Ron Howard's new adventure on the high seas (based on the story that inspired Moby Dick) In the Heart of the Sea didn't manage to beat The Hunger Games, due mostly to the latter's much higher screen count. But regardless it's the final week of Katniss's reign. Next weekend the jedis, generals, droids, and wookies arrive surely stealing all the screens in our multiplex world.
If Chris & Tom survive this whaling adventure they get to play Marvel superheroes next
In Oscar-seeking land, Spotlight was off only 10% after a final expansion to 1089 screens so word of mouth is strong and the run will surely be leggy as it nabs more prizes at award ceremonies. The Big Short, inexplicably on only 8 screens despite multiplex-appeal (this is not a highbrow movie!) and tons of stars, packed its houses. Carol and The Danish Girl with tiny expansions are also doing solid if unspectacular business.
If Chris & Tom survive this whaling adventure they get to play Marvel superheroes next
In Oscar-seeking land, Spotlight was off only 10% after a final expansion to 1089 screens so word of mouth is strong and the run will surely be leggy as it nabs more prizes at award ceremonies. The Big Short, inexplicably on only 8 screens despite multiplex-appeal (this is not a highbrow movie!) and tons of stars, packed its houses. Carol and The Danish Girl with tiny expansions are also doing solid if unspectacular business.
- 12/13/2015
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Movie Trailers are the best. And when done right, they can be as satisfying as watching the film itself. Here are my favorites of 2015. There was a lot to sift through but at the end of the day, if it showed up in this list, then it was something that I could instantly recall. In no particular order... Mad Max: Fury Road When the first trailer dropped for 'Mm:fr', I was so incredibly happy I didn't know what to do with myself other than watch the trailer on repeat for three days straight. It was a long eight months until we got our next sneak peek at what is arguably the best film of the year. What I like the most out of the second trailer is the incorporation of Junkie Xl's blistering score. Suicide Squad I wasn't super hyped on this film when it was announced that David Ayer...
- 11/13/2015
- by Matt Perez-Mora
- Hitfix
This week's Empire Podcast sees a couple of rising stars making an appearance in the audio booth of destiny. Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro are combining for the first time in The Intern and the pair swung by to chat about their collaboration, make the tea and help with the mail-out.Adding more high-calibre cinematic magic to the mix this week are The Martian and Macbeth. Our crack team of reviewers run the rule over them - spoiler: they're terrific - while there's an update on the ongoing saga of Pacific Rim 2 that may bring a tear to the eye of any kaiju listening. If indeed, those scaly death peepers are even capable of tears. Listen out, too, for a debate on the best movies to share a title. Is Spellbound the best in class? And can Chris even spell it? Find out below.P.S. You can check...
- 10/2/2015
- EmpireOnline
Palace, Manchester; Globe; Rose Lipman Building, London
Manchester international festival has always been theatrically lively. This year's programme looks the strongest yet. It opens with a celebration, almost a flaunting of international experiment. Inspired by the absurdist gifts of Daniil Kharms, The Old Woman brings together, under the least flamboyant of titles, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe and Robert Wilson.
There is no making sense of Kharms. That is his point. The Russian ironist and dandy, who hated old people and pets and was fascinated by Sherlock Holmes, wrote elliptical stories, often tragic in content and comic in expression, sometimes only a paragraph long. An author of children's books who disliked children, he was a victim of the Soviet Union's antipathy to the avant garde. Rounded up by the secret police, he died in a prison hospital in 1942. He was 36.
There is, it turns out, a way of making his work vivid,...
Manchester international festival has always been theatrically lively. This year's programme looks the strongest yet. It opens with a celebration, almost a flaunting of international experiment. Inspired by the absurdist gifts of Daniil Kharms, The Old Woman brings together, under the least flamboyant of titles, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe and Robert Wilson.
