• 'Byzantium' Trailer: What Horror, To Be Sixteen Forever

    Byzantium may be the year's ultimate horror movie, because it is about a girl who is sixteen years old forever, and I can't think of many things more horrible than spending eternity in that transitional phase. Saoirse Ronan plays a woman who appears to be young, but in fact is a vampire, and has been…

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  • 'Byzantium' Trailer: Neil Jordan Interviews A Different Vampire

    Nearly two decades after Interview With the Vampire, director Neil Jordan is heading back into bloodsucker territory with Byzantium. Based on the young adult play A Vampire Story by Moira Buffini, the film follows two 200-year-old "sisters" who arrive in a small coastal town. The outgoing older one, Clara (Gemma Arterton) takes up with a…

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  • 'Byzantium' Trailer: Gemma Arterton And Saoirse Ronan, Stained With Blood

    If you're attracted to the idea of a fable-like vampire tale but don't want to forego big splashes of blood and big, baroque emotional arcs, then Neil Jordan's Byzantium might be one to see. The film features Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as mother and daughter, with the twist being that they share vampiric blood.…

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  • 'On The Road' Review: Jack Kerouac's Classic Gets The Big Screen Treatment

    On the Road is one of those books people live their life by. It changes perception. People read and reread it, discuss its particulars, and keep a copy in their luggage when they decide to act on its inspiration and go on a trip just like the characters Dean Moriarty, Sal Paradise and Marylou. Most…

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  • 'On The Road' International Trailer

    The release of Walter Salles' film version of Jack Kerouac's generational signpost novel On the Road rolls ever closer, following the film's relatively successful bow at Cannes this past May. Not having a lot of interest in Kerouac at this point, I'm still very interested in the film to see how actors like Garrett Hedlund and…

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  • First Image Of Angelina Jolie As 'Maleficent'

    Disney's live-action exploration of the hidden life of Sleeping Beauty villain Maleficent has been on the docket for some time, but it seemed like a film that might never get made. That changed when Angelina Jolie's schedule opened up and she committed to the role in a serious way. (Thank her kids for that commitment,…

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  • 'On The Road' Finally Gets U.S. Distribution

    After some thirty-odd years in development, On the Road is finally nearing the end of its long, long journey to the big screen. A week before the film's scheduled debut at the Cannes Film Festival, IFC Films and Sundance Selects (subsets of AMC Networks) have closed a seven-figure deal for the U.S. distribution rights to…

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  • Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Sam Riley, And More Board 'Maleficent'

    Though Maleficent's three leads hail from the States (Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning) and South Africa (Sharlto Copley), the Disney production is looking to the U.K. to fill up much of its cast list. American India Eisley and Brits Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Lesley Manville, Kenneth Cranham, and Sam Riley have all just boarded the Robert Stromberg-directed…

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  • 'On The Road' Trailer: Kerouac Through The Eyes Of A New Generation

    It's been a year since we last saw anything from Walter Salles' adaptation of the Jack Kerouac book On the Road. The film stars Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty (aka the book's fictionalized version of Neal Cassady), Sam Riley as Sal Paradise (Kerouac's fictional alter-ego) and Kristen Stewart as Marylou. The film shot quite some…

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  • '13' Trailer #3: Still Selling Weird, Unconvincing Action

    In Gela Babluani's film 13 Tzameti, a young man lands in the weirdest game of Russian roulette ever held. Babluani remade the French film for US audiences as 13, but rather than hitting theaters in regular fashion the film found a perch on a dusty shelf and sat there for quite some time. Anchor Bay…

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  • New Images: 'On The Road,' With Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart And Sam Riley

    Here are the first three images from Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel/semi-autobiography On the Road. The film stars Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty (aka the fictionalized Neal Cassady), Sam Riley as Sal Paradise (the fictionalized Jack Kerouac) and Kristen Stweart as Marylou. See two more pics after the break. Have to say that…

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  • Movie Trailer: 'Brighton Rock'

    Optimum Releasing have released the movie trailer for 28 Weeks Later and The American screenwriter Rowan Joffe's directorial debut, an adaptation of Graham Greene‘s 1938 novel Brighton Rock. The book was first adapted to the screen in 1947 in a movie starring Richard Attenborough. This time around Joffe has updated the setting to the 1960's.…

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  • Sam Riley Will Play Christopher Marlowe In 'A Dead Man In Deptford'

    Since he emerged as a possible new leading man in Anton Corbijn's 2007 Ian Curtis biopic Control, Sam Riley has taken his time fulfilling that early promise. He's finally about to hit screens with a couple of new roles in Brighton Rock and 13, and he's now shooting the decades-in-development adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel…

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  • Amy Adams And Viggo Mortensen Join The Walter Salles-Directed 'On The Road'

    I'm not quite sure how I feel about the upcoming film version of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, which will be directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries). But I just became significantly more convinced about the viability of the film thanks to two new cast members: Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen. Deadline has the…

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