When we ran the international trailer for The Young Victoria way back in January it looked like another stuffy period biography made interesting only by a cast including Emily Blunt, Jim Broadbent, Paul Bettany and Miranda Richardson.
Now that it’s been picked up for US distribution beginning December 18 and a longer trailer has been prepared…well [...]
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Creation. d:Jon Amiel
s:Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam and Toby Jones.
I can’t say my hopes were high for this one. In fact, it’s exactly the kind of movie I was planning on skipping coverage of. It seemed to sort of appear out of nowhere smelling vaguely of Oscar bait only lacking a US distributor (it [...]
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French-Canadian Jean-Marc Vallee’s The Young Victoria starring Emily Blunt will be the closing night film of TIFF 09. The period biography about the early years of the British Queen also stars Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, and Jim Broadbent.
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I’m not sure what to make of this international trailer for The Young Victoria, but you can’t argue with the cast of Emily Blunt, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Paul Bettany.
I don’t know. If you like your English period heroines, this could be up your alley. If you’re tired of seeing women in fancy dresses [...]
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Here are a few more odds and ends that didn’t quite warrant their own story. As always, they’re 100% Varietese free…
Ben Affleck is in talks to rewrite, direct and star in The Town described as a “dark heist-romance hybrid” revolving around a love triangle between a thief, a bank manager and an FBI agent. Adrian [...]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton in
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York
Moving right along with the Fall Forecast. Here’s what’s coming up in October. Once again, all dates are subject to change based on studio whim. LiC’s picks are starred.
October 3
An American Carol. I love Airplane! as much as anyone, but David Zucker’s name hasn’t been attached [...]
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