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In contrast, the Duke (an excellent Ralph Fiennes) is colder than a dead haddock, and has a brain of approximately the same size: the intellectual debates of Whig politicians around his dinner table bore him rigid. He is obsessed with his guns, his dogs and the frustratingly elusive possibility of a male heir. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Knightley stars at Duchess launch Sep 4, 2008
"And I thought the opportunity to work with Ralph Fiennes and Charlotte Rampling and Saul Dibb, the director, is one that I couldn't pass up. "So I went for the corsets and the wig and just thought: 'I might as well. " Diana link Knightley's real-life character endured a "lonely, vulnerable" marriage. Her husband, the fifth Duke of Devonshire had several affairs, including one with his wife's best friend, and a love triangle developed. Knightley has played down parallels between Georgiana and... (BBC News)
Movie Package: Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Sep 4, 2008
Penn says: "I think the New York Times legitimised us to an extent. I was a little cautious but I was a lot less worried (after their story said) the issue of Guantanamo has become this pop-culture phenomenon that's very different from what it means politically. Also Out Today Holed up in Bruges after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs. Stars: Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson Set on a long English summer... (NEWS.com.au)
Knightley denies Diana parallel Sep 4, 2008
" He thinks comparisons could be drawn with "any number of particularly tragic female figures" using Marilyn Monroe as an example. Dibb adds that critics and fans alike will only think of Diana purely because of the "ancestral link". Maybe he missed the lingering shots of Diana in the trailer. Unhappy In fact, it seems hard to believe that anyone will watch this film without making the connection between its heroine's loveless marriage and the late princess, who said she shared Prince Charles... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Playing North Of The Border Sep 4, 2008
"The Duchess" - Keira Knightley dons period garb again as the extravagant 18th century Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, with Ralph Fiennes as the philandering duke. "The Secret Life of Bees" -Dakota Fanning as a 14-year-old in 1964 North Carolina who finds solace in beekeeping after the death of her mother. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Toronto film fest could offer surprises Sep 4, 2008
Last year's spate of Iraq-themed pictures failed to ignite the box office, but Kathryn Bigelow's bomb-disposal thriller, "The Hurt Locker" (with Jeremy Renner, Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce), could be the first to buck the trend. According to Toronto Eye critic Jason Anderson, this one has "real breakout potential.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
MUSTSEE-FILM Sep 3, 2008
Ralph Fiennes is the loathsome spouse. "Choke". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Autumn's big films: the Culture picks Aug 31, 2008
Ralph Fiennes builds an award-winning portrait of the frosty Duke of Devonshire out of glances and nuances; and Keira Knightley as Georgiana, his wife, is ravishing to look at, in costumes and wigs that have Oscar nomination written all over them. Handsome romantic drama based on Amanda Foreman s biography, directed by Saul Dibb. (Times Online)
Movie Cornucopia Aug 31, 2008
Ralph Fiennes is the loathsome spouse. Choke (Sept. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Keira Knightley in The Duchess Aug 30, 2008
Based on Amanda Foreman's Whitbread prize-winning biography, Saul Dibb's film focuses on the beautiful young noblewoman's unfortunate marriage to the Duke of Devonshire, a dastardly older man of high status but low moral worth (played with rare comic gusto by Ralph Fiennes). In public, the Duchess is adored for her fine looks and fashionable clothes. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Roll out the farrell Aug 29, 2008
Their gangster boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) instructs them to have a holiday, which to Ray means picking up girls and getting drunk ... Stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* FILM REVIEW:Hit men on holiday Aug 29, 2008
STARRING: Colin Farrell (Ray), Brendan Gleeson (Ken), Ralph Fiennes (Harry), Clemence Poesy (Chloe) ... The films hit men X an Irish Laurel and Hardy act called Ray and Ken and played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson X have come to the Belgian tourist town of Bruges on puzzling orders from their boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Movie stars? There's a dearth in Venice Aug 28, 2008
The few Hollywood films com- ing to Venice include Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (with Marisa Tomei, and Mickey Rourke in the title role); Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (which stars Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce but will be represented by Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie); and Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married (Ann Hathaway). The festival regular Charlize Theron will be there to support The Burning Plain, the first film by the scriptwriter of 21 Grams, Guillermo Arriaga, but will not... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Foxx, Downey Jr. have falls Oscar bait Aug 28, 2008
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes star in this story of 18th century aristocrats ... Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley AtwellDirector: Saul DibbStory: Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) is an 18th century aristocrat who marries the older and distant Duke of Devonshire (Fiennes). (MSNBC -- Movies)
