Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. THE READER is most definitely on the end-of-the-year radar as far as awards consideration goes. In fact, there's talk that its star, Kate Winslet, might get both a Best Actress Oscar nomination for REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, and a Best Supporting Actress nod for this film. I'm always rooting for Kate, who has never actually won an Oscar before. She's mesmerizing to look upon, she's smart, great at selecting worthy roles, and has a great sense of humor about her career and image. And then we get Ralph Fiennes as the grown-up version of the young man that Winslet apparently beds repeatedly in this movie before being arrested years later for being a Nazi war criminal who decided who lived and who died among the children at a concentration camp. Yikes! The film comes courtesy of director Stephen Daldry (THE HOURS; BILLY ELLIOT) from a screenplay adapted (from Bernhard Schlink's novel) by award-winning playwright David Hare, who also adapted THE HOURS. Check out THE READER trailer right HERE!!! -- Capone capone@aintitcoolmail.com
