Jake Gyllenhaal Interviewed by Movies.ie

"Lionsgate has officially announced plans to bring the 2009 Jim Sheridan directed film “Brothers” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire to Blu-ray Disc on March 23rd. The title is not yet available for pre-order but stay tuned and we will keep you updated. Tech specs have yet to be announced as have bonus materials but the press alert hinted that “…contain numerous bonus materials that include two featurettes plus a director commentary“. Source: www.highdefdiscnews.com

Q: Well, have you seen the movie?
JG: “Yes, Twilight. God, I loved that movie! (Laughs) No, I was just saying that, because it's the thing of the moment! Yeah, I'm up on stuff. But what did you want to know?”

Q: What attracted you to Brothers?

JG: “The director Jim Sheridan attracted me. He's made some of the most extraordinary movies, and gotten the most extraordinary performance out of actors - more than many of the directors working today. And his inherent trust in me, as an actor - six weeks to work with someone as extraordinary as him is like a godsend.”
Tobey Maguire, Executive producer Ryan Kavanaugh and Jake Gyllenhaal attending 'Brothers' Q&A at The Arclight Theater on 3rd December, 2009 in LA.

Q: The brother thing.
JG: “Wow...Well, I don't have a brother. Thank god! I do have a brother-in-law now, But that would be weird, because...anyway! Themes...I think that we all have a great ability to move towards our impulses. Anger, or violence. And I'll just speak for myself, I think inherently as a man, there are things that come up about what you want to do, and what you should do. But then to me, this movie is about forgiveness, ultimately. And about somebody who does something unbelievable. You know, to get back to the thing that they love. And to me, I just feel that's what life is all about. If you have something that you love and you care for, then I would hope that anyone would do anything to get back to that. No matter what. And the complications of what has to be done are unfathomable. Like it won't compute in any logical sense, of even storytelling. Because Tobey's character is put in a position where there is no right choice.”
Q: Do you feel that working with such talents as Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire just helps to make you even better?

JG: “Oh, definitely! Not only for the fact that they are incredible actors but also, because we all already knew each other, it meant we didn’t bring anything new or fake to it. They will call you out on it if you do, if you have a real relationship with someone in real life. I have worked with my sister in movies before and I can’t pull anything with her. She knows when I’m faking and when I’m not.”

Q: Has Maggie called you out before?

JG: “(Laughs) That is all my sister does! That is her primary job in my life.”

Q: Because when you did Jarhead, you talked to a lot of soldiers.

JG: “I did.”
Q: So you have finished wrapping on Prince of Persia - how difficult or gruelling a production was that for you?

JG: “It wasn’t difficult at all.”

Q: Really? Putting on all that weight and running around like crazy wasn’t gruelling?
JG: “Well it was long - we shot for a long time. I guess putting on the weight for Persia was challenging. Doing all that physical activity and doing all that physical work to get into a part is a certain type of challenge but I had to do it and I did it.”

BROTHERS is now showing nationwide
PRINCE OF PERSIA opens in Ireland in Summer 2010

Source: www.movies.ie

Ryan Gosling & Michelle Wiliams: Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams attended the Coach dinner for Blue Valentine in Park City, Utah on Sunday (January 24).

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

"Ryan says: “I’ve heard the film described as a portrait of love falling apart, but I think they should call it an ‘erotic thriller.’ That sounds way more fun. Sex is a really important character in the film.”

The movie contains several sex scenes and Mr. Gosling has insists they are integral to the film’s storyline.

He adds: “Sex is a bone of contention in the present and a dialogue of their love in the past.”
Blue Valentine is scheduled for release later this year. CLICK HERE to check out a clip of the upcoming flick which tells the story of married couple Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan) who, in an attempt to save their marriage, steal away to a theme hotel, where they relive their entire love story from beginning to tumultuous present". Source: www.fadedyouthblog.com

Kirsten Dunst with her new man Jason Boesel

Kirsten Dunst and Jason Boesel — the drummer for indie rock band Rilo Kiley — go for a stroll together in Los Angeles district Silver Lake on Saturday (January 9).

"Kirsten Dunst leaves Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Saturday (January 23) with a group of friends.

