TV Guide: Alessandro Nivola

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Video: Best Laid Plans

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:33:52 +0000

Absolutely nobody is who he or she seems in this stylish thriller about a guy who wants to get out of his fly-speck hometown, the girlfriend who wants to help him, and the successful friend who just might make it possible. When Bryce (Josh Brolin) returns to his tiny hometown of Tropico, NV, he finds pal Nick (Alessandro Nivola) still living there unhappily. One night the pair meets a beautiful blonde at the bar and eventually Bryce takes her back to the house where he's staying. When the girl, Lissa (Reese Witherspoon), reveals that she's under age and threatens to turn Bryce in for statutory rape, he panics, ties her up in the basement, and puts in an anguished call to Nick. Little does Bryce realize, however, that Lissa is actually Nick's very grown-up girlfriend, and that the two lovers have decided Bryce and the ritzy house where he's staying will play a major role in their bid to leave behind dead-end Tropico forever. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide.

Video: I Want You

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:28:23 +0000

This neo-noir British crime drama, set at a decaying English beach resort, begins with a body dropped from a pier. Hairdresser Helen (Rachel Weisz) goes with local deejay Bob (Ben Daniels), but mute bicyclist Honda (Luka Petrusic), who secretly tapes people's conversations, meets Helen at the beachfront and begins sending her flowers. Honda's sad nympho sister Smokey (Macedonian-born Labina Mitevska) sings at a local club. A figure from Helen's past, the enigmatic, mysterious Martin (Alessandro Nivola) checks out Helen but keeps his distance. Irritated that Helen won't sleep with him, Honda plans a way to embarrass Bob with the secret tapes, while Martin and Helen renew their relationship. Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak, famed for his filtered filming for Krzysztof Kieslowski's (Blue), captures the dark, visual tone of obsessive love, while Elvis Costello's 1986 song I Want You is heard throughout. Shown at the 1998 {~Berlin Film Festival}. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide.

Video: Laurel Canyon

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:19:07 +0000

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko follows up her much-acclaimed 1997 debut High Art with this examination of a young couple seduced into a hedonistic, left-coast lifestyle. Taking its title from its central locale, Laurel Canyon focuses on a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles. Freshly minted from Harvard, Sam (Christian Bale) and Alex (Kate Beckinsale) are eager to continue their medical studies out West, but they need some lodging while they hunt for a home. Enter Jane (Frances McDormand), Sam's estranged, Age-of-Aquarius mom, who's more than willing to put the couple up in her lavish digs. Jane is a successful record producer whose latest charge -- both in the studio and in her bedroom -- is Ian (Alessandro Nivola), a brazen, libidinous twentysomething Brit-rocker. As Sam and Alex settle in at Jane's, they gradually lose their straight-and-narrow approach to life and begin to experiment. Alex takes to Ian and Jane, while Sam is wooed by co-worker Sara (Natasch

Video: Clearing, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:10:48 +0000

Dutch film producer Pieter Jan Brugge makes his directorial debut with the dramatic thriller The Clearing. Affluent executive Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) and his lovely wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), live in a beautiful home in Pittsburg. One day, Wayne is kidnapped by disgruntled employee Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe). He is then held for ransom in a forest. Meanwhile, Eileen is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper. Alessandro Nivola and Melissa Sagemiller star as the two grown Hayes children. Matt Craven plays FBI Agent Ray Fuller. The Clearing premiered at the {~Sundance Film Festival} in 2004. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.

Photo: The Company - Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina, Michael Keaton, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane

courtesy Nigel Parry/TNT — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Company, Chris O Donnell, Alfred Molina, Michael Keaton, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane

Photo: The Company - Alessandro Nivola as Leo Kritzky

courtesy Nigel Parry/TNT — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Company, Alessandro Nivola

Photo: Jim Strouse, John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola and Gracie Bednarczyk - "Grace Is Gone" portraits, Jan. 2007

courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

john cusack , Jim Strouse, Alessandro Nivola, Gracie Bednarczyk

Photo: Alessandro Nivola, Emily Mortimer and Jean Reno - "The Pink Panther" World Premiere - Feb. 2006

courtesy Eric Charbonneau/WireImage.com

Alessandro Nivola, Emily Mortimer, Jean Reno

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