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6 strangers. 2 killers. No getting away… Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez star in this shocking Unrated version of the gripping suspense thriller from director David Twohy about an island vacation that turns deadly. Honeymooners Cliff (Zahn) and Cydney (Jovovich) are hiking a jungle trail to a remote Hawaiian beach when they hear that police have uncovered a grisly murder scene and the suspected killers are somewhere nearby. Unsure whether to stay or flee, the pair joins two other couples when things start to go horribly wrong. Far from civilization, a brutal battle for survival begins where danger lurks along every twist of the path and no one is who they seem.

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Kiele Sanchez on A&E's, Sugarloaf

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 — A&E says it has given the go-ahead to a new scripted police drama “Sugarloaf,” starring Australian actor Matt Passmore.

The cast of the show includes Kiele Sanchez and Carlos Gomez.

Fox Television Studios is to begin production on a 13-episode run in Miami this winter for a summer premiere.

Passmore will play Jim Longworth, “an attractive, brilliant, yet hard to get along with homicide detective from Chicago who after being wrongfully accused of sleeping with his former captain’s wife is forced into exile,” A&E said in a news release Thursday.

“Longworth relocates to Sugarloaf, a sleepy small resort town in the middle of nowhere on the Gulf Coast of Florida where the sunshine and golf are plentiful and crime is seemingly at a minimum. Yet life in Sugarloaf is not as beautiful as it may seem.”

“Matt Passmore brings a fresh face and a vibrant presence to the American television landscape in this series,” Tana Nugent Jamieson — senior vice president of drama programming for A&E Network — said in a statement. “‘Sugarloaf’ is an exciting character-driven series that marries the gritty style of a police procedural with the blue-sky backdrop of rural Florida. It’s pure entertainment that will complement the network’s current lineup of hit real-life series and off-net dramas.”

Production will begin in Miami this winter on the series from Fox Television Studios. A&E officials said the network has placed a 13-installment order for the original series, starring Australian actor Matt Passmore (McLeod’s Daughters, Underbelly) as a hard-to-get-along with homicide detective from Chicago, who is forced to leave the Second City after being wrongfully accused of sleeping with his former captain’s wife.
In the pilot, Longworth has relocated to Sugarloaf a small resort town on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where the easily life goes bad when a unidentified woman washes up in a creek. Further complicating matters is his relationship with Callie (Kiele Sanchez, Lost, Samantha Who?), a beautiful medical student with a 12 year-old son and a husband in prison. Golf partner and department medical examiner Carlos (Carlos Gómez, Shark, Sleeper Cell) is also in mix, trying to piece together the facts to identify the victim and bring her killer to justice.

“Matt Passmore brings a fresh face and a vibrant presence to the American television landscape in this series,” said Tana Nugent Jamieson, senior vice president, drama programming, A&E Network in announcing the pick-up. “Sugarloaf is an exciting character-driven series that marries the gritty style of a police procedural with the blue-sky backdrop of rural Florida. It’s pure entertainment that will complement the network’s current lineup of hit “Real-Life” series and off-net dramas.”

Kiele Sanchez of A&E 'Sugarloaf'

A&E is loading up on “Sugarloaf”

]]> http://kielesanchez.com/kiele-sanchez-is-sweet-on-sugarloaf/feed/ 0 http://kielesanchez.com/can-a-perfect-getaway-be-a-disappointing-roller-coaster-ride/ http://kielesanchez.com/can-a-perfect-getaway-be-a-disappointing-roller-coaster-ride/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:44:10 +0000 kielesanchez.com http://kielesanchez.com/?p=937 A Perfect Getaway is much like a disappointing rollercoaster ride – it runs along a lengthy plateau until finally climbing to the peak and then quickly descending to an unsatisfactory conclusion.

Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich) are honeymooning in Hawaii when they hear of a grisly murder nearby of another pair of newlyweds. Hiking a secluded jungle trail to a remote beach, they choose to join another couple (Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez) rather than run back to civilization. Eventually things begin to go horribly wrong and a brutal fight for survival ensues deep in the heart of paradise.

As I began watching, I was reminded of the highly disturbed road trip movie Kalifornia. In both, one couple decides to travel with another during a vacation; however, one of the pairs is actually deranged serial killers. Kalifornia is made interesting from beginning to end by the strange interactions of the characters. While A Perfect Getaway has some of these moments, the first hour passes relatively without incident.

Finally, the climax/reveal is exciting and very promising in terms of a last act that will make the previous hour worthwhile. Unfortunately, the filmmakers did not feel the same squandering the opportunity for a thrilling final 30 minutes. As a result, the film quickly plummets to an insufficient end.

