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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

The Intern (Cinema Review)

October 1, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm
Director: Nancy Meyers
Running Time: 121 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: October 2nd 2015 (UK)

I’ll come clean straight away, we have two problems here. In my humble opinion Nany Meyers’ The Holiday was a true low point in cinema, an absolutely wretched affair – lazy, clichéd, corny, utterly without charm and with dialled in performances. Problem 2 is the De Niro syndrome – what on earth happened to the actor who everyone agreed was the finest of his generation. Pacino has his many fans, but De Niro admirers simply mutter Raging Bull and that’s the argument won. So how has this man gone from that peak to decades, literally decades, of mediocre, middling dramas and simply unfunny comedies?

Actually there’s a third problem here, the film’s central idea, which has, in true Hollywood tradition, been done before, and very recently. It’s The Devil Wears Prada, but this time with Anne Hathaway in the Meryl Streep role, and De Niro in the junior position lately vacated by the over-promoted…Anne Hathaway! [Read more…]

The Intern Trailer – Anne Hathaway is Robert De Niro’s new boss

August 3, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-InternRobert De Niro is looking for a bit of a career change, or at least he is in The Intern, in which he stars opposite Anne Hathaway, Nat Wolff, Adam Devine, Rene Russo and Andrew Rannells.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In “The Intern,” De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Hathaway).’

Nancy Meyers (The Holiday, Somethings Gotta Give, What Women Want) directs, with the film set for release in October. Take a look at the teaser trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Andrew Rannells  DIRECTORS: Nancy Meyers  FILMS: The Intern  

The Intern Teaser – Anne Hathaway is Robert De Niro’s boss, with Andrew Rannells also starring

May 14, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-InternRobert De Niro is looking for a bit of a career change, or at least he is in The Intern, in which he stars opposite Anne Hathaway, Nat Wolff, Adam Devine, Rene Russo and Andrew Rannells.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In “The Intern,” De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Hathaway).’

Nancy Meyers (The Holiday, Somethings Gotta Give, What Women Want) directs, with the film set for release in October. Take a look at the teaser trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Andrew Rannells  DIRECTORS: Nancy Meyers  FILMS: The Intern  

Anne Hathaway Set To Replace Reese Witherpoon In The Intern

February 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

anne-hathawayLast November Reese Witherspoon entered talks to join The Intern, replacing the previously attached Tina Fey. However now Witherspoon has moved on too due to scheduling issues, but they may have found a good replacement as THR reports Anne Hathaway has joined the workplace comedy.

The movie is about the owner (Hathaway) of a fashion website, who starts a community outreach program seeking ‘senior’ interns. She’s thinks that high school and college seniors will apply, however she gets a surprised when she discovers that her intern is a 70-year-old man (Robert De Niro), who proves to be surprising asset to her company.

Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway have already conducted a table read for the director, which is said to have gone extremely well. Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give) is set to direct.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Anne Hathaway, Reese Witherspoon, Robert De Niro  DIRECTORS: Nancy Meyers  

Reese Witherspoon & Robert De Niro Join The Intern

November 8, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

reese-witherspoonRobert De Niro and Reese Witherspoon have decided to team up, as they are in talks to join The Intern, according to Deadline. Last year the project had Tina Fey attached, but she’s since moved on.

The movie is about the owner (Reese Witherspoon) of a fashion website, who starts a community outreach program seeking “senior” interns. She’s thinks that high school and college seniors will apply, however she gets a surprised when she discovers that her intern is a 70-year-old man (Robert De Niro) who proves to be surprising asset to her company.

Nancy Meyers is directing from her own screenplay. It isn’t clear when it might shoot.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Reese Witherspoon, Robert De Niro  DIRECTORS: Nancy Meyers  

Tina Fey Takes On The Intern For Writer/Director Nancy Meyers

April 14, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Considering Tina Fey never really intended to be an major on-camera talent, having started out as a writer, she’s had an astonishing career. Now she’s so in demand that she’s signing on for movies that probably won’t start shooting for over a year! According to Deadline, Fey has signed up to play the lead in The Intern from writer/director Nancy Meyers.

Paramount Pictures is finalising a deal to finance and distribute the comedy, but as Fey already has her films for this summer scheduled in, it’s likely The Intern will have to wait until summer 2013, after the next season of 30 Rock has wrapped.

The actress will portray a successful e-business owner, whose company starts a community outreach initiative to bring in ‘senior’ interns. While the businesswoman thinks she’ll have a high school or college senior assistant, she discovers her intern is a senior citizen, a 70-year-old man who finds retirement boring. They quickly form a bond of friendship, as the intern proves to be invaluable in many ways.

Nancy Meyers commented on setting this new project in the world of e-commerce, “It seemed more interesting than having to see yet another thing set at an ad agency. Tina’s character is much younger than me, but I was attracted to the pressures the character feels with her business, her husband and kids, and seeing all this from the point of view of a man who has been through it.”

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Tina Fey  DIRECTORS: Nancy Meyers  FILMS: The Intern  

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