Counting on a stellar cast, written by Doillon, the film centres on a playwright (Pascal Greggory) who invites some actors to his secluded house to prepare a play. But the combined presence of his ex-wife (Julie Depardieu) and her lover (Louis Garrel), as well as the playwright’s assistant and mistress (Agathe Bonitzer)
From an outsiders point of view, you'd think that winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for 2007's No Country for Old Men and winning Best Actor and Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood would be a sign of better things to come, but at the end of the day, it's not the number of Oscars you win, but the plus and minus on the balance sheet.
Oscar nominated thesps Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo have been confirmed, while Josh Hutcherson and Mia Wasikowska have been added to Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right - which is the filmmaker's first film since 2002’s Laurel Canyon. Filming is currently underway in Los Angeles.
A redhead sounds just about right for David O. Russell's Massachusetts-set The Fighter. Variety reports that Amy Adams has come onboard to play a gritty bartender from the state who ends up dating Mark Wahlberg's character, "Irish" Mickey Ward.
Slim pickings this Tuesday (June 9th 2009) as there are only a trio of titles worth recommending. Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut is a fully equipped edition of the Michael Wadleigh documentary film, a great father's day present that curiously comes out before Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock and not sometime in August when Woodstock took place.