Hulu remains one of the best value-for-money streamers out there in September, 2023, with a massive list of movie and TV additions coming to the service this month.
The big Hulu Original show this month is The Other Black Girl, and you’ll be able to binge the complete series when it arrives on September 13! The Other Black Girl is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, and focuses on Nella, who is an editorial assistant and the only Black girl at Wagner Books. When the company brings new girl Hazel aboard, Nella is delighted to finally see the staff hires at Wagner becoming more diverse, but everything is not as it seems, and things soon take a sinister turn. We will be watching!
Elsewhere on Hulu, the award-winning movie The Banshees of Inisherin lands on September 4, while the season two premieres of Welcome to Wrexham...
The big Hulu Original show this month is The Other Black Girl, and you’ll be able to binge the complete series when it arrives on September 13! The Other Black Girl is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, and focuses on Nella, who is an editorial assistant and the only Black girl at Wagner Books. When the company brings new girl Hazel aboard, Nella is delighted to finally see the staff hires at Wagner becoming more diverse, but everything is not as it seems, and things soon take a sinister turn. We will be watching!
Elsewhere on Hulu, the award-winning movie The Banshees of Inisherin lands on September 4, while the season two premieres of Welcome to Wrexham...
- 9/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
February is the shortest month of the year but Prime Video is paying that no mind with its jam-packed list of new releases for February 2023.
This really is an uncommonly stuffed month on the Amazon streamer and it all starts with a handful of Amazon Originals. Amazon’s original offerings kick off with the release of Dave Franco-directed romcom Somebody I Used to Know on Feb. 10. That is followed by Carnival Row season 2 – a gritty fantasy crime drama is set in a world of steampunky fairies. The show stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne and this batch of episodes will be its swan song. Meanwhile The Consultant on Feb. 24 is a dark comedy workplace thriller starring Christoph Waltz.
The biggest hits this month, however, might just be some recent cinema faves. If February is for lovers, Amazon didn’t get the memo as there are quite a few horror movies of note here.
This really is an uncommonly stuffed month on the Amazon streamer and it all starts with a handful of Amazon Originals. Amazon’s original offerings kick off with the release of Dave Franco-directed romcom Somebody I Used to Know on Feb. 10. That is followed by Carnival Row season 2 – a gritty fantasy crime drama is set in a world of steampunky fairies. The show stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne and this batch of episodes will be its swan song. Meanwhile The Consultant on Feb. 24 is a dark comedy workplace thriller starring Christoph Waltz.
The biggest hits this month, however, might just be some recent cinema faves. If February is for lovers, Amazon didn’t get the memo as there are quite a few horror movies of note here.
- 2/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Kristin Scott Thomas will be honored at this year’s British Independent Film Awards with the Richard Harris Award for her contribution to British film. Thomas will join a celebrated list of former honorees including Judi Dench in 2018, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson and Chiwetel Ejiiofor in years past.
Thomas’ film work includes “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Only God Forgives,” “Gosford Park” and “Darkest Hour.”
She has garnered five BAFTA nominations, including a win for best supporting actress in 1994 for “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” and five Olivier nominations, winning in 2008 for her stunning performance in the Royal Court’s revival of “The Seagull.” She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for “The English Patient” and an Emmy for “Fleabag.”
She has received three Bifa nominations for best supporting actress for her work on “Easy Virtue,” “Nowhere Boy,” and “The Invisible Woman.”
“To be recognized in...
Thomas’ film work includes “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Only God Forgives,” “Gosford Park” and “Darkest Hour.”
She has garnered five BAFTA nominations, including a win for best supporting actress in 1994 for “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” and five Olivier nominations, winning in 2008 for her stunning performance in the Royal Court’s revival of “The Seagull.” She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for “The English Patient” and an Emmy for “Fleabag.”
She has received three Bifa nominations for best supporting actress for her work on “Easy Virtue,” “Nowhere Boy,” and “The Invisible Woman.”
“To be recognized in...
- 11/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Judi Dench, Leslie Mann and Dan Stevens are all set to lead the cast in an adaptation of Noel Coward’s play ‘Blithe Spirit’.
Directed by Edward Hall and written by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Piers Ashworth, Isla Fisher (The Beach Bum, Confessions of a Shopaholic), Julian Rhind-Tut (Rush, Stardust), Emilia Fox, Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), James Fleet (Outlander, Four Weddings and a Funeral) all join Dench, Mann and Stevens on the reimaging of Coward’s classic comedy, about love that just won’t die…
The story follows Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Stevens), struggling with catastrophic writer’s block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth (Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focussed in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood.
Charles’ desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati (Dench), a medium recently exposed as a fraud,...
Directed by Edward Hall and written by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Piers Ashworth, Isla Fisher (The Beach Bum, Confessions of a Shopaholic), Julian Rhind-Tut (Rush, Stardust), Emilia Fox, Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), James Fleet (Outlander, Four Weddings and a Funeral) all join Dench, Mann and Stevens on the reimaging of Coward’s classic comedy, about love that just won’t die…
The story follows Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Stevens), struggling with catastrophic writer’s block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth (Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focussed in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood.
Charles’ desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati (Dench), a medium recently exposed as a fraud,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
You probably know how these [City], I Love You films work: a collection of directors — and some very prestigious ones, at that — create short films that are set in and, perhaps in some way, defined by the area in question. This is a great idea that most would say has never exactly taken off, considering the tepid reception afforded Paris, je t’aime and New York, I Love You, as well as the absolute lack of attention paid to Tbilisi, I Love You. For better or for worse, there’s now Rio, I Love You, which collects the likes of Paolo Sorrentino, José Padilha, Fernando Meirelles, Guillermo Arriaga, and John Turturro to direct, among others, Harvey Keitel, Emily Mortimer, Vincent Cassel, Jason Isaacs, and Turturro himself.
The latest trailer — which arrives more than 18 months after an initial pair and the film’s premiere — is more promising, if only because it displays...
The latest trailer — which arrives more than 18 months after an initial pair and the film’s premiere — is more promising, if only because it displays...