The 27-year-old actress kept close to Jason Boesel, the drummer for indie rock band Rilo Kiley. She was spotted getting coffee with him earlier this month!
Kirsten and her Spider-Man co-star, James Franco, recently told E! they’re sad the series won’t continue with a fourth film.

“It’s sad to see it end,” Kirsten and James said. “I think for [director Sam Raimi] it was time for him to move on, and so we’re all going to move on with him. But we’ve had a good 10 years.”
Source: justjared.buzznet.com

James Franco and Tobey Maguire in "Spiderman 3" (2007).

"James Franco thinks Spider-Man can go on without director Sam Raimi helming and star Tobey Maguire leading the web-slinging.
"I don't have a problem with that," Franco, who played Harry Osborn in the superhero franchise, said at tonight's Sundance Film Festival opening-night premiere of HOWL, his new movie about the late poet Allen Ginsberg. "It worked out well for Batman, and comics themselves have different artists and writers. I think it's perfectly fine."
Source: uk.eonline.com

Amanda Seyfried - Dear John Premiere

Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum and Braeden Reed attending the Charleston premiere of "Dear Jonh". The red-carpet event was a fundraiser for Carolina Autism.





Amanda Seyfried & Channing Tatum at "Dear John" Premiere.
News 2 was at the red carpet premiere of the movie.

Amanda Seyfried at "Dear John" Fort Bragg (North Carolina) Premiere, on 23rd Januray 2010.

Best Sundance Fiction Films of the Decade

"If the '90s were the boom years at Sundance, the '00s were a much more unsettled time, swinging between optimism and pessimism, bumper crops and aesthetic droughts, as uncertainty increased about the future of distribution, criticism, exhibition, and of film itself. Amid all this volatility, plenty of great work was produced —"

2. DONNIE DARKO (2001) Set on the eve of the '88 Bush-Dukakis contest and starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the brooding Donnie, Richard Kelly's debut combines wormhole metaphysics and apocalyptic teen angst to sensational effect. With a soundtrack that brings to mind a dusty, beloved mix tape, this unlikely offspring of BACK TO THE FUTURE and BLUE VELVET was one of the defining cult movies of the aughts and remains the last word on what it was like to grow up in the Reaganite '80s.

1. PRIMER (2004) A couple of white-collar drones tinkering away in a suburban garage invent what turns out to be a time machine — before long, reality as we know it is spinning off its axis. Both a satire and an embodiment of DIY resourcefulness (it was reportedly shot on a four-figure budget), Shane Carruth's ingenious feedback loop of a movie matches its onslaught of brain-twisting paradoxes with coolly composed visuals and rapid-fire science-nerd banter that suggests David Foster Wallace rewriting David Mamet. A deserving winner of the 2004 Grand Prize and the best first feature of the decade. Source: www.sundancechannel.com

Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning: Sundance Interview

Kristen Stewart, rocker veteran Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning.
Joan Jett with Kristen Stewart.Dakota Fanning with Cherie Currie.


2010 Sundance Film Festival Interview: Kristen Stewart - 'It Was Cool Kissing Dakota Fanning'

Deleted moments in The Girl Next Door & The Good Girl

Jennifer Aniston on a motel bed in in "The Good Girl" (2002).
Elisha Cuthbert on a motel bed in "The Girl Next Door" (2004).


The best moments of the shooting! (made by the prod!) Gag reel - The Good Girl, starred by Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Relly, Tim Blake Nelson, directed by Miguel Arteta.Miguel Arteta (director of "Chuck & Buck", "The God Girl", "Youth in Revolt", etc.)

Donnie Darko Returns! A Chat with Writer/Director Richard Kelly.

Jake Gyllenhaal in the Widescreen Edition DVD cover of "Donnie Darko" (2001).


Luke Greenfield, director of "The Animal", "The Girl Next Door", "Something borrowed", etc.

Scott Weinberg: "Fair warning: The last person I interviewed was Luke Greenfield...and I didn't exactly help his movie all that much."

Richard Kelly: "Girl Next Door. Good movie. It's a tough one because you can market it as either a sex comedy or some kind of a sophisticated teen comedy. But, as a general rule, I think the best movies are often the hardest ones to market. Everyone wants to deal with one specific category".

Scott Weinberg: "...and the last interview I did before that was with your pal Eli Roth."

