Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’S Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
The film stars Colin Farrell (“Saving Mr. Banks”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar® winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). “Winter’s Tale” also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), who also wrote the screenplay, based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Helprin.
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The film stars Colin Farrell (“Saving Mr. Banks”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar® winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). “Winter’s Tale” also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), who also wrote the screenplay, based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Helprin.
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- 2/4/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe are at odds in an age-old battle between good and evil in this first trailer for Winter’S Tale. Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’S Tale is a love story of miracles and crossed destinies.
Bring the hankies – this tear-jerker opens Valentine’s Day 2014. For those not prone to sentimental films of the heart, The Weinstein Company’s Vampire Academy also debuts on February 14th.
The film stars Colin Farrell (“Total Recall”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). It also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), who also wrote the screenplay,...
Bring the hankies – this tear-jerker opens Valentine’s Day 2014. For those not prone to sentimental films of the heart, The Weinstein Company’s Vampire Academy also debuts on February 14th.
The film stars Colin Farrell (“Total Recall”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). It also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), who also wrote the screenplay,...
- 11/7/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warner Bros. Pictures has set a winter release date for Winter’S Tale, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”) and based on the novel by Mark Helprin. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, will open in North America on February 14, 2014.
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’S Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
The film stars Colin Farrell (“Total Recall”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). It also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
Winter’S Tale marks the directorial debut of Akiva Goldsman, who also wrote the screenplay, based...
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’S Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
The film stars Colin Farrell (“Total Recall”), Jessica Brown Findlay (TV’s “Downton Abbey”), and Oscar winners Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Eva Marie Saint (“On the Waterfront”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). It also introduces young newcomers Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs (both from Broadway’s “Once”).
Winter’S Tale marks the directorial debut of Akiva Goldsman, who also wrote the screenplay, based...
- 8/17/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael C here from Serious Film to showcase an achievement in a film that has been near and dear to my heart for almost two decades.
What is the sound of a person thinking?
Most of us probably don’t often consider such lofty questions, but when you are a sound designer dilemmas like that crop up all the time. The sound design team behind Stephen Zallian’s 1993 chess prodigy drama Searching for Bobby Fischer faced that challenge and then some when they set out to make a chess story work on screen despite it being the least cinematic subject imaginable, give or take the Dewey Decimal System.
Zallian’s solution was to ignore the intricacies of the game, constructing the matches as stylized montages that emphasize the emotions of the players over tactics. The sound designers – under Head Sound Editor Beth Sterner - outdo themselves in these scenes, building...
What is the sound of a person thinking?
Most of us probably don’t often consider such lofty questions, but when you are a sound designer dilemmas like that crop up all the time. The sound design team behind Stephen Zallian’s 1993 chess prodigy drama Searching for Bobby Fischer faced that challenge and then some when they set out to make a chess story work on screen despite it being the least cinematic subject imaginable, give or take the Dewey Decimal System.
Zallian’s solution was to ignore the intricacies of the game, constructing the matches as stylized montages that emphasize the emotions of the players over tactics. The sound designers – under Head Sound Editor Beth Sterner - outdo themselves in these scenes, building...
- 5/13/2011
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience
I’m going to begin by saying that I’m approaching this review for Disney’s Mom Needs Mars from a Mom P.O.V. – this is the kind of movie I’d like my kids to see. In director Simon Wells’ (The Time Machine, The Prince Of Egypt) adaptation of Berkeley Breathed’s book “Mars Needs Moms, we meet 9-year-old Milo (Seth Green). He has comic books to read, zombie movies to watch and bed-jumping to do. He doesn’t have time to eat his vegetables and do chores, no matter what his mom says. Mom (Joan Cusack) is sick of nagging, and Milo’s sick of Mom. Her good intentions and loving ways may not please Milo, but they certainly impress the Martian scouts who are looking for a good mom. But when he suggests moments later that he’d be better off without her, that’s when things get a little hairy.
- 3/11/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The "jiggle" factor in the late-1970s television show "Charlie's Angels" has, in this film version, been turned into an all-out
derriere-swaying, belly-shaking, hair-tossing, leg-kicking, breast-heaving Glam Follies. For Charlie's amorous Angels slip in and out of costumes as swiftly as they leap out of airplanes, dive off boats, jump into cars and fall out of a hillside house.
