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112 New Films Hit Theatre’s This Fall: September 2009 Fall Movie Preview

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by CSS.

SEPTEMBER:

September 4, 2009

All About Steve, starring Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper and Thomas Haden Church.
Amreeka, Nisreen Faour and Melkar Muallem
Carriers, Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp
Extract, starring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, Clifton Collins Jr. and Gene Simmons. The film was both written and directed by the talented Mike Judge.
Gamer, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Terry Crews and Alison Lerman.
No Impact Man, Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin- Documentary
Unmade Beds

September 9, 2009

9, starring Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly and Christopher Plummer.

September 11, 2009.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, starring Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn and Orlando Jones.
Tyler Perry’s I can Do Bad All By Myself, starring Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight and Adam Rodriguez. Tyler Perry wrote and directed this film.
The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney.
Sorority Row, Rumer Willis, Audrina Patrige and Matt O’Leary
Whiteout, Starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht

September 16, 2009

35 Shots of Rum, Alex Descas and Mati Diop

September 18, 2009

Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart opens Sept. 18.
Jennifer’s Body starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons and Adam Brody hits theatres September 18. Jennifer’s Body was written by Diablo Cody who shot to fame after penning the 2007 hit Juno.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris and Andy Samberg.
The Informant! Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula and Melanie Lynskey and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Bright Star, starring Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider and Ben Whishaw.
The Burning Plain, starring Charlize Theron, John Corbett and Kim Basinger.
Disgrace, John Malkovich
Pandorum, Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster.
Paris, Juliette Binoche

September 21, 2009

The Age of Stupid, starring Pete Postlethwaite.

September 23, 2009

Capitalism: A Love Story, written and directed by Michael Moore.

September 25, 2009

Blind Date, starring Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.
The Blue Tooth Virgin, Amber Benson and Karen Black.
The Boys Are Back, starring Clive Owen, Nicholas McAnulty and George MacKay.
Surrogates starring Bruce Willis.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, starring Julianne Nicholson, John Krasinski and Timothy Hutton. John Krasinski both wrote and directed this film.
Fame, starring Naturi Naughton, Asher Book, Kherington Payne and Paul McGill.
The Invention Of Lying, starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey. The film was also written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson.
Coco Before Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou
The Damned United, Michael Sheen
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, based on the book by Tucker Max stars Jesse Bradford, Matt Czuchry, Keri Lynn Pratt and Geoff Stults.
Pretty Ugly People, Missi Pyle and Allison Janney.

September 30, 2009

The Horse Boy- Documentary.

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Clive Owen Interview In 'Us Weekly'

Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by CSS.

US Weekly has a little interview with Clive Owen to promote his new film The International.

Clive talks about his wife and his daughters in the interview as well as up coming co-star Julia Roberts:

I think it’s safe to say I would buy a magazine with only pictures of Clive Owen in various red carpet poses.

Hollywood luckiest leading man? This year Clive Owen is starring with two of the town’s hottest actresses. First, the British actor, 44, portrays an Interpol agent taking down a corrupt world bank in The International (out February 13), alongside Naomi Watts. Next, the father of two (he’s been married to Sarah-Jane Fenton for 13 years) reunites with Julia Roberts in the thriller Duplicity (out March 20). He opens up to US about his star stints.

US: The International is action-packed. Did you do many of your own stunts?
Clive: I always do as much as I can, but I’m perfectly willing for somebody else to step in. If it’s getting to a dangerous level, I will go, “That’s what this man is getting paid for.”

US: What was is like to film in so many locations, including Turkey and Italy?
Clive: Amazing. The end of the movie was filmed on the roof of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. We filmed me tearing through it all with a gun and real people were everywhere. It was shocking.

US: How do you balance work and being a father?
Clive: I’ve been lucky. Last year, I got to spend the summer home with the girls [Hannah, age 11 and Eve, age 9] before they went back to school, and then I did a film. We had proper family time together.

US: How was it working with Julia again?
Clive: It was such a treat. We had such a good time on Closer. It might not look that way, but we actually did.

-From US Weekly

Here’s some additional Clive Owen news: he will be appearing on The View this coming Friday (the 13th). Those ladies are going to have heart attacks, I promise. He’ll probably be all over American television, promoting his film, but I just wanted to make special mention of The View, because it really will be funny seeing those women get all hot and bothered in the presence of Clive. I predict Sherri Shepherd will make some flub….

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Clive Owen Talks About Sexy Spy Thrillers.

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by CSS.

Clive Owen could be reading the phone book and it would be sexy. But for him to actually star in a film that he calls a “sexy, savvy, banter movie” – be still, my heart. Seriously, his voice is the best part of an already perfect package. Anyway, Clive answered some questions from The Los Angeles Times via e-mail about his two upcoming spy films. First up is The International, co-starring Naomi Watts. After that is Duplicity, playing against his Closer co-star Julia Roberts.

