Wednesday, November 18

• Medusa Unveiled in New Percy Jackson Trailer

  The international trailer for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is out, and it shows the storyline in a much more coherent way than earlier teasers — and displays at least one plot change from the book and an older Percy. (Logan Lerman is clearly not 12 in this clip.)

  It also offers a pretty cool preview of some of the movie's creature designs. Highlights include glimpses of the watery powers that Percy inherited from his sea god father Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), a very cool sequence in which his teacher Mrs. Dodds (Maria Olsen) transforms into a bat-winged Fury, and a first look at Uma Thurman as Medusa. Sporting a head full of snakes and a come-hither attitude, she tries to entice our young hero out from behind his iPod to "sneak a peek," with all the horrible consequences that would entail.

  See Meet the Cast of Percy Jackson to learn more about the movie's half-bloods, Greek gods, monsters, and occasional mortals.

  
  

  Posted 11/18/2009 by Bill

  Related: Uma Thurman | Kevin McKidd | Logan Lerman | Maria Olsen | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Monday, October 26

• Uma Thurman Says Kill Bill: Vol. 3 Is "Going To Be Awesome"

  With nearly 40 feature films on her resume, actress Uma Thurman is at a point in her career where she can pick and choose her movie projects. In a recent interview with Parade, Thurman said that choosing roles is a very different process for her now that she is a mother.

  You feel much more conflicted. I think I really struggled with that conflict. Sort of like, "What's worthy enough to interrupt my kid's life to take them on the road with me while I do a movie?" Now, I just try to balance it. I probably overthink things, but I try to do the right thing. I just do my best. Any working mother will tell you it's the same. I think every working mom is kind of a superhero. I think we all are.

  Thurman also confirmed that she has been in talks with Quentin Tarantino about reprising the role of The Bride in a third volume in the Kill Bill saga.

  Quentin has talked to me about Kill Bill: Vol. 3 and shared some of his ideas. I think it's going to be awesome. It will be fun to get back into fighting mode even though I'm not much of a meanie. But I now have a physical confidence that I've probably never had in my life. You don't know what you would do until you're attacked. That's the truth. But I think conflict should be avoided. I think conflict is a loss. I totally feel that there is no winnable war.

  As far as we — and Thurman's career — are concerned, Kill Bill: Vol. 3 can't come fast enough!

  
  
  

  Motherhood - Trailer

  Uma Thurman stars, in theaters now

  Posted 10/26/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Motherhood | Kill Bill Vol. 3

Friday, October 16

• Uma Thurman Confirms Talks with Tarantino about Kill Bill 3

  A few weeks ago, Quentin Tarantino excited fans everywhere when he promised a sequel to Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

  "The Bride will fight again!" he said.

  Uma Thurman has now followed that up with confirmation that she has spoken with Tarantino about the project, which many speculate may involve a showdown between The Bride's daughter and the daughter of Vernita Green (played by Vivica Fox), one of The Bride's victims in Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

  Speaking with MTV, Thurman said:

  We did chat, we did chat. He has not yet finished the script. I don't even really know if he's really started it, although I got a taste of some of his ideas and they are really good.... He has started to share with me what he was thinking, and it's awesome.

  So, it sounds as if we can definitely expect a third Kill Bill ... at some point. Remember how long it took Tarantino to finish the script for Inglourious Basterds. So although we're excited about these announcements, we're not holding out hope that we'll see a finished product anytime soon.

  And, of course, we have to wonder: Now that Bill is dead (c'mon, is it really a spoiler given the movie names), will the Kill Bill name still apply, simply for consistency? Or will Tarantino come up with a different name, possible starting a whole new series?

  MTV tried to prod Thurman for further details, finally leading her to cry out, "I can't tell you! I'm sorry!"

  
  

  Posted 10/16/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Kill Bill Vol. 3

Thursday, October 1

• Tarantino Says He'll Do Kill Bill 3

  During an interview on Italian TV, director Quentin Tarantino surprised everyone, including the interviewer, by spontaneously promising that he would make Kill Bill Volume 3.

  The interviewer wasn't even asking about it. She was just asking about a prequel to Inglourious Basterds ("maybe") and a sequel to Pulp Fiction ("never"), when Tarantino prompted her to ask about Kill Bill. He then delivered the surprisingly positive response ("yes"). And in the follow-up he said, "The Bride will fight again."

  Tarantino has teased projects before that never saw the light of day, and the Bride (Uma Thurman) hasn't weighed in on the possibility, so the news should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Still, since he brought it up himself ... hmm.

  
  

  Posted 10/01/2009 by Bill

  Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman

Saturday, September 5

• Uma Thurman's Latest Career Moves: Motherhood and a "Film Excellence" Award

  Variety reports that the Boston Film Festival will award Uma Thurman with a "film excellence" award for her acting career.

