Breaking Glass Pictures has send us over information for their upcoming theatrical release of "2 Jacks". The upcoming film stars Sienna Miller (The Girl, Stardust, Factory Girl), Jack Huston (HBO's hit series "Boardwalk Empire", Kill Your Darlings), Danny Huston (Starz's "Magic City", The Aviator, Children of Men) and Jacqueline Bisset (Casino Royale, Airport, Bullitt, "Nip/Tuck"). "2 Jacks" hits theaters in limited release and cable VOD on 10/18.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: http://www.twojacksfilm.com.

Press Release:

Breaking Glass Pictures is pleased to announce the October 18th theatrical release of Bernard Rose's 2 Jacks, starring Sienna Miller (The Girl, Stardust, Factory Girl), Jack Huston (HBO's hit series "Boardwalk Empire", Kill Your Darlings), Danny Huston (Starz's "Magic City", The Aviator, Children of Men) and Jacqueline Bisset (Casino Royale, Airport, Bullitt, "Nip/Tuck"). Julia Verdin of Rough Diamond Productions produced the film.

Based on Tolstoy's short story "The Two Hussars," the modernized film is Rose's fourth Tolstoy adaptation. 2 Jacks had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and will open October 18th in fifteen cities across the US, anchored by screenings in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Chicago. The film will be available nationwide on cable VOD the same day.

2 Jacks is a fast-paced, glamorous and romantic vision of Hollywood now and then. Legendary film director Jack Hussar (Danny Huston), notorious gambler and womanizer, returns to LA to raise financing for his next film.

In a whirlwind night on the town, Jack seduces the stunning Diana (Miller), hits some wild industry parties, narrowly escapes a brush with the law, before playing a high-stakes poker game at dawn.

Years later, Jack Hussar Jr. (Jack Huston) arrives in Hollywood for his directorial debut, and an older Diana (Bisset), finds her daughter falling for her former lover's son.

Supporting cast includes Billy Zane (Titanic), Izabella Miko (Yellow, Clash of the Titans), Lydia Hearst (The Last International Playboy, "Mistresses"), Jamie Harris (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, "Magic City") and Richard Portnow (Hitchcock).

The Edge of Love
Year: 2009
Director: John Maybury
Studio: Image Entertainment
Stars: Keria Knightly, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 111 Mins





“The Edge of Love is a film that is set in World War II. The film is about the passions and grief of poet Dylan Thomas and the two women that inspired him.

Thomas is a married man that reconnects with his long lost sweetheart, one night during one of his wife’s performances. Soon, the three begin to have the time of their lives that filled with passion and friendship. Everything the three shared is ruined, when the sweetheart’s husband returns from the war, badly damaged. From there jealousy erupts, as the soldier comes home to find out that she’s been cheating on him and all four of them will never be the same.

“The Edge of Love” is a love story that was for the most part entertaining. Director John Maybury does a good job creating this World War II type love story. He captures the time period, from the music to the war scenes and devastation that took place. Maybury also did a very good job keeping my interest for most of the film, as the performances here help this decent script. He does a good job getting the performances that he needed from his lead actors, Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, and Matthew Rhys. The three actors performances were very good, as the chemistry was good and I felt that the characters fit the time period, very well. It made it entertaining enough to forget the minor grips that I had with this film

The screenplay written by Sharmar MacDonald was one that was good for over two-thirds until the end. Let me start on the positives. The screenplay does a good job developing the main characters very well. He spends the time developing the relationship, friendships, and love triangle that the major characters are engaged in. It really helps create tension, which helps this film especially when the film begins to stumble. The tension keeps your interest so that the story isn't totally loss.

If there was one problem that I had with this film, the fact that when the Cillian Murphy character came onscreen, whatever enjoyment I had with this film seemed to disappear. The reason for that, I didn’t find his character interesting. I don’t know if it was the performance or that the fact that the character seemed liked he had nothing to do until the last third of the movie. But everytime that he was onscreen, the film started to slow down for me and became boring. Murphy’s character was not interesting at all and took away from the main focus.

‘The Edge Of Love” is a mildly entertaining World War II love story that could have been something special.

Directed by: Rawson Michael Thurber

Written by: Rawson Michael Thurber

Based on the novel by: Michael Chabon

Starring: Jon Foster, Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, Mena Suvari, Nick Nolte

The beauty of Michael Chabon’s writing is the slow build. The stories are always inventive but deceptively feel normal. Chabon makes the everyday fantastic and the fantastic seem like every day. For the most part, the film “Mysteries of Pittsburgh” follows the lead of Chabon. The pacing is slow and careful, but every portion feels vital to the story.

“Mysteries of Pittsburgh” is the coming of age tale of Art Bechstein (Jon Foster). Art is a recent college graduate and the son of a local gangster (Nick Nolte). Since graduating, Art is spinning his wheels the summer before he embarks on the next step in his life. Art’s father has lined up a job in the financial industry with a relative, and in preparation of his job in the fall, Art is studying to take his section 7 exam to become a trader. In need of money and not particularly pleased about expending any energy to earn it, Art takes a job at the local discount bookstore. Soon Art meets a mysterious woman and her boyfriend and the three become inseparable. The line between friendship and romantic love are soon crossed, as any “last hurrah” summer epic calls for.

This movie is a very slow build, but packs a powerful punch. One would not necessarily expect such a mature and passionate story from the same writer/director who brought you “Dodgeball.” Unless I missed the more dramatic undertones to that comedy (possibly while choking on my popcorn from laughing so hard). We were lucky enough to go to a screen with a Q & A afterwards, and writer/director Rawson Michael Thurber himself joked about the differences between “Mysteries” and “Dodgeball.”

It was when Thurber talked about the book that things came in to focus. While attending film school back in 1997, Thurber met producer Jason Mercer and told him that he wanted to make the novel in to a film one day. Thurber talked a bit about the adaptation process and the difficulty in adapting a first person novel that was “more perception, observation, and description.” Anyone who has tried to adapt a book can give you a long, rambling speech about straddling the line between being faithful to the novel and making a good script. Thurber’s explanation was a bit more succinct, but you could tell he had affection for the novel.

That affection was fairly evident on screen, if a little too thick at times. Though the pacing is true to Chabon’s writing, it still could have been sped up a bit. The writing and adaptation were well done, but I think if the film had been tightened a bit in the direction and editing, the film could have worked better. The cast was remarkable, and even Sienna Miller’s southern accent did not seem to slip in and out all that much. Though I can buy Art’s deep emotional connection and attraction to the couple, I do not think the relationships came across quite as meaningful and believable as they would on the written page. The fault for that only lies partially with Thurber. The rest of the fault lies in the disconnect between a thoughtfully written character study and 90 minute movie that only has dialogue and facial gestures to communicate the same ideas.

Overall the movie is worth seeing, but it takes a bit of patience. For those that appreciate Chabon’s work, this is a nice bit of adaptation. For those unfamiliar with his work, the story might be a bit like a fog; you don’t know where you are or what is going on, but the feel of it is lovely and cool.