5 articles from 2009
Oscar buzz surrounds Jim Sheridan's latest film 'Brothers' (IrishCentral)
30 November 2009 9:42 AM, PST
| IrishCentral
| See recent IrishCentral news
»
His latest film "Brothers" is garnering Oscar buzz, but Irish film-maker has more up his sleeve, including a movie called "Black Mask," about Boston Irish gangster Whitey Bulger.
Born in Dublin in 1949 Sheridan moved to American in 1982. He has worked as an actor as well as a director and his movies have covered a host of familiar Irish subjects: land ownership and inheritance in “The Field”; Ira violence and false accusations in “In the Name of The Father”; imprisonment and release in “The Boxer”; and the immigrant experience in a movie called “In America.”
He told the story of disabled Irish artist Christy Brown in “My Left Foot”, whose stars, Brenda Fricker and Daniel Day-Lewis, both won Oscars. Sheridan also worked with Day-Lewis on a number of other films.
Sheridan’s latest offering, “Brothers,” is based on a film by Danish director Susan Biers. It tells the story of a
»
Permalink | Report a problem
Daniel Craig Moves Into His Dream House
29 August 2009 1:02 AM, PDT
| FilmShaft.com
| See recent FilmShaft.com news
»
Jim Sheridan used to be a great director. He made My Left Foot in 1989, The Field in 1990, In The Name Of The Father in 1993, The Boxer in 1997 and In America as recently as 2002. Then for some unknown reason he pissed it all away by directing Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ with 50 Cent. What was he thinking?
I hope Daniel Day Lewis deleted him from his friends list on his facebook account after that huge mistake!
A few years on and Sheridan has a film that has generated interest recently not least because James Bond has signed up to be in it. It is called Dream House and Daniel Craig has been in talks to star since June. Craig plays a family man who relocates his brood to a small town in New England.
They move in to their ‘Dream House’ and unfortunately for them it turns out that it was
»
- Alex Wagner
Permalink | Report a problem
Brothers – Official Trailer And Teaser Poster
13 July 2009 12:42 PM, PDT
| AreYouScreening.com
| See recent AreYouScreening news
»
From director Jim Sheridan, the force behind some of the most powerful movies in recent memory (My Left Foot, The Field, In the Name of the Father) comes Brothers, the story of a family torn apart by the misfortunes of war. The film is set for release December 4th, 2009.
The trailer may look a little long on melodrama, but I can see Sheridan making it work. The real test will be the abilities of our three younger actors.
Here's the synopsis from the press release, and below find the trailer.
Brothers tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison,
»
- Marc Eastman
Permalink | Report a problem
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: June 28, 2009
28 June 2009 7:58 PM, PDT
| ScreenRant.com
| See recent Screen Rant news
»
This week:
The box office is Transfomed; Ryan Reynold’s career is Buried; Lorenzo di Bonaventura knows Jack Ryan; Zac Efron grows up and Daniel Craig moves into his Dream House.
Box Office
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen blasted into the top spot with a powerful $201 million in its first five days. The Michael Bay sequel overcame horrendous reviews to show that all an audience wants is giant robots and Megan Fox. You can bet your butt that Transformers 3 will be on its way soon!
With a second weekend take of $18 million it looks like The Proposal is the bridesmaid. The Sandra Bullock comedy has now banked $69 million. A final take of $100 million is pretty much a cert.
The Hangover brought in $17 million bringing giving the hit comedy a mighty total gross of $183 million. Look for the film to cross the magic $200 million mark in a week or so.
»
- Niall Browne
Permalink | Report a problem
Are You Ready To Enter... The Field?
13 January 2009 11:15 PM, PST
| EmpireOnline
| See recent EmpireOnline news
»
First-time writers Sean Wathen and Josh Dobkin have sold production company Stone Village their script The Field, a high-concept Cube-like thriller.We say ‘Cube-like’, but in reality, we’re tempted to use the dread word ‘reimagining’, for the premise, in which a group of strangers wake up in a hellish prison and must work together to escape, sounds a hell of a lot like Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 cult classic. Except, where Cube took place in, well, a cube, The Field will take place in… oh, take a wild guess.Of course, the field in which the movie’s characters find themselves isn’t just any field. This is an apparently endless field from which there’s no escape – luckily, the group has been given a number of seemingly random objects which may, just may, aid their escape.So, it’s Cube meets Saw meets Paycheck (but not, as far as we can tell,
»
Permalink | Report a problem
5 articles from 2009
See all NewsDesk partners
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the
above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our
users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we
guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the
site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may
have.
