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Anthony Hopkins turns 72
30 December 2009 4:39 AM, PST
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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, Cbe is a Welsh film, stage and television actor. Considered to be one of Hollywood's greatest living actors, he is known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, its sequel, Hannibal, and its prequel, Red Dragon.
His other prominent films include Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon and Fracture. Hopkins was born and raised in Wales, and became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. He received a star on the
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Happy birthday to 'Twilight' star Billy Burke!
25 November 2009 11:45 AM, PST
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Billy Burke, who portrays a fan-favorite human and father - Charlie Swan - in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, is forty-three years young today.
Born in 1966, Burke has been an active screen actor for almost twenty years. His first appearance was in 1990's Daredreamer, and he has since appeared in about four dozen productions.
Notably, Burke wrote Dead And Breakfast and took on Anthony Hopkins in Fracture. Fracture and the Twilight series aren't the only films within which Burke has portrayed an officer. He's also been a man in blue for Untraceable.
Aside from being a celebrated screen actor, Burke is also quite the avid poker player - according to the rumor mill - and he appears on some of
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- thetwilightexaminer
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6 Actors That Should Probably Not Watch Their Own Movies
23 November 2009 7:16 PM, PST
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When I interviewed Bill Nighy last year, three things seemed to stand out about the man. One, he shakes hands with only the front part of three fingers like I have to imagine witches do. Two, he had a greater sense of humor about himself than anyone else I've ever met. Three, he was insanely, effortlessly cool.
He continues to exude both coolness and the self-effacing grace that makes him such a charismatic personality (aside from the willingness to star in serious work and movies about werewolves fighting vampires) by claiming that he can't stand the experience of watching movies that he's in. He, like most actors who have thrown out that claim in the past, seems completely put off by seeing himself on screen. Hardly an original claim, but one that rings true for anyone who has ever seen a bad photo of themselves (be they regional theater actors or international film stars).
So I decided
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- Dr. Cole Abaius
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Anthony Hopkins to Play Odin in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor Starring Chris Hemsworth
29 October 2009 8:33 PM, PDT
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When you look at his filmography, Anthony Hopkins usually plays gentle and distinguished elderly gentleman. Even when his character is devious like in “Fracture” and to a lesser extent “The Edge”, you still hold Hopkins in high esteem. And yet the one role he’ll be remembered for is an eloquent psychologist who eats people. It’s a little difficult to reconcile the two.
Hopkins joining the cast of “Thor” as Odin certainly plays into the respectability he brings to his roles. The eating people thing probably won’t be one of Odin’s character traits but I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Whether you like your Norse gods with cannibalism or without, hit the jump for more details.
According to Variety, Hopkins plays the father of Thor and Loki, played by Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, respectively. I’m sure you can see the family resemblance. In addition to my hope for cannibalism,
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- Matt Goldberg
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Review: Law Abiding Citizen
16 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT
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Have you ever felt slighted by the law? Felt like justice wasn’t served, or that the law was working more in their own favor than in yours? This is the underlying theme, the philosophical question at hand, which runs throughout Law Abiding Citizen. This is a movie whose title I felt was lacking, until I saw the film and it made more sense.
Law Abiding Citizen is a smart, tense thriller that keeps the audience at the edge of their seats and keeps us guessing. Not since Fracture, starring Anthony Hopkins, have I felt this engrossed by a legal cat-and-mouse thriller. The story makes it difficult to fully take one side or the other, painting the ambiguous nature of our imperfect legal system in endless shades of gray.
The movie was directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, A Man Apart, Be Cool) and opens with a teeth-clenching down note
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- Travis
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Review: Surrogates
5 October 2009 1:14 PM, PDT
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There hasn’t been much in the way of good all out sci-fi action this year. Star Trek was as much introduction as it was action, Terminator: Salvation disappointed, and Transformers… Well, lets not talk about Transformers. So, with District 9 as the only real intelligent contender, Surrogates came along at a good time to try and provide what had been missing this year.
Based on a little known comic, Surrogates starts off with a brief, and almost half-hearted montage of how science has created affordable ’surrogates’, and how they are now used by 95% of the population. The concept of the surrogate is simple. The user stays at home in a nice comfy chair, hooked-up to their ’surri’ via a neural link. They then live out their day via the highly advanced, idealised robot version of themselves. The robots are completely human looking, and very strong.
Bruce Willis plays federal agent Tom Greer.
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- Barry Steele
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Updates: Top 50 Hottest Young Actors - Shake, Rattle & Roll!