Built for speed and elaborate peekaboo games with female flesh, this "Angels" starring glamour queens Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu will probably be derided by critics even more than the old TV show. But undemanding date-night audiences might respond to this ultimate chick action flick. And the good-natured humor of its three stars, who appear to be having a gas playing these ridiculous figures, goes a long way in overcoming the bad jokes and even worse plot twists in this James Bond -- or should we say Austin Powered -- riff.
"Angels'" filmmakers -- commercial and video director McG and screenwriters Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August -- have upped the ante over the TV show at every turn. Where the old Angels went undercover, so to speak -- usually in environments that called for the skimpiest clothing imaginable -- the 2000 versions find themselves disguised as geishas, belly dancers, race-car drivers, massage parlor hostesses and Swiss yodelers in teeny-tiny skirts.
Where the old Angels occasionally mixed it up with a bad guy, the new Angels rumble like Michelle Yeoh (though none possesses Yeoh's lithe athleticism, so much cinematic trickery is called for).
The disposable plot has the disembodied Charlie -- again given voice by John Forsythe over telephone speaker phones -- call in his three elite private investigators and their muddled minder Bosley (Bill Murray in a forgettable role) to solve the kidnapping of technology tycoon Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell). The Angels target Knox's telecommunications rival Roger Corwin (Tim Curry) but remain suspicious of Knox's top exec, Vivian Wood (Kelly Lynch).
Action movie roles get a gender reversal with all the usual kick-ass combat belonging to the ladies, while the male stars are more or less sidelined as onlookers to the battles. The actresses revel in these roles as part sex symbols and part ball-busters. They display sass and verve, but a self-consciousness sometimes intrudes, almost as if they worry about what Gloria Steinem will say.
Diaz is the most carefree here, gliding in and out of costumes with PG-13 rated naughtiness and putting tongue-in-cheek moves on bedazzled males. Liu can pout with the best of them, especially when someone questions her nearly lethal cooking. And Barrymore, one of the film's producers, brings a surfeit of energy and coquetry to her Angel in a series of devilish disguises.
Minor characters often prove very minor indeed. Running gags involving Tom Green and Luke Wilson die for lack of oxygen. And even the villains seem to lack the energy to keep up with these hyperkinetic chicks.
Technical credits are all over the top, clearly deriving more ideas from the James Bond series than the original TV shows. Stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong and senior visual effects supervisor Patrick McClung get the biggest workout because without their toil, "Charlie's Angels" is a short subject.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
Columbia Pictures
Leonard Goldberg/Flower Films/Tall Trees
Producers: Leonard Goldberg,
Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen
Director: McG
Screenwriters: Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon,
John August
Executive producers: Betty Thomas,
Jenno Topping, Joseph M. Caracciolo
Director of photography: Russell Carpenter
Production designer: J. Michael Riva
Music: Edward Shearmur
Costume designer: Joseph G. Aulisi
Editors: Wayne Wahrman, Peter Teschner
Color/stereo
Cast:
Natalie: Cameron Diaz
Dylan: Drew Barrymore
Alex: Lucy Liu
Bosley: Bill Murray
Eric Knox: Sam Rockwell
Vivian Wood: Kelly Lynch
Roger Corwin: Tim Curry
Thin Man: Crispin Glover
Running time - 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
derriere-swaying, belly-shaking, hair-tossing, leg-kicking, breast-heaving Glam Follies. For Charlie's amorous Angels slip in and out of costumes as swiftly as they leap out of airplanes, dive off boats, jump into cars and fall out of a hillside house.
Built for speed and elaborate peekaboo games with female flesh, this "Angels" starring glamour queens Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu will probably be derided by critics even more than the old TV show. But undemanding date-night audiences might respond to this ultimate chick action flick. And the good-natured humor of its three stars, who appear to be having a gas playing these ridiculous figures, goes a long way in overcoming the bad jokes and even worse plot twists in this James Bond -- or should we say Austin Powered -- riff.
"Angels'" filmmakers -- commercial and video director McG and screenwriters Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August -- have upped the ante over the TV show at every turn. Where the old Angels went undercover, so to speak -- usually in environments that called for the skimpiest clothing imaginable -- the 2000 versions find themselves disguised as geishas, belly dancers, race-car drivers, massage parlor hostesses and Swiss yodelers in teeny-tiny skirts.
