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14 articles from 2009
Singing and acting, but not at the same time – Zeta-Jones falters on Broadway
14 December 2009 1:54 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Playing the daughter to Angela Lansbury's ancient mother, the Hollywood star is unconvincing as a rejected lover
Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, directed by Trevor Nunn and the biggest opening in New York this season, is a tough gig for a Broadway debut, even for a movie star who won an Oscar for Chicago. With its complex score and no conventional showstoppers, it requires the skills of a seasoned stage actor. And while Catherine Zeta-Jones can act and sing, she can't do both at once in this production – at least not in one take.
The show is a musical interpretation of Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangle of love affairs and mistaken intentions set in Sweden at the turn of the last century. It is also a study of self-consciousness, which sadly for its star is not the same thing as being self-conscious. »
- Emma Brockes
Doctor Who David Tennant takes over radio show and will sell off his bed
11 November 2009 8:58 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
When David Tennant filmed his last Doctor Who, he thought he might have seen the last of the Tardis.
But as he stepped in as a guest radio host today, he was "gobsmacked" to find himself in another dimension.
Staff at Absolute Radio - where he is co-presenting the Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell - had transformed the studio into a time machine for his arrival.
Tennant, whose four-year tenure on the sci-fi hit series comes to an end in the new year, arrived at the radio station in central London this morning to find the front door painted blue and bearing a lit-up Police Box sign with a flashing blue light.
The actor said he was "gobsmacked, flattered and humbled" by the efforts to help him "settle in" but added: "I thought I'd seen the last of that b***** Tardis."
However, the star swiftly took claim of the show, »
- David Bentley
Forsyth 'gave Winehouse nightmares'
14 October 2009 9:31 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Amy Winehouse has revealed that Bruce Forsyth used to give her nightmares when she was young. The 'Valerie' singer told Forsyth about her old fears when she was a guest performer on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday. "'Amy Winehouse confessed to Bruce that she had seven years of nightmares about him after he played a villain in Bedknobs And Broomsticks," (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
DVD Playhouse--September 2009
26 September 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—September 2009
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The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.
State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
[DVD Review] Bedknobs and Broomsticks
19 September 2009 | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
It's difficult to appreciate, or even accurately evaluate, a family film made about 40 years ago, especially when modern studios have made such sweeping advancements in the genre. Family movies can be good when they manage to do something innovative, when they transcend generations, appealing to both children and parents alike without pandering and without sacrificing quality by assuming their audience is made up of idiots, as countless kids' films are wont to do. The problem with Bedknobs and Broomsticks is that as it stands today, it doesn't really work for any audience, even when you do avoid juxtaposing it with the superior films of today.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks concerns an "apprentice witch" named Miss Price (Angela Lansbury) who is forced by government order to take in three kids. Orphaned kids, natch. Miss Price is at first cold and demanding towards the children, but they get the chance to retaliate when »
- Inna Mkrtycheva
DVD Review: Delightful ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ is Timeless
15 September 2009 11:33 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – When it was announced that Disney would be releasing a new special edition of “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” the little kid in me woke up and started pounding on my memory banks. I have such vivid memories of watching the film as a child, mouth agape, eyes wide, and falling in love with the blend of animation and live-action that looked so revolutionary to this future critic’s young mind. Pick up the DVD and inspire a child you know.
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0 “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” is a film so ingrained in the memory of my childhood that I can’t really approach it critically. It’s difficult to separate the personal meaning the film has for me on rainy Sundays around the Vcr with my mother and sister and look at it without bias. But I bet I’m not alone. And if you remember “Bedknobs” with the same fondness, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Enchanted Musical Edition) - DVD Review
9 September 2009 9:01 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
.From the makers of Mary Poppins. is on the bottom cover of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It.s not like you couldn.t tell that since it almost seems like a re-imagining of that film and shares some personnel. However, that doesn.t mean that B&B doesn.t cast its spell and turn into a very enjoyable film. It.s the 1940s and England is fighting the war with Nazi Germany. London is being blitzed from above. To protect the city.s children, they.re being sent to the countryside to live with surrogates until the bombs stop falling from the sky. Three London orphans, Charlie (Ian Weighill), Carrie (Cindy O.Callaghan), and Paul (Roy Snart), are housed with the spinster Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). »
- Jeff Swindoll
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Enchanted Musical Edition) - DVD Review
9 September 2009 9:01 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
.From the makers of Mary Poppins. is on the bottom cover of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It.s not like you couldn.t tell that since it almost seems like a re-imagining of that film and shares some personnel. However, that doesn.t mean that B&B doesn.t cast its spell and turn into a very enjoyable film. It.s the 1940s and England is fighting the war with Nazi Germany. London is being blitzed from above. To protect the city.s children, they.re being sent to the countryside to live with surrogates until the bombs stop falling from the sky. Three London orphans, Charlie (Ian Weighill), Carrie (Cindy O.Callaghan), and Paul (Roy Snart), are housed with the spinster Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). »
- Jeff Swindoll
New on DVD This Week
9 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.
Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies like Silverado, Dead Calm and The Quick and the Dead as well as Fringe Season One also on the Blu-ray.
Check them out.
Movies
Bedknobs and Broomsticks ~ Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall (DVD)
Catwoman ~ Halle Berry (Blu-ray)
Crank 2: High Voltage ~ Jason Statham, Amy Smart, David Carradine (DVD and Blu-ray)
Creepshow ~ Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen (Blu-ray)
Dead Calm ~ Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane (Blu-ray)
Requiem for a Dream ~ Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly (Blu-ray)
Freddy vs. Jason ~ Robert Englund, Monica Keena (Blu-ray)
Friday ~ Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long (Blu-ray)
- Joe Gillis
DVD’s I Bought This Week: September 8th
8 September 2009 9:37 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves competing against the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company with his own paper company called Disemboweled Trees Inc. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as he takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. Click on any of the titles below to magically head over to Amazon.com and pick up the DVD. And don't forget to check out Neil Miller's hilariously titled This Week In Blu-ray column for reviews on the latest high definition Blu-ray releases! Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition Pitch: A sexy (relatively speaking) Angela Lansbury shows how she polishes bedknobs and broomsticks. Why »
- Rob Hunter
Rt on DVD: Crank 2, The Office, Creepshow, And More
7 September 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
This week in home video, we've gone out of our way to provide you with a nice variety of selections, as we always try to do. Of course, there are the newest of the new releases (Crank 2 and Dance Flick, both of which opened earlier this year), as well as a couple of classics getting the hi-def treatment (Friday and Creepshow). We've got one of the hottest comedies on television (The Office), and we've got a strange little half animated, half live-action gem from the Disney archives (Bedknobs and Broomsticks). If arthouse is your thing, we've got an entry »
DS Icon: Angela Lansbury
3 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
This week's Icon is one of the oldest troopers in showbiz. Angela Lansbury has been entertaining TV, theatre and movie audiences since the 1940s, most notably in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Beauty and the Beast, and the 1962 classic The Manchurian Candidate. Quite bizarrely, she has looked the same age - approximately 97 - in every stage of her career. However, among her glittering and extensive life, one particular role has dominated/plagued/shined brightest. The show? Murder, She Wrote. The role? Jessica Fletcher. The sleuth drama is the longest-running TV murder mystery series and it still endures today with slacker students revelling in the predictable (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' - See 9 clips from the DVD!
30 August 2009 10:10 PM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
We have nine clips in from Buena Vista Home Entertainment's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" which comes to DVD for the very first time on . This was one of my favorite family films during my youth which I must have visited easily over a dozen times. The charming cast stars Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffem John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth and Cindy O'Callaghan. Robert Stevenston directs from the writing by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi based on the book "Bed-Knob and Broomstick." »
DVD Review: Pete’s Dragon (High-Flying Edition)
27 August 2009 12:57 PM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Before Disney got in the habit of cranking out feature length animated musicals like “The Lion King,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” the studio built up a reputation for creating musical films that blended live-action with animation. Many long-time Disney-film watchers will remember movies like “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and, of course, “Mary Poppins.” “Pete’s Dragon” is one of the movies in that genre that never quite got the acclaim of “Mary Poppins” or “Bedknobs and Broomsticks.” It’s an “Oliver Twist” type story with an animated dragon that doesn’t talk. The plot focuses on Pete, an orphan with a habit for getting into trouble. The movie begins with Pete on the run from his a family of lowlifes who somehow own the “deed” to his life. He ends up in the town of Passamaquoddy, and is befriended by the loving family of Nora and her father Lampie. »
- Alexis James-Whitehead
14 articles from 2009
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