Meghan Markle has been teasing a relaunched lifestyle brand since last fall, and fans can barely contain their excitement.
The royal operated another lifestyle blog, The Tig, but shuttered it once she married her prince, Prince Harry.
Harry and Meghan have been trying to rebrand themselves since their royal split from King Charles and Prince William in 2020.
In recent days, Harry and Meghan have combined their foundation and business websites under one aligned name, Sussex.com. Meghan has also retained a UK public relations expert to help with the rebrand.
According to the Daily Mail, the new brand is American Riviera Orchard, which could be a nod to the town Meghan and Harry moved to, Montecito, California.
Meghan also unveiled a new Instagram page with the same name and gained almost 400,000 followers in one day, which is a great sign of success.
Fans love Meghan’s new lifestyle launch, American...
The royal operated another lifestyle blog, The Tig, but shuttered it once she married her prince, Prince Harry.
Harry and Meghan have been trying to rebrand themselves since their royal split from King Charles and Prince William in 2020.
In recent days, Harry and Meghan have combined their foundation and business websites under one aligned name, Sussex.com. Meghan has also retained a UK public relations expert to help with the rebrand.
According to the Daily Mail, the new brand is American Riviera Orchard, which could be a nod to the town Meghan and Harry moved to, Montecito, California.
Meghan also unveiled a new Instagram page with the same name and gained almost 400,000 followers in one day, which is a great sign of success.
Fans love Meghan’s new lifestyle launch, American...
- 3/15/2024
- by Pamela Roy
- Monsters and Critics
What would "Seinfeld" be without Kramer? The enduring sitcom about nothing thrived on the sheer watchability of its four leads -— Jerry Seinfeld's Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine Benes, Jason Alexander's George Costanza, and Michael Richards' Cosmo Kramer. From the beginning, each character's personality was sharply honed by series creators Larry David and Seinfeld, and each character's relationships with the others deepened and developed as the series spanned across the 1990s, ballooning to 180 total episodes.
Kramer was always the show's X factor. Jerry provided the services an anchor character needs to deliver — be the straight man, the locus from which all storylines issue and return, and, because this was the '90s, a ladies' man. George meanwhile could be relied on to panic, fret, and comically blow his fuse, and Elaine, honestly, was just a vessel for whatever the comic genius Julia Louis-Dreyfus wanted to do. But Dreyfus was never wild or unpredictable.
Kramer was always the show's X factor. Jerry provided the services an anchor character needs to deliver — be the straight man, the locus from which all storylines issue and return, and, because this was the '90s, a ladies' man. George meanwhile could be relied on to panic, fret, and comically blow his fuse, and Elaine, honestly, was just a vessel for whatever the comic genius Julia Louis-Dreyfus wanted to do. But Dreyfus was never wild or unpredictable.
- 10/15/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
Fair Play is an erotical thriller film written and directed by Chloe Domont. The Netflix film revolves around the relationship of Emily and Luke, which begins to deteriorate after an unexpected promotion at work. Fair Play stars Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich in the lead roles and if you loved Domont’s directorial debut here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Damage (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Majestic Films International
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) is a British cabinet minister, who lives a pleasant life with his wife Ingrid (Miranda Richardson) and young daughter Sally (Gemma Clarke). At a party one evening he meets his son’s fiancé Anna (Juliet Binoche), who he is instantly attracted to. They embark on an affair behind their partners backs, gradually becoming more adventurous in their secret meetings. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
Damage (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Majestic Films International
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) is a British cabinet minister, who lives a pleasant life with his wife Ingrid (Miranda Richardson) and young daughter Sally (Gemma Clarke). At a party one evening he meets his son’s fiancé Anna (Juliet Binoche), who he is instantly attracted to. They embark on an affair behind their partners backs, gradually becoming more adventurous in their secret meetings. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
- 10/6/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
When Daniel Craig took over the role of James Bond in 2006, the once-durable franchise was showing signs of rust. Pierce Brosnan's run had collapsed into a heap of terminal silliness with 2002's "Die Another Day," and there didn't seem to be a clear way forward for the character in a post-9/11 world. Matt Damon's humorless, amnesia-stricken Jason Bourne seemed more in step with the gung-ho times than a tuxedoed MI6 agent whose focus is split between saving the world and bedding beautiful women.
"Casino Royale" was a back-to-Ian-Fleming basics effort with a smattering of Bourne-style parkour action. For the first time since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," Bond fell deeply in love, and had his heart shattered for his troubles. The action set pieces were as spectacular as ever, but they had a bruisingly grounded quality to them this time out. Shorn of wit and overt gadgetry,...
"Casino Royale" was a back-to-Ian-Fleming basics effort with a smattering of Bourne-style parkour action. For the first time since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," Bond fell deeply in love, and had his heart shattered for his troubles. The action set pieces were as spectacular as ever, but they had a bruisingly grounded quality to them this time out. Shorn of wit and overt gadgetry,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
dick clark productions announced today that Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet will receive the “Hollywood Actress Award” for her work in the Woody Allen film, Wonder Wheel, as a beleaguered wife to a middle-aged carousel operator in the 1950’s on Coney Island, and Oscar nominated Jake Gyllenhall will receive the “Hollywood Actor Award” for his riveting and inspiring performance as Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman in David Gordon Green’s Stronger. The 2017 “Hollywood Film Awards,” known as the official launch of the awards season®, will be hosted by actor and comedian James Corden for the third consecutive year and will take place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, on Sunday, November 5, 2017. The ceremony, which honors the most acclaimed films and actors while previewing highly anticipated films and talent for the upcoming year, also acknowledges artists in the categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing, Costume Design, Editing,...
- 10/26/2017
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
What’s the best true-story WW2 combat film for pure-grit, no-nonsense tanks ‘n’ bombs ‘n’ crazy mayhem action on a giant scale? This non-stop battle epic gets my vote. George Segal and Ben Gazzara’s infantry dogs are suitably tough, cynical and desperate, especially when they’re repeatedly sent into danger. The history is fairly accurate — there was indeed a race to seize the last bridge across the River Rhine.
The Bridge at Remagen
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1969 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date June 13, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Peter Van Eyck, Hans Christian Blech, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, G&uunl;nter Meisner.
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Film Editors: William Cartwright, Harry Knapp, Marshall Neilan Jr.
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Written by Richard Yates, William Roberts, Roger Hirson
Produced by David L. Wolper
Directed by John Guillermin
Who...
The Bridge at Remagen
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1969 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date June 13, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Peter Van Eyck, Hans Christian Blech, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, G&uunl;nter Meisner.
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Film Editors: William Cartwright, Harry Knapp, Marshall Neilan Jr.
