Idol’s Eye would-be co-star Robert Pattinson. Idol’s Eye production shut down: Robert De Niro, Robert Pattinson and Rachel Weisz to have starred in Olivier Assayas’ action-thriller Production on screenwriter-director Olivier…
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson in That Hamilton Woman (1941). Vivien Leigh biography, movies + photo exhibit among centenary celebrations [See previous post: “Vivien…
Zero Dark Thirty with Jessica Chastain. Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for – and eventual assassination of – Osama bin Laden, has already stirred quite a…
Disney employees Darth Vader and Princess Leia as Lucasfilm now belongs to the Disney Enterprises realm. Lucasfilm now part of the (infinite) Disney Universe Disney has just gobbled up –…
‘The Bourne Legacy’ with Jeremy Renner. ‘The Bourne Legacy’ box office: Jeremy Renner thriller tops chart, but below expectations Aug. 13, ’12, update: Directed by regular Bourne franchise screenwriter Tony…
Sal Mineo biopic actor Val Lauren. James Franco has cast Val Lauren in Sal, Franco’s planned biopic of two-time Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Sal Mineo, according to The Hollywood…
Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Killers. June 8 update: This past weekend, the 2010 North American box office was down 24 percent from the equivalent weekend last year. Memorial Day weekend…
Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Jordi Mollà in El cónsul de Sodoma (Steinweg Emotion Pictures) (bottom). In…
Betty White, Sandra Bullock in The Proposal (Kerry Hayes / Touchstone). Sandra Bullock, up for a best actress SAG Award for The Blind Side, will present the Screen Actors Guild’s…
Laura Neiva in Adrift. Cannes review snippets At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar: “I think I…
Crash with Shaun Toub and Michael Peña. Directed by Paul Haggis from a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco, the Los Angeles-set race-focused drama Crash was the 2006 SAG Awards’…
The Constant Gardener with Ralph Fiennes. All but ignored this awards season in the U.S., two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (as Best Supporting Actor for Schindler’s List, 1993; as Best…
What’s “European”? The Constant Gardener with Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Oscar-nominated Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City of God, 2003) and mostly set in Kenya, The Constant Gardener…
About a Boy movie review: Chris and Paul Weitz’s trendy, trite comedy takes the moral high ground by lecturing audiences that “maturity” equals “commitment,” and that absolutely no man has…