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Pixar has just named Brenda Chapman as their first female director. Chapman will direct and write for the animated film Brave, which follows a tomboyish royal with a love for archery. Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters are all slated to provide voices for the film.
Read more: http://bumpshack.com/2010/09/24/pixar-names-first-female-director/#ixzz10VZOXgibPixar has just named Brenda Chapman as their first female director. Chapman will... more
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In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.
http://www.moviesreviews2010.com/nanny-mcphee-returns-2010-review/In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns... more
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Richard Curtis had a death in the family. I’d flown in to London to do the interviews for my PIRATE RADIO coverage, and the director was at the top of my list. Some things, though, take precedence over spending fifteen minutes with a dumpy New York journalist, and for Curtis, this had to be one of ‘em. I had no argument there. I did my sessions with actors Tom Sturridge, Talulah Riley, and Nick Frost instead (you can hear them in Part 1 of this series) and silently wished Curtis well.
Three weeks later, he and I finally had our sit-down. Frankly, I’m not sure I could’ve scraped it all together in so short a time under such conditions, but I was grateful he did. That conversation wraps up this installment, along with my exclusive one-on-one with Bill Nighy — who plays the paternal, impeccably dressed, and seemingly gay (he’s one of the few characters who doesn’t get it on in the course of the film) proprietor of the pirate broadcaster Radio Rock — and the roundtable interview with “The Count” himself, Philip Seymour Hoffman. You’ll learn a little about Nighy’s inner wild man, Hoffman’s experiences as the sole American in a cast of Brits, and Curtis’ decision to trim PIRATE RADIO (nee THE BOAT THAT ROCKED) by some fifteen minutes (or more — reports vary) for its U.S. debut.
Click on the link to hear the show.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/mighty-movie-podcast-empi_b_357596.htmlRichard Curtis had a death in the family. I’d flown in to London to do the... more
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For a film centered around the freewheeling early years of British rock and roll, Pirate Radio is remarkably short on rhythm.
The movie never seems to get its chord progressions straight, despite a formidable cast and soundtrack stacked with classic Kinks, Who and Rolling Stones tunes. Humorous bits occasionally surface, but the heavy-handedness of the us vs. them, rally-around-the-mike aspects of the tale dominate.
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So here’s what I did on my class trip to London: shoot a video featuring people on the street discussing whether they preferred PIRATE RADIO or THE BOAT THAT ROCKED as the title of the latest Richard Curtis film; interview some of the stars of the film itself; and eat British airport pizza. Two of those things were a helluva lot of fun, and one of them was an ungodly plummet into the depths of Hell. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which is which (hint: glad I brought some Pepto tablets with me).
The three actors featured in this first installment of our special, two-part PIRATE RADIO coverage form something of a romantic triangle in the film. Tom Sturridge plays Carl, the teenager who is sent by his mother (Emma Thompson) to spend some time on Radio Rock, the notorious pirate radio ship that in 1966 was beaming rock and roll from international waters into a United Kingdom whose own BBC couldn’t be bothered with the form. Talulah Riley is Marianne, the young woman that Carl’s godfather and Pirate Radio owner and captain Quentin (Bill Nighy) brings on-board to alleviate some of the boy’s sense of isolation. And Nick Frost is Doctor Dave, the sexually unquenchable Radio Rock personality whose interference in the kids’ first meeting proves to be something of a distraction for Marianne — because true love may be forever, but getting nailed by a DJ nets you serious street cred.
The conversations in this ep ranged far beyond the topic of PIRATE RADIO itself, covering as they did the legendary 007 water tank, the Cirque du Soleil, Steven Spielberg’s on-set attitude, and Rupert Everett in drag (but, then, don’t all conversations eventually wind up there?). Click the link to hear the show:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/mighty-movie-podcast-empi_b_354827.htmlSo here’s what I did on my class trip to London: shoot a video featuring people... more
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Here's the new trailer for 'An Education' which is based on the Nick Horby book of the same name.
The movie stars Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Emma Thompson, Alfred Molina and is directed by Lone Scherfig.
Short Synopsis: In the post-war, pre-Beatles London suburbs, a bright schoolgirl is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the rather more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man.Here's the new trailer for 'An Education' which is based on the Nick... more
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An environmental coalition led by Greenpeace has thrown a monkey wrench into expansion plans for London's chronically congested Heathrow Airport.
The group, which includes Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson and prominent comedian Alistair McGowan, announced Tuesday it had purchased a plot of land on ground earmarked for a proposed third runway at Europe's busiest airport.An environmental coalition led by Greenpeace has thrown a monkey wrench into expansion... more
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Actress Emma Thompson has said that she thinks British men are "fantastically retarded" when it comes to expressing their emotions.Actress Emma Thompson has said that she thinks British men are "fantastically... more
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Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson and Dame Judi Dench are among the British actors to feature on this year's Golden Globe shortlist.Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson and Dame Judi Dench are among the British... more
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