Isabelle Huppert may have an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in Elle - but she very nearly wasn't in it at all, as the French film was originally intended to be a Hollywood production. Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, the maker of hits such as Robocop and Total Recall, says that the film was supposed to be in English, but believes that the plot "goes against the grain of American movies".
A thrilling, modern classic selection is the next book featured as part of a community wide reading event. The Livingston Reads: One Book, One Community returns in March and April with Peter Benchley's Jaws.
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they're seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we see that Chet has moved on from bullying Wyatt to just killing people, take another lap around that Herbalife doc, marvel at Ray Winstone , and then extol the perverted virtues of Lloyd Kaufman .
Director Danny Boyle was guest of honour at the New Zealand premiere of his movie, T2 Trainspotting, at the Civic Theatre last night - a sequel 21 years in the making. The film, which opens nationwide on the 23rd, is a sequel to the iconic 1996 movie Trainspotting, which followed four Edinburgh heroin addicts as they tried to pull off a major drug deal.
Full disclosure: there's a soft spot in my heart for big monster movies. That's not to say like, say, the Alien franchise, even though the Queen gets awfully big in that fourth entry.
Kevin Smith is currently working on a spin-off that will take place in the world of Spawn . For those unfamiliar, Spawn is about an anti-hero from hell who hunts demons and takes vengeance on evil, despite his powers being inherently demonic.
'Bates Motel' collides with 'Psycho' in final season Rihanna arrives as Marion Crane in A&E prequel that stars Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2lucEtr Bates Motel , A&E's exploration of the early years of notorious madman Norman Bates , begins to intersect with Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film - including a multi-episode appearance by Rihanna as unlucky motel guest Marion Crane - in its fifth and final season .
The new HBO limited series " Big Little Lies," which boasts a starry cast headed by Reese Witherspoon , Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern , is an unlikely, at times brilliant, blending of two TV conventions. On one hand, "Big Little Lies," adapted by David E. Kelley from Liane Moriarty's bestselling novel, revels in escapist images of what life is like for the white, affluent set, as if "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" moved to the seaside community of Monterey, California.
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics as one of Stephen Sondheim's most powerful scores, this black comedy concerns the infamous homicidal career of Sweeney, the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who coveted his young wife and falsely imprisoned him. Cheated of his revenge against the Judge, Sweeney's thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and - with the aid of his razor - he exacts a far more terrible revenge, cheerfully helped by Mrs Lovett, who is delighted to give new life to her flavourless meat pies.
