by Reuters

Despite gathering storm clouds before the ceremony, literally and figuratively, this is a pretty light genre film with the occasional juicy confrontation to spice up the party. Theatrically, “Romantics” will be embraced by the over-25 set primarily, though wedding movies seem to play across many age groups. Box office potential appears to be modest.
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by USA Today

The tone is a little more subtle than (500) Days of Summer, but you could imagine them as a double feature. If The Romantics found its way to the right studio, it could make a great date movie. Teenagers may be bored by it, but those who are a little older, perhaps ready to take the next step in a relationship, will find a lot to like.
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This is not news or even new, but is the movie that made Anna famous, so I thought this article deserve a place here ;)
By Christopher Goodwin:

The only female director to receive a top prize at Cannes, Campion’s classic ‘The Piano’ is a truly breathtaking film
There’s a striking photograph taken at the Cannes film festival in 2007. It shows 35 of the world’s leading directors, almost all in black suits and bow ties, standing on a podium. In their midst, if you look closely, you can see just one woman: Jane Campion, her greying blonde hair a sobering contrast, a white horse on a dark male sea. Campion, now 55, was among cinema’s auteur elite because her 1993 film, The Piano, was the first directed by a woman ever to win the coveted Palme d’Or (although it shared the prize with the Chinese film Farewell My Concubine, directed by Chen Kaige). Holly Hunter, playing Ada, the film’s mute heroine, who finds expression and identity through the piano she plays, took the best actress award.

Nine months later, Campion received a best director Oscar nomination for the film, becoming only the second woman ever put up for cinema’s ultimate prize. She didn’t win. In fact, no woman has ever won the best director Oscar — although Campion’s latest, Bright Star, a tender study of the doomed but enduring love between the poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, is in the frame for nominations this year. It was at least some consolation that The Piano, which received eight nominations in all, including best picture, won three Oscars: best actress for Hunter, best supporting actress for Anna Paquin (who was just 11 when she appeared in the film) and best screenplay for Campion. The film was an international box-office hit, taking more than $100m worldwide.

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About the movie: Information, images and trailer.

I’ve made some adds to The Romantics gallery. The images are old tho.

Gallery links:
- On the set: November 11st
- On the set: November 19th
- On the set: November 23rd
- On the set: November 24th

Ok, this is another old news but is kind interesting, since Trick ‘r Treat is so underated:

Shock’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Decade
#5 – Trick ‘r Treat: Horror anthology films became something of a rarity post-”the new millennium,” so not only did writer-director Michael Dougherty’s love letter to the Halloween holiday succeed in bringing something original and unique to the format, but it managed to perfectly encapsulate all the things we love about Halloween by telling a beautifully-crafted story in which all the segments intertwine, connect and share characters. Each story showcases the point of view of Halloween from four different stages of each character’s ages, hence making it appealing to everyone that’s ever celebrated All Hallow’s Eve. It also introduces us to the wicked little Sam (short for “Samhain”), a mascot worthy of the holiday. This fan favorite will often be referred to as the “Pulp Fiction of horror”, or, “A Christmas Story for Halloween”. And multiple generations will celebrate Trick ‘r Treat for years to come by watching it every Halloween. – RobG.

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by TrueBlood-Online.com

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer will both make an appearance in Andrew Paquin’s latest movie “Open House“. With the horror thriller “Open House” Andrew Paquin makes his writing and directing debut, previously he was involved as a producer in projects like New in Town, Humanzee, Blue State (starring Anna Paquin), My Feral Lady and Balkanization.

The movie, shot in Los Angeles, tells the story of a wealthy couple in a strained marriage that hosts an open house in order to sell their palatial home. They are horrified to find out days later that one potential buyer never left their house.

In a recent live chat with the LA Times Anna said she shot her scenes for Open House in her brother’s garage: “We shot it this morning!! In his garage “poor mans process”. Also Stephen has finished shooting his scenes and the project is currently in post-production. Anna and Stephen will be playing the characters named Jennie and Josh.

Other cast members are Brian Geraghty (Easier with Practice, The Hurt Locker, I Know Who Killed Me, When a Stranger Calls, Jarhead), Rachel Blanchard (“The Flight of the Conchords,” Snakes on a Plane, “7th Heaven,” “Clueless”) and Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Gallactica: The Plan, “Battlestar Gallactica,” Them, “Burn Notice,” “Supernatural”).

No release date is currently known.

Filmnut – Interview with Andrew Paquin, at about 34 minutes into the interview he talks about Open House.

OMG! I can´t wait for this movie! :) I hope the trailer will be soon. More information on Imdb.

Jenni Lou donated to us a amazing promo photo of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and gorgeous walpapers too!

by Brian Warmoth

Can Gambit And Rogue Connect After ‘Wolverine’?

Actor Taylor Kitsch thinks his “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” character Gambit would be prime fodder for a solo spin-off movie, even if the mutant isn’t making a return for “X-Men: First Class.” The “Friday Night Lights” star already shared his proposal for a darker take on Gambit, but he has a few thoughts on bringing the ragin’ Cajun face to face with his comic book love interest Rogue, played in previous X-Men films by Anna Paquin.