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Written by Richard Yates, William Roberts, Roger Hirson
Produced by David L. Wolper
Directed by John Guillermin
Who...
- 7/1/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Franklin Evans creates painting installations with the artist's studio as his subject. Since 2005, he has had twenty solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe and numerous group exhibitions at venues, which include, among others: MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; and deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Ma. He will create a new site-specific installation spreadsheetspace at Prosjektrom Normanns in Stavanger, Norway in September and a collaborative installation shelflife with artist Kate Gilmore at Art Production Fund/Cosmopolitan Hotel P3 Studio in Las Vegas in December.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Around 10 Am Day 1 – Bandols before 5 and 247 paint brushes
After 5 Pm Day 1 – studio A/C
Afap – digitally printed gingham wallpaper throughout the loft
What is your current state of mind?
After 5 Pm Day 1 – a surprising mental tilt
Around 10 Am Day 2 – an under-caffeinated yearning for focus
Afap – a fixation on the myriad interplays between...
What is your greatest extravagance?
Around 10 Am Day 1 – Bandols before 5 and 247 paint brushes
After 5 Pm Day 1 – studio A/C
Afap – digitally printed gingham wallpaper throughout the loft
What is your current state of mind?
After 5 Pm Day 1 – a surprising mental tilt
Around 10 Am Day 2 – an under-caffeinated yearning for focus
Afap – a fixation on the myriad interplays between...
- 9/5/2015
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Revolutionary Road
Written by Justin Haythe and based on a novel by Richard Yates
Directed by Sam Mendes
USA, 2008
Marriage is a two-way street. The union of a man and woman is basically a tug of war and it is a battle fought in many arenas. One arena is the suburbs and while a married couple with kids in this environment seems copacetic, one must look a bit deeper to unravel the mystery: the pain, resentment and utter chaos that lies beneath. One film that explores the woes and occasional hell of marriage is 2008’s intense and truly gripping drama Revolutionary Road. Based on Richard Yates 1961 novel of the same name, it is a picture that sums up all the torment and bitter realities that sometimes come with married life.
The film takes place in the 1950s, a time which many Americans still perceive as the height The American Dream...
Written by Justin Haythe and based on a novel by Richard Yates
Directed by Sam Mendes
USA, 2008
Marriage is a two-way street. The union of a man and woman is basically a tug of war and it is a battle fought in many arenas. One arena is the suburbs and while a married couple with kids in this environment seems copacetic, one must look a bit deeper to unravel the mystery: the pain, resentment and utter chaos that lies beneath. One film that explores the woes and occasional hell of marriage is 2008’s intense and truly gripping drama Revolutionary Road. Based on Richard Yates 1961 novel of the same name, it is a picture that sums up all the torment and bitter realities that sometimes come with married life.
The film takes place in the 1950s, a time which many Americans still perceive as the height The American Dream...
- 11/4/2014
- by Randall Unger
- SoundOnSight
Director Alex Ross Perry takes a chainsaw to the tweedy highbrow literary scene and the toxic men who inhabit it in Listen Up Philip. Philip Lewis Friedman (Jason Schwartzman) is one of those fully realized personalities. A successful novelist awaiting the publication of his second book, Philip is at turns cripplingly insecure and a megalomaniac who's unafraid to alienate and offend. In this exclusive clip, you'll see Philip meeting up with an ex early in the film. With the droll, unflinching narration (from Eric Bogosian), and bristly intelligent humor, it's an indicative sample of the belligerent arrogance Philip displays throughout...
- 10/17/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
David Fincher's pitch-black new thriller Gone Girl is, among many other things, a compelling two-and-a-half-hour argument for staying single.
As was the case in Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel, the central soured marriage between Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike) only grows more unsettling the more you discover about both parties, the seemingly perfect veneer peeling back inch by inch to reveal festering dysfunction.
We can never get enough festering dysfunction over at Digital Spy, so here are seven more of the big screen's most shining examples of marital strife.
1. George and Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
The crumbling couple that arguably inspired every other on this list. Edward Albee created the archetypal marriage in spectacular meltdown in his blistering 1962 play, and real-life sparring lovers Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor bring George and Martha vividly to life on the big screen.
Watching the central pair inventively tear...
As was the case in Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel, the central soured marriage between Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike) only grows more unsettling the more you discover about both parties, the seemingly perfect veneer peeling back inch by inch to reveal festering dysfunction.
We can never get enough festering dysfunction over at Digital Spy, so here are seven more of the big screen's most shining examples of marital strife.
1. George and Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
The crumbling couple that arguably inspired every other on this list. Edward Albee created the archetypal marriage in spectacular meltdown in his blistering 1962 play, and real-life sparring lovers Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor bring George and Martha vividly to life on the big screen.
Watching the central pair inventively tear...
- 10/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Hot on the heels of some Stateside controversy and his second acting Golden Globe, Leonardo DiCaprio brings latest film The Wolf of Wall Street to the UK this Friday.
Wolf marks DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with legendary director Martin Scorsese, and together the duo have produced such modern classics as Gangs of New York, The Departed and Shutter Island. DiCaprio's incredible screen work stretches beyond his Scorsese partnership, though. He's tackled Shakespeare, faced down an iceberg aboard James Cameron's Titanic and dived deep into the human mind for Inception.
With Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon, Digital Spy staff reminisce about their favourite DiCaprio movies below...
Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor - Inception
Arguably Christopher Nolan's finest movie, this mind-bending sci-fi thriller saw DiCaprio marry intense introspection with action hero dynamism. Grieving over the loss of his wife Mal (a haunting Marion Cotillard), DiCaprio's Cobb leads a team of...
Wolf marks DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with legendary director Martin Scorsese, and together the duo have produced such modern classics as Gangs of New York, The Departed and Shutter Island. DiCaprio's incredible screen work stretches beyond his Scorsese partnership, though. He's tackled Shakespeare, faced down an iceberg aboard James Cameron's Titanic and dived deep into the human mind for Inception.
With Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon, Digital Spy staff reminisce about their favourite DiCaprio movies below...
Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor - Inception
Arguably Christopher Nolan's finest movie, this mind-bending sci-fi thriller saw DiCaprio marry intense introspection with action hero dynamism. Grieving over the loss of his wife Mal (a haunting Marion Cotillard), DiCaprio's Cobb leads a team of...
- 1/15/2014
- Digital Spy
The first two seasons were pitch perfect and nuanced; drolly parodying the notion of an American Dream. Don and Betty's unhappy union explored some dark, Richard Yates-like terrain. Mad Men had heft, and it probably should have stopped at season three. But it lumbers on: depressed Draper is philandering again, as is Pete, and Peggy is in the ascendant. It's morphed into an exquisite-looking, beautifully acted soap opera. But who, frankly, cares whether they bag the Sunkist account?...
