There must be something fashionable to the idea right now of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Hollywood now has four Robin Hood movies in production, more than anyone really needs, perhaps even the poor. Tuesday Deadline reported that Warner Bros. had “quietly” put a new Robin Hood movie into production, this …
There is no one word to describe the relationship between British actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Whatever is the essence of their unusual chemistry, they ought to bottle it and sell it in pharmacies, for their new film ‘The Trip to Italy’ may well be the funniest film of the year.
[callout] After starting his show business career as a mind-reader in a cabaret act, Paul Raymond went on to become Britain’s richest man and a modern King Midas. With an entrepreneurial eye and a realisation that sex sells, he began building his empire of gentleman’s clubs, porn magazines and nude theatre – provoking outrage …
Trishna Directed by Michael Winterbottom Written by Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom, 2011 Capturing a character’s inner turmoil is always a challenge, but far more so in a movie than in a book. An author can go into massive detail on the page to tell us exactly how a character feels; a screenwriter and director has …
Trishna Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom UK, 2011 Among contemporary cinema’s more versatile and prolific directors, one of the few sources of inspiration Michael Winterbottom has repeatedly returned to is the work of Thomas Hardy. Jude, his 1996 adaptation of Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, was effectively his breakthrough film; 2000’s The Claim, meanwhile, was …
Trishna Written by Michael Winterbottom Directed by Michael Winterbottom UK, 2011 Almost any great story possesses two qualities that define it as a classic; those are timelessness and universality. Michael Winterbottom renews the relevance of classic Victorian novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles by transplanting its heroine into modern day India and renaming her Trishna, who …
“Like the protagonist, it tries hard to punch above its weight but has difficulty landing the killer blow.” ………………………………………………… The Killer Inside Me Director: Michael Winterbottom “Out here you’re a man and a gentleman or you aren’t anything at all.” Or you could be a smooth-talking lawman by day and a psychopath with a penchant …