girls on film

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Julianne Moore is a fucking nut

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:01:00 -0400

We love her, but it seems like every time Julianne Moore is in a movie she’s going off about something or having some sort of meltdown. It’s like casting directors sit down in their offices and are like, “Hm, this character needs to go totally fucking mental at some point in the movie—why not call Julianne?” We mean, we haven’t seen The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio but we’re pretty sure she locks herself in the bathroom with a box of dieting pills in it or something. We all love gravitas, but would it kill you to make me feel like I don’t want to hang myself every once and a while? Goddamn.

Anyway, Julianne’s new movie, Savage Grace, is a dramatization of the Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, the key word in the phrase being drama. Just the trailer makes us want to squeal with glee in the theater as unspeakable acts of horror unfold before our eyes. We could start discussing the cult of voyeurism that young America has become or something, but who are we kidding, we just want to see some BJs. Everyone wins with those.

It’s also worht stating that the movie was directed is Tom Kalin, who also did the muder movie Swoon all the way back in 1992—we guess he’s really into murderous gays.

We know we shouldn't be excited for this

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:49:05 -0400

But we SO are. The X Files is one of our favorite Sci-Fi shows of all time, and even though I Want To Believe has Amanda Peet and fucking Xzibit in supporting roles (innumerable tears), we’re so going to see it opening weekend. L’Anderson can do no wrong (and hasn’t really done anything, right or wrong, for a while). Let’s hope her wardrobe is better than in the first season of the series, though. For real.

Entertainment Weekly has the first pictures of Josh Brolin and...

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:39:14 -0400

Entertainment Weekly has the first pictures of Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks in the new Oliver Stone-directed Geroge W. Bush biopic W. We really, really hope that’s her real hair.

REDACTION: In this morning’s post about Gwyneth Paltrow in...

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:29 -0400

REDACTION: In this morning’s post about Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man, we stated that we hadn’t really liked anything she’s done since Se7en. Obviously we were on copious amounts of crack cocaine because we failed to mention Margot Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums. Our apologies, G. Pal.

Oh fuck yes!

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:29 -0400

Our favorite Canadian actress/rumored lesbian Ellen Page has been pegged to portray our favorite Victorian heroine/probable-lesbian-now-that-we-think-about-it Jane Eyre, in an upcoming BBC cinematic adaptation. Fucking. Holler. We’ve been waiting for someone to give Elz a chance to break away from the psychotic/sociopath teen roles, delve into to some period pieces and rock a British accent. Maybe Ellen could finally dethrone Kiera Knightley as the go to for any role that requires a corset? Seriously.

Ellen Page To Play Jane Eyre In BBC’S Big Screen Adaptation [via Buzzsugar]

madeinthedark: Look at her. It never stops. Probably the only...

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:13:22 -0400

madeinthedark:

Look at her. It never stops. Probably the only real reason I am going to see Indiana Jones.

Oh God, oh God, oh God.

Gwen does us proud in Iron Man

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:06:48 -0400

It goes as a testament of our sentiments about Gwyneth Paltrow that we’ve more or less taken to calling her Fishsticks instead of her real name: she doesn’t irritate us, but frankly the last movie we saw her in that we liked was Se7en, and we all know how that turned out. Cue music:

It’s my head in a box! Head in a box, yeah!

Anyway, for some inexplicable reason we’ve been really into the idea of Gwen playing Virginia “Pepper” Potts, Tony Stark/Iron Man’s lovably maternal secretary/will-they-won’t-they pseudo love interest. Well, we just came back from seeing Iron Man and can we just say, hats off to Gwennie. We don’t quite know why, but Gwen’s slight blandness and not-so-deep onscreen personality actually propels Pepper forward and makes her credible: it’s like the ugly ducking grew into a beautiful swan with no idea what to do with itself, so it throws itself into its hunky boss’ life, reattaches his weird titanium heart pacemaker thing, and gives him the strength to move forward.

Also, Iron Man is a really good movie and we wanted to write about it, and this is a blog about actresses.

The New York Magazine Vulture blog basically feel the same way we do, and wrote a pretty cool article today about Gwen as Pepper. We personally think she deserves the Oscar nom if only for running through the last 20 minutes of the movie in 3-inch stilettos. Seriously, homegirl booked it around that power plant, right?

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts: Surprisingly Super [via Vulture]

Basically.

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:34:23 -0400

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [via Apple Quicktime Trailers]

Elizabeth Banks about to kick it to the next level

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:46:00 -0400

As much as it brings us personal amusement to picture Elizabeth Banks sucking on a pork rib or getting off with a shower nozzle, it’s always nice to see a respectable actress take on meatier roles (there’s a joke in there somewhere). Up until about a year ago, Elizabeth resided in the realm of our consciousness clearly labeled: “CHARACTER ACTRESSES” subtitled “WHO IS SHE AGAIN? OH YEAH, THAT GIRL.”

HOWEVER! It was released today that Elizabeth will be playing Laura Bush in Oliver Stone’s upcoming George W. Bush biopic, W. We’re not really quite sure what to expect: we’re not so much hesitant about Elizabeth’s capability of ditching the guy’s-best-friend typecast and delving into a more serious role as we are about THE EXISTENCE OF A GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE. But fans of the Banks oeuvre needn’t fret: later on this year, Elizabeth will play the lead alongside ugly-hot dreamboat Seth Rogen in the new Kevin Smith movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, about two life-long friends who begin a part-time adult film business (insert your own “you taste like a burger” joke here).