- 11/1/2013
- The Independent - Film
By Doreen Alexander Child
Contributor
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Based on the number of stars in the cast of August: Osage County, the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film looked like a sure-fire best picture Oscar contender. Some even began referring to it as “August: Oscar County” before anyone had even seen a frame of it. But then the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and was met with reviews that one might call very mixed, if one was feeling generous. Some of the performances that it showcases were cheered — particularly those of Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale — but the movie itself clearly had problems, with director John Wells even admitting that its ending might have to be changed prior to its Christmas Day release.
This isn’t the first time that a film that looked like an Oscar powerhouse on paper...
Contributor
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Based on the number of stars in the cast of August: Osage County, the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film looked like a sure-fire best picture Oscar contender. Some even began referring to it as “August: Oscar County” before anyone had even seen a frame of it. But then the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and was met with reviews that one might call very mixed, if one was feeling generous. Some of the performances that it showcases were cheered — particularly those of Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale — but the movie itself clearly had problems, with director John Wells even admitting that its ending might have to be changed prior to its Christmas Day release.
This isn’t the first time that a film that looked like an Oscar powerhouse on paper...
- 9/19/2013
- by Doreen Alexander Child
- Scott Feinberg
At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the '60s, if you owned a farm or an orchard within 50 miles of a major city, you were one happy camper. That's because, in the flash of a checkbook, you were rich rich rich. Which probably explains why there are no books about the plight of a suburban farmer getting a huge wad of cash to let his cornfield or pear orchard be turned into "Revolutionary Estate". or "Laurel Hills"or "Old Orchard,". and why, at the same time, there were so many written about the poor displaced city people (mostly men) who had to trade in the bubbling, cosmopolitan, ethnic stew or the big town (mostly New York) for suburban bliss. Well, not exactly bliss. Well, to be precise, damn far from bliss -- more like mind-numbing, mind-addling, mind-breaking fear, longing, and horror.
The grandaddy of these, in current estimation anyhow,...
The grandaddy of these, in current estimation anyhow,...
- 6/15/2013
- by Ken Krimstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Here’s a good question: Has Michael Shannon ever played a normal guy? You know, just your average, every day, run-of-the-mill sort?
There’s just something about Shannon that makes Hollywood think "nut job," to the point that it was probably inevitable that he was cast as the villainous General Zod in "Man of Steel." It's hard to pick the nine craziest roles of a man known for almost always bringing the crazy, but if we had to choose ...
9. Bobby Monday, 'Premium Rush' (2012)
He's a cop with a severe gambling addiction, and he's chasing after Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a bicycle. Honestly, does it get much wackier than that? Well, when you're Michael Shannon it's hard to say, but that doesn't make his villainous turn in "Premium Rush" any less crazy. In fact, he's totally f***ing nuts in this as he tries to recover a high-stakes boat ticket...
There’s just something about Shannon that makes Hollywood think "nut job," to the point that it was probably inevitable that he was cast as the villainous General Zod in "Man of Steel." It's hard to pick the nine craziest roles of a man known for almost always bringing the crazy, but if we had to choose ...
9. Bobby Monday, 'Premium Rush' (2012)
He's a cop with a severe gambling addiction, and he's chasing after Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a bicycle. Honestly, does it get much wackier than that? Well, when you're Michael Shannon it's hard to say, but that doesn't make his villainous turn in "Premium Rush" any less crazy. In fact, he's totally f***ing nuts in this as he tries to recover a high-stakes boat ticket...
- 6/13/2013
- by Zach Laws
- NextMovie
Sam Mendes on making Bond, coming home and turning Charlie And The Chocolate Factory into a musical
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has taken five years to become a stage musical, for reasons logistical – Sam Mendes, the director, was out for three of them doing Skyfall – and practical: the book is a tricky one to adapt. There are the kids; the old folks in bed; the pyrotechnics of the chocolate factory. There is the ambiguous character of Willy Wonka himself. And there is the question that hangs over the entire production: what on earth to do about the Oompa-Loompas. "It's big," Mendes says of the task before him. "Christ, it's so big."
We are in a rehearsal space in south London, where the company is going through its paces before moving to Drury Lane. Anticipation for the show is feverish, thanks to the success of Matilda, another Dahl adaptation, and Mendes's post-Bond nuclear glow.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has taken five years to become a stage musical, for reasons logistical – Sam Mendes, the director, was out for three of them doing Skyfall – and practical: the book is a tricky one to adapt. There are the kids; the old folks in bed; the pyrotechnics of the chocolate factory. There is the ambiguous character of Willy Wonka himself. And there is the question that hangs over the entire production: what on earth to do about the Oompa-Loompas. "It's big," Mendes says of the task before him. "Christ, it's so big."
We are in a rehearsal space in south London, where the company is going through its paces before moving to Drury Lane. Anticipation for the show is feverish, thanks to the success of Matilda, another Dahl adaptation, and Mendes's post-Bond nuclear glow.
- 4/19/2013
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
Top 10 Den Of Geek Dec 21, 2012
We've polled our writers, tallied the results, and drawn up a list of Den of Geek’s official top ten TV episodes of 2012…
Contains spoilers for certain episodes.
A fortnight ago, the call went out to our writers to select their top TV episodes of 2012 (barring anything broadcast after mid-December to give us time to collate the votes). Each writer could select up to five episodes, and their ranked lists were then weighted, and the episode tallies stacked up accordingly.
In a mark of unusual concurrence from the site's writers, very soon, a few titles established themselves as clear frontrunners. Having limited ourselves to including just one episode per show on the final list, a certain amount of jostling then went on between episodes from the same series over the two weeks of voting (particularly in the case of two BBC programmes that share a certain showrunner). Eventually though,...
We've polled our writers, tallied the results, and drawn up a list of Den of Geek’s official top ten TV episodes of 2012…
Contains spoilers for certain episodes.
A fortnight ago, the call went out to our writers to select their top TV episodes of 2012 (barring anything broadcast after mid-December to give us time to collate the votes). Each writer could select up to five episodes, and their ranked lists were then weighted, and the episode tallies stacked up accordingly.
In a mark of unusual concurrence from the site's writers, very soon, a few titles established themselves as clear frontrunners. Having limited ourselves to including just one episode per show on the final list, a certain amount of jostling then went on between episodes from the same series over the two weeks of voting (particularly in the case of two BBC programmes that share a certain showrunner). Eventually though,...
