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Capturing the loneliness of the long-distance lover

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

Whenever I have a flashback to the 1970s, I want Felicity Jones to play the girl who breaks my young heart.

Hoover cleans up FBI story

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:05:01 +0000

J EDGAR Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Cert 12A

Fassbender, O'Dowd and the guard boost Irish hopes for BAFTA glory

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

IRISH actors Michael Fassbender and Chris O'Dowd and the smash hit film The Guard have been named on this year's Bafta Awards nominations list.

IFTA host Simon films in US with Kiefer

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:05:04 +0000

IRISH actor Simon Delaney has wrapped up filming on a new series with Hollywood great Kiefer Sutherland.

Actress Emma mistaken for a man during naked stroll

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:05:04 +0000

Actress Emma Thompson has revealed she was mistaken for a man while walking naked through a field at her home in the country.

Facing up to cancer chick flick is total teak jerker

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:05:04 +0000

Dvd review: A Little Bit of Heaven

Her politics weren't too popular here, but Thatcher movie is a hit with Irish film fans

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:05:01 +0000

SHE was once a hate figure for many Irish people -- but 22 years after she was kicked out of office, Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher is proving a big draw at the box office here.

Harry Potter wins coveted Golden Tomato

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:05:01 +0000

IT'S no Oscar or Golden Globe. But boy wizard Harry Potter has just conjured one up -- a Golden Tomato.

Streep plays for sympathy

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:05:03 +0000

Just over 10 years ago, Meryl Streep was visiting her eldest daughter, Mary, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, when she discovered that Maggie Thatcher was going to give a speech. The former British prime minister held her ground for an hour and a half after her speech was done and dusted with a Q&A session.

Tasteful. . .

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:05:02 +0000

MOST journalists you talk to have a fear about sitting down with Daniel Craig. Which is understandable when you consider that most journalists these days like to ask questions such as: "What's a secret agent's biggest secret?" or "What's your favourite shoe size?".

Old ham gets to act the diva again

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:05:02 +0000

You can tell how successful someone is by the help they have floating around them. Millionaires have other people making breakfast, driving cars and holding up umbrellas. When I walk into Miss Piggy's room in a London hotel, I realise instantly just how successful this Hollywood legend is. She has a guy kneeling beside her for the entire interview. Just helping her sit straight. And, it would appear, to keep her cheeks warm. Now, that's rich.

Charlize's Oscar curse

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:01 +0000

It has been a while since Charlize Theron has made a film worth watching. The last was Monster, the movie that won the South African-born beauty an Oscar for her ugly portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wournos. From that moment on, Theron's career has been wobbling between would-be blockbusters such as Aeon Flux (2005) and Hancock (2008) and earnest but dull offerings such as The Burning Plain (2008) and Battle In Seattle (2007). Perhaps it's the Oscar win curse or maybe it's just bad choices.

Damaged goods

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:01 +0000

Having won the screenwriting Oscar in 2007 for the witty if wildly overpraised Juno, it made sense for Diablo Cody to team up again with that movie's director, the increasingly impressive Jason Reitman, for another journey into the dark heart of smalltown America. Charlize Theron also bagged a statuette from the Academy in the past decade when she donned the ugly make-up to play a serial killer in Monster and while she's in full-on glam mode at times here her character is extremely unattractive and, at times, downright repellent.

Temp Head

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:01 +0000

>1 Aged 24, screenwriter Diablo Cody wrote a memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.

Littlest Olsen steps out of the shadows

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

A childhood spent watching your siblings become a multi-billion-dollar brand has got to make you think twice about stepping into the limelight. What if you too tried to be an all-singing, all-dancing cute kid, and you fell flat on your face? Or worse, fell straight into fame and fortune?

It look likes Oscar glory for Streep

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

I went to see The Iron Lady over the weekend. It was a good movie, with a super performance from Meryl Streep. But it is absolutely staggering just how much she looks like Margaret Thatcher. We have seen Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, Michael Sheen as David Frost, oh, and Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams. All played brilliantly. But Streep knocks Sheen off the lookey-likey pedestal, and out of the park. If she doesn't win the Oscar, I will eat my twin set.

The daddy of all roles for Clooney

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

Seven years after bringing us the 'middle-aged males in crisis' masterpiece Sideways, Alexander Payne returns to the theme, one which he'd also explored in Election and About Schmidt.

horse power

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

WAR HORSE Drama Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Liam Cunningham. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cert 12A

Film Facts

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

1 The shark in Jaws was nicknamed Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer Bruce Ramer -- who represents him, as well as other stars such as George Clooney and Clint Eastwood.

profit

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:05:02 +0000

It's not easy being Steven Spielberg. Just ask Steven Spielberg. "Well, I've gotten pretty used to it by now," smiles the 65-year-old film-making legend. "And, you know, most days it's an absolute blast being Steven Spielberg.