If you ever wondered about the motivation behind Brad Pitt’s slick, singular look last year on the red carpet at Cannes (and come on, who hasn’t ), then here’s your answer: It was all for his forthcoming crime flick Cogan’s Trade . Click through for the armed, dangerous evidence. I just wish he’d have struck this pose at The Tree of Life premiere. Now that’s a good time. [via Just Jared ]
From the brilliant mind that brought you the only illustrated War Horse review you will ever need: “I give The Vow two out of five kisses. On the way home from the theater, I saw a rat who found a churro and it was more romantic than the entire movie.” [ Vanity Fair ]
Rid of Me , James Westby’s scrappy dramedy about marriage, divorce and finding your inner punk rocker, begins with an act that makes flipping someone off or putting a brick through a windshield look passé. It takes place in a grocery store, and is the kind of ballsy, juvenile and legitimately shocking gesture that indie films used to chase after because studio features would never dare. These days the division between the two realms is fuzzy at best, but this film, which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, recalls when a little roughness in form and content was part of the charm.
Way back in June, Spyglass Entertainment debuted the first trailer for The Vow , the latest Rachel McAdams romance film involving memory loss. It was depressing to see our former Notebook sweetheart diving headfirst into another melodramatic title. Like McAdams’s Vow character though — who is struck with amnesia after a parked car accident involving an overplayed Meatloaf single — I forgot about the former starlet’s downwardly spiraling filmography…until today’s new preview for The Vow reminded me, it’s about time someone stages a career intervention for Rachel McAdams.
If The Notebook didn’t quench your thirst for improbable romances involving Rachel McAdams and memory loss, check out the first trailer for The Vow . The syrupy sweet drama from Michael Sucsy (HBO’s Grey Gardens ) stars McAdams and Channing Tatum as the kind of PDA -heavy newlyweds you hate until an unfortunate car accident (that happens because the pair can’t keep their hands off of each other, ahem) causes one spouse to go all amnesiac on the other. Sad!
Also among today’s gotta-know trade developments: Yet another Bob Marley biopic is in the works… J.J. Abrams brings some unlucky kids out of the closet… Scott Speedman stands in for Channing Tatum… and more.