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Review: The Young Victoria
25 December 2009 12:03 PM, PST
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In the latest of many historical biopics, The Young Victoria finds herself in line for the throne after no one is left to assume the duties of monarch from her dying uncle, England’s King William IV. Not only is the heir-apparent being used as a pawn by her overbearing mother, the Duchess of Kent, (Miranda Richardson) and her advisor Lord Conroy (Mark Strong), but they also try to make the Princess sign her duties of Regent over to them. In the meantime, her mother invites Victoria’s cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, for a visit to meet the naive Princess in the hopes that a friendship and possible romance will blossom in time. The Prince’s uncle, King Leopold of Belgium, hopes of an eventual marriage between the future Queen of England and his nephew. Once the King dies, all gloves are off as Victoria assumes the
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When Variety Gives Critics A Bad Name
18 December 2009 9:02 AM, PST
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It's a shame that with all the year-end awards being dished out by critics, awards where groups of individuals do their best to do the cinema world proud by honoring greatness, that one can't be devised to recognize articles that make us all look bad. Case in point: Iain Blair's Wednesday article in Variety about the disconnect between audiences and film critics, particularly where Oscar is concerned. His next article on tap is supposedly entitled "Water's Wet, Sky's Blue, Women Have Secrets." Every now and then some film journalist decides to write such an article, which is basically the same as the last one only with changed titles and tries to remind us how we occasionally don't approve of a film we deem poorly made to be smattered with an embarrassment of riches. Nothing we haven't heard before. Rarely though does one of the first sentences smack of the
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- Erik Childress
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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST
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Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.
If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.
For example, the SAG
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- Manny
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The Oscar Badmouthing Has Begun!
15 December 2009 2:20 PM, PST
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2Nd Update: I love awards season because my email and voicemail get filled wiith negative campaigning about all the Academy Awards hopefuls. (Such holiday cheer is out here!) Over the years, I've reported on the studio badmouthing of heavyweight Saving Private Ryan to better the Oscar chances of lightweight Shakespeare In Love. And the planting of "He's an anti-Semite and adulterer" allegations against the schizophrenic Princeton professor who was the sympathetic subject of biopic A Beautiful Mind. And more recently, the efforts to scuttle Blood Diamond and Slumdog Millionaire's chances because of unfounded charges the filmmakers callously exploited locals.
So it shouldn't surprise anyone that this race is already turning [...]
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- Nikki Finke
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Dench Upset About Cuts For U.K. Arts
11 December 2009 12:11 AM, PST
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Dame Judi Dench is furious with British government officials for cutting funding for the arts to pay for the upcoming Olympic Games in London.
Officials are busy erecting new buildings for the 2012 sporting extravaganza, but the veteran actress insists more money is needed to help struggling U.K. theatre companies and film projects.
She says, "I am concerned, of course, that they've taken a lot of the subsidy to the arts away for the Olympics. There's no question that the recession has had an effect on the arts, especially on British films. Things are not being greenlit as much and it is more difficult for people to get work.
"When you go abroad people always talk with such love about British theatre, but the irony is it's not appreciated by the Government as it should be. The state of the arts has always been, and will always be, precarious. But there is something so alarming about the huge cuts made to companies, particularly when you read of the astronomical amounts some people are earning."
And the Shakespeare In Love star worries skilled performers will soon be made redundant by reality TV contestants in a society obsessed with celebrity.
She adds, "I mourn that there are so many repertory companies that aren't around any more. I don't want the arts to take the form of a reality programme. I heard somebody say the other day that it is good if people can bring drink and food into a theatre and get up and go if they don't like the play. Well, yes, go out if you don't like it, but where do you draw the line? They tell people not to take pictures of us on stage but when you look up you see 100 red lights twinkling at you."
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Newsweek Blames George Bush for Dark, Depressing Movies - Do You Agree?
