Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:05PM - By Brendan Walsh
Infidelity, charity, blackmail, raccoons, and a bow & arrow. These are a few of the details in Jacob Aaron Estes’ The Details, and the devil is in them. The film, which stars Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, and Ray Liotta, Laura Linney, and Dennis Haysbert, is a chaotic dark comedy, dripping with the offbeat indie sensibility which is characteristic of Sundance dramedys. To find out more about this runaway train of silly and tragic circumstances, check out the rest of the review after the jump…
Monday, August 16, 2010 9:39AM - By Mali Elfman
Seems as if you want to get an all-star cast in line, just make a comedy about something no one wants to laugh at! Apatow has Rogen, Gordan-Levitt and Huston in I’m With Cancer and Showtime’s very similar TV show version of the film (I wonder which came first and which will work better?) attracted Oscar winners. Academy Award winning actress Laura Linney will be leading the way in the premiere tonight Showtimes upcoming series “The Big C” alongside the recently announced Oscar-nominated Gabourey Sidibe and the non-nominated but easy on the eyes Idris Elba.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 12:00PM - By JC
Written and directed by Richard Eyre, The Other Man features both the melodramatics and the realities of an international love triangle between Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas, and Liam Neeson.
Due to recent circumstances Neeson was unable to join the interview, but luckily we had the opportunity to sit down with both Linney and Banderas – they couldn’t have been a more personable duo.
Here’s what they had to say about the film…
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Friday, August 28, 2009 9:35AM - By Krystal Clark
Laura Linney is one of the most talented film actresses out there, and according to Yahoo she’s about to make her mark on cable television. Following the likes of Holly Hunter, Glenn Close, and Kyra Sedgwick, Linney will star as the lead in an upcoming TV series for the Showtime cable network.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:45AM - By Krystal Clark
So many castings, so little time. A lot of news regarding some of your favorite actors and actresses has broken overnight. Here’s a rundown of who’s hooking up with who and for what project.
- Dwayne Johnson will be going back to his action roots with his latest film. The actor is in final negotiations to star in Faster, where he’ll play an ex-con trying to avenge his brothers death. The film will reteam the actor with Gridiron Gang director Phil Joanau. [Variety]
- After the greatness that was 2001′s The Score, Edward Norton and Robert De Niro are reuniting for another project. They will star in the indie thriller, Stone. De Niro will play “a correctional officer who is seduced by the wife of a convicted arsonist (Norton) up for parole.”[Variety]
- James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, and Anna Friel will star in a comedy entitled, The Details. The film will be directed by Jacob Estes, who also wrote the screenplay featuring a couple who disagrees about how to handle a raccoon infestation in their backyard. [RopeofSilicon]
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