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Author Kennedy Dies
19 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British author, broadcaster and journalist Sir Ludovic Kennedy has died at the age of 89.
Kennedy was most familiar to British audiences for his work as a newsreader and television presenter, which spanned six decades. He also wrote more than a dozen books and television films, often about miscarriages of justice - most notably his 1961 book Ten Rillington Place.
That project argued the case of Timothy Evans, who was executed for the murder of his baby daughter. The culprit was later uncovered as serial killer John Christie.
Evans was later posthumously pardoned.
Kennedy's book was turned into a 1970 movie starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt.
According to his family, Kennedy died in a nursing home in Salisbury, England on Sunday - just a month before his 90th birthday. He had been ill for some time after contracting pneumonia following a fall. »
Total Recall: Vince Vaughn's Best Movies
7 October 2009 7:45 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
Vegas, martinis, and the words "baby" and "money" helped launch Vince Vaughn's film career -- and helped established him as an extraordinarily compelling cinematic scoundrel, a role he's played repeatedly over the last decade and change. But that isn't all Vaughn can do, as he's proven while assembling an admirably eclectic filmography, moving from comedy to horror to action thrillers and back again, and sharing screens with everyone from Richard Attenborough to Jennifer Lopez in the process. This weekend, Vaughn reunites with his old partner Jon Favreau in Couples Retreat, and to celebrate, we decided to revisit his best-reviewed films,... »
Happy Birthday, Gandhi: Wake-Up Video
2 October 2009 5:30 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
Today marks the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the worldwide father of civil disobedience and peaceful revolution. It's a national holiday in India, as well as a day where the world is meant to reflect on non-violent alternatives. Gandhi began his professional life as a lawyer who fought for civil rights in South Africa, then returned home to his native India for a spiritual and political career that saw him fight for the rights of women and religious freedom. The centerpiece of his work were the peaceful protests he organized, many of which were to stand against the tyranny of outside influences and taxes from the British. Through the power of fasts, sit-ins and other forms of non-violent protest, Gandhi laid the ground work for a number of other peaceful movements worldwide — including the civil rights movement in the United States. Tragically, the man who made his life setting aside violence »
- Kyle Anderson
Paul Giamatti Wears England’s Crown in Ironclad
18 September 2009 12:52 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Months ago, there was word that a film called Ironclad was brewing, which would be an "ultra-violent medieval action thriller" about a Templar Knight who, with a small entourage, successfully withstood a siege by King John of England, younger brother of Richard the Lionheart. Reports had suggested that Paul Giamatti might play King John; now we know they were right, and we've got other cast details as well. Variety reports Giamatti has signed, and that the film will shoot in Wales next month. James Purefoy, soon to be seen in Solomon Kane, will be the primary Knight Templar. In February, when Screen Daily first reported the project, there was a host of fantastic actors attached: Bob Hoskins, Robert Carlyle, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, William Moseley, Colm Meany and Angus McFayden. But seven months later, we don't know how many of those, if any, are still part of the film. I »
- Russ Fischer
Paul Giamatti Gets Medieval On Megan Fox
18 September 2009 1:12 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Paul Giamatti is taking on a bad guy role for the movie Ironclad. According to Variety the movie is sort of a medieval take on the classic Seven Samurai formula. Actually this story first broke through multiple sources back in 2008, when Paul Giamatti first entered talks for a role in the film. It took them nearly a year but now he.s on board. In the film, a Templar Knight leads a group of seven in defense of Rochester Castle in 13th century England. Outside the walls is Paul Giamatti as the tyrant King John, leading an army on the offensive. Already on board the Jonathan English directed film is James Purefoy as the Templar Knight. Also rumored to be playing supporting roles in the film are Megan Fox, Bob Hoskins, Colm Meaney, and the great Richard Attenborough. Though the involvement of an evil despot named John and a crusading »
Paul Giamatti Gets Ironclad
18 September 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Production begins next month on the medieval actionfest Ironclad, and Variety are reporting that Paul Giamatti has just signed on to play the measly, weasely, blabberin', jabberin', wheelin', dealin' King John. Last we heard, the cast already includes Robert Carlyle, Bob Hoskins, William Moseley, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough and star-of-the-show James Purefoy. Verily tis the Dirty Dozen of knights-in-armour films.Ironclad is the story of a group of Templar Knights defending Rochester Castle against John, who you'll recall was proxy king while his brother Richard was off on the Crusades.Giamatti's villainy has been proven before in Shoot 'em Up, so the potential mix of that and some Harvey Pekar shmo-ness as, incredible as he is inept, he sits alone on his giant throne pretending he's the king, has us rubbing our hands with anticipatory glee.Strange how these things come in pairs, isn't it? In 1991 we had Costner's Prince »
Toronto: The Motion/Captured Review - 'The Informant!'
