Fresh from a triumph in New York, one of our most extravagantly talented stars will soon unveil one of her most cherished projects to date, Effie, a film about John Ruskin – lawyers permitting.
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It was only a matter of time until the BBC broadcast images of Emma Thompson's downstairs lavatory. The combination of her larky sense of humour and love of a theatrical flourish made it somehow inevitable. And so last month it came to pass. The actress, having been overlooked for an Oscar nomination, was televised at her home receiving a "Mark"; a golden statuette in the likeness of the Observer's film critic, which was offered in recognition of her screen portrayal of the author of Mary Poppins, Pamela Travers.
She was, Kermode said, "sheer perfection in the complex role of 'Mrs Pl', never allowing the author to descend into crotchety caricature, constantly suggesting a...
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It was only a matter of time until the BBC broadcast images of Emma Thompson's downstairs lavatory. The combination of her larky sense of humour and love of a theatrical flourish made it somehow inevitable. And so last month it came to pass. The actress, having been overlooked for an Oscar nomination, was televised at her home receiving a "Mark"; a golden statuette in the likeness of the Observer's film critic, which was offered in recognition of her screen portrayal of the author of Mary Poppins, Pamela Travers.
She was, Kermode said, "sheer perfection in the complex role of 'Mrs Pl', never allowing the author to descend into crotchety caricature, constantly suggesting a...
- 3/23/2014
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Predators; Alien Anthology; Little Big Soldier; Possession; Dougal and the Blue Cat
In the pantheon of modern monster sci-fi, Predator will always be a poor man's Alien, an inferiority enshrined by its titular ranking in the Alien Vs Predator series, which represented an artistic low point for both franchises. Producer-presenter Robert Rodriguez actively distances his series reboot Predators (2010, Fox, 18) from the Avp knock-offs, citing only the original movie as "inspirational" while smartly inverting the premise of alien hunters on Earth to create his own "humans in an alien game reserve" action adventure.
The attention-grabbing opening shots find our rag-tag antiheroes falling out of the sky, awaking midair with no memory of their capture and no knowledge of their new environment.
Having crash-landed on Planet Predator, the group – each apparently possessing a skill (combat experience, medical training, murderous criminality) for which they have been hand-picked – must work together to survive scalping...
In the pantheon of modern monster sci-fi, Predator will always be a poor man's Alien, an inferiority enshrined by its titular ranking in the Alien Vs Predator series, which represented an artistic low point for both franchises. Producer-presenter Robert Rodriguez actively distances his series reboot Predators (2010, Fox, 18) from the Avp knock-offs, citing only the original movie as "inspirational" while smartly inverting the premise of alien hunters on Earth to create his own "humans in an alien game reserve" action adventure.
The attention-grabbing opening shots find our rag-tag antiheroes falling out of the sky, awaking midair with no memory of their capture and no knowledge of their new environment.
Having crash-landed on Planet Predator, the group – each apparently possessing a skill (combat experience, medical training, murderous criminality) for which they have been hand-picked – must work together to survive scalping...
- 10/30/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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