Review: ‘Feast Of The Seven Fishes’, A Christmas Dinner You Don’t Want To Miss

With Last Christmas and now Feast of the Seven Fishes, the holiday movie season is officially upon us! It is a couple of days before Christmas in 1983 and Tony Oliverio (Skyler Gisondo) is in a rut. He’s gotten into art school but immediately decides to decline so he can continue working in his family’s restaurant. On top of that, he’s single for another holiday season. On a bright note, the Oliverio’s traditional Christmas Eve feast – the feast of the seven fishes – is right around the corner so that will be a great, and delicious, celebration. Tony’s cousin Angelo (Andrew Schulz) convinces Tony to come out with him and his girl Sarah (Jessica Darrow). Apparently, Sarah has a friend Beth (Madison Iseman) that Angelo and Sarah want to introduce to Tony and see if the sparks fly. Beth has been dating Prentice (Allen Williamson) a rich and pretentious schmuck from school that her parents absolutely approve of because he can provide the life they want for Beth. Prentice has decided to go on a skiing trip instead of joining Beth for the holidays and that is not something she is willing to forgive. Sarah convinces Beth to come out with her that night and meet Angelo’s cute cousin Tony and put Prentice squarely in the rearview mirror, which she eventually agrees to.

Tony and Beth hit if off and end up having a great night together – except for one stop at the strip club where Tony gets into a fight trying to convince his ex-girlfriend Katie (Addison Timlin) to stay off the pole. While that might be a turnoff to some, Beth found it sweet – she must have the heart of a saint. Tony’s uncle Frankie (Joe Pantoliano) does what Tony doesn’t have the stones to do and invites Beth to the Oliverio’s feast of the seven fishes. Of course Beth accepts the initiation – she just met Tony the night before, so the next logical step is to meet his whole family during date #2. Beth doesn’t realize the night that she just signed up for – the Oliverio family have this feast down to a science and she is in for a night she, or her stomach, won’t soon forget.

Feast of the Seven Fishes has a lot going for it and at the top of the list is the score. The music seems to really drive the film and couldn’t be more enjoyable – it manages to not only capture the holiday spirit, but also be quirky and punchy to match the film’s characters. That is not easy to do, and Feast of the Seven Fishes hits it out of the park. Throughout the film, we keep meeting more and more of the Oliverio family, which is full of fantastic characters. The banter and interactions of Tony’s uncles Frankie and Carmine (Ray Abruzzo) and grandpa Johnny (Paul Ben-Victor) are a blast to watch while Beth’s interactions with Tony’s ultra-religious and old school grandma Nonnie (Lynn Cohen) are hilarious as well as slightly terrifying. Robert Tinnell, who wrote and directed the film as well as the original graphic novel of the same name, interjects the spirit of graphic novels throughout the film – which is a unique and welcomed addition. Feast of the Seven Fishes is a good-hearted and enjoyable holiday movie and if you have 90 minutes to kill, I’d definitely recommend a watch – the fish montage alone is probably worth it.

3.5 out of 5

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Review: 'Submission' Starring Stanley Tucci And Addison Timlin

Submission debuted a year ago at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and if it had opened then we probably wouldn't have heard a word about it or cared that much. But to arrive now, after months that have brought us #MeToo, #TimesUp, and too many Harvey Weinstein-types to count, Submission's play on sexual power between a male professor and his talented, beautiful student/protégé couldn't come at a worse time.  With added eyes on the film, viewers will most likely overlook the strong performances by stars Stanley Tucci and Addison Timlin and instead focus on the wasted opportunity to say something important about this moment in our time.

That, and there are an entire library's worth of clichés to deal with. Tucci, sporting a rare head full of hair, plays Ted Swenson, that most frequent of cinematic creatures; the white, middle-aged author with one moderately successful novel, now a bored college professor struggling with his second book. >yawn<  Ted has a lovely, loyal wife (Kyra Sedgewick) and a comfortable life, but of course it isn't enough. He's bored, frustrated, and needs to feel special again. Perfect timing that he comes across Angela Argo (Timlin), one of his writing students who shows legitimate promise to be a real writer. Or maybe he only feels that way because she praises him constantly. She's a fan of his book...y'know, that one book he wrote, and wants desperately for his opinion on her work. Ted is only too happy to oblige because she stroked his ego. Angela keeps stringing the mouse along with new chapters from her book, which just so happens to be about a student in a passionate affair with her teacher. Hey, whaddaya know? What a coinkydink!

