Dame Helen Mirren’s trophy cabinet should open up a separate wing just for awards she has received for playing Queen Elizabeth II. She already has an Oscar for The Queen, and an Olivier award for her part in The Audience—a play imagining what her weekly private meetings with the last eight prime ministers will have […]
A couple of weeks ago, we posed the question ‘Who is the British Kevin Bacon?’ as a way of celebrating those British character actors who have appeared in such a staggering variety of U.K. films and TV shows that you could use their various projects as stepping stones to access almost every other working actor […]
While the Britcentric cast of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies may play pensioners, there’s no sign of these vivacious actors retiring any time soon. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel hit theaters on Friday (March 6), and it already has us wondering what the seasoned actors are up to next: 1. Dev Patel (Sonny Kapoor) Sonny has his hands […]
Celia Imrie, who appears in both The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, swung by The Graham Norton Show, and dropped a bomb: Everyone looks “old” on screen in the new film, reports U.K. Express. The story revolves around a group of English expats who move to India […]
2014 was a pretty good year for British stars at the box office, from James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart in X-Men, to Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl, to Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game. But that’s all nothing compared to 2015, with the coming year seeing a veritable explosion of Brit talent in some of the biggest […]
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful was such a success; the innkeeper Sonny (Dev Patel) has his sights set on a second venture. We catch up with Sonny and his tenants, played by Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, and Bill Nighy, in The Second Best Marigold Hotel, hitting […]
This is a very sensitive issue for British comedy fans. Dad’s Army is widely considered to be one of the best sitcoms in British television history, and a movie remake, no matter how affectionately attempted, could stamp heavily upon cherished memories. However, the cast has been announced and if anyone can do it justice, this […]
The trailer for the sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has arrived, and look who’s come to stay with the regular residents: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Penelope Wilton and the gang… Only Richard Gere, that’s who, and he’s bringing Tamsin Greig with him: The Second Best Exotic Marigold […]
June may be LGBT Pride Month, but, around the world, the involvement of gay activists in the Britain’s miners strike in the 1980s isn’t widely known. But that may now change thanks to the efforts of a film made by Matthew Warchus, director of the hit British musical import Matilda. The film is called Pride, […]
Around 18 months ago, we had a story about a mooted remake of the classic British sitcom Dad’s Army, in which a bunch of over-the-hill volunteers in the British home guard attempt to defend the shores of southern England from German invasion during the Second World War. The show is considered part of the national consciousness […]
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