9 December 2009 6:02 PM, PST
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In the cold light of history, I'm sure there will be plenty of blame to be laid at the feet of one George W. Bush, but blaming him for movies? Well, that's what Ramin Setoodeh over at Newsweek is proposing -- that the rash of downer films that have littered the box office in the last two years is all because of big bad Bush, and it's a bit of a leap. After all, there's the tried and true logic that awards season usually has studios releasing their 'serious' pictures, and in the world of cinema, serious usually means depressing. But Setoodeh has some evidence to back up his claims, mainly that in the so-called 'golden years' of Bill Clinton, films like Shakespeare in Love and The Full Monty were Oscar contenders, and now we have grim, foreboding films like There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, and Slumdog Millionaire.
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- Jessica Barnes
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A Paranormal number of flops
8 December 2009 9:02 AM, PST
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New releases Me and Orson Welles, The Descent: Part 2 and The Box fail to offer much opposition as Paranormal Activity leapfrogs into top spot in its second week
For distributors with a new release this weekend, the only solace to be grasped at was that their movie hadn't done as badly as someone else's. As executives gathered at the annual British independent film awards in London on Sunday night, the talk was of how all the new films targeting adult audiences had flopped – the only differences were the degrees of failure.
Flop #1
Bottom of the pile of wide releases was Me and Orson Welles, which failed to crack a £1,000 screen average on 187 prints. Comparisons with Zac Efron's recent hits 17 Again (£2.56m debut) and High School Musical 3 (£8.41m including previews) are hardly fair, but his latest film's £166,000 opening confirms widely held suspicions that his many young fans wouldn't show
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- Charles Gant
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: December 6, 2009
6 December 2009 8:33 AM, PST
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It’s Sunday and that means that it’s Wrap Up time.
This week:
The box office is Blind Sided; if you go down to the woods today you might see Tom Cavanagh in Yogi Bear; Leonardo DiCaprio knows Jack Frost in The Guardians; Have you ever heard Gun, With Occasional Music? Beautiful Creatures say P.S I Love You; John Madden will Dolittle directing with My Fair Lady and it’s all in the double barrel name as Paul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman find religion.
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Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side just keeps doing better and better. The uplifting sports drama has took the top spot with an impressive $20 million after three weeks on the charts. 2009 has been a great year for Bullock and if Warner Bros. gives the actress the expected Oscar push then 2010 shouldn’t be too bad either.
Twilight’s New Moon
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- Niall Browne
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Twice the glitz and glamour?
5 December 2009 4:10 PM, PST
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The Academy has decided to extend the shortlist for next year's best picture Oscar from five to 10 films. Is that a good idea? We can't quite decide…
It has to be a bad idea, doesn't it?
Ten best picture nominations in the Oscars instead of five? It's a cynical move by the Academy to boost viewing figures by opening the field to crowd-pleasers such as The Dark Knight, the exclusion of which last year caused fanboy outrage. The Oscars aren't exactly the gold standard where quality is concerned, but they remain the most important fixture in the movie calendar and the nomination process is not to be treated lightly. Now the list will be swamped with button-pressing blockbusters such as Avatar and Star Trek, which may deserve their box-office receipts but absolutely should not be honoured alongside the all-time greats: All About Eve! Lawrence of Arabia! The Godfather!
True, but
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- Killian Fox
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Kate Hudson's Harshest Critic - Her 5-Year-Old - Loves Her in Nine
4 December 2009 8:15 AM, PST
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It was a solo act, but Kate Hudson dazzled the crowd in London's Leicester Square Thursday night for the glamorous world premiere of the all-star movie musical Nine.
Wearing a white strapless gown encrusted with crystals and vertigo-inducing white platform heels, Hudson - currently linked to Yankee star Alex Rodriguez - walked the red carpet by herself and told reporters that her all-singing, all-dancing role was a dream come true, not only for herself but for Ryder, her 5-year-old son with former husband, musician Chris Robinson.
