Adrien Brody Articles

KING KONG (2005) Direction: Peter Jackson Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Craig Hall, Evan Parke Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson; from Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace's story for the 1933 film Oscar Movies Recommendation: Naomi Watts Naomi Watts, King Kong The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson's King Kong is [...]

Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist The story of Polish-Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived World War II against all odds, Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002) was sold as a motion picture about the "triumph of the human spirit." For those who believe that human survival instinct is somehow "spiritual" — I'm assuming most people do; I'm not one of them [...]

Delphine Chanéac, Adrien Brody, Splice Splice, the new film by Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, is a revitalizing standout in the long-suffering genre of sci-fi/horror. Instead of veering into predictable B-movie, torture-porn tendencies, Splice is a serious, insightful commentary on scientific and human ethics. It is also self-effacing, ghoulishly funny, and fearless in its willingness to be shocking and thought-provoking without insulting its audience. Having said [...]

Topher Grace, Predators Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson’s ECLIPSE to Cross $250m Milestone: Box Office Nimród Antal's adventure/thriller Predators, starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Oleg Taktarov, and Laurence Fishburne was a good surprise for distributor Twentieth Century Fox on Friday, but turned out to be a disappointment of sorts by Sunday. Predators performed better than expected on Friday, grossing an estimated $10.45m. Could the [...]