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An unexpected jewel
Dear Frankie I've purchased many items from Amazon based on reviews. The beauty of the net is you'll most often get the unbridled truth. So here's mine: If you're looking for a sweet, finely-crafted and moving story, get this one. I admit it. I'm crazy about Gerard...
What’s new on video
("Dear Frankie." Miramax. DVD. 106 min. Rated PG-13. $29.99. In stores July 5. Grade: B+.) "Dear Frankie" is the sort of film that would never have been made by an American studio. It's too warm, too sweet _ too devoid of explosions. Start with the bittersweet...
Improbable tale leaves family with hope
There are things that happen in real life, and there are things that only happen in the movies. If the latter sometimes seem plausible, chalk it up to the power of cinema to make us believe the unbelievable. "Dear Frankie" makes a convincing case that a mother who...
Bittersweet weepie that’s life-affirming
DEAR FRANKIE ***/5 Starring Jack McELhone, Emily Mrtimer, Gerard Butler,Sharon Small, Mary Riggans, Sean Brown, Jayd Johnson,John Kazek, Katy Murphy. Certificate : 15. IN an effort to hide froms her abusive ex-partner, single mother Lizzie (Mortimer) transplants...
A gritty performer leaps from the shadows
"DEAR FRANKIE" (2005) Director Shona Auerbach's Scottish-made festival circuit entry tells the nominally offbeat but also seemingly predictable story of single mom Lizzie (Emily Mortimer), who for years has been secretly replying to the letters her young son, Frankie...
DVD Releases for July 5, 2005
Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. Usually the first week of the month is the...
MARLOWE THE GREAT HOAX
FORESIGHT UNLIMITED STATUS - Fall 2005 LOCATION - Italy - Serbia - United Kingdom PRODUCER: Mark Damon - Massimo Pacilio DIRECTOR: Roland Joffe CAST - Gerard Butler A love triangle set around one of the most controversial literary scandals of all time, the...
Jade and Lady Helen make famous friends in London
Stepping out in London, Garrard designer Jade Jagger showed off her latest bauble for the famed jeweller – and it costs only £1. Jade, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, created the summer CLIC Sargent friendship bracelet with the help of pal Lady Helen Taylor to...
NEW FAMILY DRAMA AS GANG MUGS SCOTS STAR’S SON; AWARD MARRED BY NEWS OF STREET ATTACK
A TOP Scottish actress's teenage son was assaulted by a gang in a London street attack as she flew to Glasgow to collect a prestigious film award. Edinburgh-born Broadway and West End star Lindsay Duncan spoke of her shock at receiving a distressing phone call from...
The Spike
Top hotel, One Devonshire Gardens, in Glasgow, was the setting for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards, held yesterday, the results of which had been publicised on Sunday, by media partners, The Sunday Times Scotland. Collecting the award for Best Film, was Paul...
Loach’s Fond Kiss wins screen prize
KEN LOACH has won the biggest prize at this year’s Bowmore Scottish Screen awards for his film Ae Fond Kiss. The story focuses on a young Glasgow Pakistani, played by Atta Yaqub, who is torn between his love for a Catholic teacher and his unwillingness to hurt his...
The Last Day In Japan. Gerry Worn Out.
Today, the last day in Japan, Gerry had a series of media interviews all day at his hotel. Last night, he attended the premier opening of "The Batman Begins." After enjoying the movie, he really got along with a Japanese director, Mahito Harada, and had a long...
Butler Shaking Hands With 500 Phans Dazzled By Gerry’s Charm!
A long line was formed to meet Butler in his participation in an event hosted by Akasaka Post Office which appointed Butler as the "Ambassador of the Letter of Love." Butler shook hands with all the 500 phans from various parts of Japan. This event also initiates a...
Phantom Of the Opera In Japan! Butler Touched by the Massive Reception
British Actor, Gerard Butler (35) who had a major screen success in "The Phantom Of The Opera" arrived in Narita Airport (Tokyo) on JAL flight from LA on the 29th to promote his latest film "Dear Frankie" (directed by Shona Auerbach, opens on 6/25). As his sweet face,...
Celebrate the release of Dear Frankie on DVD with this great prize package
Dear Frankie is a heart-warming journey of unconditional love and sacrifice, Dear Frankie stars Emily Mortimer (Bright Young Things, Young Adam) and Jack McElhone (Young Adam) which will be released on DVD on May 23rd by Pathé Distribution Ltd. What's is all about:...
TV Media Hot on Gerry!! Butler’s Press Conference in Tokyo
The press conference for Gerard Butler held at a hotel (Cerulean Tower, Tokyu Hotel) in Tokyo was attended by more than 150 press agents. Butler participated in the promotion of this film only in Japan. (That's not true, but the Japanese media likes to butter their...
Scared Every Night
Sturla Gunnarsson moved to Canada at the age of six but has returned to make his dream of making a film in Iceland come true. When Sturla is asked whether he speaks his mother tongue he answers, in icelandic: “Not a word!” The interview then takes place in icelandic....
The New Beowulf
On the southern coast an international group of moviemakers and world famous actors are working on themost expensive movie ever made here. The film is caledBeowulf and Grendel and is inspired by ancient norse stories, with ealborate scenography, costumes, and fighting...
‘Frankie’ a quiet treasure
With "Dear Frankie," I discovered a director whose next film I will want to see. Scottish director Shona Auerbach's first feature film is "Dear Frankie," a wonderful movie about the love between a mother and son. There is a very daring moment is this film and it,...
Deceit forges family’s bond
Lies told in the name of love are at the core of “Dear Frankie.” They’re elaborate lies. They’re inventive lies. They’re lies written by a Scottish mother to her son to shield him from painful truths about his long-absent father. In director Shona Auerbach’s lovely...