Pop Critics » Radha Mitchell http://popcritics.com Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:48:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Henry Poole Is Here Trailer and Posters with Luke Wilson http://popcritics.com/2008/08/08/henry-poole-is-here-trailer-and-posters-with-luke-wilson http://popcritics.com/2008/08/08/henry-poole-is-here-trailer-and-posters-with-luke-wilson#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:30:34 +0000 AnaDVR http://www.popcritics.com/?p=5896 Henry Poole is Here tells the funny, poignant and uplifting story of a disillusioned man who attempts to hide from life in a rundown suburban tract home only to discover he cannot escape the forces of hope.]]>

I hadn’t heard about Henry Poole Is Here until a few days ago but it’s already coming out this month.

Luke Wilson plays Henry Poole, a depressed man who is running away from his family and his problems. He simply wishes to disappear, and moves away to a suburb of L.A. It’s not long after that his nosy neighbor Esparanza played by Adriana Barraza, comes over and discovers a curious stain on his stucco wall. She examines it closely to discover that this is no ordinary stain. It’s a sign from God! She brings crowds to his yard to gaze upon the wonderment of the figure to Henry’s dismay. Even the local priest, George Lopez, comes by for a visit. The “miracle” of the stain affects the town is a very big way. Henry’s plan of wallowing in his misery is interrupted by a town that simply will not go away.

Check out these posters. The first one is one of my favorites for the summer.

Also, here is the trailer for Henry Poole Is Here.

Henry Poole Is Here comes out August 15th. It stars Luke Wilson, Geroge Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Radha Mitchell, and Cheryl Hines.

]]> http://popcritics.com/2008/08/08/henry-poole-is-here-trailer-and-posters-with-luke-wilson/feed 4 Ving Rhames, Three More Join Bruce Willis In "The Surrogates" http://popcritics.com/2008/04/04/ving-rhames-three-more-join-bruce-willis-in-the-surrogates http://popcritics.com/2008/04/04/ving-rhames-three-more-join-bruce-willis-in-the-surrogates#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:46:06 +0000 Jason http://www.popcritics.com/?p=2344 Variety is reporting that Ving Rhames has joined Bruce Willis in the cast of Disney’s sci-fi thriller, The Surrogates. Jonathan Mostow will be directing the film which was written by by Michael Ferris and John Brancato and based on a graphic novel by Robert Venditti from Top Shelf Comix.

The Surrogates is set in the near future where humans live in isolation, and, rather than making the effort to step out of doors themselves, interact through surrogate robots who are basically “better-looking versions” of themselves. Willis will play a cop who uses his surrogate to investigate the murders of other surrogates. As the mystery of a conspiracy unfolds he will have to do the unthinkable and actually leave his house for the first time in years in order to solve the crimes.

Rhames will play a charismatic cult figure who disdains the use of surrogates and tries to lead an uprising against the “new world order.”

Also joining the cast is are Australian actress Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Finding Neverland, Pitch Black) as Willis’ professional partner, and British thespian Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day, Fracture) as his wife. Ned Vaughn (TV’s Cane and The Unit) also recently joined the cast.

Shooting is scheduled to start in April in Boston for a November 20, 2009 release.

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