Title: Oranges and Sunshine Director: Jim Loach Starring: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham “Oranges and Sunshine” is re-affirming evidence that not every remarkable true story a remarkable film makes. Based on the book “Empty Cradles” by British social worker Margaret Humphreys, the movie tells the story of its crusading subject, who worked to uncover one of the most shocking government-sanctioned scandals of modern times — the forced deportation of many thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Both overall and scene-to-scene, though, ”Oranges and Sunshine” exudes a just-fine feeling of dutiful emotional string-pulling, and nothing more. It commits no great and cringe-worthy offenses, but neither does it ever really get…

For his narrative feature film debut, director Jim Loach chose to tackle a sprawling tale of warped governmental policy, spanning three decades and involving the forced deportation of British kids to Australia. Almost as shocking as its narrative — which tells the story of literally tens of thousands of children, and the terrible abuses they suffered after in many cases being told that their parents were dead — is the fact that it is hardly known the United States, where tales of adolescent mistreatment and murder are typically seized upon with a white-hot tabloid fervor, grist for the mill of the 24-hour cable news channels. ShockYa had the chance recently to speak to Loach one-on-one, about…

The new trailer for “Oranges and Sunshine” has premiered on Thompson on Hollywood. The film features two-time Academy Award nominee Emily Watson and produced by Emile Sherman (“The King’s Speech”). The drama will show in New York and Los Angeles theaters October 21. Here’s the synopsis of “Oranges and Sunshine”: “‘Oranges and Sunshine’ tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account…

Title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Directed By: Zack Snyder Starring: Jim Sturgess, Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Adrienne DeFaria, Joel Edgerton, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving Zack Snyder is clearly a master of visuals, but look at 300 and Watchmen. The minimal plot of 300 was completely overshadowed by the masterful imagery and while those unfamiliar with the source material couldn’t quite understand Watchmen, there was no denying that the film was downright mesmerizing. Sadly, it looks as though Snyder has fallen into a similar trap with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. The…

Considering the trailer boasts some fantastic animation, it’s no surprise that the character posters for Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole are mesmerizing. Based on Kathryn Lasky’s books, the film tells the story of a young owl named Soren who gets into trouble when a scuffle with his brother causes both to fall from their treetop and into the clutches of the evil Pure Ones. After managing to escape, Soren and a few new friends must find the legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole in order to save the owl kingdoms from the Pure Ones. Of course one of these posters belongs to our hero, Soren, who’s voiced…

Constantin Film just sent us the first official movie still from the upcoming film “Pope Joan” by director Sonke Wortmann and starring John Goodman (The Princess and the Frog, Alabama Moon), David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 300), Iain Glen (Harry Brown), Anatole Taubman (Quantum of Solace), Johanna Wokalek and Suzanne Bertish (Rome). Film Synopsis: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Pope Joan”.