DVD Review: Raise Your Voice

Written by
Cara de Pescado
Published August 31, 2007


Raise Your Voice isn’t a Disney movie, but it could have been. It is the story of Terri Fletcher finding her voice. It begins with a happy teen, Terri (Hilary Duff), and her older brother Paul (Jason Ritter). Unlike most teen siblings I’ve come across, they get along famously. Terri and Paul sneak out to go to a concert and are in a car wreck on the way home. Paul dies and Terri doesn’t want to ever sing again. The problem with that is Paul sent in a DVD to a prestigious summer music program as his sister’s application and she was accepted. From there you can guess the rest; Terri makes new friends, discovers new love, and once again finds her voice.

For those looking for a wholesome movie, Raise Your Voice definitely fits the bill. Hilary Duff’s Terri sings in the church choir, listens to Christian music, and finds solace in going to church. Those who find Duff attractive will find lots of shots of her in tight tank tops. And those who enjoy the feel-good movies that could be on Disney Channel or Lifetime will enjoy the message.

That being said, Raise Your Voice is a bunch of clichés thrown together in an attempt to be a modern day Fame but failing. The script is lacking, the acting isn’t great, and the music isn’t exactly compelling. Though to be perfectly honest, pointing out all the ways the film fails to soar is sort of like beating a dead horse. But to be fair, it is only a PG-rated film. The thing I found most distracting was the presence of a lot of “pretty shots” that really didn’t add anything but time.

The Special Features on the DVD include five deleted scenes, a reel of outtakes, a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie, an orchestra sequence showing clips from the movie and the recording of the score, a music video for Hilary Duff’s “Fly”, an interactive jam where you make your own music, the theatrical trailer, and previews for other New Line releases. In addition to that material, the DVD has features and web links accessible on your computer running Microsoft Windows. I don’t have a PC, so I am not sure what those materials might be.

The DVD itself is dual-sided with Widescreen or Full Screen versions of the movie on either side. The audio is Dolby Digital 5.1 in English with options for English or Spanish subtitles.

Overall, the movie isn’t one I’d rush out to buy but it is 107 minutes of harmless entertainment the family can watch together.

Courtesy: blogcritics.org

A Cindrella Story 2 production to be started

As reported by Moviehole "A Cinderella Story 2" - the sequal to the "A Cindrella Story" will be going into production this October:

It will get underway in Vancouver in October. No doubt this is going straight to DVD.

No other sites are confirming the existence of this movie, nor is there any evidence Hilary Duff would be a part of the sequel.

Courtesy: Moviehole
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DVD Release of "Casper Meets Wendy"

Thursday, 16 August 2007
A witch and a ghost are an unlikely team but Wendy and Casper are not the typical ghouls. Check out their adventures in Casper Meets Wendy: Family Fun Edition, debuting on DVD September 11, 2007. Featuring the vocal talent of superstar Hilary Duff (A Cinderella Story, “Lizzie McGuire,” Cheaper By The Dozen), the film is an adventurous tale about a Good Little Witch, Wendy (Duff), who sets out to prove herself to her three aunts. However, little does she know a nemesis is plotting to kill her when he finds out she will be the greatest witch ever to exist! In order to escape death, Wendy teams up with shy, friendly ghost Casper against the evil warlock. From director Sean McNamara (Bratz: The Movie, “That’s So Raven”), the movie also features Shelley Duval (Popeye) and Teri Garr (Tootsie). Casper Meets Wendy: Family Fun Edition DVD features a wealth of family-friendly bonus materials including a Hilary Duff featurette, a Mockumentary, games and more. The DVD is offered at the suggested retail price of $19.98; prebook is August 15.
DVD Special Features:
Casper Meets Wendy: Family Fun Edition is presented in full screen format, English 2.0, Spanish Mono and French 2.0, plus English, Spanish and French subtitles. Bonus material includes:

• Hilary Duff Makes Casper Meets Wendy
• Mockumentary – Henry Boospell: Ghost and Witch Expert
• Homes and Portions
• Intro
• Magic Goo
• Worms In The Mud
• Edible Eyeballs
  

• “Join Casper” TV Spot
• “Believe” TV Spot
• Gallery
• Games
• Bad Air Day
• Archery Practice
• Trailers
  

Synopsis:
It’s love at first fright when Casper Meets Wendy in this all-new, live-action adventure featuring an all-star cast, amazing special effects and spook-tacular fun for the whole family.
When evil warlock Desmond Spellman (George Hamilton) vows to destroy Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff), she and her witless witch aunts (Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr) hide out at Sunny Brite Resort, where the vacationing Ghostly Trio has been busy scaring up mega-mischief—and making Casper’s afterlife miserable!