- 3/1/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
A quarter-century ago, audiences first watched Tim Burton’s tale about a gentle man, an inventor’s unfinished creation who has scissors for hands. “Edward Scissorhands” opened in theaters 25 years ago today. The film was the first of Burton and Johnny Depp’s many collaborations, and it reunited Burton with Wiona Ryder, who was in “Beetlejuice,” the second film he directed. As the fourth feature Burton directed, “Edward Scissorhands” further familiarized audiences with what Burton’s unique visual style full of the dark right next to the sweet and kooky takes on gothic elements. Edward is one of many memorable misunderstood misfit characters of Burton’s. Other notable December 7 happenings in pop culture history: • 1925: “Easy Virtue,” which Noel Coward wrote at age 25, opened on Broadway. It was later adapted into a film starring Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes. • 1967: Otis Redding recorded “(Sittin’ On...
- 12/7/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
'Saint Joan': Constance Cummings as the George Bernard Shaw heroine. Constance Cummings on stage: From sex-change farce and Emma Bovary to Juliet and 'Saint Joan' (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Frank Capra, Mae West and Columbia Lawsuit.”) In the mid-1930s, Constance Cummings landed the title roles in two of husband Benn W. Levy's stage adaptations: Levy and Hubert Griffith's Young Madame Conti (1936), starring Cummings as a demimondaine who falls in love with a villainous character. She ends up killing him – or does she? Adapted from Bruno Frank's German-language original, Young Madame Conti was presented on both sides of the Atlantic; on Broadway, it had a brief run in spring 1937 at the Music Box Theatre. Based on the Gustave Flaubert novel, the Theatre Guild-produced Madame Bovary (1937) was staged in late fall at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Referring to the London production of Young Madame Conti, The...
- 11/10/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bertie Carvel as Jonathan Strange
Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan, The World’s End), Olivier award-winning Bertie Carvel (Restless, Matilda), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights, Easy Virtue) and Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures) are set to star in a new 7 piece period drama that’s coming to BBC America in June. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has been adapted for TV by Peter Harness (Wallander) from the best selling novel by Susanna Clarke.
Set during the Napoleonic wars, the show is centered around an unlikely duo: Strange, and Norrell. The former is a swashbuckling, heavy drinking womaniser, the latter is an odd-ball magician from Yorkshire. Their paths cross in London and and a dangerous battle ensues. Click below for a preview.
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Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan, The World’s End), Olivier award-winning Bertie Carvel (Restless, Matilda), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights, Easy Virtue) and Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures) are set to star in a new 7 piece period drama that’s coming to BBC America in June. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has been adapted for TV by Peter Harness (Wallander) from the best selling novel by Susanna Clarke.
Set during the Napoleonic wars, the show is centered around an unlikely duo: Strange, and Norrell. The former is a swashbuckling, heavy drinking womaniser, the latter is an odd-ball magician from Yorkshire. Their paths cross in London and and a dangerous battle ensues. Click below for a preview.
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- 5/18/2015
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Today we have two international trailers for the upcoming "Rio, I Love You" anthology film, comprised of segments directed by different helmers. Check out the trailers below. Some of the directors include Vicente Amorim (Crossface), Fernando Meirelles (City of God), Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age), Jose Padilha (RoboCop), John Turturro (Fading Gigolo), Stephan Elliott (Easy Virtue), Guillermo Arriaga (Babel). The new movie stars Vincent Cassel, Rodrigo Santoro, Jason Isaacs, Ryan Kwanten, Emily Mortimer and Harvey Keitel. It's set to hit theaters in Brazil on September 11th. No word on when we'll see it in Us. Trailer 1: Trailer 2:...
- 7/16/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Projects by Stephan Elliott, The Babadook writer- director Jennifer Kent, Ben Elton, Rowan Woods, Trent O'Donnell and Jacqueline McKenzie are among the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream.
new to stream
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman: Python-esque collection of animated shorts tell a true fiction of the late comedian [at Lovefilm]
British films you missed
Fast Girls: standard underdog sports flick is totally predictable yet wholly infectious, with a brute bodily exuberance of competition and movement [my review] [at Lovefilm] Hunky Dory: charming tale of a 1970s schoolteacher struggling to put on a rock musical with less than cooperative students; Minnie Driver is fab [at Lovefilm] The Look of Love: the entertaining lead performance by Steve Coogan cannot quite make up for poorly fleshed-out characters or a rote narrative [my review] [at Lovefilm] Tyrannosaur: brutally good performances by Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, and Eddie Marsan in a story about violent men; pity it has less sympathy for their women victims [my review] [at Lovefilm]
streaming now,...
new to stream
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman: Python-esque collection of animated shorts tell a true fiction of the late comedian [at Lovefilm]
British films you missed
Fast Girls: standard underdog sports flick is totally predictable yet wholly infectious, with a brute bodily exuberance of competition and movement [my review] [at Lovefilm] Hunky Dory: charming tale of a 1970s schoolteacher struggling to put on a rock musical with less than cooperative students; Minnie Driver is fab [at Lovefilm] The Look of Love: the entertaining lead performance by Steve Coogan cannot quite make up for poorly fleshed-out characters or a rote narrative [my review] [at Lovefilm] Tyrannosaur: brutally good performances by Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, and Eddie Marsan in a story about violent men; pity it has less sympathy for their women victims [my review] [at Lovefilm]
streaming now,...
- 2/10/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Kristin Scott Thomas, one of film's most acclaimed and prolific actresses, says that she's essentially retiring from screen acting after three decades and sixty five films.
In a lengthy interview with The Guardian, the 53-year-old actress says this decision came about suddenly in September: "I just suddenly thought, I cannot cope with another film. I realised I've done the things I know how to do so many times in different languages, and I just suddenly thought, I can't do it any more. I'm bored by it. So I'm stopping."
She goes on to say: "The kinds of films that I do are usually quite rapidly put together, and it always seems to be a little bit of a shambles. I like filming, but what I don't like is having to rearrange things and rewrite scenes. I just can't be bothered. I'm often asked to do something because I'm going to...