  Thurman has certainly had an eclectic, up-and-down career. Interestingly enough, she wasn't even on-screen for her debut film role: She lent her voice to the English-language dubbing of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the 1984 feature from legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

  Later in the 80s, she also had small roles in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Dangerous Liaisons. She was also the title female character in Henry & June, which in 1990 became the first movie to receive an NC-17 (just after the rating was introduced to replace the X).

  But of course, her breakout was as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Since then, she's taken on a variety of interesting, off-beat roles (Kill Bill, Sweet and Lowdown, Beautiful Girls) as well as some highly forgettable ones (Batman & Robin, The Avengers, Be Cool).

  The Boston Film Festival gets underway on September 18 with Thurman's upcoming Motherhood, in which she plays a frazzled woman trying to plan her daughter's sixth birthday party. The movie, which was written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, also stars Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver and is due for a limited release on October 16.

  
  

  Posted 09/05/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Anthony Edwards | Uma Thurman | Minnie Driver | Motherhood

Friday, August 14

• What a Bunch of Basterds: Top 10 Tarantino Character Types

  

  For cinephiles (pronounced “movie nerds”), the works of Quentin Tarantino aren’t just fun on their own terms: They’re packed with nods, winks, and say-no-mores to other movies, genre clichés, and Tarantino’s own conventions. His characters are no exception, though some of them may pop us for saying so.

  When Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds rides a pile of Nazi corpses into a theater near you, it’s a pretty safe bet that some of the writer-director’s favorite stock characters will be along for the genoride. And yes, many of them will be movie buffs. Here are the ones to watch for with your one good eye through a hail of bullets, sleet of blood, and freezing rain of gore.

  Check out the Top 10 Tarantino Character Types.

  
  

  Posted 08/14/2009 by reelz

  Related: Brad Pitt | Christopher Walken | Harvey Keitel | John Travolta | Quentin Tarantino | Steve Buscemi | Uma Thurman | Samuel L. Jackson | Michael Madsen | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Reservoir Dogs | Inglourious Basterds | Pulp Fiction | Four Rooms | Jackie Brown | From Dusk Till Dawn

Monday, June 29

• Director Talks Changes for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Movie

  In an interview with ISEB, director Chris Columbus outlines what he is aiming for in his big-screen adaptation of the enormously popular young adult novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. The novel follows the adventures of a modern-day 12-year-old boy who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and ends up trying to prevent a war among the gods.

  It is this world of Greek mythology that first drew Columbus to the project. This world, he contends, has never been adequately done on screen, but he has a plan to fix that. To start with, "cheesy stop-motion monsters" are out. CGI is in. The snakes in Medusa's (Uma Thurman's) hair will be a real standout, he suggests. The special effects are still a work in progress, though, and he isn't ready to show them off at Comic-Con next month. When he does show them off, he wants people to really be "blown away" and he's not quite there yet.

  Columbus, who has been involved in making three of the Harry Potter movies, goes on to explain that one thing he is seriously trying to avoid in the Percy Jackson adaptation is any resemblance to Harry Potter. The similarities definitely are there in the book, he admits, but he is making every effort to remove them. And he is making other changes as well:

  ... there's a bit of a sense of liberation with Percy Jackson because we're changing the books. I wouldn't say significantly, but we're able to change them a little bit.

  Will this upset fans? Too early to say, but for now the director sounds much more excited than worried and says he'd like to have to opportunity to expand on the world by adapting the sequels as well.

  
  
  Next Showing: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief debuts Feburary 12, 2010

  Posted 06/29/2009 by Bill

  Related: Chris Columbus | Uma Thurman | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Friday, July 18

• Leonard Maltin's Online Hidden Gem

  

  

  Leonard Maltin Says:

  On a recent episode of Secret’s Out, I featured two French films: one just out on DVD called Girl on the Bridge, and one that’s now playing in theaters, Tell No One. I confess that I’m a sucker for French cinema, and maybe that’s why I enjoyed Vatel, which didn’t get great reviews when it opened in this country.

  The magnificent Gerard Depardieu plays what you might call the ultimate party planner who’s given his most demanding assignment when his employer, Julian Glover, announces that King Louis XIV himself is going to visit. Uma Thurman plays a lady-in-waiting and Tim Roth is an underhanded aide to the King in this story of multiple intrigues set against a sumptuous backdrop, with Depardieu as the man who gives so much of himself to his job that he sacrifices his own happiness in the process.

  
  

  Posted 07/18/2008 by reelz

  Related: Tim Roth | Uma Thurman | Julian Glover | Gerard Depardieu | Vatel | La Fille sur le Pont | Tell No One

Friday, January 18

• Exclusive Accidental Husband pix!

  Uma Thurman and Colin Firth are rolling out a new romantic comedy, The Accidental Husband, in March and we've got the exclusive stills from the movie.

  And we've got to say, they look appropriately date night-y to us.

  Check out our Accidental Husband photo gallery for the exclusive pix here!

  
  
  

  Trailer

  The Accidental Husband

  Posted 01/18/2008 by reelz

  Related: Uma Thurman | Colin Firth | The Accidental Husband