"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 

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.

 

See more Swinton below:

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.)

POSSIBLE 2011 TIFF TITLES? (UPDATED)

Still from Like Crazy

Although the Toronto International Film Festival is only a little over two months away, there already is wide speculation about which major Oscars Keyplayers will be getting a Toronto Premiere here come September.  Although these are based purely on rumour, the below v. possibly could be screening in the City - meaning you just might be seeing these Stars here!

Here are a few Candidates:

We Need to Talk About Kevin – starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly; about a Mother recounting the series of events leading up to her Son’s massacring of students and teachers at his High School.

Sleeping Beauty – Australian film starring Emily Browning about a Girl who enters a secret underground Prostitution Ring, taking a sleep-inducing Drug which then allows her Clientele to have their way with her without any recollection.

The Ides of March – starring George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti and Evan Rachel Wood. A Staff Member to a new Presidential Candidate is given a quick, dirty Crash Course on Politics during his Campaign Trail.