1959 Manhattan was a party, and none of the glitterati glittered brighter than Truman Capote. Then he saw a story in The New York Times: "Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain," and the party ended for Capote. He plunged into the murder case that inspired his great "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood and led him into a fevered .. Read more
| Starring | Jeff Daniels, Daniel Craig, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini |
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| Director | Douglas McGrath |
| Genres | Drama |
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Gwyneth Paltrow is to join the cast of Jon Favreau's action thriller Iron Man. Variety reports that she will star as Virginia "Pepper" Potts - personal secretary to billionaire superhero Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. The film is being financed by Marvel Studios, with production scheduled to begin in March. And Iron Man, which continues the trend of superhero-based films, looks set to cast a team of widely-respected actors such as Paltrow and Crash star Terrence Howard. " Read more
Picture poor Kitty Fane (Naomi Watts), in a white summer dress, kicking her heels in a Chinese paddy field, wondering what on earth she is doing here. The answer is banal enough: she married in haste. Not out of love, but peevishness. She knows her very respectable family has already written her off as a lost cause, so she accepts Walter's proposal to prove them wrong. Within weeks she is in Shanghai with her straight-laced husband, looking out at the rain, bored, lonely, and depressed. From... Read more
Sandra Bullock has signed on to appear in a new comedy entitled One of the Guys, playing a tomboy who suddenly rediscovers her love of all things female. The film, which looks set to be produced by Bullock and business partner Todd Garner, sees her character revert back to being a girly-girl, throwing her all-male group of friends into turmoil. It will be a return to comedy for the versatile actress, who has starred in a diverse range of movies throughout her extensive career. The past two... Read more
Last year we saw how the feted gay novelist Truman Capote (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) played on the trust of killer Perry Smith to write his masterpiece, In Cold Blood . Infamous, which was shot at the very same time but held back from release, tells exactly the same story, and hits all the same beats. Comparisons may be invidious, but unless you missed Bennett Miller's very fine film, they're absolutely unavoidable. I guess the first thing to say is that in its own right, this is a pretty good... Read more