Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
If there is one film genre that gets no love from the public, it’s anything to do with the Iraq War. The Hurt Locker earlier this year might change that if it gets some Oscar love, but another film may break the cycle as well. Woody Harrelson and the handsome Ben Foster (Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand ) costar in Oren Moverman’s The Messenger , a touching look at the war from...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Just a few weeks after the release of Oren Moverman's The Messenger and its look at the soldiers who have to inform the loved ones of soldiers when they're killed in the line of duty, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan ( In the Name of the Father , My Left Foot , In America ) returns with his own version of Susanne Bier's Danish drama Brothers , starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
"The Messenger" has been on the tip of Americans' tongues for months, thanks to prerelease screenings at film festivals from Sundance to Sedona. Co-written by director Oren Moverman ("I'm Not There," "Jesus' Son"), the story follows Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) in his final tour of duty on the Army's Casualty Notification service, living out...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
I'm Not There screenwriter Oren Moverman makes his directorial debut with this moving and nuanced drama about the home-front readjustment period for decorated Iraq War hero Will Montgomery (Ben Foster). After surviving a roadside blast, he's reassigned as a Casualty Notification Officer and...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... lineup but the company owns the rights to Colin Beavan's environmental documentary No Impact Man and Oren Moverman's military drama, The Messenger . Along with his production and musical work, Yauch also frequently directed some of the Beastie Boys' more elaborate music videos under the name Nathanial Hörnblowér.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
"The Messenger" has been on the tip of Americans' tongues for months, thanks to prerelease screenings at film festivals from Sundance to Sedona. Co-written by director Oren Moverman ("I'm Not There," "Jesus' Son"), the story follows Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) in his final tour of duty on the Army's Casualty Notification service, living out...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... for the bad news. A lover may guess why they're there before a word is spoken.First-time director Oren Moverman's gripping new drama, "The Messenger," dares to keep its focus on the variety of responses to disaster. This includes the messengers, who are not encouraged to become emotionally involved with the people they inform.It happens, of course. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I've spent a lot of time walking around art museums. Sometimes you'll walk through a particular display, several paintings by artists of no particular note, and pause for a moment. You aren't studying or appreciating so much as just looking....
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A sex scene between BEN FOSTER and Brit SAMANTHA MORTON was scrapped from new movie THE MESSENGER - because U.S. Army officials didn't approve of the idea of soldiers sleeping with fallen comrades' wives.X-Men: The Last Stand star Foster plays a reluctant war hero assigned the job of alerting the next of kin their loved ones have died in combat. His character falls for the widow of one dead soldier....