"It's like the most exhilarating, joyful thing in the world - I had so much fun,
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- Monique Jessen and Stephen M. Silverman
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Sally Potter: 'There was no such thing as an easy ride'
4 December 2009 1:56 AM, PST
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More familiar with life on the fringes of British cinema, director Sally Potter finds herself the subject of a BFI retrospective. But she has no interest in looking back
In the late 1980s, Sally Potter was scratching around for funding to make Orlando, the Virginia Woolf adaptation widely considered her finest film, as well as a formative moment in the career of its star, Tilda Swinton. Potter's friend, the visionary director Michael Powell, had secured her a 10-minute meeting with Martin Scorsese, in which she hoped to convince him to extend a helping hand to a fellow maverick.
"Tilda and I went with our producer to meet Scorsese in New York," says the 60-year-old Potter, seated at a table in her east London office. "We walked into his place and nearly fainted with admiration. He then proceeded to spend the entire 10 minutes talking about how incredibly difficult life was for
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- Ryan Gilbey
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John Madden Set to Direct My Fair Lady Remake
1 December 2009 7:18 PM, PST
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John Madden, no not the animated and legendary football commentator, rather the Academy Award winning British director behind Shakespeare In Love is set to direct the remake of the classic Lerner and Lowe musical, My Fair Lady, a 1964 Academy Award nominated film.
Madden is currently completing production on the Helen Mirren film The Debt for Miramax and Marv Films, will ramp up the search for his leading lady and man in the new year. It was recently reported that Keira Knightley was still attached to the project after circling the project for some time, however there is no formal agreement for her to play Eliza.
Joe Wright was also attached to direct previous to Madden’s now involvement. The pic is being produced by Duncan Kenworthy and Cameron Mackintosh, who have been attached to the project since its start. Variety who broke the news says that this remake will draw
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- Kevin Coll
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Noel Clarke Joins the 2010 Orange Rising Star Award Jury
1 December 2009 8:32 AM, PST
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We’ve just received a press release to let us know that Noel Clarke has joined the 2010 jury for the 2010 Orange Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs. Clarke won the award in 2009 and joins the likes of David Parfitt, Jason Isaacs and Pippa Harris to select the nominees for the 2010 award.
Once selected the public are able to vote for the winner at the BAFTA Awards which take place in London on 21st February. Voting opens when nominees are announced on 12 January 2010 via www.orange.co.uk/bafta.
Press Release: 1 December 2009: Now in its fifth year, the award has set a standard for identifying talent destined for super stardom. Previous winners include James McAvoy in 2006, Eva Green in 2007, Shia Labeouf in 2008 and Noel Clarke in 2009. Potential Rising Stars were proposed by BAFTA members and film industry insiders to create an initial long list of names. The jury, consisting of actors,
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- David Sztypuljak
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'Shakespeare in Love' Helmer Circles 'My Fair Lady'
1 December 2009 7:50 AM, PST
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There is still no solid agreement for Keira Knightley to take on one Miss Eliza Doolittle, but it looks like the remake of My Fair Lady may finally have found a director. One who is not Joe Wright. Variety reports that the helmer behind The Debt -- John Madden -- is currently in talks to direct the film. Seeing that The Debt hasn't come out yet, let's be more clear: The director behind Shakespeare in Love, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Proof, and Killshot is the guy circling this feature.
That should be pretty decent news for the film. While I can't say that his subsequent work has brought him the same acclaim, getting an Oscar nomination for Shakespeare proved that he's at his best when dealing with classic literary romance. And while I would've loved to see Baz Luhrmann take it on (he was previously linked to the shebang), I can't
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My Fair Lady Finally Finds a Director: Shakespeare In Love’s John Madden
1 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST
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Have to admit, I'm a bit surprised that a remake of My Fair Lady has generated as much talk as it has in 2009, but that's what happens when a couple of very high profile names get attached. (And not to really knock it, especially if it sticks close to the original Pygmalion, as reportedly it will.) Legit attachments have included Stephen Daldry and Baz Luhrmann. Then it was Danny Boyle circling the project. He bounced away from it to do 127 Hours, and there's talk that part of the reason Boyle didn't do the film is because he couldn't interest Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role. Then there was talk of Atonement's Joe Wright directing the film, but that turned out to be speculative poop, for the most part. Wright denied any involvement flat-out.
