Campbell Scott and Jennifer Beals as Roger Swanson and Sophie in "Roger Dodger" (2002).
"Roger (Campbell Scott) is a fast-talking lothario with the usual laundry list of the insecurities, sexual or otherwise, that plague the modern man".
Jesse Eisenberg as Nick in "Roger Dodger" (2002).
"Roger's sixteen-year-old nephew Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) appears for a few lessons on the art of pitching woo. In three brilliantly scripted and wondrously paced sequences, Kidd points his Casanova Virgil and virginal Dante into the concentric circles of casual sex hell: the Happy Hour pick-up, the drunken party encounter, the brothel-bound hooker. A nigh brilliant stream-of-male-consciousness black comedy filmed with genuine flair and theory by first-time hyphenate Dylan Kidd, Roger Dodger is a film with Labute-ian teeth minus the accompanying misanthropy. It hits its marks with a feline sure-footedness, eliciting career performances from Scott, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Berkley, and young Eisenberg who, mark my words, will be a star. Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie in "Donnie Darko" (2001).
As satisfying and accomplished a debut since Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko, Kidd represents another in a new wave of Hollywood film brats with the chops and love to rejuvenate an American industry that has fallen into disrepute: they are the true successors to Zoetrope's romantic promise, and Kidd has a lot to live up to with his sophomore feature" www.filmfreakcentral.net
"Nick arrives in New York as the randiest boy from American Pie, begging his dissolute uncle for help in losing his virginity that very night, but he abruptly becomes all Jake Gyllenhaal-sensitive. The gag, for lack of a better word, is that Nick's being sincere and open works far better with the ladies than Roger's slick, generic pick-up lines and coarse leers". Source: www.megansmovies.com
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning - Fandango Interview
Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning sat down with Fandango
Kristen Stewart brilliant as Joan Jett
Kristen Stewart with Robert Pattinson in "Twilight: New Moon".
"Those of you with a Twilight astigmatism won’t like reading this, but here it is anyway: Kristen Stewart is a modern day James Dean. She gives the kind of performance in The Runaways that hasn’t been seen on screen since his death. The Runaways is her Rebel Without a Cause and what’s more that disaffected, rebellious persona seems to be one which, as it did with Dean, carries over into her real life. In person Stewart is every bit as tousled and seemingly disaffected as she is playing a rock and roll icon on screen. She’s absolutely brilliant as Joan Jett, it's the role she was born to play, and yet this is not her movie.
Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett in "The Runaways".
Instead The Runaways is really the story of Cherie Currie. Played by Dakota Fanning she’s a 15-year-old girl from a broken home who’s recruited for the band mostly because she has the right look. Dakota Fanning with Cherie Currie.
Fanning gives the kind of adult performance we’ve never really seen from her before and she’s absolutely perfect, deftly capturing the desperate innocence of Currie as she spirals down into a world that’s clearly more than she can handle. But then in the background there’s always Jett, even at her most drugged out clearly in control and breathing rock and roll. Curry, who never seemed to like rock music all that much in the first place, latches on to her like a port in a storm, but Joan is too busy breathing rock n’ roll to help. - Review by Josh Tyler
Source: www.cinemablend.com
Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning At The SXSW Festival In Austin (03/18/10)
Cinematical: Do you feel a sense of responsibility or do you need to feel a sense of responsibility to the young viewers that might be seeing this film? How do you make sure that your portrayal of a character is as authentic as possible and yet doesn't present something that might negatively influence impressionable audiences?
Fanning: I think this is a different thing because it's a real life, a real story, and this happened. So I don't know if you can really think about people coming to see it because they're choosing to come to see something that's a difficult time in their life, and that's why there are ratings. I mean, maybe you can think about it when it's an original screenplay or something, but it's based on actual events, and if you're not being authentic to that then you might as well not make the film, I feel like.
Stewart: and if you're looking at details that make these women bad examples for people, then you're not going to ever choose the right role model.
Cinematical: Ultimately why do you think this story is important, and why was it important for this story to be told now?
Stewart: I think this would always be sort of topical just because, for one thing, I didn't know about The Runaways, neither did Dakota, and I don't think a lot of people our age do. Why is it relevant right now? Because, well, I was really inspired by it; we don't face the things that they faced at that time, so to know that things are a little different now. So to know that maybe they were a help in that is an interesting thing, and just to see a different perspective on an adolescent girl's life is probably interesting for any young girl. And, people that age then are now 50, Joan's age, and it's cool for them to see that too so that now people who watch movies can see their childhood or whatever on screen". Source: www.cinematical.com
Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning Get The SXSW Experience.
Robert Pattinson - "New Moon" Test Screen.
Her review of Robert Pattinson in Remember Me.
"I think he's bold and different. It wasn't an easy character to play. I thought he was really good in it."
Those diehard Twilight fans.
"I've never been so fanatical about something. I never had that thing that I'm obsessed with. But, I've followed things for years like bands and movies and actors. I completely get what they're feeling. Personally, it's just so cool for me to be able to go back and follow a character for so long in successive movies. The fact that fans love them helps give me the chance."
Dakota Fanning as Lacy in "Cutlass".Kristen Stewart as young Robin in short film "Cutlass" (2007).
As for playing a string of disaffected teens.
"It's hard to generalize about the characters that I've played because they all have their separate issues. I don't know what types of characters, especially if they're young girls, who wouldn't be considered disaffected. I think to play a completely mindless happy person would be mindless and happy, but boring. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I'm just playing parts that speak to me. The only thing I would never do is a big explosion movie. I couldn't handle it. I would totally break down." Source: www.parade.com
An interview with writer-director of The Runaways, Floria Sigismondi.
