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Jean Dujardin and Cecile de France to Star in Romantic Thriller MOBIUS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 8th, 2011 at 11:56 am

 

French actors Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Cecile de France (Hereafter) will lead Eric Rochant‘s romantic thriller, Mobius.  According to Variety, Mobius is set in Monte Carlo and the world of high finance.  Dujardin will play “an experienced spy tracking a powerful oligarch suspected of laundering money through his bank,” with de France co-starring “as a bright young trader”.  The movie is currently in pre-production and aiming for a winter 2012 release.

Dujardin is an actor you need to keep on your radar.  He’s almost a lock for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for The Artist (he already won the Best Actor award at Cannes), and you should check out his spy-spoof movie OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, which is currently on Netflix Instant.  The Artist opens in limited release on November 23rd.  Click here to read my review and hit the jump to check out the trailer.

HEREAFTER Blu-Ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: April 11th, 2011 at 9:40 am

Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter got so beaten up and ignored upon release that it’s easy to have a soft spot for it. At the time it was considered another a long line of Eastwood’s efforts to win more Oscars for himself and his cast and crew. But when Hereafter tanked, it became just another Eastwood misfire that’s bound to get lost in the shuffle of his latter career.

Matt Damon stars as a psychic who struggles with day to day life, as – in parallel stories – Cécile De France’s news reporter can’t quite come to grips with her near-death experience, and Frankie and George McLaren play twins Marcus and Jason, one of whom meets an untimely death. My review of the Blu-ray of Hereafter follows after the jump.

HEREAFTER Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 22nd, 2010 at 7:36 am

One of the great unanswered metaphysical questions is “What happens to us after we die?”  It’s a question that can provoke rich, thoughtful, and emotional responses.  As evidenced by Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, it can also provoke a response that’s plodding, vapid, and distant.  Rather than explore the notion of an afterlife through a strong, single narrative, Hereafter takes three unconnected and underdeveloped stories and then clumsily puts them together at the end as the lead characters attempt to come to grips with the great beyond.  The story of a journalist (Cecile de France) coping with her own near-death experience lacks conflict and the tale about a twin (Frankie and George McLaren) dealing with the death of his brother is undone by a weak performance. The plotline about a psychic (Matt Damon) who feels cursed by his ability to communicate with the dead is the only story that feels like it could stand as its own movie, but it’s underserved since it loses screen time to the weaker narratives.

4 Movie Clips from Clint Eastwood’s HEREAFTER

by David Lane    Posted: October 13th, 2010 at 8:54 am

With Clint Eastwood’s latest Hereafter opening in limited release this weekend and everywhere on October 22, we’ve been given 4 clips.  Hereafter stars Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jay Mohr, and Frankie/George McLaren and it tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis and the clips:

First Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s HEREAFTER Starring Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard

by Ramses Flores    Posted: September 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s new film, Hereafter.   The script from Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways.  The trailer at first made me think that the movie was going to be about a reluctant psychic (played by Matt Damon) living in a small town, but then crazy stuff started to happen halfway through involving drowning, a tidal wave, and explosions.  Now, I don’t really know what exactly Hereafter is going to be about, but it certainly looks interesting and intense.

Hit the jump for the trailer along with a plot synopsis.

A Fistful of News – 10 Extra Stories for Your Viewing Pleasure

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

We want to bring you more news every day, but unfortunately our robot army of writers who never need to sleep, to eat, or to love, is still under development (currently all they do is sleep, eat, and love).  In the meantime, we’re going to be making “A Fistful of News” a regular feature you’ll see every other day where we bring you some additional news stories we found but didn’t have time to write.  Until the Robot Army is ready to proceed (which is unlikely as we cut corners and ordered them from Belize, a country not known for quality robotics).

After the jump you’ll find ten quick news items including what’s next for Up director Peter Docter even though it’s not Monsters, Inc. 2, Guillermo del Toro’s monster cameo in The Hobbit, and Jeff Bridges’ behind-the-scenes photography on the set of Iron Man.

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