Seriously, are there men out there as dumb as Ted? Or do they exist only in Hollywood movies? Michael Douglas used to play guys this dumb all the time back in the '80s and '90s (Disclosure was a personal favorite). But all these years later it's dispiriting to see the same idiot intellectuals falling into traps of their own design. There's never a moment that we see anything other than a schemer in Angela, and never a moment when Ted doesn't look like a blind moron who is about to step on the wrong end of a rake.

Writer/director Richard Levine adapted Francine Prose's novel, Blue Angel, which was something of a firestarter back in the day. Now it reads as rote and overfamiliar, perhaps because it has been adapted so many times by others. His film relies on numerous tropes but the most problematic one for the time we live in is that of the young, man-eating vixen ensnaring innocent men and destroying their lives. While Angela is no saint, Ted doesn't have a halo over his head, either. Forgetting the inevitable, disgusting infidelity (which Levine shoots as grotesquely as possible to maximum effect), he's also a leech who sees Angela's success as his own, literally co-opting her work to cover for his failures. At this point. Submission is still a conversation-worthy piece with tremendous work by Tucci and Timlin. We expect that from Tucci, but Timlin has been on a career high and I'm afraid not enough people are noticing it. Here she strikes an alluring balance between Angela's innocence and deviousness. You want Ted to help her one minute but you're screaming for him to get away from her the next.

Submission's final act throws what little nuance there was out the window completely and concocts a nightmare scenario that turns Angela into a monster and Ted as the naïve deer in headlights. Those are the least interesting ways to portray either character, and feel like a way to avoid a more realistic outcome to a problem that couldn't be more timely. It's a shame because doubtful there will be many more films with this cast that will be willing to say anything at all.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

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Review: "Like Me" Is A Fascinating Visual Thriller About The Perils Of Internet Culture

In this day and age of a movie industry that is more focused on ROI and creating franchises more than they are worried about creating something with artistic quality that is meaningful and worthwhile, the thriller Like Me; written, directed, and edited by Robert Mockler; starring Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, and Larry Fessenden; is a breath of fresh air to say the least. Watching this movie is akin to an outer body experience; it's like nothing you've ever seen before and for that reason alone I think that everyone should give this movie a watch if the opportunity ever presents itself.

This is one of those movies where one simple viewing does not suffice. Your first viewing is so much of a mindfuck that I guarantee that most of your time will be spent on trying to understand what it is that you're taking in and I don't mean that in a negative way at all. It's that kind of positive confusion that's due to the abrasive, sometimes disturbing, and even uncomfortable images matched with the overall absurdity of the situation at hand that draws people in and keeps them engaged to the very end. However, don't get me wrong, this movie still requires that kind of active participatory viewing on the part of the viewer because there are those scenes that are not heavily reliant on the "What am I watching right now?" kind of reaction.

Once you get past the overall shock of it all and do ultimately decide to give the film that much needed 2nd watch that is when you are able to then get into the story and its reason for creation. This movie is a social commentary on the perils of isolation that has been caused by this new, millennial, internet culture.

The main character is a 17 year old named Kiya (Timlin), whose mission it is to go out of her way to commit these heinous and outlandish acts, risking her own freedom and life in the process, all in the name of internet fame; this film truly exemplifies the idea that "any publicity, is good publicity." However, one of the things that we are meant to understand is that through this search for notoriety from people that you don't personally know it in turn, creates this immense sense of isolation and emptiness because that striving for that sense of connection is, at its core, based on these false pretenses that if you have people that are giving you attention, it can then fill that void of loneliness, when in reality it can't.

In my attempt at trying to find out more about the man behind one of the films that I know will continue to have an impact on me for years to come, I was surprised to find that this was Robert Mockler's first film. Visually, this movie was everything for me. I love coming across filmmakers that remember that film, at its core, is a visual medium and then attempt to experiment with it in a way that I've never seen before. I also wanted to quickly add in that Mockler's use of color is amazing. I'm someone that pays quite a bit of attention to the use of color in film and his choices filled my heart with immense amounts of joy.

