LONDON- - Miramax Films has aquired Shona Auerbach's Scottish drama "Dear Frankie" for distribution in North and South America, Spain, Italy and Australia. The Pic, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler, is the story of a single mother who writes letter's to her...
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Dance card fills up with star vehicles
A diverse assortment of American and international pictures fills out the star-laden Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival, while some new works from seldom-represented nations dot the extensive World Cinema and World Documentary categories. The Jan. 15...
Dear Frankie Review – Rolling Stone
Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Sharon Small, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans Directed by Shona Auerbach 2005 Drama Rated PG-13 - for language Gerard Butler hid his looks behind a mask and disfiguring makeup in The Phantom of the Opera. But onscreen in Dear Frankie, Butler...
HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL – Capsule Reviews
This year's Heartland Film Festival winners celebrate the positive values of life. But the fare isn't always kid-friendly. 'Dear Frankie' ***1/2 A fiercely protective mother (Emily Mortimer) concocts an elaborate lie to shield her deaf son from the truth about his...
Heartfelt and moving
THE PRESENCE OF Gerry Butler has presumably inspired Miramax to postpone the public release of Dear Frankie until 2005, when his rising star is expected to be further illuminated by his title role in Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom...
‘Dear Frankie’ a letter-perfect drama about mother, son
Last week at SIFF, the comedy "Touch of Pink" turned out to be a sweet story about the love between a mother and her son. Now, Shona Auerbach's wistful drama "Dear Frankie" (11 a.m., Cinerama), from Scotland, provides another variation on that theme. Nine-year-old...
An Interview with Gerard Butler – Part Two
Once again Gerard Butler is apologizing profusely. He is relatively late in calling me. He's an hour and 40 minutes late to be exact. He says, "You were probably sitting there thinking 'that bastard, he isn't going to call again.'" Pretty much, yeah. But I figured I...
An Interview with Gerard Butler – Part One
It's early in the morning, the phone rings and Gerard Butler is on the line. He is apologizing profusely for having not called sooner. I have been less then enamoured with him for months now after he agreed to do this interview and then didn't get around to actually...
Gerard Takes the Ones2Watch4 This or That Psychology Quiz!
Gerard Butler Takes the Ones2Watch4 This or That Psychology Quiz! But what does it all mean?? Harry or Gandalf? Gandalf. (He hated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with a vengeance.) {Editor’s note: gotta love a man with discriminating taste} Timeline or...
Groundbreaking Short Film “Jewel of the Sahara” Premieres
"Jewel of the Sahara," a 15-minute short film directed by Ariel Vromen, will have its United States Premiere June 28, 2001 in Los Angeles. The film stars Gerard Butler, star of Wes Craven's "Dracula 2000," and USA Network's "Attilla.". Gerard has recently finished...
JEWEL OF THE SAHARA
“Jewel of the Sahara” is a droll short film based on an ancient dirty joke. Set in a French Foreign Legion Camp circa 1954, it follows the (mostly) mental adventures of a British Captain, desperately missing his home and wife. With opium stoking the fires of desire...
JEWEL OF THE SAHARA
“Jewel of the Sahara” is a droll short film based on an ancient dirty joke. Set in a French Foreign Legion Camp circa 1954, it follows the (mostly) mental adventures of a British Captain, desperately missing his home and wife. With opium stoking the fires of desire...
THE CRAVEN IMAGE OF DR. JEKYLL
Of the big Scream movie Wes Craven is to get his hands on the classic spine chiller Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The director is to make the tenth version of Robert Louis Stevenson's captivating story. But Craven, whose Scream trilogy has made over GBP250million worldwide...
Neck & Neck
The stakes may not have seemed high, but finishing 'Dracula 2000' for a year-end release was no bloody picnic.(Holiday Movie Preview: The Rush) Here's a hint for all those perfectionist directors who think they can dawdle their way through a movie, Stanley...
DRACULA – WITH A TOOTHY GRIN
Blame Bram Stoker, if you think Dracula sucks. But point the finger at Hollywood for never, never, never giving up on Stoker's novel creation. In movieland, Stoker's vampire king has been Bela Lugosi-ed, Christopher Lee-ed and Frank Langella-ed. Dracula's had a...
WES CRAVEN’S DRACULA A FANGSTASTIC FUN TIME
In movieland, Bram Stoker's vampire king has been Bela Lugosi-ed, Christopher Lee-ed and Frank Langella-ed. Dracula's had a daughter and a dog, and gone up against Frankenstein and Abbott and Costello. The latest redo is Dracula 2000, a grungy metal version of the...
THERE ISN’T MUCH BITE TO THIS ‘DRACULA’
Not just "Dracula" - "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000," and that humble title is a thoughtful tip that the updated proceedings cross-breed Craven's "Scream" trilogy with the classic myth of Nosferatu. It all opens promisingly enough, in 1897 with dark and moody...
WEAK PLOT PIERCES HEART OF STYLISH ‘DRACULA’
"Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000" is this film's official title, and it has a nice ring to it, seeming to promise a sly and subversive updating of one of the horror genre's pivotal myths. This is not exactly a minty fresh idea; bolder movies than this one, from David...
Dracula 2000
No, it doesn't suck. Injected with new life, Bram Stoker's celebrity vampire draws some fresh blood in this fun and surprisingly solid offering. [b Story[/b Billed as "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000," Miramax distribution vein Dimension Films is no doubt trying to...
Dracula goes commercial: Identity revealed
Dracula 2000 ** Starring: Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer Directed by: Patrick Lussier Rating: AA (horror, not recommended for children) Playing at: Orleans, Cinema 9, SouthKeys, Coliseum, SilverCity, StarCite, AMC Kanata "Hey man, what's with all the voodoo?" A...
‘Dracula’ stakes claim to Lestat’s home turf
Movie-goers who leave their brains at home should have a fun time at "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000," an update of the classic legend in which Dracula tries to stake a claim on the vampire Lestat's home turf. Designed for the music video age, the movie has a few...
‘Dracula’ sans bite
Barely arriving in megaplexes before its self-imposed expiration date, "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000" plays like a throwback to the golden era of '50s B movies, when outfits like American-Intl. could get bookings for a film on the strength of its title, before...
Twenty-first century Dracula is not scary enough
What does today's audience expect from a horror movie? Someone inevitably will follow a spooky sound into the dark, there will be some number of gory murders, the main bad guy will be really hard to kill and the dialogue will be sprinkled with one-liners. "Dracula...
Bite Club
Wes Craven's Dracula 2000 is an anemic addition to vampire lore As the wizened Van Helsing, Christopher Plummer speaks in a standard, fakey sort-of-German accent, at least until the moment he has to intone the name of the evil one. Believe me, you have never heard it...
Fangs … but no fangs
In his encore to playing "60 Minutes" interrogator Mike Wallace in "The Insider," Christopher Plummer is again going after big game in "Dracula 2000," the latest attempt at dragging Bram Stoker's well-traveled vampire into modern times - a frequent destination for the...