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Box Office: Chernobyl Diaries Implodes, Exotic Marigold Hotel Expands
19 hours ago | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Judi Dench, Celia Imrie At no. 2 on Friday, The Avengers took in $9.68m at 3,918 locations. The Marvel actioner is expected to earn $45m over the four-day weekend. Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. Massacred by critics, Chernobyl Diaries opened with about $3.54m (including $525k from Thursday midnight screenings) at 2,433 sites. That’s a weak beginning for the horror flick co-written and produced by Oren Peli, best known for the Paranormal Activity sleeper hit. Chernobyl Diaries is expected to reach only $10m-11m by Monday evening. [See also: Box Office: Will Smith / Tommy Lee Jones' Men In Black 3 Way Behind Men In Black, MIB2.] Directed by former visual-effects artist Bradley Parker (Let Me In, Peter Pan, The Time Machine), Chernobyl Diaries features Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked voice actor Jesse McCartney, Live Free or Die Hard‘s Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Dudley, Devin Kelley, Nathan Phillips, Dimitri Diatchenko, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal. »
- Zac Gille
British Stars Don Wigs For Cancer Campaign
22 May 2012 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British actor Robert Glenister and Bridget Jones's Diary star Celia Imrie have donned funny wigs to raise awareness of a new cancer campaign in the U.K.
Imrie has posed for renowned photographer Rankin wearing a tumbling red hairpiece, while Hustle star Glenister sports a long brown style for Clic Sargent's Wig Wednesday fundraiser for youngsters battling the disease.
Glenister says, "Wig Wednesday is a fantastically worthwhile campaign and I feel really privileged to be involved.
"It's such a cool and simple idea - wear a wig for the day and get your colleagues and mates to donate some money to Clic Sargent to help them support children and young people with cancer."
The awareness initiative, also supported by socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and British actress Natalie Cassidy, takes place in the U.K. on Wednesday. »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel reaches Us Top 10
15 May 2012 3:41 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
The Rajasthan-set comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel climbed into the Top 10 at the U.S. box office during the weekend of May 11 – 13 despite playing in only a limited number of theaters. Starring Judi Dench and Dev Patel, the critically acclaimed film grossed an estimated $2.65 million from only 178 theaters while most movies that made the list of most popular films were playing in more than 1,500 theaters each.
Hotel has grossed $3.7 million after its second weekend of release and will now open in additional cities across North America this Friday, May 18. Films set in India rarely make the Top 10 in the U.S. The ensemble hit, which was named a Critics’ Pick by The New York Times, also debuts in India this Friday.
Directed by: John Madden
Screenplay by: Ol Parker
Based on the Novel These Foolish Things By: Deborah Moggach
Produced by: Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin
Cast: Judi Dench, »
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – The Review
10 May 2012 2:43 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Well, just a week after The Avengers broke box office records here’s another big team-up movie. Instead of super-heroes teaming up, this film showcases a great group of British actors of, uh….a certain age. When these vets get a great script the results can be just as engaging as any CGI-enhanced mayhem. Actually I was reminded a bit of the original Cocoon. Of course there’s no glowing E.T.s, but these mature folks do encounter people of a somewhat alien culture, and their lives are changed radically ( no magic breakdancing, though ). Let’s take a cinematic getaway with some familiar film friends and check into The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ( for the elderly and beautiful ).
In the first scenes of John ( Shakespeare In Love ) Madden’s new work we met the Brits who’ll be sharing a long journey and become the residents of the mentioned hotel. »
- Jim Batts
India charms the multi-talented cast of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’!
9 May 2012 6:34 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
After successful openings in both the UK and the Us, John Madden’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel will next be making an appearance at Indian film screens on the 18th of May. The film is set in Jaipur and as Mr. Madden said in our exclusive interview (which you can read here), they filmed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in such a real way that the audience feels as if they were dropped into the middle of Jaipur along with the characters of the movies. In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,an elite ensemble cast that includes Dev Patel, Dame Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson along with Indian actors Lillette Dubey and Tena Desae can be seen zipping through the crowded streets of Jaipur on rickshaws and scooters discovering new aspects of life!
