It looks like Tom Cruise is entering the onscreen political world. I guess it was bound to happen.
It seems Tom Cruise will be joining Denzel Washington for the Warner Brothers thriller The 28th Amendment. Australian director Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Bone Collector) is ready to oversee the project. Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, co writers of Transformers have written the script.
Cruise will play the President (of course), Ben Cahill who learns that the USA is being controlled by a secret organization headed by Denzel Washington. Washington, a callous leader, disposes all of all who get in his way. The President's recently learned knowledge puts him directly in their firing line.
Noyce is the third director to be associated with the film, following Kevin MacDonald (One Day in September) and Richard Donner (Superman).
The Edge of Love, Keira Knightley's next film is written by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother. Fame is definitely running in the family. Another period piece, it stars Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Sienna Miller (Stardust, Alfie), Matthew Rhys (Virgin Territory, Love and Other Disasters) and singer Lisa Stansfield. The cast is massive, even including the lead singer of 80s band, Madness, Suggs McPherson.
Originally titled The Best Time of Our Lives, the story concerns the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (played by Rhys), his wife Caitlin MacNamara (played by Miller) and their married friends, the Killicks (played by Knightley and Murphy).
The tale is told through the lives of the two significant women in Thomas’ life who form an unpredicted friendship through their connection with Thomas. Vera (Knightley) and Thomas were in love ten years ago and when they meet again in London, they realise those feelings still exist. Caitlin (Sienna Miller) is his audacious wife, adept at using her beauty and always ready for some fun.
When Vera meets and marries handsome Officer William Killick (Cillian Murphy), Dylan resents his presence. Consequently, Vera is forced to decide who she wants to be with, William or Dylan.
The tale is set in the undulating beauty of the Welsh countryside.
Woody Allen’s’ new film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona will debut at the Cannes Film Festival in the next few days and its trailer has just been released.
The film’s line up is diverse and appealing, including Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, and Penélope Cruz.
This is Allen’s first film to be shot in Spain and features dialogue in both Spanish and English. It centres on a painter (Bardem) who becomes involved with two American tourists (Johansson and Hall). Cruz is Bardem's jealous ex-girlfriend, and judging by the last shot of the trailer, she definitely takes her jealousy to the next level.
The trailer which has no dialogue is seductively atmospheric, capturing the alluring essence of Spain.
Photograph by David Lynch, adapted by Pierre Collier. Image courtesy of http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/festival/officalposter.html.
After celebrating its sixtieth birthday in 2007, Cannes Film Festival begins tomorrow. This year, the visual feast will feature 57 full-length films from 31 countries. Offerings include the new Indiana Jones movie, director Clint Eastwood's Changeling and the DreamWorks animated comedy Kung Fu Panda.
The Igor trailer has just been released and it’s appealing. It seems to have some grit and unusual quirkiness that many other films in the same genre don’t have. The world is purple, dark and rampant with mad scientists and evil inventions.
A while ago I did a post on Nine, the musical loosely based on Federico Fellini's 81/2. The film tells the story of the director and the women in his life. Nicole Kidman was to be joined by Javier Bardem creating an appealing cast and film premise.
European DVD rental website LOVEFiLM.com has voted Rocky the number one sports film of all time. The 1976 classic film that stars Sylvester Stallone as heavyweight fighter Rocky Balboa beat hit 1994 comedy Cool Runnings into second place.
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It's Depeche Mode for me at the moment..