The Messenger
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Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker
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No Penalty
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
A long while ago I accepted the notion of Samantha Morton, 33, being the Daniel Day Lewis of younger actresses. She's a very high-calibre, high-throttle type who can't help but drill deeply and maybe go a little mad (or madder) with each new performance. Which is what makes her good. But I did mutter "uh-oh" when she first came on-screen in The Messenger. In fact, anyone who's seen it and...
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Decade in Review: 2000 Top Ten
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
What follows is my original top ten list of 2000 ... or rather the revised version I published in 2002. Let's discuss each year of this decade as it winds down! Who's with me?!? It's always interesting to see which films remained at the forefront of our memory and which fade... both for a variety of reasons, quality being only one factor. New comments are in red . Runners Up (in descending order):...
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"The Messenger" - Affairs that work out
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
"Matt Damon and Heath Ledger were furious about the casting of Lena Headey in “The Brothers Grimm”, but a producer stuck with her because he felt that the actress Damon and Ledger wanted wasn’t sexy enough. Damon, Ledger, director Terry Gilliam and many other people connected with the film were passionately vying for talented and quirky actress Samantha Morton to get the role,...
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Watch Messenger opens November 13th, 2009 (limited) Movie Trailer Online
Watch Free TV Online (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
An Iraq War veteran who just narrowly escaped death in combat struggles with his new post at the Casualty Notification Office in this military drama starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton. Will Montgomery (Foster) has spent his fair share of time in army hospitals, and with just three months to go before returning to civilian life, he discovers that his girlfriend back...
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Ben Foster puts his heart into 'The Messenger'
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
He says that while at work Iraq war drama/romance, he truly fell in love with Samantha Morton. And Woody Harrelson. Ben Foster is standing on a boulder in a field in Armenia.
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Capsule review: 'The Messenger'
The M.O. (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
One does not need to witness battles on the screen to understand the horrors of war, as evidenced by screenwriter Owen Overman’s (“I’m Not There”) incredible directorial debut, “The Messenger.” Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) has returned from the war in Iraq a decorated hero, but with multiple injuries, he must serve out the final three months of his tour. Relegated...
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BIFA Nominees
Final Cut (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
I am so excited about the BIFA nominees that I couldn't possibly wait until my Sunday Links post to let you know that this is the year of the women! You all probably know by now that my dissertation is about women directors and particularly the coming awards seasons and films released in the UK this year. I think it's great that so many films by women are leading the BIFA nominees this year, particularly...
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Why Kidman was brave to speak out
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
For actors, there's always a role for conscience, says Samantha Morton Last week Nicole Kidman told the US Congress that Hollywood contributed to violence against women by portraying them as sex objects, and Matt Damon revealed that he turned down scripts if they featured gratuitous violence. How hard is it for actors to make decisions of conscience? I have a huge issue with Hollywood actors who don't...
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- Samantha Morton defends Kidman stand - Digital Spy
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The Horrors Say They're Not Scary
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Filed under: News , Exclusive The Horrors are happy to talk about their music. Just please don't call them Goth. "It just seems to apply to anyone who wears black," synthmaster Tom Cowan (aka Tomethy Furse) gripes to Spinner while nestled amongst neatly-pressed stage clothes hanging in the band's tour bus. It's a makeshift closet back here, a mass of black skinny pants and button-down shirts....
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November & December's next releases
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
November Highlights: Cameron Diaz and James Marsden play a couple who must decide if they want to open The Box that will both give them $1 million and cause the death of a random person. Directed by Richard Kelly ( Donnie Darko), the thriller is based on the short story “Button, Button,” which was previously adapted into a “Twilight Zone” segment. (Warner Bros., Nov. 6) Wes...
Explore : 20th Century Fox, Actors and Actresses, Ben Foster, Bill Murray, Bill Nighy, Cameron Diaz, Cinema, Directors, Entertainment, Film Studios, George Clooney, James Marsden, John Cusack, Meryl Streep, Penélope Cruz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Roland Emmerich, Warner Bros., Wes Anderson, Woody Harrelson
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Samantha Morton’s Inspiring Screen Test
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
I love Samantha Morton. She’s in a lot of my favorite films: Morvern Callar , Code 46 , Control , Jesus’ Son and In America and she always steals the show in a really good way. So when I saw that she was in a New York Times “screen test” video in advance of her new film The Messenger coming out I got quite excited. And after I watched it I was even more excited because in the...
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Movie Gadget Friday: Code 46
Engadget (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Ariel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday , where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema. On our last visit, we examined the computer hacking fantasies of 1980's adolescents in Weird Science . Skipping on from software-engineered babes to a bio-engineered society, this week we investigate the gadgets in the human-clone-saturated cities of Code 46 . Though most of...
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Synecdoche, New York - Win goody bags
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
THE hugely anticipated release which stunned the world and smashed the box office is now finally available on DVD and Blu-ray from October 12, 2009. From Charlie Kaufman, the Oscar winning creator of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , comes the smash-hit comedy of the year. Synecdoche, New York tells the incredible story of one man’s seemingly insane mission to create...
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The Messenger (2009) Movie Trailer
Film-Book dot Com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The Messenger (2009) Movie Trailer has premiered. The Messenger (2009) is directed by Oren Moverman and stars Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone. The Messenger (2009) synopsis: “Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. [...]
- The Messenger Trailer - FilmoFilia