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Review: ‘Nine’ Is All Razzle, Dazzle & Not Much Else

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:34:00 +0000

While as stylish, technically proficient and lovely looking as you might imagine, the alchemical ingredient equaling some kind of divine inspiration is largely missing in Rob Marshall’s almost-dramatically inert adaptation of the musical “Nine.”

The psychological reasoning for bursting into song doesn’t really play, and the thematic placement of the musical numbers feels shoe-horned in. And, almost to a criminal fault, practically none of these numbers add much character insight or move the plot forward – a Musical 101 no-no.

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Four New Stylish Posters From ‘Nine’

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:44:00 +0000

People have accused us of being “Nine” crazy, but considering what’s left in the year, what’s there to really be excited for? (please don’t mention the flying blue furballs)

Though, we’re not clueless. This one could be iffy if the songs are cornball (and the Kate Hudson, “Cinema Italiano” track isn’t great by any means).

Still we hold out hope because Rob Marshall’s “Chicago” was great and who even remembers the songs?

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New Character Images From ‘Nine’

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Rob Marshall’s “Nine” musical is almost upon us. New songs leaked this weekend, junkateer screenings happened this weekend — everyone’s first born was evidently promised if they spoke out of turn — and you can just feel this one set to pop any moment now. Meanwhile a boatload of new press images have been released.

Our favorites are featured here throughout. A commenter recently quipped at another commenter on our site who thought it looked boring, “So straight men don’t like seeing women in movies now?” And well, we have to concur, Penelope Cruz looks… ravishing (she also looks great in these photos).

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Disney & Weinstein Company Form MegaPact To Promote Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine,’ Plus New Photos

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46:00 +0000

The Weinstein Company, always with an ace up their sleeve, have pulled out the whole deck this fall, by announcing a “megapact” with Disney to promote their Oscar hopeful “Nine.” The deal will find promotional content for the film blitzed across the numerous channels the round-eared media conglomerate owns.

On November 17th, “Dancing With The Stars” with have a routine set to the song “Be Italian” from the film, while dancers wear outfits from the movie.

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Oh, Omnibus! Anthology Films That Not Always Made The Grade – Part 2

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Anthology films. Why are they littered with talent, usually the greatest directors of that particular time, but still generally come out empty or with middling results at best? Part Two of our look at omnibus films continues. Part one is here.

“Paris, je t’aime”
The gist: “Paris, je t’aime” was a warm, unwieldy collection of short films about the City of Light by 21 directors, each segment roughly broken down to a coincide with Paris’ administrative districts.

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Rob Marshall Tries To Derail ‘Nine’ By Casting Fergie Alongside Daniel Day-Lewis

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:28:00 +0000

The cast of Rob Marshall’s “Nine,” is pretty fantastic. Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, and Judi Dench.

Oh yeah, and this guy named Daniel Day-Lewis who has taken over for the departed Javier Bardem, according to Variety (though this seems new considering last time we had checked in DDL was only, “in talks”). The project is a Broadway musical adaptation of “Nine,” which itself was a quasi-adaptation of Fellini’s surrealistic classic, “8 1/2.”

So excellent cast, great pedigree, etc.

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