SMOTHER
September 26
Plot: An out-of-work schlub (Dax Shepherd) is tormented by awife (Liv Tyler) who wants a baby, and a wack-job mom (Diane Keaton) whowants to move in with them.
Looks like: Mama’s Boy: The Revenge
Verdict: Enough is enough. Can A&E please schedule an episode of Intervention for Diane Keaton’s career?
THE INTERNATIONAL
February 13
Plot: Evil banks are out to destroy the world, and only Clive Owen can save us.
Looks like: James Bond meets The Wall Street Journal
Verdict:The premise might’ve had more bite before the financial industry wenttoe-up, but Owen’s still a bankable star as far as we’re concerned.
EASY VIRTUE
Date TBD
Plot: A British aristocrat (Ben Barnes) brings his American bride (JessicaBiel) home to meet his uptight mother (Kristen Scott Thomas) in 1920’s England.
Looks like: Meet the Limey Parents
Verdict:Time will tell if Biel can hack it as a leading lady, but this clevercomedy looks like a cinematic trifle — in the mouth-watering Britishsense.
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I’m going to venture to guess that I’m one of the few that have seen, let alone know about, the Alfred Hitchcock version of this Noel Coward play. (It was made in 1928, btw, and is silent, natch.) I have to say that his version look much better, and probably closer to what Coward wrote for the stage, although I haven’t read the play and don’t know that for a fact. HItchcock’s version was pure melodrama. I, for one, can’t wait to see it. Jessica Biel looks like she holds her own with Thomas and KST looks like she’s having fun. That might be a cinematic first.
Whoever did the voiceover for the Easy Virtue trailer is just awful. Sounds like a straight to dvd movie.
I’m as far from a Jessica Biel fan as it gets, but if that trailer is any indication, she has learned a thing or two. Looks charming.
Easy virtue really does look fantastic, and anythign with Colin Firth can’t be too bad, right?
On the other hand, oh my, WHAT IS DIANE KEATON THINKING?!?!?!!?
Any movie that involves Kristen Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Clive Owen, and Naomi Watts cannot be bad. I’ll go see both of those films.
Wow, I’m so excited…for a Jessica Biel movie! Whaaa? Yeah, Diane Keaton should definitely be more discriminating…”First Wives’ Club”, yes…”Mad Money”, maybe not!
“Easy Virtue” looks like a film I might see. I think Jessica Biel is improving as an actress. I actually liked her in “The Illusionist.”
i think i’ll go for Early Virtue and The International…on DVD.