Lest one think that all the playboy comedies tangentially inspired by 1996’s Swingers, about entertainment industry aspirants and the “beautiful babies” of which they’re in hot pursuit, had finally dried up, witness writer-director Herschel Faber’s Cavemen, a blockheaded, sigh-inducing retread, starring Skylar Astin and Camilla Belle, that evinces neither any particular originality nor freshness of telling. For the full, original review, from Paste, click here. (Well Go USA, R, 86 minutes)
Daily Archives: February 7, 2014
Rose McIver Talks Brightest Star, Accents and Ambition
In actress-turned-director Maggie Kiley’s engaging feature debut, Brightest Star, New Zealand native Rose McIver plays Charlotte, one of two young women that Chris Lowell‘s recent college graduate has a relationship with as they all attempt to navigate their early twenties. I recently had a chance to speak to McIver one-on-one and in person, about the movie, her new life in Los Angeles, accents and ambition. The conversation is excerpted over at ShockYa, so click here for the read.
Matthew McConaughey Inks For Sea of Trees
Matthew McConaughey, who’s surely shaken off the handle of clinically proven mildness, has signed on for his first starring role since garnering awards and acclaim for Dallas Buyer’s Club, per the Hollywood Reporter and other outlets. The actor will star opposite Ken Watanabe in Sea of Trees, a drama to be directed by Gus Van Sant. The film, penned by Chris Sparling, centers on a pair of suicidal men who embark on a reflective journey together — one that presumably doesn’t involve much mulling over why movies are unable to trust actors with beverage cups filled with actual liquid.