Henry Poole Is Here
Sugar Editorial Picks
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.
Henry Poole Is Here
What a difference a year makes!
Sundance Review: Henry Poole Is Here
Note: I posted this review soon after I saw this movie at Sundance, and today it's out in theaters, so I thought I'd share my thoughts again. It has some flaws, but overall I really like this movie.
Henry Poole Is Here was one of the first non-documentary feature films to be snatched up by a studio at this year's Sundance, and I can easily see why.
BuzzSugar's Must Haves for August
August is the month when Summer comes to a close and entertainment-land gets a case of the doldrums. It's typically slow for music releases, and Hollywood doesn't necessarily put out the year's best films this month either. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few good gems out there that you'll want to get your hands on this month.
Movie Preview: Henry Poole Is Here
A few months ago I was thrilled to hear that Henry Poole Is Here got picked up by a studio at Sundance because it was hands-down one of my favorite movies there. Luke Wilson is totally engaging as Henry Poole, a curmudgeonly man who buys an ordinary house in Southern California. Soon his neighbor Esperanza (Adriana Barazza) notices a stain on the outside of Henry's house that she thinks is the face of Jesus.
Hamlet 2, American Teen Among First Big Deals at Sundance
Buying started slow at Sundance this year, but things started picking up on Tuesday. Check out a rundown of some recent acquisitions:
- Hamlet 2, which stars Steve Coogan as a high school drama teacher, sold to Focus Features for $10 million — making it one of the biggest deals ever in the history of Sundance and putting it in the same league as Little Miss Sunshine. I didn't get to see this one, though the screenings for it at Sundance have been packed.
- Another one of the first non-documentary feature films to be picked up was Henry Poole Is Here, which sold for about $4 million on Monday night.
Live From Sundance, Part II
I've already shared some initial thoughts about my Sundance experience so far, and Monday was another day of indie film, chilled hands, and long ticket lines. I had the good fortune to catch the Luke Wilson drama Henry Poole Is Here, along with the premiere of Morgan Spurlock's documentary Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? which was followed by a pretty fascinating Q&A session.
Other Search Results
Behind the Scenes at Sundance: The Photobooth, Take 2
With my time at Sundance nearing its end, I figured I would check back in with the photobooth to see which new stars had stopped by for their festival portraits. Not surprisingly, what I found was a whole new bucket full of cute.
Luke Wilson, Adrianna Barraza, and Radha Mitchell from Henry Poole is Here, which I was lucky enough to see, finally took their turn at the photobooth, as did Mischa Barton, who's here for Assassination of a High School President.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/13
- ESPN will have a special “Beckham-cam” for the soccer star's U.S. debut, writes the Times UK.
- Mandy Patinkin is being written out of the "Criminal Minds" season premiere after failing to show up for his first day of work, Zap2it reports.
- Us Weekly says Illeana Douglas is heading to "Ugly Betty" to play an editor at Mode.
- ComingSoon reports that one of my favorite funny ladies, Cheryl Hines, is joining Luke Wilson in the romantic comedy Henry Poole Was Here.
- NME fuels the rumor that Blur may reunite for a new album.
- Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli will star in "For One More Day," an Oprah-produced TV movie based on a Mitch Albom book.
- According to Variety, Tim Robbins will be joining Bill Murray and Saoirse Ronan in the movie City of Embers.
- Billboard reports that Marilyn Manson is making a horror movie about Lewis Carroll.
- Reuters says Rosie O'Donnell will return to "Nip/Tuck."
- Who needs TV? Aaron Sorkin has a new three-film screenwriting deal with DreamWorks, which will include a film based on the protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago.
- ABC Labor Pains SC Link 7/8Sneak peek here! See Lindsay Lohan in the new ABC Family movie Labor Pains. Sunday, July 19 at 8/7c.
Watch W/ Kristin
Lyons Den
