Scarlett Johansson’s Steamy Lesbian Sex Scene with Penelope Cruz!?
Men everywhere rejoice - Scarlett Johansson filmed a “steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz” for Woody Allen’s new star filled porno film Vicky Cristina does Barcelona. A source tells the NY Post that the scene is “extremely erotic” and that “people will be blown away and even shocked.” Apparently, Penelope and Scarlett go at it in a red-tinted photography dark room, and “it will leave the audience gasping.” The duo later have a threesome with No Country For Old Men star Javier Bardem, who plays Penelope’s husband. I’m guessing that scene might be more creepy than hot.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona tells the story of a painter who enters a relationship with two American tourists, but conflict begins with the painter’s jealous ex-girlfriend. The film which also stars Patricia Clarkson, Rebecca Hall, Kevin Dunn and Chris Messina, has completed filming and will likely hit theaters in late-2008.
Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island Changes Title To…Ashecliffe
Well, it’s official: Martin Scorsese’s mystery drama, due in 2009 and formerly known as Shutter Island, is now entitled Ashecliffe. New title is the name of the plot’s asylum located on the fictional island off Boston harbor. No word on why the title was changed. I keep thinking of a fat kid with a pinwheel hat pronouncing it “Asscliffe” while producing lots of drool to entertain himself. Shutter Island is also the name of the 2003 Dennis Lehane novel on which the film is based.
Dehane is quoted as saying his novel is a cross between the classic, romantic imagery found in Bronte sisters’ literature (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre) and the paranoid creepiness of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1956, the decade in which the book is based. I wouldn’t read it, but I’d watch it. Scorsese’s film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, the currently mourning Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley (hot off The Wackness) and Patricia Clarkson. And if you’re a babe wondering about Sly Stallone, he’s no longer rumored to be involved. So, babe, you like Rambo, huh?
All of the details thus far make it sound like an ideal bookend to the director’s wonderfully deranged and tension-bubbling remake of Cape Fear from 1991. As long as the fat, drooling kid above doesn’t sit behind me, call me siked. And is it just me, or does Paramount seem like its behind all of the surefire moneymaking powerhouse flicks these days?
My Thoughts on Stanley Tucci’s Blind Date
Note: I’m not calling this a review, because truth is, I only saw the first 33 minutes of this movie.
Last year at Sundance I was kinda taken by Steve Buscemi’s Interview, the first of a series of American remakes of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh’s work. Theo, the great-great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, brother of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh, was killed by a Muslim extremist a few years ago in response to one of his controversial films. Beyond that and Interview last year, I don’t know much about Theo van Gogh, although I have planned to seek out his work. Directed by and starring Steve Buscemi, Interview was for the most part a one-location dialogue-heavy film featuring two actors. Blind Date is not much different. Instead of an apartment we have a bar, instead of a movie star we have a magician.
The film also features a director who also appears as the male lead, Stanley Tucci, opposite Patricia Clarkson, as a married couple who are struggling to reconnect after the death of their daughter. They pretend to go on a series of blind dates. I’m also a big fan of minimalist films like Hard Candy, so it came as such a surprise that I just couldn’t get into this film. I was bored. The whole thing seemed so theatrical (in the off-broadway sense), and was completely devoid of cinematic drama. After the first fifteen minutes went by, members of the press started to leave the theater like a flock of birds. I decided to leave around the 35 minute mark, which is a really tough decision, because that’s almost the half way mark (the film is only 80 minutes, although my 33 minutes felt like 100) and I usually like to see a return on my time investment. But I’ve been so busy at this year’s festival and there is just no time to finish a movie like this.
I have only walked out of five movies in my life, and four of them have been during my five-years at Sundance. Idon’t mean to say that Sundance movies are bad, as for the most part the level of film at the festival far succeeds the selection at your normal multiplex. The fact of the matter is, there are so many great movies playing at this festival, and time is limited. If I’m watching a horrible movie at my local AMC, I’m far more likely to stay until the credits hit, just to see the conclusion. At Sundance, there are always 5 other (in this case probably better) movies you could be watching.
Lars and the Real Girl Movie Trailer
Were you a fan of the HBO series Six Feet Under? I was one of those people who discovered the movie on DVD, and watched almost every single episode in the span of a few weeks. I have yet to see another show with the same sensibilities. Six Feet Under screenwriter Nancy Oliver’s new movie Lars and the Real Girl has some of the same dark weird dramatic comedy. The film is described as:
A heartfelt comedy starring Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his Brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) and they are stunned. They don’t know what to say to Lars or Bianca – because she is a life-size doll, not a real person and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains this is a delusion he’s created – for what reason she doesn’t yet know but they should all go along with it. What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and the people around him.
Check out the trailer after the jump.
You can watch the trailer in High Definition at Apple.com. Lars and the Real Girl hits theaters on October 12th 2007.