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	<title>Obsessed With Film &#187; Natalie-Portman</title>
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		<title>Bow down to the first look at Natalie Portman in YOUR HIGHNESS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I'm a little gaga over the idea of David Gordon Green's medieval stoner adventure fantasy/comedy Your Highness, his quick re-teaming with his Pineapple Express actors James Franco and Danny McBride. I think it's gonna be insane - a tongue-in-cheek period Monty Python style satire with crazy special effects, and filled with those cooky images that made up those messed up 80's fantasy films. Movies like Krull or even Princess Bride.

The kind of flicks that you always half-suspected the guys making them were stoned to the eyeballs, because the movies themselves were trippy as hell.

Today, thanks to a Natalie Portman fansite we get our first look at the movie and indeed Portman, pictured above. At least we think it's Portman... Gotta be, right?

/film have the plot...
For those of you who don’t know, David Gordon Green is following up his stoner action movie Pineapple Express with a stoner medieval comedy called Your Highness, also starring James Franco and Danny McBride. Ben Best wrote the script, which features “an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom.” Franco plays Bride’s relatively more heroic brother, Zooey Deschanel is his bride, and Portman is a warrior princess who is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kunis and Portman do WHAT in BLACK SWAN?!?!?! (mini-spoilers, but they could never keep this secret!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mila Kunis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

That Natalie Portman ballerina flick which I was actually quite interested in before today (honestly, I was!) because of it's intriguing Polanski/Roeg/Shyamalan styled psychological theme and it's man behind the helm (The Wrestler's Darren Aronofsky), has now become a must-see, first in line, opening night picture.

My jaw has hit the floor, and seriously hasn't returned to it's natural place ever since I read Carson Reeves lead-in to his script review of Black Swan (written by Mark Heyman and dated March 25th 2009) at the the excellent Script Shadow...
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis have sex.

Yeah. You read that right. And not just nice sweet innocent sex either. We're talking ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex.
Prediction: Black Swan will soon find a distributor after the internet reaction to this (currently, this is a full on Indie feature).

Portman plays the lead, a New York City Ballet dancer who is is tormented by a rival (Kunis) who may or may not be a figment of her own imagination and who is vying for the same part in a production of Swan Lake. Reeves calls Black Swan "a very intriguing story with a quiet slow burn". The screenplay is a purposefully fat 131 pages in length and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman is Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s BLACK SWAN!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MGM recently moved down a gear on Robocop IV that Darren Aronofsky had been busy developing for nearly 12 months, pushing back it's release date from 2010 to the summer of 2011. But with every black cloud there is a silver lining somewhere, as the delay has allowed The Wrestler director to enjoy a brief window of opportunity to resurrect a long gestered project.

First announced in January 2007 as a Universal picture before they balked at the project, the supernatural thriller Black Swan has just attached Natalie Portman for the lead role, an actress Aronofsky has long courted.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, he seems focused on this being his next movie if he can find studio backing before the end of the year. 



Described as carrying the same tone as The Others, Aronofsky's movie follows Portman...
"as a veteran ballerina who finds herself locked in a competitive situation with a rival dancer, with the stakes and twists increasing as the dancers approach a big performance. But it's unclear whether the rival is a supernatural apparition or if the protagonist is simply having delusions". 
Which makes me wonder if I had ever paid to see a movie about a ballerina before, I really don't think I have. 

John McLaughlin's script has ...]]></description>
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		<title>Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman are doing a rom-com together. If only we had a modern day Godard!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artifacts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts... yeah I could see that. They made a good couple in THE MEXICAN. 

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie... we all knew that would work in MR. AND MRS. SMITH, and none of us were the least bit surprised when they became a couple soon afterwards. 

But Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman, in a romantic comedy? There's one high profile Hollywood pairing I never would have put together. 



Variety have the scoop that Paramount Pictures have acquired the rights to the new Leanne Shapton book with the extraordinary long title, "Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry."

Paramount won a big bidding war on Tuesday night for the novel. Natalie Portman and her production company Handsomecharlie Films caught wind of the book, she sent it to Brad Pitt who went crazy for it and he brought his Plan B production company on board.

Both Portman and Pitt loved the book so much, they are starring in the two lead roles.... 
The book takes the form of Sotheby's-like estate auction catalog, with 325 entries and photographs depicting items that reveal the private moments and the rise and fall of a four-year ...]]></description>
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		<title>Josh Hartnett, Natalie Portman and a new release date for THOR!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alexander Skarsgard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These kind of stories would usually fall into the rumor category but not only has Nikki Finke been spot on about some scoops at Marvel for a good number of weeks now (Rourke, Johansson, Jackson in IRON MAN 2) but these reports are very much in line from what I've been hearing personally and from other sites. 

First up, it's reported that Natalie Portman is Kenneth Branagh's first choice to play the lead female role, probably the love interest Amora the Enchantress...



The character looks like this...



For the lead role of THOR, the following actors are said to have screentested...

