According to The Playlist, Michael Cuesta's Kill The Messenger, a true-crime drama set for release in 2014, has added more names to its already impressive ensemble cast. Michael Sheen, Barry Pepper, Tim Blake Nelson, and Andy Garcia are all set as to appear in supporting roles, though their specific characters are not yet known.
Sex sells. That's the deceptively elementary premise behind Syrup, Aram Rappoport's frenetic and exceedingly disjointed adaptation of the same-named novel by Max Barry. The movie sets its sights on the high-powered, smoke-and-mirrors world of marketing, aiming to dissect how ruthlessly corporations manipulate the minds of everyday consumers like me and you. Unfortunately, and somewhat ironically, Syrup suffers from something a dialogue-driven satire of its kind absolutely cannot afford to have: a script that's consistently far less clever than it thinks it is.