Imelda Staunton

Sedona Film Festival Presents How About You

The all-star ensemble cast of accomplished British and Irish actors in the heartwarming comedy, How About You, reads like a who’s who of Oscar nominees and winners, including Academy Award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda...

How about You Film Review

Holiday Comedy Has Aging Brits Sending Santa Their Bucket List Since I consider myself something of a trend-spotter, I want to start by pointing out that this is the second film in a week set in the United Kingdom spoiled by a...

POLL: Who'll win the Oscar for best actress?

In the best-actress derby right now there seem to be two good bets for nominations: Meryl Streep ("Doubt") and Kate Winslet ("Revolutionary Road" or "The Reader"), but one of them is actually vulnerable. (More on that later.)...

11 Well-Regarded British Actors Who Do Not Appear in the Harry Potter Films [SenseList]

The new Harry Potter movie has just been released, and as with the other films in the series, this one features an incredible cast of actors, most (all?) of them British. The newcomer in Harry Potter and the Order of the...

Is it all over for costume drama?

It's a lavish, star-studded show, but 'Little Dorrit' is losing viewers, says Andrew Johnson Sunday, 23 November 2008 With an all-star cast of favourite British TV faces and its timely plot about debt and greed, Andrew Davies's...

A Bunch of Amateurs trailer online

The trailer for the new Burt Reynolds comedy has arrived online, yes Burt Reynolds comedy. No, don't hit the next button just yet, listen to what I have to say. There are some funny moments and it's rather self depreciating...

Encounters: BBC Comedy Shorts - Cinema Three 1845

BBC Films and BBC Comedy in association with Film Network, approached filmmakers and comedy writers with the challenge to make 5 original new comedy short films. The chosen projects received a co-production budget of up to...

Taking a cinematic Euro trip with AFI

Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: Did you know the Soviet army massacred thousands of Polish prisoners of war during World War II and denied it until 1990? You can hear more about both of these tales and more by attending the AFI...

Queen meets with Amateurs

The Queen met members of the film's cast and crew at the event British comedy A Bunch of Amateurs received the regal seal of approval at the Royal Film Performance, attended by the Queen and Prince Philip in London. Cast...

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

As part of what appears to be my ongoing “unit” of Shakespeare, I re-watched Shakespeare in Love for the first time since seeing it in the theater ten years ago. The Best Picture winner holds up well. Fiennes and Paltrow are...

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