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Movie Review - 'Nine'
5 hours ago | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, and Penélope Cruz
Directed by Rob Marshall
Rated PG-13
Physically beautiful and a little troubled underneath, Rob Marshall’s Nine is the musical of year, although that's based more on a lack of other musicals to compare it to than how well it succeeds. It's the kind of film for which the Golden Globes are made but not the Academy Awards nor permanent places in our memories.
Unlike his previous song-and-dance act, Chicago, Nine is bogged down by its story and more musical numbers fail than succeed. In Chicago, to note the difference, the songs fed back into the narrative seamlessly.
In Nine, while several of the tunes are absolute showstoppers, that's exactly the problem: They interrupt Marshall's story and it's hard to get it back on track.
The setup will sound familiar to fans of classic European cinema, because it is »
- Colin Boyd
Nine Review
9 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned but I believe that a musical needs, above all else, good music. Direction, performances, production design, and choreography (if applicable) are all important, but a musical lives and dies with its songs. Nine dies and it’s a long, excruciating death as we follow mopish director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) suffering from writer’s block and depending on all the women in his life while providing nothing in return. Eventually, “Nine” no longer represents Frederico Fellini’s “8 ½ plus music”, but a countdown to how many forgettable numbers you’ll have to endure before the movie ends.
Director Rob Marshall (with the help of Bill Condon’s outstanding script) made Chicago one of the best films of 2002. The songs were memorable, the tone was sharp, the performances were strong, the script made a welcome criticism of the criminal celebrity, and Marshall managed to turn almost every musical number into a showstopper. »
- Matt Goldberg
John’s 10 Biggest Movie Surprises of 2009
15 hours ago | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
I’ll be up front with you: the list you’re about to read wasn’t what I had in store for you. As I sat at my desk and prepared to crank out what would be another top ten list of 2009, I realized that I was utterly ill-equipped to do so. As many great films as I witnessed this year, I missed just as many that I’m sure I’d enjoy: A Serious Man. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hurt Locker. The Brothers Bloom.
I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.
What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent »
- John Cooper
Star-Studded ‘Nine’ With Daniel Day-Lewis Delivers Grand Musical Spectacle
16 hours ago | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Rob Marshall’s highly anticipated “Nine” isn’t quite the complete piece that it could have been, but its flaws are easy to overlook in favor of old-fashioned, pure entertainment. It is what so many musicals are remembered for being: a series of memorable moments the sum of which makes a missed beat or two easier to overlook. “Nine” has flaws, but I was too busy humming with the energy of this vibrant, eccentric piece of musical entertainment to really care.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Nine” is a beautifully made film about both the pitfalls and the benefits of being deemed a creative genius. Loosely based on Federico Fellini’s “8 1/2,” “Nine” tells the tale of the creative crisis of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), one of the most respected filmmakers in the world. He’s scheduled to start work on his next masterpiece but completely crippled by a creative block.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
New To Theatres This Weekend: Sherlock Holmes, Up in the Air, Nine, It’s Complicated
16 hours ago | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
We've definitely got a strange line-up of movies in theatres this Christmas. There aren't as many Oscar contenders out there this year, and not much in the way of family comedies except for The Squeakquel (ugh). The big battle shaping up is the one between Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and James Cameron's Avatar. Avatar is building on strong word of mouth, but Sherlock Holmes has name recognition, Robert Downey Jr., and positive reviews to back it up. Which one will come out on top? Jason Reitman's Up in the Air is also finally in wide release this weekend, and it's definitely the critical favourite of the bunch. Other major releases include It's Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin and the Rob Marshall musical Nine starring Daniel Day-Lewis, while Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is opening in select theatres. What will you be checking out this weekend? »
- Sean
‘Nine’ Movie Trailer Shows Musical And Sexy Scenes
16 hours ago | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
'Nine' movie trailer shows musical and sexy scenes. The Weinstein Company's new musical,drama movie, "Nine" hits theaters nationwide tomorrow after a limited release last weekend. The movie trailer features some hot,sexy, and musical scenes. It stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, and Sophia Loren. "Nine" movie revolves around character, Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is a famous film director that reaches a huge creative and personal crisis as he tries to handle numerous amounts of women in his life. »
- Chris
Review: Nine
17 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Give me a movie where people burst into song and dance for no logical reason and I'm happy ... assuming the musical numbers are good, the story isn't dull and the characters are interesting. Nine, the latest movie musical directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) has a lot of flash and dash ... so why wasn't I charmed?
Veteran screenwriters Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella scripted this adaptation of a 1982 Broadway musical, which includes a few new songs. The Broadway version itself is a musical remake of the Federico Fellini movie 8 1/2. That may be part of my difficulty with Nine -- I've always found Fellini's film tiresome and interminable. I'm more of an Amarcord girl myself.
