Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Justin Forsett debut with Colts - all plays from ken watanabe on Vimeo. Justin Forsett punt/kick return highlights vs Minnesota ( HT to CGB )
Aidan Brooks: Trainee Chef (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
It's been a while since I last posted a clip from the late Juzo Itami's masterpiece, Tampopo (Dandelion). A Japanese spaghetti western, the film casts Nobuko Miyamoto as the beautiful and vulnerable widowed noodle chef of the title and Tsutomu Yamazaki and Ken Watanabe as Goro and Gun, the two altruistic 'cowboys' who ride into town in their long-distance truck and rescue her from culinary disaster...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Most people round these parts (meaning this part of the world) probably remember Rinko Kikuchi from her Oscar nominated performance as a lonely, confused deaf mute in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's cirtically acclaimed drama BABEL. And if you couldn't get enough of her, you'll also be seeing her as a silent explosives expert in director Rian Johnson's upcoming heist flick and later this year...
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, “Shanghai” stars John Cusak and features Asian stars, Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe tells the story of an American who returned to the 1940s...
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
As the Internet rumor mill heats up about a possible foe for the next Batman film, writer David S. Goyer (who got a story credit for The Dark Knight) told SCI FI Wire that it's possible the villain may not even be one you've ever heard of.
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres.
mangamaniaccafe.com (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Manga Publication to Coincide with Universal Pictures’ 2009 Movie Release of the Same Title NEW YORK, NY (July 31, 2008) — Yen Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, today announced that it will publish the first official English-language manga adaptations of the New York Times bestselling young adult series Cirque du [...]
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
The Weinstein Company's big production Shanghai is shooting in Bangkok. The film stars John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe and Rinko Kikuchi. Vietnamese model-actress Vu Thu Phuong is touted as the major Southeast Asian talent in the cast. Set during World War II, Cusack plays an American spy investigating the death of a friend in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. He uncovers a conspiracy and...
What doesn't kill you... (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Just a temporary return, perhaps, but for what I think is a special reason - even if it isn't (strictly speaking) a Musical Monday post. However, this video stopped me in my tracks, and I can only urge you to play it when you're able to afford it your complete focus. And play it in full screen mode. "Gregory Colbert has used both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Empire Online have landed themselves a first look at the upcoming Paul Weitz directed and John C. Reilly starring fantasy horror thriller CIRQUE DU FREAK. This movie hasn't really been on the radar because, before today, I don't remember hearing a lick about it. Though the concept and title are equal parts awesome. Based on the Darren Shan novel, the story centers on a young man who's lured into a...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The last time we mentioned Cirque du Freak was when I questioned whether Willem Dafoe had a creepy fascination with vampires. Dafoe had just been cast alongside of John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Patrick Fugit, Ken Watanabe, and Chris Kelly. The film is a rather twisted and fantastical tale about a 14-year-old boy who visits [...]
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
William Hurt and Amber Heard are set to star with Zach Gilford in “The River Why,” an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. The story is about the coming-of-age for a young man named Gus Orviston (Gilford) and his quest for an elusive rainbow trout, which is a metaphor for the [...]
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth star Josh Hutcherson told SCI FI Wire that he's just wrapped production on the vampire film Cirque du Freak, in which he plays a high-school rebel.
Much of a muchness (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
I was tagged by Mimi over at Mimi writes… to take part in this meme, she tagged a whole lot of people and I noticed I was included over at Kim’s. Mimi was originally tagged by Travis, who created this - just as well, as a Mimi meme is too much of a mouthful :-) Here [...]
