Posts tagged Entertainment
Robin Williams’ Siri Impression
— Love this, very funny!
I love this poster for Angelina Jolie’s forthcoming movie In The Land Of Blood And Honey.
BBC replacing Spooks with a new spy drama
Tara Conlan at The Guardian:
Viewers missing Spooks after its recent demise will not have long to wait for a new spy drama. The BBC has commissioned a new “international espionage” series — from the makers of Spooks.
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Nemesis centres around Sam (played by Melissa George), a member of an elite private intelligence firm who survives an assassination attempt that may have been ordered by her colleagues…Sam [is] a complex and mysterious Bourne-style female spy unlike anyone we’ve seen on TV before.
Sounds interesting. I don’t think it’ll make me miss Spooks any less though.
The Ides of March
I had my first trip to the cinema in a while last night and saw The Ides of March starring George Clooney. (He also directed it and wrote the screenplay). I have to be honest and say that, before yesterday, I hadn’t even heard of it. I was in the car driving to the cinema with my friend Jon and he was talking me through the possible movie options we had. And we chose this one.
I’m glad we did.
It was a really engaging, well written movie with a strong cast. It’s a political drama that captures a snapshot of a Democratic primary in the race to become the Democrat candidate to run for President of the USA. There were definite echoes of the recent Obama run for President - and it left you wondering what skeletons there might be we don’t know of!
It was a movie full of all the ingredients you expect in politics - power struggles, cover ups, sex, intense competition, complicated relationships, and more. And this all behind a candidate (Governor Mike Morris, played by George Clooney) campaigning positively and optimistically and focussed on hope and not fear. Like I said…familiar echoes.
Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) and Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) star as the two men running the campaign for Morris and it is Myers who is the young, idealistic campaign manager at the forefront of the movie who finds himself getting a crash course in dirty politics.
All in all, it’s well worth a watch, even though you’ll now probably have to wait to download it on iTunes or buy the DVD when it’s out.
The trailer for the 3D version of the Titanic is now out
Could someone please explain to me why we need this in 3D?! I for one can assure everyone that I won’t be going to see this.
New trailer for Pixar’s forthcoming movie ‘Brave’
I’m a huge fan of all things Pixar (and have indoctrinated my daughter to justify my watching them). It’s great to see them working on another original movie rather than another sequel. Bring on summer 2012!
