2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2004
1-20 of 61 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
Peter Facinelli Says Making Two 'Breaking Dawn' Films Would Be 'Fantastic'
13 December 2009 10:56 PM, PST
| MTV Movie News
| See recent MTV Movie News news
»
'I would love to have them break it into two parts because it's such a thick book,' he tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jim Cantiello
Peter Facinelli
Photo: George Napolitano/FilmMagic
Although there's been no official word about the plans to turn the fourth book in the "Twilight" Saga, "Breaking Dawn," into a flick, sources speculate that if the film should happen, it will be split into two parts and "New Moon" director Chris Weitz may hop onboard to direct again.
But if any of that is happening, someone should tell "Twilight" star Peter Facinelli, because he currently knows nothing about the status of the movie. "No, we don't know anything yet," he told MTV News at Z100's Jingle Ball on Friday. "Usually the fans know before me. I've been combing the Web sites to see if we're doing a fourth movie. We'll see.
…
Permalink | Report a problem
School of Saatchi | Margot | The Queen | FlashForward | Watch this
29 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST
| The Guardian - TV News
| See recent The Guardian - TV News news
»
School of Saatchi | Margot | The Queen | FlashForward
School of Saatchi
9pm, BBC2
Episode two of the Brit Art X Factor and, no messing about, it's time for the newly shortlisted hopefuls to get creative to order. Working in three teams, the six have to come up with public art to adorn sites on the seafront in Hastings. Big, bold and – Charles Saatchi's key word – "accessible" is the order of the day. The main problem? Aside from the fact that none of the artists has ever had to create impact pieces, their ideas are all, according to critic Matthew Collings, "potential disasters" in the making.
Margot
9pm, BBC4
In the early 1960s the ballerina Margot Fonteyn was in her 40s, and she was expected by many to retire, having conquered all the great parts and received countless accolades. However, the young dancer Rudolf Nureyev, recently defected from the Soviet Union, revitalised her career – despite,
…
- Jonathan Wright, Martin Skegg, John Robinson
Permalink | Report a problem
My Favorite Shot in The Messenger
14 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST
| FilmExperience
| See recent FilmExperience news
»
When Samantha Morton appears in a movie, everything else goes a little blurry. Soon there's only that moon face and the enigma of the other. Is she the most mysterious actress working? Her performances aren't lacking in character detailing and yet she conveys, as few screen performers do, the impossibility of knowing someone fully.
Fyc: Samantha Morton as "Olivia Pitterson"
The Messenger, the new war drama about the Army's Casualty Notification division, makes good use of her mysteries and those incongruously warm blue eyes. She plays a newly widowed army wife who fascinates returning soldier Ben Foster. I met the screenwriter Oren Moverman (Jesus's Son, I'm Not There) who makes his directorial debut here, at a screening of the film last month. I had to tell him how much I loved one particular shot of Morton (cinematography by Bobby Bukowski) filmed through a screen door, watching and being watched.
I'm
…
- NATHANIEL R
Permalink | Report a problem
Gold Derby nuggets: 411 on 'Nine' | Two perspectives on 'Avatar' | Four toons top 50 Oscars snubs
13 November 2009 3:04 PM, PST
| Gold Derby
| See recent Gold Derby news
»
• Tony-winning composer Maury Yeston talked in great detail to Harry Haun about the journey of "Nine" from screen (as "8 1/2") to stage and back to screen. "There are only two ways to approach Broadway shows becoming movies,"
Yeston says. "One of them is to be an over-controlling fuddy-duddy
and not let anybody change anything. The other is to step back and go
with the new medium." For Yeston, "The adaptation back into film was a very
organic one that made a tremendous amount of sense. It was a great opportunity to allow this piece -- which had been so
cinematic to begin with -- to find again its place in the grammar of
cinema. That means things like dissolves, edits, close-ups, lighting
effects -- things film can do for exposition to get inside the mind." Playbill
• Steve Pond delivers more scoop on Saturday's inaugural Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland's Grand
…
- tomoneil
Permalink | Report a problem
Ben Foster: Shooting "The Messenger"
12 November 2009 2:07 AM, PST
| ifc.com
| See recent IFC news
»
Few young actors are blessed with wildly eclectic bodies of work, but 29-year-old Ben Foster has utilized his trademark intensity to play a bisexual art-school student (TV's "Six Feet Under"), a drug-addicted hoodlum ("Alpha Dog"), a winged superhero ("X-Men: The Last Stand"), a Wild West sociopath ("3:10 to Yuma") and a wannabe vampire who steals the show in "30 Days of Night." In his juiciest role to date, the Boston-born actor stars in "I'm Not There" screenwriter Oren Moverman's terrific directorial debut, "The Messenger." Foster plays Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a jaded Army vet who has just returned to the homefront after being wounded in Iraq.