Clive Owen, who hasn’t been seen on the big screen since his supporting turn as Sir Walter Raleigh in 2007’s “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” comes back strong with two lead roles — both in spy thrillers, though with very distinct tones — early this year.

First is “The International,” opening Feb. 13. Directed by Tom Tykwer (”Run Lola Run”) and set in various European locales, the film casts the British actor as a relentless Interpol agent who teams with a savvy Manhattan district attorney (Naomi Watts) to bring down a powerful world bank involved in illegal arms trading.

Written and directed by Tony Gilroy (”Michael Clayton), “Duplicity” arrives in theaters next — on March 20 — and finds Owen with Julia Roberts playing corporate spies with a romantic past involved in a race to corner the market on a medical discovery. Owen recently spoke about his two projects in an e-mail interview.

Q: Tom Tykwer is so adept at big action sequences. What was that like as an actor?

I’m a big fan of Tom’s work. He’s up there as one of the very best directors I have worked with. He seems to have a grasp of all aspects of filmmaking; I trust him implicitly.

Q: Though it has a very contemporary story line, “The International” has that feel of those great spy thrillers of the 1960s that are set throughout Europe.

The locations play a very big part in the experience of this movie. My character literally travels the world in pursuit of bringing down one of the world’s biggest banks, and each location is hugely atmospheric.

Q: The lengthy shoot sequence set at the Guggenheim Museum in New York is absolutely dazzling but must have been extremely arduous to shoot.

It took a long time and a lot of preparation. It’s a very good example of how talented Tom is as a director. It’s an ever-developing, exquisitely realized action sequence in an iconic New York museum. I think this sequence will be talked about for many years.

Q: You and Armin Mueller-Stahl, who plays a member of the powerful bank, have some crackling scenes together, especially the intense interrogation sequence. Did you rehearse?

Rehearsals were more about understanding the scenes than playing them. You have to be careful rehearsing for movies— if you over-rehearse you can kill a scene by getting overly familiar with it.

Q: How is “Duplicity” different in style and tone than “The International”?

“Duplicity” is a very different kind of movie. It’s a very sexy, savvy, banter movie with fantastic dialogue — some of the best I’ve been given on film. I thought “Michael Clayton” was an astonishing debut for Tony — so smart and assured. And “Duplicity” is one of the best scripts I’ve read in a very long time. The two films have a couple of things in common — great scripts and brilliant directors.

-From Los Angeles Times

Both films looks really good, and Clive Owen looks really good in them.

The International Trailer:

Duplicity Trailer:

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Clive Owen Film Set To Open The Berlin Film Festival.

Posted on 13. Dec, 2008 by CSS.

Clive Owen is one of those rare actors who almost always makes good, interesting films. I’m hard-pressed to think of one Clive Owen film where it seemed like he was phoning it in. So with that in mind, imagine a Clive Owen film where he runs around fighting international crime in the forms of gun-runners and *cue dramatic music* white-collar crooks. Thus, The International, a film directed by Tom Tykwer and co-starring Naomi Watts. The International will be the opening film of the Berlin Film Festival, which begins February 5.

Tom Tykwer’s “The International,” an action thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, will open the 59th Berlin International Film Festival on February 5.

Screening out of competition, the feature will be Tykwer’s second Berlinale opening, following “Heaven,” which bowed at the 2002 event.

But unlike “Heaven,” which was an art-house film more along the lines of Tykwer’s “Winter Sleepers” (1997) or “The Princess and the Warrior” (2000), “The International” marks the German director’s jump into the major leagues.

The director of indie hit “Run, Lola, Run” (1998) proved he could handle a big budget with his last picture, the opulent olfactory epic “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” (2006). But “The International” is Tywker’s first film with a U.S. studio. Sony co-produced with Germany’s Studio Babelsberg and will release the film in Germany February 12 and stateside, via Columbia Pictures, February 13.

“The International” is Tywker’s first film with a U.S. studio. Sony co-produced with Germany’s Studio Babelsberg and will release the film in Germany February 12 and stateside, via Columbia Pictures, February 13.

“The International” is also Tykwer’s first all-out action movie. The conspiracy thriller follows Owen as an Interpol agent who discovers that the world’s largest bank is secretly engaging in money laundering and illegal arms trading. Watts co-stars as a Manhattan assistant district attorney who joins Owen on his race around the world to bring those responsible to justice.

The film was shot largely in Berlin and Studio Babelsberg with location work in New York, Istanbul and Milan.

The 59th Berlinale runs February 5-15, 2009.

-From Reuters

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