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Movie Preview: Nine
"Be Italian!!"
Wow! The first trailer for Nine, a movie-musical by the director who brought us Chicago, is a feast for the eyes and the ears.
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.
Elegy
Here's a movie with two well-respected actors in the lead roles that got very little attention when it came out (I wrote about it awhile back as part of my Ben Kingsley slideshow but barely heard anything about it after that).
Where Will We See the Oscar Winners Next?
The Oscars did a great job of getting me psyched for some upcoming films — but when will we see this year's Oscar winners on the big screen next? Here's a rundown of what Sean Penn, Penelope Cruz, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, and more are working on now.
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Penelope Cruz: "That Was a Magical Moment"
After Penelope Cruz's graceful, sweet acceptance speech (including the lovely line "Art in any form is our universal language") when she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, she came back to the press interview room and answered some questions. Here's what I learned. .
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. In addition to my selections below you can also add RocknRolla, The Rocker, and Kirk Cameron's Fireproof (have you seen the trailer?!) to your queue.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Neurotic Mixed With Beautiful
I'd probably say I'm a medium-sized fan of Woody Allen. If I were ordering a dose of Woody Allen at Starbucks, I'd probably get it in a grande cup. His nebbishy dialogue style grates on my nerves after too long, and some of his movies remind me of me at my most neurotic, which is tiring.
Movie Preview: Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The trailer for Woody Allen's latest effort Vicky Cristina Barcelona has no dialogue — only a montage of scenes from the film set to a song sung in Spanish. This is probably for the best, I suppose, so we can concentrate on all the making out that's going on (including a kiss between Penelope and Scarlett) and how good-looking Javier Bardem is. According to IMDB, the plot description is this: "A painter enters a relationship with two American tourists.
Link Time! 4/22
- The Film Experience has a great collection of photos of Penelope Cruz trying out different hairstyles and makeup ideas for her next Pedro Almodovar film, Broken Embraces.
- The season finale of Oprah's Big Give left TV Filter feeling less than charitable.
- It's that time of year again: Head over to the MTV Movies Blog to submit your 3-minute movie spoof for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.
- After last night's Gossip Girl, the TV Addict proposes new meanings for O, M, F, and G.
- The Merry Swankster has a track-by-track preview of the new Wolf Parade album.
- Popwatch wonders which TV guest stars have driven you to IMDb and Netflix their past work.
- TV Squad stands up for How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas, who always seems to get left out of discussions about the show.
- Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily wonders why David Cook's best-selling album was suddenly pulled from Amazon's mp3 store.
Who Should Play the Lead in the Female Scarface?
Variety is reporting today that a director has been named for Queen of the South, a female-led adaptation of Scarface set in Spain. Though casting has not yet begun, three actresses are reportedly circling the juicy role: Eva Mendes, Jennifer Lopez and Penelope Cruz.
According to the article, the "story revolves around a Mexican woman who escapes to Spain after her drug mule boyfriend is killed, then becomes a drug kingpin and seeks revenge for her boyfriend's murderers."
Woody Allen's New Women
Say what you will about Woody Allen and his sordid relationship history, but the man knows how to cast female actors in great roles. Witness Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway, Mia Farrow in Hannah and Her Sisters, and — of course — Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. Perhaps not coincidentally, those are also some of my favorite Woody Allen movies.