Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones were all on the red carpet for the premiere of Side Effects in New York City, and I asked them what it was like making a modern Hitchcock film. “It pleases me to hear you say ‘modern Hitchcock film’ because that was our hope, to do something like that” said Hollywood mega-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. “It’s a tradition that’s been ignored a lot in the last decade.” Rooney Mara plays Emily Taylor, a young woman whose world unravels when the anti-anxiety drug she is prescribed has some unexpected side effects, and the actress told me that signing on for the psychological thriller was an easy decision thanks to Steven Soderbergh’s involvement. “A director is the most important thing” Mara noted about choosing a project. What side effects can audiences expect after seeing the movie? Screenwriter Scott Z Burns hopes “the desire to see it two or three times” is one of them. That’s right, Side Effects is meant to be addictive. Check out my full red carpet interview below: Follow Grace Randolph on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
‘I don’t know where that rumor was started, but it would never be a possibility,’ the ‘Side Effects’ star tells MTV News. By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Rooney Mara Photo: MTV News
First preview for director Steven Soderbergh’s February 8 thriller hits the Net. By Kara Warner Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum in “Side Effects” Photo: Open Road Films
Daniel Craig may be on he heels of one of the most anticipated films of the Fall, but he’s already looking ahead of 007 for his next gig. Craig said he’s hoping to be a part of a follow-up installment to the English-language version of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , though at the moment there seems to be little movement for the second installment, The Girl Who Played with Fire . Craig starred along with Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard and Robin Wright in the English version of the film, which grossed over $232 million worldwide last year. “Of course I’ll embrace [the movie], especially if [David] Fincher does it,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “I’m definitely going to work on him.” Fincher has a lot on his directing plate and has kept mum about a second round of the crime mystery. Danish-born director Niels Arden Oplev directed the original in 2009. “I’m definitely going to work on him,” said Craig. Skyfall is destined to be a worldwide blockbuster, but Craig said taking on indies can be a great change. “Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don’t blow out of proportion, is very liberating…But I wouldn’t like to self-consciously go out and look for some nice small project just to get a chance to prove my acting chops. It’s like, I think I’ve … done enough of that.” [ Source: Los Angeles Times ]
Rooney Mara, Elle Fanning, Melissa McCarthy and Shailene Woodley also up for Breakthrough Performance on Sunday. By Kara Warner Liam Hemsworth Photo: Gary Gershoff/ WireImage How do you know you’ve made it as an actor in Hollywood? When you land an MTV Movie Awards nomination in the buzzworthy Breakthrough Performance category! In the past, the award has gone to such illustrious and soon-to-be superstars like Alicia Silverstone in 1994 for “The Crush,” George Clooney in 1996 for “From Dusk till Dawn,” Matthew McConaughey in 1997 for “A Time to Kill” and, more recently, Robert Pattinson in 2009 for “Twilight” and Chlo
Rachel Weisz bares beautiful butt in the new release, The Deep Blue Sea. On Blu-Ray, supermodel Laetitia Casta shows French funbags in Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, and Rooney Mara gets totally naked in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
We’ve got a twisted list of kinky flicks just like you like ’em this week on DVD and Blu-ray, including Rooney Mara ‘s nude debut as pierced punkette Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Amanda Fuller (above), Jennifer Lynn Warren and Lauren Schneider doing what scream queens do breast in Creature (2011), and a trio of SKINtage shockers: the Satanic horror flick Satan’s Slave (1976), the nudity-packed Italian slasher Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975), and history’s greatest monsters, the Nazis, re-imagined as busty Frauleins in Uniforms (1973). Also nude on DVD and Blu-ray, a different sort of ladykiller, famous French lothario Serge Gainsbourg (father of Mr. Skin Hall-of-Famer Charlotte Gainsbourg ), has his conquests chronicled in the biopic Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010). More after the jump!
I personally prefer watching her getting raped…not raped in general….raped in a movie…which isn’t raped at all…it’s called making millions and being propelled into the mainstream faster than any acting job can…..and it’s not that I have a rape fetish…or appreciate the passion of rape…it’s that I like seeing a bitch naked better than a bitch showing cleavage…not to mention the RAPE SCENE ISN’T EVEN GOOD …. I’m always taken out of context, just yesterday I wrote that two girls threw a snowball at me while I was walking by, and laughed in my face, like I’m some kind of joke, so I called my pedophile friend and gave him their address, to teach them who’s got the last laugh now…..people got mad even though obviously….I don’t have pedophile friends….and was just making a joke….idiots…
The Academy Awards are not a contest, the humble nominees might demur, taking the high road through the gory scrum that is awards season. But do you really think, say, Glenn Close wouldn’t cut a bitch for an Oscar? Alas, the odds are against her, literally; online books have her at as much as 100:1 odds to win her first statuette for Albert Nobbs . Take a peek at how the internet’s enterprising bookies have handicapped the 84th Academy Award nominees and adjust your bets accordingly. Oscar wagering is, of course, a natural byproduct of Hollywood’s biggest night. After all, for some folks the Academy Awards are the sporting event of the season, and this Sunday is moviedom’s Super Bowl – the night our nation gathers around the tube to watch favored players, decked out in uniforms of black tie and couture, nodding gamely at the competition along the red carpet while hoping to be the one holding the hardware aloft in triumph at the end of the night. So whether or not you play along at home with your own Oscar pool or go in for the big bets, these odds should give you an extra leg up on predicting this weekend’s winners. This year the odds made by the experts line up for the most part with the prognostications of the awards watchers who contribute to the Gold Derby Oscar handicap (including Movieline’s S.T. VanAirsdale, whose latest Oscar Index can be found here ). That said, who among us isn’t rooting for at least one or two upsets on the big night? The Artist has had a lock on Best Picture for months, and odds reflect the near-certainty that it’ll take home top honors. Running a distant second, according to the bookmakers and the pundits, is The Descendants , while Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is the near-unanimous choice among betmakers and pundits for last place. Best Picture (Best odds selected from multiple sites via Oddschecker.com.) 1/9 The Artist 28-1 The Descendants 25-1 The Help 25-1 Hugo 50-1 War Horse 100-1 Midnight in Paris 100-1 Moneyball 100-1 Tree of Life 100-1 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Likewise, put money on The Artist ’s Michel Hazanavicius to win Best Director (1/6 at Bodog.com) and you won’t get much on a win, but bet on Terrence Malick (66-1 at Ladbrokes) and the dark horse could pay-off handsomely. A little more excitement is to be had in the Best Actor category, where favorite Jean Dujardin is fending off George Clooney in a close-ish race. And over in Best Actress, the ladies are duking it out in the more exciting category of the season, where Viola Davis reigns over Meryl Streep but a winning wager on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ’s super, super dark horse Rooney Mara could be huge (303-1 at Betfair). Meanwhile, the pundits and the betting experts differ the most in Best Animated Feature, where the clear favorite is Rango ; Oscar watchers betting with their hearts and minds (and knowledge of Academy voting habits) peg Puss in Boots and A Cat in Paris as the likeliest winners behind Rango , but betmakers put the odds on Chico & Rita in the case of an upset. Want less predictability in your Oscar betting game? You can also bet on which designer will be worn by the Best Actress winner (odds in favor of Stella McCartney, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent). For a full look at the odds on the Oscars in multiple categories, head to Oddschecker . [ Oddschecker , Gold Derby ]
