Chihuahua is box office top dog Oct 7, 2008
Blindness, featuring Julianne Moore, Danny Glover and Mark Ruffalo in a nightmare tale about a town suddenly hit by a sudden epidemic of sight loss, took just $2m (1. 1m). (BBC News)
Audiences adopt 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' with $29M to take top spot Oct 6, 2008
Miramax's "Blindness," featuring Julianne Moore, Danny Glover and Mark Ruffalo in a nightmare tale about a plague of sightlessness, took in just $2 million, averaging an anemic $1,185 in 1,690 theaters. "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," released by MGM and starring Kirsten Dunst in a celebrity satire set at a slick magazine, did $1. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Blindness: Rests uneasily between art and thriller Oct 5, 2008
Mark Ruffalo is her husband the doctor investigating why everyone is suddenly going blind ... Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover ... Then the doctor (Mark Ruffalo) is stricken with the same blindness, as is the car thief, a man with an eye patch waiting in the doctor's office (Danny Glover) and another patient, a girl with dark glasses (Brazilian actor Alice Braga). (Toronto Star)
Blindness Review Oct 4, 2008
Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac) plays an eye doctor who goes blind after one of his patients (Yusuke Iseya) shows up in his office with an unexplained illness. Mysteriously, his wife (Julianne Moore) is impervious to the effects of the disease, which begins to affect people in increasing numbers. (IGN FilmForce)
read my full review here Oct 3, 2008
People come next, or in this case the helpless and predatory urbanites: opthamologist Mark Ruffalo, his wife Julianne Moore, expensive hooker Alicia Braga, wise old man Danny Glover, competing thugs Gael Garcia Bernal and Don McKellar plus assorted others from the astigmatic family of man. Because a Meirelles film is All Design, No Thought, this allegorical stunt plays out as a series of (ironically) fancy visual set pieces. (New York Press)
Blind activists plan film protest Oct 3, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in the film. The National Federation of the Blind in the US has announced that it plans to protest at cinemas across the country over the film Blindness. (BBC News -- Americas)
Blindnessassaultswithmetaphor Oct 3, 2008
The epidemic begins when First Blind Man (Yusuke Iseya) is suddenly stricken with the disease, which he immediately passes on to those with whom he first comes into contact: Thief (Don McKellar, who also wrote the screenplay) who takes the blind mans car, First Blind Mans Wife (Yoshino Kimura) and Doctor (Mark Ruffalo) ... Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny GloverDirector: Fernando MeirellesRun time: 2 hoursMPAA rating: R. (MSNBC -- News)
'Blindness' falls into darkness and doom Oct 3, 2008
Losing sight of life: The wife (Julianne Moore) of a doctor (Mark Ruffalo) is only one not going blind ... Blindness* * (out of four)Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny GloverDirector: Fernando MeirellesDistributor: Miramax FilmsRating: R for violence, including sexual assault, language and sexuality/nudityRunning time: 2 hours, 1 minuteExpands Friday ... Saramago's award-winning allegorical novel, it features strong performances from Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael... (USA Today -- Life)
Movie review: Here's the lowdown on six movies opening this weekend Oct 3, 2008
The cast, which also includes Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover, is strong, and the film uses an intense white light to convey the sight-stealing disease. A reportedly unfocused script gets most of the blame for the film's shortcomings. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Film review: 'Blindness' Oct 3, 2008
Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore in "Blindness," based on a novel by Jos ... The main group, most of whom we have encountered at least briefly before their incarceration, includes an ophthalmologist and his wife (Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore), a prostitute (Alice Braga), a thief (McKellar), a mysterious old man (Danny Glover), a child (Mitchell Nye) and a Japanese yuppie couple (Yusuke Iseya and Yoshino Kimura) ... The characters in Meirelles's film may be ciphers, as they are in the... (International Herald Tribune)
Blind lobby to protest McKellar film in the U.S. Oct 3, 2008
The film stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover. The book has been praised for its use of blindness as a metaphor for the lack of clear communication and respect for human dignity in modern society. (Globe and Mail)
Mini movie reviews Oct 3, 2008
She pretends she's blind, though, to stay with her husband (Mark Ruffalo), who is an eye doctor. Other victims include a little boy, a hooker with a heart of gold (Alice Braga) and an elderly man (Danny Glover), all of whom were the doctor's patients, and a bartender (Gael Garcia Bernal) at the hotel where the prostitute worked. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Blind activists plan protest of movie 'Blindness' Oct 3, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in "Blindness," based on the 1995 Jose Saramago novel ... Julianne Moore stars as the wife of an eye doctor (Mark Ruffalo) who loses his sight; she feigns blindness to stay with her husband and eventually leads a revolt of the quarantined patients. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Moore causes blind outrage Oct 3, 2008
