Which actresses in supporting roles will rise above the rest?
The Judge looks to be on track to land in the Oscar race, as its positioning at TIFF makes abundantly clear. It stars Robert Duvall and Robert Downey, Jr. The film looks interesting to me but for some reason it doesn’t have the “cool factor” attached to it. That’s fine, though. It doesn’t need really need that if it’s aiming for the Oscar race. It only needs either decent to…
Huffington Post Entertainment just posted two brand new Eleanor Rigby Posters. Yes, you might recognize the name on them. I absolutely love the one with Jessica Chastain’s iconic red hair as an outline. It’s rare to see a film — any film, let alone a love story — with women as whole human beings. Movies like this used to exist but somewhere along the line movies with women in them…
(thanks to Jazz for contributing to this post) Beyonce sings a new version of her hit single, ‘Crazy in Love’ as Christian Grey and Anastacia Steele finally come to life in the first trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey. Based on the erotic best selling trilogy by E.L James, the Fifty Shades erotic books have sold millions, tapping into repressed female sexuality – or pretending to, anyway. The book was…
Variety listed the Venice films upcoming. A Lisa Cholodenko film called Olive Kittredge, playing out of competition, caught my eye immediately. It is not a feature, of course – do they make features like this anymore? But it does sound pretty great – an HBO mini series with Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins, together again after playing Hard Bodies boss and employee in Burn After Reading. Not many US films…
We’re 5 weeks away from Telluride, 6 weeks away from Toronto. Less than 45 days. As more of the top hopefuls for Best Picture are unveiled, the more we’ll be inveigled to start nailing down the locks. I love this time of year. Right now anything seems possible, the well of options is deep and wide. By next month the possibilities start to narrow, the pool of possibilities will begin…
Here’s a vintage 1980s thriller nobody remembers because it won’t open till next month. Based on an ’80s espionage novel. Directed by Roger Donaldson who made two terrific ’80s thrillers, Smash Palace and No Way Out. Starring Pierce Brosnan who made ’90s Bond movies that were still spinning their wheels in the ’80s. “The November Man” even sounds like a classic ’80s thriller title. Donaldson made The Bank Job in…
“I can’t breathe… I can’t breathe… I can’t breath…” Eric Garner said that nine times as a half dozen New York City police officers threw him to the ground last Thursday, June 17, and one cop strangled him in a chokehold. Garner pleaded with police to ease up, but those words would be his last. The 43-year-old father of six went into cardiac arrest and died soon after. His friend…