Where the old Angels occasionally mixed it up with a bad guy, the new Angels rumble like Michelle Yeoh (though none possesses Yeoh's lithe athleticism, so much cinematic trickery is called for).
The disposable plot has the disembodied Charlie -- again given voice by John Forsythe over telephone speaker phones -- call in his three elite private investigators and their muddled minder Bosley (Bill Murray in a forgettable role) to solve the kidnapping of technology tycoon Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell). The Angels target Knox's telecommunications rival Roger Corwin (Tim Curry) but remain suspicious of Knox's top exec, Vivian Wood (Kelly Lynch).
Action movie roles get a gender reversal with all the usual kick-ass combat belonging to the ladies, while the male stars are more or less sidelined as onlookers to the battles. The actresses revel in these roles as part sex symbols and part ball-busters. They display sass and verve, but a self-consciousness sometimes intrudes, almost as if they worry about what Gloria Steinem will say.
Diaz is the most carefree here, gliding in and out of costumes with PG-13 rated naughtiness and putting tongue-in-cheek moves on bedazzled males. Liu can pout with the best of them, especially when someone questions her nearly lethal cooking. And Barrymore, one of the film's producers, brings a surfeit of energy and coquetry to her Angel in a series of devilish disguises.
Minor characters often prove very minor indeed. Running gags involving Tom Green and Luke Wilson die for lack of oxygen. And even the villains seem to lack the energy to keep up with these hyperkinetic chicks.
Technical credits are all over the top, clearly deriving more ideas from the James Bond series than the original TV shows. Stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong and senior visual effects supervisor Patrick McClung get the biggest workout because without their toil, "Charlie's Angels" is a short subject.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
Columbia Pictures
Leonard Goldberg/Flower Films/Tall Trees
Producers: Leonard Goldberg,
Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen
Director: McG
Screenwriters: Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon,
John August
Executive producers: Betty Thomas,
Jenno Topping, Joseph M. Caracciolo
Director of photography: Russell Carpenter
Production designer: J. Michael Riva
Music: Edward Shearmur
Costume designer: Joseph G. Aulisi
Editors: Wayne Wahrman, Peter Teschner
Color/stereo
Cast:
Natalie: Cameron Diaz
Dylan: Drew Barrymore
Alex: Lucy Liu
Bosley: Bill Murray
Eric Knox: Sam Rockwell
Vivian Wood: Kelly Lynch
Roger Corwin: Tim Curry
Thin Man: Crispin Glover
Running time - 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 10/30/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chronicling one couple's adventures in procreation, "A Smile Like Yours" starts out with a premise that is certainly fertile fodder for a '90s romantic comedy.
However, the end result, directed and co-written by Rysher Entertainment founder Keith Samples (with Kevin Meyer), is a dreary, labored affair that squanders the promising concept, leaving a response of widespread indifference in its wake.
At the boxoffice, given that and the fact Greg Kinnear and Lauren Holly have yet to prove themselves as bankable leads, moviegoers will likely opt for abstinence.
On the surface, Danny and Jennifer Robertson (Kinnear and Holly) would appear to have everything going for them, including a strong, passionate relationship and good jobs. He works in construction. She is co-owner of a burgeoning aroma-therapy business. The only thing missing in their lives is a bouncing bundle of joy.
While Danny isn't so sure the timing's right, Jennifer becomes absolutely obsessed with the idea. When all homespun methods fail to produce the desired result, they surrender their bodies to a fertility clinic as their marriage, too, is tested by a series of fresh stress loads.
To the script's credit, it doesn't shy away from all the invasive treats that await couples when their attempts at baby-making shift from the bedroom to the lab. The results will likely have some nodding their heads in empathy and others squirming in their seats, but that isn't the picture's problem. It's Samples' awkward freshman direction, which places undue emphasis on all the wrong moments, suffocating potential humor, not to mention lumbering pacing (the kiss of death for a romantic comedy) that makes the film's reasonable 101-minute running time feel interminable.
The other major problem is that Holly and Kinnear (last seen together in "Sabrina") make for a cute, if bland, couple. As likable and sincere as they come across, they simply lack the dynamic that would enable them to transcend the material and make it their own. Picking up the slack is the always terrific Joan Cusack as Holly's business partner, Jay Thomas as Kinnear's work buddy and Marianne Muellerleile who's a riot as a smirking, bullying fertility clinic nurse.