Even though Casper and Wendy are told that ghosts and witches just don’t get along, when these two kindred spirits meet, it’s the beginning of a boo-tiful friendship! But Desmond is closing in...and time is running out. Now Casper and Wendy must prevent a supernatural showdown between their feuding families in order to defeat Desmond’s dastardly plan!

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War, Inc Trailer

War .Inc
By John Causak

War, Inc. is the first wacky satire about the green zone in Iraq. You know, the place soliders call the Emerald City. The fortified compound where Americans hole up and pretend that there’s not a maelstrom of violence and complete insanity outside. War stars John Cusack as a hitman assigned to kill a middle east oil minister. The trailer is flat out fantastic, and this will either end up being this war’s Apocalypse Now or it’ll crash and burn and be a more offensive version of American Dreamz. It’s risky. Watch the newest War, Inc trailer in high-res by going here or just click play on the embedded video below:

After I saw the trailer I think Hilary does not seem to have a big role in this movie. Do you think so?
About the movie - the movie seems to be an action/war comedy.

War, Inc - The Full cast and crew

Directed by

• Joshua Seftel

Writing credits(WGA)

• Mark Leyner (written by) &
• Jeremy Pikser (written by) &
• John Cusack (written by)

Cast (in credits order)

• John Cusack ... Brand Hauser
• Joan Cusack ... Marsha
• Marisa Tomei ... Natalie Hegalhuzen
• Hilary Duff ... Yonica Babiak
• Ben Kingsley

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

• Ned Bellamy ... Zubleh
• Ben Cross ... Medusa Hair
• Shirly Brener ... Hauser's Wife
• Sergej Trifunovic
• Velizar Binev ... German Businessman
• Doug Dearth ... Geoff
• Bashar Rahal ... Video guy one
• Rachel O'Meara
• Stanimir Stamatov ... Posse guy
• George Zlatarev ... The Director
• Joost Scholte ... Cashier

Produced by

• John Cusack .... producer
• Vic David .... line producer: nyc
• Doug Dearth .... co-producer
• Danny Lerner .... producer
• Grace Loh .... producer
• Mark Roper .... associate producer
• Les Weldon .... producer

Cinematography

• Zoran Popovic

Film Editing

• Michael Berenbaum

Casting

• Marianne Stanicheva

Production Design

• Miljen Kreka Kljakovic

Art Direction

• Branimir Babic

Costume Design

• Vicki Graef

Makeup Department

• Denise Wynbrandt .... personal hair stylist
• Denise Wynbrandt .... personal makeup artist

Production Management

• Veselin Karadjov .... production manager
• Alexander Peytchev .... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

• Doug Dearth .... second unit director
• Peter Mechkoff .... first assistant director: Bulgaria
• Mark Roper .... first assistant director

Art Department

• Borislav Belberov .... stand-by props
• Dirk Buchmann .... property master
• Andrey Filchev .... stand-by props
• Anna Hadzhieva .... art department coordinator
• Georgi Kodjabashhski .... painter
• Axel Nicolet .... construction manager
• Sonya Savova .... draftsperson
• Rosen Stefanov .... assistant set decorator
• Arta Tozzi .... art department assistant
• Zhivko Zhelyazkov .... storyboard artist

Sound Department

• Joshua Adeniji .... foley editor
• Randy Babajtis .... sound effects editor
• Jeremy Balko .... adr mixer
• Dhyana Carlton-Tims .... dialogue editor
• Judah Getz .... foley mixer
• Andrew Morgado .... adr mixer
• Stuart Provine .... sound effects editor
• Anthony Viera .... additional sound mixer

Special Effects by

• Ivo Jivkov .... special effects supervisor
• Marten Ruskov .... special effects crew
• Yana Stoyanova .... special effects artist

Visual Effects by

• Javor Asenov .... visual effects
• Scott Coulter .... visual effects producer
• Ivan Ivanov .... digital artist
• Momchil Kirov .... digital artist
• Nikolay Kolev .... digital artist
• Dennis Little .... DI producer
• Diana Moneva .... digital artist
• Nikolay Peev .... digital artist
• Stefan Tchakarov .... visual effects production supervisor
• Arturo Lopez Uscanga .... scanning manager
• Desislava Valcheva .... digital compositor
• Vladimir Zdravkov .... visual effects systems administrator