Adding music to Fellini's story doesn't change it much. Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a famous Italian director in the early 1960s who is two weeks away from the start of production on his next »
- Jette Kernion
Review: Nine
22 hours ago | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
If you need a dose of Federico Fellini, you might get just that in Nine, the adaptation of the Broadway musical that re-interprets Fellini's film 8 1/2. The story is a slight shift from the original film, filling in backstory and turning it into a love poem to objectified women and their rebellion against a self-centered, childish and charming egotist.
(In)famous Italian director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is about to start filming his latest production, but he doesn't have a script, and can't escape his own celebrity status or his relationships long enough to concentrate on it. His creative crises is exacerbated by his personal ones as he fails to balance his relationships with his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his married mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), his reluctant muse Claudia (Nicole Kidman), and brash fashionista journalist Stephanie (Kate Hudson) who makes it clear she wants to be one of his women, »
- Jenn Brown
Latest Movie Reviews: "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," "It's Complicated"
23 December 2009 10:31 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
It's that time of the year when studios cram the Christmas weekend with lots and lots of movies! Not only do we have to overindulge with eating, we can also overindulge with watching movies.
This weekend, "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," "It's Complicated," "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" are going to try to topple "Avatar's" No. 1 position. But I think James Cameron's masterpiece will remain the king of the box-office weekend.
"Up in the Air" also goes in wide release (Check out my movie review of "Up in the Air" here, and my interviews with director Jason Reitman, and cast Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick right here).
Here's my movie reviews of "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," and "It's Complicated." Have fun! :happy
Here more info from Yahoo on the films we discussed:
Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before. »
- Manny
'Nine' review (1.5/5) - Sure, it's got a huge marketing campaign behind it, but so does the Olive Garden.
23 December 2009 5:36 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
When Rob Marshall directed "Chicago" in 2002, he revitalized the musical as a viable movie genre. It's just that simple. Musicals were box office poison, and had languished for years, but his jazz-filled, steamy story of sex and prison and murder and Billy Flynn took home Best Picture honors and sent Hollywood looking to Broadway once again. So you would think his adaptation of "Nine," the Broadway version of Fellini's "8 ½," would be something spectacular, especially with Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead and Marion Cotillard as his wife. You would think that, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong. No, everything Marshall got right about "Chicago" he gets wrong in "Nine." In fact, this might be the least interesting thing Day-Lewis has ever done. Here's how it works—Day-Lewis is Guido Contini, a legendary Italian film director about to direct his most legendary film. There's only one problem—he hasn't written a word of it. »
Films Of The Decade – Ed’s List
23 December 2009 5:17 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Each decade of celluloid is defined by its psychological preoccupations. Oh yes it is, don’t look at me like that. The 9/11 terror attacks on New York and Washington cast a long shadow over the first decade of the 21st century. The Nineties had been a relatively stable and optimistic era by comparison and was all the more moribund for it. Tom Sizemore’s speech in Katherine Bigelow’s Strange Days (1995) summed up the emerging consensus – “everything’s been done, every kind of music’s been tried, every government’s been tried, every fuckin’ hairstyle. How you gonna make it another thousand years, for Chrissake?”
But it wasn’t quite the end of history after all. After 9/11 the zeitgeist became politically-charged once more as it had been in more polarised times. Entertainment was not immune from this effect, nor could it afford to be. With rare exceptions such as Paul Greengrass »
- Ed Whitfield
Santa Claus Conquers The Stage!
23 December 2009 11:29 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The greatest UFO incident of all time was not Roswell or Area 51--it was when little green men landed in the North Pole and attempted to kidnap Santa Claus! This occurred in the grade Z atrocity, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
Everyone knows Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, the 45-year old bad movie that surfaces this time of year on late night TV and at 99-Cents Only Stores. It's #77 on the IMDb's "Bottom 100" of the worst movies of all time.
The legendary made-in-New Jersey bomb that pits the Christmas Crusader against backwards aliens who know nothing about our Yuletide traditions, is a goofy holiday perennial best known for introducing the world to Pia Zadora, who played the Martian daughter, Girmar..
The Maverick Theater in Fullerton, California lives up to their name by staging a faithful adaptation of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians that simultaneously takes the piss out of it! »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
'Nine' Star Daniel Day-Lewis Has No Interest In Starring In A Hollywood Blockbuster
23 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
There are many reasons that Daniel Day-Lewis is considered one of the finest actors currently working in the movie business, with one of the most important ones being his highly selective process in choosing film roles.
Sure, it would be awesome to see Day-Lewis take on an iconic role in a Hollywood tentpole picture. How much fun would it be to see him in one of Christopher Nolan's "Batman" movies, for example? But don't hold your breath, as the "Nine" star recently told MTV's Josh Horowitz that the chances of him signing on for a blockbuster are highly unlikely.
