Yesterday, it took place the premiere of Lions For Lambs in Berlin. This morning, the photocall took place and here you have the pics.{nl}Lions For Lambs Berlin Photocall – October 25th 2007

As his one-year wedding anniversary approaches, Tom Cruise is reflecting on the day he married Katie Holmes in a castle in Italy. Asked what stands out in his memory about the wedding last November, Cruise said that watching Holmes become a bride is the most prominent. “I think every person has it when they look at their bride,” he told Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday at the Rome premiere of his new film Lions for Lambs. “That’s something that I’ll never forget.” And, despite the frenzy of fans and media surrounding the wedding, which took place at Odescalchi Castle in Lake Bracciano, Italy, Cruise said the day managed to remain “personal.” “It was very beautiful,” he said. “As big as it was from the outside, it was a very personal experience and something obviously I’ll never forget.” Cruise, 45, also gave an update on the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Suri, saying, “She’s just a real light and very happy, a very joyous child.” As for his love of Italy

Here you have another video of Tom at the London premiere of Lions For Lambs. (Thanks Yorkshire)

Tom is Berlin promoting Lions For Lambs in Berlin and in this occasion, Kate was next to him at the premiere this afternoon. {nl}Lions For Lambs Berlin Premiere – October 24th 2007

Tom Cruise underplayed the politics, leaving it to Robert Redford to lash out against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at the center of “Lions for Lambs,” for which the pair held their first presser Tuesday at the Rome Film Festival. {nl}Redford, helmer and protag of the anti-war thriller — which world-preemed Monday as a gala in London, — came out strongly against the Bush administration, as might be expected by one of Hollywood’s longtime liberals. {nl}”Our country has hit a point where we have lost so much,” he said. “We have lost lives, we’ve lost sacred freedoms, we’ve lost financial stability; we’ve lost our position of respect on the world stage.” {nl}Cruise, kept largely above the political fray, merely expressing hope that the talky multi-strand pic in which he plays a power-hungry Republican senator “will challenge and engage an audience, so that they can come out and have dialogue.” {nl}He was more comfortable chastising Hollywood, praising Redford as someone who “really broke with the studio system and made the type of pictures he wanted to make, in the face of the studios.” {nl}”Lions,” which Cruise shepherded under MGM’s reactivated United Artists label, reps his first release since leaving Paramount and being bruised in the media. {nl}At the packed Rome presser Cruise seemed to writhe when asked about how he felt about being stigmatized for belonging to Scientology. {nl}”Communication is the most important thing,” he said after long deliberation. “It’s most important to have that dialogue, to really understand one another. I think that is the only way (so) that one day we can have trust, as opposed to throwing up barriers and people being able to create stereotypes.” {nl}He paused. “With anything, whether it’s race, religion, nationality.” {nl}The $35 million pic, which also stars Meryl Streep, will be released in November in the UK and in December in Italy via Fox. MGM is releasing Stateside after it opens the AFI fest Nov. 1. {nl}Source: Variety

Here you have a video of Tom talking with ET’s Jann Carl in Rome, another one of Tom talking to Italian journalist Emanuele Carioti at the red carpet and another video with a new clip of Lions For Lambs. Enjoy!!

Here you have a video of Tom at the London Premiere of Lions For Lambs

Bottom Line: An honest but a bit dry attempt at a serious discussion on the merits of current U.S. military strategies. LONDON — The title of Robert Redford’s “Lions for Lambs” comes from a comment made by a German officer in World War I about the bravery of British soldiers compared to the criminal stupidity of their commanders. The film, which had its world premiere Monday at the London Film Festival, makes clear that Redford feels the same way about the current political leadership of the U.S. and the men and women fighting and dying in the name of their country. In sober and unemotional fashion, Redford and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan set out the arguments for and against America’s military incursions in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving it for the audience to ponder a response. They leave no doubt, however, where they stand. Boxoffice response to films dealing with the U.S. government’s strategies in the Middle East so far suggests that the public is not eager to grapple with the topic onscreen. Redford’s film will appeal to those who feel that today’s military sacrifices are being made on false premises, but its responsible tone could draw a more widely appreciative audience. Clocking in at 90 minutes, the film has three settings, two of which involve discussions on the merits of commitment to activism and politics far removed from the field of battle. The third shows two Special Forces volunteers trapped on a snowy mountain in Afghanistan and surrounded by the enemy. Redford plays Dr. Stephen Malley, a lecturer at an unnamed California university who is attempting to convince a bright but undisciplined student named Todd (Andrew Garfield) that he should apply his talents to help solving the problems of the day. Meryl Streep is Janine Roth, a veteran television reporter whose skills include taking shorthand and the ability to land an exclusive interview with hotshot Sen. Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise). Irving has his eye on the White House, and what he has to reveal is a new strategy that involves sending small Special Forces teams deep into mountainous territory to prevent Sunni and Shia insurgents from uniting. In fact, that strategy already has been launched. When a Chinook helicopter attempts a landing in a dangerous area, it comes under fire and two soldiers are pitched out into harm’s way. Arian Finch (Derek Luke) and Ernest Rodriguez (Michael Pena), both from deprived communities but believers in the American dream, are exactly the kind of youngsters that Malley lionizes. The film cuts back and forth between the three scenarios as the senator tries to convince the reporter that his way is right, the professor does the same with the student and the two grunts try to stay alive. The debate between the politician and the journalist comes off best as both actors get under the skin of their characters, with Cruise snapping out details with charming efficiency and Streep showing the reporter’s increasing skepticism with typical subtlety. Pena and Luke are fine in a classroom sequence that reveals their selfless idealism, and they do what’s required in combat scenes made uglier by also being viewed via satellite. Redford wears his heart on his sleeve in the scenes between the professor and the effortlessly smart kid. Garfield is also fine, but the encounter suffers from being polemical and as a result lacks drama. Politicians, the media, educators, military commanders and a docile public all come under fire in a well-made movie that offers no answers but raises many important questions. {nl}Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Tom is in Rome today presenting Lions For Lambs. Here you have the pics of the photocall this morning and the premiere this afternoon{nl}Lions For Lambs Rome Photocall – October 23rd 2007Lions For Lambs Rome Premiere – October 23rd 2007

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