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There’s lots to love in Muppets’ 1992 take on Dickens, not least Gonzo’s narrative skills The Muppet Christmas Carol Production year: 1992 Country: USA Cert (UK): U Runtime: 90 mins Directors: Brian Henson Cast: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Kermit, Michael Caine, Miss Piggy, Steve Whitmire A 1992 re-release in which the Muppets dredge Dickens for a tongue-in-cheek retelling of the [...]
Cast: John Magaro as Douglas Bella Heathcote as Grace Deitz Will Brill as Wells Jack Huston as Eugene James Gandolfini as Pat Molly Price as Antoinette Meg Guzulescu as Evelyn Dominique McElliogott as Joy Deitz Christopher McDonald as Jack Deitz Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Landers Justine Lupe as Candace Lisa Lampanelli as Aunt Josie Robert [...]
Paul Thomas Anderson’s long-awaited cult movie has pleased the critics, but most of us will find it heavy going Paul Thomas Anderson is the critics’ director, or one of them – and as if to prove it, at the press show of his latest epic, The Master, there were agonised male groans when it was announced that, [...]
Cast: Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock Helen Mirren as Alma Reville Toni Collette as Peggy Robertson Danny Huston as Whitfield Cook Jessica Biel as Vera Miles Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins Michael Stuhlbarg as Lew Wasserman Ralph Macchio as Joe Stefano Judith Hoag as Lillian Michael Wincott as Ed Gein [...]
Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks: ‘funny for the first half-hour’. Photograph: Merrick Morton Ruby Sparks Production year: 2012 Country: USA Cert (UK): 15 Runtime: 104 mins Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Cast: Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Chris Messina, Elliott Gould, Paul Dano, Steve Coogan, Zoe Kazan More on this film Something of a disappointment after the same husband [...]
For a low-budget Danish crime drama, Pusher has come far, with two sequels and now a second, London-set remake. And, the original’s director Nicolas Winding Refn warns, there are plenty more on the way … Here we go again … Richard Coyle and Agyness Deyn in Pusher In October 1997, Nicolas Winding Refn sat watching old sci-fi [...]
Cast: Suraj Sharma as Pi Patel Ayush Tandon as Young Pi Irrfan Khan as Older Pi Tabu as Pi’s Mother Adil Hussain as Pi’s Father Shravanthi Sainath as Pi’s Girlfriend Vibish Sivakumar as Ravi Patel Rafe Spall as The Writer Gérard Depardieu as Frenchman Directed by Ang Lee Story: A young Indian lad named Pi [...]
Cast: Bradley Cooper as Pat Solitano Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany Robert De Niro as Pat Solitano Sr. Jacki Weaver as Dolores Solitano Chris Tucker as Danny Julia Stiles as Veronica John Ortiz as Ronnie Anupam Kher as Dr. Patel Shea Whigham as Jake Dash Mihok as Office Keogh Paul Herman as Randy Brea Bee as [...]
Cast: Tom Hanks as Dr. Henry Goose / Isaac Sachs / Dermot ‘Duster’ Hoggins / Valleysman Zachry Halle Berry as Luisa Rey / Meronym / Jocasta Ayrs Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish Doona Bae as Sonmi-451 Jim Sturgess as Adam Ewing / Hae-Joo Im Ben Whishaw as Robert Frobisher Hugo Weaving as [...]
Believe the hype – this irreverent take on disability is charming and uplifting Untouchable Production year: 2011 Country: France Cert (UK): 15 Runtime: 112 mins Directors: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Cast: Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet, Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy For once, the hype is justified. This is a charming, uplifting French drama – an irreverent, humorous take on disability, closely drawn [...]