Shame, directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, tells the story of Brandon (Fassbender), a single man who is addicted to sex in any form as long as it does not involve love or intimacy. His ordered lifestyle is thrown into chaos with the arrival of his needy sister (Mulligan).
I can’t wait to see this. I’m turning into a HUGE Fassbender fan. Lately, anything I see with him in it, I’m loving. Yesterday I grabbed a blanket, snuggled in and watched ‘Jane Eyre’. I absolutely LOVED it – and loved him in it!
This movie looks pretty good… I guess. Romantic comedies usually aren’t my cup of tea. I’m drawn more towards serious movies for some reason (my husband is convinced this means something about who I am as a person). Anyway, I like Reese Witherspoon, even though lately I haven’t liked her movies (her last good movie was ‘Walk the Line’, you know I’m right). I like Chris Pine, I guess…he was good in ‘Star Trek’. In all honesty, I’m disappointed to see Tom Hardy in a romcom. I think he is an amazing talent, he was crazy good in ‘Warrior’. It feels so “Hollywood” to do a romantic comedy. UNLESS they’re really good. If it’s a REALLY good romantic comedy, then I’ll be singing a different tune. I’ll say how genius he was to take the role. Let’s hope it’s the latter.
Today we have our first look at ‘The Avengers’, Marvel’s epic superhero movie. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as the evil Loki and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow.
In a recent interview, Evans told The Huffington Post that he wasn’t sure what to think of the film before shooting began, but he’s more than happy with the result.
“Going into it, you’re like, who knows? I don’t know how this is gonna go,” he admitted. “There’s a lot of big actors, a lot of big egos, everyone has their own thing going. I can’t say enough; it couldn’t have gone better. I have high hopes. I hope it’s awesome.”
Assuring us that the film balanced action and substance, he shouted out Whedon, creator of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and fanboy pinup, for his work putting it together.
“It’s not easy trying to bring all those characters together and find a story, but the best thing about Joss is that Joss is a fan, Joss is a comic book guy,” he said. “It feels so nice working with a guy that is well, the people I am trying to please is Joss. Joss is one of those dudes. And if Joss is happy with the dialog, if Joss is happy with the wardrobe, if Joss is happy, then I’m happy. Because he’s Comic-Con, he’s one of these dudes who would be in the audience geeking out, so if he’s happy, I’m happy.”
I love superhero movies. GOOD superhero movies, that is. I truly hope this movie is better than the trailer. The trailer is…. boring! Isn’t it? After watching the trailer – I found myself thinking “that’s it?”.
With all that talent – I was really hoping the trailer would just blow me away. But it didn’t. There wasn’t anything spectacular about it.
Watch the trailer below! Also – here are a bunch of pictures from the set back in September.
Charlize Theron, who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Monster,” stars in the Diablo Cody-written, Jason Reitman-directed “Young Adult,” a black comedy with a dark horse chance at prestige season glory. Playing a young adult novel author who, down and out, returns to her hometown to try and win back her high school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson). Problem is, he’s married, has a kid and is quite content with his life, making them the polar opposites at this point in their lives.
As she throws back shots and flails at love, she becomes closer with a former high school geek played by Patton Oswalt. Disheveled, wry and slightly depressed, he looks like he could be a scene stealer here.
The film, due out on December 9th, will be Theron’s first film out in theaters since 2009′s “The Road.” She’ll star next year in “Prometheus” and then as the Evil Queen in “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
After hearing about ‘My Week With Marilyn’ forever, we’re finally getting our first look at the trailer! The movie stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in this new movie, based on a true story.
I think Michelle looks amazing, and to me, looks like she gives an amazing performance.
There have been, incredibly, mixed reviews on her efforts to look like the star, but from the just-released first trailer from “My Week With Marilyn,” there’s no disputing her ability to channel the desperation, fear and playfulness that made Monroe perhaps the most famous woman on the 20th century.
She skates between depression and carefree ease in the story of Monroe’s first — and disastrous — trip to England, to film a movie with the legendary Sir Laurence Olivier. The trailer, and some of the film, recounts her interaction and brief fling with Colin Clark, one of production assistants on the film, who wrote a book documenting the entire event.
Williams has spoken of her efforts to learn as much as she could about Monroe’s personality and struggle, but in a recent interview with Vogue, she did allow that she channeled her allure, too.
“I do remember one moment of being all suited up as Marilyn and walking from my dressing room onto the soundstage practicing my wiggle,” Williams tells the magazine. “There were three or four men gathered around a truck, and I remember seeing that they were watching me come and feeling that they were watching me go–and for the very first time I glimpsed some idea of the pleasure I could take in that kind of attention; not their pleasure but my pleasure. And I thought, Oh, maybe Marilyn felt that when she walked down the beach.”
Opening at the New York Film Festival, the picture could earn Williams her third Academy Award nomination. Watch above and tell us if you think she’ll be worthy.
Who doesn’t love a feel-good animal movie!? (Me, most of the time.) However I love me some John Krasinski, so I’m gonna have to watch it, whether I like it or not!
Synopsis: In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend – a Greenpeace volunteer – on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Dermot Mulroney, Kristen Bell & Ted Danson.