In a lengthy interview with The Guardian, the 53-year-old actress says this decision came about suddenly in September: "I just suddenly thought, I cannot cope with another film. I realised I've done the things I know how to do so many times in different languages, and I just suddenly thought, I can't do it any more. I'm bored by it. So I'm stopping."
She goes on to say: "The kinds of films that I do are usually quite rapidly put together, and it always seems to be a little bit of a shambles. I like filming, but what I don't like is having to rearrange things and rewrite scenes. I just can't be bothered. I'm often asked to do something because I'm going to...
- 2/4/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Way back in April we got word that BBC America is expanding its "Supernatural Saturday" lineup in 2014 to include a seven-part "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" miniseries, based on the novel by Susanna Clarke. Today we know who the cast members are.
From the Press Release:
Eddie Marsan (pictured; "Ray Donovan," The Worlds End) and Olivier award-winning Bertie Carvel (Restless, "Primeval") have been cast in BBC America’s co-production "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell," based on the bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke and adapted by Peter Harness ("Wallander," Is Anybody There?). The new seven-part drama series is to premiere as part of the channel’s Supernatural Saturday.
Further casting includes Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), Marc Warren ("The Good Wife," "Hustle"), Samuel West ("Mr Selfridge," "Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond"), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights, Easy Virtue), Enzo Cilenti ("Prisoners Wives," "Rome"), and Paul Kaye ("Game of Thrones,...
From the Press Release:
Eddie Marsan (pictured; "Ray Donovan," The Worlds End) and Olivier award-winning Bertie Carvel (Restless, "Primeval") have been cast in BBC America’s co-production "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell," based on the bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke and adapted by Peter Harness ("Wallander," Is Anybody There?). The new seven-part drama series is to premiere as part of the channel’s Supernatural Saturday.
Further casting includes Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), Marc Warren ("The Good Wife," "Hustle"), Samuel West ("Mr Selfridge," "Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond"), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights, Easy Virtue), Enzo Cilenti ("Prisoners Wives," "Rome"), and Paul Kaye ("Game of Thrones,...
- 10/25/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
In The Heart Of The Sea
Charlotte Riley ("Easy Virtue") has joined the cast of Ron Howard's true story period drama "In The Heart Of The Sea" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Charles Leavitt penned the script.
Riley plays Peggy, the pregnant wife of Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), first mate on the whaling ship Essex. When the ship is attacked by a sperm whale, a group of survivors stay afloat for three months enduring disease, starvation and eventual cannibalism. [Source: Deadline]
The Song
Cheyenne Jackson ("United 93") has scored the lead role in Andy Lauer's indie drama "The Song". David Kauffman penned the script, and Jackson is set to sing original songs in the film.
Jackson plays Ben Cantor, a man who bets it all to enter a songwriting contest reality show against the better judgment of his wife, boss, and banker. [Source: Deadline]
Big Stone Gap
Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg...
Charlotte Riley ("Easy Virtue") has joined the cast of Ron Howard's true story period drama "In The Heart Of The Sea" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Charles Leavitt penned the script.
Riley plays Peggy, the pregnant wife of Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), first mate on the whaling ship Essex. When the ship is attacked by a sperm whale, a group of survivors stay afloat for three months enduring disease, starvation and eventual cannibalism. [Source: Deadline]
The Song
Cheyenne Jackson ("United 93") has scored the lead role in Andy Lauer's indie drama "The Song". David Kauffman penned the script, and Jackson is set to sing original songs in the film.
Jackson plays Ben Cantor, a man who bets it all to enter a songwriting contest reality show against the better judgment of his wife, boss, and banker. [Source: Deadline]
Big Stone Gap
Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg...
- 10/16/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Way back in 2009, somehow we missed that Emmanuel Benbihy was producing another anthology film in the same vein as Paris, je t'aime and New York, I Love You. This time, the project is Rio, I Love You (or Rio, eu te amo), and the title clearly indicates where we are headed this time. At the time, a roster of directors wasn't revealed, but in the THR report about Jason Isaacs joining Fury, it also states that he will star in one of the segments in Rio, I Love You. Specifically, he will star in the segment from Guillermo Arriaga, writer and producer of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's films Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros. In addition, the report also lists Fernando Meirelles (City of God, Blindness), South Korean filmmaker Im Sangsoo, Stephan Elliot (Easy Virtue), Paolo Sorrentino (This Must Be the Place), and José Padilha (the remake of RoboCop). Meanwhile, IMDb lists Andrucha Waddington,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The Australian Writers. Guild (Awg) released their first line-up announcement for the biennial National Screenwriters Conference, which will take place at Mornington Peninsula in Victoria from 20-22 February 2013. Shameless creator Paul Abbott, announced as international headliner last month, will be joined by a host of industry elite including John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), Craig Pearce (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom), Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Easy Virtue), Jacquelin Perske (Spirited, Love My Way, Little Fish, The Secret Life of Us), Keith Thompson & Tony Briggs (The Sapphires), Ian Simmons (Good News World, Good News Week, The Sideshow) and Peter Moon (Fast Forward, Full Frontal). "We bring together an unrivalled number of preeminent writers at the top of their game for the Nsc, which is a not-for-profit event. The retreat-like setting creates a hothouse of ideas,...
- 10/26/2012
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
A new set of pictures from the set of upcoming film Hitchcock were released today in People magazine, two weeks after the first teaser poster debuted. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (who penned The Terminal), the film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock and is based upon the book Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho.
Anthony Hopkins takes the titular role and will no doubt be nominated for an Academy Award as he is the spitting image of the man, as evidenced in the above photo.
A love story about Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, the story takes place during the period in which he shot Psycho. The flick features Helen Mirren as Alma, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh and Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and all are shown in the mentioned picture which you can scope out below.
This may be coming off the back of seeing Looper...
Anthony Hopkins takes the titular role and will no doubt be nominated for an Academy Award as he is the spitting image of the man, as evidenced in the above photo.
A love story about Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, the story takes place during the period in which he shot Psycho. The flick features Helen Mirren as Alma, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh and Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and all are shown in the mentioned picture which you can scope out below.