Stunts

• Boyan Anev .... stunts
• Georgi Dimitrov .... stunt rigger
• Ivailo Dimitrov .... stunt double
• Ivailo Dimitrov .... stunts
• Dian Hristov .... stunt coordinator
• Radoslav Ignatov .... stunts
• Danko Jordanov .... stunts
• Radoslav Parvanov .... stunts
• Velizar Peev .... stunts
• Stanimir Stamatov .... stunts
• Georgi Stanislavov .... stunts
• Teodor Tsolov .... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

• Hristo Aleksandrov .... assistant camera
• Bruce Jones .... additional electrician: second unit
• Alexander Krumov .... camera operator: second unit
• Brian Pryzpek .... gaffer
• Shimon Sabbah .... grip
• Devon Schwab .... second assistant camera: second unit
• Lorenzo Senatore .... camera operator
• Lorenzo Senatore .... steadicam operator
• Emil Topuzov .... director of photography: second unit
• Yavor Zahariev .... gaffer

Casting Department

• Yesi Ramirez .... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

• Jasmina Vasileva .... costumer: Mr. Cusack

Editorial Department

• Sharon Smith Holley .... first assistant editor
• Candice Levy .... post-production coordinator
• Dennis Little .... digital intermediate producer

Transportation Department

• Kalin Nikolov .... transportation coordinator

Other crew

• Selena Arizanovic .... music coordinator
• Prince Bagdasarian .... film and high definition coordinator
• Nancy Ceo .... assistant designer
• Valentin Dimitrov .... location manager
• Aurelie Levy .... assistant: John Cusack
• Ashley Miller .... music supervisor
• Violeta Piperevska .... production coordinator
• Lonnie Ramati .... senior business affairs executive
• Sandy Schklair .... script supervisor
• Shelly Stoyanova .... script supervisor: second unit
• Dana Wilkey .... product placement

Courtesy: IMDB

Hilary Duff Maxim Magazine shots and Hilary Duff Maxim Interview

MAXIM's August Edition for 2007 will be covering Hilary Duff and Perezhilton.com has all of them.
See all the pictures here or at perezhilton.com

Never forget to see the interview just after the magazine scans.

The interview talks about being young and handling so much, her relationship with her mom, the Hollywood lifestyle, dealing with the paparazzi (does she hate all the videos), her relationship with Joel and the pregnant lady Nicole, her craziness for cleanliness, and War Inc- her upcoming movie where she will be featuring as Yonica.

more about MAXIM in Hilary Duff Encyclopedia

And the actual interview page...

The interview talks about being young and handling so much, her relationship with her mom, the Hollywood lifestyle, dealing with the paparazzi (does she hate all the videos), her relationship with Joel and the pregnant lady Nicole, her craziness for cleanliness, and War Inc- her upcoming movie where she will be featuring as Yonica.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE INTERVIEW PAGE SCAN...

Hilary Duff in Saftey Glass- the movie by Jonathan Glatzer

Hilary Duff has made herself attached to a new movie directed by Jonathan Glatzer - the pop video director ,co-starrring Steve Coogan. The movie has been named as "Safety Glass" .

"A reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local high schoolers."

"Safety Glass" as stated will due out in 2008 and stars

• Amber Tamblyn,
  
• Amanda Peet,
  
• Michael Angarano,
  
• Molly Shannon and
  
• Amanda Seyfried.

It will be filmed in New Hampshire and New York.

Hilary Duff Filmography

The contents below are not actually the latest updates related to Hilary Duff, but may be the repositries or say one of the archives.

Below is the Filmography archive of Hilary Duff as in her official site. Each will be discussed individually when I will complete the one/two remaining movies that I have still not watched, one of the major reason is the movie market in our country. Anyway, lets leave that.

All the movies here are according to the individual releases in order(Latest at the top). More will be published soon. Please be patient .

• Material Girls
  
  Material Girls is a light-hearted comedy about a pair of sisters who are famous only for being famous. When their inheritance is stolen, they quickly discover who their real friends are, while also learning that there is more to life than the glitz and glam of fame. Material Girls is a modern day makeover of pop icon Madonna's famous hit song of the eighties. Her production company, Maverick Films, produces the film, and the film includes Hilary and Haylie singing a remake of the hit song, Material Girl.
  
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• Cheaper By the Dozen 2
  
  Tom Baker (Steve Martin) and wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt), hoping to bring their family together for a memorable summer vacation, take their 12 offspring to the rustic Lake Winnetka. Their retreat soon becomes cutthroat when they enter a competition with the over-achieving members of a large family headed by Tom's long-time rival, Jimmy Muraugh (Eugene Levy).
  
