Sigourney Weaves Her Way into TV

And, here I thought Sigourney Weaver was going to do ubiquitous supporting work in films for the rest of her life.  Taking a cue from Glenn Close's cable-TV turn on Damages, Weaver is putting in some time on the smaller screen in a new show called Political Animals.  She'll play a divorced former first lady who becomes Secretary of State.  I suppose the "divorced" portion is supposed to stand in for the thinly veiled part...

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Katie Holmes Is Divorcing "The Man of Her Dreams"

Last year, I wrote about Tom Cruise's effect on the Oscar chances of the woman in his life.  You can read the long-winded piece here.  I ended the post with somewhat of a suggestion to Katie Holmes, "Girl better snap out of it and get crackin'" in regards to her contract marriage to the man she once told Seventeen magazine in the 1990s she dreamt of marrying.  I read somewhere around the time they first started dating before they...

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Opening This Weekend: People Tyler Perry Likes (i.e. Magic Mike)

This weekend Luke Kirby will not be opening Magic MikeWell, we've been waiting for Magic Mike and his posse for ages, and they are finally here!  Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Alex Pettyfer, playing strippers?  Four cheers for Hollywood!  And, a fifth, I suppose, if you're like most of my girlfriends who swear by Matthew McConaug-Hey-A!  Mark Wallberg won't be taking off his clothes (to my knowledge) like...

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A Page from Lawrence's Sterling Silver Playbook

The trailer just hit for Silver Linings Playbook. David O. Russell's new film, based on Matthew Quick's novel about mental-healthy challenged characters, looks kind of schmaltzy, but pretty darn good, none-the-less. This will be Jennifer Lawrence's first pairing with Bradley Cooper before next year's Serena. I haven't read the book, but it looks like a great role for her. Having taken on so much serious fare already, the movie looks to give her...

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Opening Title Sequence: Devil in a Blue Dress

Conversations regarding creating the opening title sequence for Devil in a Blue Dress included many different ideas; someone suggested to embellish the film noir aspect of the genre. Director Carl Franklin wanted to try something less conventional and capture a feel for the times. WPA artist Archibald John Motley, Jr's "Bronzeville at Night" (1949) did exactly that. While the oil painting depicted a Chicago street scene, the filmmakers thought...

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Movie Spoiler THE GREY (after review)

Movie Spoiler: The Grey (after the review). Joe Carnahan was “the next big thing” years ago with drug film Narc as his calling card and after falling out of an M:I film, he kind of disappeared all together. But, with The Grey, he makes good on the promise he displayed initially with a story about a man (Liam Neeson) who mourns the loss of his wife and finds himself with six others battling a pack of wolves in the Alaskan wilderness (filmed in Canada)....

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Movie Spoiler SPIDER-MAN 2 (after capsule review)

Spider-Man 2: Movie Spoiler Summary (after capsule review).  A solid companion piece to the initial installment (though, if I was forced to Sophie’s Choice it, I would choose the 2002 movie), Spider-Man 2 almost matched its reviews and box-office receipts.  Many said it was the better film, perhaps The Best Superhero Film Ever Made (which would be retracted by most everyone after the The Dark Knight).  Opinions have cooled since then,...

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Oscar Outlook 2012: Trouble with the Curve

Amy Adams dancing with Pip-squeakIt has been almost twenty years since Clint Eastwood has stepped in front of the camera for anyone else but himself.  The last time he gave up control as director he was In the Line of Fire for Wolfgang Peterson, a highlight in the career of the German filmmaker who showed such promise in Das Boot.  Trouble with the Curve will mark the directing debut of Eastwood's producing partner Robert Lorenz, who began...

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Movie Spoiler PERFECT SENSE (after capsule review)

Perfect Sense: Movie Spoiler Summary (after capsule review).  The very dystopic concept of Perfect Sense is ultimately a lesson in learning to appreciate the senses we have and how easily it is for us as a human race to accept certain changes we have no control over and submit to them as a new normal.  We as human beings rely so much on our senses, that without, we lose the ability to relate to each other and build healthy relationships. ...

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Fais-moi de ton mieux: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.

The "Best" ShotThe Film Experience has recommenced its third season of Hit Me With Your Best Shot.  This week it's François Truffaut's L'Histoire d'Adèle H. or The Story of Adele H.  I imagine Nat chose it for thematic reasons which I won't divulge to those unfamiliar with the plot, as I was.  Let's just say Father "H" is a big deal and everything that happened is true.  Internationally renown French actress Isabelle...

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