Jessica Chastain Archives - The NY Independent Film&TV

Jessica Chastain Feared for Her Career Because of Harvey Weinstein

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2017

Jessica Chastain was shocked by her nomination for a best actress Golden Globe this week–the reason, Harvey Weinstein. She feared her outspokenness about the mogul would damage her career. At one time that may have been true. Weinstein wielded incredible influence in Hollywood during his heyday....

CELEBRITIES0 Comments 0

Jessica Chastain Lays Down Her Cards in New Molly’s Game Trailer (See!)

Keith GirardAugust 15, 2017

Jessica Chastain plays a tough resilient woman and shows it in a new trailer for the upcoming movie, “Molly’s Game,” a tale of female empowerment against incredible odds in the world of underground gambling. The movie includes an all-star cast. Samantha Isler plays teenage Molly, Idris Elba plays Charlie Jaffey, Molly’s lawyer and Kevin Costner is Molly’s father, a clinical psychologist. The cast also includes Brian d’Arcy James, Chris O’Dowd, Michael Cera and J. C. MacKenzie....

DRAMA0 Comments 0

Kristen Stewart Scandal Turns Snow White Story On Its Head (New Trailer)

Keith GirardNovember 18, 2015

Kristen Stewart had more impact on the sequel to her 2012 film “Snow White and the Huntsman” than she ever did in the original. A new teaser for the follow up, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” introduces new cast members in what amounts to a prequel, not a sequel. Both Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth reprise their roles as Queen Ravenna and the Huntsman, respectively. They are joined by Emily Blunt who plays the queen’s sister Freya and Jessica Chastain, who plays the Huntsman’s long lost love, Sara....

ACTION/ADVENTURE5 Comments 0

Mia Wasikowska Drawn into Bloody Horror in New Crimson Peak Trailer

Keith GirardFebruary 14, 2015

Mia Wasikowska looks ghostly in a new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” and she’s the normal one. Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain spook up the Gothic, super-natural horror film with chilling effect. This is no Downton Abbey. The crumbling English manor house is located in a desolate mountainous area in northern England....

HORROR0 Comments 0

Kit Harrington of Game of Thrones in New ‘Spooks: The Greater Good’ Trailer

Keith GirardJanuary 29, 2015

Kit Harrington, the English actor best known for his role as Jon Snow in HBO hit “Game of Thrones,” leaps into the 21st Century in a new trailer for his upcoming movie “Spooks: The Greater Good.” And, we mean literally leaps. Last month, he was cast in Xavier Dolan’s “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan,” co-starring Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates....

FILM0 Comments 0

Oscar Isaac Stellar in ‘A Most Violent Year;’ Is He Oscar Worthy? (video)

Keith GirardDecember 4, 2014

Oscar Isaac, who stars in the little-publicized indie film “A Most Violent Year,” could be a surprise Oscar contender and the picture could be a sleeper hit after he walked away with an acting award yesterday (Dec. 3) from The National Board of Review. Although one of the less publicized Tinseltown organizations, the board is made up of movie industry experts and film professionals, who carry some weight in Hollywood. The crime drama, written and directed by J. C. Chandor, has a strong cast that also includes Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks and Catalina Sandino Moreno....

DRAMA0 Comments 0

Cooper’s World Turned Upside Down in New Interstellar Trailer (watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 30, 2014

Matthew McConaughey’s character Cooper faces a world where space may be the final frontier, but it’s made in a Hollywood basement — literally, as he learns in a scene from a new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar.” If you’re wondering how the world got in the mess it’s in when the movie opens this trailer provides a clue. “Interstellar” also stars with Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Ellen Burstyn. ...

SCI FI1 Comment 0

Matthew McConaughey Sees New Worlds in New Interstellar Trailer

Keith GirardAugust 1, 2014

Matthew McConaughey goes into deep space in a new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi extravaganza “Interstellar,” which provides the first look at new worlds in the universe. He’s accompanied by crew mates played by Anne Hathaway and Wes Bentley. An all-star cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, John Lithgow, Matt Damon and “Twilight’s” McKenzie Foy....

SCI FI0 Comments 0

Jessica Chastain: Sex, Power, Lust in New ‘Miss Julie’ Trailer (watch!)

Keith GirardJuly 23, 2014

Jessica Chastain’s return to the big screen is featured in a new trailer for “Miss Julie,” a tale about power, sex, lust and class in Victorian-era Britain–with an unusual twist. Jessica is also starring in “Interstellar,” Director Christopher Nolan’s take on space travel, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn and Michael Caine....

DRAMA0 Comments 0

Jessica Chastain Eats Dust as Seal Team Six Strikes in New Clip (video!)

TheImproperNovember 30, 2012

Jessica Chastain is the focal point in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” but she eats dust in a new trailer as Seals take care of business. ...

DRAMA0 Comments 0

Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Lawless, TheImproper.com

Shia LeBouf, Tom Hardy Fightin' Bootleggers in Lawless Trailer

TheImproperApril 28, 2012

Shia LeBouf plays one of three bootlegging brothers who clash with the law in the John Hillcoat-directed film “Lawless.” The movie is all about blood and whiskey in Depression-era Virginia. The Bondurant brothers, Forrest, Howard and Jack, played by Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke and LeBouf, respectively are the biggest illegal whiskey makers in Franklin county....

ACTION/ADVENTURE3 Comments 0

Jessica Chastain Redheaded Stunner in Vogue Italia (photos!)

TheImproperApril 6, 2012

Jessica Chastain's stellar turns in last year's Oscar nominated movies "The Help" and "The Tree of Life" makes her the perfect starlet to channel old-school Hollywood sexiness in Vogue Italia. Chastain brings a classice Hollywood style to the shoot, captured by photographer Michelangelo di Battista in spring fashions by Dolce & Gabbana, Blumarine, Marc Jacobs and Prada....

CELEBRITIES3 Comments 0

Brad Pitt, Sean Penn Film Take Cannes Top Award (video)

TheImproperMay 23, 2011

Brad Pitt and Sean Penn teamed with Director Terrence Malick to win Cannes Film Festival's highest award, the Palme d'Or, for "The Tree of Life," a surreal drama with a sci-fi twist set in the 1950s....

FILM2 Comments 0