Moore plays the wife of an optician, portrayed by Mark Ruffalo, who feigns blindness when her husband loses his sight in a bid to stay with him. Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Review: 'Blindness' Oct 3, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in "Blindness." ... Only Julianne Moore, the mousy wife of an ophthalmologist, retains her sight, but she keeps it a secret so she won't be separated from her husband (Mark Ruffalo). (Los Angeles Times)
Not A Pretty Sight Oct 3, 2008
Among them are an ophthalmologist (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife (Julianne Moore), who can see but pretends to be blind so she can look after her man. Why she alone is immune is a mystery; she's sort of like the doctor in "The Plague.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Oct 3, 2008
They include actors Sean Penn, Olympia Dukakis and Mark Ruffalo, writers Studs Terkel and Alice Walker, state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Bay Area "protest mom" Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. "In the beginning, we were what you might call the voice-of-conscience usual suspects," Sweet said. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
'Blindness': Lost In Light, By Kurt Loder Oct 3, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo stand out in a movie that doesn't. Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore in "Blindness (Miramax) Stopped at a light on a busy street in an unnamed city, a motorist raises his hands to his eyes in panic. He has suddenly gone blind. So has a high-end call girl in the midst of servicing a client in a luxury hotel. A little boy succumbs, and a thief, and, with pointed irony, an ophthalmologist, too. As the strange plague spreads, government operatives in hazmat gear begin... (VHI.com -- Music News)
"Blindness" Oct 3, 2008
Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore in "Blindness." ... It also eventually hits the eye doctor (Mark Ruffalo) who treats some of these people. (Salon)
Must-See Films for Fall - a.k.a. Os... Sep 25, 2008
Oct. 3: "Blindness" - Starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, this dramatic piece about a city's blind epidemic opened the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, trying to stir up some pre-season award buzz. The reviews were mixed, but the movie controversial and hard to watch like many Oscar contenders. (Suite101.com)
Celebrities demonstrate against Guantanamo Director Paul Haggis, center, and actors Mark Ruffalo, left, and Martin Sheen sit inside a life-size Guantanamo Bay prison cell replica that was on display in Santa Monica Sept. 18. Amnesty International is touring the U.S. with the cell in its effort to close the U.S. controlled detention facility in Cuba. Photo by Valerie Sklarevsky Sep 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Edition. " The board will vote on the issue Nov. 13.City Attorney Christi Hogin said in an interview this week she did not know why the RWQCB staff made this decision. She said the city has received "zero complaints" since it began issuing the permits. "We are proud of how we have handled it [the permitting]," she said. "It is also a convenience for our residents. (Malibu Times, CA)
Standout Performances Sep 21, 2008
Rian Johnson follows his most original "Brick" with this pretentious drivel about two brothers (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo) who grow up to be grifters. They target a lonely heiress (Rachel Weisz) to be their last mark before they retire. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Panelists Announced for Film Independent's Fourth-Annual Filmmaker Forum: September 26-28, 2008 Sep 19, 2008
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom are Bloom (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) -- the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust, intrigue and the most complex literary-inspired setups imaginable. Now they've decided to take on one last job -- showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress named Penelope (Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
East Coast Canada Destination, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hosts Major Film Events in September including Canada's 4th Largest Film Festival Sep 16, 2008
The popular Nova Scotia festival will open with a screening of Blindness, a Canada-Brazil co-production starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, followed by an NBC Universal Canada Opening Night Party with 3,000 guests attending an outdoor street party in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also slated for September, CBC has chosen Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia as the location for the next instalment of "The Week the Women Went." In the documentary-style production, the women of Tatamagouche will leave... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Scene & Herd Sep 12, 2008
People minding their own non-business at Ultra may have considered themselves lucky when Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo (fresh from their red carpet run for What Doesn't Kill You) stopped in for a celebratory drink. They were joined by Mr. Robbins, who clearly wanted to savour his big night. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Film festival a reel grueling experience Sep 12, 2008
If you like the cult of personality instead, then TIFF offers a unique chance to view directors and film stars up close: In just a few days, I was a stone's throw from Danny Glover, Julianne Moore, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Don McKellar, Benicio Del Toro, Anne Hathaway, directors Wong Kar-Wai, Darren Aronofsky and more -- and I wasn't even looking for celebrities. (Personal favourite: I sat in a theatre behind CBC television's George Strombolopolous, and like a Canadian he was in the regular... (StarPhoenix)
Threatening Baby? Sep 11, 2008
Still here: the Brothers Bloom, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. Someone should buy this movie and put it out. (Fox News)
For 30 minutes, pure movie heaven Sep 11, 2008
Ethan Hawke spent the evening in a booth occupied by the stars of The Brothers Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz. Ruffalo is this year's TIFF iron man: He also stars in Blindness, and he's Hawke's co-star in What Doesn't Kill You. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Buddy, can you spare a celebrity? Sep 11, 2008
Tim Robbins and posse took one next to Ethan Hawke, who sat alone for what may have felt like an eternal few minutes before being joined by Mark Ruffalo, his co-star in What Doesn't Kill You, which premiered last night. Adrien Brody completed the bro-friend clique. (Globe and Mail)
Kingsley and queens of party circuit Sep 10, 2008
I had returned, once again, to the Bonyan Films party at the Park Hyatt's rooftop lounge to find The Brothers Bloom cast members Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Ms. Beckinsale looking animated and quite at home. Although her white dress was extraordinary, I found myself more captivated by her fragrance. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Ruffalo learns art of the con Sep 10, 2008
TORONTO - Being an actor is akin to being a con man, says actor Mark Ruffalo. "You're trying to get someone to like you. You're trying to convince them of something. You pull one over on someone," says Ruffalo, who's in Toronto with not one, but two festival galas: Blindness, the adaptation of Jose Saramago's apocalyptic novel and the The Brothers Bloom, a colourful comic drama featuring Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Adrien Brody that premiered here at the Toronto International Film Festival on... (Windsor Star)
The Clean Teen Sep 9, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo at the Blindness party, where publicists worried that members of the inexplicable Hollywood Foreign Press many elderly or infirm might get lost in a blinding white cloud tunnel at the entry. Moby DJ'd the party, turning up the volume so loud that he cleared the VIP area in one fell swoop, including Adrien Brody with an attractive blonde named Sunrise. (Fox News)
Behind men of action are women with mops Sep 9, 2008
In Blindness, Julianne Moore's character doesn't have a name, just a title, the Doctor's Wife, and in the early frames, we see how well she lives up to that, dyeing her hair and making fancy desserts for a husband (Mark Ruffalo) who barely looks at her. When he's blinded by a plague and quarantined, she goes with him, though she can still see. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Hunting celebrity goodwill Sep 9, 2008
Within minutes, wife Robin Wright Penn, Josh Brolin (an alum from last year) and Mark Ruffalo plunked themselves down. The VIP vortex continued as Tim Robbins joined the group. (Globe and Mail)
It's St. Valentino's day for the fashionistas of film Sep 8, 2008
The boldest and brightest came earliest: cast members Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich joined by Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. Noticed among a surfeit of sexy gals were RocknRolla's stars Gerard Butler and Jeremy Piven who clearly had not done enough rock and rolling. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Brody more pro than con Sep 8, 2008
His co-stars are Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz, and the movie is written and directed by Rian Johnson, the filmmaker behind Brick. During interviews for the movie yesterday, it came up more than once that being a con artist has something in common with being an actor, in that you're pretending to be someone else. (Toronto Sun)
Back to the good old ways Sep 7, 2008
Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Danny Glover star; the film opened this year's Cannes with a thud but rumors are that it's since been recut. "Flash of Genius" This drama is based on the true story of Bob Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a Detroit college professor who invented the intermittent automobile window wiper and sued Ford for stealing his design. (Boston Globe)