10 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
True-life stories rarely make great movies. Oh, sure, you can probably read me a list of big important Oscar-winning based-on-a-true-story movies without even trying, and I'll happily admit there are exceptions to the rule, but I stand by my basic position. Typically, "true" movies are about Important Things, or they feature Great Performances, and most of the time when I hear that a film is a dramatic retelling of real events or a biography of a real person, the end result strikes me as antiseptic, dull. The problem, of course, is reverence towards one's subject. If you're Richard Attenborough and you're... »
Movies We Love: Jurassic Park
9 September 2009 10:07 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Jurassic Park (1993) The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh...staggers me. Synopsis After building a theme park populated by dinosaurs, eccentric old billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) invites two top dino-scientists (Sam Neill and Laura Dern), a rock star chaos theory expert (Jeff Goldblum), and his grandchildren to come check it out. Fortunately for everyone involved, a horrible security breach unleashes the dinosaurs, and their lives are all terribly threatened. Why We Love It I'm 9-years old sitting in a packed theater ready to see, for the first time in my life, dinosaurs on a giant screen. Sure, I'd seen Harryhausen's prehistoric creatures at home on television, but this was different. I was on the edge of my seat before the film even began and clenching the armrests throughout the entire run time. In some ways, I wish that I could go back to before I'd seen the movie - to experience that »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlewaite join 'Brighton Rock'
29 August 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlewaite will star in Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock." They join Sam Riley and Andrea Risenborough. A remake of the 1947 film based on the novel written by Graham Greene which tells of a young gangster who marries a waitress in order to keep her quiet after she witnesses him committing a murder. The 1947 film starred Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh. Filming is said to start this October with a $10 million budget. »
Helen Mirren Is Going To 'Rock'
27 August 2009 10:47 PM, PDT | www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news »
Reported by Variety.com this week, 64 year-old Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren has signed on to star in a second adaptation of author Graham Greene's 1938 novel "Brighton Rock." Yeah....we're sorry if the headline was a little misleading.Set to co-star Pete Postlethwaite ("The Usual Suspects," "Alien 3"), "Rock" was previously adapted for the screen in 1947, featuring Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh in the tale of a gangster who marries a waitress after she witnesses him commit murder. According to Variety, ... »
- By Actress Archives
Mirren, Postlethwaite are 'Rock' solid
27 August 2009 11:31 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite have joined the cast of director.s Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock." The two actors join the previously cast Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough. The film is an adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel "Brighton Rock," about a young gangster who marries a waitress who has witnessed a murder he has committed to keep her quiet. Greene's novel was previously adapted into a film in 1947. Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh starred in that version which was directed by John Boulting.According to Variety, the new project will go back to the original source material rather than film for its inspiration. It will now be set in 1964 rather than the book's original setting of 1939. U.K. distributor »
- Adnan Tezer
Helen Mirren signs for 'Brighton Rock'
27 August 2009 8:07 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Helen Mirren has signed up to star in the remake of classic British crime drama Brighton Rock. The original 1947 film starred a young Richard Attenborough as criminal Pinkie Brown, who is forced to marry a waitress when she stumbles on a murder linked to his gang. Control's Sam Riley is in the lead role, with Andrea Riseborough playing his wife Rose. Pete Postlethwaite has also joined the cast as Phil Cokery, the husband of Mirren's Ida, who wants to save Rose from Pinkie. (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
Jane Seymour
26 August 2009 6:38 AM, PDT | Celebrity Bio Examiner | See recent Celebrity Bio Examiner news »
With her petite form, ethereal beauty, long dark hair, different colored eyes (one hazel, one green), and an accent to die for, British actress Jane Seymour is one of the loveliest creatures ever to grace the silver screen. That she has also proven herself as an actress, author, artist, designer, and humanitarian only underscores her status as Hollywood’s English Rose. Jane Seymour was born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on February 15th, 1951 in Hayes, London, England. She is the daughter of John Frankenberg, a British obstetrician, and his Dutch wife Mieke. Young Joyce, always interested in performing, studied dance at The Arts Educational School in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, and made her theatre debut at 13 with the London Festival Ballet. She took the stage name Jane Seymour when she was 17 -- the moniker also belonged to King Henry VIII’s third wife. In 1968, Jane appeared in her first film, as a »
- Celebrity_Profile_Examiner
Andrea Riseborough Joins Brighton Rock
13 August 2009 12:38 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Andrea Riseborough has joined Sam Riley in Brighton Rock, BBC Films' adaptation of the Graham Greene novel.This is, of course, the second time Greene's crime classic has been brought to the screen, with Richard Attenborough making such a memorable turn as sinewy, sinister small-town hoodlum Pinkie Brown in the 1947 version. This time around hoodlum honours go to Riley, with Riseborough (best known for Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky and telly period drama The Devil's Whore) playing the waitress who blackmails him into marrying her.Brighton Rock marks the directorial debut of Rowan (son of Roland) Joffé, up until now best known for his 28 Weeks Later screenplay. Filming starts this autumn.Riseborough, meanwhile, is next up in another literary adaption, appearing alongside Keira Knightley in Mark Romanek's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. She follows that with a turn in the not-as-saucy-as-it-sounds We Want Sex, a »