Richard Kelly: "Yeah, we just had dinner last night. He's a good friend of mine. Right now we're trading pages back and forth. We're working on something exciting called The Box..."
Richard Kelly and James Mardsen shooting "The Box".
Source: efilmcritic.com

I was lucky of having an opportunity of striking a brief conversation with filmmaker Luke Greenfield (which was developed on 23rd December, 2009) via Facebook.

-Me: Mr. Greenfield, did you see this article about unfairly overlooked movies in that I included in one of my posts:

-Luke Greenfield: So great to read that! Thank you sooo much!

-Me: I wondered why didn't you include the deleted kiss scene between Matthew and Danielle. I liked how you brought to light in the commentary of TGND that Elisha's character, after kissing Matthew, when she lays back on the grass she's still keeping her secret, and for that reason her face looks worried while Matthew looks elated. I would have preferred you left that scene in the final movie, that was a sweet kiss.

-Luke Greenfield: Well, you made me just watch that deleted kiss again, I haven't seen it in years and YES! We made a mistake and we should've kept it in. Re-watching it now, it felt like a really nice subtle foreshadow that Emile is falling in love with her while Elisha is nervous that he is -- He doesn't know who she really is and she feels guilty that she's been "lying" to him. Thanks for bringing me back to that moment again. I'm going to send this to my partner-in-crime, my editor, Mark, who I feel is my co-director.

Emile Hirsch & Elisha Cuthbert in "The Girl Next Door".

I think there are some moments in "The Girl next door" with a deep suggestion of a an indefatigable feeling of happiness, and that's something very hard to achieve (specially in middle of stereotypical and cynical impressions within the sexual comedy genre fostered by the industry, frequently falling down due to shallow angles). I understand some critics comparing it with "Almost Famous" for that connection images/music, but what I loved of it was how reached its effect in natural fashion (specially the twist at prom dance when Matthew is feeling more and more scared inside his dressroom, and then he looks at the lip kiss mark that Danielle has smeared on his hand), as if barely we notice there was a build-up going on and it felt natural like in real life, perceiving such extreme emotions in the same lapse of time (in that scene, Matthew goes through panick/fear and seconds later he finds lucidity). Quoting Cameron Crowe "a movie where you celebrate those private moments, you can't ask for more". and Eli (Chris Marquette) is a crack!

Michael Cera in Youth in Revolt

Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday in Youth in Revolt (2009), directed by Miguel Arteta.

Song "I feel like going home" by Yo La Tengo.

Jake spotted in Eater LA "Craft"

"There is always going to be a bond between Maggie and me and a little competition". -Jake talking about his healthy scenic rivalry with her sister Maggie for The Telegraph.

6. Craft: "craft la was full of celebrities on monday, jan 11. had lunch there, along with Jake Gyllenhaal, Billy Crystal and Robert Duvall. Jake was with an older woman and another guy -- it looked like a work meeting. billy was hanging out with some old comedy friends." [StarWatch Inbox]

8. M Cafe: "I noticed Maggie Gyllenhaal with daughter at M Café Melrose on Monday. She was seen ordering a lot of to-go items." [StarWatch Inbox] Source: la.eater.com

Jesse Eisenberg - Taster video

A video dedicated to the talented actor Jesse Eisenberg, who starred in "The Squid & the Whale", "Cursed" (with Christina Ricci), "Adventureland" (with Kristen Stewart), "Zombieland" (with Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson), etc.

Song "Taster" by Grandaddy:

"Put out the word we need a new taster
there's one king left and so much food to eat
the interception by the last one was
absolute professionalism
If he's laying there saying he's sorry
tell him it's okay we learn this way
taster you're the automatic saint
taster you're the automatic one
Rival sabotage a bad pot of duck stew
with just one breath left he warned
the dinner crew selfless line of work
the word that comes to mind
with me is selflessness
If he's laying down saying he's sorry
tell him it's okay we learn this way
taster you're the automatic saint
taster you're the automatic one"

The Daytrippers - In the Sun

A musical video featuring some scenes from indie film "The Daytrippers" (1996) directed by Greg Mottola, starred by Liev Schreiber, Parker Posey and Hope Davis.

Song "In the sun" by She & Me (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward).