Christmas is a time for family, food and — perhaps most importantly — films. When you have finally got rid of the in-laws and you are happily slumped on your sofa in a post-turkey food coma, nothing beats watching classic festive movies on Christmas Day. From cosy rom-coms like “Love A[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hugh Grant’
Review: Florence Foster Jenkins
— by RON WILKINSON — Director Stephen Frears has done better things. His visceral 1990 Oscar-winner “The Grifters” was as serious as a heart attack compared to his Oscar-winning “The Queen” in 2006. But both were heavies compared to this flighty flick. Meryl Streep plays the titu[...]
Review: Cloud Atlas
— by ADAM DALE — “Cloud Atlas” takes the writing/directing team of the Wachowski siblings (“The Matrix” trilogy) and pairs them with “Run Lola Run” Tom Tykwer to bring to life the novel by David Mitchell and turn it into a major blockbuster film. “Cloud Atlas” takes multi[...]
Cameras Set to Roll on Star-Studded Cloud Atlas
Producers Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt announce that “Cloud Atlas” will begin filming on Sept. 16. The ambitious, independently-financed film will be co-directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski, directors/writers of the ground-breaking “Matrix” trilogy, and[...]
Four Clips from: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Marc Lawrence is the writer/director of this comedy. He also was the writer of “Miss Congeniality,” a movie I didn’t care for. This time, he tries his luck by taking Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant and sticking them into a setting in which they are the [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’ (International Trailer)
— by ALEXA MILAN — What do you get when you combine Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, a Wyoming ranch and the witness protection program? Yet another predictably cheesy rom-com that will likely earn big bucks at the box office. In “Did You Hear About the Morgans?,” Meryl (Parker) and[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — The couple in the poster is Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant). The comedy “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” follows the exceedingly successful couple whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure — their dissolvi[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’
— by VANNA LAND — A new trailer has come out for the upcoming Hugh Grant / Sarah Jessica Parker comedy “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” The film was written and directed by the multi-talented Marc Lawrence, who also wrote and directed “Two Weeks Notice” and “Music and[...]