Posts Tagged Marisa Tomei
bits and bobs from Academy Awards
Posted by Amy Steele in Film on March 3, 2011
My father always said to me I’m a late bloomer. I think I’m the oldest person to win this award.
–David Seidler, Best Original Screenplay, The King’s Speech
I have a feeling my career’s just peaked.
— Colin Firth, Best Actor, The King’s Speech
Colin Firth is not laughing. He’s British.
–presenter Kirk Douglas
the BOB is IN again:
Scarlett Johansson:
Marisa Tomei:
Who I thought looked fantastic:
Mila Kunis [Black Swan]– she looks pretty in this frilly lavender Elie Saab dress with train
Jennifer Hudson— wearing orange Atelier Versace
Hailee Steinfeld [True Grit]– in a blush-colored Marchesa gown
Reese Witherspoon— classic black and white old Hollywood glamour in Armani Prive
Gwyneth Paltrow in a metallic Calvin Klein
Jennifer Lawrence [Winter’s Bone] in red Calvin Klein
Robert Downey Jr. [with wife Susan]
Mark Wahlberg [The Fighter] [with wife Rhea Durham]
Cate Blanchett in a lovely, one-of-a-kind design by Givenchy
Helen Mirren in steely Vivienne Westwood
CELEBS: Fabulous Forty-somethings
Posted by Amy Steele in Uncategorized on July 28, 2010
Since I’m turning 41 on August 5, I thought I’d round up some female celebs I like who are in their 40s.
Renee Zellweger
— Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Whole Wide World
Illeana Douglas
— Grace of My Heart, Wedding Bell Blues
Halle Berry
— Monster’s Ball, Things We Lost in the Fire
Juliette Binoche
— Breaking and Entering, The English Patient
Parker Posey
— Party Girl, Best in Show, Broken English
Julianna Margulies
— The Good Wife
Christy Turlington
–model/ activist
Naomi Watts
— The Painted Veil, Eastern Promises
Salma Hayek
— Frida, Ugly Betty
Rachel Weisz
— The Brothers Bloom, The Fountain, The Constant Gardner
Jennifer Connelly
— Little Children, Blood Diamond, The House of Sand and Fog
Taraji P. Henson
— Karate Kid, I Can Do Wrong All By Myself, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei
— Cyrus, The Wrestler
Lucy Liu
— Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill Vol. 1
Portia de Rossi
— Arrested Development, Ally McBeal
Vivica A. Fox
— Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kristin Davis
— Melrose Place, Sex & the City
Helena Bonham-Carter
— Alice in Wonderland, A Room with a View
Famke Janssen
— Love & Sex, Nip/Tuck
Elizabeth Hurley
— Double Whammy, The Weight of Water
film review: War Inc.
Posted by Amy Steele in Film on June 13, 2008
“It’s the first war outsouced to private enterprises.”
This ironic, savvy political satire is set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation, Tamerlane, run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). John Cusack plays a hitman, a character not unlike that in one of my favorite Cusack films (mainly for the nostalgia of my high school class) Grosse Pointe Blank (a film he also co-wrote). His dry, sarcastic, breathy, rapid fire delivery is there as well as his dissatisfaction with his career choice. He seems to thrive on playing conflicted hitmen. In another war related film earlier this year, he wasn’t as strong as a widower whose wife died in Iraq in Grace is Gone).
Brand Hauser (Cusack) gets an assignment to kill the oil minister because his plan to build a pipeline will ruin the plans of Tamerlane, the company that controls every aspect of this country. As a cover, Hauser will run a trade fair in the Green Zone (aka Emerald City) that highlights capatilstic delights and features the marriage of pop star Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) to the son of the Emerit.
This ironic, savvy political satire is set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In this Muslim Country, America is welcomed in tongue-in-cheek manner with American style diners, a Jack in the Box restaurant and shameless advertising. The details are brilliant: the battered looking villagers are wearing crocs! The military hummers have advertisements on them, like taxi cabs. An erratic zealot dispatches Cusack to kill a leader in Turaquistan and he really does not want to be there. He meets a liberal, sexy journalist (Marissa Tomei) and tries to help the Arab pop star version of Britney Spears.
Everything gets outsourced. The spread of commercialism throughout the war is on full display. There’s money in war which I think anyone who’s ever seen a 60 Minutespiece on security or the “re-building” of Iraq knows. War Inc. possesses an absurdity but also so many layers and clear thinking about the consequences of our actions on a global and national scale. It’s obvious in its anti-war stance but in a clever, entertaining manner.
We all love John Cusack. Any Gen Xer does and he succeeds in this outrageous, provocative film. Marissa Tomei has chosen some fantastic roles of late (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) and I admire her for not relegating herself to the over 35-year-old mom roles. Joan Cusack plays a raving, over-the-top, eyes bulging, blabbering (saying everything we are thinking) assistant who cannot get out of this awful country fast enough.
Rated R, in limited release.
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