Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake as a broken-down, hard-living country music singer. He’s been married way too many times, had far too many years on the road and one too many drinks, too many times. Still, Bad reaches out for salvation with the guidance and support of Jean, a journalist who brings to light the real man behind the musician.
There is a lot of Oscar talk for Bridges, which is justly deserved.
Crazy Heart is written and directed by actor and filmmaker Scott Cooper, making his directorial debut with this film. Fox Searchlight is releasing Crazy Heart to limited theaters starting on December 11, 2009.
Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell star in Extraordinary Measures for CBS Films. The poster shows Ford and Fraser in action, which is probably what it took for Fraser’s character John Crowley to make this happen — action speaks louder than words.
Inspired by the true story of John Crowley is a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds while risking his family’s future to pursue a cure for his children’s life threatening disease.
From his working class roots, John Crowley has finally begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track. But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Ford). Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug. One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance eventually develops into mutual respect as they battle the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system – and time.
But, at the last minute, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test – the outcome of which will affect the fate of John’s children.
Robert Nelson Jacobs (The Water Horse, Chocolat) wrote the screenplay, which was inspired by the book “The Cure” by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geeta Anand.
This is CBS Films first feature film and I am very excited for them and proud of them for taking on such a strong subject matter. I look forward to seeing the trailer, which should be out soon.
Sam Worthington is looking good in a collection of posters. First Showing has a whole collection of them and they are worth a look. Some sites have had to take them off their site because Warner Bros. made a strong request to do so.
Apparently, they are not the official posters, but creative mock-ups for decision makers, I suspect.
I don’t know how long these will be available to see, but check them out while you can. Does any one know when the movie opens in the theaters?
Psychosis is about a horror novelist, Susan (Charisma Carpenter), relocates with her husband to a stunning English mansion. All settled in she begins seeing visions of a horrible massacre that happened 15 years earlier. Frantic to prove she isn’t losing her mind, Susan must uncover the secrets behind the massacre or risk becoming a casualty herself.
I hope you find this poster creepy enough for Halloween. No words as to when the movie will be released, but still enjoy the creepy poster.
Brian E. (20) is the luck winner!!! This is a great movie that we will hear about while the award programs begin formulating toward the end of the year.
Two people I know rave about An Education, a Lone Sherfig ’s film. They saw the movie last June and still talk about how it gets them thinking more and more about the two main characters Jenny and David played brilliantly by Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard
. Thus, I am drawn into the film as well and have done a couple of posts about the movie.
An Education won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic Competition and Cinematography Award, World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
My friends strongly believe that both actors will be apart of the Oscar conversations that start rolling out about now. One even believes SAG will give the movie an Ensemble Cast nod.
All in all, it is a movie worth seeing if it comes to your town. It opens on a limited release October 18, 2009.
The newest Sherlock Holmes poster for the Internet is brilliantly crafted. The poster shows all the characters in the background involved in the movie with Dr. Watson (Jude Law) and Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) in the foreground.
Excitement is brewing because the word coming from Warner Bros. is that Guy Ritchie has created a pearl of a movie for everyone to enjoy and be entertained. Sure it’s a re-imaging of a tale told many times, but this time the tale is told with flair and guts.
Nothing could be better than teaming Law and Downey. If you don’t think so yet, we’ll find out on Christmas Day.
The Road, as a movie, is a real downer, but it’s newest poster looks a little upbeat with the bright light behind the two main characters. Now, I know the bright light is explosions, but still it offers a sense of hope.
The poster also promotes “based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel” to give credibility to the movie.
The Road is being promoted as an epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.
Originally called The Human Factor, Clint Eastwood’s Invictus movie poster was just released today. The movie stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.
The movie is about the true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
The movie has a limited release date set for December 11, 2009.
I just received the one-sheet for The Spy Next Door starring Jackie Chan and Amber Valetta. However, yesterday you may have noticed that I posted the trailer for The Spy Next Door. I wanted to post the one-sheet as well, but had difficulty opening the file provided for the one-sheet. That said, I’m posting the a one-sheet now for you to enjoy.
The Spy Next Door hits theaters January 15, 2010!
The story is about a spy (Chan) who is babysitting his neighbor’s children. He is a mild-mannered guy, who winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids his is babysitting inadvertently downloads a secret code.
Daybreakers, a vampire movie, debuted today on MTV. The moviestars Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe. Take a closer look at the poster, the details and design is very futuristic. Even though the thought of what is going on in the poster is horrific, it is a work of art.
The story takes place in the year 2019; a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Placed in a cultural situation with a dwindling blood supply, the vampire government plots their survival while vampire researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vampires (Defoe) to find a way to save humankind.
Australian brothers Michael and Peter Spierig directed the film, which was completely shot in Australia in late 2007 and has been in post-production since. Lionsgate brings Daybreakers to theaters on January 8, 2010.