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Review: The Young Victoria
30 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST
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The historical biopic The Young Victoria focuses on the political struggles surrounding the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as the romance of one of the most influential monarchs in history. Written by award-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), this film is a visually stunning and engaging portrayal of Victoria's ascent to the throne at a time when the monarch held few political powers.
The title character in The Young Victoria (Emily Blunt) is
the object of a royal power struggle. Her uncle, King William (Jim
Broadbent), is dying and Victoria is next in line for the throne. Everyone
is vying for her favor, but Victoria is kept from the court by
her overbearing mother, the Duchess of Kent (Miranda Richardson), who in turn is controlled by her own ambitious advisor, Lord Conroy (Mark Strong). Imposing the Kensingston system, the manipulative pair keep Victoria isolated in
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- Debbie Cerda
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Review: The Young Victoria
25 December 2009 12:03 PM, PST
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In the latest of many historical biopics, The Young Victoria finds herself in line for the throne after no one is left to assume the duties of monarch from her dying uncle, England’s King William IV. Not only is the heir-apparent being used as a pawn by her overbearing mother, the Duchess of Kent, (Miranda Richardson) and her advisor Lord Conroy (Mark Strong), but they also try to make the Princess sign her duties of Regent over to them. In the meantime, her mother invites Victoria’s cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, for a visit to meet the naive Princess in the hopes that a friendship and possible romance will blossom in time. The Prince’s uncle, King Leopold of Belgium, hopes of an eventual marriage between the future Queen of England and his nephew. Once the King dies, all gloves are off as Victoria assumes the
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Official “Creation” Trailer
21 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Today we have the trailer for “Creation” a biopic movie telling the life of Charles Darwin.
From director Jon Amiel (The Singing Detective, Entrapment) and writer John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) comes “Creation”. A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on “Annie’s Box,” a biography penned by Darwin’s great-great-grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. We take a unique and inside look at Darwin, his family and his love for his deeply religious wife, played by Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream), as, torn between faith and science, Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book “On the Origin of Species,” which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
The film co-stars Toby Jones (Frost/Nixon,
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- Allan Ford
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Kristin Scott Thomas: 'I've been a very sad person, but I'm not any more'
20 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Kristin Scott Thomas on self-belief, not being on the right list in Hollywood and playing John Lennon's Aunt Mimi in her latest film
The moment that Kristin Scott Thomas knew she didn't want to be a typical movie star, the moment it seems she switched from playing romantic leads to infinitely more interesting roles, was when a director told her she should make her character more appealing. The idea didn't grab her. "I just thought, I don't want to do that," she says. "I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. Because if I'm watching that on screen I get irritated." She sits back with a sigh. "I can't bear it."
It was an astute response. After all, Scott Thomas's best work is not about looking doe-eyed and flicking her hair; instead it's defined by froideur, then thaw. There is a toughness in her performances,
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- Kira Cochrane
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Movie Review: The Young Victoria (2009)
18 December 2009 3:14 AM, PST
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Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria
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The Young Victoria is an excellent film, but it's missing a conclusion. The script penned by Julian Fellowes ends just when it seems it should be getting to the final act of the story of the up-and-down first years of Queen Victoria's rule. Fellowes gets us over a hill only to feed us text to take us down the other side. It's like investing in the stock market and watching your stock climb only to have it earn you hundreds instead of thousands when you cash out. Sure, you're a little richer, but the promise was much greater than the ultimate payoff.
For as melancholy as the film opens, The Young Victoria is actually quite the entertaining royal period piece as it introduces us to 17-year-old Princess Victoria (Emily Blunt) describing her "palace as a prison" while she sits in waiting.
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- Brad Brevet
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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST
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Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.
If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.
For example, the SAG
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Emma Watson Gets Herself Into Guinness Book of Record
16 December 2009 11:45 PM, PST
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Emma Watson may only be 19 years of age, but she has beaten her seniors, such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Cameron Diaz, in terms of the amount of money her movies have earned. EW recently reported that the Hermione Granger of "Harry Potter" series has been crowned the biggest-grossing female star of the decade by the Guinness Book of World Record.
According to the famed reference book, Emma has collected $5.4 billion in global box office receipts. The actress gained the impressive receipts from starring in movie franchise "Harry Potter" as well as from lending her voice to the 2008 animated film "The Tale of Despereaux". In fact, she earned more ticket sales than her "Potter" co-stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.
Following Emma in the second place of the biggest-grossing female star list is her other "Potter" co-star, Maggie Smith. Smith, who tackles the role of Minerva McGonagall in the wizard movies series,
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Sarah Ferguson Interview, The Young Victorian
16 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST
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MoviesOnline sat down with the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, to talk about her new film, “The Young Victoria,” which she co-produced with Graham King, Martin Scorsese and Tim Headington. “The Young Victoria” chronicles Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne, focusing on the early turbulent years of her reign and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert.
The film was shot on location in England and directed by the critically-acclaimed French-Canadian Jean-Marc Vallee from a script by Academy Award winning Julian Fellowes (“Gosford Park”). It features a distinguished ensemble of actors that includes Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong and Thomas Kretschmann.
