Tag Archives: Woody Harrelson

Film review | The Hunger Games – Smile! You’re on TV in a bloodcurdling fight to the death

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Jason Best

Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy has been seized upon by Hollywood as the next, big, teen-friendly franchise – and it’s terrific: smarter and tougher than Twilight – and with a heroine who couldn’t be further removed from drooping, love-struck … Continue reading →

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The 55th BFI London Film Festival – Highlights so far

Posted on 17 October 2011 by Jason Best

Check out some of the highlights from the BFI London Film Festival‘s first weekend – including Woody Harrelson re-teaming with his director (Oren Moverman) and co-star (Ben Foster) from The Messenger for dirty-cop crime movie Rampart; African-American filmmaker Dee Rees’s … Continue reading →

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55th BFI London Film Festival – Opening night film 360 sends globetrotting lovers in a whirl

Posted on 12 October 2011 by Jason Best

The 55th BFI London Film Festival kicks off tonight with 360, Fernando Meirelles’ globetrotting 21st-century take on Arthur Schnitzler’s classic play La Ronde. City of God director Meirelles has teamed up with Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan and a stellar cast … Continue reading →

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Film review | Friends with Benefits – No Strings Sex Gets Messy for Justin Timberlake & Mila Kunis

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Jason Best

After nasty break-ups with their exes, Justin Timberlake’s art director Dylan and Mila Kunis’s New York corporate headhunter Jamie decide to hook up for uncomplicated no-strings sex in Friends with Benefits. After all, true love is just a Hollywood cliché. … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Messenger – Ben Foster & Woody Harrelson bear the burden of bad news

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Jason Best

The knock at the door that foretells the news of a loved one’s death in combat has long been a movie staple. As its title suggests, The Messenger focuses on the other side of the threshold – on the men … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | 2012 – Disaster movie maestro Roland Emmerich lets rip

Posted on 29 March 2010 by Jason Best

Roland Emmerich has already threatened Earth with warlike extraterrestrials (Independence Day), a giant mutant lizard (Godzilla) and a global super storm (The Day After Tomorrow), but he raises the stakes even higher with 2012, letting rip with earthquakes, volcanoes and … Continue reading →

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News Hound | Drool over the sizzling new stills from Eclipse and find out who is the ultimate movie president

Posted on 17 February 2010 by Adele Craciun

News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because there’s nothing like a juicy bone to get you through the day… Fresh stills from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse have been … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Transsiberian, and some other snow-set movies

Posted on 15 January 2010 by Beth Williams

No, these are not some personal snaps of mine from the past few weeks. These are images from the gripping thriller Transsiberian. It’s the tale of an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) who are travelling on the Trans-Siberian … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | 2012 – It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel… thrilled

Posted on 13 November 2009 by Jason Best

Cinema’s master of disaster is back! Roland Emmerich unleashed invading extraterrestrials in Independence Day, a giant mutant lizard in Godzilla and a new ice age in The Day After Tomorrow. With new movie 2012, however, he really lets rip. If … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Zombieland – Splatterfest spoof gets laughs from the living dead

Posted on 7 October 2009 by Jason Best

If you thought Shaun of the Dead delivered the last word in Zombie horror-comedy, new movie Zombieland shows that you can still get fresh laughs from the festering carcasses of the living dead. Where Shaun had Simon Pegg’s directionless shop … Continue reading →

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