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Pre-Order 'Brothers' on DVD and Blu-ray

'Brothers' is going to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 2010. There will be a couple featurettes and a Sheridan commentary on the Blu-ray version, so if you want to pre-order from now, choose: DVD / Blu-ray

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C68mments | Visit the news archive

Natalie Portman keeps love quiet

Is Natalie Portman a home wrecker? The notoriously private actress has reportedly been dating Benjamin Millepied, 32, the New York City Ballet dancer who's choreographing her new movie, "The Black Swan." "They've been dating since the fall, although she told friends that she hasn't gone public with it because she was waiting to see if things got serious," a source tells Page Six. "But the real reason she was quiet about things is that Ben had a live-in girlfriend of three years when they met. She was a ballerina at the American Ballet Theater. She had been talking about marrying him and was blindsided by the split. She moved out right after New Year's Eve." A spokeswoman for Portman said, "We have no comment about her personal life."

Source: nypost.com

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C23mments | Visit the news archive

30 Non-Mainstream Films from 2010 to be excited for

Your Highness
Directed by David Gordon Green
Starring Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Justin Theroux
Written by Danny McBride & Ben Best

The Gist
Danny McBride is the slacker prince whose brother, James Franco, is always running off on heroic quests and slaying dragons. When Franco rescues a young maiden from an evil wizard and the wizard wants revenge things get real bad. McBride is forced to go off on a quest with his brother, picking up a sexy ranger (Natalie Portman) along the way. Minotaurs, magic, monsters and occasional bong hits follow.

Participants to Watch
David Gordon Green proved that he could do comedy with Pineapple Express, and it looks like Your Highness is him in fine form. Green plays everything dead straight, uninterested in going for just cheap gags. It worked with Pineapple, perfectly capturing the feeling of 80s films like Midnight Run. How will it work here? My money is on very well.

Danny McBride isn't just the star of the film, he wrote it with Ben Best, one of the other minds behind Foot Fist Way and Eastbound and Down. McBride brings the kind of unearned pomposity only he and Will Ferrell seem to be able to pull off, but Danny always brings it just a shade darker.

Justin Theroux is incredible. I visited the set of this movie and got to see him in action, and to see some of his ridiculous wardrobe, and I have to say  that this is a movie that will catapult him to the next level. The guy is hot as hell in Hollywood - he wrote Iron Man 2! - but this role will turn him into somebody that average audiences know and love. It's a brave and insane performance.
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Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C36mments | Visit the news archive

Star Wars Re-released in 3D: Am I the Only One Who's Excited?

Generally speaking, this isn't new news.  George Lucas has been talking about re-releasing the entire series in theatres and doing so in 3D since Revenge of the Sith came out.  However, it wasn't until seeing Avatar and its magnificent use of 3D that he decided the technology and support is ready. After experiencing the immersion of 3D in Avatar, I can't help but think this has potential to be amazing.  The thing is, almost all reactions I've read about it are quite negative.

Now, I get what some people's problems are.  George has re-released the originals many times and has a tendency to change them every time he does.  The only true problem I had with the re-edits (outside of fully believing that Han did shoot first) is that nearly unbearable musical number that was added at the beginning of Return of the Jedi.  Honestly, if George was going to make a change to Jedi, he should have tried editing out the Ewoks rather than change the first (and much stronger) half of the movie.  But honestly, I can't see him changing much more outside of tweaking some special effects, and when it comes to that, I honestly don't have a huge problem.  Give me a second to defend myself before you start cursing at me.

Since the original trilogy comes after the new movies, the graphics jump between the two can be jarring when you watch them in chronological order.  Therefore, tweaking the effects to "bridge the gap" and ensure a more cohesive movie experience seems, at the very least, justifiable.  Also, the whole point of special effects shots is to blend into the rest of the movie and keep the illusion going.  If the effects look bad and dated that runs the risk of taking people out of the moment (and in some cases causing them to laugh out loud).  Of course then some snob-ier Star Wars "fans" would say you should just skip the new trilogy all together which brings me to a major point of my excitement.  Lucas will undoubtedly re-edit the new movies and lets be honest, episode 1 and 2 could only benefit from this.

The obvious green screen effect that exists in all of the new movies could be greatly reduced with today's technology.  Look at Avatar.  The combo was of live action and CG was seamless.  I also like to think that Lucas isn't above changing Jar Jar's voice and maybe taking out a few of Anakin's yippies in Episode 1.  Granted, there isn't going to be a way for technology to add chemistry between Natalie Portman and Hayden Christianson.  Still, its Star Wars!  In 3D!  I still remember being 12 and watching Episode 1 in theatres and being blown away by the final lightsaber duel.  Sure the movie doesn't seem near as good to me now, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't love to see that movie in theatres again in 3D.

