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Film review: Cold Souls
12 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Ripping off someone else's act in such obsessive detail that it counts as a mixture of creative larceny and stalking, says Peter Bradshaw
There is hommage. And there is ripping off someone else's act in such obsessive detail that it counts as a mixture of creative larceny and stalking. Writer-director Sophie Barthes has created a moderately funny film everywhere described as "Kaufmanesque". It certainly is utterly in thrall to Charlie Kaufman in almost every particular.
Paul Giamatti plays Paul Giamatti, currently rehearsing the lead role in Uncle Vanya for a new stage production and finding that his intense identification with the protagonist of this Russian masterpiece is causing him to be depressed. So he reads in the New Yorker magazine that a new clinic specialises in removing people's souls so that they can feel easier and lighter without the burden of existential agony. He undertakes the procedure, and disaster follows. »
- Peter Bradshaw
Giamatti: 'I don't want to be Brad Pitt'
12 November 2009 8:18 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Paul Giamatti has said that he does not have the same type of charisma as Brad Pitt. The Cold Souls star told The Guardian that he is happy to be different to the Hollywood superstar. Giamatti said: "I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt. But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's okay. "You know that thing where you can just f**kin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma. That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to want (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'
12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it
'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."
This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to »
- Oliver Burkeman
[DVD Review] The Negotiator
10 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Pulse-pounding police dramas flood the film market place. Good cops, bad criminals and sometimes even worse cops make for compelling stories with lines that don’t always stay on the respective sides of black and white. Casting the excitable Samuel L. Jackson in the role of a man caught in that gray territory plays perfectly into the actor’s safe zone, as does Kevin Spacey playing a calm and controlling negotiator charged with navigating the path between total crisis meltdown and healthy resolution. The main and background players alike, many of whom even the casual viewer will recognize from bit parts, all take on roles well within their typecast boxes and the film benefits from their expertise. If any shortcoming can be found in the film it’s with the story’s convenient oversights at key moments, but unless you’re actively looking for them the story hurries along with a prompt pace. »
- Lex Walker
Giamatti: 'I'll never be an action star'
10 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Cold Souls star Paul Giamatti has confessed that he'll never be an action hero because of the way he looks. Speaking to Metro, the Oscar-nominated actor insisted that the character-driven parts he takes on are more fulfilling than appearing in big budget fare. He said: "Clearly, I don't look like Tom Cruise. The roles I get are going to fall inside a certain spectrum. I really feel (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
AFI Fest 2009: The Last Station, After.Life
6 November 2009 11:22 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station AFI Fest 2009, Sat., Nov. 7 at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. AFI Fest 2009 comes to a close with the following screenings: Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station, which is set near the end of Leo Tolstoy’s life, has been getting lots of Oscar buzz for its stars: James McAvoy as Tolstoy’s assistant; Helen Mirren as Tolstoy’s wife; and Christopher Plummer as the verbose author of the never-ending War and Peace. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash’s Sweetgrass offers a look at sheepherding in Montana’s Absaroka-Beartooth mountain range. Apart from the sheep and the high peaks, there’s no connection to Brokeback Mountain. Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s stop-motion [...] »
- Andre Soares
Ta Follows The Stars: Rachelle Lefevre And Peter Facinelli
5 November 2009 3:01 PM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »
We have a great Ta Follows the Stars for you today with a look at Rachelle Lefevre in Gotham Magazine and a look at the beginning of Peter Facinellis acting career. Rachelle Lefevre in Gotham magazineWith long curly red hair porcelain skin and a loud infectious laugh actress Rachelle Lefevre is hard to overlook. But until she appeared as the bitchy bloodsucker Victoria in the 2008 smash hit Twilight shed been a relative unknown. Now with the hotly anticipated second film in the series The Twilight Saga New Moon hitting theaters November 20 and two more films in the works Lefevre is about to find herself in the glare of the spotlight.When I first got to La everybody said I was too girlnextdoor for edgier roles she says. I ended up playing a stripper an escort a vampire and an offherrocker troubled poet. I keep playing roles that are not even »
George Clooney in Talks for Alexander Payne's 'The Descendants'
3 November 2009 6:48 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
While he's one of the main men of superstardom, George Clooney also keeps one foot firmly in the world of quirk and strangeness. He may be Mr. Ocean, but he's also the dude who was in Return of the Killer Tomatoes and The Men Who Stare at Goats. Clooney knows how to be ridiculous, and now he's jumping into a whole new world of quirk.
Variety reports that the actor is in talks to star in the new Alexander Payne dramedy The Descendants. His first feature since Sideways, the film got cooking back in August and follows a rich landowner and father who decides to grab his two hard-to-handle daughters and search for his wife's lover in an attempt to keep his family together -- while she's in a coma after a catamaran accident. ...I still can't fathom the logic behind this one.
