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I Give It A Year (DVD)

June 3, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Rafe Spall, Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Stephen Merchant
Director: Dan Mazer
Running Time: 93 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 3rd 2013

There’s a lot of criticism that most romantic comedies just go by-the-book, presenting exactly the same story over and over again. So if a rom-com tries to do something a little different, it should be applauded. It’s just a shame that with I Give It A Year, it doesn’t really work.

As the marketing has been keen to tell us, I Give It A Year starts where other rom-coms end. After a whirlwind romance, Josh (Rafe Spall) and Nat (Rose Byrne) get married, even though many of their friends aren’t sure it’s a good match. It’s not long before the cracks begin to show, with the little niggles of their relationship becoming more and more difficult to take. [Read more…]

I Give It A Year Trailer – Stephen Merchant turns best man

November 22, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The first trailer for the British comedy I Give It A Year has arrived, which teams up the likes of Anna Faris, Olivia Colman, Rose Byrne, Simon Baker, Rafe Spall, Minnie Driver and Stephen Merchant, for a movie that looks at the realities, trials and tribulations of the first year of marriage. Merchant gets the plum role in this promo, giving a truly cringe-inducing best man speech, in a way only he can.

Dan Mazer makes his feature-directorial debut, having spent years writing and producing with Sasha Baron Cohen on everything from Ali G to The Dictator. The film is due to hit UK cinemas on 8th February 2013, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

And while we’re hit, why is it nearly every British comedy in the past few years seems to have been about weddings? It’s not even like they’re inherently successful, as everything from The Knot to The Wedding Video have proved. Maybe looking at the first year of marriage can broaden things out a bit.

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ACTORS: Anna Faris, Olivia Colman, Rose Byrne, Simon Baker, Rafe Spall, Minnie Driver, Stephen Merchant DIRECTORS: Dan Mazer FILMS: I Give It A Year

The Mentalist – Season 4 (DVD)

October 9, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti
Director: Various
Running Time: 1032 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: October 8th 2012

The end of The Mentalist – Season 3 was certainly dramatic, with CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) consultant Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) gunning down a man in a shopping mall. The ‘victim’ claimed to be Red John, the serial killer who slaughtered Jane’s wife and child.

For pretty much every other person on the planet, shooting someone to death in cold blood would be the end of their law enforcement career, but this is TV, so former ‘psychic’ Patrick quickly gets out of this sticky situation and is back to solving crimes using his unique brand of mental manipulation. Not only that, but he doesn’t believe the man he killed was really Red John, ensuring that Jane still has his single-minded pursuit of the killer to drive him. [Read more…]

Anna Faris & Rose Byrne Will Give It a Year

March 6, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Just yesterday we reported that Mentalist star Simon Baker had signed on to star opposite Rafe Spall in the romantic comedy I Give It A Year, and now they’ve got some company in the form of Anna Faris and Rose Byrne, according to Variety.

The Working Title film follows a mismatched couple (Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall) who struggle with various issues through their first year of marriage. Anna Faris and Simon Baker play strong supporting characters. although it isn’t 100% clear exactly what those roles will be.

The film is based on an original script by Dan Mazer, who will also direct, and should start shooting in the spring.

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ACTORS: Anna Faris, Rose Byrne, Simon Baker, Rafe Spall DIRECTORS: Dan Mazer FILMS: I Give It A Year

Simon Baker Wants To Give It A Year

March 5, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While he’s had huge success on TV as The Mentalist, Simon Baker’s film career has been slightly more low key. Indeed it’s easy to forget he was even in The Devil Wears Prada and The Ring 2. However he’ll be hoping he makes a bit more of an impression in the rom-com I Give It A Year, which Variety reports he’s set to star in, opposite the already attached Rafe Spall.

The film is based on an original script by Dan Mazer, who will also direct, about a pair of newlyweds who go through various trials and tribulations during their first year of marriage. It’s a fairly generic set-up, but hopefully Mazer, who cut his teeth on the likes of Da Ali G Show can make it work.

The movie will shoot later this spring, once Baker has wrapped on the current season of The Mentalist.

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ACTORS: Simon Baker, Rafe Spall DIRECTORS: Dan Mazer FILMS: I Give It A Year