May 2013
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film review: Basquiat * * (1996)
starring Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Claire Danes, Dennis Hopper directed by Julian Schnabel
The film tells, quite simply, the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a young, talented graffiti/modern art aritst who became famous by the age of 20 during the 1980s and died of heroin when he was 27.
Albeit triumphing with and celebrating its all star cast, the film is...
April 2013
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“I don’t have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not...”
– James D’Arcy
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“I never get the girl - I always die. That is the catch with playing bad....”
– Michael Wincott
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I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins... →
James D’Arcy sweeps into the London restaurant, grabs my hand in a matey greeting, and slides in beside me on the banquette. He wriggles out of a black sweater, revealing an olive T-shirt and tanned forearms. […]
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Groupies bleiben nicht zum Frühstück (2010) * * *
aka Single by Contract
starring Kostja Ullmann, Anna Fischer, Frank Ziegler director Marc Rothemund
There is a phenomenon in the German media that I can’t quite grasp. It’s called “Berliner Göre”, you can loosely translate it to: “Berlin ladette”. It describes a young woman from Berlin, usually a teenager or in her twenties, with a big mouth, rough behavior...
March 2013
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Anna Chlumsky is expecting her first child!
Congratulations, beautiful! We are all very happy for you! ♥ :)
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February 2013
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review: Spartacus: Blood and Sand * * * * *
starring Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Lucy Lawless, Daniel Feuerriegel, Pana Hema Taylor, Manu Bennett, Katrina Law, Viva Bianca director various, Michael Hurst, among others
I don’t review tv shows very often. There are some good ones out there and they usually have the same things in common: well developed, interesting characters, a gripping plot, if it’s a crime series or horror,...
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January 2013
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December 2012
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film review: The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn...
starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Billy Burke director Bill Condon
It is not easy for me to give this film a mediocre rating. Because there were potential and beautiful moments. But they were rare. Especially for someone who actually read the books, the film is, at most moments, disappointing.
It begins with...
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film review: The Last Station (2009) * *
starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff director Michael Hoffman
There is a reason why some books and films are less well known. They are simply not good or don’t offer good material.
The problem with “The Last Station” is also that the DVD cover basically lies. It promises you to tell an episode of Tolstoy’s life and as a parallel,...
November 2012
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James D'Arcy on Anthony Perkins, gay roles and...
DETAILS: Working on Hitchcock, did you ever find yourself wondering whether you were channeling Anthony Perkins or Norman Bates?
JAMES D'ARCY: There were a lot of similarities, actually. I read a book called Split Image, which was a biography written about Tony Perkins, and he was a real loner, somewhat awkward and shy, yet he had this steely backbone. So, I'm not suggesting for a second that Tony Perkins was a serial killer, but there were certainly some aspects of [his and Norman's] personalities that were very much the same. I watched a couple of films [Perkins] made around that time, and he's pretty similar in all of them. He's kind of thin and gangly, and he has that shy quality and boyish charm. It's interesting because, at the time, the studios were trying to make him into the next James Dean, and I struggle to see how that was ever going to work. Then, of course, the role in Psycho came along and completely defined him forever. But I never thought I was playing Norman Bates. It was always clear I was playing Tony Perkins.
DETAILS: Both Hitchcock and Cloud Atlas have you playing a gay character. Is there any dusty stigma left these days for an actor approaching such roles?
JAMES D'ARCY: No. It never even occurred to me, actually. I knew that Tony Perkins was certainly gay for a percentage of his life, and then he went on and got married and had two kids, so I don't know what happened later. But at the time of shooting Psycho, I think he was pretty clearly gay. But that had nothing to do with what I had to do in terms of acting the role. As for the stuff in Cloud Atlas, I only had one scene with Ben [Whishaw] when his character's alive, and you just try to play it for real. Here are two people in love. There you go. And there's no question of anybody saying, "No, you shouldn't do it." Those days are gone.
JAMES D'ARCY: No, I don't watch horror movies. [Laughs.] I'm not into them at all. I mean, I've done a few, yes, but, for instance, I've only watched Psycho once, and that was when I was 13 years old.
source: http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2012/11/james-darcy-on-playing-hitchcocks-famous-psycho.html#ixzz2DSP6XmBi
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“Sometimes I’m an actor caught in a movie star’s body.”
– William Hurt (via moonlightlayer)
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film review: "Call of the Wild" (2009) * * *
starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ariel Gade, Kameron Knox director: Richard Gabai
Although the title of the film comes from the Jack London novel of the same name, it is not an adaption. It’s rather a child-oriented hommage, starring one of the greatest actors of all time, Christopher Lloyd (to most probably known as “Doc” from the “Back to the Future” movies, but his...
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you have got to be kidding me. They are seriously...
yeah, I can see it already.
Kim is in some exotic location and gets a call from her Dad.
“Kim, you have to listen to me. Your boyfriend/grandmother/cousin/pet was kidnapped.”
Kim rolls her eyes. “Come on, Dad, not again!”
The End.
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film review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
starring: Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Joely Richardson director: David Fincher
Why? Can someone please explain to me why, because I don’t get it. Why does Hollywood feel the need to make remakes of successful, iconic European films? Is the American audience that ignorant? I want to doubt that. Or can they only have respect for a film if it has an...
October 2012
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film review: Charlie St. Cloud (2010) * * * *
starring Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Ray Liotta directed by Burr Steers
Teenager Charlie (Zac Efron) lovingly takes care of his little brother Sam (Charlie Tahan). He promises him to practice baseball with him every day shortly before sunset - shortly before he causes a horrible car crash, in which Sam dies. At Sam’s funeral, Charlie discovers that he can see Sam - and keeps his...
September 2012
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film review: Siren (2010) * * * *
starring Tereza Srbova, Anna Skellern, Eoin Macken, Anthony Jabre director Andrew Hull
Upon hearing the word “siren”, most people today think of the following three things: beautiful women, beautiful singing and Ariel, the little mermaid (who, technically can qualify as a siren, but has too good intentions for that and is, first and foremost, a mermaid). Many people forget what a...
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film review: Salt (2010) * * *
starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, August Diehl director: Phillip Noyce
Evelyn Salt is a successful CIA-agent and happily married. Just on her two year wedding anniversary, she interrogates a possible Russian defector who informs her (and her colleagues who are listening) that she is a sleeper and her mission is to kill the Russian president who will be in the USA some time later....
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film review: Tipping the Velvet (2002) * * * *
starring: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville, Jodhi May director: Geoffrey Sax
Technically, “Tipping the Velvet” is a mini-series. At least that’s what you can read on Wikipedia, IMDb and the likes. But I don’t care. For me it’s one, huge, beautiful film consisting of three very different parts.
It is difficult to sum this film up without spoiling too...
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The wonderful man with a beautiful soul, Michael Clarke Duncan, passed away on Sept. 3.
Rest in peace, gentle giant. You made us smile and will be painfully missed ♥
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“Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing...”
– Jennifer Grey about Patrick Swayze (via littlegreenboots)
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August 2012
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trivia
After Back to the Future I, only in 2007 did Crispin Glover work together with Robert Zemeckis again, by portraying Grendel in Zemeckis’ “Beowulf”.
