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With Durbin Gone, Who's Still Around from the '30s?
7 May 2013 3:41 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Oscar winners Olivia de Havilland and Luise Rainer among movie stars of the 1930s still alive With the passing of Deanna Durbin this past April, only a handful of movie stars of the 1930s remain on Planet Earth. Below is a (I believe) full list of surviving Hollywood "movie stars of the 1930s," in addition to a handful of secondary players, chiefly those who achieved stardom in the ensuing decade. Note: There’s only one male performer on the list — and curiously, four of the five child actresses listed below were born in April. (Please scroll down to check out the list of Oscar winners at the 75th Academy Awards, held on March 23, 2003, as seen in the picture above. Click on the photo to enlarge it. © A.M.P.A.S.) Two-time Oscar winner and London resident Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth, The Great Waltz), 103 last January »
- Andre Soares
Ahead or Behind Harry Potter? IM3 Opening-Weekend Box Office
5 May 2013 2:05 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Iron Man 3 weekend box office: Second biggest domestic debut ever? Directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man 3 will likely boast the second biggest opening weekend ever at the North American box office — not factoring in inflation. According to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo, Iron Man 3 grossed $68.31m on Friday, including $15.6m from Thursday evening and midnight screenings. (Photo: Marvel / Disney’s Iron Man 3.) For comparison’s sake: Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, the previous Marvel movie featuring Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man, took in $18.7m from midnight screenings alone in May 2012; The Avengers‘ first-day gross was $80.81m. Directed by Jon Favreau, Iron Man 2 earned $7.5m from midnight screenings in May 2010; its first-day take was $51.23. Note: Iron Man 2 didn’t have the Iron Man 3 (or The Avengers) advantage of 3D surcharges, which can boost movie-ticket prices by »
- Zac Gille
Interview With Don Cheadle On Iron Man 3
1 May 2013 9:31 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
This week, the first film in Phase Two of Marvel’s plan for world domination hits theatres. That’s right, folks. Iron Man 3 hits North American shores on Friday and recently, we had the chance to sit down with Don Cheadle, who stars in the film as War Machine, or should we say, Iron Patriot.
During a roundtable interview, we discussed with Cheadle what it was like working with director Shane Black, who took over the franchise from Jon Favreau, what he thinks about a solo War Machine movie, when he first got into superheroes and comic books and much more.
Enjoy!
What do you think Shane Black brought to Iron Man 3 that makes it different and distinct from the last two entries in the franchise?
Don Cheadle: Well, I think this ear for the “buddy cop film” definitely came into play in the relationship between Tony and Rhodes. »
- Matt Joseph
Exclusive: Ben Kingsley Talks Iron Man 3
1 May 2013 6:34 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Ben Kingsley discusses taking on The Mandarin in Iron Man 3, in theaters May 3
There are many things that makes this weekend's fascinating superhero sequel Iron Man 3 (clickHere to read my full review) so great. Of course, there are obvious reasons such as Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Don Cheadle (James Rhodes), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan), and Paul Bettany (the voice of Jarvis) all reprising their roles from Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Then there is writer-director Shane Black's masterful work behind the camera, including one of the more inventive action sequences I have ever seen. Then there is the villain, the big baddie known as The Mandarin, played to perfection by Ben Kingsley, whose performance is just the latest in a resume chocked full of classics such as Gandhi, Schindler's List, Hugo, and dozens more in between. I recently had the honor »
- MovieWeb
A Common Man Coming to Blu-ray and DVD May 21