Paired up with the hard-nosed Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), Will is assigned to be a Casualty Notification Officer, a job that, in its own way, may be more difficult than combat. It's an emotionally authentic story of friendship and coping with unexpected jolts of humor,
…
- Aaron Hillis
Permalink | Report a problem
The Messenger's Ben Foster is Transcendental
11 November 2009 2:31 AM, PST
| TribecaFilm.com
| See recent Tribeca Film news
»
Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in The Messenger.
The Messenger is the incredibly personal story of two soldiers whose daily duty is to inform families their loved ones have died in action. Injured Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is spending his last three months as part of Army's Casualty Notification alongside Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), a strong-jawed patriot who wants to stick to the script. As Will struggles with his new job, he also finds himself falling for war widow Olivia Pitterson (Samantha Morton), whom he and Tony informed about the death of her husband.
A striking debut from screenwriter (Jesus' Son, I'm Not There) turned director Oren Moverman, who co-wrote the film with producer Alessandro Camon, The Messenger puts a human face on the casualites of a war where photos of the dead didn't even make the newspapers. The result? A powerful portrayal of the everyday struggles
…
Permalink | Report a problem
Jamie Foxx Bringing Back Wanda Is Nothing New: Here Are Five Other Cross-Dressing Oscar Winners
10 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST
| MTV Movies Blog
| See recent MTV Movies Blog news
»
Yesterday, I saw a lot of people calling for Jamie Foxx's Oscar to be revoked following the announcement that he and Martin Lawrence are confirmed for "Sheneneh and Wanda," a comedy in which the duo will play female bank robbers. Both roles are based on earlier cross-dressed characters from the actors' TV days (Lawrence's Sheneneh is from "Martin" and Foxx's Wanda is from "In Living Color"). Foxx, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004 for "Ray" (he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor that same year for "Collateral), returning to this drag shtick seems like a huge step backward to a lot of people.
"Seems" is the key word here, though, because it doesn't have to be a regression. Plenty of Oscar-caliber actors have cross-dressed before and since being nominated and/or winning an Academy Award, and plenty of performers have won for dressing like the opposite sex.
…
- Christopher Campbell
Permalink | Report a problem
The Worst Movie Biopics and Five That Are Pretty Darn Good
6 November 2009 6:15 PM, PST
| Cinematical
| See recent Cinematical news
»
Watch enough movies and you learn pretty fast that they aren't about reality, they're about entertaining us. Which sometimes makes the world of the biopic a little tricky, because not only do you have to work in the truth, but you still have to keep those butts in the seats -- and the results are not always good. Over at Moviefone they've compiled some of the worst movie biopics, and no one was safe -- with films earning a spot for mixing up their facts, ridiculous casting, or just downright lazy filmmaking.
So who made the list? Well, you've got your usual suspects like Oliver Stone's Alexander, a film that has so much wrong with it I don't know where to put the blame (oh, that's right, on everyone). Other films that made the cut for the less than flattering title of 'Real Life Catastrophes' were Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darin flick,
…
- Jessica Barnes
Permalink | Report a problem
tMF Featured Trailer: The Messenger
26 October 2009 5:33 AM, PDT
| The Movie Fanatic
| See recent The Movie Fanatic news
»
The Messenger revolves around a U S Army officer assigned to casualty notification, considered one of the least desirable jobs in the military. The officer faces complex moral choices when he becomes involved with a soldier's widow. Ben Foster, who has terrific in 3:10 to Yuma and 30 Days of Night plays the lead role in this film.