The BFI Southbank: Be there and be square
3 August 2009 2:39 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
I had dinner with Neve Campbell the other night. I say ‘dinner’ but it was actually about 1am and we were sat in an almost empty bar at the Park Lane Hilton nursing sore feet from a day at Cartier. This isn’t my normal scene, by the way, but I was invited by a mutual friend and the alcohol was free. It was actually my lack of funds that instigated my conversation with Neve, as she kindly offered me some hummus and a slice of her club sandwich. So anyway, over our hummus and jaw-shatteringly generous portion of turkey and bacon it transpired that Neve lives in London. As an experienced and talented actress living in London, I thought she might be interested in a discussion of the pros and cons of the BFI (fascinating, aren’t I?) Her reply will ripple through the membrane between my ears and skull for a long, »
- Nicholas Deigman
"10 Rillington Place" Now At Film Forum, New York
27 June 2009 11:04 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By David Savage
Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Sir Richard Attenborough's directorial career is studded with such achievements as Gandhi, A Bridge Too Far, Magic and Chaplin, among others, but his role as an actor has been no less affecting, if under-appreciated. His performances such films as The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Conduct Unbecoming (1975) have played an integral part in making those classics. Even in supporting roles, such as 1993's Jurassic Park, his presence lends the film an air of gravitas and credibility that few other actors can bring. However, one of his finest lead roles goes rarely seen these days: as infamous British serial killer John Christie in 10 Rillington Place (1970), directed by Richard Fleischer and co-starring a young John Hurt. Currently screening through July 2nd in a newly restored 35mm print at New York's Film Forum, this film version of a true story is a definite don't-miss, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Indie Roundup: 'Whatever Works,' 'Harmony and Me,' Laff 'Stoning'
24 June 2009 7:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Indie Roundup reviews the past week of news from the independent film community and provides a peek at what's coming soon.
Openings. This weekend will finally see the release of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, an extraordinary, ticking time bomb of a movie. Michelle Pfeiffer returns to the screen in Stephen Frears' "scandalous romp" Cheri. The very timely Iranian tale The Stoning of Soraya M., which just played the Los Angeles Film Festival, should ignite further discussion. Afghan Star features four women who (literally) risk everything in a televised singing contest.
Box Office. Woody Allen's Whatever Works performed just fine, pulling in $29,574 per-screen at nine locations. The re-issue of 1947's Brighton Rock (a very good film starring Richard Attenborough as a small-time hood) drew $10,626 at one theater; Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow scared up $5,363 in business. Several films expanded: Duncan Jones' Moon to 21 theaters ($8,541 per screen), Francis Ford Coppola »
- Peter Martin
More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!
27 May 2009 4:06 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
The B Noir festival is a hit! It's always a delight to hear about retrospective programming doing well. There are still people out there interested in and trying out old movies in theaters. Or maybe the San Francisco noir crowd is just that strong. I'd written about "I Wake Up Dreaming" a couple of weeks back (read it here); I have since went and saw some of the movies they're playing.
If you're in the Bay Area and you haven't spared the time, there's good news. The festival was supposed to end this Thursday, but I have just been informed that since it is selling out so well, they've decided to add another week of showings!
The list of extra screenings is at the bottom, but before that, I want to recommend trying to get to this Friday's showing of The Devil Thumbs a Ride, which I managed to catch on the fest's opening night. »
- Arya Ponto
Attenborough: 'I'm still alive and kicking'
15 May 2009 8:58 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Lord Attenborough has downplayed reports that his health is fading, insisting that he is "very much alive and kicking". Speculation had arisen after a representative for the filmmaker was quoted as telling The Daily Telegraph that he was still "not well enough" to perform after being hospitalised in December following a fall at his home. In a statement to Pa, Attenborough assured fans that he is doing well, saying: "To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports regarding the demise of my career have been greatly exaggerated." He went on to say that he is still (more) »
- By Lara Martin
Attenborough Dismisses Health Fears
15 May 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Lord Richard Attenborough has downplayed reports his health is fading - insisting he has no plans to quit acting for good.
The 85-year-old Oscar winner remains in hospital in London five months after a fall at his London home left him in a coma.
The veteran star is now on the road to recovery, but was recently forced to pull out of his role in historical movie Ironclad until his health improves.
But Attenborough is adamant his film career is far from over - and he will be back on the big screen as soon as he feels well enough.
He says in a statement, "I wish to make it clear that I am very much alive and kicking. To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports regarding the demise of my career have been greatly exaggerated. It remains my intention to take up offers."
Attenborough was due to tackle his 74th film role this summer, alongside Robert Carlyle, James Purefoy and Pete Postlethwaite. »
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