1 May 2013 3:36 PM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Anchor Bay Films has announced that Myriad Pictures’ “A Common Man,” starring Ben Kingsley, will be out on DVD and Blu-ray May 21. The film, written and directed by Chandrum Rutnam based on the story by Neeraj Pandy, tells the story of an ordinary person who people would never suspect to be a terrorist: “…Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, the upcoming Iron Man 3) stars as a seemingly average citizen who plants five powerful bombs in different locations around a major international city and threatens to detonate them unless his sole unconditional demand is met: The simultaneous release of four of the most deadly international terrorists from government prisons. In an [ Read More ]
The post A Common Man Coming to Blu-ray and DVD May 21 appeared first on Shockya.com. »
- monique
Ahead of The Avengers But Trailing Final Twilight Movie Internationally: Tony Stark Is Back
28 April 2013 3:59 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Iron Man 3: Nearly $200m at the international box office Forget the North American box office — this weekend, all eyes have been on the international market, where Iron Man 3 opened to the tune of $195.3m according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. If that figure is accurate, it almost matches the film’s gargantuan (reported) $200m budget (not including marketing and distribution expenses which could easily add another $100m or more). Directed by Shane Black, and starring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark aka Iron Man, Iron Man 3 opens in North America next weekend. (Photo: Robert Downey Jr., one assumes, in his Iron Man suit.) Iron Man 3‘s biggest international markets were the following: the U.K. with $21.5m, South Korea with $19.2m, Australia with $18.4m, Mexico with $16.1m, France with $14.7m, Brazil with $12.3m, and Italy with $11.2m. In the coming weeks, Iron Man 3 »
- Zac Gille
Sir Ben Kingsley explains Mandarin portrayal in Iron Man 3, also talks Ender's Game and Herod
28 April 2013 6:42 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
British actors with a background in classic theatre are known for bringing some gravitas and credibility to comic book movies, whether it's Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Marvel's Thor, or Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as Professor Xavier and Magneto in the X-Men films (including the upcoming Days of Future Past).
From that same generation of veterans comes Ben Kingsley, stepping into the role of archnemesis the Mandarin in Iron Man 3.
The movie is Marvel's biggest departure yet from the comic books it publishes, with the studio (now under the aegis of Disney) clearly aiming for a much more populist and comedic approach. It certainly worked with the snappy humour in Avengers and now there's more of that in Iron Man 3, though I'd argue the laughs weren't as effective as Whedon's spot-on quippery.
The characterisation of Mandarin has caused much consternation among the hardcore fanboys, though it works within the movie. »
- David Bentley
Ben Kingsley to be in India to shoot for 'Avengers 2'?
23 April 2013 3:49 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Mumbai, April 23: "Gandhi" fame Oscar award winning British actor Ben Kingsley is likely to come to India in September to shoot a film.
A source said: "It is interesting Sir Ben Kingsley will be arriving in India in September to shoot for about 20 days in the capital of West Bengal. Though the project is under wraps, many are suggesting that it could be related to 'Avengers 2' that brings all the superheroes together in one film."
"This is surely Ben Kingsley's coming back to his roots, which is India. Apparently, he will also travel to Gujarat post the shoot," the source added.
Kingsley was born in Yorkshire in 1943 as Krishna. »
- Leon David
Blu-ray, DVD Release: A Common Man
11 April 2013 8:09 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 21, 2013
Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $24.99
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Ben Kingsley’s character resume since playing the peaceful Gandhi comes full circle with independent film A Common Man.
In the thriller, Kingsley plays a man who’s just a seemingly average citizen, until he plants five powerful bombs in different locations around the major city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and threatens to detonate them unless his sole demand is met. He wants four of the most deadly international terrorists released from government prison.
Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire) also stars in the PG-13-rated movie, which was directed and writted by Chandrum Rutnam (The Promise) from a story by Neeraj Pandy (Someone Like You).
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- Sam
3D Wars: Spielberg Blockbuster to Trail Cameron's and Lucas'?