The film was shot in Jaipur, India over nine and a half weeks. »
- Stacey Yount
The Box Office Story: Earth’s Mightiest Opening – Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ Eclipses $200 Million
7 May 2012 7:12 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
There was really just one, green, giant-sized box office story this weekend. Assembling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes proved to be the jackpot as The Avengers were on a record pace, after blitzing through with $80.5 million Friday, filling the multiplexes this weekend and kicking off the summer film season. It didn’t matter if it was IMAX, 3D or 2D, the cash never stopped flowing through a whopping 4,349 theaters. The early estimate is $200.3 million (nearly making up all of it’s $220 million production budget on domestic box office) and worldwide the count is up to $641 million, placing it 55th on the all-time worldwide list. That works out to an unimaginable $46,057 per theater! The next largest opening was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 with $169 million. Not bad for an opening weekend – and people still wonder why so much is invested in big blockbusters and their sequels. When it works folks, »
- Ernie Estrella
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie Review
6 May 2012 3:10 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
A feel-good film loaded with humor, drama, life lessons, a star-studded cast and a bit of spice, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has all the right ingredients for a box-office hit. Based on the novel, ‘These Foolish Things’ by Deborah Maggorch, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel introduces all the seven British retirees from the beginning in search of something. Judi Dench plays the recently widowed housewife in search of breaking out of her shell, Evelyn Greenslade; Tom Wilkinson, the high court judge in search of a lost love from his past life in India and the only character not in the novel,Graham Dashwood; Billy Nighy and Penelope Wilton, the unhappily married couple that lost their life savings to their daughter’s company and are in search of an inexpensive retirement home, Douglas and Jean Ainslie; Maggie Smith, a racist old broad in search of a new hip, Muriel Donnelly »
- Barkha Bahar
Special Report: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel New York Press Conference
5 May 2012 5:20 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Based in India, the film adaption of the novel, ‘These Foolish Things’ by Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel shows a story of seven English retirees moving to India in hopes of a better (and cheaper!) life where they can rediscover themselves in a foreign land. There to welcome them at this falsely advertised grand retirement palace, which in fact is a rundown home, is managed by young, energetic, and blissfully in denial young man, Sonny (Dev Patel). Though the retirees all come for their own personal reasons, they all join together to become a family of sorts in a foreign land. Through comedy, drama and romance, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a wonderful journey through India with the perfect blend of experienced (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Winton, Donald Pickup, Dev Patel, Tena Desae) and inexperienced actors guided by the Academy Award nominated director, »
- Barkha Bahar
Review: Your Parents Are Going to Love ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
4 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Your parents probably don’t want to go to The Avengers this weekend (and that’s okay!) but audiences can do far worse for themselves than to take a quick cinematic trip to John Madden‘s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. While a film about a pack of retired Brits heading off to live in a swank retirement resort in India that, surprise!, turns out to be a rundown old hotel might sound like the most boring and narrowly appealing film of the year, Madden’s film is actually consistently delightful and charming, with enough characters and plot points to engage just about any viewer. Running just over two hours, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is able to tackle issues big (homophobia, arranged marriage) and small (there are too many flies in my rundown retirement hotel room!), and despite a few moments that feel far too obvious, Madden and his cast have crafted a lovely film with »
- Kate Erbland
Film Review: Judi Dench Checks Into ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
4 May 2012 12:43 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Seven desperate souls are taking risks to save some part of their world, which describes both “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “The Avengers.” Which will win the box office war? The “heroes” of the Marigold residence include Judi Dench, Tom Wilkerson, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Dev Patel.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The slight story relies on often seen clichés in a golden-ager movie mode – man crazy and lonely widows, a horny old man, a used up marriage, a redeemed curmudgeon – but luckily these are filtered through top drawers actors who heighten the stereotypes into something more. This is a film that tries too hard with its message and premise, and is a bit overlong, but has its heart in the right place. It ends up being time well spent with the characters themselves, because of the precise performances in their various journeys.
Seven persons in retirement are at a crossroads, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Director John Madden On Letting Judi Dench And Bill Nighy Act Like Teenagers
4 May 2012 7:18 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
"Keep out of the way, I think that's the best way of approaching it." John Madden was joking when he said that was how he handled directing the raft of talented actors who star in his new film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, but of course there was some truth in there too. How else can you imagine standing on a set that includes Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy, not to mention fellow British greats Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie and Ronald PIckup, plus Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel? That's a lot of main characters to handle, period, before you even start getting into the collective Oscar nominations between them (14, with three wins). And on top of all that, the set in question is in Jaipur, india, the setting of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, where optimistic entrepreneur Sonny (Patel) lures a group of British retirees with »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
4 May 2012 6:58 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Directed by: John Madden
Cast: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Dev Patel
Running Time: 2 hrs 2 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 4, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: A group of British retirees travel to India to stay at a dilapidated hotel purposefully geared towards the “elderly and beautiful.”
Who’S It For? Though this film features actors of a higher age, it wisely plays into the stars’ general fan base. If you enjoy Maggie Smith, for example, you might get a couple of guffaws out of watching her play a cranky racist woman here. With its shallow presentation of India, this one would be most enjoyable for people who don’t care to experience another culture. This story is too cheesy for any age.
