starred on the show as eric summers , a villainous metahuman student whom clark went up against in two different episodes .

in 2004 , ashmore appeared in 4 episodes of the series veronica mars as the character troy vandegraff . ashmore’s appearance on the series proved incredibly popular and lead to appearances in two episodes of the west wing . ashmore was next cast as jimmy olsen in the teen superhero television hit , smallville . appearing in over 50 episodes of the series , ashmore’s jimmy olsen was an integral part of the mythology the show developed .

a behind the scenes photo of a short film that aaron recently filmed has hit the web and i added it to the gallery .

weeks ago , fbi agent sally stukowski ( ashley williams ) called in steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) to investigate what turned out to be an artifact painting . however , sally switched the painting before steve

aaron ashmore is no stranger to genre television . a lot of fans of science fiction television will recognize him from his days on smallvile , but now he & # 39 ; s got a whole new gig as an agent of warehouse 13

aaron and his twin brother shawn were born in richmond , british columbia , and raised in brampton , ontario , where he attended turner fenton secondary school , and earnscliffe senior public school . they have a " gma " tattoo on their wrists that stands for " good man ashmore " . their grandfather had a similar tattoo . on june 20 , 2014 aaron married zoë kate .

having risked his life helping save metropolis from super - powered bad guys as jimmy olsen in smallville , actor aaron ashmore was more than a little intrigued with the idea of joining warehouse 13 and playing “the new guy . ” “first and foremost what

ashmore said he goes out of his way to choose to audition for shows he personally has an interest in .

this season of warehouse 13 saw an addition to the cast with aaron ashmore as steve jinks . in may , thr broke the news that syfy , which recently axed plans for a sixth season of eureka , was developing a potential spinoff starring warehouse 13 character

led by eddie mcclintock , joanne kelly , and aaron ashmore , warehouse 13 is currently airing season three episodes on monday nights . in other renewal news , usa renewed two shows : suits and in plain sight . suits has been a solid addition to the usa

during the panel , allison dished that with the new addition of steve ( aaron ashmore ) , can really be a peer for claudia and will have a hand in her evolution of becoming a warehouse agent . the relationship between claudia and steve will be complex and

during a recent case in new york , sally brought in steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) to investigate an apparent artifact painting . sally pretended to know nothing about the artifact even as she & quot ; accidentially & quot ; activated it

aaron was one of people magazine ' s sexiest men alive , 2006 . he is found in the " doubly delicious " section with his twin brother .

the 34448 - square - foot center & # 39 ; s tenants include starbucks , payless shoesource , hallmark , gamestop , palm beach tan , great clips , cotton patch café , wingstop , and cash store . tommy tucker of ucr investment sales and aaron ashmore of ucr represented lnr

such discussion led to a segue into the new character , steve jinks ( played by aaron ashmore ) . apparently , he was only hired at the last minute ( & quot ; it was really right up to the wire , & quot ; according to executive producer jack kenny )

as they leave , pete lattimer ( eddie mcclintock ) , myka bering ( joanne kelly ) and the new guy , steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) engage in some ill - advised target practice within the warehouse . hours later , pete and myka wake up in bed with each other ,

throughout the years , shawn has always been ahead of his brother in the acting sense partly due to the fact that when the twins were younger , aaron got a job to act in a commercial and was too ill to attend so shawn went in place for him . since then , aaron has taken a break from acting , and got to experience life as a regular teenager . it wasn ' t long though , before he got a job offer to guest star in the famous jett jackson in the year 2000 . since then , aaron ' s career has gradually been growing . aaron is now more sturdily built with a broader face , and broad shoulders .

he is the identical twin brother of actor shawn ashmore , who plays bobby " iceman " drake in the x - men films .

jinks ( aaron ashmore ) makes the unfortunate decision to whip a gun on mrs . frederic in this episode so for now he is going bye - bye . i hope this is a temporary thing and he comes back because i love the character , and i & # 39 ; ve really enjoyed having multiple

is very sadly leaving us and the final season has wrapped filming . aaron has also had convention appearances galore which means that many of you have been able to meet him !

