Tag: Darkest Hour

  • This Is the First Actor To Win an Oscar for Playing a Real-Life Person

    This Is the First Actor To Win an Oscar for Playing a Real-Life Person

    There are few things that Hollywood likes more than an inspiring true story — unless it is “not letting the truth get in the way of a good story,” as a number of purportedly “historical” films can attest. There are always a slew of biopics and historical films nominated in the top Oscar categories in…

  • 12 Actors Who Have Spoken Out Against Method Acting

    12 Actors Who Have Spoken Out Against Method Acting

    What is method acting? This technique is as revered as it is infamous nowadays, making it more timely than ever to learn about it. In broad terms, it’s a system that some actors use when approaching a role, where they try to inhabit their character’s psyche and fully understand their motivations and emotions. To achieve…

  • Matthew McConaughey & Gary Oldman Played Twins in This Misguided Comedy

    Matthew McConaughey & Gary Oldman Played Twins in This Misguided Comedy

    Editor’s Note: The following contains descriptions of domestic abuse.The 2002 “comedy” Tiptoes starring Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey is one of the most absurd and misguided feature films ever made. At first glance, this early 2000s giga-flop seemed to have a recipe for a sure-fire hit. The infamous film boasts a star-studded cast with three…

  • ‘Wildcat’: Cast, Release Window, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far

    ‘Wildcat’: Cast, Release Window, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far

    Biopics tend to hold a soft spot in the hearts of both critics and audiences alike. It’s not too difficult to see why, either: when the headlining character is a name embedded in the collective cultural consciousness, a certain amount of marketing has already been done for the film in the first place. Audiences are…

  • Tom Felton Mistook Gary Oldman for a Janitor on ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’

    Tom Felton Mistook Gary Oldman for a Janitor on ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’

    Well, this might be Tom Felton’s “Darkest Hour.”The “Harry Potter” alum admitted to assuming Oscar-winning co-star Gary Oldman was a janitor while on set for 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Felton wrote in his memoir “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard” that Oldman was so “unassuming…

  • Lily James: ‘All sorts of people can become great loves of your life’

    Lily James: ‘All sorts of people can become great loves of your life’

    The actor on her role in the BBC’s new Nancy Mitford adaptation, the joy of female friendship, and preparing to play Baywatch star Pamela AndersonLily James was born Lily Thomson in Esher, Surrey, in 1989. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her TV debut as Ethel Brown in the…

  • Whitney Houston Biopic in the Works With Director Stella Meghie

    Whitney Houston Biopic in the Works With Director Stella Meghie

    A Whitney Houston biopic, titled “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” is in development from “The Photograph” director Stella Meghie.The Whitney Houston Estate, Primary Wave, music producer Clive Davis and Anthony McCarten are producing the film about the iconic musician, who died in 2012 at the age of 48. McCarten, whose credits include “The Two Popes,”…

  • ‘Bombshell’: How Kazu Hiro Transformed Charlize Theron and John Lithgow Into Megyn Kelly and Roger Ailes

    ‘Bombshell’: How Kazu Hiro Transformed Charlize Theron and John Lithgow Into Megyn Kelly and Roger Ailes

    Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup artist Kazu Hiro (“Darkest Hour”) has become a wiz at tackling real-life celebrities, and he’s the frontrunner again this year for achieving multiple feats of mastery on Jay Roach’s “Bombshell”: transforming John Lithgow as Roger Ailes, the late Fox News honcho forced out for his predatory sexual harassment, and producer/co-star Charlize Theron…

  • ‘Bombshell’ Wins Big at the Makeup and Hairstyling Guild Awards

    ‘Bombshell’ Wins Big at the Makeup and Hairstyling Guild Awards

    “Bombshell,” Jay Roach’s sexual misconduct drama about the scandals that brought down Roger Ailes at Fox News, swept all three contemporary categories Saturday night at the sixth-annual Muahs Guild Awards, at La Live. The Oscar favorite took honors for character makeup, special makeup, and hairstyling for the multifaceted transformations of John Lithgow as Ailes, Charlize…

  • ‘Harriet,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ and ‘Parasite’ Reap Holiday Box Office Bounty

    ‘Harriet,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ and ‘Parasite’ Reap Holiday Box Office Bounty

    This year, responding to the pushed-up Oscar calendar and competitive bookings, distributors opened more fall movies earlier than usual. Usually a major awards player like “Roma,” “Darkest Hour” or “The Favourite” opens on the well-attended Thanksgiving weekend.That’s why the weekend saw no new breakout limited opener, but rather Netflix’s fall festival hit “The Two Popes,”…