Eva Mendes Calls Bad Lieutenant a Piece of Art

Eva Mendes thinks her new movie is like Picasso's artwork.
The actress loved working with Nicolas Cage on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans but can't explain why she enjoyed it so much, comparing the experience to seeing work by the famous abstract artist. She said: "I'm excited about 'Bad Lieutenant', because it's completely something different that is completely outside-the-box film, and has got its own thing going on completely. It's like a piece of art, to me. It really is. It's almost like a piece of abstract art, when you go to the museum and you see a Picasso, and you can't quite pinpoint what it is, but you know you're attracted to it, and you accept it as art."
Eva Mendes also revealed that Nicolas Cage never rehearses his scenes as he prefers improvisation. She added to Moviehole: "No rehearsal, and a lot of improv on Nicolas [...]

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BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS Movie Review

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was just released to theaters this Friday November 20 2009. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans stars Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner and is directed by Werner Herzog. If you are planning to go see the movie, here are a few reviews from around the web to help you make up your mind.
The Washington Post
There's a deranged grandeur to Nicolas Cage's performance in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," in which he plays a police officer who plunges into drug addiction after a heroic on-the-job accident. Cage throws himself into a role of a man not so much battling as fervidly dancing with his demons, allowing him to indulge in his most manic, unhinged mannerisms. Like a jumpy, coke-fueled Pied Piper, Cage takes viewers to the very precipice of depraved self-abasement, [...]

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New Movies In Theaters This Friday, November 20, 2009

Wondering what movies are coming out to theaters this Friday, November 20, 2009? Here is a list with my intentions to watch at the movies, rent, watch on TV, or skip all together.

DEFINITELY WATCH AT THE MOVIES
Planet 51

Planet 51 Synopsis: American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders--like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum.

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BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS Trailer with Nicolas Cage

Check out a new trailer for BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner and directed by Werner Herzog.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Synopsis: After severely injuring his back while saving a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, homicide detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is promoted to lieutenant, prescribed painkillers and returned to active duty. A year later, he is addicted to both Vicodin and cocaine. But his responsibilities to the force continue, and when a family of African immigrants is found massacred, Terence is handed the case by his superiors.
In the convoluted moral universe in which Terence lives, it's possible to be a protective boyfriend to his escort girlfriend Frankie (Eva Mendes), look after a witness wanted by a notorious drug dealer (played by car-modifying rapper Xzibit), score drugs from [...]

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Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in New BAD LIEUTENANT Pictures

Check out new pictures of BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner and directed by Werner Herzog. Thanks to Yahoo Movies for posting them.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Synopsis: After severely injuring his back while saving a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, homicide detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is promoted to lieutenant, prescribed painkillers and returned to active duty. A year later, he is addicted to both Vicodin and cocaine. But his responsibilities to the force continue, and when a family of African immigrants is found massacred, Terence is handed the case by his superiors.
In the convoluted moral universe in which Terence lives, it's possible to be a protective boyfriend to his escort girlfriend Frankie (Eva Mendes), look after a witness wanted by a notorious drug dealer (played by [...]

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BAD LIEUTENANT Movie Poster with Nicolas Cage & Eva Mendes

Check out the poster for BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS with Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes that ComingSoon.net premiered.

This is Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, so of course it sparked my attention. I recently posted some pictures and the trailer for Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans which you should check out as well.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is part of the Special Presentations lineup at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Synopsis: After severely injuring his back while saving a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, homicide detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is promoted to lieutenant, prescribed painkillers and returned to active duty. A year later, he is addicted to both Vicodin and cocaine. But his responsibilities to the force continue, and when a family of African immigrants is found massacred, Terence is [...]

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BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS Trailer & Pictures

Check out the trailer for BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner and directed by Werner Herzog.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is part of the Special Presentations lineup at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Now that's the crazy Nicolas Cage we love! You have to watch this trailer. And those lucky enough to be at TIFF, make sure you catch a screening.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Synopsis: After severely injuring his back while saving a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, homicide detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is promoted to lieutenant, prescribed painkillers and returned to active duty. A year later, he is addicted to both Vicodin and cocaine. But his responsibilities to the force continue, and when a family of African immigrants is found massacred, Terence is [...]

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