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Amelia: Never Really Takes Flight
I love the way a biopic makes me feel — like I'm treated to a back-in-time look at an amazing life. They're epic, and that's why I'm willing to sit through the slow moments (and often for more than two hours) for the payoff. This is the experience I hoped for from Amelia, directed by Mira Nair and starring Hilary Swank as the pioneering aviator who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
2009 Sundance Spotlight: Brooklyn's Finest, The Informers, 500 Days of Summer
While I won't be heading down to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival this year, I will be sorting through the humongous pile of festival entries to share with you some of the films I think look most promising. From quirky documentaries to talented young filmmaker debuts to a potential runaway hit, Sundance is filled with entertainment possibilities. Here are today's selections:
Brooklyn's Finest
Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), Brooklyn's Finest just became this year's first sale at Sundance.
Nights in Rodanthe: Something to Watch With Grandma
As you might've predicted, Nights in Rodanthe is a sentimental, non-threatening weepie that could have just as easily been made for TV and run on the Hallmark channel. The story is bland and yet sugar-saturated at the same time. It's tame, not too racy and it features unlayered characters.
Movie Preview: Richard Gere and Diane Lane in Nights in Rodanthe
So, Nicholas Sparks has given us many things, one of them being The Notebook. I have to say, I'm convinced the film version of the book did as well as it did because of the talent involved (Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams) because when I think of the books of his I've read they all fall into the same category as the movie version of A Walk to Remember: cheesy, trite and overwrought. This next book-to-film adaptation of a Sparks work, Nights in Rodanthe stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane, both of whom I like a lot as actors.
I'm Not There: You Shouldn't Be, Either
It must be something with the name Todd that motivates talented directors to make films that have the potential to be great, but then ruin them with complicated casting and an overly ambitious plot. First it was Todd Solondz (director of the wonderful Welcome to the Dollhouse) who cluttered Palindromes by employing eight different actors to play the same 13-year-old girl; now it's Todd Haynes who uses a very similar technique in the truly awful I'm Not There. Instead of a 13-year-old girl, the actors portray Bob Dylan, and this time around there are six actors instead of eight.
Recast Pretty Woman and Win a Prize!
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
I've memorized nearly every line from this 1990 hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold story, so it's hard to imagine other people bringing these roles to life.
The Many Faces of Bob Dylan and the New Trailer for I'm Not There
Wow, Christian Bale is almost unrecognizable in these photos from the set of I'm Not There, the Bob Dylan biopic in which seven different actors will be playing the beloved musician. Between these photos, the images from the set of The Dark Knight, and the trailer for his upcoming Western 3:10 to Yuma, we're getting quite the Christian Bale fix these days, which I'm sure you all don't mind too much.
In addition to Bale, we've caught glimpses of various other Dylan incarnations as played by Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett and Ben Wishaw.
Link Time! 5/22
- Best Week Ever ponders what you can and cannot buy with the Silver Surfer quarter.
- Alas, "Heroes" is over for this season, but YouAintNoPicasso has a "Heroes"-themed playlist to keep you heroically entertained over the summer.
- The Rock says that if he does, in fact, have the role of Captain Marvel in the Shazam! movie, he's very excited about it, according to MTV's movie blog.
- Give Me My Remote takes a peek at the script for tonight's "Veronica Mars" finale.
- Cinematical hopes Richard Gere's next movie project in which he bonds with a dog does not have an "Old Yeller fate."
- Televisionista has photos from the "Ugly Betty" cast's musical performance at last week's Upfronts.
- Popwatch shows some love for Ludacris' cameo on "The Simpsons" where he "played" a tube of toothpaste, Ludacrest.
- The Film Experience breaks out of the movie world to gush over "Brothers & Sisters," particularly Sally Field's performance in the show, and I couldn't agree more.
- TV Squad has the info on how fans can help Jay Leno celebrate 15 years in late night.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/26
- "Idol Gives Back" has now raised more than $60 million, reports Zap2it.
- SciFi.com reports that Kirsten Dunst will make her directorial debut with a short film about ghosts. She's also going to star in it, alongside Michelle Williams.
- Advocates from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood think Shrek shouldn't be in an anti-obesity commercial if he's also in ads for junk food, says the AP.
- Billboard tell us that Kanye West and Rod Stewart will be performing in the concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death.
- Citing the nation's obscenity laws, an Indian judge has issued warrants for the arrest of Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty for kissing on television, Reuters reports.
- The singer of "Monster Mash," Bobby "Boris" Pickett, has died, the AP reports.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/16
- Hawaiian singer Don Ho has died at age 72, Variety reports.
- The Wall Street Journal and Cormac McCarthy are among the Pulitzer Prize winners this year, the AP reports.
- The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ted Danson and Roger Cross have joined the cast of Mad Money with Katie Holmes.
- "Drive" stalled in the ratings on Sunday, writes Zap2it.
- Variety has the winners of the GLAAD Awards, including — ironically — "Grey's Anatomy."
- According to AFP, Richard Gere is stirring up controversy after kissing an Indian actress at an event.
- Regis will be back on TV April 26 following triple-bypass surgery, reports USA Today.
- The Hollywood Reporter says "Lost"'s Evangeline Lilly will star opposite John Malkovich in Afterwards, a supernatural thriller.
- By pleading guilty, Phish's Trey Anastasio avoids drug charges, Billboard reports.
- The Los Angeles Times explains how Sahara became one of the biggest financial flops in film history.
- Jewel, Tony Hawk and William Shatner are among the celebrities lined up for ABC's "Fast Cars and Superstars" car-racing series, says The Futon Critic.
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