Rachel Weisz

Terrence Malick’s Romantic Drama Now Titled TO THE WONDER; Gets R-rating for “Some Sexuality/Nudity”

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 15th, 2012 at 7:30 am

Before the lineup for this year’s Cannes Film Festival was announced, many were hoping that Terrence Malick’s romantic drama starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams (previously referred to as The Burial) would be among the films set to premiere.  Given that he just released The Tree of Life last year, it would have been an unprecedented move; the average time between the release of Malick films is 7.6 years (yes, I did the math).  However, the director has become surprisingly prolific as of late, lining up two new films to shoot this year.  He filmed the romantic drama in 2010, but he famously spends years shaping his films in the editing room.

The Cannes lineup announcement came and went with no mention of Malick, but today we’ve got some news that provides hope for those wishing to see the film sometime this year.  Not only does the film now have a set title of To the Wonder, it has an official rating of R.  Hit the jump for more, including story details.

International Trailer for THE BOURNE LEGACY

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 19th, 2012 at 1:43 pm

A Japanese trailer for The Bourne Legacy has gone online.  It’s not incredibly different from the US trailer we saw previously, but there are a couple bits of new footage and some more looks at Edward Norton that make it worth a gander.  Writer/director Tony Gilroy recently talked about how the film sets itself apart from the previous three films while maintaining a strong throughline, adding that “what happens in Ultimatum is really the spark that’s blowing open the door to this movie because the Jason Bourne story is exploding out into the public.”  I’m excited to see how Gilroy executes this “separate but connected” film and how Jeremy Renner’s character differs from Jason Bourne.  I really liked the US trailer and I think the cast is swell, so hopefully Legacy delivers.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  The film also stars Rachel Weisz, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, and Scott Glenn.  The Bourne Legacy opens on August 3rd.

Contenders to Star Opposite Johnny Depp in THE THIN MAN Include Emma Stone, Kristen Wiig, Emily Blunt and More

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 29th, 2012 at 1:18 pm

It’s time for another shortlist story as apparently every actress in Hollywood is looking to star opposite Johnny Depp in the remake of The Thin Man. Chicago and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides director Rob Marshall is onboard to helm the adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel, which itself was turned into a 1934 feature film. The story centers on private detective-turned-socialite Nick Charles and his charming wife Nora as they’re drawn into investigating a murder. Depp is, obviously, set to play the dashing detective, and now Marshall is set to meet with a slew of actresses to cast the lovely Nora. Hit the jump to find out who’s up for the gig.

Nicole Kidman Replaces Rachel Weisz in THE RAILWAY MAN Starring Colin Firth

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 2nd, 2012 at 9:12 am

Nicole Kidman has replaced Rachel Weisz to play Colin Firth‘s wife in Jonathan Teplitzy‘s The Railway Man.  Per Variety, the movie is “based on Eric Lomax‘s autobiography about his horrific experiences as a Japanese prisoner in World War II, and his remarkable reconciliation with one of his captors 30 years later.”  Patty Lomax was instrumental in helping her husband deal with his psychological damage and brought him together with one of the Japanese officers who was responsible for his torture.  I assume the reconciliation wasn’t along the lines of a “My bad, man—All good, bro” exchange.  Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) will play the younger Lomax.

Weisz had to drop out of the role due to additional shooting for the blockbuster films The Bourne Legacy and Oz: The Great and Powerful.  Kidman is also attached to star in My Wild Life and The Family Fang, and she will be seen later this year in Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy.

First Trailer and Poster for THE DEEP BLUE SEA Starring Rachel Weisz

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: February 28th, 2012 at 10:37 am

The first official trailer for Terence Davies’ (The House of Mirth) romantic drama The Deep Blue Sea has gone online. Based on Terence Ratigan’s play, the film stars Rachel Weisz as a London socialite and Tom Hiddleston (Thor) as an ex-RAF pilot who are in love during the 1950s. Complicating matters is the fact that Weisz’s character is already married to a high court judge, and divorce is a four-letter word in 1950s England. The trailer plays almost like a dream (those expecting Samuel L. Jackson and sharks will be sorely disappointed), and the images are seen through a very, very soft lens. The film played last year at TIFF and early word has been strong. Weisz is nearly always great, and Hiddleston is a fantastic young talent. He’s a big part of why Thor works and his brief scenes in War Horse and Midnight in Paris were highlights of both films, so I’m excited to see him stretch his dramatic chops in a leading role.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer and to check out the new poster. If you missed it, be sure to check out Steve’s interview with Hiddleston regarding the film. The Deep Blue Sea opens in select theaters on March 23rd.