- 12/20/2012
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
This a welcome re-release of the 1960 classic – a tendresse with complications
Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) is a big-city satire with a romantic heart of gold: it's a welcome re-release, and for those who love the style of Mad Men, or Richard Yates's 1961 novel Revolutionary Road (and Sam Mendes's fine screen adaptation) it's a must. Jack Lemmon plays Cc Baxter, a nerdy, naive, good-natured salaryman in a Manhattan insurance office. He's been bullied into letting sleazy married executives use his bachelor apartment after work to entertain their girlfriends; the chief offender is conceited personnel chief Mr Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray). Baxter is shyly falling in love with a pretty and smart elevator operator, Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), who is sporting a post-heartbreak gamine haircut. It's a tendresse with complications. Famously, the film was inspired by the "borrowed flat" scene from Brief Encounter, with all its resentment and self-loathing: the...
Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) is a big-city satire with a romantic heart of gold: it's a welcome re-release, and for those who love the style of Mad Men, or Richard Yates's 1961 novel Revolutionary Road (and Sam Mendes's fine screen adaptation) it's a must. Jack Lemmon plays Cc Baxter, a nerdy, naive, good-natured salaryman in a Manhattan insurance office. He's been bullied into letting sleazy married executives use his bachelor apartment after work to entertain their girlfriends; the chief offender is conceited personnel chief Mr Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray). Baxter is shyly falling in love with a pretty and smart elevator operator, Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), who is sporting a post-heartbreak gamine haircut. It's a tendresse with complications. Famously, the film was inspired by the "borrowed flat" scene from Brief Encounter, with all its resentment and self-loathing: the...
- 6/14/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
AMC Scene from “Mad Men.”
Editor’s note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of “Mad Men,” lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, and Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Dellinger will post his thoughts shortly after each episode ends at 11 p.m., and the others will add their commentary in the hours and days that follow.
Editor’s note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of “Mad Men,” lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, and Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Dellinger will post his thoughts shortly after each episode ends at 11 p.m., and the others will add their commentary in the hours and days that follow.
- 5/7/2012
- by Walter Dellinger
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
To many people Valentines Day is a wonderful reminder of the love which they share with one and other, and the only day of the year in which it’s possible to glowingly gush without seeming like a worryingly overly enthusiastic human teddy bear. However, to many more it’s a day of crass consumerism – in which thousands of pounds are spent on sickly chocolates and flowers – and much worse, a bitter reminder of loneliness and the fact that yes, you’re still sitting around in your pants eating salty snacks and watching bad late-night TV.
For anyone who falls into the latter camp, here are 10 films for your consideration, all of which should give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside about being comfortably alone and far better off for it. Please also spend a moment of your day thinking of those less fortunate, who will spend tonight being forced...
For anyone who falls into the latter camp, here are 10 films for your consideration, all of which should give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside about being comfortably alone and far better off for it. Please also spend a moment of your day thinking of those less fortunate, who will spend tonight being forced...
- 2/14/2012
- by Stephen Leigh
- Obsessed with Film
Craig from Dark Eye Socket here with Take Three. Today: Michael Shannon
Take One: Shotgun Stories (2007)
Shannon looks to be getting the best raves of his career for the ominous apocalyptic mystery Take Shelter, which stunned critics at Sundance and Cannes. It’s the second feature from Jeff Nichols whose debut, Shotgun Stories, also starred Shannon. In that film he plays Son Hayes, the eldest of three brothers along with Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Tim Blackwood) who alternately avoid and pursues conflict with their recently-deceased father’s other family. (Maybe the conflict was originally over the father’s terrible child-naming skills, who knows?) Son is a quiet, intense guy. It seems like fortuitous casting: Shannon, in shape and presence, and with his innate ability to show us exactly what his characters are thinking whilst doing very little, is ideally suited to the role. He brings perceptive silent intelligence to...
Take One: Shotgun Stories (2007)
Shannon looks to be getting the best raves of his career for the ominous apocalyptic mystery Take Shelter, which stunned critics at Sundance and Cannes. It’s the second feature from Jeff Nichols whose debut, Shotgun Stories, also starred Shannon. In that film he plays Son Hayes, the eldest of three brothers along with Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Tim Blackwood) who alternately avoid and pursues conflict with their recently-deceased father’s other family. (Maybe the conflict was originally over the father’s terrible child-naming skills, who knows?) Son is a quiet, intense guy. It seems like fortuitous casting: Shannon, in shape and presence, and with his innate ability to show us exactly what his characters are thinking whilst doing very little, is ideally suited to the role. He brings perceptive silent intelligence to...
- 7/4/2011
- by Craig Bloomfield
- FilmExperience
Philip French enjoys an account of Humphrey Bogart's journey from a troubled, wealthy family to movie royalty
Born in the last days of the Victorian era into a well-established New York family, Humphrey Bogart went from riches to even greater riches as he became one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors. His father was a wealthy, Yale-educated doctor addicted to alcohol and morphine, his mother a successful magazine illustrator and heavy drinker, and they were constantly at each other's throats. Emerging from this troubled household Humphrey became a rebellious figure at his exclusive prep school and then in the navy, where he acquired the famous scar on his upper lip, possibly when struck while escorting a fellow sailor to jail but, more likely, in a brawl – certainly not, as claimed, in battle. He was later to remark that he was "Democrat in politics, Episcopalian by upbringing, dissenter by disposition".
He sampled...
Born in the last days of the Victorian era into a well-established New York family, Humphrey Bogart went from riches to even greater riches as he became one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors. His father was a wealthy, Yale-educated doctor addicted to alcohol and morphine, his mother a successful magazine illustrator and heavy drinker, and they were constantly at each other's throats. Emerging from this troubled household Humphrey became a rebellious figure at his exclusive prep school and then in the navy, where he acquired the famous scar on his upper lip, possibly when struck while escorting a fellow sailor to jail but, more likely, in a brawl – certainly not, as claimed, in battle. He was later to remark that he was "Democrat in politics, Episcopalian by upbringing, dissenter by disposition".
He sampled...
- 2/13/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Mad Men's immaculate re-creation of another way of life reminds us vividly of our own
In a hilariously combative interview in the London Evening Standard last March, the best-selling author Lee Child argued the superiority of thrillers over any other kind of fiction. The problem with the literary novel was that it was too easy. He could run up a Martin Amis in three weeks. The only literary writer for whom he had any respect was Ian McEwan, because McEwan was at least trying to "put a suspense dynamic into an intelligent, intellectual novel". So-called serious writers "don't quite get it" because they're usually too fastidious to accept how simple the formula is. "You ask or imply a question at the beginning of a book and you absolutely self-consciously withhold the answer. It does feel cheap and meretricious but it absolutely works."
"Cheap and meretricious" may seem an unlikely...