24 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT
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It's almost time for an update of the Top 50 Hottest Young Actors list! Before our rundown featuring the actors below, let's have a look at some hitlists from across the web - Moviefone has a 25 under 25 and Fandango a 10 Young Actors to Watch list. ScreenDaily publishes Stars of Tomorrow and there is the annual European Shooting Stars celebrated as part of the Berlinale. The first 2 only consider Hollywood movies and cast, while ScreenDaily is exclusively for UK-based filmmakers and actors. The 'shooting star' programme is, of course, for Europeans.
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These hitlists are more than point of references to our own - they are inspiration to keep us on our feet and come up with a listing that consider all angles. I don't think anyone is naïve enough to list down and rank 50 young actors ( and 50 young actresses) and expect everyone to agree and be happy,
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Updates: Top 50 Hottest Young Actors - Shake, Rattle & Roll!
24 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT
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It's almost time for an update of the Top 50 Hottest Young Actors list! Before our rundown featuring the actors below, let's have a look at some hitlists from across the web - Moviefone has a 25 under 25 and Fandango a 10 Young Actors to Watch list. ScreenDaily publishes Stars of Tomorrow and there is the annual European Shooting Stars celebrated as part of the Berlinale. The first 2 only consider Hollywood movies and cast, while ScreenDaily is exclusively for UK-based filmmakers and actors. The 'shooting star' programme is, of course, for Europeans.
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These hitlists are more than point of references to our own - they are inspiration to keep us on our feet and come up with a listing that consider all angles. I don't think anyone is naïve enough to list down and rank 50 young actors ( and 50 young actresses) and expect everyone to agree and be happy,
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Updates: Top 50 Hottest Young Actors - Shake, Rattle & Roll!
24 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT
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It's almost time for an update of the Top 50 Hottest Young Actors list! Before our rundown featuring the actors below, let's have a look at some hitlists from across the web - Moviefone has a 25 under 25 and Fandango a 10 Young Actors to Watch list. ScreenDaily publishes Stars of Tomorrow and there is the annual European Shooting Stars celebrated as part of the Berlinale. The first 2 only consider Hollywood movies and cast, while ScreenDaily is exclusively for UK-based filmmakers and actors. The 'shooting star' programme is, of course, for Europeans.
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These hitlists are more than point of references to our own - they are inspiration to keep us on our feet and come up with a listing that consider all angles. I don't think anyone is naïve enough to list down and rank 50 young actors ( and 50 young actresses) and expect everyone to agree and be happy,
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Updates: Top 50 Hottest Young Actors - Shake, Rattle & Roll!
24 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT
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It's almost time for an update of the Top 50 Hottest Young Actors list! Before our rundown featuring the actors below, let's have a look at some hitlists from across the web - Moviefone has a 25 under 25 and Fandango a 10 Young Actors to Watch list. ScreenDaily publishes Stars of Tomorrow and there is the annual European Shooting Stars celebrated as part of the Berlinale. The first 2 only consider Hollywood movies and cast, while ScreenDaily is exclusively for UK-based filmmakers and actors. The 'shooting star' programme is, of course, for Europeans.
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These hitlists are more than point of references to our own - they are inspiration to keep us on our feet and come up with a listing that consider all angles. I don't think anyone is naïve enough to list down and rank 50 young actors ( and 50 young actresses) and expect everyone to agree and be happy,
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Updates: Top 50 Hottest Young Actors - Shake, Rattle & Roll!
24 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT
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It's almost time for an update of the Top 50 Hottest Young Actors list! Before our rundown featuring the actors below, let's have a look at some hitlists from across the web - Moviefone has a 25 under 25 and Fandango a 10 Young Actors to Watch list. ScreenDaily publishes Stars of Tomorrow and there is the annual European Shooting Stars celebrated as part of the Berlinale. The first 2 only consider Hollywood movies and cast, while ScreenDaily is exclusively for UK-based filmmakers and actors. The 'shooting star' programme is, of course, for Europeans.
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These hitlists are more than point of references to our own - they are inspiration to keep us on our feet and come up with a listing that consider all angles. I don't think anyone is naïve enough to list down and rank 50 young actors ( and 50 young actresses) and expect everyone to agree and be happy,
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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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Oscar Contender Assets: 'Brothers' and 'An Education' Posters and Clip
13 July 2009 4:06 PM, PDT
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I only have one more piece of coding detail left to do and the RopeofSilicon 2010 "The Contenders" section will open up and two of the titles featured in that section have just enjoyed a couple of online updates.
