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The 85th Academy Awards

Posted on February 25, 2013 by skulkaew

Congratulations to our friends at Warner Bros. Pictures, along with the cast and crew of Argo for their three wins last night in the categories for best adapted screenplay (Chris Terrio), achievement in film editing (William Goldenberg) and the evening’s top honors for best picture (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney) at the 85^th Annual Academy Awards.

Over the course of the last several years, Bravo Design, Inc. has had the opportunity to collaborate with the marketing and creative services departments at WB on advertising for three best pictures winners: Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Departed (2006) and Argo (2012). We’re absolutely thrilled to have had the opportunity to be a part of something loved by so many.

Once more, congratulations. We hope this is the third of many.

A few ads we produced this award season in conjunction with WorksLA, Concept Arts and Refinery.

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Trouble with the Curve

Posted on September 21, 2012 by skulkaew

An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout named Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) is given one last opportunity to prove his worth to the organization, who sees him as unable to adapt to changes in the business. His boss and friend Pete (John Goodman), who doesn’t want to see him let go, asks his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), against his wishes, to join him on the trip which could be his last if he can’t make the right call.

Along the way Gus reconnects with Johnny (Justin Timberlake), a rival team’s scout who has a friendly history with Gus, who also takes an interest in Mickey.

Pete Hammond of BoxOffice.com writes, “Clint Eastwood and a superb cast hit it out of the park in Trouble with the Curve, a great entertainment filled with heart, humor, family drama and fantastic acting.” HSX is predicting that the film will open somewhere around $15.6M in its debut weekend.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Drama // Runtime: 1 hr. 51 min. // Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman // Directed by: Robert Lorenz // Written by: Randy Brown // Produced by: Malpaso Productions // Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

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The Campaign

Posted on August 10, 2012 by skulkaew

In The Campaign, Will Ferrell plays Cam Brady, a congressman from the fictitious 14th District of North Carolina running unopposed for his fifth term. Brady is so used to his political invincibility that he regularly makes and survives gaffes that would cause a real life candidate’s career to implode. But when Brady dials a wrong number, leaving an intimate message meant for his mistress, a pair of power brokers (John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd) see an opportunity to gain influence and oust long-term congressman by using a patsy, the naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), to run against Brady.

Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis are amusingly on point as a pair of mud-slinging contenders for Congress.” Laremy Legel of Film.com writes, “During The Campaign, you’ll have to laugh. Will and Zack will see to that, prodding and poking until you succumb. But the end goal? The takeaway? Maybe just that we’re all unwitting accomplices in this grand comic tragedy.”

HSX predicts that The Campaign will open at $33M.

Rating: R //
Genre: Comedy //
Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min. //
Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd //
Directed by: Jay Roach //
Written by: Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell //
Produced by: Everyman Pictures and Gary Sanchez Productions //
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Magic Mike

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Daniel Arriola

Set in the world of male strippers, Magic Mike is a story inspired by Channing Tatum’s life, more specifically, the portion that came before the fame when he actually was a stripper. The film follows Mike (Channing Tatum) as he takes a young dancer, the Kid (Alex Pettyfer), under his wing and teaches him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women and making easy money. It all seems glamorous and thrilling at first for the Kid, but the film also reveals a darker and more dangerous side fueled by cash and drugs.

David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter calls Magic Mike, “arguably the raunchiest, funniest and most enjoyably nonjudgmental American movie about selling sex sinceBoogie Nights,” and Boxoffice.com estimates that the film should earn around $25M in its opening weekend.

Rating: R, Genre: Comedy, Drama, Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min., Starring: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer and Olivia Munn, Directed by: Steven Soderbergh, Written by: Reid Carolin, Produced by: Nick Wechsler Productions, Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

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MIB 3 and Chernobyl Diaries

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Daniel Arriola

Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back in MIB 3. When K’s archnemesis, Boris The Terrible (Jemaine Clement), breaks out of prison, Borris immediately travels back in time to take his revenge on the MIB agent who captured him. Back in the present, J is the only person who remembers K’s existence, and in an effort to save his partner as well as the whole planet, he also travels back to 1969, where he partners with a younger K (Josh Brolin), to stop Boris’ plan.

