Well, the votes are tallied and yes indeed it's Revolutionary Road that I'm recommending this week. Not that there's much competition, unless you're into multiply Lena Headey's or lots of music.
The Broken
Lena Headey (Brothers Grimm, 300) sees herself drive past in London. Naturally she doesn't just put it down to her imagination or make an interesting cocktail anecdote about it, instead she follows herself and finds she's in a thriller!
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●○○○○○○
JCVD
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays an alternative version of himself in this meta thriller where not only is he losing all the good roles but he's holed up in a bank robbery but expected to act like a hero. Apparently this wasn't actually out last week, after all.
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●●○○○○○
Luck by Chance
I may just stop writing about Bollywood films as it's highly unlikely, even in a post-Slumdog world, that I'm actually going to rush out and see one. This has an actor moving to Mumbai to be a film star.
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●○○○○○○○○
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Michael Sera (Juno) and Kat Dennings (The 40 Year Old Virgin) will both be enormous stars one day. Can someone give me a nudge when that happens.
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○
Revolutionary Road
Kate and Leo's relationship literally implodes in this vivisection of a 50's marriage from Sam Mendes and the pen of Richard Yates. Doesn't get more exciting than this (although I won't be able to go as I'm short of funds right now).
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●●●●●●○
Tokyo Sonata
Japanese film investigating the effects of losing your job in modern society and how it impacts one family. Not a pleasant watch, then.
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●○○○○○○○
Victory
A cricketing version of Goal! Really. With lots of famous cricketers appearing in cameos and no famous actors within site.
Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●○○○○○○○○
Friday, 30 January 2009
Out this Week (30/01/09)
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Trailers - Revolutionary Road
Yes, everyone else has already seen this, and it's opens here in the UK tomorrow (still haven't decided but I expect it'll be tomorrow's top recommendation), but I've been a bit quiet on the posting front. Three birthdays in a row and nothinge else. I've got a Valkyrie review in progress, but I've been so hectic I've not had a chance to finish it. Probably over the weekend.
In the meantime I'm sure a nice bit of Kate and Leo will brighten up your day:
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Catching up - Birthdays
Here are the birthdays I have missed:
Name Age Birthday Coming Soon (if I have an interest in seeing it)
Bill Murray 58 21 September
Mickey Rooney 88 23 September
Will Smith 40 25 September Seven Pounds
Gwynneth Paltrow 36 27 September
Mira Sorino 41 28 September
Marion Cotillard 33 30 September Public Enemies, Nine
Julie Andrews 73 01 October
Clive Owen 44 03 October Duplicity, Boys are Back in Town
Susan Sarandon 62 04 October Lovely Bones
Kate Winslet 33 05 October Revolutionary Road, Reader
Mary Badham 56 07 October
Sigourney Weaver 59 08 October Avatar
Melinda Dillon 69 13 October
Angela Lansbury 83 16 October
John Lithgow 63 19 October
Viggo Mortensen 50 20 October Appaloosa, The Road
Joan Fontaine 91 22 October
Kevin Kline 61 24 October
Bob Hoskins 66 26 October Christmas Carol
Peter Firth 55 27 October
Jane Alexander 69 28 October
Richard Dreyfuss 61 29 October W.
And a picture for Richard as it's his birthday today:
Friday, 27 June 2008
Kathy Bates
Happy Birthday to
Kathy Bates
60 today
Kathy was a hard-working successful stage actress, until one small little film made her a hard-working sucessful film actress.
Kathy is much more than a knife wielding monster though. As well as having a talent for swinging a mallet later this year we'll be seeing her selling houses to Kate and Leo in Revolutionary Road, helping Michelle Pfeiffer let go of her younger man in Cherie and remainly perfectly stationary in The day the Earth Stood Still.
Klaatu Barada Nikto, indeed.