“There are two things with that — she’s such a great actress and I’d love to work with her, and that would be cool to see Gambit and Rogue,” Kitsch told MTV News.

Just because he is open to turning Gambit and Rogue into an on-screen romance doesn’t mean he wants Remy LeBeau to stay tied down, however. Much like Wolverine, Gambit comes from a drifter’s background, and Kitsch is extremely conscious of that.

“I’d also like to see the charming Gambit on his own and see how he is with other women — see how he is with the women in the casino there, with the charm and the suave and the effortlessness it takes with him,” he explained. “That’s something I’d like to explore as well.”

If a “Gambit” movie focused on his life with the Thieves Guild, of course, there is every chance it could focus on his first love, Bella Donna Boudreaux, who came from the Thieves’ rival Assassins Guild. Whoever’s lips he’s kissing, though, you can bet Kitsch will be all ears if there is a spin-off to be made.

Hi, I added some new movie stills of The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler to our gallery. Enjoy!

The film took three months to film and has run aground in the editing room — for three years.

by John Horn

“You Can Count on Me” was the kind of Hollywood arrival that every aspiring filmmaker dreams about.

Kenneth Lonergan’s 2000 directorial debut about two siblings’ splintered relationship was a solid art-house hit, the film helped launch the career of costar Mark Ruffalo and was nominated for two Academy Awards — lead actress for Laura Linney and original screenplay for Lonergan.

It was hardly surprising, then, that in early 2005 Fox Searchlight and financier Gary Gilbert (“Garden State”) were eager to back Lonergan’s second turn behind the camera, deciding to co-finance his complex account of a young girl’s grappling with guilt and adolescence, “Margaret.”

But although “You Can Count on Me” seemed blessed at almost every turn, “Margaret” has turned into a nightmarish production that has devolved into a bitter court fight. Despite “Margaret’s” initial promise, it is now uncertain when Lonergan’s movie, which was filmed more than three years ago, will ever make it to theaters.

Movie studio shelves are filled with troubled projects that have been put on hold for any number of reasons, but rarely do they involve someone of Lonergan’s standing working with such quality actors (“Margaret’s” cast includes Ruffalo, Matt Damon and Anna Paquin) and an all-star producing team of Oscar winners — Scott Rudin ( “No Country for Old Men”) and the late Sydney Pollack (“Out of Africa”).

More unusual still is why, according to one of the film’s two lawsuits, “Margaret” hasn’t come out: Lonergan can’t finish the film.

Because of the litigation and a confidentiality agreement among the lawyers, all of the principals central to the film declined to be interviewed for this story. But conversations with a dozen people close to or familiar with the production, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity, painted a picture of an endless post-production cycle that left Lonergan and Gilbert clashing and Fox Searchlight sitting on what might be an unreleasable movie.

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By Amy Amatangelo

Anna Paquin feels humbled by her latest project.

The actress stars as Nobel Peace Prize nominee Irena Sendler, who risked her life to rescue Jewish children during World War II, in “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” tonight at 9 on WBZ (Ch. 4).

“She did an absolutely extraordinary thing, and she was so young and that’s intimidating,” Paquin said in a recent interview from Los Angeles.

“I was like, ‘I make movies and TV shows and she rescued 2,500 kids out of the Warsaw Ghetto.’ I wanted to do her justice and tell that story in a way that has integrity and truth,and also is not going to be fluffy or trivial. Ultimately, her story is one of hope.”

The 26-year-old made the movie last November between seasons of HBO’s supernatural drama “True Blood,” which returns June 14. She is grateful that her industry allows her to shift between portraying a young woman in Poland nearly 70 years ago and playing a telepathic waitress in modern-day Louisiana who happens to be in love with a vampire.

“I love to challenge myself,” Paquin said. “I love to do the exact opposite of what I’ve been doing. And also, it makes it more exciting to then go back to your other part. I have the kind of looks and the kind of face that I feel like I can blend into whatever scenario. It goes along with not exactly being modelesque in your looks. You’re more chameleonlike, and I love that.”

Paquin, who won an Academy Award when she was 11 for “The Piano,” received a Golden Globe in January for playing Sookie Stackhouse on “True Blood.”

“It was exciting and flattering, and all it really means is that you get to do more,” she said.

Her Oscar win in 1993 has become akin to folklore in her own mind.

“Of course I remember it, but not in any kind of overly visceral way anymore,” she said. “It’s obviously the one thing I’ve been asked about more than anything else in my entire life. I’ve sort of retold my version of what I remember, and how much of it becomes what I remember because that’s how I’ve told it. It’s a pretty incredible thing to happen to a little kid, and I have the career I have because of it and I’m very grateful.”

Paquin is dating Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Bill Compton on “True Blood.”

“I have a very, very ridiculously perfect setup because usually the thing about acting and relationships is someone is on the other side of the planet,” she said. “So it’s an incredible luxury to get to spend your work time and your personal time with the person you want to be with all the time.”