It seems Whoopi Goldberg has the same problem I do - telling long-bearded wizards apart. Ian McKellen (that’s Sir to you) stopped by the set of The View to talk about Lord of the Rings …and ended up getting asked about Harry Potter instead. Specifically, he was asked if he was “coming back” in the next Harry movie. He explained that he might return to the Potter movies - if...
We know that the young will end up in love, but not until we have enjoyed their mistakes and mishaps. It's television comfort food Come the autumn schedules, come the costume dramas. And Sunday evenings, those low points when we have lost the will to teach, are once again cheered by the donning of wigs and fancy dress, watching lives lived in National Trust properties in the timeless pursuit of love....
directed by John Moore As many of you know, on Friday nights in our household we order out and watch a movie. Since it was just Halloween weekend, I wanted to see something that would really creep me out. I don’t like watching scary movies by myself; Brian doesn’t really like watching them at [...]
Our 207th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast , is online for your audible enjoyment. This episode features the latest in Potter news, including distribution news for Rupert Grint's Cherrybomb film, Dan Radcliffe's next possible Broadway show, Ralph Finnees now filming as Lord Voldemort for Deathly Hallows film, J. K. Rowling's future project, the latest on actor Michael Gambon, a...
Cast George Clooney Bill Murray Jason Schwartzman Meryl StreepWillem Dafoe Michael Gambon Owen Wilson Wally Wolodarsky Eric AndersonJarvis Cocker Screenwriter Roald Dahl Director Wes Anderson Running Time 86m 38s It was charming and enjoyable with lovely stop-motion animation and a good voice cast but overall it felt very slight.
Emma is my favourite Jane Austen novel by far. I love everything about it, I love the language, I love the humour, the wit, the characters; I love Emma herself for all of her conceit and all of her fallibilities. I think I understand Emma, for I almost fell into the same trap myself once, believing that one understands other people and their emotions, believing that they can somehow be managed to a...
Fantastic Mr Fox (PG) Dir. Wes Anderson Reviewed by Matt Adcock ONE WORD SUMMATION: fantastic-cussing-foxbusiness You may well know the tale of evil farmers ‘Boggis and Bunce and Bean’ - one fat, one short, one lean. Each was a horrible crook, so different in looks but none the less equally mean… But hero of this Roald Dahl adaptation is the quote / unquote “Fantastic”...
I was a bit surprised they were stringing out Emma over four episodes. Unlike the rumbustious plot of Pride and Prejudice the story of Emma is so slight. But the adaptation was wonderfully written, and has opened up the book rather than simplifying it as the terrible film version with Gwynnie did, which turned this nasty black comedy into a sunny bonnets and punnets romp. Romola Garai was utterly beguiling...
Alert Janeite Cinthia posted in comments that Emma 2009 will be broadcast on Masterpiece Classics in three parts, beginning January 24 through February 7, 2010, thus pointing out the inherent problems in the “year” adaptation classification system *shakes fist at Masterpiece and its laggy timing*. The trailer, as has already been pointed out in comments, [...]
We may as well accept it: they don’t make kids’ films for kids any more. With the exception of some beguiling Japanese animations or truly puerile studio efforts such as Aliens in the Attic, the world of children’s cinema has been hijacked by a cabal of Hollywood hipsters, corporate kidults and arthouse adultescents. This season alone we’ve had human senescence and the permanence...
Saw an advert for this and was suitably intrigued. Enough to share it with you good people anyway. It comes out in January 2010 and has a fairly strong cast by the looks of it: Denzel, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon. Tom Waits is even listed. Being a big fan of Tom Waits, this is obviously what sold it to me. The film looks like Mad Max meets I Am Legend. Worth a look at the trailer if nothing else....
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