As the author of two historical books about the life of Queen Victoria, the Duchess has long believed that the story of the Queen’s early life would make for a powerful motion picture. She has realized that dream, having
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Check Out 'Crazy Heart,' 'Young Victoria' And 'A Town Called Panic' In This Week's unLimited
15 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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With "Avatar" receiving great reviews and topping critics' awards, the 3-D sci-fi blockbuster will be a huge hit with all kinds of moviegoers this weekend, not just the mainstream audiences that typically go for lots of action and special effects. But if you're looking for an alternative, at least until the crowds die down, there are a few smaller movies opening this week that might be of interest. Actually, two of these spotlighted limited release offerings open tomorrow, so you might have time to see them before you have a chance to see James Cameron's latest. And if you're not in one of the cities playing these films this weekend, hopefully they'll garner enough Oscar buzz to warrant a wider release soon enough.
"Crazy Heart"
What it is: Jeff Bridges stars in the drama "Crazy Heart," about a broken-down, alcoholic country singer named Bad Blake, who turns his life
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- Christopher Campbell
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Who are decade's highest grossing actors?
15 December 2009 4:15 AM, PST
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest grossing actress of the aughties 2000s I-don't-know-what-to-call-'ems is Emma Watson. All six of her live-action films this decade just happen to be the six Harry Potter films, which have conjured $5.4 billion worldwide, or roughly $900 million per film. (Guinness actually only measured the first five Potter films, but PopWatch is a full service pop-culture blog. You're welcome.)
But if you want to know who Guinness believes is Ms. Watson's male counterpart as the decade's highest moneymaker, you're out of luck. For some reason, the famed record keeping crew simply proclaims Samuel L. Jackson
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- Adam B. Vary
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Critic's Choice - Honor Guard or Wannabe Predictor?
14 December 2009 9:45 AM, PST
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by Erik Childress
When the Academy Awards announced it was boosting its Best Picture nominees from five to ten, the status quo of the Broadcast Film Critics Association must have been shaken to their foundation. How could they be considered "the most accurate predictor of the Oscars" when their work was now cut out for them? You see, for years the Bfca Awards (or Critic's Choice as they like to be called) have nominated ten films for their top prize. Ten films. Only five have to be correct to keep that percentage up. In 2001, they failed to nominate Gosford Park. In 2000, it was Chocolat and in 1996 Secrets & Lies. Those are the only three films that didn't match up between their lists and Oscar. Technically that leaves their "guessing" percentage at 47% (62-of-130), but their fuzzy math sees it another way. To them they are laying the groundwork to proudly announce that
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Free The Young Victoria screening in Baltimore, Dec 17th
14 December 2009 9:33 AM, PST
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I know I know, this is a last second screening but here it is none the less. From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes The Young Victoria, the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power.
On the eve of her 18th Birthday and succession to the English throne, young Princess Victoria (Emily Blunt) is caught in a royal power struggle. But it is her blossoming love affair with Albert (Rupert Friend) that will determine the strength of her reign.
Check out the trailer below:
Now on to the part that you all have been waiting for: how do I win? That is the easy part. The first 30 people to sign up below wins an admit “two” pass – good for two to the above screening. Again, if you want to bring a date you still only need to enter once!
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Interview: Lone Scherfig (An Education)
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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"Carey Mulligan was found by our casting director. We looked at a lot of girls but I had a good idea of who Jenny should be." - Following in the footsteps of fellow Danish filmmakers (the Biers, the Bornedals and the von Triers) who move between English-language film fair and projects in their native tongue, Lone Scherfig has parlayed her experiences in smaller fair meant for a more “localized” audience into a a smashing coming-of-age film set in 1960's London where a teen girl embraces adulthood via the charm of a man twice her age. Since debuting An Education to plenty of praise at Sundance, the best known for Italian for Beginners filmmaker receives a report card that is graded by critics with A and high B's. Lead by Carey Mulligan in one of those star making performances that is being cross referenced with big names from silver screen's vault,
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British film rivals in race to tell Maria Callas's love story
12 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Penélope Cruz and Anne Hathaway may be rivals in two biopics
Two British screenplays are competing for the chance to be the first to tell the compelling life story of the opera star Maria Callas on film.
This summer, as guests attending the Cannes film festival gathered for cocktails on the terrace of the exclusive Martinez hotel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini's acclaimed film Medea, with Callas in the non-singing title role, the soprano's close associations with glamour and the cinema were never more evident.
On display at the hotel was a selection of jewellery from Callas's private collection, including her white diamond "La Traviata" necklace, showcased alongside unseen photographs of the singer with stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly. But what the guests at the Martinez did not know was that, just along the Croisette, producers were busy with
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Dance: 'Hollywood Is Soul Destroying'
7 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST
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Veteran British actor Charles Dance is glad he never moved to Hollywood - because he finds the American movie business "soul destroying."
The Gosford Park star found international fame after appearing in a handful of blockbusters, including Alien 3 and Last Action Hero, in the 1990s.
