Writer/director Stephen Gaghan has given us the scripts to Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic” "Rules of Engagement," and "The Alamo," but turned full-fledged filmmaker with 2005's excellent political drama, "Syriana." He hasn’t directed a film since, but not for want of trying. Gaghan’s been attached to ...
Read More »Last week, we picked out ten actors who are On The Rise, a group of guys who all impressed us in recent roles, and likely have put themselves on the radar of Hollywood, with names like Corey Stoll, Alex Karpovsky, Jack Reynor and Omar Sy coming to our attention.
Read More »The trailer for newcomer Alexander Poe's "Ex-Girlfriends," which premieres this month at the Austin Film Festival, opens with a second-person greeting reminiscent of Jay McInerney's famed first sentence from his '80s novel of 20-something New York, "Bright Lights, Big City." Like that book, "Ex-Girl...
Read More »So it turns out, if you'd like to take a role in a David Fincher project, it really, really helps to have the surname Mara. After casting the actress in "The Social Network," David Fincher catapulted Rooney Mara to stardom and an Oscar nomination by giving her the lead role in "Th...
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