7 April 2013 1:02 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Will the 3D rerelease of Spielberg's '90s blockbuster trail Cameron's and Lucas' at the domestic box office? Directed by Steven Spielberg the 3D rerelease of the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park should end up with $17-18 million at the Us / Canada box office this weekend (April 6-8), after having brought in an estimated $7 million at 2,771 theaters this past Friday, according to studio figures found on the web site Box Office Mojo. Please scroll down for comparisions to the 3D box-office performances of George Lucas' The Phantom Menace and James Cameron's Titanic. Originally released two decades ago, the sci-fier / thriller starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Richard Attenborough earned $357.06 million back then, or approx. $694 million in current dollars. Worldwide, the film pulled in $557.62 million, or approximately $896 million in 2013 dollars, for an adjusted worldwide total of close to $1.6 billion. See also: "Colin Trevorrow Jurassic Park 4 director." Pictured above: Laura Dern, »
- Zac Gille
Looking at Dinosaurs: ‘Jurassic Park’ and Its Powerful Hold on a Generation
4 April 2013 9:05 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
I am not gifted with a photographic memory, barely able to recreate some point-specific day-in-the-life anecdote with impressive deftness. That, or I just don’t know how to create a believable lie about my life as a kid. What my mind has accrued from my childhood, both in memories and in trivial knowledge, revolves around, fittingly enough, movies. I’ve managed, over my 28 years and change of existence, to, in one instant, impress and confuse people when I show off my encyclopedic mind related to modern movies. I teeter on the edge of being awkwardly ashamed of all this pop-culture detritus sticking with me, not important information that matters in the average life. Still, bear with me when I tell you that two of the dates burned into my brain from that childhood are June 6, 1993 and June 11, 1993.
The latter date is more memorable to people of my generation: the release »
- Josh Spiegel
Dead at 65: Harry Potter Actor Famous for Playing Gay Teacher in Stage Hit
29 March 2013 7:41 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
British stage, film and television actor Richard Griffiths died yesterday due to complications in the aftermath of heart surgery at Coventry hospital. He was 65 years old. Though best remembered for his performance as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter flicks, Griffiths was a well-respected name on the British stage, having won a number of awards ( Tony. Laurence Olivier, and Drama Desk awards.) for playing a free-spirited gay teacher -- who likes his male teenage students a tad too much -- in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys. (Pictured above: Griffiths in the film version of The History Boys, co-starring Dominic Cooper.) Griffiths was also a well-regarded movie actor -- though not as a result of his work on the Harry Potter movies. His prestige lay on his work on low-budget, independently made British efforts such as Nicholas Hytner's outstanding film adapation of The History Boys (released in 2006) and »
- Andre Soares
Richard Griffiths obituary
29 March 2013 5:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Actor of geniality, grace and solemnity, he excelled in playing characters on the margins of society
Richard Griffiths, who has died aged 65 from complications following heart surgery, was a fine actor defined by his largeness of spirit, his comic instinct and his empathy with outsiders, as well as his undeniable physical size. He was the kind of actor whom everyone remembers with affection, whether as the flawed but inspirational Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys (first staged in 2004, then filmed in 2006) or as the eccentrically gay Uncle Monty in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I (1987).
Like most actors who have a thriving career in film and television, he learned his craft in theatre. I first became aware of him in the late 1970s when he rose steadily through the ranks of the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was especially struck by his ability to speak verse with mellifluous clarity. »
- Michael Billington
Richard Griffiths obituary
29 March 2013 5:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Actor of geniality, grace and solemnity, he excelled in playing characters on the margins of society
Richard Griffiths, who has died aged 65 from complications following heart surgery, was a fine actor defined by his largeness of spirit, his comic instinct and his empathy with outsiders, as well as his undeniable physical size. He was the kind of actor whom everyone remembers with affection, whether as the flawed but inspirational Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys (first staged in 2004, then filmed in 2006) or as the eccentrically gay Uncle Monty in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I (1987).
Like most actors who have a thriving career in film and television, he learned his craft in theatre. I first became aware of him in the late 1970s when he rose steadily through the ranks of the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was especially struck by his ability to speak verse with mellifluous clarity. »
- Michael Billington
Disney's Iron Man 3 Set Video with New Footage and Fun Facts
29 March 2013 1:45 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Art by Scyao
The Disney Channel is airing a behind-the-scenes video from the set of Iron Man 3 that features some new footage from the film. It's a low quality video, but it's still worth checking out if you're excited about seeing Shane Black's badass looking movie. Some of the footage includes scenes with Robert Downey Jr. and the young actor Ty Simpkins who plays a 10-year-old named Harley that Tony Stark befriends.
