Rachel Weisz stars as the title character in My Cousin Rachel, coming out this weekend in limited release from Fox Searchlight. Rachel is a woman who is thought by her cousin Philip (Sam Claflin) to have murdered or in some manner killed his benefactor, who was under her care. Philip sets out to exact revenge … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: My Cousin Rachel
Movie Marketing Madness: Complete Unknown
Want to get Movie Marketing Madness via email? Sign up here. Then connect with MMM on Twitter and Facebook. Reinvention is at the core of the story in Complete Unknown, the new movie starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon. Weisz plays Alice...or at least that’s the name she’s going by at the moment. See Alice … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: Complete Unknown
Movie Marketing Madness: The Lobster
Want to get Movie Marketing Madness via email? Sign up here. Then connect with MMM on Twitter and Facebook. Usually when someone says they “need” to find a person to be with and love it’s a bit of an overstatement, an exaggeration to make a point. They may be lonely and really desiring someone to … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: The Lobster
Movie Marketing Madness: Youth
Time marches on. Death and taxes. So and so on with all the cliches and bromides about how getting older is inevitable and yada yada yada. These are things we tell us to remind that we’re all getting older and that the only journey we’re really on is one toward the grave. We can kvetch … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: Youth
The Constant Gardener – Marketing Recap
Ralph Fiennes has had an unexpectedly uneven career. He followed up his breakout performance in Schindler’s List with Quiz Show (alright, I can see that) and then with Strange Days (what the…). Since then he’s bounced between prestige projects and, well, The Avengers. That’s not pretty. The early buzz on The Constant Gardener, an adaptation … Continue reading The Constant Gardener – Marketing Recap
Selling Constantine
You can read my full recap of the marketing campaign for Constantine at Film Threat. His latest movie finds Reeves playing some sort of spiritual being caught up in the eternal struggle between Heaven and Hell. It’s an adaptation of the successful Alan Moore graphic novel Hellblazer. The word adaptation should be used loosely since in … Continue reading Selling Constantine
