Tag: jimbroadbent

2017-02-08T13:30:00Z by Andrew Mack

Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon and Ray Winstone in Talks to be The DIAMOND GEEZERS

Deadline is reporting that four of the UK's great elder acting statesmen are returning to a life in crime. Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon and Ray Winstone are in talks to joing Working Title's untitled film about an...

2015-03-04T15:00:00Z by Andrew Mack

BIG GAME: Things Still Blow Up Good In U.S. Trailer

Hands up, all of you who cannot wait for the U.S. theatrical, digital HD and On Demand release of Jalmari Helander's action flick Big Game? Okay, okay. Put your hands down so I can count the rest of you at...

2014-07-09T23:00:11Z by Peter Martin

Now on Blu-ray: LE WEEK-END Captures The Pleasures And Pains Of A Relationship

This is a rare jewel of a movie. Le Week-End follows Nick and Meg, enacted brilliantly by Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan, a British couple whose longtime marriage faces a turning point during a weekend in Paris. Directed judiciously by...

2014-07-08T09:00:09Z by Peter Martin

Giveaway: Win A LE WEEK-END Blu-ray!

UPDATED 7/11: The giveaway has concluded, and the winner has been notified. Thanks to all who entered. As an antidote to blockbuster season in Hollywood, we have a Blu-ray copy of Le Week-End to give to one reader who is "in...

2013-12-06T11:00:46Z by Kurt Halfyard

New To Netflix: Time, Terrorism, Wuxia, And Snowboarding

This week's entry of New To Netflix continues with more time travel. Cinema itself is kind of a time machine, so watch as I contort this notion. Transporting us back to a time and place, or at least an idea...

2013-10-24T08:00:39Z by Todd Brown

BIG GAME: Check The First Still Of RARE EXPORTS Director's Latest With Samuel L Jackson

With Finnish director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports) nearing the end of the shoot for his second film - Big Game - word arrives today of new additions to the cast along with the first still from the film featuring Samuel...

2013-08-27T06:00:06Z by Peter Martin

Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT, What A Pity About That Government Conspiracy

Percolating without ever boiling over, Closed Circuit is a British conspiracy drama that's content to serve a cup of room-temperature tea, sit back, and shake its head with mild disapproval. What a pity, eh? The title refers to the closed...

2012-10-25T12:00:37Z by Kurt Halfyard

Counterpoint Review: CLOUD ATLAS (Shrugged)

Where to begin with Cloud Atlas? I admire the chutzpah of such an unusually expensive film experiment, but how far can admiration of ambition go if the result is so tedious? In his review published during the Toronto International Film...

2012-09-09T18:11:06Z by Jason Gorber

TIFF 2012 Review: CLOUD ATLAS is Bold, Brash, Epic, and Silly

Bold, brash, epic, and silly, Cloud Atlas is the latest of a slew of big budget sci-fi epics that's likely to find far more detractors than fans of its quirky style.Drawn from a popular book many considered to be "unfilmable," the...

2012-09-06T14:30:30Z by Peter Martin

Yes, the New CLOUD ATLAS Trailer Looks Amazing, But ...

Set for its first public screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, Cloud Atlas is definitely phenomenal from a visual standpoint. The newly-released trailer swirls through settings that range from the 19th Century to the far future with...