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Warner Bros ‘300’ Pays Homage to Another Defining Moment in Greek History
On March 25th, our fellow Greeks and Philhellenes will observe Greek Independence Day, not only in our ancestors' birthplace, but throughout countries all around the world. This event holds much significance for many of us, as it honors Greece's declaration of...
Warner Bros ‘300’ Pays Homage to Another Defining Moment in Greek History
On March 25th, our fellow Greeks and Philhellenes will observe Greek Independence Day, not only in our ancestors' birthplace, but throughout countries all around the world. This event holds much significance for many of us, as it honors Greece's declaration of...
Like No Business I Know
Dear Frankie Released by Miramax Rated PG-13 for language The once low-key Sundance Film Festival just wrapped up out in Park City, Utah. The big story of this year's festival, according to the New York Times, was a madcap bidding war among major studios that broke...
Thailand’s message of hope at the Bangkok Film Festival
BANGKOK, Thailand— In this country ravaged, in some parts, by the horrifying tsunami, life goes on. The people’s persevering effort to rise up from the tragedy was witnessed by the whole world when they successfully mounted a grander, more dramatic and bigger Bangkok...
Dear Frankie (12A)
In the hands of a Hollywood studio this would have become a sickly, sentimental mess. But in the hands of first-time Scottish director Shona Auerbach, this tale of a deaf boy awaiting the return of his father from sea is a sharp-edged gem. Single Mum Lizzie (Emily...
Midweek Gala
Dear Frankie Shona Auerbach /Scotland | 2004 | 102mins | 35mm | Colour Producer Caroline Wood Leading Players Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Sharon Small, Jack McElhone Photography Shona Auerbach Script Andrea Gibb Editor Oral Norrie Ottey Music Alex Heffes On the...
THE WRITE STUFF TO HAVE YOU IN TEARS
FRANKIE, a nine year-old deaf boy, has been writing to his father since his family split up. He lives with his mother Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) in a Glasgow flat and thinks his dad, who he can't remember, is working on a ship sailing round the world. What he doesn't...
THOMAS QUINN: SAVE SCOTS ACCENT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
WITH the Parly already wringing their hands over the numbers of young people leaving Scotland to live in England and abroad, the current vogue for our accent couldn't have come at a worse time. A recent survey confirmed that the Scots brogue is the nation's favourite...
BUTLER STEERING CLEAR OF BOND
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA star GERARD BUTLER wishes people would stop asking him if he's going to replace PIERCE BROSNAN as British superspy JAMES BOND. The 35-year-old shot to fame starring in the recent movie adaptation of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER's hit musical, and...
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Equipped with crucifixes and garlic, Total DVD met Dracula - well Gerard Butler How do you start getting your head around being transformed into the legend that is Dracula? Panic, panic, panic... and then let it go, you know? That was the thing, I really, really...
Broadway Flavors James Bond Casting
NEW YORK - The illustrious leading men of the great white way are heralded as triple threats for demonstrating not only dramatic flair, but also the equal physical dexterity demanded by dancers and athletes, and the vocal range to match. That triple dose of strength...
Best of Scottish screen
The nominations for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards exclusively offer readers of The Sunday Times the chance to vote in Scotland's democratic version of the Oscars. Be sure to cast your vote - and win the opportunity to attend this year's glittering award ceremony...
Full house for a learner Driver
Acting has taken a back seat for Minnie Driver, as next month’s sold-out King Tut’s gig testifies, writes Anna Burnside When Minnie Driver arrives in Glasgow next month to play at the legendary rock venue King Tut’s, there is one face she wants to see in the audience....
Two new ‘Beowulf’ movies in the works
Plans are under way for two movie versions of the epic poem "Beowulf," Daily Variety said Friday. A live-action version starring Gerard Butler ("Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera"), and being produced by a group of Canadian, Icelandic and British...
A QUIET TRIUMPH OF BRITISH INTENSITY
DEAR FRANKIE CERT 12A 105 MINS Despite being given a standing ovation at Cannes and then a well received UK premiere at last year's Edinburgh Film Festival, the debut feature by Warwickshire based director Shona Auerbach has been somewhat unceremoniously left to...
A bit of a Jack the lad
There are times when Jack manages somehow to marry the naiviety and wide-eyed wonder of the average Glasgow school kid with the cool swagger of James Dean or maybe Steve McQueen, whom he cites as one of his favourite actors. "My dad is quite a big Steve McQueen fan...
Dear Frankie (12A) ****
Directed by: Shona Auerbach Starring: Emily Mortimer, Gerald Butler, Jack McElhone YOU might have heard about Dear Frankie. It’s the little Scottish film no-one wanted to make that became one of the hits of last year’s Cannes film festival, where it reportedly...
PREGNANCY CHANGED MORTIMER’S OUTLOOK
British actress EMILY MORTIMER was too protective of her unborn baby to mix with her DEAR FRANKIE co-stars off-set - even though her anti-social attitude turned her into an outcast. Mortimer - whose character runs away from her husband with their young son in the film...
Red carpet, star-studded show, parties-my, oh my!
LOS ANGELES-What a day it was. On the red carpet leading to the Beverly Hilton at Sunday's Golden Globe awards, our first glimpse of a celebrity in the glorious sunshine was Joan Rivers, TV's harshest fashion critic at awards events. Mentally, we gave her a thumbs...
Golden Globe Awards: Red Carpet Big on Glamour, Short on Surprises
LOS ANGELES - Shorter and friskier than the Academy Awards (news - web sites), the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (news - web sites) on Sunday night ushered in the bold and the beautiful of Hollywood, from 1940s "Aviator"-style femme fatales and A-list actresses...