Posts Tagged ‘Jim Broadbent’
Awards Season continues: BAFTA announce nominations
The awards season is in full swing and with the Golden Globes out of the way, the nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 have been announced. The Artist is in the lead ... of course. Leading the pack is the hot favourite for Best Film: The Artist. The French masterpiece received 12 nominations in total, which include:...
Thatcherism On Film Quiz!
The Iron Lady hit our cinema screens on Friday 6th January with a highly acclaimed look at the life of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, starring Meryl Streep, as well as Jim Broadbent as Thatcher's husband, Denis, Anthony Head as her eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, and Olivia Colman as her daughter, Carol Thatcher. With this...
Arthur Christmas: Review
Ninja elves, a Santa spaceship and a crazy old man riding in a wheelie bin that's being dragged along by a retired reindeer, may not be what you are expecting in a typical Christmas comedy, but this is what makes Arthur Christmas so unique and funny. Arthur Christmas is a fun and festive film, perfect for children and adults alike. The...
Volkswagen to present: Iron Lady screening at original film location
Following in the footsteps of screenings of films such as An American Werewolf in London in London Zoo, Volkswagen screens is presenting a screening of The Iron Lady at the location in Manchester used to stand in for the Houses of Parliament ahead of it's January release. It is one of the most anticipated British film releases for some...
Steve Carell to play Meryl Streep’s therapist?
Funny man Steve Carell is rumoured to be taking on a serious role for his latest film. It has been reported that Carell will be playing Meryl Streep's therapist in Great Hope Springs. Streep will be working with director David Frankel who she previously worked with on The Devil Wears Prada, when she played the scary fashion magazine...
Look at Meryl Streep as Maggie Thatcher!
The first image of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher has come online and we have to say it's pretty impressive. Streep is taking on the role for The Iron Lady, a film which tells the story of Lady Thatcher's career up until she took the UK to war in the Falklands in 1982. Despite people's issues with her policies, it can not be denied that...
The Lowdown: A pre-loaded Harry Potter iPad
The gap between the last Harry Potter film and the latest, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows seemed like ages. I don't know about you but before watching it I wanted to reconnect with the previous ones and remind myself what they were all about and give myself a chance to think about where this next one would go. What better way to do this,...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Review
After what feels like years of waiting and reading, the final Harry Potter book has been turned into a film and finally released. But oh yeah, because the book itself is so epic, director David Yates felt the only way to do it justice was to make it into two films. That's all very well and good but when books are turned into films, they are...
Broadbent and Blethyn to voice Briggs' Ethel and Ernest
Raymond Briggs's highly acclaimed graphic novel, Ethel and Ernest, is set to get the big-screen treatment, which will include the voices of Jim Broadbent and Brenda Blethyn. Briggs is best known for creating children's classics, such as Christmas favourite The Snowman and Fungus the Bogeyman. Ethel and Ernest, which is set to become his latest...
What's another year?
If there's a statement that illustrates the difference between the Hollywood machine and the art of European film, it's British movie director Mike Leigh's statement that "I've always been concerned, for as long as I've ever been making films or stage plays, with celebrating the lives of ordinary people. That's what it's all about." Ordinary...
