Saturday, May 03, 2014

Man With a Plan

It has been such a long time since I read anything about Clive Owen.

The Oscar-nominated stud was almost there back in 2009 with The Boys Are Back, but that didn’t quite cut it – the film didn’t quite make him a superstar.

An Emmy-nominated turn on HBO’s Hemingway & Gelhorn followed, as did an unbuzzy David Schwimmer movie, and a buzzy 2013 Cannes title, Blood Ties (which was in theaters for half a minute and which you can catch on the iTunes now).

But now he’s back. He is on.

Owen has the romance Words and Pictures, co-starring Juliette Binoche, coming out later this month, as well as a little indie called Sin City: A Dame to Kill For later in the summer.

Things are good.

Now comes word that the actor is joining Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore in Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan, a new comedy of manners set in New York City.

To which I say right on. We need more of that Owen brawn – and charm – in our lives.

Photo: ImABeautyGeek.com.

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