Tonight, the screens will be full of James McAvoy and his Wanted co-stars bending bullet paths and pulling off funky tricks usually relegated to superheroes. The storyline sounds a lot like The Matrix, but luckily that also means keeping one of the previous flick's best features: a tough-arse female mentor. Tonight, Angelina Jolie will put aside her drama and revel in toughness and assassin death, but she's not the only one to do so.

Before Jolie took on the role of Fox, Uma Thurman rocked as The Bride. Above is my favorite scene from the first volume of Kill Bill -- the insidious whistling hospital scene. Considering all the NSFW elements of the two films, I figured this whistling teaser would be best. (But if you want more violence, watch them fight here.) It's Daryl Hannah at her finest, and Uma Thurman getting a nice bout of shut-eye.

Of course, there are a million different films that somehow tie into Wanted. If you're looking for more mainstream, successful action, you might want to check out Christopher Campbell's list of top critically acclaimed action flicks over at Spout.

The Last Rewind Answer: Believe it or not, while consensus has picked Marlon Brando as the man who wasn't considered for Fear and Loathing, it was actually Dustin Hoffman.

Here's a story for the little girls out there. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Handmade Films has cast the lead in their upcoming adaptation of Eloise in Paris. Eloise is to be played by young Australian actress Jordana Beatty. That's her to the right -- and doesn't she look the part? She'll join Uma Thurman, who is playing Nanny. (Miles away from the way Nanny was illustrated in the books, at least from what I remember.)

Beatty has been acting since she was four, and was cast after 4,000 other hopefuls had tried out for the part. Filming is to begin August 12th in New York and Paris.

Handmade is hoping the Eloise films become a franchise. There are certainly enough books to keep them going. The Eloise series was penned by Kay Thompson, and illustrated by Hilary Knight. They follow the crazy adventures of Eloise, who lives in the Plaza Hotel. She's largely unsupervised, except for her poor Nanny, and runs wild with her pug, Weenie, and her turtle, Skipperdee. They were published in the 50's but remain popular, as they have that Home Alone vibe without being annoying. The illustrations are charmingly retro. Buy the treasury for your daughter if you haven't already.

No word on release date, except that we should see it in 2009. Charles Shyer is directing. If they need a cheap and handsome pug to play Weenie, I have one who's dying to be a household name.

The only thing more annoying than double-dipping DVDs is refraining from buying the first release of a film you really love, and then waiting, waiting, waiting, and more waiting for a better version to come out. Of course, as soon as you finally cave in, eager to see the film again, that's when it will happen. I'm beginning to think that I should just go out and buy the old Kill Bill releases, just to get this whole production up and running.

Last June, it seemed like we were finally getting the Whole Bloody Affair, but November came and went without that super-tasty disc release. Almost a year later, we're getting teased again. In a talk with MTV, Uma Thurman says that Quentin Tarantino's animated stuff is really on the way, and she teased that the long-awaited and desired big DVD release could actually arrive soon.

One anime companion film has been made, and Thurman says: "It has nothing to do with me. It has to do with another character. You'll have to see." This, as MTV points out, probably means an extra helping of Bill himself. But she also says that this short could be part of a larger re-release, sort of Grindhouse style. "Right now he's putting the two films together with an intermission with an added anime sequence he had already written. So additional stories are in there, in animation."

Anime or not, just get us the damned DVD set, QT. I'm sick of waiting! I need my geysers of blood and Elle Driver.

The Life Before Her Eyes, the latest film by Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog), opened this weekend in limited release. In part as a response to the negative reviews by a number of critics, Perelman said recently in an interview that he's decided that it's better for audiences to know the ending going in (I did confirm with Perelman that he actually said this, because I was rather surprised that he would). And while I understand Perelman's desire to counter the critical response to the film in this way, I decided to take a look at what the negative reviews actually say.