Getting into the actual meat of the plot I know that it's something that I'll have to watch and sit with quite a few more times to be able to really unpack everything that I know is there. Any film that requires that kind of activity on my part is something that I can appreciate, truly.

Robert Mockler, if you ever get the chance to read this, I just wanted to personally thank you for creating a piece of art that has reminded me why it is that I love film and why it is that I know that I have chosen the right passion to pursue. This movie was incredible and it's something that everyone should put on their "must watch" list.

Rating: 5 out of 5 

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'Like Me' Trailer: Addison Timlin Will Do Anything To Be Noticed

My fondness for Addison Timlin knows no bounds. I loved her in Odd Thomas, endured Fallen for her, and will undoubtedly watch the new social media thriller Like Me for her, despite it looking a little too weird for my tastes.  The general premise is solid, though, with Timlin playing a loner who is obsessed with being seen on social media. She launches into a crime spree that she broadcasts online, which sounds a little bit like Natural Born Killers meets Ingrid Goes West.  That I can definitely dig.

The film is directed by Robert Mockler and he's filled this trailer with wild, seemingly random images with very little sense of the plot. Clearly he's got the goods in setting a hazy, psychedelic atmosphere for Timlin to go nuts in. I just hope this isn't so dark and experimental that it makes no sense. Timlin is joined in the cast by Ian Nelson, horror vet Larry Fessenden (Stakeland), and Nicolette Pierini.

Like Me opens January 26th.

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Review: 'Fallen', Angst-Ridden Angels Engage In Lousy 'Twilight' Knockoff

"Better never than late" purrs bad boy rebel-angel Cam (Harrison Gilbertson) to befuddled human eye candy Luce (Addison Timlin) at one point in Fallen, and you'll likely agree with him after enduring this half-baked Twilight knockoff. Based on the first of Lauren Kate's romance YA novels, which have sold more than 10 million copies, the film isn't about warring vampires or werewolves, but fallen angels with a chip on their shoulders...er, wings. What's their beef? They refused to pick sides in the epic battle between the G-O-D and the Devil, and have been banished to attend reform school where even celestials fall into familiar social cliques.

It's at the Sword and Cross reform school that the troubled Luce arrives, still grappling with a friend's mysterious death that she may or may not have been responsible for. But who has time to worry about that when there are so...many...hot guys around, like the aforementioned Cam and the dreamy but evasive Daniel (Jeremy Irvine). Luce seems to have a connection with them both, but with Daniel it's a super-sized case of deja vu. Every time he's near the screen wipes and we see flashbacks, glimpses of another life that Luce remembers but can't possibly explain.

I get that this is just the opening salvo and any sequels, which are apparently in development, will flesh out the story but so little happens that it's tough to imagine anybody caring. Luce and Daniel frequently trade long, anguished look at one another without revealing what all the angst is about, while Cam broods somewhere in the background. Supernatural beings wrestling with their hormones is old hat, and we expect it to be overwrought but who asked for it to be such a chore? These angels have been around for thousands of years, you'd think they'd have learned how not to be such tools. See, this is why they were exiled. There's no mystery to Luce and Daniel's bond and even less romantic chemistry between them. Timlin is a strong actress but she's best when given a lot to work with from her co-stars, while Irvine isn't the most expressive actor around and probably never will be. It's a match made in Hell. The underrated Lola Kirke makes a case for stealing the entire film as Luce's nerdy pal, Penn, while Joely Richardson should have vamped up her role as the shady religion teacher. I think she's the only teacher in the school, actually. There's a shocking lack of students around which makes me think the reported $40M budget went elsewhere, although it wasn't on the special effects which are minimal and unimpressive.

Directed by Oscar-nominee Scott Hicks, best known for Shine, Hearts in Atlantis, and the unfortunate The Lucky One, Fallen is an apt title for his career trajectory at this point. While he can't be blamed for the lousy script, cardboard characters, or clichéd premise, he's responsible for the lack of narrative momentum and visual flair...and for taking this gig at all when he's deserving and capable of better.

It didn't take long for Twilight to fall into self-parody and we've seen the YA brand evolve as a result, with diminishing results. Apparently somebody forgot to send Fallen the memo.