Even Shirley MacLaine has been recruited (obviously as a favor to Samples for Rysher's "Evening Star"), making an unbilled extended cameo at the picture's end, but her considerable comedic talents are unable to resuscitate a production that simply fails to deliver the goods.
A SMILE LIKE YOURS
Paramount Pictures
Rysher Entertainment presents
a David Kirkpatrick production
Director Keith Samples
Screenwriters Kevin Meyer, Keith Samples
Producers David Kirkpatrick, Tony Amatullo
Executive producer Robert Harling
Director of photography Richard Bowen
Production designer Garreth Stover
Editor Wayne Wahrman
Costume designer Jill Ohanneson
Music William Ross
Music supervisors Randy Gerston, Evyen Klean
Casting Jennifer Shull
Color/stereo
Cast:
Danny Robertson Greg Kinnear
Jennifer Robertson Lauren Holly
Nancy Tellen Joan Cusack
Steve Harris Jay Thomas
Lindsay Hamilton Jill Hennessy
Richard Halstrom Christopher McDonald
Dr. Felber Donald Moffat
Dr. Chin France Nuyen
Nurse Wheeler Marianne Muellerleile
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
However, the end result, directed and co-written by Rysher Entertainment founder Keith Samples (with Kevin Meyer), is a dreary, labored affair that squanders the promising concept, leaving a response of widespread indifference in its wake.
At the boxoffice, given that and the fact Greg Kinnear and Lauren Holly have yet to prove themselves as bankable leads, moviegoers will likely opt for abstinence.
On the surface, Danny and Jennifer Robertson (Kinnear and Holly) would appear to have everything going for them, including a strong, passionate relationship and good jobs. He works in construction. She is co-owner of a burgeoning aroma-therapy business. The only thing missing in their lives is a bouncing bundle of joy.
While Danny isn't so sure the timing's right, Jennifer becomes absolutely obsessed with the idea. When all homespun methods fail to produce the desired result, they surrender their bodies to a fertility clinic as their marriage, too, is tested by a series of fresh stress loads.
To the script's credit, it doesn't shy away from all the invasive treats that await couples when their attempts at baby-making shift from the bedroom to the lab. The results will likely have some nodding their heads in empathy and others squirming in their seats, but that isn't the picture's problem. It's Samples' awkward freshman direction, which places undue emphasis on all the wrong moments, suffocating potential humor, not to mention lumbering pacing (the kiss of death for a romantic comedy) that makes the film's reasonable 101-minute running time feel interminable.
The other major problem is that Holly and Kinnear (last seen together in "Sabrina") make for a cute, if bland, couple. As likable and sincere as they come across, they simply lack the dynamic that would enable them to transcend the material and make it their own. Picking up the slack is the always terrific Joan Cusack as Holly's business partner, Jay Thomas as Kinnear's work buddy and Marianne Muellerleile who's a riot as a smirking, bullying fertility clinic nurse.
Even Shirley MacLaine has been recruited (obviously as a favor to Samples for Rysher's "Evening Star"), making an unbilled extended cameo at the picture's end, but her considerable comedic talents are unable to resuscitate a production that simply fails to deliver the goods.
A SMILE LIKE YOURS
Paramount Pictures
Rysher Entertainment presents
a David Kirkpatrick production
Director Keith Samples
Screenwriters Kevin Meyer, Keith Samples
Producers David Kirkpatrick, Tony Amatullo
Executive producer Robert Harling
Director of photography Richard Bowen
Production designer Garreth Stover
Editor Wayne Wahrman
Costume designer Jill Ohanneson
Music William Ross
Music supervisors Randy Gerston, Evyen Klean
Casting Jennifer Shull
Color/stereo
Cast:
Danny Robertson Greg Kinnear
Jennifer Robertson Lauren Holly
Nancy Tellen Joan Cusack
Steve Harris Jay Thomas
Lindsay Hamilton Jill Hennessy
Richard Halstrom Christopher McDonald
Dr. Felber Donald Moffat
Dr. Chin France Nuyen
Nurse Wheeler Marianne Muellerleile
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 8/22/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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