"Youth in Revolt" review

"Youth In Revolt" trailer in HD, starring Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday.

"Cera bounces back in a big way. While he still plays essentially the same character he's been playing since SUPERBAD & JUNO, YOUTH IN REVOLT finally allows him to show a bit of edge, especially once his alter-ego, Francois is introduced.Basically, Francois is the guy Nick wants to be. He dresses like Sheeni's idol, Jean-Paul Belmondo, sports a pencil-thin moustache, and always has a cigarette perched on his lips. He's also capable of some pretty horrible things, and the film gets surprisingly dark, with Nick getting ever more immoral. Appropriately, given Sheeni's obsession with all things french, YOUTH IN REVOLT more or less plays out like an American, teen comedy remake of an old Jean Luc-Goddard/ Belmondo film called PIERROT LE FOU- in which Belmondo played a regular guy, seduced over to a life of crime and anarchy by a beautiful woman played by Anna Karina (to whom Doubleday bears a remarkable resemblance).I think it helps that Cera`s got a really great director here, with Miguel Arteta- who previously helmed similarly dark comedies, CHUCK AND BUCK, and THE GOOD GIRL. Miguel Arteta directed Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal in "The Good Girl" (2002).
His comedic sensibility seems to suit Cera, with him giving the performance of his life- especially as Francois. The film also benefits from a stellar supporting cast, including Buscemi, Smart, Ray Liotta, and Fred Willard, who steals every scene he`s in as Cera`s establishment hating neighbor who also has a pretty bad magic mushroom trip in one particularly memorable scene. I also really enjoyed Adhir Kalyan as Nick`s sophisticated school friend Vijay with whom he takes a particularly eventful road trip towards the middle of the film.It`s truly a brilliantly dark comedy that had most of the critics at the press screening I attended laughing throughout, or at least the ones who didn`t walk out in disgust, which, truth be told, there were more than a few of (the film opens with Cera masterbating over the studio logo- so it's probably not for everyone)". Source: www.joblo.com

TIFF Report: Drew Barrymore & Ellen Page in ‘Whip It’

Drew Barrymore & Ellen Page at "Whip it!" premiere, Ryerson Theatre, TIFF, on 13th September, 2009.
"I like Drew Barrymore. Always have. As she got older I liked the way she talks, the manner in which she treats you as an old friend, embracing me each time we meet. Though I never thought much of her as an actress until this year, I have always liked her, knowing that she was less an actress than a movie star. This year I wanted the chance to tell her how much I adored her performance in the HBO film Grey Gardens, which should win her an Emmy Award for Best Actress next weekend. She smiled, I thought I saw a tear and thanked me.“Knowing how tough you are with performances in films that means a lot to me”, she smiled.She is here at the Toronto International Film Festival with her new film Whip It which she not only stars in, but directed. Yep, Drew Barrymore has directed a film. Though some will shake their heads and ask what the world is coming to when this young lady is allowed to direct a feature film, others will celebrate the fact a woman actually gets to make a movie about women. That is after all what is most exciting about Whip It: That Barrymore has made a film about women and for women without shutting men out.The film is set in the world of roller derby, which really had its heyday in the mid to late seventies, but is now enjoying a comeback as a grassroots sort of entertainment.As a director Barrymore does a nice job plunging us into the world of roller derby. Bliss (Ellen Page) is tired of being placed in beauty pageants by her mother, a faded debutante who wants her daughter to have the glory she never did. While in Texas, Bliss attends a roller derby match and is hooked on the game, finding it both fast-paced and everything she has never been allowed to do. She dives into the sport and is soon living a double life (or trying to), as a beauty queen and roller derby hellcat. Page is outstanding as Bliss, proving again she is very likely the finest young actress working in cinema today. She slips effortlessly under the skin of this character and inhabits her in every way, and after meeting Ellen Page a few times, I can safely say that the characters she creates bear no connection to her at all. She quite simply disappears into the role. The real stars of the film however, are the supporting cast who steal the show, including Barrymore as Smashie Simpson, Zoe Bell as Bloody Holly and perhaps best of all Juliette Lewis as the dangerous Iron Maven.Whip It is fun to watch, and the girls look they are having a blast on screen, and perhaps that more than anything else is Barrymore’s greatest accomplishment as a director: She made a film people had fun making and that audiences will have fun watching". Source: screenrant.com

Happy belated birthday, Michelle Williams!

Happy belated birthday, Michelle Williams!!

Michelle Williams and daughter Matilda Ledger at coffee shop for breakfast on 30th August 2009.
Michelle Williams at Art Festival "Opening Night at the Works" - 03.09.2009, Portland.

AnOther Magazine photoshoot
Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2007
Photography: Craig McDean

Michelle Williams in VOGUE - October 2009:
Miu Miu embellished metallic minishift. Victor Osborne fedora. Roger Vivier square-toe shoes with silver buckle.Left: Blumarine sequined silk dress.
Right: Oscar de la Renta ivory tulle tweed scoop-neck dress with embroidered trim and attached brooch. Albertus Swanepoel porkpie hat.Left: Marc Jacobs textured Lurex jacket. DKNY striped long-sleeved shirt. Proenza Schouler navy faille shorts.
Right: Narciso Rodriguez white-and-black jacquard jacket and matching mini. Source: style.com

Michelle Williams in Vogue US Interview:

-On dealing with Heath's death: "I have been severely accident-prone over the past 12 months. I fell downstairs, broke a toe, put my fingers in a blender — seriously distracted. [I would often] cry, nap, sit and stare, try to figure out what to make [Matilda] for dinner, talk to friends on the phone. I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the Fall and Winter. I didn’t know if I could keep it all together."

