SIDEWAYS tells the story of Miles (Paul Giamatti), a failed novelist, and his soon-to-be married friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up actor. To salute the remains of their youth, the two men take one last road trip in the week before Jack’s wedding. A serious wine enthusiast, Miles is determined to educate his friend on the region’s beloved Pinot Noir wines before the week is out. Jack indulges his best friend’s passion for the grape but is mainly interested in living his last week of bachelorhood to the hilt. Trouble ensues with wine and women (played by Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh) and the duo comes to some profound realizations as they come to terms with maturity.
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July 6, 2005: Payne/Dobkin team up:
At the recent London premiere of WEDDING CRASHERS , which stars Owen Wilson,
Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams, Empire caught up with the director David Dobkin, strapped him to a chair and zapped him with cattle prods until he spoke a little bit...
June 15, 2005: Madsen has Wings:
When an actor receives an overwhelming amount of "critical acclaim", it's gotta be such a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because their profile increases,
they can demand more money per movie and they're likley to be offered better roles. However,...
April 5, 2005: DVD: Sideways:
"I wouldn’t go knocking down walls for this but it’s a pretty good movie. Unless you’re an insane fan of everyone involved, a safe bet would be to head down to the liquor store for a cheap bottle of...
December 22, 2004: Review: Sideways:
"I
think that both actors were good in their roles here, but again, I
didn’t see what all the 'Oscar talk' fuss was all about."
JoBlo
reviews...
December 1, 2004: Giamatti is Paper Man:
Paul Giamatti is the quintessential "that guy" actor. What I mean is that he's not quite the household name but he's been in enough
movies and is such a deeply talented character actor that while you may not know his name, chances are you've seen him...
October 28, 2004: INT: Sideways, Pt. 2:
Paul Giamatti, by his own admission, is not Tom Cruise. But he may well be the King of the character actors. And with his latest film, SIDEWAYS, he takes a leap into uncharted territory with a role as...a leading man? It was more than once that his...
October 27, 2004: INT: Sideways, Pt. 1:
I remember Thomas Haden Church best from the shortlived series “Ned and Stacey.” Some people remember him best as Lowell from “Wings” or from THE SPECIALS. There’s even the people out there that I’m sure recognize him from GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 or his...
October 14, 2004: NY Film Festival:
Being a New Yorker for most of my life, it is mind-boggling
that I had never before attended the New York Film Festival. Up
until now, I had been the girl with her nose pressed up against the...
October 5, 2004: Clips: Sideways, Ray & Nixon:
You know I was thinking if Alexander Payne had changed his name to Alexander Payne Summers or something like that then if he got hurt and
someone asked him "are you in pain?" he could respond "please, payne's my middle name!" Anyway, putting my...
September 28, 2004: Alexander Payne speaks:
I've
been bitching about the lack of "risk" and
"originality" coming out of Hollywood over the past few
years (if it wasn't for remakes of old TV shows, remakes of classic
films and sequels, half the...
September 20, 2004: New Searchlight pics:
Two films currently lighting up the festival circuit are two upcoming Fox Searchlight releases - SIDEWAYS and
I ♥ HUCKABEES. Variety calls SIDEWAYS a "wonderful film" and our buddies at Empire Movies says HUCKABEES is "a really good movie." We...
August 18, 2004: New trailers online:
Yesterday the first trailer went for Wes Anderson's next film THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU went online in unspectacular fashion. Of course this isn't the fault of Anderson, Bill Murray or the film itself. It's a problem with Yahoo's wonderful system of...
August 13, 2004: Baby Fox's 2004 schedule:
I love the
"smaller" studio stuff coming out of places like FOX
SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES because they're not afraid to take
chances like the big boys. Check out Fox's fun movie schedule for...
March 30, 2004: New Alex Payne clip!:
I hadn't heard much about SIDEWAYS before today. I knew Alexander Payne (ELECTION, ABOUT SCHMIDT) was working on a new project but for the life of me, I couldn't remember what it was. Then today I get this curious e-mail from a guy named "Darth Hasselhoff" who...