There is no making sense of Kharms. That is his point. The Russian ironist and dandy, who hated old people and pets and was fascinated by Sherlock Holmes, wrote elliptical stories, often tragic in content and comic in expression, sometimes only a paragraph long. An author of children's books who disliked children, he was a victim of the Soviet Union's antipathy to the avant garde. Rounded up by the secret police, he died in a prison hospital in 1942. He was 36.
There is, it turns out, a way of making his work vivid,...
- 7/6/2013
- by Susannah Clapp
- The Guardian - Film News
"Nicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his role as the wizard Merlin in the 1981 film Excalibur, has died of esophageal cancer," reports the AP. "Williamson had dozens of film credits to his name but won more plaudits for his stage acting. Playwright John Osborne once described him as 'the greatest actor since Marlon Brando.' He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1966 for his role in Osborne's Inadmissible Evidence and again in 1974 for Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. He also was nominated three times for acting honors at the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars."
"He made his professional stage debut at the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1960, before appearing in Tony Richardson's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Court Theatre," notes the BBC. "He later teamed up with Richardson again, to star his Hamlet production at the Roundhouse. It was so successful,...
"He made his professional stage debut at the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1960, before appearing in Tony Richardson's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Court Theatre," notes the BBC. "He later teamed up with Richardson again, to star his Hamlet production at the Roundhouse. It was so successful,...
- 1/26/2012
- MUBI
Nicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his portrayal of Merlin in the 1981 film "Excalibur," has died at age 75. His son, Luke, posted the sad news to the actor's official website. "Dad died peacefully in the early hours of the 16th of December after a two year all-out, balls to the wall struggle against esophageal cancer. He gave it all he had: never gave up, never complained, maintained his wicked sense of humor to the end. His last words were 'I love you'. I was with him, he was not alone, he was not in pain."
Williamson's other memorable film roles include the title role in the 1969 Hamlet," Sherlock Holmes in "The Seven Per-Cent Solution," and Little John opposite Sean Connery's Robin Hood in "Robin and Marian." He was nominated three times by the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
He was also a powerhouse on the stage,...
Williamson's other memorable film roles include the title role in the 1969 Hamlet," Sherlock Holmes in "The Seven Per-Cent Solution," and Little John opposite Sean Connery's Robin Hood in "Robin and Marian." He was nominated three times by the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
He was also a powerhouse on the stage,...
- 1/25/2012
- by Sharon Knolle
- Huffington Post
Nicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his portrayal of Merlin in the 1981 film "Excalibur," has died at age 75. His son, Luke, posted the sad news to the actor's official website. "Dad died peacefully in the early hours of the 16th of December after a two year all-out, balls to the wall struggle against esophageal cancer. He gave it all he had: never gave up, never complained, maintained his wicked sense of humor to the end. His last words were 'I love you'. I was with him, he was not alone, he was not in pain." Williamson's other memorable film roles include the title role in the 1969 Hamlet," Sherlock Holmes in "The Seven Per-Cent Solution," and Little John opposite Sean Connery's Robin Hood in "Robin and Marian." He was nominated three times by the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars. He was also a powerhouse on the stage,...
- 1/25/2012
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Scottish actor Nicol Williamson has died aged 73, reports The Daily Telegraph. According to his son Luke, the stage and screen actor died of esophageal cancer on December 16. He was best known for his roles in Excalibur and The Exorcist III, as well as a long and much acclaimed stage career.Williamson was a star turn as Merlin in John Boorman's dark folk fantasy Excalibur, in which he was reluctantly cast alongside former lover Helen Mirren. Boorman's mischief-making paid off: the pair share the best scenes in the film, with Mirren's Morgana and Williamson's wizard playing wittily off against each other. Williamson and Mirren had worked together once before, although much less auspiciously, in a radical staging of Macbeth. The Hamilton-born actor made his name in John Osbourne's Inadmissible Evidence for which he received great acclaim and, later, a Tony award on Broadway. Osborne later described him as the greatest actor since Brando,...
- 1/25/2012
- EmpireOnline
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