dream cast: cast your own Hamlet

I’m getting ready to head off to see David Tennant in Love’s Labour’s Lost. While I’m doing that, why not cast your own Hamlet? Jude Law’s going to take on the Danish Prince next year in the West End. Who else could offer an interesting spin on the role, either on stage or in film?

Paul Newman, 1925–2008

I heard about Paul Newman’s death tonight from the front page of a newspaper in a gas station in Stratford-upon-Avon, which means it must have been announced yesterday. Feel free to chat here about favorite Newman roles and other public works (spaghetti sauce, charitable works, etc.).

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Princess Bride’ remake

It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: The Princess Bride, the 1987 fantasy spoof that’s one of the most quotable flicks of the decade. (This week’s topic was suggested by my brother Ken, who figured it was the ideal movie for me … more…

has Roger Ebert gone off the deep end?

WTF is this? Roger Ebert appears to be coming out in support of creationism. Is it meant to be satire, and if so, where’s the satire? This has got to be a joke. Please someone tell me this is a joke. And then, please someone tell me where the joke is. Choice excerpts: Creationism: Your … more…

to be or not to be: Mel Gibson as Hamlet

TO BE! ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!! Yeah, he’s shouty, like he always is, but I kinda like Mel Gibson as Hamlet. I saw the 1990 Franco Zeffirelli mounting of the story of the Mad Dane years ago and I must admit that it didn’t really make much of an impression on me then, but now, having watched it … more…

to be or not to be: Derek Jacobi as Hamlet

To be or not to be? Is there a third choice somewhere in the middle? I’m astonished to discover that I’m not crazy about this Hamlet, either the production on the whole or Jacobi as the melancholy Dane. Though much of that is a function of the production values of the time and my own … more…

Catherine Zeta-Jones on the TARDIS?

More from WENN.com via IMDB: Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has been tipped to star in a movie version of cult sci-fi series Doctor Who – by the man credited with reviving the show. Writer Russell T Davies brought the British programme back to TV screens in 2005 after a nine-year absence. BBC bosses were recently … more…