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Q&A: Emmy Rossum Plans to Name Her Children Oscar, Tony, and Grammy

13 November 2009 8:09 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Photograph at left by Adam Kuehl. Do you remember what you were doing when you were seven years old? When I was that age, I was playing with Star Wars action figures and seeing how much Bubblicious I could cram into my mouth. But not Emmy Rossum. At the tender age of seven, she was making her professional operatic debut. She performed in Carmen at New York's Metropolitan Opera, and The Damnation of Faust at Carnegie Hall. She shared the stage with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, acting in dozens of productions in six different languages, all before she turned 18. Emmy Rossum is living proof that you probably wasted your adolescence. She's also done pretty well for herself as a young adult. Remember when child actors used to burn out on drugs and become tabloid fodder? Rossum decided to skip the Drew Barrymore fuck-all-of-you-i-want-more-pain-meds stage of her career and move directly into making movies. »

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New “Green Zone” Photos

9 November 2009 10:05 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Check out these new photos from “Green Zone” which stars Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs and Khalid Abdallawhich among others.

Matt Damon In “Green Zone

The movie is directed by Paul Greengass (Bourne Supremacy, United 93, Bourne Ultimatum) from the script written by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Conspiracy Theory, Mystic River, Man on Fire).

The screenplay is inspired by the book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.

Matt Damon In “Green Zone

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert.

Matt Damon In “Green Zone

Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. »

- Fiona

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First Matt Damon’s “Green Zone” Poster

4 November 2009 2:42 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

The first poster for the upcoming war film “Green Zone,” based on Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s nonfiction book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone,” has been released.

Green Zone” Plot: “During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.

Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will »

- Allan Ford

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Salt Trailer Starring Angelina Jolie (in English)

4 November 2009 11:53 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Earlier this week, a Russian trailer for the upcoming Angelina Jolie action-thriller Salt found its way online, but was quickly pulled down by Sony... and really, who wants to see a low-quality, dubbed version of a trailer anyway? (A lot of people... I know.) Today they have debuted the first domestic trailer for the film over at Yahoo! [1], and although it looks fairly action-packed, I can't say there is anything all that noteworthy about it either. Is Angelina Jolie really the biggest current female action star? It seems weird to say that, but I guess her filmography proves it. Either way, I'm sure they're hoping to attract fans of Wanted with this one. The production history on Salt has kind of a weird twist in that Tom Cruise was originally supposed to star in the lead role (and not in drag). Somewhere along the way they rewrote the story so »

- Sean

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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars

3 November 2009 12:58 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film awards.The choice of Martin and Baldwin comes as a mild surprise on the heels of last February's Oscar telecast hosted by song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman. It earned some favorable reviews and higher viewership than the previous year.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, had previously hired "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman to co-produce and, based on Jackman's success and Shankman's history making musicals, the betting had been that organizers might aim for another music-oriented telecast.But Martin is known as a stand-up comedian and comic actor, while Baldwin's reputation was built in theater and film dramas like 2003's "The Cooler," which earned him a best supporting actor nomination. »

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Top 7 Films Directed by Actors Turned Directors

30 October 2009 4:34 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.

The old joke is that all actors want to direct.  Though it’s maybe not true of all, I still had plenty to choose from in making this list.  The directors on this list all started life as actors, some still are, but I’d argue that they’re better known as directors.  This month, two well known actresses have tried their hand at direction, Drew Barrymore with Whip It (which was a great movie, I have no idea why it did so badly) and Natalie Portman doing a segment of New York I Love You.  Who knows, maybe one (or both) has a second career around the corner.

7. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Directed by John Cassavetes

Recap: A portrait of family in crisis when a woman (Gena Rowlands) goes mad and her husband (Peter Falk) tries to understand it.

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- Megan Lehar

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Penn Plans Movie In Venezuela

29 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actor/director Sean Penn is planning to shoot a new movie in Venezuela, the country's President Hugo Chavez has revealed.

Penn shared his plans with the controversial leader during a meeting on Wednesday at the presidential palace in the capital Caracas.

The movie will be based on Cuban author Alejo Carpentier's 1953 novel The Lost Steps.

Speaking on state television Chavez says "(He) told me was very interested in a film project... that would most likely be shot in part in Venezuela."

