Follow MovieBlips on Twitter
"Modern Classic," Eh?
Hollywood Elsewhere —
"Modern Classic," Eh? An "editor friend" recently sent Variety 's Anne Thompson a note about from the first long-lead screening of Sam Mendes ' Revolutionary Road : "The word from me is wow!.... very powerful," the guys starts off. "[It's a] two-hander for Leo and Kate , all grown up now as a married couple, unhappy but still in love. They go at it fiercely and you can sense the real-life bond that lets them really go for it, all defenses down. "It's powerful and also beautifully written and filmed. [ American Beauty director] Sam Mendes doing suburban angst ...
Hollywood Riffs: Sam Mendes Directing ‘Preacher,’ His ‘Revolutionary Road’ Called ‘A Modern Classic’
Fataculture —
It appears that talented suburban-angst director Sam Mendes who has done such work as “American Beauty” and the upcoming Oscar-bait “Revolutionary Road” has fallen victim to a growing epidemic , Comic-book adaptations. Columbia has recently hired him to helm the adaptation for popular Comic-book series, “The Preacher.” Mendes has done a graphic novel adaptation before with “Road to Perdition,” but it was a little different as it less of a comic-book and was actually based in reality. Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the series follows a possessed Texas preacher who teams up with a vampire on a quest to find god and hold him accountable for his ...
'Revolutionary Road': A Modern Classic?
:: The Playlist :: —
... . A friend wrote Anne Thompson with one of the earliest reviews and called it, quite possibly, "a modern classic." It certainly has the promise of that. Now we're super-psyched. ...
Revolutionary Road Buzz
Awards Daily —
... This is exactly the kind of thing no one should ever pay attention to — for one thing, it’s one person’s opinion and you all saw my opinion walking out of King Kong. Maybe all opinion’s aren’t created equally, maybe some people are more “in the know” than others and who am I to judge? But this little tid bit just popped up on Anne Thompson’s site, via ...
iW ROUND UP | Thursday, October 30th
indieWIRE Recent —
Hollywood: Recession Proof? "Blame the Internet. The endless stream of free content means strapped consumers can escape without spending at the multiplex or subscribing to premium cable." [LAT]
Katselas Dies at 75 Acting teacher to Clooney, Hackman, and Pfeiffer dies. [HR]
DC Changes With Obama or McCain A closer look at how Washington D.C. will shift with the new president. [VAR]
First Look: "Revolutionary Road" Early word on the new Sam Mendes film that is due at the end of the year. ...
Oscar Update: Doubt in 'Doubt', Eastwood's First Acting Oscar and Winslet's Works
RopeofSilicon.com —
... is nowhere to be found in this latest round of predictions. Revolutionary Road is yet to be seen by reviewing media but Anne Thompson received the following review from an editor friend of hers after a long-lead screening of the flick: first screening long lead today at paramount. the word from me is wow! very powerful two-hander for Leo and Kate, all grown up now as a married couple unhappy but still in love. they go at it fiercely and you can sense the real-life bond that lets them really go for it, all defenses down. it's powerful and also beautifully written and ...