First, I'm going to largely ignore the reviews (good and bad) that came out of the Toronto International Film Festival last year, because the cut of the film in theaters now is different. So let's look at what critics have to say about the current cut. Let's look at one titled (ever so objectively) "Hollywood and the War on Women", by Prairie Miller over on News Blaze. Miller starts her "review" of the film with a five-paragraph rant that tries to tie films about the Iraq war into a perceived "war against women" in Hollywood, going so far as to make the accusation that this war is fueled, in part, by male directors and producers whose coffers are being drained by alimony and child support payments. Uh, what?

It's been five years since Vadim Perelman's critically acclaimed feature debut with House of Sand and Fog. Now the director is back with his newest film, The Life Before Her Eyes, starring Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and Eva Amurri. The film is about Diana, whose life starts to crumble as the 15th anniversary of the school shooting she survived nears; it flashes back and forth between older Diana (Thurman) and the younger Diana (Wood) and her best friend Maureen (Amurri) in the weeks leading up to the tragic event. Cinematical sat down with Perelman and Amurri at AFI Dallas to talk about the film, which opens in limited release this weekend.

Cinematical: Eva, can you talk about the challenges of playing this role, which is much more of "nice girl" than you've played in your previous films?

Eva Amurri: The earlier roles I'd had just happened to be more bad girls. This is the first role I'd had where the role was basically all good, this very pure, selfless girl. What's funny is that Vadim really cast us against type – in real life, I'm much more the "bad" girl, while Evan is the serious "good" girl. I was a little worried about it, but I trusted Vadim, and he did a great job guiding us through it. It was an interesting exercise.

Back in February, Uma Thurman surprisingly signed on to play Nanny in the upcoming film, Eloise in Paris, which is set to begin production this June in London, Paris, and New York. But before she begins filming that, Variety reports that the actress is quickly slipping another caregiver role into the mix -- a comedy by writer/director Katherine Dieckmann called Motherhood.

At least this flick will have her playing someone her age. (I still can't get over the fact that adapting Eloise's Nanny brought to mind thoughts of Uma.) She will star as "a harried mother of two prepping for her daughter's sixth birthday party as myriad urban challenges confront her," while Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards will play her best friend and husband.

There's nothing like those pesky "urban challenges." Does someone steal the last package of fancy streamers or something? The shoot is scheduled to last 25 days, which gives her just enough time to wrap up before Eloise, and the film is said to be taking advantage of new Gotham tax incentives. While a fan of Thurman, I'm still wary of her comedic roles, so if you're like me, there's always The Life Before Her Eyes, which heads into limited release this week.

Ed note: Cinematical would just like to point out that it's awesome to have Goose back on the big screen. "More Goose!" we shall always shout from whichever rooftop will allow it.

On the heels of the utterly ridiculous rumors that Uma Thurman might be pregnant because she once again has curves, but which turned out to be a little weight gain from the actress quitting smoking, she's now becoming a nanny. Ouch. The woman gains a little weight, which looks great on her frame, gets called puffy, and now is an aged nanny. Variety reports that she has signed on to costar in Eloise in Paris as the young girl's caretaker. This is Nanny. At least, how she has been previously.

It looks like the role got changed a little for Thurman. Variety says that while they are searching for the child lead, the role of Nanny was adopted "with Thurman in mind." I don't quite get that, unless they're trying to bank in on that whole Nanny Diaries thing. There are a lot of great and bankable actresses who could take on the role, and honestly, as much as I like Uma, her dramas and Tarantino movies work much better than her mainstream comedy. So, why the utter need for Thurman to headline this? So much so that you'd change a classic character?

It looks like we should get used to seeing Uma this way -- Handmade Films is hoping to make this a series that's followed with Eloise Goes to Hollywood.

Don't you just hate it when you're about to get married, and whoops -- turns out you're married to someone else? Especially if you're an uptight talk show host, and he's a fun-loving fireman you've never met?

