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Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense is a film certainly worthy of appreciation, but a struggle to love. It promises an exciting premise—people around the world are starting to lose their senses, beginning with the sense of smell, and no one knows why. Caught in the middle of the mysterious pandemic are a pair of lovers, a chef and a researcher, who discover they need one another to make it through the chaos....  read more

Haywire

In his follow-up to Contagion, auteur Steven Soderbergh makes over the espionage thriller and puts an ass-kicking woman in the lead. That Haywire features a female action star isn’t in itself particularly innovative (see: Salt, Wanted). That the female action star isn’t Angelina Jolie, and that Soderbergh built the film around a mixed martial arts fighter in her first theatrically released film—well, that’s something one doesn’t see every day. In addition to her EliteXC and Strikeforce bouts, Gina Carano has appeared in TV’s American Gladiators and direct-to-DVD actioner Blood and Bone, but here she headlines a cast that includes A-listers...  read more

Catching Up With Beginners Director Mike Mills

The Beginners director spoke to Paste about Ewan McGregor’s insistent representation of himself, about his concerns in honestly depicting the gay community of his father, and about the power of a little dog who almost steals the film.  read more

Beginners review

Hal came out of the closet at age 75 when his wife of 44 years was taken by cancer. Oliver, Hal’s son, accepted the announcement meekly but it wasn’t until Hal came down with terminal cancer himself that Oliver and Hal began to speak honestly. The conversation didn’t end when Hal was also taken.   read more

Five More Actors Martin Scorsese Should Consider for His Frank Sinatra Biopic

It’s hard to keep up with the seemingly endless films Martin Scorsese has brewing (a George Harrison documentary, a Mafia flick dubbed The Irishman and a 3D kids movie, The Invention of Hugo Cabret), but, for more than a year now, our favorite living director has also been piecing together a biopic on romanticized singer/actor Frank Sinatra....  read more

Ewan McGregor Replaces Johnny Depp in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote

Terry Gilliam recently revealed to Empire that Ewan McGregor has signed on for a leading role in the epically delayed Don Quixote movie. The tale of the production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is almost as long as the book itself....  read more

The Ghost Writer Review

Director: Roman Polanski Writers: Polanski (screenplay), Robert Harris (novel and adaptation) Cinematographer: Pawel Edelman Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, Eli Wallach Studio/Run Time: Summit Entertainment, 128 min. Surprisingly uneven, unsurprisingly subpar Roman Polanski may be one of the screen’s best directors, but with the exception of 2002’s The Pianist the fugitive filmmaker has not created anything close to his two signature films: 1968’s Rosemary’s Baby and 1974’s Chinatown. The release of The Ghost Writer does nothing to change that....  read more

Amid grim forecast, Sundance acquisitions move forward

As sober financial outlooks continue to soften expectations for the business side of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the events have gone forward at full charge. For critical feedback, keep tuned to our Festivus blog as Paste’s chief film critic Robert Davis continues to provide rolling commentary....  read more