Jim Sturgess

One Day tries to deviate from the typical whirlwind romance movie by bookending its love story with everything that happens before and after that big Hollywood kiss. Based on David Nicholls's novel, the film follows the lives of two students who agree to start a friendship after a botched one-night stand after college graduation, and visits them on the anniversary of that date (July 15) each year. As Dexter and Emma embark on adulthood, their lives and careers change and intersect, and the status of their platonic relationship is brought into question as they keep in touch.

It's an inspired concept, but it's impossible to pack 20 years' worth of events into two hours without cutting a few corners. Though Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway are well cast as our romantic leads, some of their magic is sacrificed to push through the evolution of their relationship.

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I've been patiently waiting for a glimpse of the movie adaptation of One Day ever since I read the last page of David Nicholls's novel last year. The story chronicles the friendship of Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) over 20 years by visiting where they are in their lives on the same day each year. Though we're only privy to a cross section, it's enough to see how the relationship between them changes as they experience the realistic twists and turns of growing up.

I was always behind the casting of Sturgess as cocky, charming Dex, but I was a little more concerned about Hathaway as quiet, brainy Emma (mostly because she's American) — and as the trailer proves, her accent is a bit distracting. I'm also a bit disappointed that the preview gives away a lot of the novel's plot, complete with a more sappy veneer. Still, the film has potential, and maybe it's best not to judge it by this preview. Have a look for yourself when you read more

When I think of Siberia, two words come to mind: cold and remote. The trailer for The Way Back, which is set in Siberia in 1940, certainly plays up both of those conditions. The film, which is based on the memoir by Sławomir Rawicz, follows three soldiers (Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, and Colin Farrell) as they escape from a Soviet labor camp. The break out is just the beginning of a long trek that includes climbing the Himalayas as they seek a passage through India to safe territory.

This preview has "epic" written all over it: epic journey, epic music, epic true story. But will the inspiration be overshadowed by bleak overtones? The trailer looks heart-pumping and gut-wrenching, which is enough to get me to the theater. (My big crush on Jim Sturgess may or may not play a small part as well). See it for yourself after the jump.

Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess shot a major makeout scene on the set of One Day in Paris this morning. Anne looked chic for her second day in a row of filming, still sporting the same pixie-cut wig she donned yesterday. The romantic comedy, an adaptation of a much-loved book, is just one of the onscreen love stories Anne has worked on recently. She also stars opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in their potentially melodramatic movie Love and Other Drugs, which hits theaters around the holidays.

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