Overall
Probably because Disney’s Epcot still refuses to acknowledge India as a country or whatever, »
- Nick Allen
'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel': Director John Madden on that amazing cast, and filming in the 'chaos' of India -- Exclusive Video
3 May 2012 7:05 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
This Friday, American movie theaters will be blessed by two ensemble movies boasting a dream cast of top-tier actors in their field. It’s fair to say that the vast majority of audiences will only see one of them: The superhero opus The Avengers.
But some lucky, adventurous moviegoers will treat themselves to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which has arguably assembled the most accomplished company of British acting talent since the final Harry Potter movie: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), as well as two actors just as adept, »
- Adam B. Vary
Director John Madden Talks The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Capturing the Essence of India and Directing the Pilot for Showtime’s Masters Of Sex
2 May 2012 7:18 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The dramedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, from acclaimed and accomplished director John Madden, follows seven retirees from the U.K. in need of a transformation, who find themselves spending their golden years at a rundown hotel that does not quite live up to the lush amenities pictured in the brochure. The hotel’s naive young owner, Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel), inherited the once sophisticated building from his father, hoping to turn it into a high-end luxury hotel. Instead, the water and electricity are iffy at best, and India’s overwhelming contrasts are both intoxicating and frightening for these seven newcomers, who are unsure about what the future might hold. The film stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie. During this recent exclusive interview with Collider, director John Madden talked about why this premise was so attractive to him, determining what aspects of India to capture, »
- Christina Radish
I love that India is shown in a great light and so true to real life in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Tena Desae
1 May 2012 11:32 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Opening on Friday, May 4th, is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, John Madden’s outstanding film starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Celia Imrie, Penelope Winton, Ronald Pickup, Dev Patel and Tena Desae. The film revolves around a group of English pensioners who abandon their homeland when enticed by advertisements of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for “the elderly and beautiful” in Jaipur, India. On arrival they discover that the hotel falls somewhat short of the romantic idyll but they are gradually won over by the ever-optimistic young entrepreneurial manager, Sonny (Dev Patel). One of the best things about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, besides of course the incredible cast, is the story and the way it follows both the retirees’ stories and those of the Indian people they meet. The movie illuminates the clashes of the tradition and the modern in India regarding work, »
- Stacey Yount
Free Screenings - Win Tickets to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in Atlanta, North Carolina and Tennessee!
30 April 2012 10:57 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Enter for a chance to win tickets to win tickets to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel screenings, starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Roland Pickup. James Madden directs the comedy drama scripted by Oli Parker, based on the Deborah Moggach novel "These Foolish Things." The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past »
In conversation with Director John Madden on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
29 April 2012 7:05 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which opens in the Us on May 4th, brings together some of the finest actors and actresses ever to grace the screen including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Ronald Pickup. Add in the Academy Award and Bafta nominated director John Madden, who has given us such exceptional fare as Shakespeare in Love, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel promises to be an outstanding film. The story is unexpected, rich, funny, moving, inspiring, sad, overwhelming and full of incredible moments…it follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Down on their luck and enticed by advertisements for the “newly restored” Marigold Hotel and with visions of a more meaningful retirement at a price they can afford, they arrive to find the Hotel somewhat less »
- Stacey Yount
'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Movie Review. A showcase for The Best Older English Actors We All Love.
29 April 2012 2:09 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Roland Pickup. A showcase for The Best Older English Actors We All Love. Audiences are probably more familiar with them for their roles in the Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond or Batman movies. We probably see each onscreen and think “Oh yeah, I like him/her.” Now director John Madden (Shakespeare In Love) has given them a chance to act together as contemporaries and not take a back seat to wizards, pirates or super-heroes. Each is struggling at the beginning though with the changes in their life. Evelyn (Judi Dench) is dealing with the loss of her husband and at having to do things for herself for the first time in her adult life. Muriel (Maggie Smith) has some old-fashioned notions about race and a hip that needs replacing. »
Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel In St. Louis
27 April 2012 3:18 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.
Wamg is giving away passes to the advanced screening of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in St. Louis . Tuesday, May 8th at 7pm at Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question: Tell us of your Dream retirement. »
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Red Carpet event in New York
25 April 2012 11:37 PM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
The cast and crew of the acclaimed hit comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel arrived at New York City’s biggest movie theater, the Ziegfeld, for the U.S. Premiere on Monday evening, April 23rd. Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Tena Desae, Oscar-nominated director John Madden and others walked the carpet and treated over one thousand guests in the heart of Manhattan to a screening of the film which was greeted with overwhelming applause. Following its successful run in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel releases in the Us and Canada on May 4.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. »
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