Author Archives: Tom Brook

Tom Brook

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Friday,
May 18th, 2012

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Thursday,
May 17th, 2012

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’?

By Tom Brook | Posted on Friday,
May 11th, 2012

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).

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Thursday,
May 10th, 2012

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 ...

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Friday,
May 4th, 2012

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 ...

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Friday,
April 27th, 2012

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

By Tom Brook | Posted on Wednesday,
April 25th, 2012

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).

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