In a hilariously combative interview in the London Evening Standard last March, the best-selling author Lee Child argued the superiority of thrillers over any other kind of fiction. The problem with the literary novel was that it was too easy. He could run up a Martin Amis in three weeks. The only literary writer for whom he had any respect was Ian McEwan, because McEwan was at least trying to "put a suspense dynamic into an intelligent, intellectual novel". So-called serious writers "don't quite get it" because they're usually too fastidious to accept how simple the formula is. "You ask or imply a question at the beginning of a book and you absolutely self-consciously withhold the answer. It does feel cheap and meretricious but it absolutely works."
"Cheap and meretricious" may seem an unlikely...
- 9/8/2010
- by David Hare
- The Guardian - Film News
Whether it's David Cameron or Lib Dem candidate Anna Arrowsmith, it's not where a politician went to school that interests me, it's what they did afterwards
Wow, personality: it's so in these days. So we are told from the world of politics, anyway, although how a political wife describing her husband as if she were in a 1950s sitcom ("Oh, that pesky man – never picks up his socks, he does") imbues him with a "personality" is debatable.
This would be a perfect time to talk about the leaders' wives because, heavens above, the only thing harder to find in the media recently than a political wife has been complaints about the amount of coverage of said wives. Yet let's resist the siren call of Sam Cam and her dolphin tattoo (only in politics could that tattoo be seen as rock'n'roll, not a permanent badge from the Girl Guides for achievements...
Wow, personality: it's so in these days. So we are told from the world of politics, anyway, although how a political wife describing her husband as if she were in a 1950s sitcom ("Oh, that pesky man – never picks up his socks, he does") imbues him with a "personality" is debatable.
This would be a perfect time to talk about the leaders' wives because, heavens above, the only thing harder to find in the media recently than a political wife has been complaints about the amount of coverage of said wives. Yet let's resist the siren call of Sam Cam and her dolphin tattoo (only in politics could that tattoo be seen as rock'n'roll, not a permanent badge from the Girl Guides for achievements...
- 3/17/2010
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
I guess I shouldn't be surprised so many Harry Potter fans are banging down doors complaining about how Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn't a page-by-page faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling's book. A couple of the comments registered on my review read as follows: "Poor adaptation came across as a sickly romance/comedy rather than a suspense thriller. The only thing that saved this film is the acting." ~ Kassey Colton "It was nothing like the book and I don't think there is a way for the seventh one to be saved." ~ Carousel Girl However, this snippet from "Anonymous' Friend" went off on a four-paragraph diatribe saying, "This movie is a horrible depiction of the book as well as a very anti-climactic movie. Yates and Kloves made too many cuts as to the nature of the plot and added pointless scenes as described above. I was deeply disappointed and...
- 7/20/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
This review was originally published as part of indieWIRE’s coverage of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Lynn Shelton’s “Humpday” is a comedic “Revolutionary Road” for twenty-first century audiences. Shelton’s third feature evokes many of the underlying themes present in Richard Yates’ novel of suburban discontent. You wouldn’t guess that from the premise: Set in Seattle’s hip urban youth scene, the movie focuses on two straight buddies intent on fulfilling the unlikely …...
- 7/7/2009
- Indiewire
A big and bouncy good morning to you Boxwishers. This week we’re going back in time for a little retro fun. On Wednesday we’re bidding adieu to our summer style series of features with the final instalment – a look back at women’s summer movie fashions from the last century – and we’ll also be slipping into a three-piece suit and fedora with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in 30s gangster drama Public Enemies. However, before we rev our DeLorean to 88mph for this tasty time travel, we’re checking out today’s new DVDs. And what do we have, but a feast of fashion thanks to a certain Shopaholic, Clint on fine form and a weepie starring Kate and Leo – not that one! Click over for more…
If you see… Isla Fisher star as Becky Bloomwood, a shopping addict that feeds her compulsion with a job at...
If you see… Isla Fisher star as Becky Bloomwood, a shopping addict that feeds her compulsion with a job at...
- 6/29/2009
- Boxwish.com
Director Sam Mendes.
Sam Mendes Hits The Road With Away We Go
By
Alex Simon
Sam Mendes is one of the rare hyphenates who remains active directing on the stage and in film, in a time when the two worlds have become largely segregated from one another. Having been lauded with virtually every prestigious award for stage and screen by time he was in his mid-30s, Sam Medes was a wunderkind almost from the start.
Born August 1, 1965 in Reading, Berkshire, England to a university lecturer father and a mother who authored children’s books, Mendes’ parents divorced when he was five. Upon reaching Cambridge University, he quickly fell in love with theater and film, joining the Chichester Festival Theater after graduation in 1987. Soon, he was directing Dame Judi Dench in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, winning the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. Following work with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
Sam Mendes Hits The Road With Away We Go
By
Alex Simon
Sam Mendes is one of the rare hyphenates who remains active directing on the stage and in film, in a time when the two worlds have become largely segregated from one another. Having been lauded with virtually every prestigious award for stage and screen by time he was in his mid-30s, Sam Medes was a wunderkind almost from the start.
Born August 1, 1965 in Reading, Berkshire, England to a university lecturer father and a mother who authored children’s books, Mendes’ parents divorced when he was five. Upon reaching Cambridge University, he quickly fell in love with theater and film, joining the Chichester Festival Theater after graduation in 1987. Soon, he was directing Dame Judi Dench in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, winning the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. Following work with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
- 6/15/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
iReel is a new web-based streaming VOD, Svod, Dto service, offering HD movies viewable directly from a special player on site. The iReel service, available in Canada and the Us, is noted as the only online movie service that does not require a downloadable player. With no cost to join, film content includes major studio, classic and independent features, with a "focus on ease of use and high quality..." This week's major studio iReel pick is Revolutionary Road , directed by Sam "American Beauty" Mendes, starring actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet of Titanic fame. Screenplay by Justin Haythe is based on the 1961 novel by author Richard Yates, set in 1955, following 'Frank' (Leonardo DiCaprio) and 'April Wheeler '(Kate Winslet) as they move to 'Revolutionary Road' located in one of New York City's wealthiest Connecticut suburbs, where they live a life, raise a family and challenge each other with bitter arguments and physical abuse.
- 6/6/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
As we explained in our UK releases article published earlier today, we have a double edition for you this week after we missed lasts week’s round up because of some technical difficulties that have now been resolved.
The last two weeks of new releases in North America haven’t been particularly great, especially if you compare them with the stacked release list for the 19th of May, which featured a whole bunch of must have discs. As always, check out our “pick of the week” and links to all of the new releases below.