Now there's a real bit of news: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden is in talks
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- Russ Fischer
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John Madden Directing My Fair Lady?
1 December 2009 3:25 AM, PST
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After we dispelled the rumours that Joe Wright was set to direct a remake of George Cukor's masterpiece My Fair Lady - the one with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison - all has been quiet for a month or so, but now we hear from Variety that the Shakespeare in Love director John Madden is closing in on the project.
According to the trade daily, seasoned producer Duncan Kenworthy (Love Actually, Notting Hill etc. etc.) and stage impressario Cameron Mackintosh are producing the project which will retain the 1963 score but go back to the original source (Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw) for a little bit of fresh drama.
To be honest, the less we think about this project the better - especially considering that Keira Knightley's name is still connected with the main role. We love the original and genuinely think that some things should remain sacred... what do you think?
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My Fair Lady Remake Finally Lands a Director in John Madden
1 December 2009 2:18 AM, PST
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This 1956 Broadway musical has already been given the big screen treatment before as a 1964 Academy Award nominated adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn. However, another remake of the classic My Fair Lady has been in the works for some time now with names like Danny Boyle and Baz Luhrmann attached to direct at various points in development. Now it looks like the Columbia Pictures project has found a director as Variety reports that Shakespeare in Love director John Madden will helm the project and search for his leading lady and gentleman in the new year after completing production on the The Debt with Helen Mirren.
Madden's search for a lead actor and actress just might mean that the previously interested Keira Knightley may have gone out the window with also once attached director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice). So now it's anybody's guess just who will fill the shoes of Eliza
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My Fair Madden
1 December 2009 1:25 AM, PST
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After courting numerous directors like Joe Wright and Danny Boyle, Sony Pictures has found a director for their My Fair Lady remake. John Madden (Shakespeare In Love) is officially in talks to direct the film and is expected to begin work on casting in early 2010. But what's this, hasn't Keira Knightley been attached to star in the film for what seems like years now?
Turns out that while Knightley was interested in the project, there was an is no formal agreement for her participation.
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Aniston And Paltrow Spend Thanksgiving In Morocco
27 November 2009 11:01 AM, PST
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Brad Pitt's ex-lovers Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow spent Thanksgiving Day together at a hotel launch in Morocco.
The actresses snubbed Thanksgiving celebrations in the U.S. to walk the red carpet in Marrakesh for the re-opening of Hotel La Mamounia, along with Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom.
But it wasn't all glitz and glamour for Paltrow - she was quietly mourning the loss of her father, Bruce, who would have turned 66 on Thursday. He lost his battle with cancer in 2002.
The Shakespeare in Love star wrote in her Goop.com newsletter, "I dedicate this Thanksgiving letter, on parental acceptance, to my father, who would have been 66 today. He was the greatest parent, friend, rabbi any girl could ever have asked for. Happy Birthday Bruce. And Happy Thanksgiving everybody."
Paltrow split from fiance Pitt in 1997 after dating for two years, while Aniston ended her five-year marriage to the actor in 2005.
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Dame Judi Dench Devastated With Her Tooth Had To Visit Her Dentist In Full Period Costume
24 November 2009 9:03 PM, PST
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The Oscar-winning actress had been working on a Christmas special of BBC TV show ‘Cranford’ – which is based on three 19th Century novellas written by Elizabeth Gaskell - when she had a dental disaster and lost a crown.
Judi was in full 1840s dress - which she wears for her role as Matty Jenkins in the drama – when she was rushed to the practice in Ealing, west London.
She said: “There wasn’t time for me to change. So I was in my wig and bonnet and all my clothes. I went into the waiting room and everyone kept looking.
“When I got in to see the dentist, he said, ‘Are you busy working?’ I was wearing a full wig with curls.”
Although 74-year-old Judi is famous for her period roles on both the big and small screens, she insists she wouldn’t have wanted to live in the 1800s
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