Tag Archives: British Actors

The Brit List: 10 British Actors and Actresses Who Could Get Oscar Nominations

By Leah Rozen | Posted on December 2nd, 2012

Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins, both possible Oscar contenders, in 'Hitchcock' (Fox Searchlight)

Every year right about this time, handicapping for the Oscars begins. Who will be nominated for an Academy Award? Who will win?

Colin Firth’s ‘Gambit’ Doesn’t Pay Off, Say UK Movie Critics

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 25th, 2012

Colin Firth has said in multiple interviews that he signed on for Gambit, the remake of the 1966 Michael Caine crime comedy, because he was looking for a change-up from the sort of heavy-lifting required, dramatic roles he had played ...

Play ‘Find the Brit’ at the Movies This Weekend (Tip: Start with ‘Hitchcock’)

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 22nd, 2012

As we’re stuffed from celebrating the Pilgrims’ first harvest after leaving England for America, let’s also be thankful that so many talented Brits will be populating American screens this weekend.

For the Role of Anna Karenina, Actresses Eagerly Throw Themselves Under the Train

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 19th, 2012

Keira Knightley in poster detail for 'Anna Karenina' (Focus Features)

All names may be alike for the character but each actress who plays Anna Karenina brings her own distinct interpretation to the role.

50 Years of James Bond: Timothy Dalton Gets His ‘License to Kill’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 30th, 2012

When Timothy Dalton first identified himself as “Bond. James Bond” in The Living Daylights (1987), he tossed the signature line off casually while on the phone, as if he could just as easily have called himself “Blow.

‘Cloud Atlas’ Author David Mitchell: If the Movie Were Structured Like the Book, ‘It Would Suck’

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on October 25th, 2012

David Mitchell at Symphony Space in New York last week. (Symphony Space)

British author David Mitchell says he never imagined anyone would make a movie out of his novel Cloud Atlas.

In Her New Book, Comic Actress Miranda Hart Asks, ‘Is It Just Me?’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 19th, 2012

Funny woman Miranda Hart is bringing her signature pratfalls to the printed page.

50 Years of James Bond: Roger Moore, Seven Times 007

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 19th, 2012

Roger Moore on set in England in 1972. (AP Images)

Roger Moore played James Bond for laughs. Fans either laughed along or waited it out for seven films until the next 007 – it turned out to be Timothy Dalton – showed up.

‘Walking Dead’ Brits Andrew Lincoln and David Morrissey Ask the Big Questions

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on October 14th, 2012

Actor Andrew Lincoln with 'Walking Dead' fans yesterday at New York Comic-Con. (Charles Sykes, Invision for AMC/AP Images)

Andrew Lincoln: What’s Rick’s Breaking Point?

“There are more zombie kills in this episode than in the whole of season one,” Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln told a cheering New York Comic-Con crowd yesterday about tonight’s season three premiere.