• John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis) has reportedly joined the cast of The Gambler. The veteran actor joins Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, and Jessica Lange in the Rupert Wyatt-directed remake of the 1974 James Caan pic that was loosely inspired by a Dostoyevsky novella. William Monahan, who won an Oscar for The Departed, wrote the script. According to the report, Goodman will play a loan shark in the film which likely won’t hit theaters till 2015. In addition to his role in the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, Goodman can be seen next in George Clooney’s The Monuments Men, out Feb. 7, 2014. [The Wrap]
'The Fault In Our Stars' First Look: Gus and Hazel kiss at Anne Frank house -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTO
Every love story has that one kiss fans don’t quickly (if ever) forget. For The Fault In Our Stars, it all takes place in Amsterdam.
When Gus uses his Make a Wish to take Hazel to Amsterdam so that she can speak with her favorite author, Mr. Van Houten, the adorable couple also take a trip to Anne Frank’s house while they are in town. Needless to say, what happens there was much more magical than anything Mr. Van Houten ever wrote.
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The classic film reference you may have missed in 'American Hustle' -- VIDEO
It’s nearly impossible to talk about American Hustle without addressing the influence of Martin Scorsese. In Owen Gleiberman’s review he wrote: “It’s as if the Scorsese of Goodfellas had been revived, full-throttle, only with a new subject: the hucksterism hiding in the shadows of middle-class America.” The themes, the multiple narrators and the golden oldies soundtrack make the nods impossible to ignore.
But Scorsese is not the only iconic director that David O. Russell pays homage to in his latest pic. It seems as though Russell may have borrowed from Charlie Chaplin as well.
'Raze' director Josh Waller talks about his all-female fight movie
In Josh Waller‘s movie Raze, 50 women — including Death Proof co-stars Zoë Bell and Tracie Thoms – are abducted and made to fight each other to the death in a subterranean complex overseen by Doug Jones and Sherilyn Fenn. While the film has all the ingredients of an exploitation movie, Waller gifts the result with a serious flavor that sets it apart from your average women-in-prison slice of shlock.
“That was my goal,” says the filmmaker. “I personally am not a fan of exploitation films. I thought, Well, if I’m going to do a film which functions within this largely exploitative subgenre of women-in-prison, the only way I can actually do it and still look myself in the mirror would be to take it as seriously as if it were men that were abducted and forced to fight each other. If it were men in prison, there wouldn’t be nudity, there wouldn’t be some scene in the showers, unless it as something like Oz. Anyone who says, ‘This is sexist,’ I would counter with, ‘You’re a f—ing sexist. Because you’re the one that’s buying into all the jargon.’”
Below, Waller talks more about Raze (which opens in New York and Los Angeles this Friday), his other film of 2014 – the Cory Monteith- and David Morse-starring McCanick — and why exactly he’s calling EW from Colombia.
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Capsule Movie Reviews (Jan. 8): 'The Invisible Woman' and two more
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It’s a pleasure to see Ralph Fiennes, in the second film he’s directed, abandon his reticence to play Charles Dickens as an ebullient, laughing mensch [MDASH] a Victorian rock star whose literary celebrity masks his hunger for love. Dickens’ wife has borne him 10 children, but the two have little communion. So when he meets Nelly (Felicity Jones), a young actress with a yen for his novels, he falls for her but must keep their bond a secret. Alas, the impeccably shot film dribbles more than it builds. B- —Owen Gleiberman READ FULL STORY
Meryl Streep 'wins' National Board of Review Awards, takes swipes at Disney
The National Board of Review announced its 2013 honorees on Dec. 4, with Her, Nebraska, and Fruitvale Station claiming some of the top prizes. That meant the only real suspense last night at the organization’s New York City gala was who would win the crowd and earn the best howls. Rob Reiner nearly stole the show, but it was Meryl Streep who brought down the house at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street. Streep, presenting the Best Actress award to Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks, left her friend “nauseous with gratitude” with a heart-felt introduction that also took swipes at Walt Disney and the Disney brand. READ FULL STORY
These definitely real Twitter users want you to see 'Muppets Most Wanted' -- VIDEO
In These Modern Times, it’s no longer enough to simply make a trailer for your movie. You’ve got to plan an elaborate public stunt designed to fool people into believing that telekinesis is real, or create a fake conspiracy theory about how one of your film’s main players shot JFK, or garner $20 million worth of free advertising by having your star shoot 70 different car commercials, co-host the Canadian Olympic curling trials, and give college journalism students faux-important career advice, all without breaking character.
Comparatively, then, the latest trailer for Muppets Most Wanted — which comes complete with a “viral” marketing campaign of its own — seems tame. The spot highlights the “critics and audiences across the Internet” who “can’t stop talking about the upcoming movie Muppets Most Wanted.” It even features tweets from three of these boosters, who write about the movie with varying levels of enthusiasm: fuzzyben4375, poppafreshness, and ihearthorses214.
'Gravity', 'American Hustle', '12 Years a Slave' lead BAFTA nominations
Britain’s highest film honor, the BAFTA Awards, announced nominations early Wednesday. The awards will be given out on Feb. 16 in London. Gravity leads the pack with 11 nominations, including nods for director Alfonso Cuarón and star Sandra Bullock. American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave each received 10 nominations, including nods for Amy Adams’ performance in Hustle and Michael Fassbender for supporting actor in 12 Years. HBO film Behind the Candelabra also received several nominations — it was released in theaters in the U.K.
Check out the full list of nominees below:
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'Cloverfield' director Matt Reeves to helm 'Planet of the Apes 3'
Audiences haven’t seen Dawn of the Planet of the Apes yet, but 20th Century Fox has already decided that director Matt Reeves will return to direct the third installment in the rebooted Apes franchise.
Reeves, known for directing the experimental monster thriller Cloverfield and the English-language remake of Let Me In (which he also wrote), is currently in post-production on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (out July 11, 2014) which finds the ape Caeser (Andy Serkis) in a more powerful position, having amassed an army that threatens to wipe out the remains of the human population. Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, and Keri Russell star in Dawn as the humans fighting against the ape forces.
Steve McQueen heckled, NY Film Critics Circle apologizes
The New York Film Critics Circle has apologized for the heckling of 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen at the group’s awards banquet.
When McQueen was presented the best director award Monday night by Harry Belafonte, critic Armond White allegedly jeered McQueen as “an embarrassing doorman and garbage man.”
In an email to 12 Years a Slave distributor Fox Searchlight first posted online by Deadline, NYFCC chairman Joshua Rothkopf apologized to McQueen for “the crass bit of heckling” he encountered. Rothkopf said he was “mortified” that it came from one of the group’s own members and pledged “disciplinary action.”
White did not immediately respond to an email Tuesday.
The CityArts editor is well known for his contrarian film reviews. He panned 12 Years a Slave as “torture porn.”
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