Movies
And the winners are… Best Picture: American Hustle Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Best Screenplay: Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best Actor: Robert Redford, All is Lost Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Best Supporting Actor: … Read more
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“Something horrible happened here,” says Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”), and it sure did. Blood is everywhere. Schreiber plays the lead character, astronaut Vince Campbell, in the new sci-fi horror thriller “The Last Days on Mars,” which earned Official Selection at Cannes this year. It’s the story of a group of astronauts exploring Mars.
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Evan Rachel Wood stars with Shia LaBeouf in the “True Romance” style slash Tarrantino-esque thriller, “Charlie Countryman,” opening today in limited release. LaBeouf plays Charlie whose dead mother appears and sends him to Bucharest, Romania. The griefstricken and unglued Charlie is led through a series of bizarre events that lead him to Gabi (Wood), a mysterious Romanian he falls instantly in love with. The trouble is, as director Fredrik Bond put it, “Gabi is like playing with plutonium.” It is a dark and twisted, yet funny, love story in the brutal underworld of Bucharest.
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John Sayles is a master filmmaker whose greatest strength is his humility. His latest film is the crime thriller “Go For Sisters,” about intense relationships framed in a sleazy Mexican border town. Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up together but life sent them in opposite directions. Twenty years later, Fontayne is on parole … Read more
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In Kevin Macdonald’s adventure thriller, the movie ‘Black Sea,’ Law’s character Captain Robinson has been kicked out of the British Navy. Then he discovers a Russian U-boat that he believes to contain Russian gold sent to Hitler as a bribe from Stalin. The movie is about greed and love.
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Justin Long and his younger brother, Christian, co-wrote the romantic comedy “A Case of You” about hack writer Sam (Long) and coffee shop worker Birdie (Evan Rachel Wood). Nerdy Sam thinks he’s not enough for free-spirited Birdie, so he stalks her online. The rom-com is loaded with comedy heavyweights Peter Dinklage, Sam Rockwell and Vince Vaughn. The cast also includes Brendan Fraser, Busy … Read more
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Ralph Fiennes spoke at the New York Film Festival NYFF
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“Valentine Road” is a documentary telling the story of 15-year-old Larry King, who was shot twice in the back of the head by classmate Brandon McInerney in Oxnard, CA, in 2008. It aired on HBO on Oct. 7. Filmmaker Marta Cunningham did a thorough job of depicting the details of the tragedy in a reporting mode rather than editorializing. The audience is left to come to their own conclusions.
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Written for TheBlot Yesterday in midtown Manhattan, Paul Giamatti sat down with TheBlot to talk about his upcoming movies, not reading scripts when he doesn’t want to, and how a character’s hairdo helps him decide on a role. Dorri Olds: What do you look for in a project? Paul Giamatti: Facial hair. What kind of facial hair will … Read more
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Written for TheBlot Yesterday TheBlot caught up with director Stu Zicherman and actor Adam Scott to talk about their Indie, “A.C.O.D,” which opened in theaters today. A.C.O.D. stands for Adult Children of Divorce and this is a darkish comedy about Carter (Adam Scott), a self-diagnosed, well-adjusted restaurateur in a stable relationship with a beautiful girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Carter … Read more
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