High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Magnolia has alerted retailers to an August Blu-ray release for the acclaimed indie drama 'The Life Before Her Eyes.' Starring Uma Thurman (and Evan Rachel Wood as Thurman's younger self) who struggles...
Snarky Gossip (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Image details: The Cinema Society Hosts A Screening Of "The Life Before Her Eyes" served by picapp.com I have a confession to make: I think Kelsey Grammer is one of the least funniest people on the planet, and I fail to understand how this guy keeps getting shows that are all about HIM. Fortunately, Fox had [...]
Snarky Gossip (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Image details: The Cinema Society Hosts A Screening Of "The Life Before Her Eyes" served by picapp.com A jury yesterday convicted a man named Jack Jordan of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than TWO YEARS. Here’s a few of the fun little stalkery things he treated her to: He showed up at her doorstep and [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Whether playing a virginal nymphet in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" or a sword-wielding vigilante in "Kill Bill," Uma Thurman has always seemed, despite her unearthly beauty, human and woundable. As Diana, the haunted woman at the center of "The Life Before Her Eyes," Thurman has never looked more heartbreakingly fragile.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
'The Life Before Her Eyes' **** (Newsday) Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood star as a single character before and after a Columbine-style tragedy. Blessed with a lovely family and a home in the autumnal suburb of Briar Hill, Diana is nevertheless plagued by memories of a massacre at her high school; she and her best friend (Eva Amurri) were forced by the shooter to choose which would survive....
Brad Pitt Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Director Vadim Perelman on 'The Life Before Her Eyes'Scripps News, DC - 45 minutes agoThat film is expected to star Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. "It was difficult in a sense," Perelman said. "It's such a huge novel to cut down, …
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
"Iron Man": A wealthy industrialist builds an armored suit and uses its technology to fight evil. Rated PG-13. Review, Page 4. "The Life Before Her Eyes": Survivor guilt from a Columbine-like event 20 years ago causes a woman's idyllic present-day life to fall apart. Rated R; violence, language, drug use.
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Before You Die, Uma Thurman's Career Flashes Before Your Eyes The Life Before Her Eyes / Nathaniel Rogers...
Jesus Creed (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Magnolia Pictures sent me a pre-release DVD of “The Life Before Her Eyes,” starring Evan Rachel Wood and Uma Thurman, and I feel obligated to offer my readers a review of this haunting movie. Each actress plays — Evan as a teenager and Uma as an adult — a woman named Diana. Diana is a [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Don't call it a career: "The Life Before Her Eyes," inspired by the Columbine tragedy, takes an impressionistic look at the aftermath of a high school massacre. Starring Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood as adult and teenage versions of the same character, "...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Expectations unmet, time wasted, an abiding sense of irritation: These are the primary consolations of The Life Before Her Eyes , a sour and silly puzzle film with delusions of literary grandeur. Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and Maureen (Eva Amurri) are 17-years-old, best friends, and not at all alike. Diana is the wild child, who smokes pot, sleeps with boys, and is a regular fixture in...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Reel "Life" mirrors real death in "The Life Before Her Eyes."
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
The latest drama from House of Sand and Fog director Vadim Perelman
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
"The Life Before Her Eyes" could have been a must-see movie.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Adapting novels to film is a balancing act between two disparate art forms, made easier when the source material is inherently cinematic...
