Rachel McAdams
The War at Home
The Lucky Ones
133 minutes
Written by Neil Burger and Dirk Wittenborn
Directed by Neil Burger
Starring Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Peña
Movies about the war in Iraq are box office poison. Perhaps wisely, writer-director Neil Burger’s new film, The Lucky Ones, is not about this unpopular war, but about the people who are fighting it. The action does not take place on the frontlines, but on the American home front, which turns out to be every bit as treacherous. The emotional scars and incendiary fallout are equally painful; it’s just a different kind of shrapnel.
The “lucky ones” are supposed to be the soldiers who come home in one piece. read more »
We Get Plucky With Tim Robbins at Lucky Premiere
Tim Robbins seemed a little worn out at the dinner following last night’s screening of his new film, The Lucky Ones.
“I don’t really feel like talking,” the actor said when we got alongside him early in the evening. “I just kind of want to relax with my friends and family.”
Being neither, the Daily Transom took our seat at the table adjacent to Robbins’s, where he sat with Mort Zuckerman and Bob Balaban and people we assumed were his family (Susan Sarandon was not present, unfortunately), looking relaxed.
Later, we spoke with an equally weary-looking Michael Pena, who acts alongside Mr. read more »
Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Duck the Paparazzi; Bill Clinton Celebrates His Bday; Matt Damon's New Baby
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson bailed on the birthday celebration that Ms. Ronson celebrates every year with her twin sister Charlotte because of the lurking paparazzi at the Bowery Hotel. [P6]
Meanwhile, Ms. Lohan's reported ex and daughter of Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, Courtenay Semel, got arrested in Las Vegas on Tuesday for having an altercation with a security guard at Pure nightclub; she had been asked to leave because she was rather intoxicated. [P6]
John Edwards' lawyer pals reportedly helped Rielle Hunter escape to the Virgin Islands a day before his public confession on August 8. read more »
Without a Hitch, Swank Married Life Puts Brosnan on McAdams’ Tail
MARRIED LIFE
Running Time 90 minutes
Written by Ira Sachs and Oren Moverman
Directed by Ira Sachs read more »
Mr. Lonelyhearts
Ryan Gosling squashed by Kate Hudson,
Kisten Dunst, Rachel McAdams.
A 32-year-old ad copywriter, who sings in a downtown band and has a lot of tattoos, was on the phone from the East Village. His tone was confessional.
“For the last two years,” he said, “I’ve been chasing tail, sowing my wild oats, literally meeting girls and bringing them up to my apartment. And now”—his voice dropped a decibel or two—“I’ve gone three weeks without having sex. And I’m getting this response from some of my male friends: ‘Oh, good for you, that’s great.’ Almost like that’s more manly, more studly. read more »
Scarlett! I Don't Give a Damn
