Tag Archives: Movies

WATCH: Play ‘Find the Brit’ in This Weekend’s Releases

By Leah Rozen | Posted on March 8th, 2013

Rachel Weisz in 'Oz the Great and Powerful' (Disney)

At long last it’s finally the weekend, which means you have another chance to play Find the Brit at the multiplex. This weekend, you’re sure to be a winner because there are plenty of British actors to be spotted.

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.

‘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.

Play ‘Spot the Brit’ in This Weekend’s New Movie Releases

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 5th, 2012

Liam Neeson in 'Taken 2' (Magali Bragard/Europacorp)

Playing every Anglophenia reader’s favorite game, Spot the Brit, is going to be easy at the megaplex this weekend.

Elizabeth II: Screening the Queen

By Leah Rozen | Posted on June 3rd, 2012

Queen Elizabeth II has reigned longer – 60 years compared with 44 – than namesake Elizabeth I, but the current monarch trails her predecessor when it comes to the number of times she has been depicted in movies.

Five Irish Films for St. Patrick’s Day

By Leah Rozen | Posted on March 16th, 2012

The first Irish movie I ever saw starred Scotsman Sean Connery. It was a revival showing of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, a 1959 Disney film that worked overtime to be charming and had a plot involving leprechauns.

‘This Means War’: Is Tom Hardy Leading Man Material?

By Leah Rozen | Posted on February 17th, 2012

Newly-minted British movie star Tom Hardy gets his first chance to top-line in a big-budget studio film with This Means War, a comic action romance opening on today (February 17). He gets equal billing (though his name is listed third) ...

Action Hero Liam Neeson Warms Up Arctic Thriller ‘The Grey’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on January 27th, 2012

Liam Neeson, with his newly in-demand career as an action hero, stars in The Grey, which opens this Friday (January 26).

Box-Office Brit-lapalooza: UK Actors Dominate Weekend Releases

By Leah Rozen | Posted on January 19th, 2012

If your local theater owner starts serving freshly brewed cups of tea out of a teapot covered with a cozy at the megaplex this weekend, don’t be surprised. It would only be fitting, given that there are British stars in all five of ...

Meryl Streep Nails a British Accent…Again

By Leah Rozen | Posted on January 5th, 2012

Meryl Streep has been earning raves for her performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, which opened in New York and Los Angeles last weekend and arrives on British screens this Friday (Jan. 6).