To mark the 29th August release of  Farewell on DVD, Universal Pictures (UK) have given us five copies of the movie to give away. Farewell is directed by Christian Carion and stars Willem Dafoe, Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, David Soul and Fred Ward.

In 1981, disenchanted with what the communist ideal has become, KGB Colonel Gregoriev (Emir Kusturica-Underground ) decides to change the world by passing on secret US documents to Pierre (Guillaume Canet -Tell No One, Little White Lies), a French engineer working in Moscow. With Pierre acting as a reluctant go-between, the valuable documents find their way into the hands of France’s President Mitterrand and the French Secret Service, who give the Moscow source the codename ‘Farewell’.

Based on a true story, Farewell reveals one of the most astounding espionage cases to come out of the Cold War. Directed by Bafta Award nominated Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel), Farewell features a stellar award-winning cast including Alexandra Maria Lara (The Reader) and Willem Dafoe (Spiderman 3) who convincingly depict the paranoia of the time as well as the courage and bravery of the individuals involved.

Willem Dafoe played which comic book Villain in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films?

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

The small print:

• Open to UK residents only
• Only one entry per household will be counted
• The competition will close 12th September at 23.59 GMT
• The winner will be picked at random from entries received
• No cash alternative is available

The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!

Last week at Comic-Con Sony Pictures brought about 7 minutes of footage for the forthcoming film 30 Minutes or Less with panelists Nick Swardson and Aziz Ansari.

Unfortunately co-star Danny McBride was wrapped up with shooting Eastbound & Down so he couldn’t make it to the panel, but he did send a hilarious pre-recorded message to the fans at the Con telling everyone how awesome he was. Following the clip Director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) rolled some footage from the film showcasing the bank robbery scene. A portion of the clip can be seen at the end of this red band trailer (warning: trailer is uncensored)

The basic premise of the film finds pizza delivery boy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) kidnapped by Dwayne (Danny McBride) and his partner in crime Travis (Nick Swardson) who force Nick to rob a bank on their behalf. The scene shown at Con takes place once Nick and Chet (Aziz Ansari) are about to enter the bank. In a very Laurel and Hardy fashion the two bicker over what their aliases will be during the heist.

Once they settle on their temporary names, the reluctant duo don their cliche black ski masks and bust through the doors doing their best to threaten the patrons inside. Nick and Chet demand the security guard throw his gun away but as the guard complies he inadvertently slides the weapon right to one of the female hostages. As she quickly pushes the gun away, the gun discharges and shoots another hostage in the leg. Nick and Chet realize they are clearly in way over their heads so Chet instructs the bank clerk put $100,000 cash in a bag from the vault. Nick grabs the bag of cash but before making his getaway he pauses and feels responsible for the wounded hostage. Nick decides to offer some of the money from the bag to the injured man. Adding insult to injury the bag’s security ink explodes all over the man’s face leaving Nick and Chet dumbfounded.

Chet and Nick grab a new bag full of money and mount their escape. The clip ends with a trailer-style sequence featuring a slew of new images from the movie. I must say that Jesse and Aziz have real on-screen chemistry and great comedic timing. All in all the film seems to strike a nice balance between physical comedy and witty dialogue. While some of the lines look like they may be a bit cheesy, but I still laughed out loud on more than one occasion. Hopefully the final product can be just as funny as everything they have shown so far.

30 Minutes or Less releases August 12 for the US & October 7 for the UK.

You’ve had images and trailers (both green and red band) for Ruben Fleischer’s new kidnap-a-pizza boy comedy and now there’s a new poster. I know.

Jaws from the floors please, here’s your chance to see Jesse Eisenberg wearing perhaps the world’s first ‘comedy’ bomb vest.

30 Minutes or Less stars Jesse Eisenberg , Danny McBride, Fred Ward, Nick Swardson , Aziz Ansari , Michael Peña, Dilshad Vadsaria and Johnny Yong Bosch and rolls on into cinemas on the 7th of October here in the UK.

You’ve read enough, this new poster is your reward.

And who had it first, pray? Why, IMPA, did sir.

I know – you’ve only just been hit by the comedy bank robbery bandwagon with your recent look at Flypaper with Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd, and now we have another trailer for 30 Minutes or Less, a tale of pizza, banks and bombs with hilarious consequences.

30 Minutes or Less is directed by Ruben Fleischer who reunites with Zombieland actor Jesse Eisenberg with Danny McBride, Fred Ward, Nick Swardson and Aziz Ansari along for the ride.