Rachel Weisz steals the show in 'The Brothers Bloom' Sep 7, 2008
The film features two life-long grifters (Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo) who make her their mark upon this wild re-imagining of the ancient tale of "Ulysses.". "It sounds pretentious and crazy. But I wanted to see if you can have an emotional pay off in a con-man movie," says "Brick" director Johnson. (CTV.ca)
Toronto festival begins the long road to Oscars Sep 6, 2008
A comedy/drama/shaggy-dog story/con game, it follows two grifter brothers (Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody) as they try to fleece a rich, lonely heiress (Rachel Weisz) before going their separate ways. Sounds straightforward enough, but Johnson goes heavy on the whimsy, to the point where "Brothers Bloom" makes a Wes Anderson movie look like a plea for sobriety. (Boston Globe)
Family Snubbed Sep 6, 2008
Thursday night, we also got a look at the very trippy '70s-like road movie "The Brothers Bloom" with Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo and Rinko Kikuchi from "Babel." The Blooms are con men, Weisz is their rich "mark" and Rinko doesn't speak through the whole film. The actors are terrific and few movies or cities (Prague shines) have ever looked this good. (Fox News)
Movie melange - VIFF targets taste Sep 5, 2008
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in Blindness, which kicks off this year's film festival. Font. (Vancouver Sun)
Ben Kingsley Q&A Aug 31, 2008
It's a psychodrama/thriller with Mark Ruffalo and Emily Mortimer and Leonardo DiCaprio, a wonderful cast. IGN: What was it like working with Scorsese for the first time. (IGN FilmForce)
Movie Cornucopia Aug 31, 2008
Turns out the entire populace has been struck blind except for Moore, who pretends to be sightless so she can stay with husband Mark Ruffalo in a quarantined hospital. She leads seven people on an escape from the hospital and back to the shell of the city where they once lived. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Fall film preview (23) Aug 31, 2008
" And it'd better be good, or the struggling filmmaker could be persona non grata for the foreseeable future.10 more films I'm looking forward to: "Righteous Kill" (Sept. 12) Much like Guy Ritchie, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino could redeem themselves in one bold stroke with this police thriller. "Lakeview Terrace" (Sept. 19) Remember what I said about crazy Samuel L. Jackson? In Neil LaBute's latest, he plays a power-mad cop. And it doesn't get much more terrifyingly crazy than that. "Blindness"... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Fincher's 'Benjamin Button,' 'Flash of Genius' Aug 30, 2008
World War II; katie holmes; Hitler; trailer; valkyrie; Tom Cruise; video; variety; Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in Sony's highly anticipated sequel to 'Casino Royale' ; Daniel Craig; trailer; 'Quantum of Solace' trailer; free download; James Bond; variety; embed; Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo play two con man attempting to swindle an eccentric heiress in 'The Brothers Bloom ... movie; 'Rachel Getting Married' trailer; Jonathan Demme; trailers; Anne Hathaway; 'City of God' director Fernando... (Variety)
Meg Ryan, Simon Pegg bring fall laughs Aug 28, 2008
Starring: Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie ColtraneDirector: Rian JohnsonStory: Two con men (Brody, Ruffalo) embark on one last scheme to part an heiress (Weisz) from her fortune, but when they realize how wonderful and eccentric she is, they decide to make her a partner in another scheme instead. One to watch. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Do you believe...in casting Cher as Catwoman? Aug 26, 2008
i think nolan could take reese witherspoon or anne hathaway or mark ruffalo or jennifer garner and make them give tremendous performances. jake gyllenhaal. (Entertainment Weekly)
DVD Review: Chicago 10: Speak Your ... Aug 26, 2008
In the courtroom sequences, Hank Azaria, Liev Schreiber, Dylan Baker, Mark Ruffalo, Jeffrey Wright and Roy Scheider voice the principals involved in the case. Several of the scenarios are played for laughs (Hoffman blowing an extended kiss towards a female juror), and (rather suspect) testimony by undercover police officers on the witness stand is undercut by footage of Hoffman and Rubin giving speeches to hordes of young people. (Suite101.com)
Highlights of Hollywood's fall, holiday schedule Aug 25, 2008
With Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Mark Ruffalo and Gael Garcia Bernal ... THE BROTHERS BLOOM: Con artist siblings (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo) take an heiress (Rachel Weisz) on a globe-trotting quest for valuables. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Stars align at the Toronto International Film Festival Aug 23, 2008
Other stars expected to attend the festival include Renee Zellweger and Viggo Mortensen, in town to promote the premiere of the Ed Harris-directed Appaloosa, as well as Blindness stars Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore. The Edmonton Journal 2008. (Edmonton Journal)