Banks playing Laura Bush for Stone [via EW.com]

Asia Argento scares the shit out of us

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:35:09 -0400

For some reason, Asia Argento has always sent a slight shiver down our spine. We could never put our finger on it, and the trailer for her new movie Boarding Gate does nothing to dispel the vague sense of dread and disquiet we get when staring into her ginormous eyes. And yet we are drawn to her, whether she be playing the batshit crazy Mom from Hell in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, or the batshit crazy concubine of Rip Torn’s Louis XV in Marie Antoinette.

We really want to see Boarding Gate, but if we’re to be perfectly honest, the main component driving our desire is Michael Mardsen, who despite looking like a piece of furniture left out in the sun too long, is the answer to each and everyone of our unspoken prayers.

Boarding Gate (2007) [via IMDB.com]

Marianne Faithfull: lotion and Kleenex and handjobs, oh my!

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:12:00 -0400

Every night, after a bubble bath and our daily viewing of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, we pay our respects to the Goddess of Everything and kneel before our Marianne Faithfull shrine. Like Jane Birkin, our other favorite ’60s starlet-cum-gracious lady, The Faith can do no wrong in our eyes. Which is why we’re beyond excited for Irina Palm, her new film that was released in limited US theaters yesterday. In it, Marianne plays Maggie, a middle-aged widow who has to save her dying grandson by taking a job anonymously, um, “relieving” men in a London sex shop. We know, what more is there to say, really. New York Magazine’s Vulture blog had a quick chat with Marianne about the film.

Marianne Faithfull on Irina Palm [via Vulture]

The trailer is also all sorts of OMG. Remember, this woman has had sex with Mick Jagger.

Dazed and Confused chat feminist booze hounds with Tilda Swinton

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:36:00 -0400

Obviously, Tilda Swinton has been the hotness since she landed her paws on a Oscar, and now she’s been cast in a new film inspired by our favorite kind-of-good-girl-on-the-run-from-the-mob movie, John Cassavetes’ Gloria (originally starring fucking Gena Rowlands—incredible). The more astute of you may remember that there’s already a pretty horrible 1999 remake of the film starring Sharon Stone and directed by Sidney Lumet (is it totally fucked up that, despite it all, despite the fur and the rat’s foot and Basic Instinct 2, we still kind of like Sharon Stone? Maybe it’s just this), but let’s not go there. The Tilda movie is called Julia and takes place in Mexico, so we’re sure there will be plenty of car chases and gunshot wounds to go around. Bonus: the new quasi-adaptation is directed by Erick Zonca, who directed La Vie Rêvée des Anges, the 1998 French drama that brought Elodie Bouchez and Natasha Régnier onto our radars (and, coincidentally, the movie that John Cusack goes to see with his ex-girlfriend in High Fidelity, but we digress). Dazed and Confused interviewed Tilda about Julia recently, and it makes for quite an interesting read, if your interests include alcoholism and British actresses—we know ours do!

A Conversation with Tilda Swinton Part One and Two [via Dazed Digital]

We've found a new old British superactress to fawn over

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:22:00 -0500

Last night we watched The Lost Language of Cranes, a film based on the 1986 novel by Daniel Leavitt, and it may just be the gayest, most melodramatic psychodrama we have ever seen. Which is saying a lot (if our Netflix queue was humanized and had a big enough dick, it would totally suck itself off). The movie is about a closeted middle-aged married man (played by Brian Cox) whose son (Angus MacFayden’s introducing role) comes out to him, sending his world into turmoil etc. It was decent but that’s not the reason we’re here, is it? The reason we’re here, readers, is this woman:

…who is obviously Eileen Atkins, who plays the wife and mother Rose, who throughout the entire movie is totally repressed British, yet bitchy and snide and kind of an awful person. The final showdown between her and Brian Cox’s character is totally intense. We’ve seen Eileen in Gosford Park (opposite La Mirren, how much do you love that movie), Cold Mountain, The Hours, and a whole bunch of other stuff, but for some reason never really got into her on a Dench or Mirren level—until now. Lost Language of Cranes isn’t flawless, but her performance just might be, because even when she’s being something of a bigoted harlot, you never really hate her as much as you feel you should.

We’ll be keeping an eye on you, Eiles. OMG, can we call you Eiles?

My Blueberry Nights may be/might not be the best thing that's ever happened to us

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:30:00 -0500

First off:

Angie is not pleased.

So it seems that, as the April 4th US release date of Wong Kar Wai’s first English-speaking film, My Blueberry Nights, looms near, all of our friends who have seen the the movie (in either an advanced screening or, you know, everywhere else in the goddamn world) have made the following remarks:

1. It is super obvious that Mr. Wong has substituted his typical actors, locales and elements for ones that will appease a Western audience (Jude Law = Tony Leung, Rachel Weisz = Maggie Chung, Norah Jones = Xiyi Xhang, blueberry pie = crispy wontons, etc). While it kind of seems like, duh, that’s the point of the movie, you’re kind of left longing for Tony to make out with Xiyi while secretly fawning over Maggie the ice queen at a dumpling shop in a deserted Hong Kong alley way.

Or so we are told. Anyway this theory is pretty much supported by J. Hoberman’s review of My Blueberry Nights from May (MAY!) 2007 (2007!). Get a fucking move on, for true.

2. It is super obvious that Norah Jones has no fucking clue what she is doing in the entirety of the movie, and it’s almost unfair to make her carry the entire weight of the film from beginning to end in an introducing role. We say whatever, girlfriend knew what she was getting into and good on her for at least trying. And she looks pretty in the movie, as does Rachel, Natalie Portman and Chan Marshall (!!!!):

Wonderful.

Amy Adams looks weird on the cover of ELLE magazine this month....

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:02:00 -0500

Amy Adams looks weird on the cover of ELLE magazine this month. Like the tuna wrap she had for lunch isn’t really doing it for her right now, or she’s just come to a party and has forgotten the name of the hostess. Kill the Photo Editor!

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