Synopsis you say? But of course.

Nick (Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (McBride and Swardson).  The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank.  With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Ansari).  As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

Your trailer is below, but if you prefer a ruder version you can check out the NSFW Red Band trailer which is right here,

Hey Yahoo? Yeah, you. Thanks.

Sony have released a couple of rather fun new posters for their new movie, 30 Minutes or Less which stars Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Michael Peña, Jesse Eisenberg, Nick Swardson, Fred Ward and is directed by Ruben Fleischer. If you missed the trailer for the movie, we put it up last week and you can check it out here.

Nick (Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (McBride and Swardson).  The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank.  With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Ansari).  As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

You can ignore the date on the posters as 30 Minutes or Less is expected to hit UK cinemas on September 23.

HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK.

Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.

Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.

This week we have 3 new trailers for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Chalo Dilli

UK Cinema Release Date: Friday 29th April 2011

Synopsis: Chalo Dilli is a road movie. A journey that begins with the dynamic Mihika Mukherjea. A strong willed young woman who is a Senior Vice President of a top multinational Financial Institution in Mumbai. A jet setter, Go-getter, no nonsense woman, Mihika divides the world into losers and winners and knows which side she is on. Mrs Clear Cut! The premise is simple. Mihika is heading back home from Mumbai to Delhi (to her banker husband who lives and works there), and misses her flight and encounters Manu Gupta, a podgy and loud ‘ Ladies Cut-piece’ merchant who has a small 10 by 10 shop at Karol Bagh Delhi. Manu is everything that Mihika isn’t. Loud. Crass. Obnoxious. Rude. (He is that guy who talks on his cellphone loudly in the theatre and then spits gutkaa juice in the aisle…). He isn’t an idiot. He is very smart. Street smart. But mostly over smart. And boy…do they pay for it! As fate (and the script) would have it… Mihika lands up in a situation where she and Manu are stuck together for the rest of the journey to Delhi. (Synopsis courtesy of FilmReleaseDate.com)

Farewell (L’affaire Farewell)

UK Cinema Release Date: Friday 29th April 2011

Synopsis: In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev (Kusturica) of the KGB, disenchanted with the Communist ideal, decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly, he makes contact with Pierre (Canet), a French engineer working in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him – mainly concerning the United States – containing information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years, French President, Francois Mitterrand and US chief Ronald Reagan were to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow, to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename Farewell. Farewell smuggled out information that would cause ructions that sounded the death bell of the Soviet Union.

I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda)

UK Cinema Release Date: Friday 29th April 2011

Synopsis: A secret agent tracks a serial killer who murdered his fiancée.

Check back next week for more trailers!

Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer is reteaming with Jesse Eisenberg in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less and there’s a red band trailer out today which gives you a fair idea of the funnies on show.

Fleischer directs Michael Dilibert’s script and the film also stars Danny McBride, Fred Ward, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari, Michael Peña, Dilshad Vadsaria and Johnny Yong Bosch.

If you came here looking for a synopsis, then boy, you’re in luck. Eyes down.

Nick (Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (McBride and Swardson).  The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank.  With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Ansari).  As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

30 Minutes or Less is expected to hit UK cinemas on September 23.

Here’s the trailer from IGN which, as the Red Band label denotes, is in no way safe for work, any kind of work.

Columbia Pictures have released four new images from adventure-comedy 30 Minutes or Less.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Diliberti, 30 Minutes or Less stars Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Fred Ward, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari, Michael Peña, Dilshad Vadsaria and Johnny Yong Bosch.

Nick (Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (McBride and Swardson).  The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank.  With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Ansari).  As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

30 Minutes or Less is expected to hit UK cinemas on September 23.

Check out the new hi-res images below:

Source: Collider

Sony have released a few new images for movies coming out in 2011 over the past 24 hours. We’ve already seen one for Roland Emmerich’s new movie, Anonymous and here’s the second for a movie called 30 Minutes or Less which stars Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Michael Peña, Jesse Eisenberg, Nick Swardson, Fred Ward and is directed by Ruben Fleischer.

Here’s the synopsis:

In the action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a small town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wanna-be criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson).  The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank.  With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari).  As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their own tumultuous relationship.

The release date for this one looks like 23rd September but we’ll keep you posted.

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Sony have sent me their latest released, Armored on Blu Ray to review. The movie is directed by Nimród Antal and has an all-star cast which includes Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Milo Ventimiglia, Columbus Short, Skeet Ulrich and Fred Ward. This cast alone tells you the movie has the potential to be a good one but is it?

