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Review: 'Trespass' Is a Hopelessly Uninspired Home Invasion Thriller

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • October 10, 2011 5:47 AM
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With a speaking voice that often (and unexpectedly) devolves into histrionic yelps and an assortment of goofy, ever-changing hair pieces, Nicolas Cage has become such a creative loose cannon you often want to check in on his latest effort in the off chance that he’s delivered some creative crazy good (“Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans”) instead of the crazy mediocre that seems to be the norm (almost everything else he does).
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More: Actresses, Actors, Films, Joel Schumacher, Trespass, Nicolas Cage, Ben Mendelsohn

Joel Schumacher Tries To Pull Off His Best Michael Haneke Impression In New 'Tresspass' Photos

  • By Edward Davis
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  • August 16, 2011 4:54 AM
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Oh, Joel Schumacher, with your patchiest of patchy careers ever (though some Playlisters will outright call it an awful one). There is some interesting work in your flawed ouevre oeuvre, including "Tigerland," and "Falling Down," but so-so efforts ("Veronica Guerin") are usually overcome by the ungood ("Phone Booth," "The Number 23," "Twelve"). Pitched somewhere between a B-movie director with good intentions and poor execution and a thoughtless Hollywood A-list director without much vision whose best days are far behind him (think of the days when his career was big enough to score him two "Batman" films, even if he did kill the franchise until Nolan came around), Schumacher's career is a bit of a head-scratcher. Regardless, he's back this year with "Tresspass," what appears to be a B-movie thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman -- two of the biggest stars he's worked with in some time -- and it's playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Joel Schumacher, Trespass, Ben Mendelsohn, Nicolas Cage

Ben Mendelsohn Will Take A Walk To ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 17, 2011 3:21 AM
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In addition to earning near unanimous critical raves, earning an Oscar nomination and taking home plethora of awards at its native Australian Film Institute ceremonies, "Animal Kingdom" has been a major career boost for its stars. Joel Edgerton has a handful of movies on the way including "Warrior," "The Thing," "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," "The Great Gatsby" and he's in the lead for Katherine Bigelow's Bin Laden project. Meanwhile, the Oscar nominated Jacki Weaver is taking a turn from her villainous role as Smurf, taking a part in the Jason Segel and Emily Blunt rom-com "Five Year Engagement." And now, it's Ben Mendelsohn's turn to shine.
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More: Actors, Films, The Place Beyond The Pines, Ben Mendelsohn

The Breakthrough Performances Of 2010

  • By The Playlist
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  • December 27, 2010 6:23 AM
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  • 16 Comments
The Ladies Dominate The Breakout Field This Year
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More: Actors, Actresses, Feature, Tahar Rahim, Edgar Ramirez, Tom Hardy, Ben Mendelsohn, John Hawkes, Armie Hammer, Elle Fanning, Jacki Weaver, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Maricel Álvarez, Rooney Mara, Lesley Manville

David Michôd's 'Animal Kingdom' Dominates The Australian Film Institute Award Nominations

  • By Simon Dang
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  • October 27, 2010 1:29 AM
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'Beneath Hill 60' And 'Bright Star' Also In Strong ContentionThe Australian Film Institute has announced their nominations for the 2010 Awards, with David Michôd's crime drama "Animal Kingdom" taking home a record-breaking 18 nominations, at least one for every category which it was eligible for, and Jeremy Hartley Sims' war film "Beneath Hill 60" and Jane Campion's John Keats drama "Bright Star" not too far behind with 12 and 11 nods respectively.
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More: Actors, Actresses, David Michôd, Jane Campion, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Abbie Cornish, Jacki Weaver

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