A.O. Scott of the New York Times writes, “Even as the movie carefully fulfills its blockbuster imperatives — with chases and explosions and elaborately contrived plot twists — it swerves into some marvelously silly, unexpectedly witty and genuinely fresh territory.”

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham, David Koepp, Jeff Nathanson and Michael Soccio
Distributed By: Columbia Pictures

Chernobyl Diaries is an original story from Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity. The movie follows a group of young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme tour” guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, deserted since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group soon find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

Evan Dickson of BloodyDisgusting.com writes, “Chernobyl Diaries is a nightmarish journey, suspenseful and surprisingly fun.”

Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley
Directed by: Bradley Parker
Written by: Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke
Produced By: FilmNation Entertainment
Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment

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Dark Shadows

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Daniel Arriola

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins set sail from England to start a new life in America with their young son, Barnabas. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet, or the town of Collinsport at least, until he makes the grave mistake of spurning Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green) who takes her revenge by turning him into a vampire and burying him alive.

Two centuries later, Barnabas is accidentally freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find his once-magnificent mansion in ruin and occupied by Barnabas’ dysfunctional descendants, all of whom are hiding dark and horrifying secrets.

Simon Miraudo of Quick Flix writes, “Dark Shadows is Tim Burton‘s best film in a decade. Despite the title – and all the on-screen bloodletting – it’s a light affair; fun, and funny, and filled with appealing performances.”

Dark Shadows will be released on May 11.

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green
Directed by: Tim Burton
Written by: Seth Grahame-Smith, John August and Dan Curtis
Produced By: Village Roadshow Pictures, Infinitum Nihil, GK Films and Zanuck Company
Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures

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The Lucky One and Think Like a Man

Posted on April 20, 2012 by skulkaew

The Lucky One
When the movie starts, we find U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) pausing while on patrol in the desert to pick up a photograph of a woman he doesn’t even know lying in the rubble. Moments later, a bomb detonates on the spot where he would otherwise have been standing. Crediting the pretty blonde in the picture with saving his life, he vows to track down his guardian angel to thank her upon his return to the States.

Learning her name is Beth (Taylor Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.

James Berardinelli of Reelz Views says, “The Lucky One delivers what’s expected from it: a heartfelt romantic melodrama with attractive actors in the lead roles; gauzy, moody photography; a saccharine score; and all the heat that a PG-13 production can muster.”

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.
Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Written by: Will Fetters and Nicholas Sparks
Produced and Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures

Think Like a Man
Based on Steve Harvey’s best-selling book, Think Like a Man follows four men whose love lives are shaken up after the ladies they are pursuing buy Harvey’s book that instructs women to kick their relationships up a notch by spilling a few secrets regarding how guys really feel about stuff like intimacy and commitment.

When the band of brothers realize they have been betrayed by one of their own, they conspire using the book’s insider information to turn the tables and teach the women a lesson of their own.

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle says, “Director Tim Story finds a tone that supports the big laughs and the tender moments. He does his job, keeping the audience laughing – and caring – from start to finish.”

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 2 hr. 2 min.
Starring: Chris Brown, Gabrielle Union and Kevin Hart
Directed by: Tim Story
Written by: Steve Harvey, Keith Merryman and David A. Newman
Produced and Distributed By: Screen Gems

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Project X

Posted on March 1, 2012 by skulkaew

Project X follows three anonymous high school seniors, Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown), as they attempt to throw a birthday party for Thomas. Unknown to the others, Costa has no plans to have yet another sedated get together. He’s aiming just past epic. As the guests keep arriving, the party descends into total chaos. Word spreads quickly as the night degenerates into the best kind of catastrophe. Project X is a cautionary tale to parents and police everywhere. Both groundbreaking and hilarious, this film has been rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem.

Project X
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr. 28 min.
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown
Directed By: Nima Nourizadeh
Written By: Matt Drake and Michael Bacall
Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Produced By: Green Hat Films and Silver Pictures