-On grieving with Matilda: "I just don’t see the upside to this. You console yourself by saying it’s all a deepening process. But it’s weird. After the first year, the pain is less intense; it’s less immediate. But the magical thinking goes away, too. And that’s a whole new reckoning. But every time I really miss him and wonder where he’s gone, I just look at her."

-On splitting with Spike Jonze: "The timing was impossible. I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain. This erroneous idea: it just makes things more complicated."
Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger at Toronto Film Festival - "Brokeback Mountain" Photocall, on 10 September, 2005.

-On before Heath died: "Brokeback Mountain was an unrepeatable moment in time, a very charmed time in my life. I was in love; I was in a movie I was proud to be a part of, and with a beautiful brand-new baby. Everything was good in that moment. [After we split I started filming a movie in Sweden because] I just didn’t want to be at home. Geography is a great solution for heartbreak."

-On dating while having a daughter: "I obviously don’t know how to [date with a child, but] I’m falling more and more in love with her and I think she deserves the bulk of my attention. We’re lucky. I can work. She can go to a good school. There’s a lot there for her. And she can know her dad in so many ways, and so many of his friends who will be able to tell her so many stories. His friends, his family — they were a big part of his life, and they will be a big part of her life."

-On her future: "I feel hopeful and grateful. For a while I thought we had lost everything. It makes you want to love better and live better and treat people better.There is a great Gloria Steinem quote — and I’m paraphrasing — ‘Become the man you want to marry’. I’ve taken that on. What qualities do I find attractive, and can I find them in myself? What am I missing? Can I be that for myself?" Source: www.popsugar.com

Read the whole article in www.style.com/vogue

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze

Jake Gyllenhaal, with his co-stars Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore and Daveigh Chase at the premiere of "Donnie Darko" in Hollywood, on 22nd October, 2001.


One of the best scenes in Donnie Darko: Jim Cunningham Scene (Patrick Swayze and Jake Gyllenhaal discuss about personal empowerment).

"Patrick Swayze has died after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57 years old.

The actor was born in Houston, Texas on August 18, 1952 -- son of choreographer/dancer Patricia "Patsy" Yvonne Helen and Jesse Wayne Swayze, an engineering draftsman. Swayze began dancing at a very young age, but didn't make his acting debut until 1979 in his role as Ace in "Skatetown, U.S.A."
His big break came in 1987 when he played dance instructor Johnny Castle opposite co-star Jennifer Grey in "Dirty Dancing". The low-budget film became a surprise hit and catapulted Swayze to international fame. Patrick snagged a Golden Globe nod for his role in the movie, and displayed his singing chops on the soundtrack by crooning "She's Like the Wind", which he also co-wrote. Swayze achieved box office success again -- along with another Golden Globe nod -- in 1990's "Ghost", co-starring Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.
Patrick also starred in the cult classic "Point Break" in 1991 -- the same year he was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."Swayze met his wife Lisa Niemi in 1970 -- when the actor was only 18 and she began taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. They fell in love and married in 1975 --- and were inseparable.During the '80s and '90s, Swayze struggled with alcohol addiction. In 1994, he entered rehab and took a break from show business to breed horses on his ranches in California, Las Vegas and New Mexico.
The actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008, and began undergoing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments at Stanford University Medical Center. He was reportedly a heavy smoker.

During the summer of 2008, following treatment, Patrick defied all odds by filming "The Beast", an A&E series about a veteran FBI agent. The show premiered in 2009 on USA.

Swayze is survived by his wife of 34 years".

Source: extratv.warnerbros.com

"Patrick Swayze, you're an Angel Warrior. You can remain with us as a GHOST. Every morning, you can bring us a RED DAWN. Without you in the world, each morning, is more like an ugly, gray STEEL DAWN. You were certainly made of steel, Pat. You had the heart of a TIGER Warsaw. You had UNCOMMON VALOR. Nobody put you in a corner. Anybody can see what a magnificent soul you are; everyone loves you, including your NEXT OF KIN, and OUTSIDERS. You are now DIRTY DANCING on the streets of Heaven, in the CITY OF JOY. Your legacy extends everywhere, including NORTH & SOUTH. You were in TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING... well I say, To Patrick Swayze, thanks for everything. We love you, Patrick, we always will. And we miss you already". Source: Patrick Swayze Imdb Board

Demi Moore's twitter message to Patrick:

"And in the words of Sam to Molly. "It's amazing Molly. The love inside, you take it with you". I love and will miss you Patrick".

Jake Gyllenhaal at US Open 2009

Jake Gyllenhaal watches the match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina on day fifteen of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 14, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. on 14th September 2009, New York.

Pictures courtesy of www.iheartjakemedia.com