This may be coming off the back of seeing Looper...
- 10/5/2012
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
All You Need Is Kill
Tom Hardy's fiancé and British star Charlotte Riley ("Easy Virtue," "Wuthering Heights") is joining Tom Cruise in Doug Liman's sci-fi thriller "All You Need is Kill" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Shooting kicks off this fall in London.
Cruise plays a soldier in a war against aliens who relives his last day over and over after being killed. Emily Blunt and Riley both play soldiers who fight alongside Cruise. [Source: Variety]
Finding Nemo 2
Ellen DeGeneres is in negotiations to reprise her role of the blue tang fish Dory in Disney/Pixar's planned "Finding Nemo" sequel.
The news comes a few weeks before DeGeneres’ long-running talk show returns for its 10th season and is now the most lucrative daytime talk show currently on TV. [Source: Heat Vision]
Maleficent
Four-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt will join her mother Angelina Jolie in Walt Disney Pictures’ "Maleficent".
Vivienne will play a small role in the...
Tom Hardy's fiancé and British star Charlotte Riley ("Easy Virtue," "Wuthering Heights") is joining Tom Cruise in Doug Liman's sci-fi thriller "All You Need is Kill" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Shooting kicks off this fall in London.
Cruise plays a soldier in a war against aliens who relives his last day over and over after being killed. Emily Blunt and Riley both play soldiers who fight alongside Cruise. [Source: Variety]
Finding Nemo 2
Ellen DeGeneres is in negotiations to reprise her role of the blue tang fish Dory in Disney/Pixar's planned "Finding Nemo" sequel.
The news comes a few weeks before DeGeneres’ long-running talk show returns for its 10th season and is now the most lucrative daytime talk show currently on TV. [Source: Heat Vision]
Maleficent
Four-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt will join her mother Angelina Jolie in Walt Disney Pictures’ "Maleficent".
Vivienne will play a small role in the...
- 8/23/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Check out these new images, courtesy of the films Facebook page, from Brit cannibal-detective flick Elfie Hopkins which stars Jaime Winstone in the titlular role of a quirky “wanna-be” detective whose appetite for a real-life case is matched by the appetites of a new family, The Gammons, played by Rupert Evans (Hellboy) and Kate Magowan (Primeval), who move into the village. Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an...
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an...
- 3/23/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Check out this new trailer, courtesy of The Sun, for Brit cannibal-detective flick Elfie Hopkins which stars Jaime Winstone in the titlular role of a quirky “wanna-be” detective whose appetite for a real-life case is matched by the appetites of a new family, The Gammons, played by Rupert Evans (Hellboy) and Kate Magowan (Primeval), who move into the village.
Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
We also have what has been dubbed a “family portrait” of Ray and Jaime Winstone on the set of the film courtesy of the official Twitter feed:
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village,...
Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
We also have what has been dubbed a “family portrait” of Ray and Jaime Winstone on the set of the film courtesy of the official Twitter feed:
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village,...
- 3/8/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The film critic on the receiving end of a rant by a director at Tuesday’s inaugural Aacta Awards after giving the film a negative review has told Encore that there was no personal attack to the director.
During the Aacta Awards, A Few Best Men director Stephan Elliott attacked The Age’s Jim Schembri over the critic’s review of the film, accusing Schembri of personal attacks. The attack was removed from Nine’s broadcast of the show.
Schembri on behalf of himself and The Age told Encore: “We respect Stephan Elliott’s right to bite back at negative reviews. However, we never engage in personal attacks in film reviews and cannot see how referring to him as ‘having proved himself worthy of so much better’ constitutes one.
“Also, journalists must never feel any obligation whatsoever to “support” Australian films, only good ones. Stephan Elliott showed with Easy Virtue...
During the Aacta Awards, A Few Best Men director Stephan Elliott attacked The Age’s Jim Schembri over the critic’s review of the film, accusing Schembri of personal attacks. The attack was removed from Nine’s broadcast of the show.
Schembri on behalf of himself and The Age told Encore: “We respect Stephan Elliott’s right to bite back at negative reviews. However, we never engage in personal attacks in film reviews and cannot see how referring to him as ‘having proved himself worthy of so much better’ constitutes one.
“Also, journalists must never feel any obligation whatsoever to “support” Australian films, only good ones. Stephan Elliott showed with Easy Virtue...
- 2/2/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Movie director Stephan Elliott has come out as gay in an emotional speech at Tuesday night's (January 31) Aacta awards. Elliott - who has directed films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Easy Virtue and romantic comedy A Few Best Men - used his presenter's slot at the film and television awards ceremony in Sydney to call for marriage equality in Australia. "I was scared of who I was. I basically was scared that I was gay," he told the audience. "Even after Priscilla, I stayed offshore basically because I was frightened of my family. And tonight I'm coming out." Although (more)...
- 2/1/2012
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Washington, Dec 11: Jessica Biel has revealed that she wasn't popular with guys when she was young.
The Easy Virtue actress who is in a relationship with Justin Timberlake insists that she didn't get much attention from guys as they mistook her shyness for being ''aloof''.
"I never [got chased by guys] as much as people might think. I'm quite shy, so sometimes guys would find me aloof because they'd think I was acting cool when it was just my nerves," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"It always takes me a while to feel comfortable in social situations or when I'm with new people."
The 29-year-old beauty also admitted that it was not only her shyness, but guys didn't think she was pretty when she was younger.
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The Easy Virtue actress who is in a relationship with Justin Timberlake insists that she didn't get much attention from guys as they mistook her shyness for being ''aloof''.
"I never [got chased by guys] as much as people might think. I'm quite shy, so sometimes guys would find me aloof because they'd think I was acting cool when it was just my nerves," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"It always takes me a while to feel comfortable in social situations or when I'm with new people."
The 29-year-old beauty also admitted that it was not only her shyness, but guys didn't think she was pretty when she was younger.
