Juliet, Naked Opens Friday, August 31 In the new romantic comedy Juliet, Naked, Rose Byrne is Annie, a small-town English curator living with Duncan (Byrne’s Bridesmaids co-star Chris O’Dowd) who is equally devoted to both her and a man: Tucker Crowe, a Nick Drake-style folk musician (Ethan Hawke, doing his own singing) who made one […]
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The year in film
Andy Hines’ Grammy nomination The Nova Scotia-born Hines—his father is the photographer Sherman—already has a few awards for his music videos, including an MTV Moon Man. His clip for Logic’s “1-800-273-8255″—a sensitive, six-minute coming-out story starring Don Cheadle and Luis Guzmán—is up for the big time, a Grammy Award, in February. Black Cop This timely […]
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Review: Born To Be Blue
This Very Canadian Biopic stars Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker, who in the ’60s was womped by his drug dealer’s goons and had all his teeth knocked out. Teeth are pretty important to a trumpet player! Writer director Robert Budreau does the smart biopic take—instead of trying for a life overview, he covers a specific era, during which Baker is […]
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Sink your teeth into Daybreakers
The directorial Spierig brothers offer a premise to sink your teeth into: In a world ruled by vampires, humans are on the verge of going extinct. A blood supplier (Sam Neill at his most deliciously evil) is developing a synthetic substitute (Tru Blood, maybe?), while a human resistance engages a befanged hematologist (Ethan Hawke) to […]
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Band-made celluloid: rock film clips
In amongst his 244 soundtrack appearances, Paul McCartney has 23 official credits as an actor, mostly voiceovers and Wings DVD compilations. Of course, he did appear as himself in the Beatles movies of the ’60s, including A Hard Day’s Night, Help and Magical Mystery Tour. And in 1978, McCartney appeared in an uncredited cameo in […]