welcome to urltoken the largest and most comprehensive aaron ashmore site on the internet . after being frustrated on a day to day basis looking for aaron news / media / etc . we figured that it was time we get up and actually do something about it . by creating urltoken not only would we be able to spread the most up to date news but we ' d also be able to promote aaron and his upcoming projects . this site is still growing so some sections aren ' t entirely completed yet . any and all feedback is appreciated . feel free to contact the us through e - mail with any questions / comments / suggestions / submissions . : )

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warehouse 13 continues to be just as fun and frothy as ever , but has upped the ante with the addition of aaron ashmore , whose steve jinks has brought a fresh perspective to the show . this week brought us pete & # 39 ; s reaction to steve & # 39 ; s coming - out ( it was

besides his recurring role on smallville , ashmore had roles in the 2007 films palo alto , privileged , the stone angel and the christmas cottage .

the brothers were born in b . c . but raised in brampton . aaron has lived in los angeles and in vancouver but in the past few years he has settled in toronto .

ashmore said his most recent role as jaqobis was the most drastic in terms of preparation he’s had to do before being ready to go on set .

series killjoys determined to clean house , the team resorts to drastic measures on a new episode of the space - set action drama . with aaron ashmore , luke macfarlane and hannah john - kamen . 8 p . m . syfy the great british baking show the five bakers are tasked with re - creating tudor - era favorites , . . .

one of the other unique elements to the sci - fi genre , according to ashmore , is what happens when the script calls for a character’s death .

wow what a surprise and a pleasant way to spend a sunday evening . 8 courses of superb eating . different delectable french wine to sample coupled with every course ? why , thank you . really impressed with aaron ashmore as well having achieved what he as at such a young age . great food , wine & company . great night all around !

back in the beginning of the summer , i noticed that aaron ashmore wasn & # 39 ; t included as a regular in the credits , and that made me pause . every scrap of information i & # 39 ; d received said he & # 39 ; d become part of the cast , but he was listed as a guest star each

aaron ashmore is known for playing marc hall in prom queen : the marc hall story . since then , he has appeared in the films safe , a separate peace , and a bear named winnie . he has also had guest roles on television shows such as the eleventh hour , the west wing , and 1 - 800 - missing . ashmore played the recurring role of troy vandegraff on the wb television series veronica mars , as well as the role of agent steve jinks on the syfy show warehouse 13 .

aaron’s twin brother shawn played jake , the leader of the animorphs , on this short - lived nickelodeon series about a group of kids who transform into animals to save the world from parasitic aliens that are possessing humans . “they were going to pull a green screen scenario , ” aaron says , “but it was going to end up being very expensive . but they knew shawn had a twin . ”

aaron has his gma - - which stands for good man ashmore - - tattooed on his left wrist . his grandfather had the same tattoo . shawn has this tattoo as well , on his right wrist . he also has a tattoo ( that we still haven ' t been able to get a decent picture of : \ ) on his right shoulder .

ashmore is perhaps best known for his roles as jimmy olsen in smallville and as steve jinks in warehouse 13 ( both american tv shows made in canada ) .

loyalists will surely support this proudly canadian feature nonetheless , which could lead to limited domestic theatrical play . harper ( sara canning ) isn ' t exactly hitting on all cylinders after a major tiff with her boyfriend ray ( aaron ashmore ) , followed by his rejection of her ill - timed marriage proposal , complete with the engagement ring she wants him to put on her finger .

dear @ ttcnotices , please get it together with the payment options on your new streetcars . i ' d love to pay but the machines are always broken . so much lost revenue . all the best aaron .

ashmore is familiar with previous interpretations of jimmy olsen , particularly from the richard donner movies and the recent superman returns film . in fact , sam huntington , who played jimmy olsen in superman returns , is a friend . because of their busy schedules , they haven ' t gotten a chance to talk about it , but it is something aaron would like to do in the future . " my roommate mike [ daugherty , one of the screenwriters of superman returns ] told him that i got the part , and he text messaged me , like ' yeah ! way to go aaron ' and stuff . i haven ' t talked to him because i ' ve just been all over the place , but i ' m looking forward to sitting down with him , and being like ' big screen , small screen . who knew ? ' " fans of veronica mars may remember aaron ashmore and sam huntington sharing screen time in the season 1 episode " you think you know somebody . "

m & amp ; c : can you talk a little bit about the decision to add aaron ashmore & # 39 ; s character this year ? he seems to have fit in very well . jack k . : i & # 39 ; m glad to hear that because i & # 39 ; m sure a lot of people were worried . you always worry when adding a new character

while aaron is one of the three principal characters in the space network show killjoys , where he plays john jaqobis , one of three bounty hunters bringing to justice bad guys who operate in a planetary system called the quad .