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- 12/11/2011
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Black and Blue Films have released the first trailer for Elfie Hopkins which stars Jaime Winstone in the titlular role of a quirky “wanna-be” detective whose appetite for a real-life case is matched by the appetites of a new family, The Gammons, played by Rupert Evans (Hellboy) and Kate Magowan (Primeval), who move into the village.
Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an animal lover in a village populated with hunters.
Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an animal lover in a village populated with hunters.
- 11/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
With news hitting two weeks ago that French film producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam is developing a biopic of the beautiful and tragic icon Grace Kelly for the big screen titled Grace of Monaco, a fierce battle between Hollywood actresses’ is likely to already be underway for the widely coveted role.
Film biopics are big business with audiences and during awards seasons and they are truly never big when a biopic is dealing with a Hollywood legend or a member of Royalty. With Grace of Monaco delving into the life of both, this is one hot Oscar-baiting ticket for somebody out there.
Based on Arash Amel’s script, Grace of Monaco focuses on six months of Kelly’s life in 1962 when the then Princess of Monaco was instrumental in resolving a heated dispute between France and it’s small principality which it was believed had become a tax haven for the rich.
Film biopics are big business with audiences and during awards seasons and they are truly never big when a biopic is dealing with a Hollywood legend or a member of Royalty. With Grace of Monaco delving into the life of both, this is one hot Oscar-baiting ticket for somebody out there.
Based on Arash Amel’s script, Grace of Monaco focuses on six months of Kelly’s life in 1962 when the then Princess of Monaco was instrumental in resolving a heated dispute between France and it’s small principality which it was believed had become a tax haven for the rich.
- 11/8/2011
- by Lorna Berridge
- Obsessed with Film
In Elfie Hopkins Jaime Winstone plays the titlular role of a quirky “wanna-be” detective whose appetite for a real-life case is matched by the appetites of a new family, The Gammons, played by Rupert Evans (Hellboy) and Kate Magowan (Primeval), who move into the village. Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also stars Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Easy Virtue), Will Payne and Kate Magowan.
Black and Blue Films, who are behind Elfie Hopkins have released a Third poster for the flick which will be unleashed in Spring 2012.
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Black and Blue Films, who are behind Elfie Hopkins have released a Third poster for the flick which will be unleashed in Spring 2012.
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
- 11/3/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
In Elfie Hopkins Jaime Winstone plays the titlular role of a quirky “wanna-be” detective whose appetite for a real-life case is matched by the appetites of a new family, The Gammons, played by Rupert Evans (Hellboy) and Kate Magowan (Primeval), who move into the village. Ray Winstone (father of Jaime) plays the local butcher in the film directed by Ryan Andrews, who also wrote the screenplay.
We’ve managed to get our hands on a new promo image and poster for the film, along with the Full synopsis (beware spoilers):
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an animal lover in a village populated with hunters. Haunted by the death...
We’ve managed to get our hands on a new promo image and poster for the film, along with the Full synopsis (beware spoilers):
Elfie Hopkins is a thriller inspired by the dark and glamorous worlds of films such as The Lost Boys and Brick. Set in the sleepy hunting village, it is the story of twenty-two year old slacker and “wanna-be” detective, Elfie Hopkins.
Elfie is a stoner and an animal lover in a village populated with hunters. Haunted by the death...
- 5/24/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Ealing Studios and The King's Speech financier Prescience has merged their respective sales arms. The companies previously worked together on both St. Trinian’s films, Dorian Gray and Easy Virtue. They say combining gives them “a unique advantage,” because of the money that Prescience brings to the table. They also said no jobs will be lost in the consolidation. “The beauty of this merger is that we now have access to Prescience’s money,” says Will Machin, Ealing’s head of distribution. Machin will run Ealing Metro. “There are very few companies in the indie marketplace that can offer what we can now.” Prescience has raised around $250 million to date through its Aegis Film Fund and Metropolis Media Eis tax fund. Ealing Metro will offer equity, gap financing and in some cases will put up minimum guarantee advances against international sales, the money that gets films rolling. The plan is...
- 4/20/2011
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
Barnes Banned From Meeting Bono Movie Character
Actor Ben Barnes was banned from meeting the real-life writer he portrays in Killing Bono - because the director worried he'd pick up on his "irritating" habits.
The Easy Virtue star plays Neil McCormick in the movie, based on the Irish music critic's memoir, Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger, about his experiences growing up with the U2 rocker.
Barnes was keen to meet the writer, but reveals director Nick Hamm advised him not to.
The actor tells NME.com, "I wasn't allowed to meet him. The director Nick Hamm said, 'He's so annoying in real life and so irritating that if you actually meet him and play him anything like he is in real life, the film will be unwatchable'.
"I played him as the voice he wrote the book in, and it's quite self-deprecating because he's actually quite a nice guy in real life."...
The Easy Virtue star plays Neil McCormick in the movie, based on the Irish music critic's memoir, Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger, about his experiences growing up with the U2 rocker.
Barnes was keen to meet the writer, but reveals director Nick Hamm advised him not to.
The actor tells NME.com, "I wasn't allowed to meet him. The director Nick Hamm said, 'He's so annoying in real life and so irritating that if you actually meet him and play him anything like he is in real life, the film will be unwatchable'.
"I played him as the voice he wrote the book in, and it's quite self-deprecating because he's actually quite a nice guy in real life."...
- 4/11/2011
- WENN
This weekend, the stormy, deluxe new version of Jane Eyre opens, and in just about every way the rituals that have long attended the mounting and marketing of a lofty romantic period piece have been duly observed. The film’s star, Mia Wasikowska, is a ravishing and talented up-and-coming classy It Girl of the moment — just as Gwyneth Paltrow was 15 years ago when she first set hearts aflutter in Emma (1996), and Helena Bonham Carter a quarter of a century ago when her stately carriage and wistful dark eyebrows anchored in A Room with a View (1985). Audiences, I have no doubt,...
- 3/12/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
The cast has been announced for "Priscilla" and "Easy Virtue" director Stephan Elliott’s upcoming feature "A Few Best Men" which begins shooting next week in Sydney and the nearby Blue Mountains region.