But the London resident has always refused to move to California to pursue his acting career full-time, opting instead to fly over to Los Angeles every time he landed a new role.
Dance admits his lack of ambition in Hollywood may have cost him some high-profile parts, but he's adamant he's much happier living and working in his native Britain.
He says, "I've done a couple of Hollywood blockbusters and I haven't fronted either of them - I've just played the token British villain - but those films are seen all over the world. You can certainly earn more money for a studio blockbuster. Blockbusters raise your profile and they put money in your bank account, but they don't do much for the soul.
"I haven't worked in Hollywood for ten years or more. I go there to do a job - if I'm lucky enough to be asked - and come back. I don't dislike the place, but I've never camped out there. I think that would be soul-destroying."
Dance also reveals he's unimpressed with the new wave of young actors who obsess over their looks and crave fame.
He adds, "They are fiercely ambitious and very impatient. They want it now. Fame, fortune, money now - they want it all. And on the back of a reasonably successful television series, they'll get on a plane and go to California and join the ranks of hundreds of other young hopefuls with newly bleached teeth and nicely tanned skin. That was never me."
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Birthday Suits, Funny People
1 December 2009 6:55 AM, PST
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Your cinematic birthdays for December 1st. This post is dedicated to frequent reader/commenter Chris Na Taraja who celebrates the big 4-0 today. Happy Birthday, Chris!
1521 Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord who Kagemusha tried to impersonate. Oopsie. I've actually never seen that Akira Kurosawa picture. How quickly should I rent it?
1913 Mary Martin, broadway star of Peter Pan, The Sound of Music and South Pacific fame. Those famous roles hit silver screens, but without Mary
1935 Woody Allen, legend (abundant posts)
1940 Richard Pryor, influential comedian
1945 Bette Midler the divine. In a fit of complete absence of budgeting sense I nearly purchased a flight to Vegas and a concert ticket last month. Just because. I've never seen her perform on stage but I did used to love her in the movies. Particularly: The Rose, Beaches (so underrated... weepies can't get no respect) and Big Business
1951 Treat Williams enduring B lister. Among the highlights: Hair,
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The Girlfriend Experience
27 November 2009 9:12 AM, PST
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The Girlfriend Experience is one of the more courageous and challenging films to come out this year, and the fact that it Soderbergh’s can give us all hope. An odd beast, Steven Soderbergh; an odd, Janus-faced movie beast. An Oscar-winning director (nominated twice in the same year—a feat only equalled once before, in 1938, by Michael Curtiz, who didn’t win) who pumps out the mall-pleasers like Ocean’s 11, 12, and 13 (though the mall was, apparently, less pleased with 12), Out of Sight, and—let’s face it—Erin Brockovich. He also has a doppelganger, his Imp of the Perverse, that turns out uncompromising, indie fare like Schizopolis, the brilliant Full Frontal, and the even more brilliant Bubble. But it isn’t a case of Robert Altman Syndrome (a director, God rest his soul, seemingly bent on immolating his career and repeatedly swallowing a grenade—like Prêt-à-Porter after The Player and
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The Young Victoria Preview, Clips, Images, And Interview With Martin Scorsese
24 November 2009 11:09 AM, PST
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Coming to select theaters December 18th is a film that has been receiving a lot of critical praise, and looks absolutely brilliant. The film is The Young Victoria, and it has an incredible team involved. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, written by Academy Award Winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), and produced by a team including Graham King (The Departed), Martin Scorsese, Tim Headington and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York - the film has already received international acclaim.
Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) stars as Queen Victoria, and she is surrounded by a great cast - Rupert Friend (Pride & Prejudice) portrays Prince Albert, and also featured are: Paul Bettany (Iron Man, The Da Vinci Code), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Jim Broadbent (The Damned United, The Chronicles of Narnia), Thomas Kretschmann (Valkyrie), and Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes, Tristan & Isolde).
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Afm Coverage: New Images, Posters and Synopses for The Horseman, The Cup, The Devil’S Double, More
23 November 2009 11:51 PM, PST
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By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, Afm has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films.
Below you’ll find images and synopses for From Time to Time, Love Hurts, The Cup, The Devil’s Double, The Horseman, The Steal Artist and Wedding Bros. Hit the jump to check them all out. Also, all the synopses are copied down directly from the original materials with no editorial alterations. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 by click on their respective links.
From Time To Time, directed by Julian Fellowes (Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park
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Decade in Review: 2001 Top Ten
17 November 2009 8:41 PM, PST
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What follows is my original top ten list of 2001. We'll discuss each year of the decade over the next month or two (we already did 2000). I do this because I am curious about which films "stick" and which fade and why and maybe you are too? Best year of the decade I think. The top five films would all be valid #1 film choices in some years. New comments are in red.
Note: This list references films released in NYC in 2001, not year of production or year in which they first the hit festival circuit or whatnot.
Runners Up (in descending order): Sexy Beast, Ali, Series 7: The Contenders, The Others, Last Resort and Waking Life. I don't remember loving Ali that much... and more than The Others? I don't remember that at all. I mean Nicole Kidman was the shit Twice Over in 2001.
In my round up of the
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