Based on real events, Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl struggling to find her journalist husband (Dan Futterman) who disappears while on a story in Pakistan. Michael Winterbottom (A Cock and Bull Story, Wonderland) directs the film which also stars Archie Panjabi, Mohammed Afzal and Daud Khan. Check out the official site. The film opens wide in theaters on Friday and we’ll have the review.
A Mighty Heart
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Parker Posey stars as a New Yorker tired of her life and desperate for love. She leaves the U.S. and travels to Paris to try to find love with a man she just met (Melvil Poupaud). Gena Rowlands, Drea de Matteo, Lucy Gordon, Nadia Dajani, and Justin Theroux also star. Check out the official site. The film opens in select cities in limited release on Friday.
Broken English
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John Malkovich stars as the famous painter Gustav Klimt in this new sexually charged film from writer/director Raoul Ruiz. Saffron Burrows, Veronica Ferres, and Stephen Dillane also star. Check out the official site. The film, presented in a combination of English, French, and German, opens in select cities in limited release on Friday.
Klimt
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John Cusack plays an expert who disproves the supernatural (haven’t we already seen this movie earlier this year?); when he checks himself into the legendary haunted room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel he will discover some ghost stories aren’t stories at all. Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Shaloub, and Mary McCormack also star. Check out the official site. The film scares itself into theaters everywhere on Friday.
1408
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I love the Silver Surfer. I hated the first Fantastic Four. So you can guess my feelings about putting one of Marvel Comics most complex heroes in the hands of the people who couldn’t get Dr. Doom right. When the Surfer (Doug Jones/Laurence Fishburne) comes to earth the FF try to prevent him from preparing the planet for destruction. Here’s a HD trailer if you prefer, and check out the MySpace page. The studio is screening the film mere hours before it opens (not a good sign) so check back early Friday morning and we’ll tell you how craptastic this sequel actually is.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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