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Written, directed and produced by Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie Pitt , By the Sea serves as her directorial follow-up to Universal Pictures’ epic Unbroken . The dramatic film stars Brad Pitt and Jolie Pitt , who are supported by an international ensemble led by Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer . By the Sea follows an American writer named Roland ( Pitt ) and his wife, Vanessa ( Jolie Pitt ), who arrive in a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France, their marriage in apparent crisis. As they spend time with fellow travelers, including young newlyweds Lea ( Laurent ) and François (Poupaud), and village locals Michel ( Arestrup ) and Patrice ( Bohringer ), the couple begins to come to terms with unresolved issues in their own lives. Watch the trailer after the Jump... In its style, and its treatment of themes of the human experience, By the Sea is inspired by European cinema and theater of the ’60s and ’70s. Jol

This week's episode of Inside the Bucket is online! Revel in the 2015 digital mastery! Welcome to the first SandwichJohnFilms podcast of 2015! This edition of Inside the Bucket brings together for the first time in months all four of SJF's team - Matt, Brandon, Sue, and John - as they talk shit to each other about the year that was. It's a happy and uplifting post-holiday episode, as the foursome start by breaking down all the week's movie and television news from our website SANDWICHJOHNFILMS.COM . Please check out all the links to the items we covered in today's podcast. Later, they skip Rants and Raves to quickly review 6 films that were screened in December: Unbroken , Into the Woods , Wild , The Gambler, and The Imitation Game . It's not really a serious review of each, moe likeJohn The Grinch Who Hates Movies making fun of Matt and Sue while Brandon cowers in the corner. But it does make for some laughs and good information. They conclude the

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For UNBROKEN  on December 17th at 7:00 PM in San Francisco. UNBROKEN  is a 2014 American war drama film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie based on the 2010 nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The film, which revolves around the life of Olympic athlete Louis "Louie" Zamperini, stars Jack O'Connell as Zamperini with Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund , and Domhnall Gleeson . World War II hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini, a former Olympic track star, survives a plane crash in the Pacific, spends 47 days drifting on a raft, and then more than two and a half years living in several Japanese prisoner of war camps. Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all your entertainment news and to be to notified about our upcoming Advance Screenings. Also make sure to subscribe and download our Podcast See how to win ticket

The final push in 2014 for Oscars nominations and our hard-earned dollars is upon us - welcome to our December On the Radar Preview! November 2014 was filled with tasty movie goodness, offering solid Oscar candidates with a collection of enjoyable animated fare. From Penguins of Madagascar to Big Hero 6 , November began and ended with some of the best the genre had to offer. Even the live-action sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 delivered on many levels. The only stinker was the disappointing Dumb and Dumber To (but don't tell our writer Brandon Wolfe we said that). But now, it's on to December and the final push towards Oscar season, with Hollywood not sure if they'll beat 2013, but happily relieved that Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Solider saved them from a potentially disastrous year. But unlike previous months - especially August and September - our worry this month lies in the sheer number of quality releases: