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Right, so Michael Sheen obviously ignored my career advice to lay off the biopics for a while. That’s okay. He’s a lot more famous and successful than I am, so I guess he probably knows best. But seriously, a third go-round playing Tony Blair in yet another factional Peter Morgan-scripted project? If you haven’t heard […]
Entries from March 2009
Enough already
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:51 am · March 26th, 2009
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‘Away We Go’ one-sheet
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:07 am · March 26th, 2009
Same jaunty home-made aesthetic as the trailer. And hey, who knew Jonathan Franzen was playing romantic leads these days? Oh, wait. Anyway, I like it, but I’m still having trouble squaring such imagery with the tag of “from director Sam Mendes.” Is this coming from a genuine place inside him, or did he think, “Hmm, […]
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Ang Lee’s ‘Taking Woodstock’ gets a trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:54 am · March 26th, 2009
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Embarrassment of riches
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 pm · March 25th, 2009
Remember when, a few weeks ago, Freida Pinto was automatically declared Woody Allen’s new “muse” simply because she had committed to his next film? Well, it seemed premature then — and now that none other than Nicole Kidman has been added to a cast that already included Naomi Watts, I think it’s fair to say […]
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Ebert ‘Knowing’ rave
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:52 pm · March 25th, 2009
From the big guy’s four-star review of the film, right at the top: “Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful, intelligent and, when it needs to be, rather awesome. In its very different way, it is comparable to the great “Dark City,” by the same director, Alex Proyas. That film […]
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The Stooges are set
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:15 pm · March 25th, 2009
Why does this project look like an absolute failure waiting to happen? And strangely, only Penn seems to fit here. Del Toro really doesn’t work for me in the role of Moe and there’s something, I don’t know…off about Carrey as Curly, but we’ll see what they come up with. Variety reports the casting news […]
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‘Wild Things’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:12 pm · March 25th, 2009
Great call using Arcade Fire in this thing. It looks absolutely AMAZING: See it in HD at Apple.
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The Oscars are moving back to March for a year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:52 am · March 25th, 2009
I’ve been hearing a lot of folks over the last few years tell me they think the Oscars should move back to March. I’m not entirely sure why, but there is support out there. You’ll recall, 2005 marked the first year the ceremony was pulled a full month back from the end of March to […]
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Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy to write ‘Wolverine 2?’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:44 am · March 25th, 2009
UPDATE (3/27): I figured I’d include the latest here, so this entry is up to date. /Film has the following today: Earlier this week we reported that Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy had mentioned during an appearance at the Bradford International Film Festival that he had been offered and accepted an offer to write a […]
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With the emphasis on ‘Ho’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:01 am · March 25th, 2009
Here’s an, um, interesting addition to “Slumdog Millionaire’s” long list of accomplishments: how many Best Original Song winners are treated to a Pussycat Dolls remix? Words fail me. (Memo to Ms. Scherzinger: it’s pronounced “jye,” not “jay.”)
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Watch this face
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:08 am · March 25th, 2009
You can’t lose much by making “star is born” pronouncements. If you’re right, you get to brag about your stunning foresight, and if you’re wrong — hey, nobody remembers anyway. But back in October last year, as I watched stunning young French ingenue Léa Seydoux illuminate Christophe Honoré’s lovely, woozy teen romance “La Belle Personne,” […]
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New WTF still from Von Trier’s ‘Antichrist’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:05 pm · March 24th, 2009
I go back and forth with Lars Von Trier. Lots of respect for “Breaking the Waves,” hated “Dancer in the Dark,” “Dogville” topped my list in 2004 (though shamefully I’ve yet to see “Manderlay”), etc., etc. But I can’t wait to see “Antichrist.” This new still from the film totally freaks me out but I […]
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20 years later…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:02 pm · March 24th, 2009
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Go get it
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:42 pm · March 24th, 2009
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Kevin Smith on the dark side of the Internet
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:41 pm · March 24th, 2009
Kudos to Peter Sciretta of /Film for pointing us to this video of Kevin Smith dishing the Internets, a somewhat timely discussion with all the poo-slinging going on this week. Like Sciretta says, “It’s interesting to hear about this world from the side of a filmmaker.” Have a look:
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Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood film begins production
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:22 pm · March 24th, 2009
Fingers crossed for this one. Sue me, I still love “Prince of Thieves.” Anyway, Universal rolls out the red carpet with a big ole’ announcement today: Joining Crowe and Blanchett for the film are Oscar® winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia, Atonement) as John and Richard’s mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; Mark Strong (Body of Lies, Stardust) […]
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All in good taste
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:32 am · March 24th, 2009
There’s no real reason to pay attention to the Chlotrudis Awards,which took place on Sunday. After all, they’re a casually organised set of honours determined by an enthusiastic group of Boston-based film lovers — that apparently get mentioned on IMDB and precisely nowhere else. But hey, when their taste is this exemplary, they deserve a […]
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Dog years
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:58 am · March 24th, 2009
Given that Kris’ recently declared love for the 45-year-old-and-still-sexy-thank-you-very-much actress Hope Davis seems to be shared by a few of you out there, you may be tickled by this extract from a Guardian piece, in which Hadley Freeman tackles the eternal issue of Hollywood’s double standards of gender and age: It is all too easy […]
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