Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel Confirmed for Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson has had a great 2012, with Moonrise Kingdom becoming one of his most successful films, earning Oscar buzz and claiming spots at the top of many best of lists. To follow up this banner year, Anderson will soon be filming The Grand Budapest Hotel, a film that is turning out to be his most star-studded film yet. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSkyfall
James Bond is the elder statesman of action movies, celebrating his 50th anniversary in film this year with the release of his twenty-third(!) feature, Skyfall. It goes without saying that adaptations of characters with such longevity should reflect the prevailing styles of entertainment and tastes of contemporary audiences … or does it?... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsRalph Fiennes Eyeing Check-In at Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel
Variety reports that Ralph Fiennes is looking to join Bill Murray at The Grand Budapest Hotel. The actor would play the role of M. Gustave, a concierge, in Wes Anderson’s upcoming film. The film isn’t expected to hit theaters until 2014, but fans can catch Fiennes in Skyfall starting Nov. 9. In other Grand Budapest news, THR reports that Angela Lansbury has dropped out of the project due to a time conflict with her commitment to a stage version of Driving Miss Daisy.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMore Second Season American Horror Story Details Emerge
After months of speculation as to the specifics for next season’s American Horror Story and an initial fear that Jessica Lange could not be returning, full details have surfaced. The hit FX show’s second season is expected to be titled Asylum and will be set in an East Coast insane asylum in 1964.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 20 Best New Filmmakers of 2011
Today we look at filmmakers, alternating between the 10 best new documentarians and the 10 new narrative directors whose unique visions left us with high hopes for the future of cinema. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCoriolanus
Ralph Fiennes makes a bold directorial debut with this contemporary adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s later, lesser-known tragedies, transplanting the Bard’s original poetry to a modern-day city rife with foreign warfare, class conflict and political power plays. The present-day parallels are obvious and numerous—from the Russian-Chechen hostilities that Fiennes and screenwriter John Logan drew on during preproduction to today’s Occupy Wall Street scuffles. But what one encounters in the theater is less the delivery of a pointed message than a powerful, rapturous viewing experience that strikes the delicate balance between Shakespeare’s iconic iambic pentameter and an ultra-modern plot, setting, characters... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsTitle Plus More Details of Upcoming Bond Movie Revealed
A Blic Online article from Monday, which interviewed a cellist involved with the newest James Bond movie, alluded to the title and basis for the upcoming film, which has since spread like wildfire across the Internet. read more
Found in: Books, NewsRalph Fiennes and Liam Neeson Join Clash of the Titans
"For tonight, we dine in hell!" 300's Leonidas once announced, and it appears Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes will be joining him for dinner. The duo has joined the cast of Clash of the Titans remake, according to Variety. Fiennes will be playing Hades, the god of the Underworld, and Liam Neeson will take on Mount Olympus' top god, Zeus. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Reader
Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's The Reader is a somber, desolate and profound film... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsOscar Buzz: Who's ahead in this year's key races?
There's a surprisingly gargantuan Internet faction dedicated to predicting who will be up for film's most coveted prize, the Academy Award. Publications like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and New York Times all have Oscar blogs that obsessively trail the fluctuations in buzz amongst the year's top films. That's not to mention stand-alone sites like Awards Daily and In Contention, or well-known bloggers like Jeff Wells, Dave Poland and Anne Thompson. Even Roger Ebert has devoted a wealth of recent ink on the subject. But, the truth is, no matter how much someone knows, it's still... read more
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