First Trailer and Poster for THE BOURNE LEGACY Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 8th, 2012 at 9:22 am

The first trailer and poster for The Bourne Legacy have gone online.  The central message of the trailer is this: Jeremy Renner can kick the shit out of people just as well as Matt Damon. It’s clearly the same Bourne flavor, and audiences will be happy to get another great actor beating up bad guys. The editing moves so fast that it’s tough to tell how much writer-director Tony Gilroy‘s style will differ from Paul Greengrass‘ (who directed Supremacy and Ultimatum), but I’m eager to see what Gilroy has in store.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and poster.  The film also stars Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, and Scott Glenn.  The Bourne Legacy opens August 3rd.

DREAM HOUSE Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: January 24th, 2012 at 7:00 am

When a studio dumps a horror movie, or any movie, it usually comes after some tinkering. Sometimes things don’t come out the way they were expected, and they try to fix what they can, or make it a harder or softer cut to make it more marketable. With 2011’s Dream House, one expects a terrible movie that was butchered or messed with in such a way that the release version seems a shred of the former movie. The weirdest thing about the film is that it feels like they made the movie they set out to make. Sure, it didn’t turn out well, but at least it’s a complete thought. Jim Sheridan directs Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz in the story of a haunted family that seems like a decade-late riff on The Sixth Sense. Our review of the Dream House Blu-ray follows after jump.

More Details on Terrence Malick’s Untitled Romantic Drama Starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 3rd, 2011 at 7:58 am

Earlier this week, we reported that writer-director Terrence Malick had two new films (both starring Christian Bale) in the pipeline, which was surprising considering the huge time gap between Malick’s previous movies.  But neither of the Bale movies are the follow-up to The Tree of Life.  Malick’s next movie is an untitled romantic drama (previously titled The Burial) he shot last year, and 24 Frames has some new details on the plot.  To begin, it’s Malick’s first movie set in the present day, and he’s currently at work editing the picture, which he expects to be finished by next year (although that doesn’t mean a distributor will release it in 2012).  So what’s this mystery flick about?  Philandering!  Europeans!  Oklahoma!

Hit the jump for more details.  The film stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel Weisz, Barry Pepper, and Jessica Chastain.

First Set Photos of Tom Cruise in ONE SHOT and Rachel Weisz in THE BOURNE LEGACY

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 29th, 2011 at 9:14 am

The first set photos from Christopher McQuarrie’s adaptation of Lee Child’s One Shot and Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy have leaked online.  Since these aren’t superhero movies and we’re not trying to glance fancy costumes, there’s not much you can glean from these set photos.  Tom Cruise is playing ex-military investigator Jack Reacher in One Shot.  The character will have short hair and drive a sweet ride.  As for Weisz, we knew she would be playing “an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Bourne (Jeremy Renner),” and apparently the character will be rocking a sweet, sweet lab coat.

Hit the jump to check out the set photos.  One Shot is due out February 8, 2013 and co-stars Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, and Robert Duvall. The Bourne Legacy opens August 3, 2012 and also stars Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Stacy Keach, and Edward Norton.

3 Clips from DREAM HOUSE Starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 26th, 2011 at 9:49 am

We have three clips from Jim Sheridan’s haunted house flick Dream House.  The movie isn’t being screened for critics (at least not in Atlanta) most likely because it is awful.  If it were a B-movie like Piranha 3D that doesn’t need critics, I would understand.  But this is a psychological horror film from an award-winning director and it stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts.  That’s James Bond, an Oscar-winner, and an Oscar-nominee as opposed to the forgettable cast of Shark Night 3D, which was also not screened for critics.