Well, I saw this movie in the cinema and when i reviewed it, I gave it an average rating, but one thing I did say was:

“I’d watch Armored again on DVD and would recommend you go and see it… if you like your action movies big, loud and bassy, then this one is for you!”

With that in mind, I have to say that my home viewing of Armored was spot on. With my surround sound cranked up to 11 and my beverage of choice in hand, I sat back and really enjoyed the movie. Armored is about a group of armoured car drivers / transporters who decide that it’s about time they steal the money that they’re transporting rather than just carrying from one bank to another. The only trouble is, the end goal doesn’t quite go to plan.

The DVD / Blu Ray comes with extra features which include:

• Producer and Cast Commentary
• Planning the Heist: Making Of
• Crash Course: Stunts
• Armed and Underground: Production Design

Only available on Blu-ray™

• movieIQ+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on Armored’s cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!

Armored is the perfect boys-night-in movie with a running time of 90 minutes, big action sequences, a good storyline and a great cast and is available for release on Blu Ray and DVD now.

I saw the trailer for Armored quite a while ago and it looked like my kind of film. Action from start to finish and a really good cast, but did it live up to my high expectations? Read on to find out…..

Armored (minus the ‘U’ cos it is American after all) is directed by Nimród Antal and has an all-star cast which includes Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Milo Ventimiglia, Columbus Short, Skeet Ulrich and Fred Ward. It starts off very much setting the scene from the word go and focuses around Ty (Columbus Short), an Iraq war hero who has a brother named Jimmy (Andre Kinney) who have both recently lost their parents. Ty is a good guy and takes his brother on as his legal guardian. Ty works for an armoured car company called Eagle Shield where his father used to work and since his death and has become friends with co-workers Mike Cochrone (Matt Dillon), Quinn (Jean Reno), Baines (Lawrence Fishburne), Palmer (Amaury Nolasco) and Dobbs (Skeet Ulrich). Cochrone takes Ty under his wing and ensures him that he’ll look after him ‘no matter what’.

Times are tough though and Ty is struggling to make ends meet with letters from the bank becoming more threatening and the task of looking after his teenage brother even more demanding – things are getting desperate. Cochrone comes to him with a solution that stealing $42m they are transporting is his only way out with the help of the rest of the team. Ty agrees as long as no one gets hurts, and as in all Hollywood movies, things don’t go as smoothly as they’d hope.

The first half of Armored, I got a little bored if I’m honest. I felt the plot was going on very predictably and I was by no means on the edge of my seat. The first bit of action if very early on in the movie and it was executed very well but I felt was very predictable. I wont tell you what happens incase you don’t guess! Armored is only 85 minutes long and because of that I felt the movie took ages to get going, but that said, half way through, the movie most definitely moved out of first gear.

The story changed from being predicable when the action started but the issue then was that it all became a little silly and unbelievable with secret compartments becoming evident in an armoured car and multiple other ways in which an armoured car could be penetrated + the fact that we never really understand how their initial getaway was going to work in the first place. Milo Ventimiglia turns up as the beef-eating cop to try and add some normality back into the story but soon he gets lost in the void of unrealism.

The cast all perform well but we know the calibre of Jean Reno and Lawrence Fishburne and this movie really doesn’t give them a chance to shine as they are more side-kicks than main cast. Matt Dillon does a good job playing the likeable bad guy and Columbus Short does a fantastic job as the movie’s lead when arguably he was the least known cast member. Moments of genius came from director Nimród Antal, my favourite being as Ty is running through a abandoned factory, seeing his head through hundreds of poles as the camera pans alongside him. That shot must have taken forever! The violence in the movie is mostly suggested to help keep the rating to 12a but I didn’t think this detracted from Antal getting the message across.

I’d watch Armored again on DVD and would recommend you go and see it but with Oscar season fast approaching, this one won’t be winning anything but if you like your action movies big, loud and bassy, then this one is for you!

Armored is released 22nd January (This Friday).

Here’s the new international trailer for a movie that I’ve not heard too much about since we posted the first trailer a poster a while back on HeyUGuys V1.0. It’s called Armored and it’s about a group of security workers who drive armoured trucks around. One day, one of them gets the bright idea that they could heist their own lorry and get away with the taking but it’s never that easy.

Armored has an all-star cast whic includes Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia and is directed by