- - -
- - -
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to
…
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Permalink | Report a problem
tMF Featured Trailer: The Messenger
26 October 2009 5:33 AM, PDT
| The Movie Fanatic
| See recent The Movie Fanatic news
»
The Messenger revolves around a U S Army officer assigned to casualty notification, considered one of the least desirable jobs in the military. The officer faces complex moral choices when he becomes involved with a soldier's widow. Ben Foster, who has terrific in 3:10 to Yuma and 30 Days of Night plays the lead role in this film.
- - -
- - -
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to
…
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Permalink | Report a problem
tMF Featured Trailer: The Messenger
26 October 2009 5:33 AM, PDT
| The Movie Fanatic
| See recent The Movie Fanatic news
»
The Messenger revolves around a U S Army officer assigned to casualty notification, considered one of the least desirable jobs in the military. The officer faces complex moral choices when he becomes involved with a soldier's widow. Ben Foster, who has terrific in 3:10 to Yuma and 30 Days of Night plays the lead role in this film.
- - -
- - -
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to
…
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Permalink | Report a problem
Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews
22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT
| blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
| See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news
»
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,
…
- Roger Ebert
Permalink | Report a problem
'Michael Jackson's This Is It': An Advance Look
14 October 2009 11:22 PM, PDT
| MTV Movie News
| See recent MTV Movie News news
»
New issue of Entertainment Weekly gives a look at what is called 'somewhere in between' a concert film and a documentary.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson in "This Is It"
Photo: Aeg/ Sony
Though he consented to have them filmed, Michael Jackson never intended for the world to see the sweat and blood he put into the four months of rehearsals for his planned comeback shows in London. But, with just two weeks to go before "Michael Jackson's This Is It" opens in theaters, and sell-outs piling up across the country in anticipation of the movie chronicling the pop star's final musical moments, this weeks' Entertainment Weekly cover story looks at the scramble to make the movie.
In a scene similar to the rush to buy tickets for the This Is It 50-show series at the O2 arena in London earlier this year, which sold out despite fans even knowing
…
Permalink | Report a problem
'Michael Jackson's This Is It': An Advance Look
14 October 2009 11:22 PM, PDT
| MTV Music News
| See recent MTV Music News news
»
New issue of Entertainment Weekly gives a look at what is called 'somewhere in between' a concert film and a documentary.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson in "This is It"
Photo: Aeg/ Sony
Though he consented to have them filmed, Michael Jackson never intended for the world to see the sweat and blood he put into the four months of rehearsals for his planned comeback shows in London. But, with just two weeks to go before "Michael Jackson's This Is It" opens in theaters, and sell-outs piling up across the country in anticipation of the movie chronicling the pop star's final musical moments, this weeks' Entertainment Weekly cover story looks at the scramble to make the movie.
In a scene similar to the rush to buy tickets for the This Is It 50-show series at the O2 Arena in London earlier this year, which sold out despite fans even knowing
…
Permalink | Report a problem
'Michael Jackson's This Is It': A Sneak Preview
14 October 2009 11:22 PM, PDT
| MTV Music News
| See recent MTV Music News news
»
New issue of Entertainment Weekly gives a look at what is called 'somewhere in between' a concert film and a documentary.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson in "This is It"
Photo: Aeg/ Sony
Though he consented to have them filmed, Michael Jackson never intended for the world to see the sweat and blood he put into the four months of rehearsals for his planned comeback shows in London. But, with just two weeks to go before "Michael Jackson's This Is It" opens in theaters, and sell-outs piling up across the country in anticipation of the movie chronicling the pop star's final musical moments, this weeks' Entertainment Weekly cover story looks at the scramble to make the movie.
In a scene similar to the rush to buy tickets for the This Is It 50-show series at the O2 Arena in London earlier this year, which sold out despite fans even knowing
…
Permalink | Report a problem
T.I. Wins 2009 Bet Hip-Hop Awards From Prison
11 October 2009 7:38 PM, PDT
| Aceshowbiz
| See recent Aceshowbiz news
»
T.I. didn't attend this year's Bet Hip-Hop Awards on October 10 because he is currently serving behind the bars. However, this rapper managed to take home two kudos at the annual event. He won best Hip-Hop Collaboration for his duet with Rihanna in single "Live Your Life" and was honored with Album of the Year for his latest studio installment "Paper Trail".
