Writer-director Burr Steers shows capable hands in the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Colin Firth
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Film review: Magic in the Moonlight
Even with the literal elephant off stage, a figurative elephant is still in the room: the ever-frustrating work of Woody Allen.
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Anglophilia
Still, I’ve always felt a strange affinity for William and Harry. My parents got married just about the same time his did, and again, the age thing. Although Wills has grown very Charles-esque while Harry has become, as one of my favorite bloggers calls him, Prince Hot Ginge, I’m really pretty excited about Friday’s royal […]
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The King’s Speech
Real-life story of an embattled hero overcoming a handicap? Check. About the British monarchy? Check. Customarily great British actors being customarily great and, um, British? Check. Still, “Speech” also has another trick up its sleeve: It is excellent — a rare work of Oscar-bait as satisfying as it purports to be. And it is anchored […]
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A Summer in Genoa
In this case, that season is “A Summer in Genoa,” another ambitious but failed enterprise by director Michael Winterbottom (the Oklahoma-lensed “The Killer Inside Me”). Just now hitting DVD domestically, the 2008 film has the benefit of starring Colin Firth, fresh off his Oscar win for “The King’s Speech.” That alone may trigger some initial […]