Film Poster analysis

The kings of summer

Is a 2013 American independent coming-of-age drama film that premiered at the Sun Dance festival in 2013 and was released with a limited release on the 13th May 2013 by CBS films. Within the film there were upcoming teen actors such as; Nick Robinson ( Joe toy in the film) who after the film stared in Jurassic world(2015),Being Charlie (2015) and the recently renowned '5th wave' that was released in 2016, also staring Chloe Mortez. Moreover the film also acquired established actors such as Moises Arias who played 'Biaggio'. He is known for his role in the Disney hit TV series'; 'The suite life on deck', 'Hannah Montana' and 'Wizards of Waverley place'.

Before the film came to acquire the name 'kings of summer', it was originally called 'toy's house' when the film was shown at the Sun Dance festival. However through CBS films acquiring the distribution rights to the film the title was therefore changed to 'the kings of summer', which seems vastly more appropriate for a coming of age film. At the box office the film grossed 1.4 million dollars and acquired 76% on rotten tomatoes and made it onto 'Complex's Best Summer movies of 2013 list', rightly reserving 17th position.

 

Phoenix 

The film Phoenix is a German drama film that was directed by Christian Petzols in 2014, originally adapted from the 1961 novel 'le retour des candres' by the French author Hubert Monteilhet. The film also acquired  a renowned German established cast members; Nina Hoss who played 'Nelly Fenz', who has won a series of awards such as; the German film awards for best actress in 2008, Capri European actress award in 2012 and then in 2014 also won the Seattle International film festival for best actress. The film also stared Ronald Zehrfeld who played Johnny Lenz, who's debut was in 2005 when he stared in his lead role in Dominik Grafs 'The red cockatoo' and through this was nominated in the Undine awards for best actor. The film was given a limited a release in two theatres under 'Sundance selects' on July 24th 2015, where it grossed $28,210 over the weekend.  As of the 30th October 2015 the film has grossed $3,143,677 in North America which made it one of the highest grossing German films in the united states in recent years. The film therefore made in onto the 'National Board of review's' top 5 foreign language films of 2015. Another factor to take into consideration is the acclaim it gained from numerous critics, as from the 'Metacritic' the film scored a rating 89%, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on 101 reviews.