best known for roles in much loved series smallville and warehouse 13 , canadian born aaron ashmore’s acting career began in his youth , appearing in a small role in the aruthr hiller - directed film , married to it . from there , he appeared in canadian television productions such as are you afraid of the dark ? and due south before making an appearance in an episode of the nickelodeon series animorphs .

ashmore originally was up for the role of jaime waite for the teen medical program in a heartbeat , but didn ' t make the cut . christopher ralph beat him to it .

as john jaqobis on syfy’s kick - butt summer series killjoys , aaron ashmore gets to blast into outer space . jaqobis , older brother d’avin ( luke macfarlane ) , and fellow bounty hunter dutch ( hannah john - kamen ) make a formidable trio , serving warrants for various individuals they’re tasked with recovering for the reclamation apprehension coalition ( rac ) — while also trying to navigate what could be an impending civil war .

ashmore originally auditioned for the role of duncan kane , veronica’s ex - boyfriend , on rob thomas’ teen - noir drama . that role eventually went to teddy dunn , but ashmore was called back in season 1 to play troy vandegraff , who briefly dated veronica before it was revealed that he was just using her to help him smuggle steroids into the country from mexico .

ashmore starred in two different episodes of this horror anthology series : in 1993 , he played billy , a young boy who visits the 13th floor of his apartment building with his sister , and in 2000 , ashmore took on the role of jake , a jock who had to team up with a popular girl to save the world from a threat against the planet .

coming to his personal life he was dating zoe kate . he has a good relation with her girlfriend and they decided to get married . in 2014 zoe kate was known as the wife of aaron richard ashmore . they are happily married couple and there is mutual understanding between both of them . his personal life and professional life are well managed . since he is married to a girl proves that he is not gay .

the screening information for aaron ' s new movie , ' i put a hit on you ' , at slamdance is in ! the 2014 slamdance film festival will take place in park city , ut from january 17th - 23rd , 2014 .

he is an amazing character and an extraordinary actor . he has shined in all of his roles in tv shows and pictures and this has made him the actor he is today . he is not only an astonishing actor but also a very handsome man and his attractive smile has flattered women in the past and will keep on doing so in future . he is none other than the very brilliant and very versatile aaron richard ashmore .

killjoys isn’t the first genre show ashmore has been a part of . he also photographed superman as jimmy olsen on the wb’s smallville , betrayed veronica mars , and retrieved objects for warehouse 13 .

in 2010 , ashmore starred as marcus , one of the three journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice in a small town in poland , in the horror film the shrine .

ashmore’s television career flourished with further roles in series and tv movies such as crime in connecticut : the story of alex kelly , love letters , emily of new moon , run the wild fields , the famous jett jackson and la femme nikita before transition into more film roles . 2001 saw ashmore appear in the films the safety of objects and treed murray , both roles expanding upon his versatile repertoire .

as season 3 of killjoys ramps up , ew spoke to ashmore about what fans can expect from johnny — who’s gone through some recent changes — as well as what he loved about his previous parts .

" there is something always very satisfying about playing death scenes , " said ashmore , adding he was killed off in the first season of the show warehouse 13 where he played as agent steve jinks .

ashmore , 32 , has filled many sci - fi roles during his career but expects ottawans to best recognize him for his role as jimmy olson , the intrepid photojournalist he played on the tv series smallville .

fans of veronica mars are probably the ones who know aaron the best , from his role as troy vandegraff in several episodes of the show ' s first season and one episode in year two . so what was it like going from one snarky blonde to another , as jimmy is rumored to be romantically involved with chloe sullivan in smallville ' s sixth year ? " i feel really , really lucky to be able to do that . somebody ' s gotta do it , so i will definitely volunteer to be the one that goes from one beautiful girl to the next , " aaron says .

