Forum       Forum  Discussions  Jen  Michelle Williams Updates   Previous   Next    7/31/2004 4:47 AM    joshsgirl 589 posts Michelle Williams Updates  [b:eba4477cea]The United States of Leland DVD Release[/b:eba4477cea] Paramount has announced a Region 1 (US) September 7 release date for The United States of Leland. No word yet on extras or price. Movie Description from Yahoo Movies: Crime/Gangster and Drama 1 hr. 48 min. This is the story of a sensitive teenager, Leland (Gosling), faced with issues of morality and hope under difficult circumstances, who is arrested and sent to juvenile hall, after he kills an autistic child out of sympathy (sort of like an emotional euthanasia). Once there, he meets a teacher, Mr. Pearl (Cheadle), who helps him figure out the reasons why he committed the crime, as we also see the ramifications of the murder have on his community, his family, and that of the victim.  7/31/2004 5:23 PM    jen 661 posts september 7 cool, my birthday. :D :roll:  8/1/2004 1:05 AM    joshsgirl 589 posts happy early birthday! and with the new dvd player, you'll have a cool b-day present.  8/2/2004 6:53 AM    jen 661 posts Thank you :D I bought the dvd player on Saturday. I will let you know if i order season 3 from amazon.  8/24/2004 1:58 AM    joshsgirl 589 posts [b:9b3fc36de2]Reviews of Michelle in The Cherry Orchard:[/b:9b3fc36de2] New York Times: "Michelle Williams - as Varya, Ranyevskaya's adopted daughter - who best locate the play's fractured heart. Ms. Williams, known for the television series "Dawson's Creek," has been blossoming as a stage actress for several seasons. Here she cannily plays her natural vibrancy against the anxiety that has worn the young Varya into a permanent high-strung sullenness.... He, Ms. Emond and Ms. Williams convincingly etch a pathetic romantic triangle among their characters, which even allows for a couple of bits of memorably sad slapstick." Variety: "Michelle Williams gives a nuanced perf as Emond's daughter Varya; she's especially heartbreaking in the scene in which she anticipates a proposal and gets a goodbye." Valley Arts Review: "I warmed to Linda Emond's obtuse grandeur as Liubov, Michelle Williams' gritty despair as her long-suffering stepdaughter Varya, Reed Birney's fatuous insouciance as Liubov's ne'er-do-well brother, and Chris Messina's wide-eyed intensity as the idealistic student Trofimov."  Page 1 of 10 123...10Next    Previous   Next     Forum  Discussions  Jen  Michelle Williams Updates