Kristen surprised her fans when showing up at The Runaways Austin screening at around 7:30 at Drafthouse S Lamar with director Floria Sigismondi.
"Those of you with a Twilight astigmatism won’t like reading this, but here it is anyway: Kristen Stewart is a modern day James Dean. She gives the kind of performance in The Runaways that hasn’t been seen on screen since his death. The Runaways is her Rebel Without a Cause and what’s more that disaffected, rebellious persona seems to be one which, as it did with Dean, carries over into her real life. In person Stewart is every bit as tousled and seemingly disaffected as she is playing a rock and roll icon on screen. She’s absolutely brilliant as Joan Jett, it's the role she was born to play, and yet this is not her movie.
Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett in "The Runaways".
Instead The Runaways is really the story of Cherie Currie. Played by Dakota Fanning she’s a 15-year-old girl from a broken home who’s recruited for the band mostly because she has the right look. Dakota Fanning with Cherie Currie.
Fanning gives the kind of adult performance we’ve never really seen from her before and she’s absolutely perfect, deftly capturing the desperate innocence of Currie as she spirals down into a world that’s clearly more than she can handle. But then in the background there’s always Jett, even at her most drugged out clearly in control and breathing rock and roll. Curry, who never seemed to like rock music all that much in the first place, latches on to her like a port in a storm, but Joan is too busy breathing rock n’ roll to help. - Review by Josh Tyler
Source: www.cinemablend.com
Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning At The SXSW Festival In Austin (03/18/10)
Cinematical: Do you feel a sense of responsibility or do you need to feel a sense of responsibility to the young viewers that might be seeing this film? How do you make sure that your portrayal of a character is as authentic as possible and yet doesn't present something that might negatively influence impressionable audiences?
Fanning: I think this is a different thing because it's a real life, a real story, and this happened. So I don't know if you can really think about people coming to see it because they're choosing to come to see something that's a difficult time in their life, and that's why there are ratings. I mean, maybe you can think about it when it's an original screenplay or something, but it's based on actual events, and if you're not being authentic to that then you might as well not make the film, I feel like.
Stewart: and if you're looking at details that make these women bad examples for people, then you're not going to ever choose the right role model.
Cinematical: Ultimately why do you think this story is important, and why was it important for this story to be told now?
Stewart: I think this would always be sort of topical just because, for one thing, I didn't know about The Runaways, neither did Dakota, and I don't think a lot of people our age do. Why is it relevant right now? Because, well, I was really inspired by it; we don't face the things that they faced at that time, so to know that things are a little different now. So to know that maybe they were a help in that is an interesting thing, and just to see a different perspective on an adolescent girl's life is probably interesting for any young girl. And, people that age then are now 50, Joan's age, and it's cool for them to see that too so that now people who watch movies can see their childhood or whatever on screen". Source: www.cinematical.com
Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning Get The SXSW Experience.
Robert Pattinson - "New Moon" Test Screen.
Her review of Robert Pattinson in Remember Me.
"I think he's bold and different. It wasn't an easy character to play. I thought he was really good in it."
Those diehard Twilight fans.
"I've never been so fanatical about something. I never had that thing that I'm obsessed with. But, I've followed things for years like bands and movies and actors. I completely get what they're feeling. Personally, it's just so cool for me to be able to go back and follow a character for so long in successive movies. The fact that fans love them helps give me the chance."
Dakota Fanning as Lacy in "Cutlass".Kristen Stewart as young Robin in short film "Cutlass" (2007).
As for playing a string of disaffected teens.
"It's hard to generalize about the characters that I've played because they all have their separate issues. I don't know what types of characters, especially if they're young girls, who wouldn't be considered disaffected. I think to play a completely mindless happy person would be mindless and happy, but boring. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I'm just playing parts that speak to me. The only thing I would never do is a big explosion movie. I couldn't handle it. I would totally break down." Source: www.parade.com
An interview with writer-director of The Runaways, Floria Sigismondi.
Kristen surprised her fans when showing up at The Runaways Austin screening at around 7:30 at Drafthouse S Lamar with director Floria Sigismondi.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
"Eclipse" First Clip: Consequences
"Eclipse" First Clip: 'Consequences' featuring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Billy Burke, Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jack Huston, Julia Jones, BooBoo Stewart, Jodelle Ferland, Kirsten Prout and will be released in theaters nationwide on June 30.
Prince of Persia - Fan Interview with Jake Gyllenhaal
Prince of Persia - Fan Interview with Jake Gyllenhaal: Jake Gyllenhaal Explains What Drew Him To The Role Of Dastan
Jerry Bruckheimer beantwortet Fan Fragen zum Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time / Der Sand der Zeit Kinofilm.
Wii Version Developer Diary HD: The developer team at Ubisoft brings the authentic feel of Prince of Persia to the Wii. Developed by Ubisoft’s Quebec City Studio, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands utilizes the full graphical capabilities of the Wii system. This chapter in the critically-acclaimed Prince of Persia Sands of Time series introduces players to a brand new storyline complete with new characters and powers that transcend both nature and time. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is scheduled to ship May 14.
New Moon Cast Shout Out
The cast of New Moon greets Hastings Entertainment fans for the midnight release party of New Moon on DVD and Blu-ray.
Friday, March 19, 2010
NEW Special DVD features - Extended scenes
NEW Special DVD features - Extended scenes - Part 1/4 with Chris Weitz, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
NEW Special DVD features - Extended scenes Part 2/4 with Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.
NEW Special DVD features - Extended scenes - Part 3/4, with Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.
NEW Special DVD features - Extended scenes - Part 4/4
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