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| Kidman, Cage, De Niro titles head to Toronto fest Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:26 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP): Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz's British spy tale "Page Eight" has been chosen to close next month's Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world's biggest cinema showcases. Co-starring Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Judy Davis, "Page Eight" will bring down the curtain on the festival that runs Sept. 8-18. Other films added to the Toronto lineup Tuesday include Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage's thriller "Trespass"; Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard's Winnie Mandela drama "Winnie"; Gerard Butler's African missionary tale "Machine Gun Preacher'; Jason Statham and Robert De Niro's action saga "Killer Elite"; and Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy's comedy "Hysteria." Among previously announced Toronto titles is "From the Sky Down," a portrait of superstar band U2 that will be the first documentary ever to open the festival. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:45 PM PDT Jessica Alba plays a retired secret agent who gets back into action, with baby and stepkids in tow in Spy Kids 4. EXACTLY a decade after Spy Kids (2001), the first in an espionage-based family-oriented francHhise that spawned well-loved sequels Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), now comes Spy Kids: All The Time In The World (aka Spy Kids 4). Written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids 4 (also released in 4D aromascope in the United States) stars Jessica Alba and Joel McHale who reprise their roles as a spy and her husband. On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson (Alba) has it all ... a famous spy hunting television reporter husband, a new baby and intelligent twin stepkids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook), who clearly don't want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband Wilbur wouldn't know a spy if he lived with one, which is exactly the case – Marissa's a retired secret agent. More valuable than jewels or gold is time and now the villain – Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) – has figured out how to steal the one thing we don't have enough of. Marissa's world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper threatens to take over the planet and she's called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now defunct Spy Kids division was created. Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmum was once a top agent and now the world's most competitive 10-year-olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. The importance of family is the lifeblood of the Spy Kids universe and that was influenced by Rodriguez's upbringing as one of 10 siblings and as father of five children. As with the previous films, he created a family with real issues that both kids and parents can relate to: parents that are too busy working to spend time with their family, kids who are too distracted with other things and a new mum balancing motherhood with returning to work. Herself a working mum, Alba could relate to her character's dilemma. "It's so hard to try and juggle work with being a mum and how much time you spend on one thing versus the other and it kind of blends together. Suddenly, a year goes by and you ask yourself, 'where did the time go?'" As a first time mum, dealing with a husband who works too much, Marissa is exhausted. Alba says in the movie's production notes: "She tries hard but gets overwhelmed and frazzled. Being a spy seems to be the easy part of what she does and being a mum is what she struggles with." When called back into duty, her character finds that going back to work is no easy task, just as in real life. "She has the baby strapped to her in a lot of sequences because she's a stay at home mum and doesn't have a babysitter. She still has to change, feed and keep the baby happy, all while trying to save the world." She's also struggling with being a stepmum to kids who are critical of her parenting ways. "She wants them to love her as much as she loves them but it's hard for kids to accept a new parent." When Rodriguez approached Alba about wanting to make her into a spy mum, she shared with him what she wanted that character to embody. "I wanted to see a modern mum. Someone who is trying to work and deal with family but isn't a nagging, dowdy woman. Someone trying to hang onto her own identity while trying to be the best mum she can be and kind of struggling with both." It was important to Alba to have her character rooted in reality. "I think a lot of women want to relate to characters they see on the big screen. Even though Marissa is a cool spy chick, she's not great at everything but she's trying to be a good mum," she says. Spy Kids: All The Time In The World in 3D opens in cinemas on Thursday. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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