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• The Perfect Man
  
  
  
  
  Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear and Chris Noth star in this hilarious yet heartwarming comedy about mothers, daughters and the outrageous lengths people will go to for love. Holly Hamilton (Duff) is on a mission to find her single mom (Locklear) a perfect man, even if she has to make that man up! She creates an imaginary secret admirer based on a charming restaurateur (Noth). This scheme keeps Holly on her toes more than it actually sweeps her mother off her feet.
  
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• Raise Your Voice
  
  Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is a small town girl with the voice of a big time singer. When a personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri defies her father's wishes and secretly heads off to a Los Angeles performing arts academy. Terri suddenly finds herself in a highly competitive program in an intimidating new city. Although she's overwhelmed at first, she rises to the occasion with the help of new friends, a special teacher and a first love who captures her heart.
  
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• A Cindrella Story
  
  Meet high school student Sam (Hilary Duff), who scrubs floors at a diner, copes with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, and all the while dreams of Princeton (the perfect spot for a would-be princess to find a prince). But maybe she has a Prince Charming already: her anonymous e-mail buddy (Chad Michael Murray), who arranges to meet her at the Halloween dance. Sam panics when Mr. Anonymous turns out to be the coolest guy on campus. Can he love a girl who isn't part of the in crowd? Can fairy tales come true? Sure - but only if Sam stands up for herself and turns her dreams into reality.
  
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• Cheaper By the Dozen
  
  The Bakers, a family of 12, move from small-town Illinois to the big city after Tom Baker (Steve Martin) gets his dream job to coach his alma mater's football team. Meanwhile, his wife (Bonnie Hunt) also gets her dream of getting her book published. While she's away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time keeping the house in order while at the same time coaching his football team, as the once happy family starts falling apart. Hilary Duff stars as one the Baker children.
  
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• Agent Cody Banks
  
  Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and Hilary Duff star in this "clever and lively action-adventure" (Los Angeles Times) about a junior CIA agent on a mission to save the world, stop the bad guys and get the girl all before curfew! Featuring "cool gadgetry, exciting special effects" (USA Today) and the best skateboard chase ever captured on film, Agent Cody Banks delivers "great fun for the entire family" (Tribute TV)!
  
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• Lizzie McGuire
  
  Join America's sweetheart, Lizzie McGuire, on the trip of a lifetime. Goodbye, home! Hello, Rome! Lizzie, along with classmates Gordo, Kate, and Ethan, is celebrating with a graduation trip to Italy to experience la dolce vita - and some awesome pizza! In a whirlwind of comic events, Lizzie is mistaken for Italy's biggest pop diva, Isabella, and falls for Paolo, Isabella's handsome singing partner. Transformed from awkward teen into international pop star, Lizzie now has the choice of a lifetime. Will becoming Italy's next singing sensation also mean leaving her family and close friends behind? It's up to Lizzie to embrace newfound courage and do things she never thought possible. Find out what dreams are made of.
  
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• Cadet Kelly
  Hilary Duff stars as Kelly Collins, an artistic, fashion-minded teen who's forced to go from flashy fab to olive drab at her new stepdad's military academy in this delightful comedy. As the clumsiest, most clueless recruit ever to botch basic training, Kelly seems to be fighting an uphill battle to fit in. But it's all-out war when she butts heads with Cadet Captain Stone (Christy Carlson Romano), a tough-as-nails, by-the-book "commanding officer" determined to break her spirit. See how once-carefree Kelly keeps it together amidst endless rules and regulations to win Stone's respect, and still manages to leave her own unique mark on the school.
  
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• Casper Meets Wendy
  
  It's love at first fright when Casper Meets Wendy in this all-new, live-action adventure featuring an all-star cast, amazing special effects and spook-tacular fun for the whole family. When evil Warlock Desmond Spellman (George Hamilton) vows to destroy Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff), she and her witless witch aunts (Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr) hide out at Sunny Brite Resort, where the vacationing Ghostly Trio has been busy scaring up mega-mischief-and making Casper's afterlife miserable! Even though Casper and Wendy are told that ghosts and witches just don't get along, when these two kindred spirits meet, it's the beginning of a boo-tiful friendship! But Desmond is closing in...and time is running out. Now Casper and Wendy must prevent a supernatural showdown between their feuding families in order to defeat Desmond's dastardly plan!
  
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Hilary Duff fails to make her into the movie Brothers and Sisters

The deal that was to be made between the Hilary Duff's role in the upcoming movie "Brothers And Sisters". It feels really bad to hear about that. However , may the movie hit the box office record. But it seems that the movie was meant for Hilary as the name reflects.. No more pictures ..