Posts Tagged ‘Eddie Redmayne’

Short Take: Remarkable mainly for Michelle Williams's embodiment of Marilyn Monroe's appeal

Director: Simon Curits

Screenwriters: Adrian Hodges (Screenplay), Colin Clark (Memoirs)

Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh

Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes

Synopsis: My Week with Marilyn tells the true story of Colin Clarke (Redmayne), a young man desperate to break into the film business who fights his way onto the 1957 film, The Prince and the Showgirl. As the third assistant director, Colin gets to see both sides of the personality clash between the film’s director and leading man, Sir Laurence Olivier (Branagh), and its leading lady, Marilyn Monroe (Williams). Marilyn soon takes a liking to Colin and as he becomes increasingly enthralled with the sultry star, he becomes more determined to save her from the pressures of fame.

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Short Take: Intriguing, but lacks competence in some areas

Director: Udayan Prasad (Opa!, My Son the Fanatic)

Screenwriter: Erin Dignam (8, Loved, Denial)

Cast: William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk, Vantage Point), Maria Bello (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Jane Austen Book Club), Kristen Stewart (Twilight: New Moon, Adventureland), Eddie Redmayne (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Savage Grace)

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Synopsis: Brett Hansen (Hurt) has just been released after six years of incarceration when he meets Gordy (Redmayne), an awkward young Native American on his first trip away from the reservation, and Martine (Stewart), a lonely young woman looking for someone to love her.  The trio embarks on a road trip to find Brett’s ex-wife May (Bello).  As the group grows closer, Brett’s past with May is slowly revealed through a series of flashbacks. Read the rest of this entry »