Trailer: To Rome With Love

Woody Allen is back, following up Midnight in Paris with a film that feels very similar.

Synopsis: “The film is comprised of four separate vignettes and tells the story of a number of people in Italy—some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors—and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into.”

To Rome with Love has a cavalcade of stars including Jesse Eisenberg, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page and Woody Allen himself. Penelope Cruz and Robert Benigni also are featured, with smaller roles coming from Greta Gerwig, and Alison Pill.

I’m not pleased with the trailer, it’s very lovey-dovey, and comes off a cliche and stupid. The tone feels off, and it’s like we’re getting a slightly younger, more dumbed-down version of the Owen Wilson led Paris.

To Rome with Love hits theaters on June 22nd, 2012.

First Look – Ryan Gosling in A Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling is on fire.

Crazy, Stupid, Love came out over the weekend, and he was versatile and tremendous in that. He has Drive and The Ides of March coming out in September and October, and tons of other high profile projects on the way.

Following his two, end of year releases, he will pair up with Bradley Cooper in a thriller called A Place Beyond the Pines.Toda

Today we got our first look at Gosling on set, a bleach blonde Gosling at that.

Gosling is sort of getting into his comfort zone, with directors at least. He’s already pairing up with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn for a second and  third time with Only God Forgives and Logan’s Run.

And here in A Place Beyond the Pines he is reteaming with Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance.

Cianfrance has been limited in his details of the film, but he has said it’s about motorcycles and guns.

In the film Gosling plays a motorcycle racer who begins robbing banks and goes head-to-head with a cop, played by Bradley Cooper.

The cast also includes Ray Liotta, Eva Mendes and Greta Gerwig.