Revolutionary Road DVD Review – Lives of Quiet Desperation
June 16, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
| Movie: Revolutionary Road * Trailer * Official Site | In Theaters: Dec. 26, 2008; On DVD: June 2, 2009 |
| Runtime: 119 minutes | Directed by: Sam Mendes |
| MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity | Gecko Rating: |
As a rule, I generally don’t like movies that revolve around couples arguing. But as you can see above, I gave "Revolutionary Road" 5 out of 5 Geckos, and the reason is simple: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
As I was watching this movie, I kept thinking, here’s a couple who really work well together. It’s like they’re hardly acting, because they’re so natural with each other, their dialogue and actions playing beautifully off each other. They’re a modern-day Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, only way more intense and dramatic.
New on DVD June 2, 2009 – Revolutionary Road, Defiance
June 4, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13). An all-star cast including Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, and Jennifer Connelly populate this romantic drama of love and angst. And yes, it’s more drama than comedy, despite the trailers. [Official Site]
Revolutionary Road (R). Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio team up again (remember “Titanic”?!) in this tale of repressed suburbia in the 1950s. Film Gecko Review [Official Site]
Defiance (R). Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell are three Jewish brothers who escape into the woods to escape the Nazis, and end up helping others in the process. Based on a true story. [Official Site]
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Kate Winslet: No More Nudity?
February 19, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Kate Winslet is definitely THE movie awards girl this year. She’s won multiple awards for both “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road,” including BAFTA and the Golden Globes. And she looks to be a favorite at the Oscars, too.
I mean, really! Check out her Awards page on IMDB.com. It’s a mile long! And this is nothing new for her; she’s been winning awards since the 1990s.
Winslet has taken her clothes off in a lot of those movies, but now she’s saying no more. In an interview with Time magazine, she says, “I think I won’t do it again: a) I can’t keep getting away with it, and b) I don’t want to become ‘that actress who always gets her kit off.’” Such a way with words she has.
Leonardo DiCaprio Talks “Revolutionary Road” with Paul Byrne
February 7, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have done hundreds of interviews for “Revolutionary Road” (5 out of 5 Geckos from me) over the past month or so. Here DiCaprio sits down with Paul Byrne from Movies.ie (I’m loving his interviews).
"Revolutionary Road" Review
January 24, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
| Movie: Revolutionary Road * Trailer * Official Site | In Theaters: Dec. 26, 2008 (limited; expanded in January 2009) |
| Runtime: 119 minutes | Directed by: Sam Mendes |
| MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity | Gecko Rating: |
As a rule, I generally don’t like movies that revolve around couples arguing. But as you can see above, I gave "Revolutionary Road" 5 out of 5 Geckos, and the reason is simple: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
As I was watching this movie, I kept thinking, here’s a couple who really work well together. It’s like they’re hardly acting, because they’re so natural with each other, their dialogue and actions playing beautifully off each other. They’re a modern-day Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, only way more intense and dramatic.
New in Theaters: Jan. 23, 2009
January 23, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Inkheart. Brendan Fraser plays a dad who has the ability to bring characters from books to life. Rated PG. Preview & Trailer
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. This prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their one-time slaves, the Lycans. Rated R. Official Site
Slumdog Millionaire (wide). Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” Rated R. Preview & Trailer
Frost/Nixon (wide). In 1977, three years after the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency, Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) selects British TV personality David Frost (Michael Sheen) to conduct a one-on-one exclusive interview. Rated R. Preview & Trailer
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Golden Globes – The Winners! (Yes, Mickey Rourke won!)
January 11, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
The 66th Annual Golden Globes Awards are now history. Any hits or misses, in your view? I was shocked but happy to see Mickey Rourke win for Best Actor for "The Wrestler." I think he was, too.
And tearful Kate Winslet was charming when she gave her speech for winning Best Actress. Here’s the rundown, with the winners marked with asterisks. And I guess I’d better see "Slumdog Millionaire" before the Oscars!
Cecil B. DeMille Award
***Steven Spielberg
Best Motion Picture – Drama
***Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures
Frost/Nixon
Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures
The Reader
Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company
Revolutionary Road
An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage
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Golden Globes – Heath Ledger wins for Best Supporting Actor
January 11, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Things got off to an emotional start at the 66th Annual Golden Globes Awards when Heath Ledger won for Best Supporting Dramatic Actor for his role as The Joker in "The Dark Knight."
Maggie Gyllenhaal (pictured) noted on the red carpet that while it’s hard to talk about her friend Ledger, she feels that he’s very deserving of the award.
Presenter Demi Moore presented a brief clip of Ledger’s work in the film and afterwards, "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan accepted Ledger’s posthumous award, doing so with "a mixture of sadness and incredible pride."
Rather than dwelling on the gap left by Ledger’s death, Nolan said he preferred to concentrate on "the incredible place in the history of world cinema he built for himself."
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Kate Winslet on those nude scenes in "The Reader" - VIDEO
January 4, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Wow, Kate Winslet is busy, busy this season. She’s been any and everywhere promoting her new film with Leonardo DiCaprio, "Revolutionary Road." But she’s also in theaters in "The Reader." Here, she talks about filming those nude scenes. Think it’s easy getting naked in front of the cameras? Not so!
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Kate Winslet Sick on "Revolutionary Road" Set
January 2, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
I always wondered how actors fared while filming really emotional scenes, especially doing it day in and day out. Seems like it would really take a toll on you. According to Kate Winslet, it does.
The actress says she became so emotional filming scenes for her new movie "Revolutionary Road" that she threw up.
Winslet stars as a depressed housewife opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the film, about a young couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the 1950s.
A scene in which Winslet’s character phones her children before taking a life-changing step was so heart-wrenching to shoot, she actually became physically sick.
She tells British Elle magazine, "I just kept thinking, ‘She’s a mother to a girl and boy almost identical ages to my own.’ It got to me. There was only so much my body could take from all that churned up emotion, and I threw up."
Image: Revolutionary Road, DreamWorks Distribution, 2008