he was cast as jimmy olsen , first love interest of chloe sullivan , for the sixth season of smallville on the wb television network and continued to play him into its eighth season . [ 2 ] two years after leaving the show , ashmore returns to play his character ' s younger brother on the series finale . coincidentally , his friend sam huntington played olsen in superman returns and the two have both appeared in veronica mars . ashmore ' s twin brother appeared on smallville in earlier seasons , and he was offered by director bryan singer to play jimmy olsen in superman returns before huntington . besides his recurring role on smallville , ashmore had roles in the 2007 films palo alto , privileged , the stone angel and the christmas cottage . aaron starred the horror film fear island , with haylie duff in vancouver . urltoken announced on october 6 , 2010 , that he will have a role in maple pictures comedy film servitude , which stars joe dinicol , lauren collins , linda kash , and john bregar .

as for troy’s later return , ashmore thinks it allowed veronica to be the bigger person as she worked to prove that troy was indeed innocent : “it was interesting to have her stand up for somebody who’d totally screwed her over . ”

in 2011 , ashmore joined season 3 of syfy series warehouse 13 , where he played the role of atf agent steve jinks , a human polygraph of sorts – who has the unique ability to discern whether someone is lying or not .

, in richmond , british columbia , canada . he is the son of homemaker linda and manufacturing engineer rick . when they were 10 , their mother was a part of a club called the " multiple births association , " or as aaron likes to call it , " the multiple rugrats . " the support group , located in alberta . . .

a regular human , ashmore’s nate was a struggling musician who was childhood best friends with kenzi ( ksenia solo ) , human best friend to succubus bo ( anna silk ) . nate’s return to kenzi’s life sparked a romance , but to keep him safe from magical threats , she wound up breaking up with him a few episodes later . “i don’t think that he ever found out anything about all the magic and the dangerous things that were going on , and it was kind of sad because he was falling in love with her , ” says ashmore .

“shawn’s character interacted with clark so much , ” ashmore says . “i almost didn’t audition for it because i thought ‘there’s no way that they’re going to hire the twin brother of a guy who was heavily featured on the show . ’” luckily , he went to the audition .

aaron has already done a day of shooting as jimmy olsen and is impressed with the " well - oiled machine " they have at smallville . " it was actually the first day that they started back . even with a 3 - month break or whatever it is , they just jump right back in . so it was great , " he said .

the series also gave ashmore a chance to play two different versions of the character when a magically imbued object in the mystical warehouse split jinks into two . “it was interesting to shoot because you’re literally playing one very stern grumpy version of the character , and the other half is this flamboyantly gay version of him , ” remembers ashmore . “the idea is if you mix them together you get who steve is . but when they’re separated , they’re just polar opposites . getting to play both of them and interact with myself through a green screen was really fun . ”

“i thought he was an interesting character because he wasn’t your stereotypically calm or centered buddhist , ” ashmore recalls . “he could be a little uptight or negative at times . so it was funny that he was [ buddhist ] , because you wouldn’t assume that . it was just something he adopted to help center himself . ”

aaron does not know at this time how many episodes of smallville will feature jimmy olsen , but he has had time for some outside projects . one project is currently filming - a movie called palo alto also starring ryan hansen , " dick casablancas " of veronica mars . " i don ' t know when it ' s going to be out , but keep an eye open for it , because i think it ' s gonna be great , " aaron tells us . and although he does not know what the plans are , he wouldn ' t rule out a return appearance on veronica mars if they should want to bring back troy . " i think veronica mars is a great show , so if they wanted me to , i would love to . i love the show , and i love the character of troy , too , " he tells us .

“it doesn’t mean that he’s a completely different character , ” says ashmore , “but some of the things that have happened to him over the past two seasons are showing . it’s interesting because d’avin is playing some of the lighter stuff and keeps feeling like he’s joined this family , so he’s opening up , while john’s closing up a little bit . ”

it’s these additional dimensions to his character that keep ashmore so excited about playing john : “there’s obviously this real heart to him , but at the same time he also surprises me as an actor by shooting someone in the head , or blowing somebody away . getting a chance to play a three - dimensional character has been pretty fun and exciting . ”

aaron ' s first s mallville scenes are set at the daily planet , where he shares screen time with allison mack ( chloe ) and tom welling ( clark ) . " i got to do a couple scenes with allison mack , and i did a scene with tom welling as well . both were very welcome , and it was just totally cool . they were just like , ' come and play ' . it was really great , " he revealed .