Highlights this week start with our pick for the UK releases a couple of weeks back with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber’s “Defiance” which we would still recommend, The BBC has another incredible nature documentary to follow up “Planet Earth” with in “Nature’s Most Amazing Events” which features more stunning HD footage, and...
The last two weeks of new releases in North America haven’t been particularly great, especially if you compare them with the stacked release list for the 19th of May, which featured a whole bunch of must have discs. As always, check out our “pick of the week” and links to all of the new releases below.
Highlights this week start with our pick for the UK releases a couple of weeks back with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber’s “Defiance” which we would still recommend, The BBC has another incredible nature documentary to follow up “Planet Earth” with in “Nature’s Most Amazing Events” which features more stunning HD footage, and...
- 6/5/2009
- by Paul Larn
- The Cinema Post
Chicago – The HD picture on “Revolutionary Road” is beautiful. At first, it threw me, as if my initial mostly negative response to the film had been misguided. But then I remembered that part of the reason “Revolutionary Road” doesn’t work for me is it looks too good. The arms-length, clinical, unemotional approach to the material makes for a great Blu-Ray, but it’s still a disappointing movie.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet) refuse to believe that they could possibly be as dull and boring as their neighbors, colleagues, or even friends in the 1950’s suburban drama “Revolutionary Road”. Frank and April may go to the same jobs and travel in the same circles as the “normal people” but they are anything but normal.
Revolutionary Road was released on Blu-Ray on June 2nd, 2009.
Photo credit: Paramount
Essentially, the Wheelers are ego-driven, selfish characters who long...
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet) refuse to believe that they could possibly be as dull and boring as their neighbors, colleagues, or even friends in the 1950’s suburban drama “Revolutionary Road”. Frank and April may go to the same jobs and travel in the same circles as the “normal people” but they are anything but normal.
Revolutionary Road was released on Blu-Ray on June 2nd, 2009.
Photo credit: Paramount
Essentially, the Wheelers are ego-driven, selfish characters who long...
- 6/4/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
DVD Playhouse—June 2009
By
Allen Gardner
The International (Sony) An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) joins forces with a Manhattan D.A. (Naomi Watts) to bring down an arms dealing ring and a corrupt global banking cartel that’s funding them. Superlative thriller was oddly ignored by critics and audiences alike, but expertly blends intelligence (courtesy screenwriter Eric Warren Singer’s masterfully-crafted script) and full-throttle action (director Tom Tykwer stages one of the great film shoot-outs in New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum), making this dynamite thriller reminiscent of the best work from masters such as John Frankenheimer and Robert Aldrich. Armin Mueller-Stahl is wonderful as a world-weary covert op. Bonuses: Extended scene; Featurettes; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.
The Jack Lemmon Film Collection(Sony) Five films from the two-time Oscar winning actor, focusing on his early career: Phfft! is a zippy comedy from 1954, one of Lemmon’s earliest films, in which...
By
Allen Gardner
The International (Sony) An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) joins forces with a Manhattan D.A. (Naomi Watts) to bring down an arms dealing ring and a corrupt global banking cartel that’s funding them. Superlative thriller was oddly ignored by critics and audiences alike, but expertly blends intelligence (courtesy screenwriter Eric Warren Singer’s masterfully-crafted script) and full-throttle action (director Tom Tykwer stages one of the great film shoot-outs in New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum), making this dynamite thriller reminiscent of the best work from masters such as John Frankenheimer and Robert Aldrich. Armin Mueller-Stahl is wonderful as a world-weary covert op. Bonuses: Extended scene; Featurettes; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.
The Jack Lemmon Film Collection(Sony) Five films from the two-time Oscar winning actor, focusing on his early career: Phfft! is a zippy comedy from 1954, one of Lemmon’s earliest films, in which...
- 6/3/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The stars of Titanic reunite in film once again, though this movie is about as far away from their first outing as you can imagine. Where Titanic featured a doomed ocean liner, Revolutionary Road paints a picture of domestic bliss gone wrong from the 1961 novel by Richard Yates. In 1955, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) Wheeler live on Revolutionary Road. April has always wanted to be an actress and Frank wants to live an .interesting. life. The old saying goes that a curse is that you should live in .interesting. times; however Frank must not have heard of that. Frank ends up living a less-than-interesting life as he has a monotonous job. April tries...
- 6/3/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Clockwise from upper left: Revolutionary Road, Defiance, He's Just Not That Into You, The Graduate, Anaconda, Fletch.
Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio re-teamed with Kate Winslet, Michael Sheen Shannon * in a blistering supporting role, Sam Mendes examining suburbia, an adaptation of a classic American novel by Richard Yates; what could possibly go wrong? "In truth, it's both relentlessly grim and nearly pointless," wrote Jeffrey M. Anderson. "The only thing it does really well is create a feeling of suffocation." Also on Blu-ray. My choice: Rent it.
Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon
He's Just Not That Into You
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Bradley Cooper and Scarlet Johansson star in a movie that will rot your brain. Put more kindly by William Goss: "This film feels more like a one night stand than anything else: you'll enjoy taking it home overnight, but when tomorrow comes, it's less...
Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio re-teamed with Kate Winslet, Michael Sheen Shannon * in a blistering supporting role, Sam Mendes examining suburbia, an adaptation of a classic American novel by Richard Yates; what could possibly go wrong? "In truth, it's both relentlessly grim and nearly pointless," wrote Jeffrey M. Anderson. "The only thing it does really well is create a feeling of suffocation." Also on Blu-ray. My choice: Rent it.
Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon
He's Just Not That Into You
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Bradley Cooper and Scarlet Johansson star in a movie that will rot your brain. Put more kindly by William Goss: "This film feels more like a one night stand than anything else: you'll enjoy taking it home overnight, but when tomorrow comes, it's less...
- 6/2/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Revolutionary Road is one of these novels I‘ve always meant to crack -- like Remembrance of Things Past, or Middlemarch or At Swim Two Birds, but a somewhat easier read. So I was happy to see it on screen, since this Sam Mendes version of Richard Yates’ highly regarded 1961 novel -- a book which got great reviews and maintained its reputation --gave me a chance to buy and read Yates’ book, in a nice cheap movie tie-in paperback with Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the cover, nuzzling noses and swaddled in white.
- 6/2/2009
- Movie City News
What do you get when you mix the big-screen reunion of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio with Richard Yates first novel? The answer is a powerful and moving narrative, Revolutionary Road, which is new to Blu-ray and DVD today. Sam Mendes (American Beauty director and Winslet's husband) directs this gripping adaptation of famed novel of the same name. Penning the screenplay is Justin Haythe, who wrote 2004's The Clearing. Set in the 1950s, Frank (DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Winslet) deal with the frustrations of underachievement in their boring and "safe" lives. When the two met, a life full of promise and dreams lay ahead of them and they were anxious to live it together. Becoming quickly enamored with each other, they quickly tied the knot and moved to little house on Revolutionary Road in Connecticut. What they didn't know is that the dreams and aspirations they held on to so...