I've also included a list of fun facts below the video about the movie that comes from Stitch Kingdom. The movie is set to open in 3D and 2D theaters on May 3rd, 2013.
Marvel’s Iron Man 3 blends two classic storylines from the ‘Iron Man’ comics, bringing Tony Stark’s archenemy the Mandarin into play and combining that element with the Extremis storyline, which deals with the biological enhancement of humans. Production on Marvel’s »
- Joey Paur
Harry Potter Actor Richard Griffiths Passes Away at Age 65
29 March 2013 9:16 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Richard Griffiths, who starred as Harry Potter's foster father Vernon Dunsley, passed away at the age of 65 yesterday. The actor passed due to complications that arose after heart surgery, his agent confirmed earlier today. Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe released a brief statement regarding his time spent with Richard Griffiths.
"Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career ... any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence. I am proud to say I knew him."
The actor was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in Yorkshire, England in 1947, the son of a steelworker. He learned sign language at a very early age, because both of his parents were deaf. He studied drama in Manchester and went on to star in several radio and theater productions. He won a Tony and several other awards for the role of »
- MovieWeb
'Harry Potter' Actor Dies At 65
29 March 2013 7:49 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
London — Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon. But for millions of movie fans, he will always be grumpy Uncle Vernon, the least magical of characters in the fantastical "Harry Potter" movies.
Griffiths died Thursday at University Hospital in Coventry, central England from complications following heart surgery, his agent, Simon Beresford, said. He was 65.
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe paid tribute to the actor Friday, saying that "any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence."
"I am proud to say I knew him," Radcliffe said.
Griffiths won a Tony Award for "The History Boys" and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. But he will be most widely remembered as a pair of contrasting uncles – Harry Potter's Uncle Vernon Dursley »
- AP
'Harry Potter' and 'History Boys' Star Richard Griffiths Has Died at 65
29 March 2013 7:29 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Sad news to start this Good Friday comes from across the pond as Reuters reports Harry Potter franchise star Richard Griffiths has passed away at 65 from complications following heart surgery. The British actor, who played Harry Potter's nasty Uncle Vernon in the multi-billion dollar series, has been acting for nearly 30 years, taking pivotal roles in both TV and film. His early career started on UK series like "The Sweeney" and "Minder" and would later return to the small screen for "Pie in the Sky" and "A King of Living." However, it's Griffiths presence as a character actor on the big screen that audiences remember. Griffiths brought one of his many stage roles (that landed him the Laurence Olivier award in 2005) to life in a film adaptation of The History Boys in 2006, but before that he had already starred in several critically lauded and world famous films like Gandhi and Chariots of Fire. »
- Ethan Anderton
Richard Griffiths Dead: 'Harry Potter' Star Dies at 65
29 March 2013 7:03 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Beloved British actor Richard Griffiths, perhaps best known to American audiences as Uncle Dursley in the "Harry Potter" films, has passed away at the age of 65 due to complications following heart surgery. A star of stage and screen, he will be greatly missed, but leaves behind a hugely impressive body of work that will be studied and enjoyed for generations. While the "Harry Potter" role might be his most famous (especially internationally), Griffith's list of credits is staggering, appearing in every conceivable genre and in every type of role. He had roles in "Superman II," "Ragtime," "Chariots of Fire," "Gandhi," "Gorky Park," "Guarding Tess," "Sleepy Hollow," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "Venus," "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (playing King George II, powdered wig and all), and "Hugo." Besides "Harry Potter," his most beloved role might be that of another uncle -- Uncle Monty in cult British comedy "Withnail and I. »
- Drew Taylor
Harry Potter Actor Richard Griffiths Dies at the Age of 65
29 March 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
British actor Richard Griffiths has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery, his agent said today. Griffiths was best known for his portrayal of Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" films and his credits included Withnail and I , Pie in the Sky , Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , Gandhi and Hugo . He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys." He reprised his role for the 2006 movie. Griffiths' agent, Simon Beresford, described him as "a remarkable man and one of our »
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