1.5 out of 5



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First Trailer For 'Fallen', The YA Adaptation You Probably Forgot About

Man, I forgot about this one. It was more than two years ago when we received the first look at Fallen, a YA adaptation based on the series of popular bestselling novels by Lauren Kate. There was never really any buzz for the movie, but the numerous delays and fading interest in the genre certainly didn't help. Now that the film is hitting theaters overseas the first trailer has been released and...eh. What was this called again?

Fallen stars Addison Timlin (who was great in Odd Thomas and Stand Up Guys) plus Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson, Joely Richardson, Lola Kirke, and Sianoa Smit-McPhee. Directed by Scott Hicks (Shine) from a Michael Ross script, the story is a very Twilight-esque. Timlin place Lucinda "Luce" Price, a strong-willed teen sent to a reform school over a crime she didn't commit. There she is courted by two mysterious suitors who turn out to be angels that have been fighting over her love for centuries in a battle between Heaven and Hell.

Part of the reason for the lack of a domestic release is Relativity Media, which is only just emerging from bankruptcy. To help kick up interest in a stateside run, Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh is asking fans to retweet the trailer 500,000 times. We'll see if that happens.

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It's God Vs. Goth In Trailer For 'Little Sister' Starring Addison Timlin

It's God vs. goth in the new trailer for Little Sister, an indie dramedy that debuted to some strong reviews at Fantasia Fest. The film stars Addison Timlin (Odd Thomas) as Colleen, a young woman on the cusp of becoming a nun. She's been avoiding her parents (Ally Sheedy and Peter Hedges)) in North Carolina until an email reveals that her brother (Keith Poulson) has returned home from the Iraq War.

Upon returning home Colleen sees that everything is as she left it. Her room is still painted black and covered in goth/metal posters, and it helps pull her back to a life she hoped to get away from. Her brother is all scarred up and living as a recluse, there's tension with the parentals, there are pot cupcakes everywhere, Halloween is right around the corner, and GWAR. Something's gotta give.

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) wrote and directed but the biggest influence may be producer Joe Swanberg, known for similarly small-scale films like Drinking Buddies, Digging for Fire, and Happy Christmas.  This looks bizarre and totally unique so count me in, and that it stars Timlin, who I feel is way overlooked, only has me more interested. Little Sister opens October 14th.

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First Trailer for Horror Remake 'The Town that Dreaded Sundown'

Back in 1976 Charles Pierce directed and starred in The Town that Dreaded Sundown, a film which to my mind is memorable only for how ridiculous it became after a genuinely tense start. It was based on the real-life murders of a serial killer known as the Phantom Killer who stalked the town of Texarcana, Texas, and if Pierce had played it straight the film might have worked, but damn...that trombone scene just ruined it.  Thirty years later and American Horror Story creator Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is attempting to get it right with a contemporary remake that looks pretty impressive.

Produced by Ryan Murphy (Glee) and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, with a script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Carrie), the new version gets a little meta by taking place 65 years after the original killings as very similar murders start taking place. Addison Timlin, Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Edward Hermann, and Gary Cole star, and this one looks like a vast improvement in the tension department.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown will debut at Fantastic Fest but doesn't have a release date.


The Town that Dreaded Sundown - Trailer by Dread Central

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First Look at YA Adaptation 'Fallen' Starring Addison Timlin

It's becoming harder and harder to tell these YA adaptations apart. They all come with the same bestselling credentials and legions of fans, yet very few reach the big screen success of Twilight, The Hunger Games, or Divergent. Now another one is on the way in Fallen, which is based on the first book in Lauren Kate's series that has sold millions of copies worldwide, and now the first photo featuring its young cast has arrived.

Addison Timlin (Odd Thomas) is surrounded by co-stars Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Harrison Gilbertson (Need for Speed) in the image, suggesting that we're probably getting another tired love triangle. Timlin plays Lucinda Price, a teenaged girl sent to the Sword & Cross reform school after she's accused of a crime she didn't commit. There she's courted by two mysterious, handsome students who turn out to be fallen angels who have been competing centuries to win her love. Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Joely Richardson, and Lola Kirke co-star, with Scott Hicks (Shine) directing.

Fallen is expected to open next year but has yet to gain an official date.