- 6/2/2009
- by Link
- BuzzFocus.com
America had won World War II, becoming the first true Super Power of the 20th Century. But with it came a price and that was a desperate desire among the populace to preserve their freedom through an amazing sense of conformity. Being different was seen as being un-American and you were likely to be accused of being a Communist, which had replaced being a Nazi as the vilest kind of person.
The spread of television and the broadcaster’s desire to present a harmonious vision of an ideal lifestyle led to a sameness from coast to coast that the country had never experienced before. Nor had the country really seen the rise of suburbia as people commuted by the tens of thousands to jobs in the nearby city, which also had it s affect on society.
Against all of this, Richard Yates wrote the 1961 novel Revolutionary Road that was the...
The spread of television and the broadcaster’s desire to present a harmonious vision of an ideal lifestyle led to a sameness from coast to coast that the country had never experienced before. Nor had the country really seen the rise of suburbia as people commuted by the tens of thousands to jobs in the nearby city, which also had it s affect on society.
Against all of this, Richard Yates wrote the 1961 novel Revolutionary Road that was the...
- 5/31/2009
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
On paper, Revolutionary Road, the Oscar movie that never was, had enough key ingredients to make it a serious awards contender: Richard Yates's scathing indictment of Eisenhower’s American dream as source material; Sam Mendes's first-time directing his wife, perennial Oscar bridesmaid Kate Winslet; and the reuniting of Hollywood’s most profitable screen couple ten years on. It couldn’t miss. Only it did, with Winslet instead winning for The Reader leaving Revolutionary Road to secure a single major nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Michael Shannon, alongside a couple of design nods, none of which it won.
As to the question of just what went wrong with Revolutionary Road the answer is a deceptively simple one – it’s just not very good; beyond the big names and massive literary pedigree lies just another picket fence tragedy that’s awkwardly heavy-handed and unapologetically dull. And really, it didn’t have to be,...
As to the question of just what went wrong with Revolutionary Road the answer is a deceptively simple one – it’s just not very good; beyond the big names and massive literary pedigree lies just another picket fence tragedy that’s awkwardly heavy-handed and unapologetically dull. And really, it didn’t have to be,...
- 5/29/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
And you thought Watchmen warped book sales charts for comics. That's nothing-- according to USA Today, Watchmen came in ninth in sales for the first quarter of 2009. The first four books were the first four books in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. In fact, a whopping 16% of all books sold in America in the first three months of the year were Twilight books-- four books out of every twenty-five books sold.
The rankings:
1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
6. The Shack by William P. Young
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
8. The Associate by John Grisham
9. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
10. Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
11. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
12. The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick,...
The rankings:
1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
6. The Shack by William P. Young
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
8. The Associate by John Grisham
9. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
10. Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
11. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
12. The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick,...
- 4/10/2009
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
According to USA Today sales of Stephenie Meyers novels make up approximately 16 of book sales in the first quarter of 2009. What does that break down to? About 1 in every 7 books sold last quarter was a book written by Meyer. Read below for morenbspVampires ruleTwilight author Stephenie Meyer continues to dominate USA TODAYs BestSelling Books list. Sales of her novels accounted for about 16 of all book sales tracked by the list in the first quarter of 2009. Thats about one in seven books. Top 20 sellers for the quarter1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 6. The Shack by William P. Young 7. Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey 8. The Associate by John Grisham 9. Watchmen by Alan Moore Dave Gibbons 10. Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide...
- 4/9/2009
- twilightersanonymous.com
The films Revolutionary Road and A Beautiful Mind both portray mathematicians turned mental patients who create havoc for their families. But the similarity ends there. In director Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001), the facts of the real-life recovery of Nobel prize winner John Nash are fabricated to create a politically-correct version of mental illness -- and Howard's film was rewarded with four Oscars, including best picture and best director. In contrast, director Sam Mendes's recent Revolutionary Road stays true to the facts of Richard Yates's 1961 novel, including Yates's now politically-incorrect more psychological perspective of mental illness - and Mendes's film was not rewarded with any Oscars last February. While the mental illness of John Nash (Russell Crowe) is the focus of Howard's A Beautiful Mind, mental illness is not at the center of either Mendes's film or Yates's novel,...
- 3/25/2009
- by Bruce E. Levine
- Huffington Post
Revolutionary Road is coming to DVD June 2nd and we have the dvd specs. The Revolutionary Road DVD and Blu-ray presentations include commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe, Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road and deleted scenes. The Blu-ray also includes Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth.The Revolutionary Road DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray disc is presented in 1080p high...
- 3/19/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
It’s been a busy couple of weeks recently for cinema releases. In the past month we’ve had most of the heavy-hitters hoping for Oscar glory come 22nd February, some of Hollywood’s biggest names (Tom Cruise, Will Smith) and breakout Brit sensation Slumdog Millionaire. So, we’ll have to forgive the powers that be for this week’s slim pickings as there are only two newbies on this week’s block – Revolutionary Road and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. It could be a good chance to catch up with some of these past films that you might have missed, but if you do head out to see one of the new movies here’s all that you need to know…
If you see… Kate Winslet reunite with her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to star as a married couple frustrated by the shackles of 1950s American suburbia in the intense drama Revolutionary Road.
If you see… Kate Winslet reunite with her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to star as a married couple frustrated by the shackles of 1950s American suburbia in the intense drama Revolutionary Road.
- 1/30/2009
- Boxwish.com
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon is glad he chose to sign on to new movie Revolutionary Road - because he nearly gave up the role to perform a play in Chicago, Illinois.
The Kentucky-born star received a Best Supporting Actor nod from the Academy Awards board on Thursday for his role in the Sam Mendes-directed drama.
But Shannon came close to turning down the part when he was offered the chance to star in Tracy Letts' Tony Award winning play, August: Osage County, in Chicago, Illinois at the same time.
Shannon tells the Chicago Sun Times, "When given the choice between a film role and doing a play, very rarely do I pick the movie. Nine times out of 10, I go with the play.
"But these two projects totally overlapped, and I'm such a huge fan of the Richard Yates book (which inspired Revolutionary Road). So I had to go with the film. Plus, when I read the book, that character (former mental patient John Givings) stuck out for me, as it does for a lot of people."
And Shannon knows he made the right choice - because he is delighted with his Oscar nomination.
He adds, "I really was shocked. I felt a little punch-drunk when I got the call (about the nomination) at about 6am. But it didn't take long for me to feel pretty good."
