Gold Derby (Free subscription) | yesterday
At this early point on the derby track, the race for best actress looks like a matchup between Gabby Sidibe ("Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire") and Carry Mulligan ("An Education"). I think Gabby is a long mile out front. Her devastating performance is what is most precious about "Precious," the movie with the most Oscar buzz. How can voters deny her? Answer:...
SpoilerTV (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
[LORRAINE] – 53, Caucasian, Brenda Blethyn type. British, sassy, working class. A widow and mother of four mostly grown children, she dotes on them when she's not telling them what to do. Must speak with an authentic Manchester accent. Guest star. [CHRIS] - 30's.. Any Ethnicity. A former radio on-air dj, now working in a dead end job. Concealing a secret to his co-workers, he is ultimately forced...
Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Couch Potato Pickings As most people know, this film about a shy northern girl with a gift for singing is based on the play written by Jim Cartwright. It was written specifically for actress Jane Horrocks because of her uncanny ability to impersonate the great divas of the 20th century. I recall a huge deal being made [...]
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Vanity Fair How the Fantastic Mr. Fox puppets were made. Cool slides Boy Culture From Queer to Eternity fourfour on Precious . I wish I'd read this days ago. Beautiful piece that will hopefully slap some people silly who have wanted to condemn this movie for existing. Cinema Blend Romola Garai's Spider-Man surprise Los Angeles Times good piece on Sir Ian McKellen ( The Prisoner ) on Gandalf, gay rights...
SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
News has reached me that Sky 1 had commissioned The Search With Martina Cole , which was scheduled for transmission in early 2010. The documentary planned to search for the remains of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett but has now been dropped after his mother confirmed she was not prepared to take part. Martina had been lined up to front the show, which would have investigated the whereabouts of Keith...
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Jamelia and Darren Byfield have officially announced that they are divorcing BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Jamelia heads for divorce court Jamelia heads for divorce court Singer Jamelia and footballer Darren Byfield are to divorce after 17 months of marriage. A statement on behalf of the pair said no-one else was involved in the split. The R&B singer and the Walsall player broke up briefly in 2007...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Dead Man Running stars Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and Brenda Blethyn discuss the crime thriller Xan Brooks Henry Barnes
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Dave Karger on a rush of Oscar-qualifying showcases for female leads; good news for Helen Mirren?
DARKMATTERS - The Mind Of Matt (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Dead Man Running (15) Dir. Alex De Rakoff Reviewed by Matt Adcock ONE WORD SUMMATION: Gangsta-trippin And it’s Rio Ferdinand, he passes to Ashley Cole... Cole passes to um, Danny Dyer and Dyer plays a lovely through ball to erm, 50 cent!? No this is not an all star football game, but rather a Brit gangster effort called ‘Dead Man Running’ (ok I lied about the ball, Cole and Ferdinand...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
OSCARS • Oscars' best-picture race: 12 front-runners • Gutsy Envelope gurus predict Oscar's best picture nominees • Fearless Oscar prophets predict best picture nominees (Can 'Star Trek' or 'District 9' really fly') • More best-pix predix from top Oscar oracles • Oscar derby update: 'Invictus,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead best-picture race • Oscar voters get three more DVDs:...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
• Pete Hammond reports that "London River" will get a mid-November one-week qualifying run in L.A. as part of a campaign to secure a lead actress nod for two-time Oscar bridesmaid Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets and Lies," "Little Voice"). Blethyn plays a mother searching for her daughter who goes missing after a London bus bombing. The pic -- directed by 2006 best foreign...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The nation's favourite mum and cinema's newest hard-man are running off at the mouth...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels legacy lives on in this cockney race-against-time thriller starring Danny Dyer (of course).
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Is there any way of stemming the flow of post-Guy Ritchie cockney crime comedies? Would, say, sticking Danny Dyer's head on a pike somewhere in Bethnal Green be enough of a deterrent? Because I for one would be willing to pay that price.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
DEAD MAN RUNNING (15) ** DIRECTED BY: ALEX DE RAKOFF STARRING: TAMER HASSAN, DANNY DYER, CURTIS JACKSON, BRENDA BLETHYN
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