4-hour biopic Che coming to Toronto in two pieces Aug 15, 2008
The Brothers Bloom (world premiere): The brothers Bloom (Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo) are the best con men in the world. Can they swindle the eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz). (Toronto Star)
Complete list of Special Presentation titles Aug 14, 2008
In this world premiere from America director Rian Johnson, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo star as con men trying to dupe heiress Rachel Weisz. Easy Virtue. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Eastwood's not coming, but look for Firth and Rogen Aug 14, 2008
Among the stars featured in these 20 films are Greg Kinnear, Mickey Rourke, Adrien Brody, Isabelle Huppert, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Zac Efron ... The Brothers Bloom In this world premiere from America director Rian Johnson, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo star as con men trying to dupe heiress Rachel Weisz. (Globe and Mail)
The Johnson's Brothers Aug 8, 2008
The fact that "the two brothers" of the title are played by no less than Mark Ruffalo and Adrian Brody further suggests that Johnson's follow-up to the acclaimed, singular Brick will be no less quirky, fascinating or inventive. On July 18, 2008, IGN joined a small group of online journalists for a visit to the edit bay where Johnson is hard at work finishing The Brothers Bloom. (IGN FilmForce)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Aug 8, 2008
They include actors Sean Penn, Olympia Dukakis and Mark Ruffalo, writers Studs Terkel and Alice Walker, state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Bay Area "protest mom" Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. "In the beginning, we were what you might call the voice-of-conscience usual suspects," Sweet said. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Moncton prepares for Eagles concert Aug 3, 2008
The film, which stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover, is about a city beseiged by a blindness epidemic. "Blindness" was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. (Sudbury Star)
A cornucopia of Canadian movies Jul 16, 2008
Fernando Meirelles's apocalyptic thriller Blindness - a Canadian co-production with an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore - will be a special presentation, along with Philippe Falardeau's C'est pas moi, je le jure. (It's Not Me, I Swear. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Girl most likely Jul 13, 2008
And her experience working with Mark Ruffalo on You Can Count On Me was so intense, she recently told Entertainment Weekly, "I always see him and I always tear up." Asked about this, she explains: "That was a very difficult, weird time making that movie. It was fantastic. Some of the best material I've worked on and there was stuff in my life that was difficult. And he was wonderful.". That friendship took place just before her divorce from stage actor David Adkins (they were married in 1995),... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Belmonte has a new assistant principal Jul 13, 2008
He recently earned a small role in "Real Men Cry," a movie filmed in South Boston starring Ethan Hawke, Donnie Wahlberg and Mark Ruffalo. "I have a lot of interests, but my passion is in education and doing whatever I can to help out kids.". (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Ashecliffe filming continues at Medfield State Hospital Jun 26, 2008
Mark Ruffalo portrays Aule. Michelle Williams and Ben Kingsley will act in supporting roles. (Medfield Press, MA)
DiCaprio's new film Jun 18, 2008
Shutter Island also stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo and Michelle Williams. It is scheduled for an autumn 2009 release. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Last Castle Jun 11, 2008
There's a good supporting turn from Mark Ruffalo as the con's resident grifter. an error occurred while processing this directive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The week's best films on TV Jun 7, 2008
New problems arise - such as how to hold down the adult's high-powered job as fashion mag editor - but it's all pleasantly life-affirming, with a winning performance from Garner, and Mark Ruffalo as the grown-up childhood chum who for some reason no longer likes her. The Rookie (Clint Eastwood, 1990) 9pm, Five. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Cannes 2008: The films May 26, 2008
Blindness (opening film) Director: Fernando Mereilles Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo Country: Brazil / Canada / Japan. Entre Les Murs (The Class) Director: Lauren Cantet Country: France. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Dark films dominate at Cannes this year May 23, 2008
Blindness: Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in Fernando Meirelles' futuristic film about the collapse of civilization amid a world where everyone is suddenly going blind. It's based on a novel by Jose Saramago. (USA Today -- Life)
