Tag Archives: Movies

British Actors Invade Steven Soderbergh’s Ensemble Thriller ‘Contagion’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on September 6th, 2011

It begins with a cough. That’s the first sound you hear, before there’s even a picture on the screen, at the start of Contagion, director Steven Soderbergh‘s gripping new thriller about the spread of a deadly ...

There is Nothing Like a Dame…Miraculous Helen Mirren

By Leah Rozen | Posted on September 2nd, 2011

Is there a harder working actress, senior division, than Dame Helen Mirren? The 66-year-old Oscar-winner has two films in theaters right now, The Debt and Brighton Rock, and a third, The Door, already completed.

‘Harry Potter’ Aside, British Winners and Losers at Summer’s Box Office

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 29th, 2011

This summer was magical one. That’s because Harry Potter and his fellow wizard pals reigned supreme at the box office.

In ‘Our Idiot Brother,’ Steve Coogan Oozes Smarminess of Past Roles

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 24th, 2011

The chance to see Steve Coogan starkers is only one of many reasons to catch Our Idiot Brother, a beguiling comedy starring Paul Rudd that opens this Friday (Aug. 26).

REVIEW: ‘Fright Night’ Shows a David Tennant Ready to Rule Hollywood

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 19th, 2011

When Fright Night, a merry, updated remake of a 1985 horror hit, opens today (Aug. 19), it should help firmly establish Doctor Who vet David Tennant in Hollywood.

Streep, Hathaway Face Scrutiny over On-screen British Accents

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 15th, 2011

Meryl Streep may be the acknowledged Queen of Accents, but even she could come in for criticism when she starts mouthing off as former three-term British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, a biopic opening December 16. ...

The Rise of David Oyelowo

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 11th, 2011

David Oyelowo is starring in his very own mini film festival at a multiplex near you. The British actor, whose career is in high gear, is currently appearing in two new releases: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, last weekend’s top box ...

‘The Whistleblower’ Won’t Reverse Rachel Weisz’s Oscar Curse

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 5th, 2011

Talk about the Oscar curse. Not only has Rachel Weisz not appeared in a blockbuster since winning an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her vivid performance as a diplomat’s do-gooder wife in The Constant Gardner (2005), but her ...

Why We Still Can’t Take Our Eyes Off of Daniel Craig

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 29th, 2011

Daniel Craig is not the sort of guy one fails to notice. Yet, the first time that I noticed Craig, he had already been acting on screen and in TV roles for a decade, though mostly in England.