Posts Tagged ‘Black Swan’
Russell Crowe set to play Noah
The idea for a Noah film has been talked about in Hollywood for a good few years, but now it has been confirmed that Russell Crowe is taking on the role of the bearded, animal-herding carpenter in this Biblical epic. According to Empire, Crowe will be the one to lead the animals two-by-two (hurruh, hurrah) in Darren Aronofsky's Biblical...
Frankenweenie trailer released
Tim Burton has brought his 1984 movie Frankenweenie back to life and we can now have a sneak peak in the recently released trailer. The kooky director has resurrected the original monochrome short and revamped it into a children's spooky stop-motion feature, which also has no colour. Frankenweenie, which features the voices of Winona...
Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson for Noah film?
Speculation has been growing recently about Darren Aronofsky's retelling of Noah's Ark, and who will be the current likely takers for roles in the Biblical story that's to be entitled Noah. Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson are mooted as highly likely, and they have previously starred together in The Next Three Days, a 2010 film about a...
The Artist’s Jean Dujardin teams up with Vincent Cassel
Following his Golden Globe success, French actor Jean Dujardin could be set to reunite with The Artist's producer, Thomas Langmann, to make a comedy alongside Vincent Cassel. The Artist, has been heavily nominated at this year's award ceremonies, with Dujardin's performance already earning him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
Darren Aronofsky launches Noah’s Ark project
Darren Aronofsky is planning his biggest project yet, a £79 million retelling of the story of Noah's Ark. The director, who is still on a high from his Oscar success with Black Swan, has apparently been eyeing up the project based on the biblical story for a number of years. But now it looks like it's going to happen as several studios are...
Oscars – the awards that got ignored
The awards season finally came to a close last night at the 83rd Oscars. After weeks of speculation, there were no surprises, in fact if we hear The King's Speech mentioned one more time we'll scream. So, instead of boring you all with what you already know and who looked good on the red carpet (quickly though - yay! Natalie Portman), we thought...
The TFR 2011 Oscars Round-Table
This year's Oscars are, as always, hotly contested, so we find out what predictions our TFR staffers are making for this weekend's big reveal. Jon: Winter's Bone Possibly the least likely to win, but this movie has some special Ozark magic and myth. Besides if Mark Kermode reckons we should all go and see it, who are we to argue. El:...
Trailer for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
The trailer has been released for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. That’s right, this ex-couple have teamed up to make a film – playing to their acting strengths with a quirky comedy. Diaz, who we last saw fighting crime in Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet, plays a money-grabbing , marijuana-smoking,...
Hesher trailer, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The trailer has been released for Hesher, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hesher is a project which has been in development for over four years now and, despite still being without a UK release date, the trailer has finally been released! The film stars none other than Hollywood's current award-winning darling, ...
The BAFTAs – who won what
Awards season is now really in full swing but we have to say it's all rather predictable isn't it? Last night the Bafta's took place at London's Royal Opera House and surprise surprise The King's Speech came out on top. The film scooped seven awards in total, including Leading Actor for Colin Firth, Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush...
Firth and Portman take the gold at the SAG awards
The 2011 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards last night marked another step on the road to the Academy Awards - but shone their spotlight on the films we're used to seeing awards for by now - Black Swan, The King's Speech, et. al. For those of you who can't physically sit still until the 83rd Academy Awards get here (though here at TFR we're...
Oscar and Razzie nominations announced
With the award season finally upon us, our two favourite nomination lists have been released- the Oscars and the Razzies. We'll start with the Oscars, which lets be honest, have been hugely predictable. You guessed it, The King's Speech took away a fair few nominations, 12 in fact, including Best Picture and Best Actor. True Grit, which...
Neds: a review
When I heard that Neds was a serious contender against the likes of Black Swan, I wasn't convinced. I am now. Not in terms of worldwide recognition and awards, of course, where Black Swan looks set to clean up at most of this year's ceremonies. No, but more simply in terms of what people should be watching at the cinema this week, Neds...
The Lowdown: Darren Aronofsky
Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky has built a reputation as a cinematic genius, but how much do you know about the unique director? It's hard to explain what Darren Aronofsky brings to the films he takes to the big screen. For someone to have successfully translated the spirit of one of Hubert...
Golden Globes 2011 winners
One of the industry's biggest award ceremonies - The Golden Globes - took place last night and Colin Firth and Natalie Portman went away with the top honours. Portman, who is both newly engaged and pregnant, was named best actress for her role in Black Swan. Firth received best actor for his portrayal of King George VI in The King's...
The Best Films of 2010
As the year comes to a close, we look back at the year in films. There have been some amazing films (Black Swan) and then some really terrible ones (Skyline). One thing is for sure, it has been a great year for Brit actors such as Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth. We've picked our favourite films of 2010. Let us know what you think and tell us if...
Golden Globe nominations: the full list
Awards season is nearly upon us and yesterday the 2011 Golden Globe nominations were announced. Actors Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood had the job of announcing who was up for what. The King's Speech, which has already won awards at BIFA, left as a clear front runner, along with The Social Network and Black Swan. Rather...
Mila Kunis might reunite with Seth McFarlane for Ted
Rumour has it that Mila Kunis may be reuniting with Seth McFarlane for his upcoming film, Ted. Kunis worked with McFarlane on the animated TV series Family Guy, which he created and provided the voice for the characters of Peter, Stewie and Brian Griffin, amongst others. Kunis provided the voice of the Griffin's daughter, Meg. However,...
Natalie Portman writes raunchy comedy script, BYO
Natalie Portman has reportedly been shopping a raunchy comedy script she's co-written with a college friend to various Hollywood studios. She may have only recently finished attending premières for her upcoming psychological thriller, Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, but it looks like Portman is heading back to more light-hearted films...
LFF Review: Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky once again proves himself as one of the leading American independent film directors with his gloriously manic fifth feature, Black Swan. After its premiere at Venice in September, no other film arrived at this year's BFI London Film Festival with quite as much hype as Black Swan. Advanced word had already propelled...
A round-up of the Toronto International Film Festival
As the Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close yesterday, we give you a round up of the films that everyone has been left talking about. Of course, there were there were a few highly anticipated films, many of which we have already mentioned here on TFR. Danny Boyle's follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire received much attention,...
Tweet the London Film Festival for Vue
We're very excited - the movies are coming to London big style with the start of the 54th London BFI London Film Festival kicking off on 13th October. If you're also looking forward to this explosion of all things cinema, you might want to become an official Tweeter for Vue Cinemas. Up for grabs are festival press passes, travel and hotel...
BFI London Film Festival full line up announced
The full lineup for the 54th BFI London Film Festival has finally been revealed, and we're more excited about it than ever. The festival is due to take place from the 13th-28th October, and is set to showcase some of the best new films from around the world, right here in London. Natalie Portman's latest film, Black Swan, has been announced to...
Teaser trailer for Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman
The poster and trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan have appeared online, successfully stirring up much intrigue for the director's latest haunting endeavour. The film stars Natalie Portman as Nina, an obsessive ballerina in a New York company's production of Swan Lake. She takes on the part of the White Swan, replacing former prima...
