Zodiac gets a face and Donnie rules

The Director's Cut of Zodiac has a face! You don't have to be a Gyllenhaalic to regard this release as one of the most anticipated DVD events of the next six months or so, at least. Across the internet, critics and movie buffs alike are looking forward to reacquainting themselves with a film that many may now look back upon and feel it was hard done by last spring.


In addition to the film, we will also have the treat of a commentary featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, and the last time we were lucky enough to have one of Jake's notoriously hilarious and fascinating commentaries was for Donnie Darko and Moonlight Mile. We were denied one for Brokeback, but David Fincher has done good by us and his film.


It therefore seems apposite to post a reminder for all New Yorkers that 'An Evening with David Fincher', featuring a screening of the Director's Cut, will take place at the Walter Reade Theater this forthcoming Monday at 6.30pm. The screening is 'followed by David Fincher in conversation with Kent Jones.' This is what the Film Society of Lincoln Center has to say about the film: 'The year 2007 in American movies began with a triumph ~ David Fincher’s Zodiac. It is something new in cinema, a haunting meditation on the pursuit of verifiable truth across the passage of time. Fincher and his collaborators conducted their own investigation into the case of the legendary Zodiac killer, who terrorized Northern California from the late 1960s through the mid-’70s. The result is a film like no other, that focuses on the search rather than the conclusion, the exhausting process of assembling facts and piecing them together throughout months and years, with multiple obstacles, disappointments and discouragements along the way.'


Natalie's Brothers

Natalie Portman has briefly mentioned her forthcoming project Brothers in an interview with MTV.com. She says 'I play Tobey Maguire's wife. Tobey plays a Marine who is sent off to war the same week that his brother, who Jake Gyllenhaal plays, gets out of jail. So when Jake gets out of jail, he's sort of taking care of his brother's wife and kids while he's away. Obviously when he comes back, there's a problem.'


Donnie Darko's the film of the week

Donnie Darko gets a rare showing on UK TV this weekend (Saturday, 9.30pm, BBC2) and it has been picked up on as the film of the week, demonstrating yet again that a film that received very little attention while in the cinemas has gathered for itself a sizeable following. 'Jake Gyllenhaal is so ubiquitous now it's hard to remember that this was only his second appearance as lead in a feature film. The eponymous role could hardly have been more different from his previous outing two years earlier (as rocketeer Homer Hickam in October Sky) and Gyllenhaal's remarkable performance provides an early indication of what we now know him to be capable of. But if Gyllenhaal is remarkable, then writer-director Richard Kelly, with his first feature, is simply outstanding. His surreal fantasy is every bit as compelling as anything by more established directors and even if, like me, you saw the end coming, the rest of the movie will keep you wondering well into the following morning.'


Sexiest Man Alive... is not Matt (although youre not bad)

For reasons best known only to People magazine, Jake did not win their Sexiest Man Alive poll - the honour went to someone Jake admires, Matt Damon. Instead Jake was number 20. Here's the list. I find it an outrageous suggestion that there are 19 men alive who are sexier than Jake Gyllenhaal and I demand a recount.


And finally

Yet more pictures from Jake and Reese's wine tasting adventure were published today. If they have any tips, I'm all ears!



Includes pictures from IHJ, Amazon, Flynetonline.