The final trailer for Universal Pictures’ CATS is here and it is a lavish, colorful explosion of character-based dialogue and dance. CATS opens on Christmas Day.
Tag: Ian McKellen
Starz Presents McKellen & Hopkins in The Dresser!
Ian McKellen plays Norman, the hard-pressed dresser for Anthony Hopkins’ Sir in the Starz presentation, The Dresser. During a Nazi bombing, a small theatre company is about to live up to the old saying, the show must go on, with their nightly performance of King Lear. Only Sir, their Lear has wandered off – leaving […]
The Dresser: Starz’s First TV Movie To Premiere In May!
Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins star in Starz’s first made for television movie, The Dresser – which tells the story of one fateful night, backstage in a small regional theatre during World War II as a troupe of touring actors stages a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The Dresser will premiere on Monday, May 30th (9/8C). […]
Mr. Holmes: Life and Emotion vs. Facts and Truth!
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most enduring characters in all of fiction. His ability to solve every problem (save for one, according to the Holmes canon) via a combination of knowledge and observation, and the logical extrapolations thereof, plus his acerbic no nonsense attitude make him far more intriguing than most fallible fictional characters […]
Official Trailer: “Mr. Holmes” Starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney in Theaters July 17
MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare.
Hopkins and McKellen Together For The First time For Starz’s The Dresser!
Production has begun on the Starz/BBC Co-Production of The Dresser – one of the great plays about life in the theater. The Dresser stars, Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen, are working together for the first time. The Dresser takes place during one night during WWII. Bombs are falling but a certain theater company is anxious for […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – And Now For The Big Finish!
After a tonally confused beginning and terrific middle episode filled with all kinds of invention, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings Peter Jackson’s six-movie Tolkien binge to close with a rousing mid-point finale that both wraps up the story and sets the stage for the Lord of the Rings trilogy quite nicely.
Middle Earthen Trailer: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies!
Peter Jackson wowed ‘em at Comic-Con 2014 with a trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Check it out following the jump. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be theaters on December 17th.
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Mindbending Adventure With Soul!
Take the rosters of the first X-Men trilogy and X-Men: First Class and stick them in a movie and, you’d think, the result would be an overstuffed mess. You’d be wrong. Simon Kinberg’s script for X-Men: Days of Future Past takes the storyline from the fan favorite comics, rejigs them a tad and creates a […]
Epic Trailer: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug!
There’s an awesome new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Check it out after the jump. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be in theaters on December 13th.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – LOTR Lite!
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey melds the slender Tolkien children’s novel and material from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings to create a movie that is not quite as dark as his brilliant LOTR Trilogy, or anywhere near as whimsically delightful as The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again. It comes […]