"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN" - MOVIE REVIEW

Still from We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin, based on the Novel of the same title by Lionel Shriver, is about a Woman named Eva (Tilda Swinton) whose free-spirited dreams of traveling the World are thwarted prematurely when she meets successful Businessman Franklin (John C. Reilly).  Soon she becomes pregnant and is forced to settle down. As time passes, we realize that something isn't quite right with her Son Kevin (played earlier by Jasper Newell and later by Ezra Miller), learning at young age to rebel and manipulate his Parents. Kevin ultimately goes on to massacre students at his High School, leaving Eva tormented psychologically by the aftermath of his actions.

Easily one of her finest performances yet, Swinton sadly was omitted from this year's list of Oscar nominees for her work in We Need to Talk About Kevin. Miller's breakthrough portrayal of a Sociopath also is resonant and authentic.  The bone-chilling Thriller is the rare type of Film that haunts you months after seeing it and ultimately, you find yourself obsessing over action and consequence. Is there anything that could have been done to prevent the dire outcome of this sordid tale of Mother and Son, or was their fate sealed from the start, we wonder?

Director Lynne Ramsay skilfully manages to keep much of the gore out of sight, instead opting for a more cerebral experience using images of tomato soup, splattered red paint, crushed lychees which just as effectively tell the story for us.  Easily, one of the more moving and memorable Films to surface in the past while.  eOne Films releases We Need to Talk About Kevin on February 10, 2012.

See Photos of Swinton and Miller in Toronto last Fall for TIFF:

• Tilda Swinton at TIFF 2011 for We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Ezra Miller at TIFF 2011 for We Need to Talk About Kevin 

WHO PARTIED WHERE AFTER THE GOLDEN GLOBES?

Uggie at The Weinstein Company's 2012 Golden Globes After Party

The Weinstein Company's 2012 Golden Globes After Party was the place to be last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel! Everyone showed up including Winners Meryl Streep (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama), Michelle Williams (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical/Comedy), Kelsey Grammer (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama), Jean Dujardin (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Musical/Comedy). Even adorable Jack Russell Terrier Uggie, Star of The Artist arrived in a little Bowtie! OMG.

Alexander Skarsgård, Paris Hilton, Nicki Hilton, Katherine Heigl, Cory Monteith, Mark Salling, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Irons, Kathy Griffin, Diddy, Gerard Butler, Thomas Jane and many more. The former Actress and Playboy Model known as Lindsay Lohan might even have walked the Red Carpet too...

Our Girl Kathleen Robertson who stars in Golden Globe-nominated Boss, celebrated her Co-star Grammer's Victory looking amaze in white!  We just chatted with her the other day - check it out.

Click here to see the Red Carpet Photos!

That can't possibly be all right?  Tilda Swinton, Charlize Theron, Orlando Bloom, Melissa McCarthy, Miranda Kerr, Emma Stone, Sofia Vergara, Kate Beckinsale, Amy Poehler, Jeremy Irvine, Jon Hamm, Jessica Alba, Heidi Klum, Tina Fey, Matt Leblanc, Jessica Chastain, Zooey Deschanel, Connie Britton, Paul Giamatti, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Viola Davis, Kim Kardashian and more were spotted at the glam InStyle and Warner Bros. 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards After Party.

TILDA SWINTON AT TIFF FOR "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN"

Tilda Swinton & Mr. Will-W.

Now that's a real honour!  Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton currently is partaking in the TIFF 2011 festivities, now in the early stages of her campaign for another Oscar.  The brilliant Actress is receiving some feverish buzz for her work in Drama We Need to Talk About Kevin.  You already met Kevin (Ezra Miller) here the other day!

Swinton is an absolute Class Act and despite her quirkiness, I have always found her to be a Style Trailblazer and extremely fascinating in her choice of roles.  She gifted Fans in Toronto with a generous helping of Autographs following the Premiere of We Don't Need to Talk About Kevin at VISA Screening Room and I am thrilled to have finally gotten a chance to meet her and tell her that I love her.

 

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EZRA MILLER AT TIFF FOR "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN"

Ezra Miller in Toronto - September 2011

Definitely the quirky type, American Actor Ezra Miller turned more than a few heads tonight when arriving in Toronto for TIFF 2011.  The 18 year-old arrived with a female Friend, dressed in a white Fur Coat but nonetheless stopped to pose for Fans and chat-it-up!

Miller stars alongside Heavyweights Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly in the Drama We Need to Talk About Kevin, for which Swinton is garnering lots of Best Actress buzz for the Oscars.  The Film premieres at Wintergarden Theatre on Friday night.
 

(Photo credit: Mr. Will-W.)