MI6 had a security leak today, as it’s been confirmed that Ben Whishaw will be taking on the role of Q in the latest James Bondfilm, Skyfall. The 31 year-old Brit will be stepping into the shoes previously filled by John Cleese, who himself inherited the role from Desmond Llewelyn, following his death in 1999.
Few actors command your attention each and every time they step in front of the camera. You could probably count those actors and actresses on one hand: Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. The final name I’d add to that list is George Clooney, but he commands your attention in a very different way.
how could I be thankful for a director when he has released
nothing in 2011? A reasonable opinion seeing that he hasn’t released a
movie since last year’s Inception. What could I possibly have to be thankful about when it comes to Christopher Nolan? Oh, yes. The…Dark…Knight…Rises.
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo is a film for cinema lovers (and as such the child in all of us) and an ode to movies of old, as much as it is a warm, Christmastime endeavor that demands a smile and a softened heart.
Check out this week’s featured clip if you dare – you’ll have to be Brave (and love Pixar). Yes, Pixar’s latest is here, about a warrior-at-heart who just happens to be a woman, but is nevertheless shoved into the role of dutiful daughter in this period spectacle. Amanda Seyfried then may or may not be crazy in Gone, the thriller which finds a woman searching for her kidnapped younger sister who (again) may or may not have been taken by the same man who attacked her years earlier. Next, The Rock goes to a rock in the semi-sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Last off, Woody Harelson is a cop embodying the worst of the worst in the crime thriller Rampart. We watch things gallantly streaming – it’s trailer Tracker.
With the first Muppet movie in 12 years just released, word of original operator and key performer Frank Oz’s dissatisfaction with The Muppets would seem to cast a shadow over the big comeback even before the opening number. But to heck with all that; I’m thankful that the Muppets are back
20th Century Fox has been at best the laughing stock of fan boys, as producers and executives have a reputation for interfering with their major projects, resulting in disappointing box-office returns. But Fox has finally got the message in 2011 that people want intelligence in their blockbusters
