Cesar Award-winnng French actor Omar Sy's first post-Intouchables release, titled De l’autre côté du périph, or On The Other Side Of The Tracks, was acquired by The Weinstein Company - specifically for North America, Latin America and China...
Read More »Ok so it's not necessarily cinema, but it's Sunday night, and it does feature the man who has quickly become France's most prominent actor of African descent (thanks to his role in this year's international monster hit Intouchables) - a man who moved to Hollywood this year, and ...
Read More »Yeah, so, uh, I'm not sure what to make of this one; It's not a project I knew about before today, even though I thought I was aware of all Omar Sy's upcoming projects. Although it looks like his role in this one is a supporting part, not starring like most of the others.
Read More »You've probably seen this spot for Tour of Duty: Black Ops 2 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 already, since it's been getting a lot of attention, mainly because Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr., makes a cameo in the commerical.
Read More »Finally! I was starting to get tired of reading about Intouchables; he has at least 3 other films on the way, and I've been waiting to see what each one looks, sounds and feels like.
Read More »For all the endless op-eds about the superiority of film vs. TV, there's one front on which cinema has already conceded the war to another medium; financially, to video games. The interactive entertainment industry has, for several years now, consistently outgrossed the movies, with big games regula...
Read More »It looks like history-making, Cesar Award-winnng French actor Omar Sy is in the Harvey Weinstein business... or maybe it's the other way around... Harvey Weinstein is in the Omar Sy business.
Read More »Spike Lee's on the comeback trail these days -- the ever-controversial auteur roared back with his intimate, personal "Red Hook Summer" at Sundance this year, with the film hitting theaters last month, and followed it up swiftly with his affectionate, fascinating Michael Jackson documentary "Bad 25,...
Read More »I gotta say that despite everything I hear and read about Harvey Weinstein, and my own first (and only) time meeting him in person several years ago, I almost always enjoy listening to him in conversation - specifically in interviews.
Read More »I read a number articles this morning (starting with the NY Daily News) that suggested The Weinstein Company (TWC) is planning a Stateside awards season push for Omar Sy for his performance in The Intouchables, which surprised me.
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