as as result , ashmore says he “obviously responds” to similar material , but he also credits the direction of his career to the rising popularity of genre storytelling : “as an actor , you’re going out for a ton of different things , but if half of it is genre stuff , the likelihood that you’re going to get into some of that is pretty high . ”

“there’s maybe a little bit of darkness that’s crept into john this season , ” ashmore says . and no wonder — last season , john’s girlfriend , pawter simms ( sarah power ) was killed , leading him to not only shoot her killer ( mayko nguyen’s delle sayah kendry ) in revenge but also leave his partners ( and their ship ) and set off on his own .

the actor didn’t know about his character’s true intentions until the got the script for that episode , which he says helped his performance . “i think it’s interesting because then you’re not playing into anything or foreshadowing that he’s going to be a bad guy , ” says ashmore . “you actually think that he’s going to be this really cool guy and that he and veronica are going to get along very well . ”

last season on warehouse 13 , walter sykes ( anthony michael hall ) devised to destroy the warehouse and get vengeance on the regents . although it backfired that resulted to his demise , sykes was successful at destroying the warehouse and therefore , killing several others in the process . mrs . frederic ( cch pounder ) , steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and h . g . wells ( jaime murray ) were all killed . this leaves the last remaining ones , pete lattimer ( eddie mcclintock ) , myka bering ( joanne kelly ) , and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) with the tough task of traveling to the other side of the planet to find an artifact that may or may not exist . what kind of artifact is it ? what could be the ultimate price of possessing it ? if the team is able to find it , how then will it impact things on warehouse 13 season 4 ? which warehouse 13 character are you ?

souvenir from the set : “when killjoys ends , hopefully not for a couple more years , i would definitely take my jacket , ” says ashmore . “they custom make these jackets , and they have all this really cool armor and patches , and all that stuff on them . we also have these futuristic guns that look like regular guns , but they’ve been modified so they’re really cool , so i’d take that , and definitely a few little science - y things . ”

“there was this huge aspect of [ jimmy’s ] personality that was very insecure and and constantly worried about chloe loving clark that felt a bit soap - ish in a way that i wasn’t crazy about , ” ashmore admits . “but i really liked the interactions with clark and how interested jimmy was in superman and tracking him down . they definitely had a lot of great moments where he was putting the pieces together that clark is superman , which felt very iconic to me . ”

as for the popular book series itself , ashmore says while he never read all of it because he and his brother were in their late teens when shawn was starring on the show , he did pick up a few books when his brother got cast . “i thought they were really fun , and that it was a good little series… but we may have missed it . if we were five or six years younger , we probably would have been the perfect age range for them . ”

“ [ troy ] was so nice to veronica and she’d had such a crappy time of things that people were like , ‘this guy’s great . ’ it lulled them into a false sense of security , so when he turned out to be a jerk , people were so angry at him , ” says ashmore , who enjoyed playing troy’s sense of humor and wit . “he could have been such a nice guy and great for veronica , but like most people , he turned out to be an ass . ”

“when i did the first one , i was definitely a fan of the show . i was the perfect age range for that , ” ashmore recalls . “by the time i did the second episode , i still watched it , but i was a little older , so i was into slightly older things . but most of my friends watched the show , too , so it was something that you did that all of your friends were going to watch , and you knew that so that was exciting . ”

photographer marcus ( aaron ashmore ) and workaholic journalist carmen ( cindy sampson ) are on the verge of a breakup , but carmen thinks she can salvage the relationship at the same time she can boost her career by breaking a missing person’s story about an american backpacker who disappeared somewhere in poland . going against her boss’ orders , she hops over to a small village with marcus and her babe - in - the - woods assistant sara ( meghan heffern ) . threatened by the locals but refusing to leave without answers , the trio come upon a clearing in the woods engulfed in a dense white fog . inside the fog is a demonic statue that seems to be alive . then the villagers get really pissed about trespassing on their “shrine” and carmen and sara soon find themselves dressed in white for a cult sacrifice . i had a strange feeling that meghan heffern was channeling heather matarazzo’s character from hostel : part ii , and you know how that turned out for her . ( watching the torture / death scene involving a mask with sharp metal thorns being pummeled into the victim’s eyes , i had a nice flashback to barbara steele’s death at the beginning of black sunday ) .