If I am going to be truly honest here though folks, I want to see the original trilogy in theatres, especially Empire Strikes Back.  I've watched those movies an obscene amount of times, but the thought of seeing them on the big screen (and in 3D), I can share the experience that drove so many modern filmmakers to become the people they are today.  Star Wars inspired endless lists of things and that started in the theatres.  So for the haters, the bitter people, the negative people that no one ever wants to be around, let me have this.  I deserve the chance to see the originals the way they were meant to be seen (even if it isn't in their original state). 

But enough about me, what do you guys think?  Leave feedback, be blunt, be honest.

P.S.  If they could tweak or cut the "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" scream at the end of Episode 3, I would probably rate that movie a whole 5 to 10 % higher.  Serious, the scream kills all the momentum at the end.

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Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C66mments | Visit the news archive

Video: Spencer Susser on 'Hesher' during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance: Hesher Review

Hesher
Directed by: Spencer Susser
Written by: Spencer Susser and David Michôd (screenplay), Brian Charles Frank (story)
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, John Carroll Lynch, Devin Brochu

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is everywhere at this year’s festival. Not only is he starring in two films in the line-up, but he is hanging out at one of the venues promoting his project HitRECord and talking to anyone who goes in.

Hesher is the first of his films to be shown and sees him playing the title role. The story centers around a young boy, TJ, whose mother was recently killed in a car accident, which has turned his family upside down. His father (played excellently by Rainn Wilson) is heavily medicated, spending the majority of his time asleep on the sofa while they stay with his elderly grandmother.

The film opens with TJ cycling manically to follow the car his mother was killed in as it’s being towed away. He ends up losing the tow truck and then being chased by the school bully, leading him to dart down an alley and cycle over a hole, which flings him into the dirt. Out of frustration he smashes a window of the abandoned building Hesher is residing in. This alerts the police and we get our first idea of Hesher’s character as he throws a stick of dynamite out through the window to create a diversion in which to escape.

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C31mments | Visit the news archive

DVD Review: "Eve" - Natalie's directorial debut

"Eve" by Natalie Portman (21:00) – Portman makes her directorial debut here with a short character piece starring Lauren Bacall, Olivia Thirlby, and Ben Gazzara. More about relationships and interactions than an actual plot, Portman’s short is a slice of life about a young woman who visits her grandmother but ends up as a third wheel on the older woman’s date with a persistent suitor. Fantastic acting and writing reveal deep emotional layers while Portman’s sharp direction lets us fill in the unanswered questions. This works perfectly as a short, but I can easily see a feature-length film that explores the relationships even further.

Source: filmschoolrejects.com

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C54mments | Visit the news archive

Interview: Natalie Portman on why she's happy to get stuck into more grown-up roles

By John Hiscock
When asked why she took on the role of a wife and mother of two young children in her new family drama Brothers, Natalie Portman is quite clear.

"I just don't want to be cute any more," states the 28-year-old. "I've been playing girl-woman roles for a long time and I was excited about the opportunity of playing an adult. I really wanted the challenge."

The brainy beauty, who has a psychology degree from Harvard, threw herself wholeheartedly into her role of an Army wife whose husband's helicopter is blown out of the sky in Afghanistan.

Natalie talked to a dozen or more military wives and their families, and also drew on the influence of her own mum.

"My own mother is the most maternal, nurturing, warm, cosy mommy," she says. "So I had all that in me. She was a great role model."

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C31mments | Visit the news archive

Natalie Portman: 'The Center of Judaism for Me Is Not Taking Life'

For the second time in the past year, I tracked down Natalie Portman at a public appearance in New York City and asked her about connections between her Jewish faith and her vegan diet. After the world's most famous Jewish vegan took the topic in a different direction in April, I asked her a much more direct question as part of The New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend on Saturday night.

While performing my journalistic duty as a Jewish-vegan blogger, I learned several fascinating things. First, Natalie loves the name "heebnvegan." (I somehow managed to maintain my composure when she said this.) Second, she apparently remembers our initial encounter. Third, she sees her decision not to take animals' lives for food as the core of her Judaism. Finally, she thinks vegetarian food in Israel and California is excellent, but unlike the world's second-most famous Jewish vegan, she finds New York vegetarian food disappointing.

Below is a transcript of our conversation during the Q&A portion of the event. • Read more

Posted by: Leo | Date: Jan 30 2010 | C21mments | Visit the news archive