Silver Linings Playbook Reviews, Interviews & More
The formula in a formula picture is often more alchemy than science. It's the balance between making that ride both comfortable and unexpected. David O. Russell has thread this needle before - and quite brilliantly - with films like Three Kings and The Fighter, which took tired genres and made them interesting again. But with...
It's been a very long week. And yes, it's because we had an election. Thankfully the shameless ads and debates are over, and we can go back to watching to TV like normal people. This week in entertainment news, Nicolas Cage was officially cast in The Expendables 3, except it was all untrue. Sly Stallone debunked the news, saying Cage wasn't in the movie (but maybe...
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are creating quite a lot of buzz with their upcoming movie Silver Linings Playbook. Peter Travers even said that he predicts Lawrence will win the Oscar for her performance. The movie looks like a quirky love story between two dysfunctional characters, and the new trailer explores their personalities a bit more. Also, Adele debuted...
Well, the Toronto International Film Festival has finally wrapped up, and with its ending comes the big winners, including the People’s Choice Award, which, as Indiewire notes, can be “a good luck charm for Oscar” (previous winners include The King’s Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, and Precious). We’ve got the full list of winners—check them out...
David O. Russell could be described as mercurial, so it's fascinating to see what he's doing with his post-The Fighter success clout. His next film is Silver Linings Playbook, an adaptation of the best selling book, and it looks like a quirk-fest, albeit one with a great cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro,...
