The Big Wedding
Don’t be fooled by the marketing campaign for The Big Wedding. The pastel-hued poster may look as sweet as a wedding cake—it’s even tiered—but the screwball comedy from writer-director Justin Zackham (scribe on The Bucket List) contains unexpected layers of salty language, bitter political incorrectness and pungent sex that your mother may not be aware of when she deems it appropriate for her movie group. It’s not. Seriously, Robert De Niro goes down on Susan Sarandon in the very first scene.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Company You Keep
Assembling a cast of Hollywood heavyweights can mean many things. It can signify the devil-may-care attitude of an Ocean’s Eleven, where acting luminaries are given quirky, “different” roles so they can have some fun away from their relentless Oscar baiting. It can, quite literally, be stunt casting, such as something like The Expendables, where the gluttony of violence and bloodshed also extends to the role call on posters. In the case of Robert Redford’s newest effort, The Company You Keep, it is a shot across the bow of the serious adult drama, declaring the director/star’s intent to burn the... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsArbitrage
Straddling the line between celebration and vilification of its nasty protagonist, Arbitrage plunges into the world of corporate fraud with chilly detachment. Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s film begins with Robert (Richard Gere)—the president of a lucrative investment firm—deep in crisis, having secretly borrowed $412 million to hide losses from an ongoing audit and to keep alive his firm’s sale to a rival. A man comfortable begging for more time on his loan to cover up his crimes (which would land him in jail for upwards of twenty years) and then going home to his family to celebrate his birthday, Robert... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsJeff, Who Lives at Home
Despite bigger budgets and higher-profile casts, writer-directors Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Cyrus) have stayed true to their lo-fi, improvisational aesthetic, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home marks a sort of homecoming for the brothers, who themselves lived at their parents’ home in New Orleans while shooting this Baton Rouge-set family drama. The Duplasses make films about ordinary people and shoot for realism with moving results, but their style, all handheld camera work and tight close-ups, may suffer as their movies play wider on bigger screens.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSusan Sarandon to Join Cast of Kathryn Bigelow's HBO Series, The Miraculous Year
Susan Sarandon is the latest addition to the all-star cast for Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow ’s upcoming HBO series, The Miraculous Year. According to TV Squad, Sarandon will play director/choreographer Patty Atwood in the Broadway-themed show.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsJason Segel, Susan Sarandon, Ed Helms Cast in New Duplass Brothers Movie
The Duplass Brothers are working their way up the Hollywood ladder, adding big-name actors to the casts of their funny films. Their upcoming movie Cyrus stars Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener. Next, Jay and Mark Duplass will direct Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon and Judy Greer in Jeff Who Lives At Home, Vulture reports.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWatch Of Montreal Perform With Susan Sarandon and Solange Knowles
[Photo by Rob Inderrieden] Last year, Solange Knowles, sister of that little-known pop singer of the same last name, got the ball rolling on a collaboration between Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes and his would-be PartyDrug. Solange, with a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist last year, is a quite a singer herself, and she joined Of Montreal last night at the Highline Ballroom in New York for a cover of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.” Check it out:... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 40 Best Sesame Street Guest Spots So Far
The 40th season of Sesame Street premiered on Nov. 10, 2009, promising guest spots from notable figures such as... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySusan Sarandon, John Goodman Join Al Pacino For Kevorkian Biopic
As if longtime legend Al Pacino starring as the man deemed "Dr. Death" wasn't compelling enough to induce fanatic anticipation for the upcoming Jack Kevorkian biopic, two more film veterans have been confirmed for the cast. ... read more
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