When English lad David announces he is getting married to an Australian, his hapless mates give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'for better or worse'! The chaos-filled wedding day tests their new marriage, challenges David’s relationships with his three best men, and risks turning what should be the best day of their lives into the worst.
Olivia Newton-John and political satirist Jonathan Biggins will star as the parents of the bride. Also starring are Xavier Samuel ("Twilight: Eclipse," "Newcastle"), Kris Marshall ("Death At A Funeral," "Easy Virtue"), Kevin Bishop ("Spanish Apartment," "Food of Love"), Tim Draxl ("Traveling Light," "Swimming Upstream"), Laura Brent (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Steve Le Marquand ("Beneath Hill 60,...
When English lad David announces he is getting married to an Australian, his hapless mates give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'for better or worse'! The chaos-filled wedding day tests their new marriage, challenges David’s relationships with his three best men, and risks turning what should be the best day of their lives into the worst.
Olivia Newton-John and political satirist Jonathan Biggins will star as the parents of the bride. Also starring are Xavier Samuel ("Twilight: Eclipse," "Newcastle"), Kris Marshall ("Death At A Funeral," "Easy Virtue"), Kevin Bishop ("Spanish Apartment," "Food of Love"), Tim Draxl ("Traveling Light," "Swimming Upstream"), Laura Brent (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Steve Le Marquand ("Beneath Hill 60,...
- 1/13/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
As Filmink revealed last year, director Stephan Elliott (Easy Virtue, Eye of the Beholder, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) is set to direct a new comedy, A Few Best Men, which commences shooting in Sydney and the Blue Mountains next week. According to Elliott, the film's set to be packed with laughs. "A Few Best Men is my take on a hugely successful emerging genre - wedding movies for boys," he says. "The girls get the big day. The boys get to sabotage it. And boy I am gonna have some fun." As we previously reported, A Few Best Men will star quickly rising star Xavier Samuel (Twilight: Eclipse, The Loved Ones, the upcoming Bait and Anonymous) as the English groom.
- 1/13/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
They’re becoming two of the most wanted roles in the movie world at the moment but The Dark Knight Rises is still yet to it’s two highly touted female roles, instead, more names are being thrown into the hat for the characters of Talia al Ghul and possibly Catwoman.
One minute we thought the main contenders would be Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Blake Lively, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weiz. Then we heard yesterday that Watts and Eva Green had been cast in the film though that has since been denied. But now as revealed by the Hollywood Reporter, four new names have been added to the shortlist with Hathaway and Knightley still on there.
British hottie of the moment Gemma Arterton (who has been a busy lady recently) is on the shortlist which also includes Jessica Biel and newcomers Kate Mara (127 Hours) and Charlotte Reily (Easy Virtue...
One minute we thought the main contenders would be Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Blake Lively, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weiz. Then we heard yesterday that Watts and Eva Green had been cast in the film though that has since been denied. But now as revealed by the Hollywood Reporter, four new names have been added to the shortlist with Hathaway and Knightley still on there.
British hottie of the moment Gemma Arterton (who has been a busy lady recently) is on the shortlist which also includes Jessica Biel and newcomers Kate Mara (127 Hours) and Charlotte Reily (Easy Virtue...
- 1/12/2011
- by Craig Kell
- FilmShaft.com
Christopher Nolan is meeting with some of Hollywood’s leading actresses – as well as a few emerging talents – for two major female roles in The Dark Knight Rises, the third installment in his highly-acclaimed Batman franchise.
A source has told The Hollywood Reporter that Jessica Biel (The A-Team), Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs), Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go), Kate Mara (127 Hours) and Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue) are set to test for Warner Bros. in the next two weeks.
The actresses are vying for two roles, a love interest and a villain, who may or may not be Talia, the daughter of villain Ra’s Al Ghul – played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins.
The Dark Knight Rises will be directed by Nolan from a script written by David Goyer. Filming is expected to commence in May.
Warner Bros. will release the film on July 20, 2012.
A source has told The Hollywood Reporter that Jessica Biel (The A-Team), Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs), Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go), Kate Mara (127 Hours) and Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue) are set to test for Warner Bros. in the next two weeks.
The actresses are vying for two roles, a love interest and a villain, who may or may not be Talia, the daughter of villain Ra’s Al Ghul – played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins.
The Dark Knight Rises will be directed by Nolan from a script written by David Goyer. Filming is expected to commence in May.
Warner Bros. will release the film on July 20, 2012.
- 1/12/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
THR is reporting that Christopher Nolan has started his search for actresses to play the major female roles in his upcoming "The Dark Knight Rises," a villain and a love interest. In the next few weeks, Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Kate Mara (127 Hours), Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue), and Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia) will all test for roles. Arterton, however, may have scheduling issues since she just accepted the female lead in "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters." The paper claims that one of the roles is Talia, the daughter of villain Ra's Al Ghul, who was portrayed by Liam Neeson in "Batman Begins." The third installment is set to begin filming in May in London and Los Angeles.
- 1/12/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Biel are in the running for roles in the forthcoming Batman threequel The Dark Knight Rises. The trio are reportedly up for test roles for director Christopher Nolan's third movie which sees Christian Bale returning to the role of the caped crusader, Heat Vision claims. Also under consideration for the two parts - said to be Bruce Wayne's love interest plus a villainess - are rellative newcomers Kate Mara (Brokeback Mountain, 127 Hours) and British actress Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue).
- 1/12/2011
- Sky Movies
(Update 5:40 p.m. Pst: The casting carousel continues, as Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Kate Mara, Jessica Biel and her "Easy Virtue" co-star Charlotte Riley are also said to be testing for two lead roles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Riley is a British actress who is engaged to Nolan's "Inception" star Tom Hardy, who has already been cast in an unspecified role (rumored to be Dr. Hugo Strange). I'm not a die-hard "Batman" fan or anything, but Knightley, Biel and Mara would be all wrong for Gotham City, and while Hathaway...
