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Here is a not so great review about Crossing Over from Reuters. Reviews are now coming in, in time for the release next Friday so hopefully there will be some positive ones as well.
The surprising success of Crash seems to have encouraged other filmmakers who yearn to make socially conscious ensemble movies. Whereas Crash wove together stories that focused on racial tensions in Los Angeles, Crossing Over brings the same kaleidoscopic technique to the hot-button issue of immigration.
The British film industry is riding the crest of a wave of success and style that will reach a climax at the Orange British Academy Film Awards this coming Sunday.
Bafta commissioned a new British Talent photo-shoot for the official awards gala brochure. We present a preview here, revealing some of the faces that star in front of and behind the cameras in this 21st-century film and film-making renaissance.
Jim Sturgess has revealed how he approached the role of playing double agent Martin McGartland in Fifty Dead Men Walking - by getting drunk.
“I got given the book so it was a good starting point for me to look into what he went through and who he was as a person, and his take on the journey that he had. But most importantly, it was just getting myself to Belfast as quick as possible really and just integrating myself with the people that are there,” he said at the film’s press conference in Toronto.
“The pub was the best place to find all the stories we were looking for. So there was a lot of drinking basically that went on with Kevin (Zegers). We just got drunk really and spoke to a lot of Irishmen. Irish people are great storytellers, and especially when you’re sitting in such relaxed environment, and all these amazing things would come out.”
Finally a ‘real’ small update. I have added a batch of new stills from Fifty Dead Men Walking which as we know will see it’s premiere at TIFF. Jim is reportedly scheduled to be there as well! This update also includes a new photoshoot from this year (love!) and two additional pictures from his 2007 Elle shoot. Lastly, Jim was also interviewed for Flashlight Music in July, you can read the full article here.
“I know this sounds so wanky but I really feel that I became an artist when I was in Manchester. It was when I began to think about stuff, to write more stuff - plays and poetry and it made me get back into acting. It was something for me to put my mind to. This was when I worked harder than I’d ever worked.”
Like many a careful shopper, Hollywood’s cash-strapped casting agents are discovering that the best way to ease spending in these times of economic difficulty is to follow an old housewife’s trick: buy British.
The film industry, weary of paying $20m (£10m) salaries to Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman and their A-list chums, is waking up to the value of a generation of cut-price alternatives from across the Atlantic. In an attempt to cope with falling domestic box-office sales and the after-effects of the writers’ strike, major Hollywood studios are hiring up-and-coming actors such as James McAvoy and Jim Sturgess to front productions that would traditionally feature major US stars.
A story in the Hollywood newspaper Variety last week identified young Brits who represent value bets for producers. They include Ben Whishaw, Emily Blunt and Ben Barnes, who was catapulted to fame as the star of the recent Prince Caspian, which took nearly $400m worldwide.
Maguire v Sturgess: Strong but sensitive
The only way is down for Tobey Maguire, after the huge success of Spiderman pushed his pay above $17m. Jim Sturgess, by contrast, is on the up: in The Other Boleyn Girl and 21 later this year, he’s established himself as master of the sensitive roles that catapulted Maguire to fame.
21 (2008) 