Oh, those crazy kids in the movies. Such is the plot contr... I mean, the plot, of The Accidental Husband, which stars Uma Thurman as Emma, a "relationship expert" (think Dr. Phil in heels -- wait, OK, don't) who's about to get married to a fine, upstanding publishing executive (Colin Firth) when she discovers that on paper, she's already legally betrothed to some guy named Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). It seems that Patrick got himself hitched on the Interweb to Emma just to mess with her after his fiancée (Justina Machado, who played Vanessa on Six Feet Under) called in to her show, got some advice from Emma and then dumped Patrick's fun-loving behind. I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty sure this movie ends with Emma and Patrick shaking hands civilly, getting an annulment, and living happily ever after with other people.

Ah, kidding. Rom-com silliness aside, it's always a pleasure to watch Uma Thurman doing comedy (I've erased My Super Ex-Girlfriend from memory, and so should you), and a greater pleasure still to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan getting his shot at leading-man status. Grey's Anatomy fans will recognize him as Denny, the doomed heart patient who was unlucky enough to a) have a bad ticker, and b) fall in love with Izzie; and after a co-starring role in P.S. I Love You, he's inching up the ladder to stardom.

Uma and Jeffrey (or is it Jeffrey Dean?) will be interviewing each other for Moviefone's Unscripted series this Sunday, Feb. 3, and we need your questions -- so while everyone else is thinking about the Super Bowl, Uma Thurman could be thinking about YOU. Submit your questions for Uma and/or Jeffrey on this post, then check back here to see if your query made the cut. The Accidental Husband opens March 7. Good luck!

Edited to add: Please don't forget to include your name and the city you live in. How else are Jeffrey and Uma going to be able to stalk you?

NOTE: We just got word that The Accidental Husband is being moved to the summer, so unfortunately the Unscripted interview is off for now. But thanks to all for the excellent questions -- we'll save 'em up for later.

Above is the trailer for Vadim Perelman's upcoming film, The Life Before Her Eyes. For many, this movie should be a welcome respite from Uma Thurman's recent work (My Super Ex-Girlfriend), and a blast back to the more challenging and tasty fare that made her famous -- films like Dangerous Liaisons and Henry & June. Based on Laura Kasischke's novel, the film follows Thurman as the survivor of a high school shooting (something only vaguely hinted at in the trailer), whose life unravels 15 years later. Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe) plays her as a young woman, while Eva Amurri (Saved!) plays her best friend. I must say, it's so good to see Thurman in something meatier, and if this film is half as good as the trailer, this should be a must-see pick when the feature hits theaters this April.

Meanwhile, you can head through the jump to check out an official still from the film.*

*Edited to change picture

Just over a decade ago, Uma Thurman was the sexy face masquerading as radio show host Abby (Janeane Garofalo) to get the guy in The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Now she's getting her own time behind the mic in the upcoming romcom The Accidental Husband. As the story goes, Thurman plays Emma, a relationship-themed radio talk show host who has a loving, conventional fiance (Colin Firth), and a book deal on the way. However, when a fireman's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) upcoming marriage is derailed by her advice, he schemes up revenge to throw her off-guard -- making them legally married through the wonders of the Internet. While pretending that he doesn't know how this marriage happened, the two begin to fall for each other, which is complicated by Emma's other man.

With the romcom's release being only a few months away, Moviefone now has the HD trailer up for you to enjoy (or you can check out the non-HD version above). It's looking like your typical romantic comedy -- girl finds out what she's missing in life with the guy who oozes charisma -- first she hates him, then she can't help but fall for him. Uma has that same strange, caffeine-high sort of presence she had on Cats and Dogs, Firth is his usual caring British self, and Morgan, well... He's got some sweet romantic charisma, and it just makes me wish that I had better animal mojo the day I was fortunate enough to meet his dog. (Aren't canines the way to sweet, wonderful romance?) You'll also notice Justina Machado (Vanessa Diaz from Six Feet Under) as the fireman's advice-seeking fiance, and Isabella Rossellini's name in the final credits page, although she's sadly missing from the trailer. This could be good, and this could be bad, but here's to hoping that it's better than My Super Ex-Girlfriend.