This is definitely one of those it's about time! »
- Monika Bartyzel
Clooney is Next of Kin in Payne's 'Descendants'
3 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- George Clooney might be joining the ranks of Paul Giamatti, Jack Nicholson and Reese Witherspoon as he is currently looking to topline The Descendants for Alexander Payne. If production does indeed begin in February, we could see Clooney in a Payne-branded comedy by year's end. The project was set into motion by Fox Searchlight in 2007. Scripted by Blacklist regulars Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, this is based on the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel, set in Hawaii, the unconventional family drama tells the story of a newly widowed father -- the descendant of landowners and one of the richest men on Oahu -- who takes off with his two rebellious daughters to track down his wife's lover on the island of Kauai. There'll be plenty of casting to do before the holidays begin. We need a pair of daughters aged 17 and 10 and who can deliver some lip service much like »
New York City & Philadelphia Go Head-To-Head In The World Series -- And In Cinema History!
28 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
The New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies aren't exactly the fiercest of rivals, but there is sure to be blood — or maybe just some home runs, botched calls and heated arguments with umpires — when the two baseball teams collide for Game 1 of the World Series this evening (so long as the rain stays away that is!).
As New Yorkers and Philadelphians prepare for battle, we got to wondering about some of the other rivalries already in place between the two cities — in motion picture form, that is. I'm not necessarily talking about fictional competitions between NYC and Philly, so much as stacking movies set in those cities against one another.
Through that framework, you'd be surprised at how many competing movies there are between the Empire and Keystone States — just hit the jump and see the head-to-head match-ups for yourself!
The Ghost Story: "Ghostbusters" (NYC) vs "The Sixth Sense »
- Josh Wigler
The Last Station - New images in from the Sony Pictures Classics release.
27 October 2009 7:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
See new images in from Sony Pictures Classics' "The Last Station," starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon and Patrick Kennedy. Based on the novel by Jay Parini, the story looks at the tumultuous last year of novelist Leo Tolstoy. Christopher Plummer plays Tolstoy and Helen Mirren is in as his wife. Also in the cast are James McAvoy as well as Paul Giamatti. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September. »
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.
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- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?
More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!
# 10 - Black Death
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Timeline: The 14th Century
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne
The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.
- - -
- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?
More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!
# 10 - Black Death
- - -
Timeline: The 14th Century
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne
The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.
- - -
- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?
More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!
# 10 - Black Death
- - -
Timeline: The 14th Century
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne
The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.
- - -
- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?
More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!
# 10 - Black Death
- - -
Timeline: The 14th Century
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne
The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.
- - -
- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?
More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!
# 10 - Black Death
- - -
Timeline: The 14th Century
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne
The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
London Film Festival ‘09:Cold Souls
23 October 2009 11:17 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Cold Souls Directed by Sophie Barthes Charlie Kaufman's attorneys must be pleased. The first phrase one grasps at to describe Sophie Barthes debut feature, Cold Souls, is 'Kaufmanesque': a metaphysical comedy with an absurd, fantastical central proposition, be it a machine that erases memories of a failed love affair or a puppet master accessing the consciousness of a well respected character actor. In Cold Souls, the story is no less outlandish, concerning, as it does, a medical procedure that surgically extracts and stores people's souls, an idea inspired by a dream that Barthes had (appropriately enough) featuring her and Woody Allen in a doctor's waiting room only to discover that he had the soul of chickpea. Speaking as someone who finds nothing in life more tedious than other people telling you how crazy and wacky their dreams are, Cold Souls initially sounded like a potentially horrific experience, and while »
- Ricky
Vera Farmiga, Emily Watson, Jean-Pierre Jeunet: London 2009
22 October 2009 8:59 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, two potential best supporting actress Oscar nominees, attend the Up in the Air photocall during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Mayfair Hotel on October 18. Emily Watson at the premiere of Cold Souls, starring Paul Giamatti, at the Vue West End on October 18. Jean-Pierre Jeunet arrives for the premiere of Micmacs at the Vue West End on October 18. »
- Joan Lister
AFI Fest 2009 Line-up
21 October 2009 12:40 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The complete lineup for the 23rd edition of the American Film Institute (AFI) Fest presented by Audi has been announced. Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” has already been announced as the opening night gala. The Weinstein Company’s “A Single Man” will have its Us premiere at the festival’s Closing Night Gala. Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” has been selected as the Centerpiece Screening Gala presentation.
The film festival, which will debut it’s groundbreaking “See a Film on Us” initiative featuring complimentary tickets to all films including a limited number of seats at each Gala Presentation, will be headquartered at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel between October 30 and November 5. AFI Fest will then move to Santa Monica for the final two days of screenings presented in association with the American Film Market (Afm).
AFI Fest 2009 will mark the return »
- Allan Ford
"The Hurt Locker" Tops Gotham Independent Film Awards!
19 October 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
"The Hurt Locker's" march to the Oscars has begun! The film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, is nominated for best feature, breakthrough actor, and best ensemble performance at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Robert Siegel's "Big Fan" also topped the Gotham nominations with best features, breakthrough actor, and breakthrough director noms.
"The Hurt Locker" is one of my favorite films this year (Click Watch My Top 10 Best Movies of Summer 2009!) so I'm rooting for this brilliant flick!
Bigelow, Natalie Portman, and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will each be presented with a career tribute.
The ceremony will be held Nov. 30 at Cipriani Wall Street.
And the nominees for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amreeka"
Cherien Dabis, director; Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin, producers (National Geographic Entertainment)
"Big Fan"
Robert Siegel, director; Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin, producers (First Independent Pictures)
- Manny
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