First off we have the poster for An Education as well as a clip featuring the much talked about performance of Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a teenage girl living in Britain in the early 1960s on the cusp of the strait-laced, post-war period and the free-spirited decade to come. Along with Mulligan the film stars Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike.
Based on buzz it would seem Mulligan is a definite contender for a Best Actress nomination and others whom have seen the film are applauding the work of Molina and most recently In Contention mentioned Pike's performance. One thing is for certain, it's nice to see
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- Brad Brevet
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Jumping on Barney’s Version
10 July 2009 2:19 PM, PDT
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Pike & others join the cast.
Based off of the hit novel of the same name written up by Mordecai Richler, Barney’s Version continues to fill up its casting. Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike and Rachelle Lefevre all hop on board to play each one of Barney’s wives in the adaptation. Already fitted into the lead role is Paul Giamatti (John Adams) who plays Barney, the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt man (THR).
Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) plays the first wife, along with Minnie Driver (The Riches) as the second wife and Rosamund Pike (Fracture) as the third wife and Barney’s true love. Also on the cast is Dustin Hoffman who plays the father of Barney. The adaptation, written by Michael Konyves and directed by Richard J. Lewis (CSI) under Serenity Point Films, comes out in theaters on 2010.
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- Melissa Molina
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[DVD Review] Fracture
6 July 2009 11:34 PM, PDT
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When Grisham was king of the novel-to-movie adaptation, a title stolen briefly from the hands of Stephen King, law dramas would hit theaters every year and would consistently entertain. As the Hollywood system is wont to do, the introduction of Grisham-films to the theatrical sphere spurred a mass exodus of other legal dramas from the page to the screen. But then there was a lull. It seemed for quite a while that stories about court cases were best shown on television – or maybe it was that audiences were inundated with Law & Order spin-offs to the point that no one wanted to pay to see them in theaters – who knows. The point is, when Fracture rolled around in 2007 it actually seemed fresh. Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder.
But the heart is fickle; or rather, the heart isn’t so easily fooled by the peak-a-boo antics of a film genre.
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- Lex Walker
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134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy
1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT
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Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members.
"These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks."
The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's
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- Brad Brevet
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Focus Taps Ole Bornedal for Dean Koontz Adaptation
21 May 2009 2:01 AM, PDT
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I have never read a Dean Koontz novel, but I know he is wildly popular and it appear Focus Features is ready to take advantage of that first look deal they scored with Random House as they have set Danish helmer Ole Bornedal to rewrite and direct The Husband based on the 2006 Koontz novel.
The story centers on a man whose marriage is tested over the course of 60 harrowing hours after he receives a devastating call from a stranger. Screen Daily reports the most recent draft of the script was penned by Glenn Gers who co-wrote the 2007 Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling thriller Fracture.
I know nothing of Bornedal's work, but Focus CEO James Schamus tells Screen Daily, "Ole's work, as a writer-director who deftly crafts human-scaled stories of suspense and drama, makes him the ideal film-maker to bring Dean's gripping bestseller to the screen." I guess I'll have to take him at his word.
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- Brad Brevet
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Koontz' The Husband Headed To Screens
21 May 2009 1:22 AM, PDT
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It's a race against time, one man against the system: Danish director Ole Bornedal has signed on to direct an adaptation of Dean Koontz' book The Husband, a race-against-time thriller.The novel sees an ordinary guy, a landscape gardener, receive a call from someone who says he has kidnapped our hero's wife and wants $2 million to give her back. When our gardener complains, not unreasonably, that he's a frickin' gardener and doesn't have that kind of money*, the kidnapper simply replies that, "You'll find a way". Ooooh, high concept.Bornedal's also set to rewrite the script, last drafted by Fracture and Mad Money's Glenn Gers, so expect to see this sometime next year. Ish. Meanwhile, two of Bornedal's Danish films - The Substitute and Just Another Love Story - have been picked up to be remade by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures.*Maybe they confused him with a plumber?
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Gosling, Williams Activate Indie Flick Wonder Twin Powers
12 May 2009 7:31 AM, PDT
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You've got to hand it to Michelle Williams. I certainly didn't think
we'd see much of her after Dawson's Creek, such is the track record of actors on shows like
that. Was she Dawson or Creek? I can never recall...
But Williams has shown that she's an extremely capable and daring actor, one who is not consumed by
having her name on the marquee. She'd much rather do interesting work.
Ditto Ryan
Gosling, who even made Fracture a pretty good watch a couple of years back. Now they're together on an indie drama called Blue Valentine, which is filming this spring in New York and
Pennsylvania.
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- Colin Boyd
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