 Justin Timberlake’s transition to acting has been quite a mixed bag with movies ranging from the great (The Social Network, Black Snake Moan) to the decent (Friends with Benefits) to the terrible (In Time). He’s currently on screen with Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams in Trouble with the Curve but for his next project he’ll be moving away from the diamond to the word of food critics in The Last Drop. Timberlake will play a charming alcoholic who works as a restaurant critic for New York Magazine. When he falls for a young woman, he realizes he must overcome his self-destructive addiction in order to have a real chance with her. Read more on Justin Timberlake to play an alcoholic food critic in the romantic comedy ‘The Last Drop’…
 How far can the chemistry of a cast get you? Director Robert Lorenz tests that very theory with his film ‘Trouble with the Curve’, a very old fashioned and harmless flick that coasts along on the goodwill generated by its actors. For some, that might be enough, but I wanted more. The interactions between Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams are mostly enjoyable, with something similar being said for how both of them deal with Justin Timberlake, but at the same time the acting is a bit on the disappointing side. Read more on Trouble with the Curve (**)…
 Could we have Marco Beltrami back in the race this year? We’ll see.
Read the Press Release:
(WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA) September 11, 2012— Two time Academy Award nominated composer Marco Beltrami scores Trouble with the Curve, opening September 21. The film’s all star cast includes Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, and John Goodman. This is the first film Eastwood has starred in but not directed in nine years (In the Line of Fire). The film marks the first feature-length directorial debut of Robert Lorenz, Eastwood’s Assistant Director for 15 years, with projects including Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, and Blood Work. Varese Sarabande will release the soundtrack album for Trouble with the Curve October 2. Composer Marco Beltrami provides an emotional score that supports the touching relationship between father and daughter and also the heroics of the game of baseball. Read more on Two-Time Academy Award Nominated Composer Marco Beltrami Scores Trouble with the Curve…
The first trailer for Robert Lorenz’s Trouble with the Curve dropped on Tuesday, and today we get a look at the first poster for the movie. Clint Eastwood is featured front and center, gazing out at a baseball game that he is scouting while the floating tagline – “Whatever Life Throws At You” – foreshadows the struggles he will endure and how he will adjust to them. Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, and Robert Patrick also star in Trouble with the Curve, due out September 28th.
Have a look at the poster after the jump…
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Four time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood shines in the first trailer for Robert Lorenz’s Trouble with the Curve. I have to admit I’ve been  somewhat skeptical of another nomination coming for Eastwood’s performance, which would be his third for acting – his first since Million Dollar Baby (2004), but after seeing the trailer I’m liking his odds a whole lot more. Trouble with the Curve looks to be more than just another sports film, as the trailer hints at it also being both a romantic/comedy (between Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake) and a father/daughter family drama. There seems to be a whole lot of emotion (that I wasn’t expecting) coming from this little trailer, and it looks as if we have another film to start getting excited about. Eastwood plays an aging scout suffering from vision problems whose daughter (Adams) tags along on a long road trip to act as his eyes while he does his thing, a skill based on years of intuition and gut instinct. Trouble with the Curve also stars John Goodman and Robert Patrick, and will hit theatres September 28th.
What do you think?
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 The second half of the year is upon us. The race is about to heat up with big Oscar hopefuls coming down the pike. Our John Foote will be in attendance at the Toronto International Film Festival and many films will be unveiling themselves to critics alike. There is a very unclear yet still feasible shape to the race looking from ten thousand feet.
There are internet jitters building for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. With the trailers released and now the film being pushed up to September, it looks as though we may be in store for a master class in filmmaking. Phoenix also looks to be a lead contender for his first Oscar after delivering in his previous nominated works, Gladiator (2000) and Walk the Line (2005). Phoenix does have tough competition ahead of him including what looks to be a critical darling-type performance coming from John Hawkes in Ben Lewin’s The Sessions. Early word is very positive for the film and the turns by Hawkes along with co-stars Helen Hunt and William H. Macy. Since Hawkes’ initial nomination two years ago for Winter’s Bone, he hasn’t shown any signs of letting up. He was arguably left off last year in Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene and will be seen later this year in Julia Dyer’s The Playroom and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. There seems to be a tremendous following and support for him in his current state. Speaking of Spielberg, we’re still awaiting some type of marketing material for his upcoming Lincoln biopic. No poster or trailer has been released with very few stills leaked online. One starts to think if it will even be ready in time.
Taking a look at the next couple of months, the circuit will begin to reveal itself.
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 First images have surfaced for Robert Lorenz’s film Trouble with the Curve starring Academy Award Winner Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, and Justin Timberlake. The film tells the story of an ailing baseball scout that takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
This has been labeled the “final” acting performance from Clint Eastwood, whom has delivered when directed by himself in roles like Million Dollar Baby (2004). However, Eastwood has had a few hiccups in films like Gran Torino (2008) and Blood Work (2002). Is there a consensus out there for Eastwood to having an acting award to accompany his two directing Oscars? Either way, this is a project to keep an eye on for the rest of the season especially after the success of Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, which seemed to follow the same equation.
Check out another picture after the jump. Read more on First Images drop for “Trouble with the Curve”…
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Justin Timberlake’s transition to acting has been quite a mixed bag with movies ranging from the great (The Social Network, Black Snake Moan) to the decent (Friends with Benefits) to the terrible (In Time). He’s currently on screen with Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams in Trouble with the Curve but for his next project he’ll be moving away from the diamond to the word of food critics in The Last Drop. Timberlake will play a charming alcoholic who works as a restaurant critic for New York Magazine. When he falls for a young woman, he realizes he must overcome his self-destructive addiction in order to have a real chance with her. Read more on Justin Timberlake to play an alcoholic food critic in the romantic comedy ‘The Last Drop’…