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New Trailer for 'Odd Thomas', Finally Hitting Theaters this Month

Fans of Dean Koontz's popular paranormal super-sleuth Odd Thomas have had to sit on their hands a long time waiting for the movie to hit theaters. Announced seemingly an eternity ago with Anton Yelchin in the title role, the film ran into a legal buzzsaw that found the film regulated to a DirecTV exclusive release rather than a full theatrical run. That was where I saw it and found it to be a "funny and endearing curiosity" that faithfully recaptures Koontz's novels.

But it looks like all of the courtroom drama is over because Odd Thomas is finally heading to theaters and Itunes on February 28th, with a new trailer to herald the good news. Yelchin co-stars with Addison Timlin (as girlfriend Stormy Llewellyn), Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the story of Odd Thomas, a small town fry cook gifted with the ability to see and communicate with the dead, using his power to solve crimes and prevent murders. Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) directs, and while he perhaps gives the film a more light-hearted tone he doesn't shy away from the stuff that really tests Odd's character.

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Review: 'Odd Thomas' Starring Anton Yelchin and Addison Timlin

It didn't take long for Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas novels to hook me. Literally within a couple of pages he had established this wonderfully weird concoction, an offbeat paranormal mystery and hard-boiled gumshoe story with a protagonist as odd as his name.  Through a series of mostly compelling adventures Koontz has walked a very fine balance, one where inherent quirk of the premise must often give way to darkness of a brutal nature. See, Odd Thomas can see the lingering spirits of the dead, and uses that ability to avenge their deaths. It's not the sort of tone one would expect an unabashed tentpole director like Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) to be able to pull off, and while it's far from perfect, fans of Koontz's titular hero will be more than happy.

To Sommers' credit he sticks with what he knows, picking up the face and sprucing up Koontz's story, so that the film resembles an episode of dearly-departed series, Dead Like Me. It's a change that works better than one would think, mainly due to a confident star in Anton Yelchin and the peculiarity of the lead character. Odd, his parents meant to name him Todd but forgot the 'T', is a seemingly normal fry cook living in Pico Mundo, Nevada where there are all sorts of weird occurrences he's more than equipped to handle. More than just "seeing dead people", Odd can see the nastiest secrets murderers try to hide, and he can even glimpse future horrors before they happen in an effort to stop them.

At a brisk 90 minutes, Sommers wastes no time introducing us to Odd's world, with extensive narration cutting down on the massive amounts of exposition that occasionally bog down Koontz's books. More casual viewers will appreciate the steady presence of Willem Dafoe as town sheriff Wyatt Porter, who shares in Odd's secret. His greatest source of back-up is his feisty and loyal girlfriend, Stormy Llewellyn (Addison Timlin), and together they have a little Nick & Norah Charles thing goin' on as they try to decipher the latest weirdness around town. A carnival fortune predicted they were "destined to be together forever", and it's a fate constantly put to the test by crazy cultists, ethereal death demons known as bodachs, and gun-toting madmen.

Koontz's original story doesn't call for a lot of huge set pieces, but what few there are Sommers brings his big studio muscle to at least give them a nice polish. The bodachs are appropriately sinewy and slithery, but you can tell that there's been some significant trimming during the explosive finale. Mostly the budgetary constraints are a minor bump that can be easily overlooked thanks to Yelchin, who makes for a more dashing hero than Odd Thomas was ever designed to be. It works in this context, though, and he's even better when bantering back-and-forth with Timlin. It's safe to say that everything about their relationship in the novels is faithfully recreated here, including the stuff that isn't so much fun. Sommers, who adapted the screenplay himself, clearly has a passion for the material and Koontz's bizarre short order cook.

It's a shame there's been such a negative stigma attached to this film due to the months of legal wrangling that has kept it out of theaters indefinitely. Some will see that, Sommers' name and the fact that it's only available On Demand and take that as a reason to stay away. But fans of the book will be extremely happy, and those less familiar will find Odd Thomas to be a funny and endearing curiosity.

