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5 September 2008 11:07 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

Tom Cruise makes a great villain. Every time he plays a character with even a shred of darkness-- from Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia to Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder-- critics and audiences alike fall all over themselves to praise him. But Cruise doggedly sticks to the hero roles, even as audiences show less and less interest in seeing what he has to offer. But now Cruise might be going full-on villain, in a movie that has the potential to save not only his career, but the studio he runs. Cruise and United Artists have picked up the rights to Monster of Florence, according to Variety, a serial-killer thriller based on a real series of murders that took place in the Italian city between 1968 and 1985. Something like the Zodiac killer of Italy, the mysterious Monster of Flofrence committed eight double homicides and was never caught. Cruise is only

1 September 2008 10:32 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

After the cult success of Rian Johnson‘s debut feature, the stylish high-school noir, Brick, A-list stars and a much bigger budget were sure to follow.  The Brothers Bloom was filmed in a variety European and North American locations and things look fabulously bright and breezy on the big screen.  Unfortunately, a mild case of the sophomore slump is in place, as the new con artist caper film never quite lives up to the promise of its opening moments and gets mired down a bit by cleverness for cleverness sake.  It would be unfair to tag the film with the hubris of Guy Richie’s Revolver because it seems clear that Johnson was aiming for a whimsical light-hearted touch, but the film unfortunately does share glossy posturing and pseudo intellectual chest thumping whilst simultaneously lacking any desired emotional (or intellectual) payoff.  Things are fun enough while the film unspools, but

Kurt Halfyard

19 August 2008 1:25 PM, PDT | From The Entertainment Zone | See recent The Entertainment Zone news

Does anyone still want to see Tom Cruise in a film anymore? I may be in the minority here, but quite frankly... I don't! Not only is he too busy being controversial, he hasn't proven his acting chops to me at all! In my opinon, he overacts, he looks too egotistical to even watch and looks very uncomfortable in most of his roles. He has no niche, so now it seems like he's trying All of the genres in search of one! He did very well in "Magnolia", although... that could be because his character in that film is the one I most envision him to be like in real person!!! Plus, he didn't look uncomfortable at all in that role... looked rather at ease with it actually! So... now, Cruise is hoping to jump on the comic book bandwagon with "Sleepers", because most have done well lately in the theaters.

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21 July 2008 11:02 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

It seems that I write about Tom Cruise on a daily basis. I see some people in the comments page ask if I’m being serious, or just sarcastic when I talk about “The Cruiser.”

Well to be honest, it’s a bit of both.

I feel that Cruise is a great movie star, but he has made some bad PR choices in the last couple of years. He’s not a bad actor, it’s just that tabloid journalism has gotten a bit crazy. No - strike that, tabloid journalism has gotten really, really crazy and they will pretty much hammer anyone in the public eye.

Poor Tom played right into their hands, and as a result his career has taken a bit of a hit. However, he hasn’t really had an all out bomb - Lions for Lambs was a co-starring role akin to his Magnolia role,

Niall Browne

29 June 2008 7:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

John C. Reilly bonded with his new movie dad on the set of Step Brothers after the actors realised they had met when the Magnolia star was only four.

When Reilly and Richard Jenkins learned they both hailed from Chicago, Illinois they started chatting about life in the Windy City and Jenkins quickly realised he once worked for Reilly's father.

Reilly explains, "I mentioned that my dad was involved in the linen business and we were almost done with the movie at that point.

"He said, 'Wait a minute, what was your dad's name?' And I said, 'John,' and he said, 'John Reilly? I worked for your father!'

"We had this crazy moment where we realised that he had met me when I was four years old. He helped my dad put his boat up in some lake in Wisconsin and he worked for him for a summer."

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27 May 2008 9:01 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Though she won a Daytime Emmy in 1988 for her dual role as a pair of half-sisters on As The World Turns, Julianne Moore didn't gain a foothold in cinema until she was well into her 30s, but she quickly made up for lost time. In rapid succession, she established herself as a screen actor with formidable range and daring, giving memorable turns in Robert Altman's Short Cuts, Louis Malle's Vanya On 42nd Street, and Todd Haynes' Safe, which revealed a penchant for playing stifled upper-class housewives. Moore worked with Altman again on Cookie's Fortune, and took on more roles with Haynes (Far From Heaven, I'm Not There), Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), and her husband, Bart Freundlich (The Myth Of Fingerprints, Trust The Man). Though dramatic turns have earned her four Oscar nominations—for Boogie Nights and The End Of The Affair, and, in the same year,

Scott Tobias

6 articles from 2008