Since T.I. was absent, his fiancee Tameka Cottle came onto the stage to accept the two trophies on his behalf. She also read a letter written by the rapper. "Although I'm not there with you all, I'm there in spirit," Tameka read. "My road to redemption is almost over. ... Thanks for the support."
Another winner at the awards was Jay-z. He got Mvp of the year, dedicating it to fellow Hip-Hop performers Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Mr. Magic. "Brooklyn, we did it again," so he concluded his acceptance speech.
…
- AceShowbiz.com
Permalink | Report a problem
The Messenger Trailer Starring Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster
8 October 2009 9:12 AM, PDT
| FilmJunk
| See recent FilmJunk news
»
With all the critical acclaim and Oscar buzz surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, it begs the question: are audiences finally ready to embrace movies about the war in Iraq? Oren Moverman's The Messenger looks like the next movie to put that theory to the test, but unlike The Hurt Locker, it's another intimate drama that deals more with the people back home than the soldiers in the line of fire.
The movie stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster as two officers who work for the Casualty Notification Office in the U.S. military (ie. the people who notify the next of kin when someone is killed in action). When one of them becomes romantically involved with a fallen soldier's widow (Samantha Morton), things get... complicated. This is Moverman's directorial debut, but one of his previous credits was co-writer for Todd Haynes' I'm Not There. I can't
…
- Sean
Permalink | Report a problem
Trailer: Ben Foster And Woody Harrelson In The Messenger
6 October 2009 4:01 PM, PDT
| cinemablend.com
| See recent Cinema Blend news
»
Last night I attended a special screening of The Messenger, a very small, very powerful drama about two soldiers (played by Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson) assigned to one of the worst jobs in the Army-- notifying the next of kin when soldiers have been killed in action. Foster plays Will Montgomery, recently injured in Iraq and serving out his last three months of duty while reeling after his ex (Jena Malone) suddenly gets engaged to someone else. Harrelson plays Tony Stone, a seasoned pro at notifications who helps Will open up while also revisiting some old wounds from his own time in the service. The film is directed by Oren Moverman, who also co-wrote with Todd Haynes the screenplay for I'm Not There.
It's a nicely made, really affecting movie, and will be coming to theaters starting in limited release in November. Take a look at the movie's trailer
…
Permalink | Report a problem
The Messenger Messages
29 September 2009 7:26 PM, PDT
| FilmExperience
| See recent FilmExperience news
»
Tiny distributor Oscillope earned our goodwill less than a year ago by coaxing some theatrical life out of the largely unmarketable but worthy and delicate gem Wendy & Lucy. My how that film lingers. They've just released the poster for their latest release The Messenger. It's the directorial debut of Oren Moverman who previously crafted screenplays for must-see arthouse titles like Jesus Son and I'm Not There.
[photo src]
What message are you getting from The Messenger's poster? I think it's striking. The backwards flag in the title -- nice design element there -- leads me to believe this isn't a happy or blindly patriotic war movie. Yep, it's about an Iraq war vet (Ben Foster) assigned to the Casualty Notification service. I don't like to know any more about plots than that before I see a movie. I hope this doesn't sound callous but I hope Samantha Morton suffers like Job.
…
- NATHANIEL R
Permalink | Report a problem
Exclusive: 'The Messenger' Poster Premiere
29 September 2009 11:02 AM, PDT
| Cinematical
| See recent Cinematical news
»
Click image below to view full poster
Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for The Messenger -- scribe Oren Moverman's directorial debut starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, and Jena Malone. What a jolt, eh? The dark and stern look in Harrelson's eyes is a far cry from all the zombie fighting we've been watching him tackle lately, and this is also a decidedly more adult role for Foster (who you might remember from 30 Days of Night and X3).
Yes, this is a new Iraq War drama, but between the talent involved and the fact that this comes from the pen behind Jesus' Son and I'm Not There, this should make for a bold, brave journey -- one said to be quite the emotional rollercoaster ride. Jessica Barnes first posted about the film back in February of 2008 when Foster signed on, and Morton and Harrelson signed on soon after.
…
- Monika Bartyzel
Permalink | Report a problem
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2004
1-20 of 61 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
See all NewsDesk partners
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the
above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our
users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we
guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the
site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may
have.
