Machine Gun Preacher Gala Presentation Director: Marc Forester Gerard Butler gives the best performance of his career in the true story of Sam Childers, an ex-con biker who finds Jesus and devotes his life to missionary work with orphans in war torn Sudan. Director...
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Machine Gun Preacher: A fantastic performance from Gerard Butler
Directed by Marc Forster (USA) It may have the perfect title for a lurid B-movie, but Machine Gun Preacher is in fact based on a real-life story. Sam Childers (Gerard Butler), a former drug dealer and biker who found Jesus, built a church and then set out to help the...
TIFF ‘Interviews Review: The Ralph Fiennes-Directed ‘Coriolanus’ Is As Well-Acted As It Is Challenging
From what little we know of Shakespeare's life, “Coriolanus†was one of his later tragedies; compared to his other works in the same vein, it's one of his more complex ones, as well. It doesn't offer us a father betrayed, like†King Lear,†or a good man undone...
Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus (Blog)
Ralph Fiennes is no stranger to the title role of “Coriolanus,†having played it in 2000 on the London stage at the Almeida Theatre, Gainsborough Studios. Fiennes says he's been determined to reprise the demanding role on the big screen ever since. This is,...
DFI Film Review : Coriolanus (20Interviews) (Blog)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cos, Vanessa Redgrave Widespread civil unrest. Riots over food prices. Politicians banished. Who says Shakespeare isn't relevant? Set in Rome (though the film was shot in Belgrade with a...
Ralph Fiennes’ Shakespeare redo a bloody delight
BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - At a time when revolution is once again in the air around the world, Ralph Fiennes delivers a ferocious reminder of the perils in store when a warrior becomes the head of state. He directs and stars in "Coriolanus" as William...
Coriolanus, (Rated 4/ 5 )
All's well with this action hero Ralph Fiennes's Coriolanus is a bloody, testosterone-filled updating of Shakespeare's play, shot and performed with real vigour. This is the Bard done action-movie style. Making his directorial debut, Fiennes (who also plays the lead)...
Coriolanus (Review)
A Weinstein Co. (in U.S.) release of a Hermetof Pictures, Kalkronkie and Icon Entertainment Intl. presentation in association with Magna Films, Atlantic Swiss Prods., Lip Sync Prods., BBC Films, Artemis Films, MagnoliaMae Films and Synchronistic Pictures of a Lonely...
Coriolanus – Review – Ralph Fiennes’s directorial debut is a triumph
[i]Reconfigured as a study of modern warfare, complete with news channel inserts, Ralph Fiennes's directorial debut is a triumph[/i] Ralph Fiennes played Coriolanus on stage more than a decade ago, and presumably it seemed like a safe choice with which to embark on a...
Coriolanus: Berlin Review
[i]Ralph Fiennes makes Shakespeare modern and bloody brilliant.[/i] Venue: Berlin Film Festival, In Competition Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave Director-producer: Ralph Fiennes [i]Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in 'Coriolanus' as...
Hacienda Hosts Hollywood
Students, residents, workers, and a businessman in suit and tie gathered in front of First Presbyterian Church building on Flores Street this afternoon, edging as close as crews would let them to filming for "Of Mavericks and Men," a biopic about celebrated surfer Jay...
Gerard Butler talks TIFF, Mavericks
Speaking of that film, I caught up with its star Gerard Butler after the premiere of his second film at this festival, Coriolanus. The response was far more subdued for that one. “You could hear a pin drop in those final scenes,†he said. He said he was awestruck...
A bonanza from Britain
[i]Lionsgate U.K. nabs a trio of films[/i] EXCLUSIVE-- Lionsgate U.K. has snapped up Brit theatrical rights to "Playing the Field," "Medallion" and "Trap for Cinderella." Gerard Butler starrer "Playing the Field," currently lensing, is a romantic comedy about a former...
‘Playing the Field’ casting call set for Saturday
A casting call for background extras will be held noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 12 for the upcoming film “Playing the Field,†starring Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman and Jessica Biel. Tara Duncil with BAM Casting will hold the casting call Millennium Studios, 300...
Dennis Quaid Joins Playing the Field
Blackfilm.com reports that Dennis Quaid has joined Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax in director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy Playing the Field. Butler will play a former professional athlete with a weak past who tries to redeem himself by...
Dennis Quaid is “Playing The Field” (Blog)
Dennis Quaid has joined director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy "Playing The Field", starring alongside Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax. In Playing the Field, Gerard Butler plays George Dryer, a former soccer player who goes back to try and...
Gerard Butler begins playing the field (Blog)
There hasn't been a good soccer-based movie in a long time -- you have to go back to "Bend It Like Beckham" in 2003, if not before. Gerard Butler will try to change that. The Scottish actor (and Celtic fan) this week began shooting "Playing the Field," a story about...
Gerard Butler: the great Scot
[i]He dominates action movies and rom-coms and can command up to $20 million per film. So how did Gerard Butler become Hollywood's favourite male lead without anyone noticing?[/i] A question for you. Who is Britain's most bankable Hollywood property? Is it Daniel...
Q&A: ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ star Gerard Butler doesn’t want to kick your ass
“Machine Gun Preacher†star Gerard Butler won't name specific movies, but he recognizes that he's made some stinkers. http://www.redeyechicago.com/entertainment/movies/redeye-qa-gerard-butler-of-machine-gun-preacher-20Interviews0922,0,4199456.story]CLICK HERE TO...
Gerard Butler: Hollywood’s rare really masculine star
It's hard not to think about the consequences of violence, in life and even in films, when the actor you're interviewing has a bodyguard standing outside his hotel room. But Gerard Butler, the Scottish star of movies that include 300, The Ugly Truth and RocknRolla,...
TSR interviews Gerard Butler for Machine Gun Preacher
Nick Allen sat down in a roundtable interview with Gerard Butler for the film Machine Gun Preacher. You can read Allen's Scorecard Review here. You can read his interview, which features Butler talking candidly about his potential and variety as an actor, if you keep...
Butler opens new door
[i]Spate of serious dramatic roles give man-about-town sudden credibility[/i] For the last couple years, Gerard Butler's been a Page Six fixture as the rumored beau of Jennifer Aniston and a poster boy for unremarkable romantic comedies that break hearts at the box...
GERARD BUTLER Surfing Through the Perfect Storm
It's a warm Monday morning in the Roosevelt Hotel's grand lobby, where European tourists lounge in leather couches with their, "official" star maps, where indie instrumental music plays low-volume on the speakers, and where Gerard Butler, Hollywood's most omnipresent...
Gerard Butler scheduled to attend The Art of Elysium HEAVEN Gala
Gerard Butler is among the guests schedule to attend The Art of Elysium fourth annual HEAVEN Gala on January 15, 2011. http://www.examiner.com/gerard-butler-in-national/gerard-butler-scheduled-to-attend-the-art-of-elysium-heaven-gala]Continue reading on Examiner.com
Bulgari To Host Star-Studded Celebrity Charity Event
On Thursday, January 13, 2011, Bulgari will host an exclusive event in Los Angeles honoring award-winning producer Simon Fuller and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for their personal commitments to helping the world's most vulnerable children through their...