Philomena review: suffer the women
A cry-till-you-laugh-dramedy about seeking lost family and finding new purpose; Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are fantastic. Seriously, though: bring Kleenex.
Judi Dench
Philomena trailer: give Judi Dench back her son!
Steve Coogan, Judi Dench, Stephen Frears. So much goodness in yet another story about the inhuman awfulness of the Catholic Church. Hooray, I guess.
cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival
I’m hyperventilating from the array of overwhelming movie awesomeness before me.
question of the day: If Mark Wahlberg can transform Transformers, what other actors could spice up other franchises?
Should we get Judi Dench into a Fast & Furious movie? Ian McKellen into Alvin & the Chipmunks? Marion Cotillard into a Hangover flick? How about a new Rush Hour movie starring Will Smith and Doona Bae?
Skyfall (review)
This is the sneaky cleverness of Skyfall: it is, at last, going to tell us why Bond still matters. It is not going to make it easy on itself, though, nosiree.
question of the day: Should movies have a salary cap like some sports do?
Capping overall FX and marketing budgets might make a difference, but it’s hard to imagine the studios agreeing to that… and even if they did, who would enforce it?
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (review)
Kooky-cutesy dramedy about British pensioners who retire to India, where they can be treated poorly in all new and exotic ways…
question of the day: What would be a great title for a James Bond movie?
Supply the plot, too, if you like. Or just tease us with a title that makes us salivate just imagining what it could be about…
watch it: “Equals”
Today is International Women’s Day, and in honor of this, Daniel Craig and Judi Dench highlight the inequalities women still face, in a short film by Sam Taylor-Wood.
question of the day: What actresses should play Shakespeare’s great male characters?
Woo-hoo! Helen Mirren is going to play Prospero — the wizard has been redubbed Prospera — for a new film adaptation of The Tempest from director Julie Taymor…