The Mystic River actor has been heavily criticised for his connections to Chavez and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Penn will be writing about his trip to Cuba and Venezuela as part of an upcoming Vanity Fair article. »

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Shutter Island Third Trailer

28 October 2009 11:07 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Back in June of this year the first trailer appeared for Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese’s latest collaboration with favorite leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio. It was creepy-as-hell and solidified it on my list of most anticipated movies of 2009. Unfortunately a couple of months later news hit that Paramount had moved the release date from October 2nd this year to February 19th next year. As a movie fan – as well as a follower of daily movie news – that ranks right up there with the most annoying things to happen.

 

A second theatrical trailer surfaced at the start of last month that even though it wasn’t as effective the first (maybe it was the initial exposure to the creepy material that lead to the effect it had on me) but nonetheless made it look great. And now we have a third Shutter Island trailer for your viewing pleasure, which is basically »

- Ross Miller

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Matt Damon Trailer Double-Bill: ‘Green Zone’ & ‘Invictus’

28 October 2009 10:29 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Just recently a couple of trailers appeared online for two highly-anticipated films starring Matt Damon: Paul GreengrassGreen Zone and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. They are very different types of movies – Green Zone being like Bourne set during the Iraq War and Invictus looking like one of those biopics that is clearly “Oscar-ish.” Check out both of the trailers below.

Green Zone

Green Zone reunites the Bourne director Paul Greengrass and star, Matt Damon, and is a war-drama/thriller about about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We reported back in the summer of this year that Green Zone had been moved from a late 2009 release to March 12th, 2010, leading to some confusion over that why, as the film seems like prime material for the Oscars.

 

However, as you’ll see in the trailer below – much as was the case »

- Ross Miller

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Action-packed trailer for 'Green Zone' hits!

28 October 2009 1:15 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon return to big-screen action in "Green Zone," and as this new trailer for the film suggests, it pretty much looks like a Jason Bourne flick taking place in Iraq during the war.

Still, as you can see below, "Zone" looks action-packed and intense, and as long as it's as original and vibrant as the Bourne films, I'm totally in. After all, Greengrass is a a director I very much appreciate.

On top of that, Damon always looks good in action roles like these, and the guy behind the screenplay isn't a nobody either. It's Brian Helgeland, who worked on "Mystic River" and "L.A. Confidential." »

- Franck Tabouring

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Green Zone Trailer Released

27 October 2009 1:05 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

The trailer for Iraq War film “Green Zone” has debuted.

Green Zone” synopsis: During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.

Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

The film, inspired by the book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, »

- Allan Ford

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Penn To 'Interview Castro For Magazine Article'

26 October 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Sean Penn has jetted to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro for a newspaper article, according to local reports.

The Oscar winner - who has come under fire for his support of the anti-u.S. revolutionary and his president brother Raul - is claimed to have flown to the communist country to discuss how U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has affected Cuba.

The interview with the former leader will reportedly be used for an article Penn is writing for America's Vanity Fair magazine.

The Mystic River actor has been heavily criticised for his connections to Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with a U.S. journalist accusing him of discrediting his good work in the gay community by lending his support to the controversial politicians. »

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (review)

22 October 2009 8:20 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

John C. Reilly as a vampire? I thought: How can that not be funny? And it is funny, in a gentler, more unassuming way than you might expect from a movie by screenwriters Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland, who’ve collectively given us dark and brooding (Helgeland’s The Order and Mystic River) or sharp and satirical (Weitz’s American Dreamz and About a Boy) but never anything so modest in scope and ambition as this inoffensive and subsequently bland fantasy. Bland fantasy? That’s just sad. »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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Trailer, Art for Camp Hope With Jesse Eisenberg

19 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

George VanBuskirk turns a spiritual camp into a haven for something demonic in Camp Hope , an upcoming horror film starring Spencer Treat Clark ( Mystic River ), Jesse Eisenberg ( Zombieland ), Andrew McCarthy, Dana Delany, Connor Paolo and Bruce Davison ( X-Men ). VanBuskirk makes his feature directorial debut with this one and we've got promo art (to the left), a synopsis and a clip reel (or rough trailer) to share courtesy of New Film International, the outfit behind the upcoming Dark Moon Rising . No distribution plans yet for Camp Hope but a deal might come out of the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California next month! Synopsis: At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep... »

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 1)

18 October 2009 9:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are probably more than 100 historical movies in various stages of production, and we're only talking about movies to be released this year and the next. The exact figure is probably much higher. Anyway, why do we love watching period movies? Aside from seeing famous figures come to life, we also learn important lessons from the past. Of course, some historical dramas attempt to portray events and people as accurately as possible, while others are very much fictionalized. - - -

- - - Some highly anticipated period flicks such as Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel and Inglourious Basterds have been shown already, so what other movies will be shown next?

