Author Archives: Tom Brook

Hugh Dancy
Brings, Erm,
‘Paroxysms’
to Hysterical
Women in New
Film

Hugh Dancy in 'Hysteria' (Photo: Sony Pictures Classics)

The affable Hugh Dancy stars as a man who brings relief to women in Hysteria, a new film set in Victorian England out Friday (May 18).

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British
‘Hotel
Rwanda’
Director
Ventures into
Comedy

Brendan Fraser and Yaya DaCosta in 'Whole Lotta Sole'

New York-based, Belfast-born filmmaker Terry George, probably best known for his genocide-themed picture Hotel Rwanda, has a new picture screening at the Cannes Film Market this week.

Are You Ready
for Sacha Baron
Cohen as a
‘Monstrous
Racist’?

From left to right: Sir Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, and John C. Reilly in 'The Dictator.'

Sir Ben Kingsley maintains that Sacha Baron Cohen is portraying “a monstrous racist” in the comedy The Dictator which had its world premiere in London this week (May 10).

WATCH: Sacha
Baron
Cohen’s
Dictator
Arrives in New
York

Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator conquers NYC. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)

Sacha Baron Cohen managed to amuse journalists at a New York press conference on Monday where he appeared in character as “General Aladeen” – the tyrannical Middle Eastern leader he portrays in his new film The ...

WATCH: Dame
Judi Dench
Brands Us
‘Sly’
on the Red
Carpet!

Judi Dench at the premiere of 'The Exotic Marigold Hotel'

Dame Judi Dench was defiantly on message at the New York premiere of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (out today) only answering questions about that picture – and refusing to elaborate on the forthcoming Bond movie in which she ...

Action Man
Jason Statham:
‘I’m
Not a Character
Actor’

Jason Statham at the 'Safe' premiere in NYC. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

In his new action thriller Safe, Jason Statham plays an action man who shows a softer side. Commenting on the film, Statham says: “This has a real emotional pull.

WATCH: Emily
Blunt on
‘The Most
Raucous, Bawdy
Movie’
She’s
Ever Done

Emily Blunt (left) with Jason Segal in 'The Five-Year Engagement'

“It’s the most raucous, bawdy movie I’ve ever been a part of,” says British actress Emily Blunt, commenting on her new romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement out this Friday (April 27).

WATCH: Hugh
Grant:
‘I’ve
Always Thought
the Queen Was
Fabulous’

Hugh Grant attends the premiere of 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' in New York, Sunday, April 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

In the film The Pirates! Band of Misfits out on Friday (April 27), Queen Victoria is given a real drubbing but Hugh Grant, who lends his voice to the animation, is a big fan of Britain’s current Queen.

WATCH: James
Corden’s
Opening Night
on Broadway in
‘One Man,
Two
Guvnors’

Suzie Toase and James Corden are shown in a scene from "One Man, Two Guvnors," performing at the Music Box Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)

British comic star and TV personality James Corden (Gavin & Stacey, Doctor Who) has now made a return to Broadway in the comedy One Man, Two Guvnors — and U.S. critics are very impressed.

WATCH: Guy
Pearce as a
Pumped-Up
Action Hero

Guy Pearce in 'Lockout'

Guy Pearce — who was seen two years ago playing King Edward VIII in The King’s Speech — is back on screen in a vastly different role, portraying a futuristic action hero in the film Lockout, which arrives in cinemas ...