Edward Norton co-stars with Robert De Niro in "Stone," directed by John Curran.
“We always felt that Stone should come from the margins,” says Norton. “He has never had even rudimentary training in how to be a stable person or any kind of guidance into spiritual life. He is a person who has fallen through the cracks and he’s as far from someone who’s likely to have a profound spiritual transformation as anyone you’ll ever encounter. And yet, by the end of the film, he’s actually gone through the biggest transformation. He and Jack have almost inverted their existential states.”
Olivier Assayas’ “Carlos,” a 321-minute chronicle of the reign of terror launched by the notorious Venezuelan-born criminal and terrorist mastermind Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, has buoyancy and speed that's absolutely enthralling. The nervy, constantly unpredictable French director has created a visually sophisticated movie that informs every frame with tactile detail and emotional intensity.
An eclectic and talented director, Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) again reveals his versatility and ability to try something different. The virtuoso of images and sounds in 127 Hours, along with James Franco's terrific turn, elevate a fairly standard format, a true-life adventure that goes horribly awry.
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest” brings a satisfying closure to the film version of Stieg Larsson's celebrated “Millennium Trilogy.” This final entry is a first-class thriller and avoids many of the problems that plagued the middle film.
Hovering between theater and cinema, sociology and melodrama, stylized poetry and conventional narrative, “For Color Girls,” Tyler Perry’s screen adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play, is a major artistic disappointment.
A potentially riveting story gets a dramatically weak, mildly engaging treatment in Doug Liman’s political melodrama, Fair Game, the story of real-life undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose career is destroyed and her marriage strained to its limits by a White House press leak.
Robert Downey Jr. stars in Todd Phillips' "Due Date," which Warner will release November 5.
"I start every day thinking here's what will happen if you do it by the book and here's what can happen if you bend yourself over backwards and forwards again and try to invite the unimagined into the situation. The set had energy like a living being; it was evolving all the time. And what's great and so funny about Todd is that sometimes, with him, it's so wrong, it's right."
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