Posts Tagged ‘Mad Men’
Friends with Kids – new trailer out
What do you do if you don't want the hassle of a relationship, but do want to have a child? Well, in the film Friends With Kids, two friends seem to think that the answer is to have a baby with each other. That should be simple, right? Jason and Julie, played by Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt, make the decision to have a baby...
AMC puts Goodfellas TV series into production
The same network that brought viewers Breaking Bad and Mad Men have turned their production talents to a series that needs to happen - Goodfellas. If you have seen Goodfellas (i.e. most people), then you're probably keen to see how it turns out. Will cast members Ray Liotta, Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci will make an appearance? If you've...
The Adjustment Bureau – reviewed
The Adjustment Bureau stars Matt Damon. He runs around a lot, as we have come to expect since his Bourne movies. He also falls in love, which marks a departure as his characters tend to be in too much of a rush for emotional entanglements. As well as physical and romantic action, the plot asks all sorts of interesting cosmic questions as movies...
Top ten big-screen bridesmaids
With the release of the female-led comedy Bridesmaids this week, we started thinking about other film bridesmaids. After a little research I can reveal there have been a hell of a lot. Not all focus so much on the trials and tribulations of the job as much as Bridesmaids, but there have still been some classics throughout movie history. Here's our...
Bridesmaids – a review
It seems bizarre that, even now, it can come as a surprise to some people when women are actually, you know, quite funny? Still, raising the bar in terms of this year's cinematic comedy is the almost-all-female cast of Bridesmaids, headed up by the funniest of them all, Kristen Wiig. Wiig does well to paint herself as an 'everywomen' -...
First look: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis
Blimey R-Patz scrubs up well doesn't he? Just days after we heard he's started work on his latest film, Cosmopolis, the first image has been released. The image shows the Twilight star with co-star Sarah Gadon in what appears to be the back of a taxi. Pattinson is looking extremely dapper in a suit, with his unruly mane slicked back for a...
The Ward – a review
It has been ten years since legendary horror director John Carpenter has released a film. Known for classics such as Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13 and most recently for Ghost of Mars which was slightly disappointing, his latest film The Ward has a lot riding on it if it's going to reinstate him as the King of Horror. Written by...
New Bridesmaids trailer
As wedding fever takes hold of the world, the trailer for Bridesmaids is released and it's got us even more in the marriage mood. Bridesmaids is a comedy from the guy who bought us Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Judd Apatow but he's gone all female on us with this film, co-written by main star Kristin Wiig and Annie...
TFR at the UK Première of Sucker Punch
Last night saw the UK première of Zach Snyder's fantasy adventure film, Sucker Punch. Snyder himself was in attendance at the chilly red carpet event in London's Leicester Square, accompanied by his all-female ensemble cast. Sucker Punch tells the story of Baby Doll, played by Emily Browning, who retreats to an alternative...
Sarah Jessica Parker to star in another comedy?
Sarah Jessica Parker aka Carrie Bradshaw, has reportedly begun early talks to star in a romcom ( what else) with Marisa Tomei. The film, which is in fact an independent, is called Married and Cheating and is to be directed by Raymond De Felitta, who last worked on City Island. It hasn't yet been confirmed if either of the actresses will...
Howl starring James Franco – A Review
Howl started out as a documentary, but the finished product, from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, offers much, much more. This unique mesh of animated sequences, black and white filming and reconstructions of historical events, address both the content and context of Allen Ginsberg's poem, Howl - and in this sense, it will...
Betrayal: a review
Betrayal promises an glamorous story of scandal and deceit during the German occupation of Norway, and it delivers. But is that enough? If it was, this film would be perfect. The attention to period detail is more than a little Mad Men-esque, in that it is both stylish and mesmerising, and whilst I can't claim to have witnessed the...
Jon Hamm prepares for life after Mad Men
Jon Hamm is taking precautions just in case Mad Men's success doesn't last forever. The Mad Men star has signed up to be in a film written by his long-term girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt. Little is known about the movie at this stage other than it is called Friends with Kids. It is thought that Hamm has been working with his girlfriend...
Ben Affleck is back in The Town
Trailers for the new Ben Affleck movie The Town have got us wondering if it'll be one of his flops or successes. The town in question is Affleck's home ground of Boston, where 'there are over 300 bank robberies...every year'. Doug MacRay (Affleck) is a bank robber who bumps into one of his traumatised victims, Claire (Rebecca Hall), shortly...
