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Tribeca Review: 'A Case Of You' Is A Painfully Insipid Rom-Com For The Social Media Generation

  • By Rodrigo Perez
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  • April 22, 2013 4:03 PM
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Reviews
It was only a matter of time before someone tried to fully exploit our current social media communication age for the evils of the generic romantic comedy and "A Case Of You," a new Justin Long-led rom-com, does just that; abusing the Facebook platform to create the first creepy FB stalker comedy. Somehow, everything creepy and vile in this Kat Coiro-directed comedy ("L!fe Happens") is meant to seem comically cute and not the restraining-order freaky that it clearly is. Like all of these meretricious and morally-reprehensible culture-farts, it’s presented as harmless and adorable at heart, but as the central quintessentially dorky character becomes more and more fawning and subservient, the actors themselves seem border on queasiness.
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More: A Case Of You, Kat Coiro, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Vince Vaughn, Peter Dinklage, Brendan Fraser, Sam Rockwell, Tribeca Film Festival, Review, Reviews

Tribeca Roundup: Trailers For Michael Haneke Doc & Drug Tale ‘Deep Powder’ Plus New Images From ‘A Case of You’

  • By Diana Drumm
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  • April 3, 2013 12:45 PM
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Michael Haneke
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It’s that time of year again and the Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner. Here are a few images and trailers here and there to give us a taste of what is to come from April 17th-28th. True to Tribeca’s characteristic range, we have new images and trailers from a documentary about a highly esteemed filmmaker, a sexy feature about preppy drug smugglers, and a romantic comedy for the social media generation with a star-studded cast.
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More: Michael Haneke, Tribeca Film Festival, Haley Bennett, A Case Of You, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Peter Dinklage, Brendan Fraser

Watch: Evan Rachel Wood Promises Shia LaBeouf A Kiss In Clip From 'The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 5, 2013 4:27 PM
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  • 5 Comments
News
Not everything that played the Sundance Film Festival nabbed a deal, and one of the higher profile movies still looking for a home is the extravagantly titled "The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman." An electro-charged Euro thriller, the music-driven movie didn't find much love on the chilly slopes of Park City, but it's hoping for a better result overseas.
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More: The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood

Watch: Frank Miller-Directed Gucci Ad Starring Evan Rachel Wood & Chris Evans

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 1, 2013 5:43 PM
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  • 5 Comments
News
Frank Miller isn't a complicated man, but his work does seem to suggest that he's fine with sticking to the "Sin City"/"The Spirit" millieu thankyouverymuch. And after teaming with Evan Rachel Wood and Chris Evans a couple of years ago for a stylish Gucci spot, the director has paired up with the actors again to make another ad for the fashion house.
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More: Frank Miller, Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Evans

Sundance Review: 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman' Plays Like An Overwrought & Dated Music Video

  • By Rodrigo Perez
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  • January 22, 2013 8:00 AM
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  • 6 Comments
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"The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman" opens up with an arresting image, the titular character (played by Shia LaBeouf) dangling upside down in woozy slow-motion, his face brutally beaten and bloody. As the narrator (John Hurt) explains, Charlie Countryman is languishing in the wind about to be shot by a red-headed girl, and that the young man had to die. And he did it all for love.
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More: Review, Sundance Film Festival, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, Melissa Leo, Til Schweiger

Shia LaBeouf & Evan Rachel Wood Are Just Another Brick In The Wall In New 'Charlie Countryman' Image

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 21, 2013 4:37 PM
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News
While first few days of the Sundance Film Festival have seen plenty of hot titles unspool -- "Stoker," "Prince Avalanche," "The East," "Don Jon's Addiction," "Before Midnight," "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" and more -- there is still a lot more to come, and tonight Park City will host the World Premiere of "The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman" and a new image has arrived before it unspools.
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More: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman

Sundance: 'Charlie Countryman' Director Fredrik Bond Shares How 'Trainspotting' & 'The Graduate' Inspired His "Coming-Of-Age Spiritual Love Story"

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 18, 2013 12:56 PM
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How can you be a first-time filmmaker and a veteran all at the same time? Well, if you're director Fredrik Bond, it's easy. For the last decade or so, he's been an acclaimed, award-winning commercials director, picking up honors from the British Television Advertising Awards and being nominated twice for the Directors Guild of America’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials. He's been a globetrotter as well, growing up in Sweden, studying in New York, living in England and Los Angeles, and always working his passport for wherever the job would take him. But this week Bond arrives in Park City, ready to prove himself at the feature level with "The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman," and we had a chance to speak with him before the fest about the movie. The first thing he shared was how much he appreciated the Black List-ed script by Matt Drake ("Project X").
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More: The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, Fredrik Bond, Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Moby, Sundance Film Festival, Interviews

First Look At Shia LaBeouf & Evan Rachel Wood Getting Close In 'The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 3, 2012 12:16 PM
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News
"The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman" is coming, and it looks like it could be right around the corner. Over the summer we learned that a Sundance or Berlin premiere was being eyed, and rarely do things happen in a vacuum in the movie world, so keep your eyes peeled for the picture as the first image of Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood has arrived.
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More: The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Sundance Film Festival

Evan Rachel Wood Has '10 Things I Hate About Life'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 14, 2012 1:37 PM
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News
Here's what you need to know so far about "10 Things I Hate About Life." Despite being brought to you by Gil Junger, the same dude behind "10 Things I Hate About You," it's not actually a sequel to that movie. And even though Hayley Atwell was originally linked to star, a new face has been found for the project.
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Evan Rachel Wood Will Get Behind An '18 Wheel Butterfly'

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • August 29, 2012 9:36 AM
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Michael Polish, one half of the sibling duo behind “Twin Falls Idaho” and “The Astronaut Farmer,” has attached himself to the road movie “18 Wheel Butterfly” with Evan Rachel Wood in talks to star as a female trucker. Nice.
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More: 18 Wheel Butterfly, Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Polish

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