A Mother's Courage
The Catch
Mildred Pierce
Contagion
The Fox And The Child
Revolutionary Road
The Reader
Kate Winslet is apparently in the pipeline to play John Lennon’s mother.
The Titanic star is on a list of actresses director Sam Taylor-Wood is looking to approach for the part, according to The Daily Mail.
The film, called Nowhere Boy, will tell the story of the Beatle’s childhood, growing up with his mother and his aunt. The screenplay has been written by Matt Greenhalgh – who won a Bafta for Control, his biopic about Joy Division’s Ian Curtis – and is based on the book Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon by John’s sister Julia Baird.
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Kate to play Lennon’s mother?
August 29th, 2008
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Upcoming pics
August 27th, 2008
Hey guys, here’s the deal:
As you may know, Kate has two big upcoming films about to open. In order to get the best shots from all the premieres and award shows (she will probably be nominated for one, if not both her roles in The Reader and Revolutionary Road) I will need some money. So I’m asking for all KWF supporters to donate what you can to help me bring you a bunch of pictures. All the money will be used for those pictures and nothing else. I’ll be forever thankful for this! Just click the link below to make your donation! 
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“Titanic” couple reunited
August 25th, 2008
Their epic love was giddy, passionate, unshakable – until the ship hit the iceberg and sank.
The stars of Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, share a far different love story in Revolutionary Road, playing a couple whose marriage comes undone as they seek meaning amid the stifling conformity of the 1950s.
Good pals in real life, DiCaprio and Winslet had some awkward moments in their love scenes: her husband, Revolutionary Road director Sam Mendes, was looking on and giving them pointers.
How weird was it?
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Scarlett Johansson — Woody’s muse Scarlett should have been Winslet
August 9th, 2008
Finding a new muse in Scarlett Johansson was a happy accident for filmmaker Woody Allen because he was planning to make movies with Brit Kate Winslet.
The revered director had cast Titanic star Winslet in Match Point, but the actress had to pull out to spend more time with her kids — so Allen turned to Johansson.
The odd couple has gone on to make three films together, including new movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Allen says, “I had Kate Winslet right up to the last week in pre-production. Then she said she couldn’t do the picture because she had worked continually and had spent no time with her child.
“I forgave her and understood that completely but I didn’t know Scarlett from a hole in the wall. I thought she was too young; she was only 19 years old at the time.
“But I was in a hole and had to get someone fairly quickly. I knew Scarlett was a great actress and a beauty but I didn’t know if she was really what I had written. I hired her and became totally captivated by her.”
Allen admits the Lost In Translation star has become his latest muse, following in the footsteps of actresses and ex-lovers Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow.
He adds, “I would always call her, as I did with Diane and Mia for years. Mia was a wonderful actress and she never let me down. The same would be true with Scarlett.”
Source: contactmusic.com
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Reviews: “The Fox and The Child”
August 9th, 2008
Luc Jacquet’s March of the Penguins follow-up wraps lush woodland photography around a narrative about a red-headed girl (the perfectly expressive Bertille Noël-Bruneau) and the fox she befriends.
There’s an undeniable fascination about the extent of Jacquet’s construction — when a wildcat chases a fox across a film set, how does anyone get it to stop? — but otherwise the director’s Disneyfication of nature marches on; Kate Winslet’s gushy voiceover doesn’t help.
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Donations
August 7th, 2008
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Now onto the site’s news: KWF will now have an online shop so you can buy photographs, posters, DVDs, TV series, soundtracks, books and a bunch of other things, including rarities! The store will be online at the latest later this week, so keep checking back!
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Interview: Luc Jacquet on The Fox and the Child
August 6th, 2008
Director Luc Jacquet came to prominence in 2005 with the Oscar winning documentary The March of the Penguins, a surprise hit which also won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
His latest film is called The Fox and the Child which is the charming story of the relationship between a young girl (Bertille Noël-Bruneau) and the wild fox she befriends. It is narrated by Kate Winslet.
I spoke to Luc recently about the film and you can listen to the interview here:
AUDIO LINKS:
Luc Jacquet on The Fox and The Child
You can also watch the trailer here:
VIDEO LINKS:
• The Fox and the Child: Trailer
The Fox and the Child opens in UK cinemas this Friday
Many thanks to Ambrose Heron for contacting us with this info!
Source: FILMdetail
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Review: “The Fox And The Child”
August 2nd, 2008
French director Luc Jacquet, who explored Disney territory two years ago with family-friendly March Of The Penguins, returns for another animal adventure, where wildlife footage is wrapped with a yarn about a winsome French child (Bertille Noel-Bruneau), who finds a cute fox cub foraging for food on her way home from school and tries to approach it. Eventually the pair become friends, but things go awry when the girl tries to tame the wild animal.
Narrated by Kate Winslet in a style that is fairly anthropomorphic, but not sickeningly so, the film follows the vixen from adolescent to single mother, although it never mentions whether foxes mate for life or if the older foxes have midlife crises and just want to keep pairing off with hot young things.
Even at 92 minutes, the story feels stretched, and younger kids and older parents may find themselves nodding off in sympathy as foxes, hedgehogs and bears enjoy low-calorie escapades. Still, it’s refreshing to see an animal movie in which the animals don’t talk, sing or cooperate in the marketing of fast-food restaurants even though city dwellers, whose experience of fox sightings are a rarity on a par with spotting a Starbucks, may be less charmed.
• On general release from Friday
Source: Scotsman.com News
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