http://techwoo.com/feed (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Emily Mortimer was born December 1 1971 in London, England. She is an English actress. She has appeared in several film and television roles, including Scream 3 and Match Point. Emily is the daughter of Sir John Mortimer QC ( famous for Rumpole of the Bailey) and Penelope (née Gollop). Her maternal grandfather was a pig [...]
buffy holt (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I’ve been diagramming Shakespeare tonight. I called my seven year old niece for help but she was busy explaining the merits of water birthing to her mother who was busy explaining the demerits right back. I watched Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet (1996) twice over the weekend. That’s eight hours. Give or take, but [...]
Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Fernando Meirelles who has City of God, The Constant Gardener and Blindness to his directing name is going to adapt Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost for the big screen, and I think he'll have to go some to better Kenneth Branagh's version. He too has an unusual take on the story and will change the whole setting just as Branagh did with his version....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted...
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A movie in which Tom Cruise, 46, plays a true-life German Second World War hero will not reach screens till February 2009, the producers said as Germans were getting ready to mark the 64th anniversary of the anti-Hitler plot. “Valkyrie” was meant to launch this summer as public interest grows in the failed bid to assassinate [...]
FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The folks behind the British Short Screenplay Competition are segueing into long-form with the promise of a multi-million dollar production budget for the winner.
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Kenneth Branagh is to star in a new TV series based on the Kurt Wallander detective books by Swedish author Henning Mankell,...
IGN (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
A DVD excavated just in time for the new film.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Day 6 of the Television Critics Association summer tour, and PBS puts out a promising spread of programs. Could you go for Kevin Kline as Cyrano? Kenneth Branagh in a new detective series? More David Suchet as Poirot? A new...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
This summer, PBS's rechristened Masterpiece Mystery! series is saying farewell to some favorite franchises, with the final installments of Foyle?s War (starting tonight), which I recently , and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. To fill the gap, Mystery! is turning to some old friends for next summer?s line-up, specifically Agatha Christie?s renowned sleuths Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and introducing...
Some Have Hats (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
As I've mentioned a time or two, my Vows protagonist is named "Crae" -- short for MacRae (which can be spelled a variety of ways), which is a Scottish surname common to the North Carolina High Country where our cabin...
Laelaps (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Although creationists try hard to be media-savvy, relying on rhetoric to make their arguments, I can't help but laugh at who qualifies as a star in creationist circles. While documentaries about evolution often feature people like Liam Neeson and Kenneth Branagh, z-listers like Kirk Cameron and Ben Stein are the best creationists can get, apparently. Apparently Charlton Heston did his part for the...
The Toynbee convector (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The young Arnold Toynbee was a character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, shown on US television between 1992 and 1996. The episode was called Paris, May 1919, ABC, July 24 1993. He was a member of the middle eastern section of the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. TE Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia (Douglas [...]
Dissertation Editing (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
If you have decided to devote your thesis to one of the most famous Shakespeare’s plays, “Hamlet”, you should be ready for a laborious job. Moreover, a thesis on Hamlet should be written with love and respect, since no work will be done successfully if a writer does not put his/her soul into writing. It is [...]
ricklibrarian (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
I'll admit right off the bat that I am a Kenneth Branagh fan. I've liked almost everything that he's directed, even the four-hour Hamlet , which made more sense to me than many other productions of the tragedy. My favorite has to be Much Ado About Nothing , which has Emma Thompson, whom I like even better than Branagh. Too bad they don't like each other anymore, for they made a great team. I did not...
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
(photo via) Santa Fe Opera's grand opening weekend of Season 2008 kicked off yesterday with a black tie Opera Ball, clearing the way for tonight's premiere of Verdi's Falstaff (Laurent Naouri singing the lead). The season will close almost two...
