Nick Plowman, Author at The Playlist

Trailer: ‘Changeling,’ Angelina Wants Her Son, And An Oscar Too?

September 12, 2008 3:45 pm

What is it about Clint Eastwood and his fascination with missing/possibly dead children? Sure, he has only made two films that fit that bill, to my knowledge, the first being “Mystic River,” which garnered a Be...

Trailer: ‘Hunger,’ Steve McQueen’s Cannes-Polarising Debut

Nick Plowman

September 10, 2008 5:04 pm

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“Hunger,” Steven McQueen’s debut film, focuses on the death of Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender), a key figure in the IRA struggles of the 1980s, who died after he went 66 days without food, apparently...

IFC Nabs the Tweaked Soderbergh Two-Parter, ‘Che’

Nick Plowman

September 10, 2008 4:25 pm

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After expecting that Magnolia we're about to announce that they had secured the U.S. distribution rights to Steven Soderbergh’s “Che,” I picked up the phone and tried to see what info I could get out of them. N...

Toronto Reactions: ‘Blindness,’ ‘Me and Orson Welles’ & ‘Religulous’

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September 10, 2008 2:00 pm

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"Blindness" by Fernando MeirellesKim Voynar weighs in on the changes that have been made to the film since its premiere at Cannes this year. The change, according to her, is great. “I'm happy to report that the...

‘Howl’ Now A Full-Blown Biopic, With An All-Star Cast

Nick Plowman

September 9, 2008 8:03 pm

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A while back, we reported that James Franco had been cast to play the beatnik writer Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming film “Howl.” We also reported that it was a documentary, which we found out courtesy of MTV, a...

First Listen: Bruce Springsteen’s Titular Track For ‘The Wrestler’

Nick Plowman

September 8, 2008 9:22 pm

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Seems as though the entire blogosphere cannot get enough of “The Wrestler,” recently picked up by Fox Searchlight for its stateside distribution. Besides Mickey Rourke’s lauded performance, the prospect of hear...

Fox Searchlight Wins the Bidding War for “The Wrestler”

Nick Plowman

September 8, 2008 5:25 pm

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We’ve been tracking all news pertaining to “The Wrestler” for a while now, ever since its unbelievably positive response at Venice which led to a frenzy of a buyers market at Toronto. The latest news, as oppose...

“The Hurt Locker,” Not Just Another War Movie?

Nick Plowman

September 7, 2008 12:47 am

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There goes me thinking “The Hurt Locker,” Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, would be just another Iraq-themed film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "This movie is not about the Iraq war. It's an action-advent...

“The Wrestler” Wins the Golden Lion, Anne Hathaway Wins Nothing

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September 6, 2008 9:40 pm

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Talk about a flat festival. This year Venice really amounted to almost nothing, in my humble, outsider’s opinion. I have always thought it to be the most glamorous, perhaps prestigious festival in the world, wi...

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