Archive for November, 2007
| Winslet swears by role Sunday, November 25th, 2007 When you play a person like that you have to give them a heart. You have to give them something that’s possible to sympathize with. For me, it was all on the outside with Tula. |
| DVD Review: Titanic 10th Anniversary Edition Monday, November 19th, 2007 Titanic has received a nice release for its tenth anniversary but unfortunately there is nothing new here to really make fans double-dip who already own the Titanic on DVD in some form, especially those with the Collector’s Edition which was a packed three-disc set. For those who have never picked up Titanic though this is a solid buy as every DVD collection has to have Titanic in it! |
| BBC to produce new versions of all 37 of the Bard’s plays Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Some of the country’s biggest stars – including Kate Winslet, who is married to Mendes, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Dame Helen Mirren, and James McAvoy – are being tipped to take part in what will be one of the BBC’s most expensive and ambitious drama series. |
| From Mommy To Hot Mama Thursday, November 15th, 2007 Kate Winslet is part of Us Weekly’s Celebrity Makeover special that hits newstands tomorrow. |
| John Turturro’s Romance & Cigarettes gets Oscar qualifying run Thursday, November 15th, 2007 Kate Winslet (I’m not the type to drop the “O word” in my reviews, but come on Academy, you owe it to yourselves to see Winslet top even her Eternal Sunshine performance as the ultimate Scarlet Woman). |
| Gandolfini, Winslet and Turturro on making a musical Sunday, November 11th, 2007 Sitting at a conference table in Manhattan along with Gandolfini and Winslet, Turturro said he’s been thinking about the ideas and characters that came to inhabit “Romance” since “Barton Fink,” a movie he appeared in 16 years ago. |
| Roger Ebert R&C Review Friday, November 9th, 2007 How did one of the most magical films of the 2005 festival season become one of the hardest films to see of 2007? John Turturro’s “Romance & Cigarettes” is the real thing, a film that breaks out of Hollywood jail with audacious originality, startling sexuality, heartfelt emotions, and an anarchic liberty. |
| It’s about time Kate Winslet wins an award! Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 “It’s so nice to attend an awards show and know that you’re actually going to win!” |
| Reese and Kate get “bawdy, tawdry and drunken” Friday, November 2nd, 2007 “Imagine my good fortune when Kate Winslet moved into my neighborhood, rang my door bell and said, (insert British accent here) “Dahling, Sam is off shooting, and I believe our children are the same age. Could they possibly have a play date and oh, by the way, it’s almost 9 o’clock and I’ve had nothing to do drink, do you have any wine?” |
| BAFTA names Winslet ‘Artist of the Year’ Thursday, November 1st, 2007 “I think about some of the parts that I have played, and I realize that their emotional frame of mind has often mirrored my frame of mind at that time,” says Winslet. |