Josh Hartnett - Kenneth Branagh who is a close personal friend of Hartnett and was impressed by his performance in Othello on stage in London has made it clear he wants Hartnett in the picture either as THOR or the villain LOKI.

Physically, he most definitely suits the latter and at this point it looks like he will play the villain part. Some heads at Marvel wanted him to play the lead THOR because of his name status, though I say it's been a while since Harnett has been a Marquee figure.



Alexander Skarsgård - 6"4 son of veteran actor Stellan and star of GENERATION KILL and TRUE ...]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Bennett in the one against zombies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Preview]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further updates on the Jane Austen/Zombie/Predator saga tonight come from Production Weekly (via BD).

It seems Natalie Portman is one of the actresses' circling PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, the movie adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel put into development last week before the news of PRIDE AND PREDATOR.

Production Weekly say Portman is attached but Shock Till You Drop's close sources say...
"Premature. No offers or handshakes of any kind yet - other people circling."
As I hoped, the studio are looking to cast the project like they would any normal Jane Austen adaptation, which should give the fantastical horror elements so much more of a bite. 

Portman is the right kind of actress for this, not a young twenty something blonde who would lead a typical Hollywood horror flick, i.e. an Amber Heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman turned down DOUBT because of the lack of sex?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Patrick Shanley, the director of the Oscar contender DOUBT has told Defamer that he first approached Natalie Portman for the nun role that is occupied in his drama by Amy Adams but his first choice turned down the role because "she didn't understand celibacy".


"Some roles just don't suit Natalie Portman. At the junket for the film version of his "Doubt," playwright John Patrick Shanley was asked how Amy Adams won the role of an emotionally conflicted nun. "I'm trying to think of what the etiquette is on this," Shanley chuckled, blushing a bit. Urged on by a blogger for gossipsauce.com, he continued, "Well, we asked Natalie Portman, and Natalie was very interested but kept saying she had a problem. And we finally nailed down as to what the problem was. She basically said she didn't understand celibacy."
And Obsessed With Film has turned into a ragtag gossip site. Oh dear. Bring me some news Hollywood!

DOUBT opens on limited U.S. release from Dec. 12th. It won't play in the U.K. till early February. ]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman in SUSPIRIA remake?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March it was confirmed that hot up and coming Indie darling David Gordon Green whose latest movie Pineapple Express opens in the U.S. tomorrow was set to remake a movie he adored - Dario Argento's classic 70's shocker Suspiria.

Remaking an absolute classic so early in your career seemed like suicide and even Green couldn't quite fathom why he was directing a remake of one of his favourites saying it "didn't make sense" but he just couldn't help himself.

We've since heard nothing about this project until this week where Bloody Disgusting ran an article claiming Natalie Portman was being lined up to topline. Reps for her official website are denying the claims according to AICN but BD are sticking 100% behind their story.

Though they do confirm nothing has been signed or sealed... yet.


Jessica Harper starred in the original movie, one of the best - if not the best movie horror maestro Argento has ever made.

We will have more on this as it develops. ]]></description>
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		<title>MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Directed by: Kar Wai Wong

Written by: Kar Wai Wong, Lawrence Block

Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, David Strathairn, Cat Power

Distributed by Optimum Releasing

DVD is released in the U.K. on June 23rd 2008.

Available at Play.com for £10.99

Review by Matt Holmes

Film [rating: 2]

DVD [rating: 2]


Opening and virtually closing with a Norah Jones moody blues record, this episodic film of sensual moments, the evocatively titled My Blueberry Nights feels like a long drawn out and artful music video, especially when it's central lead is said singer/songwriter observing and learning about life through a brief glimpse into the lives of others.

At 3 and a half minutes long, this could have been a very satisfying side compliment to one of her singles as she vacantly plods through a thin MTV narrative that plays second fiddle to the arresting and decorative visuals - you know like how a music video is designed for?

However, At nearly two hours in length (itself cut a 15 minute portion from a bloated screening at Cannes) it's a long drawn out affair which like Blueberry Pie's - are delicious to look at but you really need some Ice Cream, some real flavour to go with it to keep ...]]></description>
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		<title>Details on THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL 2!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 05:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was some talk at Cannes that a sequel to The Other Boleyn Girl would quickly be placed into production, Sony/Columbia seemingly happy with a $66 million worldwide taking from a $35 million budget. Personally with that kind of profit margin after such dreadful reviews, I wouldn't bother but the studio must be having a hard time finding some good projects out there right now.

Now, courtesy of the gossip outlet department of the New York Post, we now know it will be based on Philippa Gregory's book The Boleyn Inheritance which obviously won't star Natalie Portman once again as Anne Boleyn as she kinda lost her head in the last one. From the looks of things Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) isn't in this one but of course Eric Bana should be back as Henry VIII - probably a little chubbier this time around.
The book is a direct continuation from The Other Boleyn Girl and follows the aftermath of King Henry VIII's decision to dissolve the Catholic church and his fourth and fifth marriage, with Anne of Cleeves, Katherine Howard and Jane Boleyn the three narrators.
I absolutely hated The Other Boleyn Girl with a passion, mainly because of terrible casting choices ...]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman drops out of WUTHERING HEIGHTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite being a major force on the creative side of it's production, Variety report that Natalie Portman has been forced to exit the upcoming corset drama Wuthering Heights.

