Posts Tagged ‘helen mirren’

Anthony Hopkins dons a new face for the first time since his Hannibal Lecter days in Hitchcock, where the acclaimed actor plays the acclaimed filmmaker as he makes the acclaimed classic Psycho, in which Norman Bates goes batshit crazy after certain people use the word "acclaimed" too much in a single sentence. Unfortunately, "acclaimed" cannot be ascribed to Hitchcock, which is a rather ordinary affair.

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From director John Madden comes the espionage thriller The Debt, a superbly acted tale of three Mossad agents who are assigned to capture a Nazi war criminal responsible for torturing and murdering thousands of Jews during the war. Engaging and powerful, The Debt is Madden’s best movie since Shakespeare in Love, but the film’s lack of a cohesive theme keeps it from greatness.

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I wasn’t a huge fan of Titus, but that’s not stop me from getting all excited and stuff for Julie Taymor’s upcoming adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Taymor, known best for her unique and creative visual style, looks like she’s bringing it all with The Tempest, which stars Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons and Djimon Hounsou, among others. Before the movie arrives in theaters, you can check out a slew of new photos from the movie – now available on FilmJabber.

The Tempest opens December 10, 2010 in Los Angeles and New York.

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