Shannon will compete against Robert Downey Jr., Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heath Ledger and Josh Brolin at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 22.
The Kentucky-born star received a Best Supporting Actor nod from the Academy Awards board on Thursday for his role in the Sam Mendes-directed drama.
But Shannon came close to turning down the part when he was offered the chance to star in Tracy Letts' Tony Award winning play, August: Osage County, in Chicago, Illinois at the same time.
Shannon tells the Chicago Sun Times, "When given the choice between a film role and doing a play, very rarely do I pick the movie. Nine times out of 10, I go with the play.
"But these two projects totally overlapped, and I'm such a huge fan of the Richard Yates book (which inspired Revolutionary Road). So I had to go with the film. Plus, when I read the book, that character (former mental patient John Givings) stuck out for me, as it does for a lot of people."
And Shannon knows he made the right choice - because he is delighted with his Oscar nomination.
He adds, "I really was shocked. I felt a little punch-drunk when I got the call (about the nomination) at about 6am. But it didn't take long for me to feel pretty good."
Shannon will compete against Robert Downey Jr., Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heath Ledger and Josh Brolin at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 22.
- 1/23/2009
- WENN
Opening in at least 11 markets, with No. 1 rankings recorded in four, Sony's "Seven Pounds" grabbed the top spot on the crowded international circuit over the weekend with $20.6 million grossed from a total of 3,505 screens in 27 territories.
The Will Smith vehicle from Italian director Gabriele Muccino premiered No. 1 in Spain ($4.2 million from 352 screens), No. 3 in France ($2.8 million from 344 sites) and No. 2 in the U.K. ($2.3 million from 402 situations). International total stands at $41.6 million.
After a stellar run at the top of the international charts for five of the previous six frames, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" dropped to No. 5 with $8.7 million elicited from 5,495 spots in 45 markets. Foreign gross total now stands at $380 million.
Warner Bros. International released over the weekend its first title in Hindi, the Bollywood-driven martial arts adventure "Chandni Chowk to China," in some 28 overseas markets to the tune of about $7.2 million, most of which was generated...
The Will Smith vehicle from Italian director Gabriele Muccino premiered No. 1 in Spain ($4.2 million from 352 screens), No. 3 in France ($2.8 million from 344 sites) and No. 2 in the U.K. ($2.3 million from 402 situations). International total stands at $41.6 million.
After a stellar run at the top of the international charts for five of the previous six frames, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" dropped to No. 5 with $8.7 million elicited from 5,495 spots in 45 markets. Foreign gross total now stands at $380 million.
Warner Bros. International released over the weekend its first title in Hindi, the Bollywood-driven martial arts adventure "Chandni Chowk to China," in some 28 overseas markets to the tune of about $7.2 million, most of which was generated...
- 1/19/2009
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Opening in at least 11 markets and recording No. 1 rankings in four, Sony's "Seven Pounds" grabbed the top spot on the international boxoffice circuit during the weekend with an estimated gross of $19.8 million from 3,502 screens in 25 territories.
The Will Smith vehicle from Italian director Gabriele Muccino premiered at No. 1 in Spain ($4.2 million from 308 screens) and at No. 2 in France ($3 million from 343 sites) and the U.K. ($2.4 million from 405 situations). Its international cume stands at $40.8 million.
After a stellar run atop the international chart for five of the previous six frames, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" dropped to No. 5 with $8.3 million from 6,054 spots in 61 markets. Its foreign cume stands at $380 million.
Also during the weekend, Warner Bros. International released its first Hindi-language title, the Bollywood-driven "Chandni Chowk to China," in about 35 markets, but did not release gross data. "We are still consolidating figures from India and around the world," the distributor said.
The Will Smith vehicle from Italian director Gabriele Muccino premiered at No. 1 in Spain ($4.2 million from 308 screens) and at No. 2 in France ($3 million from 343 sites) and the U.K. ($2.4 million from 405 situations). Its international cume stands at $40.8 million.
After a stellar run atop the international chart for five of the previous six frames, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" dropped to No. 5 with $8.3 million from 6,054 spots in 61 markets. Its foreign cume stands at $380 million.
Also during the weekend, Warner Bros. International released its first Hindi-language title, the Bollywood-driven "Chandni Chowk to China," in about 35 markets, but did not release gross data. "We are still consolidating figures from India and around the world," the distributor said.
- 1/18/2009
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lynn Shelton’s “Humpday” is a comedic “Revolutionary Road” for twenty-first century audiences. Shelton’s third feature evokes many of the underlying themes present in Richard Yates’ novel of suburban discontent. You wouldn’t guess that from the premise: Set in Seattle’s hip urban youth scene, the movie focuses on two straight buddies intent on fulfilling the unlikely goal of filming themselves having sex—with each other—for the town’s local porn festival. To these hilariously …...
- 1/17/2009
- Indiewire
Plot: A young couple living in the suburbs during the 1950.s struggle to escape the crippling monotony of their lives. Review: Revolutionary Road is based on a landmark 1962 novel by Richard Yates. Back when it came out, I.m sure it was seen as a scathing critique of the fifties Middle America value system. Sadly, I really think the film version has come along far too late to be terribly relevant to our generation. Maybe if it had been made forty years ago it would be considered as...
- 1/16/2009
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Fans have been clamoring for their reunion for over a decade. Finally to their delight, Kate and Leo are together again on the screen in “Revolutionary Road”. I am of course talking about Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio. Some fans though may be a bit disappointed by the rancor shown between their two characters. They will miss two actors in fine form. “Revolutionary Road” is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Richard Yates. Much like his Oscar winning work in “American Beauty”, Sam Mendes directs this dysfunctional stew. The movie centers on the lives of April (Kate Winslet) and Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) Wheeler, a married couple in the mid-50s. Everything seems perfect from the outside with this duo. They have two kids and live comfortably in the suburbs. Frank has a stable office job, while April stays home to take care of the kids. Mendes crushed this reality early in the film.
- 1/9/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fans have been clamoring for their reunion for over a decade. Finally to their delight, Kate and Leo are together again on the screen in “Revolutionary Road”. I am of course talking about Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio. Some fans though may be a bit disappointed by the rancor shown between their two characters. They will miss two actors in fine form. “Revolutionary Road” is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Richard Yates. Much like his Oscar winning work in “American Beauty”, Sam Mendes directs this dysfunctional stew. The movie centers on the lives of April (Kate Winslet) and Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) Wheeler, a married couple in the mid-50s. Everything seems perfect from the outside with this duo. They have two kids and live comfortably in the suburbs. Frank has a stable office job, while April stays home to take care of the kids. Mendes crushed this reality early in the film.
- 1/9/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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