Posts Tagged Rashida Jones
WOMEN IN FILM NEWS
Posted by Amy Steele in Film, Women/ feminism on December 26, 2013
–Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to join Carey Mulligan and Anne-Marie Duff in Suffragette — a film about the nineteenth and early twentieth century women’s right to vote movement. The period piece will be directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and written by The Iron Lady scribe Abi Morgan.
–Jessica Lange has signed on to play Mark Wahlberg’s put-upon mother in The Gambler, a remake of the 1974 film.
–Rashida Jones and her writing and producing partner, Will McCormack, just sold a “midnight-dark workplace dramedy-noir about a nail salon in Florida and the strange, dangerous women who work there” to HBO. Claws is the third show the pair behind Celeste and Jesse Forever have sold this year.
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Choice Quote: Celeste and Jesse Forever
Posted by Amy Steele in Film on September 3, 2012
this will definitely rank as one of my favorite films of this year. Rashida Jones co-wrote a thoughtful, sharp script about relationships. smart, cultured women. yay.
Celeste: “He’s just going about everything so wrong.”
Paul: “You want to be right or you want to be happy?”
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FILM: my summer must-see list
Posted by Amy Steele in Film on June 24, 2012
Magic Mike
release date: June 29
written by: Reid Carolin
directed by: Steven Soderbergh
starring: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez
–Channing Tatum’s abs and hot male strippers. Bingo. Perfect for summer.
Take This Waltz
release date: June 29
written and directed by: Sarah Polley
directed by: Steven Soderbergh
starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman
–Sarah Polley. Extremely talented.
People Like Us
release date: June 29
written by: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
directed by: Alex Kurtzman
starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde
Savages
release date: July 5
written by: Shane Salerno and Don Winslow
directed by: Oliver Stone
starring: Taylor Kitsch, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Benecio DelToro Blake Lively
–crime drama from Stone about a Mexican drug cartel
Trishna
release date: July 5
directed by: Michael Winterbottom
starring: Freida Pinto
–a remake of Tess of the d’Urbervilles set in India could work with one of my favorite directors at the helm
Ruby Sparks
release date: July 25
written by: Zoe Kazan
directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
–Zoe Zazan wrote it and stars in it and it’s about a novelist. Sounds like a charming romantic comedy.
Total Recall
release date: August 3
written by: Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback
directed by: Len Wiseman
starring: Colin Farrell
–I crush Colin Farrell.
Celeste and Jesse Forever
release date: August 3
written by: RAshida Jones and Will McCormack
directed by: Lee Tolad Krieger
starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts
–I’m a big fan of super smart Rashida Jones.
Cosmopolis
release date: August 20
written and directed by: David Cronenberg
starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche
years ago I interviewed David Cronenberg. He reminded me of a very cool college professor. And Juliette Binoche is a favorite.
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