"[This is] not meant to belittle those films or the people [who work on them], because there are people that need to do those films and love to do those films — they can be fantastically entertaining for the people who love to see them — but it's not for me," Day-Lewis said about the prospects of starring in a franchise film. »
- Josh Wigler
2010 Oscar Predictions: For Best Picture Nominees
23 December 2009 8:50 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony may be one of the longest with 10 best picture nominees. It is more tough now to guess the contenders for Best Picture Nominations. The predictions will really be interesting this time ! We have sorted out ten movies as the contenders for Best Picture Nominees of 82nd Academy Awards. Our Predictions for 2010 Oscar Best Picture Nominees are:
Avatar
Avatar is centered around the themes of imperialism and biodiversity. The movie had been in development since 1994 by Cameron, who wrote a 114-page scriptment for the film. Cameron explained that the delay in producing the film since the 1990s had been to wait until the technology necessary to create his project was advanced enough. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.
Nine The screenplay of this musical-romantic film is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The star-studded cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, »
- Alice
Critics Consensus: Sherlock Holmes Is Worth Investigating
23 December 2009 8:23 AM, PST | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
This week at the movies, we've got a legendary detective (Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law); matriculating rodents (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, starring David Cross and Jason Lee); a middle aged love triangle (It's Complicated, starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin); turbulent business travel (Up in the Air, starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga); and a directionless director (Nine, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz). What do the critics have to say? Known for his hyperkinetic lad pictures, Guy Ritchie may not seem like an obvious choice to direct a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, given that »
Oscar Update: 'Hurt Locker' and Streep Rise in the Latest Predictions
23 December 2009 3:13 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Well folks, the year is winding down, we are knee deep in the holiday season and I'm looking forward to taking it easy for a few days, but not before I deliver one more update to my Oscar predictions.
For those of you that keep an eye on my "The Contenders" section you probably already noticed I updated all six of the categories on December 18, so much of what I am about to cover you already know, but I made a couple of changes since then. A couple of changes, in fact, resulted in two new front-runners. I am sure many of you already know what one of them is (if not both), so let's get to that one first...
Best Actress (get the full chart here)
Yup, I can't ignore it any longer. Meryl Streep has moved into the top spot, dashing An Education breakout star Carey Mulligan's »
- Brad Brevet
Nicole Kidman Calls Role In 'Nine' A 'Lovely Surprise'
22 December 2009 10:55 PM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Screenwriter, the late Anthony Minghella, wrote character of Claudia with Kidman in mind.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
In 2001 Nicole Kidman sang her way to a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination for "Moulin Rouge!" It was, at the time, the most critically lauded performance of her career. Strangely enough, though, the offers to star in more big-screen musicals didn't pour in.
"I think because once you've done one, people are like, 'Ok, we want to find somebody else to do the next one, ' " Kidman told MTV News.
In any case, the actress didn't exactly need to repeat the same old song and dance, as she went on to win an Oscar the next year for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in "The Hours." And when she did decide to return to musical territory, as she has in "Nine," she »
'Nine' review (3/5) - A sexy and energetic musical romp through early 1960s Italy
22 December 2009 3:54 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
“Nine” is a musical that bowls you over with penance and energy. It doesn’t have memorable songs like “The Sound of Music” or “West Side Story”. It does however have an electrifying cast that does its best to bowl you over. For the most part, it does succeed. “Nine” is based on a 1982 Broadway musical. That musical was inspired by the classic Fellini film “8 ½”. It was revived with great fanfare in 2003 with Antonio Banderas in the lead. “Nine” tells the story of famed Italian director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his attempts to make a new movie. He has problems brewing though. His last two films were flops and his producer is antsy for another hit. Guido is also entering this project without the script. That’s never a good thing. »
Best of the Decade #6: There Will Be Blood (2007)
22 December 2009 10:09 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It took me two viewings to realize that There Will Be Blood was my favourite film of 2007. Too bad they both happened in 2008. Luckily, with the decade coming to a close, I can finally give There Will Be Blood the praise it deserves and include it in a list! Paul Thomas Anderson turns in a film that is uncharacteristically subdued in technique, yet unapologetically bombastic in its performances; specifically Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview. While some complained that his portrayal was too 'showy', I thought it hit the spot, bringing life to the otherwise blown out and depressing late 19th century California setting. Paul Dano's Eli Sunday may not be able to match Day-Lewis' intensity, but it sure is a lot of fun to watch them go at each other. Characters aside, there's also some serious attention to detail in the process of turn of the century oil drilling, »
- Jay C.
Daniel Day-Lewis bitter about early career
22 December 2009 8:32 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Daniel Day-Lewis has revealed that he still feels bitter towards directors who treated him like "filth" early on in his career. The Nine star, who has received two 'Best Actor' Oscars, said that most performers have to deal with rejection when they first start out in the industry. Day-Lewis told Pa: "Most dancers, actors and singers get treated like (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
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