Here's our first batch of 10 most-anticipated historical flicks, right after the jump!

- - -

# 10 - Pirate Radio - (Release date: November 13, 2009)

Timeline: The 1960s in England

Director: Richard Curtis

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 1)

18 October 2009 9:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are probably more than 100 historical movies in various stages of production, and we're only talking about movies to be released this year and the next. The exact figure is probably much higher. Anyway, why do we love watching period movies? Aside from seeing famous figures come to life, we also learn important lessons from the past. Of course, some historical dramas attempt to portray events and people as accurately as possible, while others are very much fictionalized. - - -

- - - Some highly anticipated period flicks such as Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel and Inglourious Basterds have been shown already, so what other movies will be shown next?

Here's our first batch of 10 most-anticipated historical flicks, right after the jump!

- - -

# 10 - Pirate Radio - (Release date: November 13, 2009)

Timeline: The 1960s in England

Director: Richard Curtis

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 1)

18 October 2009 9:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are probably more than 100 historical movies in various stages of production, and we're only talking about movies to be released this year and the next. The exact figure is probably much higher. Anyway, why do we love watching period movies? Aside from seeing famous figures come to life, we also learn important lessons from the past. Of course, some historical dramas attempt to portray events and people as accurately as possible, while others are very much fictionalized. - - -

- - - Some highly anticipated period flicks such as Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel and Inglourious Basterds have been shown already, so what other movies will be shown next?

Here's our first batch of 10 most-anticipated historical flicks, right after the jump!

- - -

# 10 - Pirate Radio - (Release date: November 13, 2009)

Timeline: The 1960s in England

Director: Richard Curtis

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 1)

18 October 2009 9:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are probably more than 100 historical movies in various stages of production, and we're only talking about movies to be released this year and the next. The exact figure is probably much higher. Anyway, why do we love watching period movies? Aside from seeing famous figures come to life, we also learn important lessons from the past. Of course, some historical dramas attempt to portray events and people as accurately as possible, while others are very much fictionalized. - - -

- - - Some highly anticipated period flicks such as Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel and Inglourious Basterds have been shown already, so what other movies will be shown next?

Here's our first batch of 10 most-anticipated historical flicks, right after the jump!

- - -

# 10 - Pirate Radio - (Release date: November 13, 2009)

Timeline: The 1960s in England

Director: Richard Curtis

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 1)

18 October 2009 9:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are probably more than 100 historical movies in various stages of production, and we're only talking about movies to be released this year and the next. The exact figure is probably much higher. Anyway, why do we love watching period movies? Aside from seeing famous figures come to life, we also learn important lessons from the past. Of course, some historical dramas attempt to portray events and people as accurately as possible, while others are very much fictionalized. - - -

- - - Some highly anticipated period flicks such as Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel and Inglourious Basterds have been shown already, so what other movies will be shown next?

Here's our first batch of 10 most-anticipated historical flicks, right after the jump!

- - -

# 10 - Pirate Radio - (Release date: November 13, 2009)

Timeline: The 1960s in England

Director: Richard Curtis

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Mystic River and The Music Man Coming to Blu-ray

7 October 2009 9:25 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Warner Home Entertainment will play into Oscar season by releasing Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, as well as The Music Man, onto Blu-ray Disc on February 2.

Both films will be presented in 2.4:1 1080p video. At this time we do not have confirmed audio specs though a good bet is Dolby TrueHD across the board.

Bonus features for each release are as follows.

The Music Man

Introduction by Shirley Jones Right Here in River City Vintage Featurette Trailer

Mystic River

Commentary by Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon Dennis Lehane Tours the Boston Neighborhood Setting of His Novel in Mystic River: Beneath the Surface Mystic River: From Page to Screen The Charlie Rose Show Interviews with Clint Eastwood, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon Theatrical Trailers

Pre-order Mystic River on Blu-ray for $20.49 at Amazon.com.

Pre-order The Music Man on Blu-ray for $20.49 at Amazon.com.

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