Tag: Helen Mirren
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The Felicity Huffman Role On Frasier You May Have Missed
Over an impressive 11 years, every season of “Frasier” boasted some top-notch guest stars. The beloved sitcom, which recently returned for a revival show that was neither disappointing nor remarkable, featured everyone from Patrick Stewart to Michael Keaton and almost the entire cast of “Cheers” — the show on which Frasier Crane himself debuted.But there…
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Great Escaper’ goes up against ‘The Exorcist: Believer’
National Amusements fires up ‘BlackBerry’; MetFilm has ‘Golda’ starring Helen Mirren and ‘The Burial’.Universal’s franchise horror The Exorcist: Believer and Warner Bros’ UK drama The Great Escaper will be targeting different audiences at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, with both films opening wide.Starting in 616 cinemas, The Great Escaper stars Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson,…
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The Least Accurate Part of ‘Yellowstone’ Is Staring You in the Face
With how big Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner have built up the Yellowstone franchise, there’s no doubt that, even in the absence of the series’ lead star, it will continue on for a number of years. The various prequels, and spinoffs, including 1883, 1923 with Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, and the upcoming sequel series…
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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…
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‘White Bird’ Review: Teen Romance Flowers Amidst Nazi Persecution in a Refined YA Adaptation
Marc Forster has frequently demonstrated an ability to tastefully moderate the more manipulative or saccharine aspects of popular but somewhat blunt-edged source material, in bestseller screen translations like “The Kite Runner” and “A Man Called Otto.” That knack comes in handy once more with “White Bird,” a graceful adaptation of a YA graphic novel by…
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Lionsgate pushes ‘White Bird, ’Dirty Dancing’ sequel, sets ‘Saw X’, ‘Borderlands’
Helen Mirren in Wonder sequel pushed into third quarter.Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed…
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Lionsgate pushes ‘White Bird, ’Dirty Dancing’ sequel, sets ‘Saw X’, ‘Borderlands’ dates
Helen Mirren in Wonder sequel pushed into third quarter.Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed…
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‘Barbie’ Review: Greta Gerwig Goes Way Outside the Box with Her Funny, Feminist Fantasia
It opens, of course, with an homage to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” A dazzling sunrise stretches over a barren desert, populated exclusively with sad-eyed Dust Bowl-era girls and their unblinking baby dolls, as Helen Mirren (!!) narrates us through what life was like pre-Barbie. It wasn’t just boring (though it was certainly boring),…