Gustav Klimt’s most famous painting – so famous it’s a postcard! – was taken from its Jewish owners by the Nazis and wound up in a Vienna museum after World War II. Woman In Gold was also a portrait of Maria Altman’s Aunt Adele. She wanted it back so she sued the government to reclaim […]
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The Hundred-Foot Journey From Culture Clash To Multicultural Harmony!
The Hundred-Foot Journey is kind of an opposite of recent sleeper hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – an Indian family comes to Western Europe and cultures clash. A superb cast and some really elegant food make for an intriguing recipe.
Delicious Featurette: The Hundred-Foot Journey!
Can a talented newcomer teach a seasoned chef new gastronomic tricks? Can two wildly different cultures learn from each other? These are two of the questions posed by DreamWorks Pictures’ The Hundred-Foot Journey. A new featurette features producers Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey discussing these ideas accompanied by new footage from the film. Check it […]
Tasty Trailer: The Hundred-Foot Journey
DreamWorks’ The Hundred-Foot Journey is the story of how an Indian family’s decision to open an Indian restaurant across the road from a Michelin-starred classical French restaurant affects the family’s son, the French restaurant’s proprietress, the family and the region. It’s a story about how cultures may initially clash, but a bit of insight, open-mindedness […]
Hitchcock Is Incredibly Tacky Fun!
Hitchcock is a fabulist take on Hitchcock’s life while making Psycho. It opens with Hitchcock introducing the film in a manner we can recognise from television’s classic Alfred Hitchcock Presents following a murder that will play into the story in a pretty dramatic (and also cheeky) way.
Hitchcock Movie Review – Just Seen It
Alfred Hitchcock is the world’s most famous director. But when he chooses the controversial Psycho as his next movie, no one will support it. Risking everything, he and his wife Alma fight to get it made.
The Debt: Sometimes Haunting Spy Thriller Ushers In The Fall!
The Debt is a sometimes haunting fiction that starts out as a celebration of the publication of a book that chronicles an important moment in the history of Israel – the death of a Nazi war criminal known as the Surgeon of Birkenau.
NBC Casts Maria Bello In North American Version Of Prime Suspect!
Maria Bello is in final negotiations to fill Dame Helen Mirren’s metaphorically sizable shoes as Jane Tennison in the pilot for NBC’s take on the English crime classic, Prime Suspect according to The Hollywood Reporter. The British series, which found Tennison rising in the ranks of Britain’s Metropolitan Police – despite office sexism and her […]
RED – Ridiculously Entertaining Diversion!
Remember Knight & Day? Probably not – it was a less than memorable film that mixed action, espionage and romance in ways that were awkward and unsatisfying – it was a bit of a box office disaster. RED, on the other hand, takes all of those elements and throws in an element of “over the […]
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – Variations on Themes by Tolkien and Lucas – But With Owls!
Zack Snyder takes an aggressive step into the world of family entertainment with Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – an epic fantasy that blends elements of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, but with owls. It’s been released in both 2 and 3-D formats, so cost-conscious viewers don’t have to fork […]
Comic Con 2010: Eclipse Exclusive RED Press Panel Photocall
Eclipse Magazine had the opportunity to participate in the roundtable press interviews with the cast of Red. Interviews to follow soon, but right now we’re going to whet your appetite with some exclusive photos from the press panel. Attendees to the panel included BRUCE WILLIS, HELEN MIRREN, and KARL URBAN Based on the cult D.C. […]