There are no DVD special features.  6.5/10

Milla Jovovich

After the overblown space opera that was The Chronicles of Riddick, David Twohy is back in more comfortable genre territory. He writes and directs a slick character driven thriller that’s an enjoyable rollercoaster ride, containing a fine twist.
The Story of A Perfect Getaway

A newlywed couple, Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney Anderson (Milla Jovovich), are honeymooning in Hawaii, backpacking to one of its most remote beaches. On route they hear that a couple have been murdered close by and they begin to fear that they might be next. When they encounter another couple, the all action Nick (Timothy Olyphant) and Gina (Kiele Sanchez), their suspicions are raised.
The Benefits of Committed Actors

A Perfect Getaway is a solidly written thriller, yet it demonstrates the importance of committed acting. Twohy’s economical characterisation is devoured by the actors, who are clearly having a ball. Zahn and Olyphant both play to type: Zahn slightly bumbling; Olyphant sinister and slightly crazed. Sanchez, looking like Lara Croft, is far more than window dressing and has a lot of charm. The revelation of the cast, though, is Jovovich. So often playing cold and serious action heroines, here she can stretch herself by playing, ironically, a mild mannered and ordinary woman. There’s a charisma and likability in her performance that hasn’t been seen enough in her career so far.
A B-Movie Thrill Ride

Zwohy is an expert of pressure cooker scenarios, knowing that its character that tension is built from, not action set pieces. The chosen Hawaii backdrop to events is a refreshing locale, open and beautiful, at odds with the claustrophobic situation the characters find themselves in. Danger, it seems, can find you in even the most beautiful of places.

As the film progresses the tension ramps up as everyone suspects everyone else. This paranoia is supplemented by knowing references to storytelling given that Zahn character is a screenwriter, questioned ceaselessly by the interested Olyphant. Zwohy wants the audience to guess where the story’s going, knowing he’s got a twist up his sleeve that, like the best, is so obvious it’s brilliant. When the reveal comes, the film erupts into a crescendo of action that’s satisfyingly done, albeit a little too flashy with heavy use of slow-mo.

Read more at Suite101: UK Film Review: A Perfect Getaway: David Twohy’s Back Doing What He Does Best http://action-films-thrillers.suite101.com/article.cfm/uk-film-review-a-perfect-getaway#ixzz0fZXEstbV

Kiele Sanchez and Evangeline Lilly - The Six Degrees of Dating

Kiele Sanchez and Evangeline Lilly – The Six Degrees of Dating

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Interview: A Perfect Getaway’s Tim Olyphant And Kiele Sanchez

It’s hard to talk about A Perfect Getaway on tape. Not because the paradise-set thriller doesn’t have anything going on it, but because there’s a twist halfway through that makes the rest of the film impossible to discuss without spoiling.

So when we sat down with Kiele Sanchez and Timothy Olyphant, we didn’t talk much about their rough-and-tumble characters or how they turn out in the film. Instead, we stuck to the marijuana laws of Jamaica, kayaking and Kiele and Timothy’s stints on Lost and Deadwood, respectively. And because these two are so dynamic, it turned out hilarious anyway. Read the brief interview below, and check out A Perfect Getaway in theaters starting today.

Did you see the final 30 minutes of the movie coming when you first read the script?
Timothy: No. Well, that’s not true.
Kiele: I really didn’t. But you’re smarter than I am, so that makes sense.
Timothy: I just read really slowly, so that helps. I don’t recall. But I do remember I remember the moment I figured it out, before it happened.
Kiele: I had no idea if I was the killer.

Did you have to go through a lot of physical training to make the movie?
Kiele: I was actually training for a marathon anyway, so I was already kind of doing a lot of physical activity as far as that’s concerned. I ddin’t do a lot of training as far as fight training, because I didn’t think that my character would be a professional fighter.

It seems like you guys had a good time shooting out there in the jungle, hanging out on the set waiting for the weather conditions to cooperate.
Timothy: We really did click as a group from the jump. It was a lovely group of actors, on and offscreen. It was really fun from the first rehearsals. Steve, Milla and Kiele, they’re all very spontaneous, they’re all very present. Invariably you always sit around on any set, and here we got to sit around on the beach, on the rocks.
Kiele: The rainforest.
Timothy: They’d be like, cut, and you’d be like, OK, I’m just gonna kayak. I’m already in the kayak. Steve and I got to go to Jamaica. You didn’t get to go.
Kiele: I don’t want to talk about that.
Timothy: Yeah, it was beautiful.

But Kiele, weren’t you part of that scene by the cave? You were on top of the cave?
Kiele: I was on the bubble of going. You may be going to Jamaica, you may not be going to Jamaica.
Timothy: You should go. I highly recommend Jamaica. You can get weed from anyone at any time. You don’t buy it, because everybody has it. There’s no weed for sale.
Kiele: Because that would be illegal.
Timothy: Apparently in other places. I walked by the gardener at the hotel and he reeked of weed. Then you go to the lobby, and they’re also high. You can get room service to bring you weed. I am not making it up. They’ll leave it on the bedside table. Part of the turndown service. A little joint on the bedside table.

Kiele, the last time we saw you tramping through the jungle was on Lost.
Kiele: It’s interesting. It was always going to be just a guest star role. I didn’t think I was going to be sticking around for too long on the show. The only thing that was disappointing was, I feel like fans felt a little betrayed by the fact that there was these other people that you just didn’t see, that had been there the whole time and here they are. I felt the fans’ disappointment, and i understood it.

Do you feel glad to have been a part of this fan world? Because I think fans like you as well.
Kiele: Totally. I am honored to be a part of a show that I think is, it’s a phenomenon. To be part of that in any way, I’m really happy with. And I was really happy with the episode that I got. I thought that it was really awesome, and I felt lucky. It was a good death. And I love that it was done by the heroes of the show. They’re burying two people who are actually alive. Tim, how about the role that Deadwood keeps playing in your life? And your recent role on Damages?
Timothy: Deadwood was an experience that kind of keeps on giving. Milch is a really inspiring, creative force, and I feel like I draw from that a great deal still. With both those shows, it’s really wonderful to be on something that you’re proud of, just to be a part of it. Both those experiences fall into that category.