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Jeremy Irvine and Addison Timlin Pick Up YA Adaptation 'Fallen'

Outside of The Hunger Games, and we really need to see how the sequel Catching Fire performs, it's been diminishing returns on YA adaptations of late. What's unclear is whether or not audiences have simply outgrown them, the market has become too crowded, or if it's a combination of the two. But that isn't discouraging studios from bringing every semi-popular series to the big screen. A few months ago we learned that Lauren Kate's best selling Gothic romance Fallen was in the works with Scott Hicks at the helm, and now the first two stars have been found.

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First trailer for Dean Koontz adaptation 'Odd Thomas' with Anton Yelchin

Odd Thomas is one of famed author Dean Koontz's most popular and enduring characters, with six novels written about him up to this point, including this year's Deeply Odd which I'm itching to read. A peculiar mix of X-files style paranormal mystery and lighthearted camp, it follows the titular character,  a small town short order cook who can communicate with the dead and gets into all sorts of crazy adventures. Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) came on to direct a big screen version a couple of years ago, joined by Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) in the lead role. It's been practically invisible ever since, but as they prepare to shop it to investors at Cannes, the first trailer has been released.

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Review: 'Stand Up Guys' starring Al Pacino and Christopher Walken

What does the term "stand up guy" really mean? To most, the term describes someone who is reliable, trustworthy, someone to counted on to always do what's right. It's a term of endearment. It means much the same thing in the criminal world, but the way one can prove he's a stand up guy is by doing something terrible for the benefit of another at great personal risk. Stand Up Guys is a an uneven but frequently affecting geriatric road trip comedy about two old mobsters trying to live up to these ideals in their own ways, and finding that it doesn't get any easier with age.

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50 Cent lands a role in Stephen Sommers' Odd Thomas

Because I was getting just a little too excited for Odd Thomas, somebody out there felt the need to temper my expectations just a tad. What better way to do that than to introduce an actor to the Dean Koontz adaptation who is about as enjoyable to watch as your family's home movies. Variety reports that Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has joined the cast of the supernatural thriller. Oi vei.

Anton Yelchin(Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett) is Odd Thomas, a short order cook with the ability to see dead people and sense the presence of evil. Addison Timlin(Californication) is his soulmate, Stormy Llewellyn. Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, Nico Tortorella, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw are featured as well.

As for "Fiddy", he'll play a blind DJ named Shamus Cocobolo who helps Odd uncover a Satanic plot. Straight up.

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Willem Dafoe in talks to join Odd Thomas

I've never read a single page of Dean Koontz's supernatural mystery novel,Odd Thomas, and yet the Stephen Sommers(The Mummy) film adaptation has had me intrigued since day one.  The story follows a short order cook with the ability to communicate with the dead and sense evil. When he runs across a man swirling with dark forces, he goes off to find out what evil may be afoot.  Anton Yelchin(Alpha Dog) is locked in as the title character, while Addison Timlin(Californication) is his soulmate, Stormy Llewellyn.  Now THR is reporting that Willem Dafoe is in talks to join the film, and my interest continues to skyrocket.

Dafoe would play the local police chief, Wyatt Porter, one of the few people that knows of Thomas' abilities. I'm a big fan of the way Dafoe throws himself into any number of offbeat projects. He can be seen right now in Julian Schnabel's Hind Husseini biopic, Miral.

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Addison Timlin in talks for Odd Thomas lead

Just last week we learned that Lily Collins(The Blind Side) was circling the female lead role in Stephen Sommers' adaptation of Odd Thomas, based on the Dean Koontz's best selling novel. But soon after Collins snagged a much bigger, more prominent role opposite Julia Roberts in Tarsem Singh's Snow White film, so count her out. So now Variety is reporting that Addison Timlin has entered talks to take Collins' place. 

If signed, Timlin would star opposite Anton Yelchin in the titular role of a short-order cook with supernatural clairvoyance. He meets a mysterious man surrounded by dark forces and evil spirits, and goes off on a trek to track him down.  Timlin would play his best friend and soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn.  The Odd Thomas character has appeared in four Koontz novels and two graphic novel adaptations.

Timlin is probably best known as a recurring character in the Showtime series, Californication. She made her feature film debut in the Clive Owen/Jennifer Aniston thriller, Derailed, She most recently appeared on the big screen in the indie flick, Afterschool. 

Holy crap she's smokin'!! Why aren't I watching Californication? Oh yeah, because David Duchovny's annoying.

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