“i’ve always been a big fan of science fiction and fantasy , ” says ashmore , who was a big chronicles of narnia and tolkien fan when he was younger . “i was a huge star trek fan . i watched next generation every day whenever it was on , and then i got into deep space nine which i really , really liked . i also loved the x - files , which was a huge show i didn’t miss . my parents , my brother , and i would watch it every week it was on . ”

the role may have been in his sci - fi wheelhouse , but it did challenge him in another area : as nate , ashmore had to play guitar on camera . “it turned out fine , but it was a little nerve wracking pushing your boundaries around stuff like that , where you’re like , ‘there’s going to be a lot of people watching me sing , and i’m not a singer . ’ but that’s a great thing about playing these roles . sometimes you end up pushing yourself a little out of your comfort zone . ”

“that show had a really big fan base , but also the character i played was gay , and that really resonated with a lot of people , ” says ashmore about his role as steve jinks , a new warehouse agent introduced in the third season of the syfy drama . jinks was hired to replace myka bering ( joanne kelly ) before being partnered with claudia donovan ( stitchers ’ allison scagliotti ) . it was revealed that not only was jinks gay and a buddhist , but that he also had the ability to tell when anyone is lying .

“i couldn’t believe that i booked the part , ” laughs ashmore of his role as jimmy olsen , who worked alongside clark kent ( tom welling ) and lois lane ( erica durance ) as a photojournalist at the daily planet , where he the first person to get a photo of ‘the blur’ ( clark’s superhero moniker at the time ) . jimy also married and divorced clark’s best friend chloe sullivan ( allison mack ) . he would later die on the series , but not before learning clark’s secret and telling his ex - wife he would always love her .

he was showned as jimmy olsen , first love attention of chloe sullivan , for the sixth period of smallville on the wb tv network and sustained to act him into its eighth season . two years after goodbye the show , ashmore returns to play his attractiveness ' s younger brother on the series ending . unexpectedly , his colleague sam huntington played olsen in superman returns and the two have together seen in veronica mars . urltoken publicized on october 6 , 2010 , that he will have a part in maple pictures funniness movie servitude , which stars joe dinicol , lauren collins , linda kash , and john bregar .

cloaking the hitman in anonymity is another miscalculation – without a clear threat , much of the urgency dissipates . the script ' s shortcomings fortunately don ' t put undue limitations on the actors , who remain enticing through much of the film . canning plays the linchpin , her outrageous ( if implausible ) behavior providing the impetus for the couple ' s inconsistent chemistry . ashmore at first appears sympathetic as her frazzled boyfriend , until revelations about his personal history tip the power balance back to neutral . working within some obvious resource constraints , stewart and clark keep the film looking nicely polished , sustained by james klopko ' s lucent cinematography .

" i ' m not the most gregarious personality , so any amount of attention makes me shy or nervous , but i ' m not opposed to that at all . people respond to the character and care about him , and that makes me proud that we ' ve created a character together with the writers that people really care about , and that ' s the biggest compliment to me . "

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after all , arranged marriages are the norm for millions of women around the world ; maybe it could work for her .

a few months later , anne is traveling to a mexican resort , where , over the course of a weekend , she meets and then marries jack . and initially , everything seems to be working out .

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so it ' s been over a year since there was an update to this website and a lot of things have happened since then .

it turns out that the whole having a grown up job thing is a little overrated and that combined with some volunteer gigs are a little counterproductive to running a fansite . we ' re not going anywhere and despite the lack of activity there are updates in the pipeline -

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than hawke is one of the most naturally plausible screen actors working today , but regression is the film that has finally defeated him . not even he can sell you on the psychological turmoil of a man who’s haunted by a sachet of cup - a - soup .

this is , believe it or not , one of the less absurd twists of alejandro amenábar’s supernatural thriller , in which hawke plays bruce kenner , a minnesotan plain - clothes cop who’s investigating a suspected local outbreak of devil - worship .

from its occult premise to the voguishly dingy 1990s period setting and plentiful shots of greenish oil refineries , the film desperately wishes it were true detective – though its plot feels heavily inspired by the notorious " west memphis three " case of 1993 , in which a trio of arkansas teenagers were wrongly convicted of murdering three young boys in a stomach - churning blood rite .

the victim here is still alive , but only just . she’s angela ( emma watson ) , a frail and troubled teenager whose father john ( david dencik ) confesses to having sexually abused her , even though he has no specific memory of the crime . baffled , kenner turns to dr raines ( david thewlis ) , an english hypnotherapist with both the appearance and personality of an illegally dumped armchair .