- 1/12/2011
- The Wrap
More like Voyage of the Yawn Treader, actually. Little kids will surely find this collection of fantastical geegaws enthralling -- look, a talking mouse! hey, a minotaur! -- but as a grownup fan of the magical and the mysterious, I was almost totally bored by this third, and perhaps most tryingly pious, installment in C.S. Lewis’s fanciful spin on Christian mythology, The Chronicles of Narnia, following on from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian There’s a whole lotta capital-a Adventure here without a whole lotta connecting story as seemingly random cool things get tossed into a listless, if not actually unpleasant excursion around the outlying islands of the pseudo-medieval realm of Narnia. The two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skander Keynes), inadvertently escape from war-torn 1940s Britain, with their horrid cousin Eustace (Will Poulter) accidentally in tow, and journey through a...
- 12/10/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Australian director Stephan Elliott (Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Welcome to Woop Woop; Easy Virtue) is set to direct a new comedy, A Few Best Men, which follows a groom and his three best men who travel to the Australian outback for a wedding. While the details of the narrative are under wraps, the film sounds like it's tracing similar territory to The Hangover, Todd Phillips's smash hit about three groomsmen who lose their soon-to-be-wed best friend during a series of drunken misadventures in Las Vegas. According to sources close to Filmink, the comedy will feature rising local star Xavier Samuel as the British groom.
- 12/9/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
Academy Awards voters love a great performance as a British monarch. And they love a great performance embodying a disability.
Colin Firth, who earned his first Oscar nomination for last year's A Single Man, the directorial debut by former Gucci fashion head Tom Ford, this season delivers on both counts in The King's Speech, playing King George VI as he reluctantly ascends to the throne amid a lifelong battle to overcome a debilitating stammer.
Often playing glib characters with a biting tongue, as he did in the Bridget Jones romances and the comedy Easy Virtue, Firth is the utter opposite of eloquent as George VI...
Colin Firth, who earned his first Oscar nomination for last year's A Single Man, the directorial debut by former Gucci fashion head Tom Ford, this season delivers on both counts in The King's Speech, playing King George VI as he reluctantly ascends to the throne amid a lifelong battle to overcome a debilitating stammer.
Often playing glib characters with a biting tongue, as he did in the Bridget Jones romances and the comedy Easy Virtue, Firth is the utter opposite of eloquent as George VI...
- 11/23/2010
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman will be respectively presented the Desert Palm Achievement Award for Actor and Actress at the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
This award is very fitting for both actors. Firth is receiving major Oscar buzz for his performance as King George VI in "The King's Speech," and Portman for Darren Aronofsky's "The Black Swan."
I'm excited for these two actors, and I'm excited for the Film fest. I'm a Palm Springs resident so this is good news! Here's the complete press release:
The 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Colin Firth and Natalie Portman with the Desert Palm Achievement Award for Actor and Actress, respectively. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at...
This award is very fitting for both actors. Firth is receiving major Oscar buzz for his performance as King George VI in "The King's Speech," and Portman for Darren Aronofsky's "The Black Swan."
I'm excited for these two actors, and I'm excited for the Film fest. I'm a Palm Springs resident so this is good news! Here's the complete press release:
The 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Colin Firth and Natalie Portman with the Desert Palm Achievement Award for Actor and Actress, respectively. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at...
- 11/17/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Best known as Prince Caspian in the Chronicles of Narnia films, Ben Barnes discusses his shameful boy-band past and why he suits classic British overcoats
Ben Barnes was chuffed to be asked to wear classic British menswear for this Observer fashion shoot. "If this is my perceived style, that's brilliant. I'm Burberry in a park!" After roles in Dorian Gray and Easy Virtue, and his current appearance as Stephen Wraysford in the stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's novel Birdsong, it's a visual shorthand that makes sense. And was dressing as an English gent enjoyable?
"It was," he concedes. "I don't do many shoots. You can't, otherwise you get too self-conscious. It's like when you go the gym. You enjoy the first few times, but then start thinking: 'All I do is lift something heavy and put it down where I found it. I've achieved nothing.' Or when you...
Ben Barnes was chuffed to be asked to wear classic British menswear for this Observer fashion shoot. "If this is my perceived style, that's brilliant. I'm Burberry in a park!" After roles in Dorian Gray and Easy Virtue, and his current appearance as Stephen Wraysford in the stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's novel Birdsong, it's a visual shorthand that makes sense. And was dressing as an English gent enjoyable?
"It was," he concedes. "I don't do many shoots. You can't, otherwise you get too self-conscious. It's like when you go the gym. You enjoy the first few times, but then start thinking: 'All I do is lift something heavy and put it down where I found it. I've achieved nothing.' Or when you...
- 11/14/2010
- by Alice Fisher
- The Guardian - Film News
Having explored over the last two days both the Box Office Sweet Spot and the directors with the highest average box-office over the course of their careers, I can't quite let it go until I round up the directors with the lowest box-office average, too (since 1980). Again, to be included on the list, the director must have made at least four films, and I also excluded those directors who didn't have at least four movies in the English language (just because a director like Tom Twyker or Hayao Miyazaki may not be commercially successful in America doesn't mean he hasn't been incredibly successful overseas).
I think the trend that you're most likely to pick up on from this list is that you don't have to make scads of money at the box office to be considered a successful or very well-respected director. Many of the directors on this list have Oscars,...
I think the trend that you're most likely to pick up on from this list is that you don't have to make scads of money at the box office to be considered a successful or very well-respected director. Many of the directors on this list have Oscars,...
- 7/14/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Actress Jessica Biel, currently seen in the Vancouver-lensed feature "A-Team", will return to British Columbia to star in the $15 million suspense-thriller "The Tall Man", a Canadian-France co-production, set to film in Vancouver in September, directed by Pascal Laugier.
Premise of the story follow Biel's character as a tough mother who tracks down a mysterious 'Tall Man', who has kidnapped her child.
28-year old Biel got her professional start as a 12-year old model, before landing, at age 14 the role of a preacher's daughter in the WB TV drama "7th Heaven", airing for a record-breaking 11 seasons.
