A Single Man & Nine posters

Today’s been a real slow day for news, this is the best I’ve got! New poster for two possible Oscar contenders. Above is the new poster for Tom Ford’s overly stylish A Single Man which stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode. A lot of critics have been heaping praise on this film, I myself watched it at the London Film Festival and wasn’t blown away by it. It was a bit too much style over substance for me, visually yes it was stunning, but for me it didn’t have the emotion to back it up, especially considering the story. It felt like I was watching an extended cigarette advert.

I can’t take anything away from Colin Firth though he was phenomenal and is deserving of all the praise he’s been getting. For a debut Tom Ford done brilliantly as well. The film is a very good film just not a great film in my eyes.

Fashion designer Tom Ford makes his directorial debut with this dramatic outing starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Matthew Goode. Ford and David Scearce adapted the story from a book by Christopher Isherwood, which tells the tragic tale of a professor’s loss of his longtime partner.

If you’ve read my blog you’ve probably  learnt of mydeep seated hatred for musicals, I really do hate them………alot!  This film looks like it could be an exception, Daniel Day Lewis is my favorite actor of the last 15 years, every performance I’ve seen him in he’s been amazing, the rest of the cast is chock full of talent, 6 Oscar winner in Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, and Sofia Loren.

Nine tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).