Katie Walsh, Author at The Playlist

Girls on Film: Trailer for ‘Women in Trouble”

October 22, 2009 5:20 pm

Today, we bring you the trailer for "Women in Trouble," Sebastien Gutierrez's exercise in self-aware, campy women's comedy-melodrama, starring Carla Gugino (his real life lady love), Connie Britton, Emmanuelle ...

Struggling Universal Sends Junketeers To Bora Bora For ‘Couples Retreat’: Is This Sound Business?

Katie Walsh

October 8, 2009 4:42 pm

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In the same week that we get the news that that the FTC wants bloggers to disclose who pays them (uhh, wtf??) to review products, we are also getting coverage coming from the "Couples Retreat" press junket Univ...

Ray Tintori’s video for Boy Crisis’ “Dressed to Digress”

Katie Walsh

September 28, 2009 8:43 pm

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A Ray Tintori-directed video for the Boy Crisis single "Dressed to Digress" has surfaced on YouTube, and features the dance-rock hipster absurdists bopping around with some '80s-tastic babes, dancing while skyd...

Cary Fukunaga Contributes TV Spots to Levi’s “Go Forth” Campaign

Katie Walsh

September 28, 2009 5:28 pm

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Last week we brought you David Fincher's return to the TV ad, and today we bring you "Sin Nombre" director Cary Fukunaga's contribution to the form: two spots for the new Levi's "Go Forth" campaign, one called ...

Bryan Singer Adds ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ to Already Full Plate

Katie Walsh

September 23, 2009 8:23 pm

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Bryan Singer has attached himself to direct yet another new project, which was announced today via THR's Heatvision blog- "Jack the Giant Killer," a fantasy adventure produced by New Line and Legendary Pictures...

TIFF ’09: Day Three

Katie Walsh

September 18, 2009 6:53 pm

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It's the same running-ragged story with little chances to write. One can only hope to survive and stay in the game.Day 3 began with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Micmacs," picking up exactly where the magical, whimsica...

New Nike Ad: Bringing You A Fincher Fix

Katie Walsh

September 18, 2009 6:38 pm

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While waiting for "The Social Network" to get rolling, David Fincher's been keeping busy going back to his old trade: directing TV ads. This spot for Nike Pro Combat features Vikings running back Adrian Peterso...

Matt Damon to See Dead People with Clint Eastwood in ‘Hereafter’

Katie Walsh

September 18, 2009 5:10 pm

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Riding high on his virtuosic performance in "The Informant!," comes the news that Matt Damon will star in his "Invictus" director Clint Eastwood's next project, "Hereafter." The news dropped yesterday as a smal...

TIFF ’09 Review: ‘The Informant!’

Katie Walsh

September 17, 2009 5:59 pm

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There's a moment late in the third act of Steven Soderbergh's whirlygig whistleblower farce "The Informant!" (the exclamation point is key) that makes you totally reassess the whole movie. It's not a twist, per...

TIFF ’09: Day Two

Katie Walsh

September 17, 2009 5:07 pm

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A bit more sleep and a shower (finally) makes it all go down somewhateasier, but the on-the-run food and increasing carpal tunnel syndrome issues don't help. Also, obey the cardinal rule: avoid other festival-g...

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