Trevor Hogg profiles the careers of filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers in the second of a four part feature… read part one here. Midway through the writing of the script for Miller’s Crossing, Joel and Ethan Coen attempted to break their creative impasse by composing another story about a playwright suffering from writers’ block. Motivated […]

Falling into the “what might have been?” category, The LA Times has revealed that Tom Hooper was offered the chance to follow up his Academy Award-winning drama The King’s Speech by stepping into Jon Favreau’s shoes for Iron Man 3. Hooper ultimately declined the offer, paving the way for Robert Downey Jr. to reunite with […]

127 Hours, 2010. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy and Lizzy Caplan. SYNOPSIS: A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder and is forced to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Danny Boyle has returned to the big screen after his Oscar hogging success with Slumdog […]

After Marvel took the spotlight last week with first looks at Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America, we speculated that Warner Bros would quickly look to get the internet community back on their side with some juicy information on The Dark Knight Rises. Well that arrives today courtesy of a press release from […]

The King’s Speech, 2010. Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce and Timothy Spall. SYNOPSIS: Britain’s Prince Albert strives to overcome his humiliating stutter with the help of an unconventional speech therapist. His Royal Highness, Prince Albert, the Duke of York, stutters. […]

In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Molly Ringwald and John Hughes Sixteen Candles (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985) Pretty in Pink (1986) In the mid 80’s, there was no one in movies who could make a better teen film than John Hughes. In […]

In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Steve Martin and Carl Reiner The Jerk (1979) Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) The Man with Two Brains (1983) All of Me (1984) As comedy partnerships go, they don’t come much better than this. In their […]

In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Kurt Russell and John Carpenter Elvis (1979) Escape from New York (1981) The Thing (1982) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Escape from L.A. (1996) Unlike the previous entry, there are no crazy stories of John Carpenter […]

In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Through history, there have been partnerships that, because of some mystical, unknown chemistry, have created something so great that is it destined to ring through the ages. Lennon & McCartney, the Curies, Tango & Cash. No list […]

In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson Bottle Rocket (1996) Rushmore (1998) [co-wrote but not featured] The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Darjeeling Limited (2007) As well as working for a director on […]