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16 articles from 2008

17 July 2008 1:07 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

In the years since 9/11, there's been an influx of movies exploiting American fears of traveling overseas, but nothing quite like Brad Anderson's Transsiberian, which owes as much to the internal dynamics of a marriage as it does to the problems of strangers in a hostile land. Anderson takes a twist-filled story that could be fodder for thrillers of many stripes and connects it to a stark, isolating, beautiful backdrop that makes it seem particular and fresh. Inspired by the writer-director's own post-college trip on the famed Trans-Siberian railway, which stretches from Beijing to Moscow, the film feels like a story idly devised on a long stretch of track; it's easy to imagine Anderson mixing personal material with the strange faces and sights he encountered along the way. As the film opens, American couple Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer are getting on the train from Beijing, where they've...

Scott Tobias

17 July 2008 12:36 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Aaron Hillis

By now, writer/director Brad Anderson ("Session 9") must be bored to death of people asking him about Christian Bale's monumental weight loss for "The Machinist," perhaps the most memorably disturbing image from his still-under-the-radar career. (Could this be the same Brad Anderson who once made quirky rom-coms like "Next Stop Wonderland" and "Happy Accidents"? Indeed, it is.) After taking on episodes of "The Wire" and "Masters of Horror," Anderson returns to features with the moody, diabolically suspenseful "Transsiberian," starring Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer as an American couple on a church-sponsored charity mission in China who soon face moral dilemmas and enigmatic strangers on the titular train to Russia. Of course ol' Hitch came up in my conversation with Anderson, but so did Dostoyevsky, hipster thrillers and the in-the-works adaptation he wishes he could've made. [Warning: Major spoilers ahead!]

Variety's review said "The long sidelined subgenre centered on mysterious

Aaron Hillis

17 July 2008 1:19 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Director Brad Anderson on set of Transsiberian

Photo: First Look Studios Brad Anderson scored in 2004 with his indie film The Machinist. Now, when I say "scored" I don't mean the film that generated a mere $1 million at the box-office found its way into the hearts of millions, but it was a film that put Anderson on the map as it told a deeply engaging dark story and generated a reaction from its audience. Anderson showed talent as a director, which made me genuinely interested in his next film, Transsiberian, which touted a cast made up of Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Thomas Kretschmann and Ben Kingsley. That's some real talent and worthy of a once over. Depending on your level of anticipation and curiosity, this is a film that can generate several reactions. Folks can come away riveted as there are several twists to the narrative often giving viewers

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14 July 2008 9:21 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Arriving in limited theaters this Friday from First Look Studios is Brad Anderson's (Session 9, The Machinist) latest thriller, Transsiberian, which stars Woody Harrelson, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley. Today we were provided with three clip links and the trailer, which you can check out inside. The story focuses on an American couple that travels on the famous Trans-Siberian train from China to Moscow and encounters another couple. What seems to be a simple train journey soon turns into a thrilling chase full of deception and murder as it becomes clear that not everybody is what they seem.

11 July 2008 3:59 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Crazy news surrounding Madonna and another major league baseball player! Plus get the dirt on Ethan Hawke, John Mayer's groupie hook-ups, Britney Spears, Spider-Man's freak out and more. John Mayer hooked up with his groupies! [USMag] "Heroes" actor Milo Ventimiglia plans to pop the question to co-star and girlfriend Hayden Panettiere. [Ew] ARod moving closer to Madonna to save time on late night booty calls! [Ew] Courtney Cox to appear on "Scrubs". [Ew] Ben & Jen pregnant again! [Hs] Olivia Newton-John marries. [Nw] Paris Hilton denies being punched in the face. [PopCrunch] Is that really Christina Aguilera on the cover of Glamour Magazine?! [PopCrunch] Tobey Macguire thinks the paps are a bunch of "Motherfuckers"!

[Yt] Emily Mortimer gets the boot after shaving her boyfriend in his sleep! [Ss] Details surrounding the upcoming season of "Entourage". [Z2I] James McAvoy on the cover of Arena. [RCeleb] Jose Canseco says Madonna tried to have his baby! [Ss] Healther Locklear is "doing great"! [USMag] Ethan Hawke hitched again.

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9 July 2008 7:09 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Emily Mortimer was dumped by a Russian boyfriend after shaving his moustache off while he slept.

Mortimer studied Russian at Oxford University and perfected the language by spending time in the country, where she fell in love with a local artist called Dennis.

The romance derailed when she grew sick of the facial hair he had cultivated for more than a decade.

The Pink Panther actress explains, "He had a very bushy moustache. I didn't like it, so we got very drunk one night, he passed out and I shaved it off. He woke up and was so upset he cried. He had it since he was 14."

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8 July 2008 12:51 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

If you click on over to Apple.com you can take a peak at a new clip from Brad Anderson's Transsiberian, along with the trailer in glorious QuickTime. Arriving in limited theaters July 18th from First Look, the story focuses on an American couple that travels on the famous Trans-Siberian train from China to Moscow and encounters another couple. What seems to be a simple train journey soon turns into a thrilling chase full of deception and murder as it becomes clear that not everybody is what they seem. Woody Harrelson, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley all star.

2 July 2008 9:13 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Emily Mortimer was fixated with Princess Diana when she was growing up - and admits her obsession bordered on "kinky".

The Pink Panther star had an obsession with celebrities, and was also infatuated with Olympic ice skater Jayne Torvill.

