New Trailer for Disney's 'Cinderella' Casts a Spell

 Unlike Disney's Sleeping Beauty reimagining Maleficent, their live-action version of Cinderella seems to be taking a more traditional approach. Granted, it's tradition dressed up in lavish visual effects but for the most part the story is the one we're familiar with, and there's nothing wrong with that.

A new trailer for the magical fairy tale has been released, and it's easily the most lavish film Kenneth Branagh has ever directed. Lily James takes on the titular role with Cate Blanchett vamping it up as her evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine, and Helena Bonham Carter as her Fairy Godmother. While mostly following the same beats as the earlier trailer, this international cut does offer some glimpses of new footage, putting more emphasis on Blanchett who looks like the real scene-stealer. Couldn't Disney find a way to crossover Jolie's Maleficent with Blanchett's Tremaine? Somehow? Make it happen, Mouse House.

Also starring Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera, Hayley Atwell, and Stellan Skarsgard, Cinderella casts its spell on March 13th.

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Two Clips from Lone Schefig's 'The Riot Club' with Sam Claflin, Max Irons, and Natalie Dormer

2009's great coming-of-age drama An Education not only introduced us to the supremely talented Cary Mulligan, it also put Dutch director Lone Scherfig on the map for a lot of people. It's been a little bit of a wait for her follow-up, The Riot Club, but it's another look at British high society and priviledge with a cast that's full of potential.

Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Natalie Dormer, Holliday Grainger (Bonnie & Clyde), Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Reid (Belle), Olly Alexander (God Help the Girl), and Tom Hollander star in the film which screenwriter Laura Wade based on her popular stageplay. She drew inspiration from the real-life Bullingdon Club, Oxford University's most exclusive society that has produced some of the most powerful and prestigious figures in the U.K. The Riot Club premiered this weekend at TIFF, and since we all can't be there these two clips will have to suffice in showing what happens when rich, spoiled brats all get together in one place.

The Riot Club opens in the U.K. on September 19th but nothing for the U.S. yet.


The Riot Club - Clip - Initiation by MyMovies_International


The Riot Club - Clip - Are You Posh? by MyMovies_International

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Zach Galifianakis, Holliday Grainger, and Jack O'Connell Get 'Tulip Fever'

Zach Galifianakis probably isn't the first one we'd expect to see in a period film about a tulip craze, but that's exactly what's happening as he's joining Justin Chadwick's adaptation of Tulip Fever, which has been developing for a decade.

Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, and Dane DeHaan are on board to star, and joining Galifianakis are rising stars Jack O'Connell (300: Rise of an Empire, Unbroken) and Holliday Grainger. Penned by Tom Stoppard, the 17th-century tale centers on an illicit love affair between a merchant's wife and a painter during a time when tulip mania was sweeping Amsterdam.

So a nice change of pace for Galifiankis, who will be seen next in Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu's comedy, Birdman. 

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