the doctor uses regression therapy to draw out the gory particulars , and gory is indeed the word for them .

angela , it transpires , was an unwilling participant in some dread satanic ceremony – and further details gleaned from her waifish runaway brother ( devon bostick ) and distressed - leather handbag of a grandmother ( dale dickey ) paint a truly boschian picture of child sacrifice and ritualistic rape in the moonlit backwoods . the initially sceptical kenner is shaken , and suspects he might be the next target of this murderous cabal . and this is where , among other things , the cup - a - soup comes in .

as the director of the others and open your eyes , amenábar is no stranger to psychologically vivid thrillers with ghostly overtones , but regression feels depressingly like journeyman work . a few flourishes make an impression – close - ups of the hooded figures evoke the flash - frames of the demon pazuzu in the exorcist – but they’re exclusively visual , and tend to be defanged by the corny sound effects ( so much backwards whispering ) and snarlingly unsubtle score .

by all rights , watson should be the film’s unnerving heart , but her role – through the fault of the script , rather than the actress – is pure dramatic cardboard . as for the wisdom of building a did - she - didn’t - she guessing game around a vulnerable young woman’s rape testimony , the choice feels at best unfortunate .

the real west memphis three case has already been well - served by cinema , in atom egoyan’s underrated procedural devil’s knot , the paradise lost documentaries , and amy berg’s excellent west of memphis . all of those films took a sober , analytical tack that was at shivery odds with the lurid material . regression fails by trying to have it both ways : you just can’t feel sceptical and scared at the same time .

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jon knautz’s sophomore effort the shrine surprised me . it’s a blend of certain genre horrors – satanic cults , torture porn , demonic possession flicks – and out of the mix it creates something heady , and if the beginning comes across as a bit ho - hum ( characters follow the horror handbook by making stupid decisions ) , the ending makes up for it by subverting audience expectations in a number of ways . the horrors , when they come , are visceral and uncompromising – and upon further reflection , political . if the shrine indulges our sense of superiority in watching these kinds of films by having its characters make predictable decisions ( a character gets multiple warning signs – from dreams and irate villagers , but ignores them ) , it punishes them ( and the audience ) by upending the “final girl” trope completely . it reminded me of when richard falcon described miike’s audition ( and hitchcock’s psycho ) as a “breach of contract between filmmaker and audience . ” i’m not sure that the shrine does it as well as those films , but i like that it tries .

sure , i ' m an evil demon . but i love modeling on the side .

the shrine plays a little bit with conventions . one example is how our victims see the villagers as demons / monsters , a tactic that is eventually revealed to be misdirection , but it’s a good one . the movie has some other neat tricks , especially during the final minutes when it suddenly becomes the evil dead , with a newly possessed “deadite” laying waste to the poor saps who obviously haven’t been doing their cult thing long enough . i have to tread lightly here when discussing the plot , lest i give away too much . i will just say that there is a reason why the polish spoken by the villagers isn’t subtitled ( and i hear that it’s butchered polish anyway , but no matter for english speakers ) . i will also tell you that because the ending packs a decent visual punch , the fact that the whole sequence plays out in a different language is of no lasting consequence , a testament to the power of horror in the visual medium . no , they’re definitely not in poland ( more like ontario ) , and we’re never told the origins of the evil statue in the fog , but that’s not the point anyway .

there’s something of political commentary in the shrine , as evidenced by the need for carmen to intervene in a situation that she has no business doing , as unprepared she and her friends are for the mission . when they get to the village , they find that they are subject to forces they don’t understand , and they misidentify the source of the danger – the villagers / cultists are the “enemy” only because of the barriers in language , custom , and religion . sounds like a jab at america’s foreign policy , doesn’t it ? even without that subtext , the film entertains and matches its fatalism ( the “chosen” ones are already doomed , like ti west’s house of the devil or sam raimi’s drag me to hell ) with a sense of cosmic justice ( the one character who is the most reasonable and cautious escapes alive ) . the shrine seems more fresh than a lot of its counterparts in modern horror . i think it’s worth a look .

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crime scene cleaner morgan catches the eye of a young detective and they team up to solve a crime while dealing with the feelings that are growing between them .

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