Because Universal would like us to market their movie even though they have no intention of letting us actually see it for review, I will now spoil the ending I just made up: “I was really surprised when Daniel Craig brushes his teeth with toothpaste he made from ground-up babies and kittens, and then screams racial slurs directly into the camera.”  That would probably be a terrible ending, but these clips aren’t too great either (I like that the graffiti house chimney has a squiggly line of blood coming out of it.  Subtle.)  Hit the jump to check out the clips.  Dream House opens Friday.

Promo Trailer for THE DEEP BLUE SEA Starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 21st, 2011 at 8:24 am

A promo trailer for Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea has gone online.  The film stars Rachel Weisz as a London socialite and Tom Hiddleston (Thor) as an ex-RAF pilot who are in love during the 1950s.  Their romance is complicated by the fact that Weisz’ character is married to a high court judge (Simon Russell Beale).  I missed the film at TIFF but I heard that Weisz’ gives a strong performance.  There’s a hint of that in the promo trailer, but you’ll mostly get a sense of Florian Hoffmeister’s impressive cinematography.

Hit the jump to check out the promo trailer.  The Deep Blue Sea opens in the UK on November 25th.  No U.S. release date has been announced.

TIFF 2011: 360 Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 10th, 2011 at 9:06 pm

360 is not a movie I’d expect from Fernando Meirelles and I don’t mean that as a compliment.  Mierelles’ previous films (City of God, The Constant Gardener, Blindness) have an energy to them and they tackle serious subject matter in a way that’s tense, gripping, and unexpected.  360 is none of those things.  It’s another tired anthology of uninspired vignettes that show us how we’re all connected especially if the script is written that way.  The movie manages to waste a talented cast, its director’s abilities, and two hours of the viewer’s time.

First Trailer for PAGE EIGHT Starring Rachel Weisz and Bill Nighy

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: August 17th, 2011 at 3:39 pm

The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival is coming up and I’m insanely jealous of everyone that’s able to go because the line-up of films being showcased is stellar. Among the many features poised to screen at the fest is the spy thriller Page Eight, for which we unveiled a number of new images yesterday. Written and directed by The Reader screenwriter David Hare, the film centers on a long-serving M15 officer (Bill Nighy) who is left an inexplicable file and becomes concerned with a political activist (Rachel Weisz) that begins snooping around. The cast also includes Michael Gambon, Judy Davis, and Ralph Fiennes.

This is very much a teaser trailer, as it doesn’t really give away much of the story. I’m liking the dramatic spy-thriller tone so far though, played much more as a drama than an action film, and I’m intrigued enough to want to see more. Hit the jump to watch the trailer yourself. The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 – 18th.

TIFF 2011: First Images from DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, GOON, PAGE EIGHT, and VIOLET & DAISY

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 16th, 2011 at 11:33 am

Damsels in Distress (starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody), Goon (starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, and Liev Schreiber), Page Eight (starring Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, and Ralph Fiennes), and Violet & Daisy (starring Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, and James Gandolfini) are all playing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.  We have images for these films.  We think you’d like to see them.

Hit the jump to check out the images.  The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 – 18th.

First Synopsis for Sam Raimi’s OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Starring James Franco

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 26th, 2011 at 11:34 am

Principal photography has begun on Sam Raimi’s next film, Oz The Great and Powerful and now we have the first official synopsis for the film.  We now know that the eponymous’ wizard’s real name is Oscar Diggs.  Diggs is “a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics” who finds himself transported to Oz and drawn into a battle between the three witches Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams).  The film also stars Zach Braff as Diggs’ circus assistant, and Braff will also lend his vocal talents to one of the CGI creatures in the story — Finley, the winged monkey who accompanies the magician on his journey to Oz.  I’ve always said that the only thing better than a monkey sidekick is a flying monkey sidekick.

Hit the jump for the full synopsis and press release.  Oz The Great and Powerful is set to open on March 8, 2013.

Copyright ©2005 - 2012. All Rights Reserved. California web design