Tag: diane kruger
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‘The Operative’ Trailer: Spy Thriller Finds Diane Kruger Going Rogue With Martin Freeman
The reliable espionage genre gets taken for another twisty-turvy spin in The Operative, a film that stars Diane Kruger as a rogue Mossad agent who gets in over her head. Yiftach R. Atir’s acclaimed novel The English Teacher serves as the basis for what looks to be a taut thriller that co-stars Martin Freeman as Kruger’s…
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Review: ‘JT LeRoy’, Kristen Stewart And Laura Dern Are Better Than This Dull Literary Hoax Drama
There’s a better movie about the “JT LeRoy” literary hoax that burned Hollywood than the one Justin Kelly provides with JT LeRoy. Encompassing everything from sexual identity to authorship to celebrity scandal, the story of how Laura Albert convinced the entire world her sister-in-law Savanna Knoop was the androgynous truck-stop prostitute of her bestselling novels…
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‘Welcome To Marwen’ Trailer: Steve Carell Uses Fantasy To Cope With PTSD
A film that I’ve received a lot of emails from confused readers about is Welcome to Marwen, and I don’t blame them for being mystified by it. Based on a true story documented in the excellent documentary Marwencol, the film stars Steve Carell as a man beaten nearly to death by neo-Nazis. To help recover,…
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‘Welcome To Marwen’ Trailer: Steve Carell Escapes Reality Into A Miniature World
When Steven Carell makes a play for the awards season the results have been pretty mixed. He earned a nomination for Foxcatcher a few years ago but subsequent attempts in The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes, and Last Flag Flying have fallen short. But he’ll be back this season with Robert Zemeckis’s Welcome to…