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Is having your Black Adder Remastered as painful as it sounds? Turns out it's wonderful!!

Twitch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Actually this is titled the Ultimate Edition. But in any case I finally have a copy of the Black Adder! Wherever you stand on which of the four incarnations is best, funniest etc. there is no doubt that Black Adder is a Crown Jewel in the British Comedy Pantheon. Not only does this contain all four series but also every other Black Adder special. This is a program that was graced with the presence...

Royal flush: five of the best play Queen in new film

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950s Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role in a new Channel 4 documentary drama series. The Queen, a five-part series starting next Sunday, focuses on crisis moments since the 1953 coronation. Emilia Fox stars in the...

Sam Worthington eyes futuristic Crime thriller

IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

SAM Worthington is poised to star in a new futuristic thriller called The Last Days of American Crime . The film, set in the not-too-distant future, would focus on a government plan to secretly broadcast a signal that would make it impossible for people to knowingly commit a crime, according to Variety. It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Rick Remender. Worthington, who was last...

Zack Snyder’s Guardians of Ga’hoole Lands Voice Cast

Film Junk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Snyder's first fully animated 3-D feature will star Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess, David Wenham, and Emilie de Ravin among others.

VIDEO: Mariah Carey Talks About Her Appearance In 'Precious'

Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Filed under: Interviews With 'Precious' landing in fourth place at the box office last week (in less than 200 theaters) and expanding to about 800 theaters this weekend, it should ease the minds of many who have been waiting patiently to see the Oscar worthy film. For Mariah Carey, who plays social worker Ms. Weiss, the role has reinvigorated her film career. Some have even speculated that she's in...

'Guardians of Ga'hoole' Gets a Killer Cast

Cinematical (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

As much as I love a good animated film, sometime I have to sigh and wonder what would be if the same cast was in a live action feature. This is one of those times. Zack Snyder's Guardians of Ga'hoole has found its official cast, and it's a little different from earlier reports in January . Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten are still in, Hugh Jackman is not, and there are a whole bunch of new folks. The...

Tradecraft: Red Attracts Bigger Cast This movie...

Double O Section (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Tradecraft: Red Attracts Bigger Cast This movie Red seems like one to watch. The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog reports that one of the supposed finalists for the James Bond role in Casino Royale , Nip/Tuck 's Julian McMahon, has joined the cast of the Bruce Willis spy thriller based on the Warren Ellis comic book. Along with him comes some serious star power of yesteryear: Richard Dreyfuss,...

Guardians of Ga’Hoole - Voice Cast Confirmed

Movies - Spoilers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Guardians of Ga’Hoole - Voice Cast Confirmed Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham will lead the voice cast of Animal Logic’s 3D animated feature, which will also feature the voices of Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga’aia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren and Jim Sturgess. Source: SlashFilm Stay up to date even quicker by following...

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Robert De Niro: Angelina Jolie Is "Dream" Co-Star

Splash News Online (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Robert De Niro has revealed Angelina Jolie would be his dream co-star. The 66-year-old actor told EXTRA that Jolie, 34, is one of the actors that he would most 'love to work with'. He added: "It depends on the project [who would be] at the top of my list... wonderful actresses." Jolie previously starred with De Niro in the 2006 movie The Good Shepherd . He added that another actress on his...

Dennis Potter: Blue Remembered Hills

Waggish (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

I was thinking about this old tv play ( available entirely on youtube , hooray) in connection with two other old French films about childhood that I recently saw, Naked Childhood and My Little Loves . As much as they do their best to deromanticize childhood, this one may have them beat, and not just because adults are playing the children. The French movies all have alienation in one way or another,...

Oscar watch: Is Meryl alone in the Best Actress race?

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

It's mid-November, which means it's officially not too early to talk about the Oscars, and Steven Zeitchik at the Hollywood Reporter weighs in today on the Best Actress race -- which is, he says, unusually shallow this year. There's one sure thing -- Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" -- and a couple of newcomers who are likely possibilities: Carey Mulligan in "An Education" and...

• A Shallow Pool for Oscar's Actress Contenders - Rotten Tomatoes

Helen Mirren set to receive lifetime achievement honour

A little about .... (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

London, Nov 17 - ANI: Brit actress Dame Helen Mirren is to be awarded a lifetime achievement honour for her contribution to the film industry.

Borgnine, McMahon join Willis in Red

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

The comic book adaptation Red just added some cast members. Oscar winner and Hollywood legend Enrest Borgnine and Julian McMahon have added their names to the dotted line. Red, starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren (another Oscar winner), Richard Dreyfuss (and...

• McMahon, Cox Are Ready for 'Red' - CinemaSpy

Mirren to receive Lifetime gong

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Dame Helen Mirren is to receive the Lifetime Achievement prize at the Women In Film And Television Awards.

• Helen Mirren - Mirren Set For Lifetime Achievement Award - Contactmusic Ltd
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The King's Speech draws great British cast

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Colin Firth joined by Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall and Derek Jacobi in biopic about reluctant wartime monarch George VI A roll call of British acting talent has been added to the cast list of The King's Speech, a drama about George VI's struggles to overcome his stammer. Already on board were Colin Firth as the reluctant monarch, who was pushed on to the throne after the 1936...