Her first feature role was in "Ulee's Gold", followed by "Summer Catch", "The Rules Of Attraction", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Blade: Trinity", "Stealth", "Elizabethtown", "The Illusionist", "Home Of The Brave", "Next", "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry", "Powder Blue", "Easy Virtue" and "Valentine's Day".
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Jessica Biel...
Premise of the story follow Biel's character as a tough mother who tracks down a mysterious 'Tall Man', who has kidnapped her child.
28-year old Biel got her professional start as a 12-year old model, before landing, at age 14 the role of a preacher's daughter in the WB TV drama "7th Heaven", airing for a record-breaking 11 seasons.
Her first feature role was in "Ulee's Gold", followed by "Summer Catch", "The Rules Of Attraction", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Blade: Trinity", "Stealth", "Elizabethtown", "The Illusionist", "Home Of The Brave", "Next", "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry", "Powder Blue", "Easy Virtue" and "Valentine's Day".
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Jessica Biel...
- 6/19/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Biel Keen For More Adventures After Kilimanjaro Charity Climb
Actress Jessica Biel's hike to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro last year has awakened an adventurous streak in the self-confessed "adrenalin junkie".
The Easy Virtue star joined actor Emile Hirsch among other celebrities for the charity climb - and now she has a checklist of adventures she wants to tackle.
She tells Glamour magazine, "I want to scuba dive a sunken ship. I would like to sail around some part of the world and live on a boat.
"I (also) have a love of Egyptology. I would like to go there (Egypt) and see the Pyramids. (I wanted) to be Indiana Jones and dig for bones and find mummies."...
The Easy Virtue star joined actor Emile Hirsch among other celebrities for the charity climb - and now she has a checklist of adventures she wants to tackle.
She tells Glamour magazine, "I want to scuba dive a sunken ship. I would like to sail around some part of the world and live on a boat.
"I (also) have a love of Egyptology. I would like to go there (Egypt) and see the Pyramids. (I wanted) to be Indiana Jones and dig for bones and find mummies."...
- 6/3/2010
- WENN
Ready for an outbound flight, Jessica Biel was spotted being dropped off at Lax Airport in Los Angeles, California on Saturday (May 29).
The "Easy Virtue" vixen looked cute in a black top, jeans, blue heels and matching shades as she toted her luggage up to the security checkpoint.
The trip comes as Jess preps to promote the Joe Carnahan directed action.adventure film "The A-Team" - which hits theaters on June 11th.
Co-starring Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson, the flick is about "a group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed."...
The "Easy Virtue" vixen looked cute in a black top, jeans, blue heels and matching shades as she toted her luggage up to the security checkpoint.
The trip comes as Jess preps to promote the Joe Carnahan directed action.adventure film "The A-Team" - which hits theaters on June 11th.
Co-starring Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson, the flick is about "a group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed."...
- 5/30/2010
- GossipCenter
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Jess, we just heard the news that you’ll be starring in your first Broadway musical! We can’t wait to hear those pipes!
Jessica Biel, 28, get ready to hit the Great White Way! The New York Daily News reports you’ve nabbed a role in the Broadway musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, directed by famed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, who actually wrote the original 1988 film! This is so exciting and definitely a great new avenue for your acting career.
Pedro tells the New York Daily News you have a “wonderful voice!” So we have to ask … now that you’re prepping for your first singing role is your boyfriend Justin Timberlake giving you voice lessons? We’re sure the the man responsible for bringing sexy back can teach you a thing or two.
We hear you’re full speed ahead in...
Jess, we just heard the news that you’ll be starring in your first Broadway musical! We can’t wait to hear those pipes!
Jessica Biel, 28, get ready to hit the Great White Way! The New York Daily News reports you’ve nabbed a role in the Broadway musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, directed by famed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, who actually wrote the original 1988 film! This is so exciting and definitely a great new avenue for your acting career.
Pedro tells the New York Daily News you have a “wonderful voice!” So we have to ask … now that you’re prepping for your first singing role is your boyfriend Justin Timberlake giving you voice lessons? We’re sure the the man responsible for bringing sexy back can teach you a thing or two.
We hear you’re full speed ahead in...
- 5/17/2010
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Actress Jessica Biel is said to have left her Easy Virtue co-star Kimberley Nixon stunned when she presented her with a vagina-themed toy at the end of filming. “She got me a Design-a-Beaver, which is an Etch-a-Sketch in the shape of a woman’s, well, you know,” the Daily Star quoted Nixon as saying. “I have no idea where she got it from, but it’s brilliant,” she added. ...
- 5/8/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
London, May 7 – Actress Jessica Biel is said to have left her ‘Easy Virtue’ co-star Kimberley Nixon stunned when she presented her with a vagina-themed toy at the end of filming.ixon, 24, who admitted that she had a great time on the set with Biel, 28, liked the keepsake very much.
“She got me a Design-a-Beaver, which is an Etch-a-Sketch in the shape of a woman’s, well, you know,” the Daily Star quoted Nixon as saying.
“I have no idea where she got it from, but it’s brilliant,” she added. (Ani)...
“She got me a Design-a-Beaver, which is an Etch-a-Sketch in the shape of a woman’s, well, you know,” the Daily Star quoted Nixon as saying.
“I have no idea where she got it from, but it’s brilliant,” she added. (Ani)...
- 5/7/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Nixon Shocked By Biel's Naughty Gift
Jessica Biel stunned her young Easy Virtue co-star Kimberley Nixon with a naughty gift after they wrapped the period piece - a vagina-themed toy.
The Brit admits she had a great time on the set with the movie star and now she has a keepsake to remember her dirty sense of humour.
Nixon says, "She got me a Design-a-Beaver, which is an Etch-a-Sketch in the shape of a woman's, well, you know.
"I have no idea where she got it from, but it's brilliant."...
The Brit admits she had a great time on the set with the movie star and now she has a keepsake to remember her dirty sense of humour.
Nixon says, "She got me a Design-a-Beaver, which is an Etch-a-Sketch in the shape of a woman's, well, you know.
"I have no idea where she got it from, but it's brilliant."...
- 5/6/2010
- WENN
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