She says, "I had a sort of kinky fascination with dancing girls and ice dancers and I was obsessed with Torvill and Dean, and by Princess Diana.

"I don't know what they have in common apart from blonde highlights. But I was obsessed."

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24 June 2008 10:31 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

This evening First Look Studios provided Bloody-Disgusting with several new stills from Brad Anderson's Transsiberian, which arrives in limited theaters on July 18. The story focuses on an American couple that travels on the famous Trans-Siberian train from China to Moscow and encounters another couple. What seems to be a simple train journey soon turns into a thrilling chase full of deception and murder as it becomes clear that not everybody is what they seem. The film made its premiere at this past January's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Woody Harrelson, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley all star.

19 June 2008 11:19 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Take a look at the latest movie poster from the upcoming thriller “Transsiberian” by director Brad Anderson (Fear Itself, All Lost Souls) and starring Woody Harrelson (Surfer Dude), Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley. Plot: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

Brian Corder

4 June 2008 9:47 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The trailer to Transsiberian has debuted over on Yahoo's site. While not exactly in the "horror" genre, there's a number of reasons I'm reporting on it. Firstly, it's the latest from director Brad Anderson, the filmmaker behind Session 9, The MacHinist (Great, great movie), the Masters Of Horror episode Sounds Like and an upcoming episode of Fear Itself. So, since he's one of the few director's out there doing radically different things on each project, I'll see anything he does.

Secondly, the stellar cast. Woody Harrelson (National Born Killers) , Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega (who's in 2 of my favorite foreign films Thesis and Open Your Eyes) and Ben Kingsley.

Lastly, the movie looks really good! See for yourself and check out the trailer Here!

15 April 2008 5:12 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Michael Atkinson

One of 2007's breakout indie hits, "Lars and the Real Girl" was just high-profile enough, profitable enough, acted-by-Ryan-Gosling- within-an-inch-of-its-life enough and conspicuously life-affirming enough to, in the end, warrant a substantial backlash. But a backlash descends every year on overpumped movies as naturally as autumn comes to summer, inevitably, and we need to keep in mind that backlash is as irrelevant to the movie in question as is the hype and popularity that spawned it. In an ideal world, we'd see movies in a vacuum unpoisoned by publicity plague dogs and self-aggrandizing bloggers and clueless critics. Instead, we're inundated with cant that is predominantly interested in itself and its opponents, not in the movie as it would be seen, by itself, a year or ten down the road. We need to remember, for instance, that while "Juno" didn't deserve any sort of Oscar, and was

Michael Atkinson

7 April 2008 6:10 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Prom queens and street kings hold court this week at the multiplexes while the college professors of "Smart People" and "The Visitor" preside at the art houses.

"Body of War"

Talk show legend Phil Donahue hands over the mic to Iraqi war veteran Tomas Young in this hard-hitting documentary that contrasts Young's struggle to re-enter civilian life as a paraplegic and anti-war activist with archival footage of an overeager U.S. Congress and what the filmmakers view as their hasty decision to greenlight the invasion. Although the film, co-directed by Donahue and Ellen Spiro, was named best documentary of 2007 by the National Board of Review, "Body of War" has earned equal attention for its soundtrack led by two tracks from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization Iraq Veterans Against The War. (Check out our interview with Spiro and Donahue.)

Opens in New York.

Neil Pedley

10 March 2008 7:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Oscar nominee Samantha Morton has for the first time revealed that in spring 2006 she suffered a stroke so debilitating that she was "near to death" and forced to retreat to the shadows for 18 months, for fear of word about her condition affecting her career. The actress, 30, also tells the new issue of Observer Music Monthly that the paralyzing attack forced her to spend more than a year learning how to walk again. "I was near to death," Morton is quoted as saying. "I had a stroke at the beginning of 2006." The stroke is believed to have been triggered by a

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9 March 2008 7:14 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British actress Samantha Morton was left close to death after suffering a severe stroke two years ago - which almost brought her successful career to an abrupt end.

The Golden Globe-winning actress has spoken out for the first time about the debilitating illness - which has remained a secret, until now - which left her unable to walk after part of the ceiling of her new home collapsed on top of her in 2006.

As a result of the incident, Morton pulled out of the thriller Transiberian and was replaced by fellow Brit Emily Mortimer as she took a year-and-a-half break from acting to recuperate from her head injuries.

But her health crisis was a lot worse than the public had been led to believe - a few days after the accident, she had a stroke brought on by the impact of the ceiling collapse, and she was left almost bedridden after losing control of her legs.

But with the support of her friends and family, she soon learned to walk again and has since made a full recovery.

However, she credits her close pal Jason Pierce - the singer from rock band Spiritualized - with helping her to overcome her bad health after his own life-threatening experience with pneumonia.

She says, "Jason and I have been mirroring each other. He was really sick and then I had a stroke at the beginning of (that) year.

"He was the only person I knew who understood what that was like, being near to death. He's just an incredible person. He's very courageous, and he helped me get through it all."

Morton is now back to full health and in January gave birth to a daughter, Edie, with filmmaker fiance Harry Holm.

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26 February 2008 10:00 PM, PST | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

First Look Studios has acquired Filmax Group's lackluster Transsiberian (review), starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley, and plans a late summer domestic release. The film also stars Kate Mara and Eduardo Noriega. It's directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist), who co-scripted with Will Conroy. The Sundance pic follows an American couple, played by Harrelson and Mortimer, in a chase of deception and murder on the Siberian train journey from China to Moscow.

16 articles from 2008