A scheduling conflict with a as yet announced acting project and also the preparation needed for her directorial debut - an adaptation of Israeli writer Amos Oz’s memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness meant she reluctantly had to depart. 


On the plus side of things for director John Maybury (The Jacket, upcoming The Edge of Love) he looks to have found his male lead. Michael Fassbender, an up and coming Brit actor who was one of the 300 has entered final talks for the Heathcliffe role.


U.K.-based Ecosse Films are now coming up with a shortlist of names for Portman's replacement. Who's betting it will be either Kiera Knightley (who I actually thought was destined for the part), Emily Blunt or Sienna Miller?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Portman in WUTHERING HEIGHTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb 1st when it was announced that we would once again have to endure the 10,000th adaptation of Wuthering Heights, I made the prediction that Kiera Knightley would continue her corset craze and land the leading role.

I was nearly right. It's instead The Other Corsets Girl. 

The Hollywood Reporter says Natalie Portman from the corset and period movies The Other Boleyn Girl and Goya's Ghosts will lead the film as Catherine Earnshaw one half of a passion described as "intense, elemental and yet ultimately thwarted" with the currently uncast Heathcliff.

John Maybury (The Jacket and Knightley's upcoming period film The Edge of Love) directs from a script by the writer of The Girl With a Pearl Earring.

Portman was the best of a terrible bunch in The Other Boleyn Girl and I actually didn't mind the 2005 adaptation of the similarly much adapted Pride &#38; Prejudice, so maybe there is some hope here. ]]></description>
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		<title>THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After suffering through the outrageously dramatic and silly Elizabeth: The Golden Age last year, only barely surviving because of the fantastic and powerful performance yet again from Cate Blanchett - I can't say I was particularly looking forward to watching another tudor melodrama play out the same tired old themes of lust and greed in the 15th century despite the additions of the lovely Natalie Portman and especially my darling Scarlett Johansson.

Though in truth I shouldn't have worried about this movie being overly dramatic. The Other Boleyn Girl is too weak of a film to really get into and enjoy but also it's not silly, camp or sexy enough to be entertaining. It's like on the complete opposite end of the dramatic scale of the Elizabeth movie. It's so dull, so without style, so clumsily acted and directed, so vacant that I honestly believed I was watching one of those David Starkey historical reenactments.

You know the one's I mean, with the really hammy acting from faceless names who play out the material so mediocre and without emotion, for the historian to then come out and tell us what the characters were feeling with the mundane signature score playing in the ...]]></description>
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		<title>MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directed by: Kar Wai Wong

Written by: Kar Wai Wong, Lawrence Block

Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, David Strathairn, Cat Power

Distributed by MGM (theatrical), The Weinstein Company (all media)

Film is released in the U.K. on Feb 22nd, 2008.

Review by Michael Edwards

[rating: 2.5]

Wong Kar Wai's latest release is his first English-language feature film, and his linguistic switch certainly doesn't appear comfortable. The story begins in New York and follows a simple template: Elizabeth (Norah Jones) breaks up with her boyfriend and begins to confide in charming Manchunian cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law). They bond over blueberry pie before Lizzie sets out travelling across America in search of herself. Standard road-movie/emotional journey set up.

As she crosses the States, working various menial jobs and saving her money to buy a car, Lizzie (or Betty, or Beth) encounters a series of people who each have something to teach her. But most importantly they all provide an aesthetically pleasing canvas for Wong Kar Wai to deploy his classic visual hallmarks. Largely occupying Hopper-esque settings of transience to emphasize the thematic overtones of loneliness, isolation, and thus self-contemplation, we are treated to frequent bouts of manipulated frame rates, saturated colours and aggressively wistful non-diegetic ...]]></description>
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		<title>THE DARJEELING LIMITED</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman

Starring: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Natalie Portman, Bill Murray

Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Film will be released in the U.K. on 23rd November 2007.

Review by Michael Edwards

[rating: 3.5]

Wes Anderson is back, and he brings with him the usual rag-tag of dysfunctional relations played by his favoured actors, in the usual kooky colour schemes and with familiar visual stylings. This time three brothers (Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman - who actually co-wrote the film, and Adrien Brody) who haven't spoken since the funeral of their father meet up on a train, the eponymous Darjeeling Limited, and travel on a journey across India and through their various psychological issues.

If repetition and recurrence seemed a theme in my opening paragraph, it's because this is Wes Anderson's third film that uses more or less the same cast, style, themes and plot. The journey may have been transposed from a cityscape or a boat to a train, but the tale essentially retains the same focus on overcoming the past and, in particular, the legacy left behind by family issues. The Freudian angle to The Darjeeling Limited extends as far as to have Adrien ...]]></description>
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