Posts Tagged ‘juno’
Why I’ll Watch a Period Drama
There are more than a few reasons why I would happily watch a period drama film, but I'll start by telling you what they're not. It's not because I secretly love a good rom-com, but prefer to watch predictable plotlines play out under the guise of something slightly more high-brow. It's not because I know a great deal about history, or...
UK exclusive clip from Young Adult
Young Adult stars Charlize Theron as a fiction writer and Patrick Wilson as the old boyfriend whom she attempts to reconnect with after her divorce. Only two problems, her old boyfriend, Buddy, is married with a new baby and Theron's character Mavis is described by one of his wife's friends as having a personality like a "psychotic prom...
Drew Barrymore to direct smoking hot Blacklist script
This year's Hollywood Black List may have only recently been released, but Drew Barrymore has already signed on to direct one of the hottest Black List scripts, When the Street Lights Go On. The Black List is an annual compilation of the best new scripts in Hollywood that have not yet begun principal photography. Appearing on the list...
Diablo Cody pens Sweet Valley High film AND Evil Dead remake!
Diablo Cody has recently spoken about her hugely varied future projects: the Sweet Valley High feature film, and the remake of horror classic, The Evil Dead. Cody, who is perhaps best known for writing quirky comedy-drama film, Juno, announced that she would be putting together the script for a film adaptation of Francine Pascal's Sweet...
Jason Bateman eyeing up The Insane Laws
Jason Bateman looks likely to star in The Insane Laws alongside Vince Vaughn. The Arrested Development star has worked with Vaughn a number of times and if he signs up to this, the pair will be playing best friends whose friendship is tested when Vaughn's daughter falls for Bateman's son and ends up pregnant. Bateman is quite used to...
Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg join Woody Allen film
Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg are set to join Alec Baldwin in Woody Allen's upcoming, as yet unnamed, film venture. Although very little has been revealed about Allen's next directorial venture - apart from the fact that it is set in Rome - several big names are now attached to the film. First to be enlisted was Penelope Cruz, who...
Top Ten Alternative Romance Films
If you'd rather avoid endless re-runs of Notting Hill, Love Actually and Pretty Woman this coming Valentine's Day, we can't blame you. So why not try romance done...
Michael Cera to learn Spanish for new role
It was only yesterday here at TFR Towers that we were talking about the fact that Michael Cera always seems to play the same role. We're not saying he isn't a good actor, he just always seems to play the same character, doesn't he? Imagine our surprise then when we heard that Cera is currently learning Spanish for his latest role in a...
Top Ten films about ‘Young Love’
This Friday sees the release of Flipped, the story of a couple who meet in second grade and go on to find first love as they reach their teenage years. With this in mind, we thought we'd take a look back at some classic 'young love' films. From the sickly sweet to the heart-wrenchingly sad, here are our top ten favourites: 1....
Charlize Theron in new Diablo Cody movie
Good news for Juno fans, writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman are teaming up again. It has been reported that Oscar-winning beauty Charlize Theron will star in the film which is called Young Adult. The film is about a 30-something, divorced, young-adult fiction writer, who returns to her home city - Minneapolis, to get in touch with...
Leo DiCaprio smoulders at Inception UK première
Looks like Leonardo DiCaprio still has what it takes to make the ladies go wild, judging by the pictures of the hysteria at last night's Inception UK première. Hundreds of screaming fans headed down to Leicester Square to catch a glimpse of Leo and the other stars as they walked the red carpet. After a recent lack of A-listers at London...