BIG FOUR BESTED Aug 26, 2008
TELEVISION HAS proved that people will look at anything rather than each other," said the late Ann Landers. The Emmy Awards take place on Sept. 21 at the Nokia Theatre, downtown Los Angeles. This year, it's ABC's turn to host the event. (The four networks take turns at this chore.) What's new this time around is that FX has scored with "Damages" and AMC has scored with "Mad Men," and these are the first basic-cable shows to receive more drama nominations than their brethren in the Big Four. When... (New York Post -- Gossip)
At Venice film festival, a truly global line-up Aug 26, 2008
The cast is headed by Ralph Fiennes, who starred in Bigelow's futuristic "Strange Days," shown here in 1995. Also in contention for the United States is the Iranian-born Amir Naderi's "Vegas: Based on a True Story," about the family of a compulsive gambler, into whose lives an unexpected stranger intrudes. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Highlights of Hollywood's fall, holiday schedule Aug 25, 2008
50 Cents OFF ALL Beers es of Wine - $1. 00 OFF ALL Martinis (2for1 punches on Martini Cards). (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
UN-backed film to premiere at Rome film fest Aug 23, 2008
The festival's third edition, running Oct. 22-31, will present Saul Dibb's historical pageant "The Duchess," starring Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley as the spirited and unconventional Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, an 18th century ancestor of Princess Diana. A French-Cambodian film, "The Sea Wall," a screen adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novel starring Isabelle Huppert, will also screen at the festival. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Sheryl Crow, Matt Damon, Golshifteh Farahani Aug 21, 2008
The festival's third edition, running Oct. 22-31, will also present Saul Dibb's historical film "The Duchess," starring Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley, as well as a French-Cambodian film, "The Sea Wall," a screen adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novel starring Isabelle Huppert. (AP). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
TIFF lineup an 'embarrassment of riches' Aug 20, 2008 New Harry Potter Film Pushed Back t... Aug 17, 2008 The Constant Gardener DVD Review Aug 17, 2008 J.Lo Seeking TV Maid Aug 14, 2008 SARANDON'S IN EMMY TERRITORY Aug 7, 2008 Clooney in competition at Venice Aug 2, 2008 Iraq war film tipped for Venice honours Jul 31, 2008 Meet Sydney golfers Jul 31, 2008 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Trailer... Jul 31, 2008 Venice festival line-up revealed Jul 31, 2008 Sixth 'Harry Potter' Trailer Hits Web Jul 31, 2008 Samuel Beckett: Dead Laughing Jul 31, 2008 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer released Jul 30, 2008 The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit Jul 30, 2008 21 films to compete for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival Jul 30, 2008 'Harry Potter' trailer unveils a young Voldemort Jul 29, 2008 AFI Names Top Ten Epic Films of All... Jul 28, 2008 Theater Review | 'Eh Joe': Words fail him, but memories can't be silenced Jul 22, 2008 Go on and See Beckett Jul 22, 2008 At the Lincoln Center Festival, a twist on Beckett in three takes Jul 22, 2008 Judi and Ricky lead British hopes at US TV Emmy Awards Jul 20, 2008 Brits clean up Emmy noms Jul 19, 2008 After 49 years, Charles Van Doren opens up Jul 19, 2008 Emmy news has Aussie on bubbly Jul 19, 2008 It all adds up for 'Mad Men' Jul 18, 2008 Cranford Dames join Emmy hopefuls Jul 18, 2008 'Mad Men,' 'Damages' make Emmy history Jul 18, 2008 Haunting Liam's Dead-On Jul 18, 2008 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling Jul 14, 2008 Knightley's The Duchess to premiere at Toronto Jul 13, 2008 Dakota Fanning, Keira Knightley movies bound for TIFF Jul 13, 2008 Fire up your remotes Jul 4, 2008 Actors staying on the job Jul 2, 2008 Roomier Lair Jun 27, 2008 New on DVD: 'Persepolis,' 'The Furies,' 'In Bruges' Jun 27, 2008 Eek! Who let the critic in? Jun 23, 2008 Amy Winehouse, Naomi Campbell, Matthew McConaughey Jun 23, 2008 This week's new releases (June 22) Jun 22, 2008 Hollywood star for actor Downey Jun 21, 2008 KCRW's Harry Shearer to Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Jun 20, 2008 Aboard Queen Mary 2's Transatlantic Crossings, Plays and Workshops by London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Set the Stage for Enriching Voyages Jun 19, 2008 The week's best films on TV Jun 14, 2008 Results vary when television series go to the big screen Jun 13, 2008 THE IMPENETRABLE HULK Jun 12, 2008 Top Ten Movies So Far, 2008 Jun 8, 2008 Dragging the chain on the plunger Jun 7, 2008 Pollack combined talent and brains to produce gems May 28, 2008 Sir Ranulph Fiennes abandons Everest quest May 25, 2008 Critical View May 16, 2008 Rushdie aims for literary hat-trick as Booker marks 40th anniversary May 13, 2008 Is anyone watching the in-flight movie anymore? May 13, 2008 New on DVD: It's 'Howdy Doody' time, and more May 9, 2008 Iron Man tops UK box office chart May 9, 2008 Spacey's 21 remains top UK film Apr 23, 2008 An excellent little film that's beautifully acted, very well shot ... Apr 22, 2008 Oscar Winners from the Early 1990s Apr 22, 2008 The Royal Shakespeare Company undertakes the History Plays Apr 22, 2008 In Bruges: The Sunday Times Review Apr 20, 2008 Clooney in competition at Venice Apr 20, 2008 In Bruges, with chocolate and Colin Farrell Apr 19, 2008 Harry Potter and the Copyright Problem Apr 19, 2008 Review: In Bruges Apr 18, 2008 Martin McDonaghs characters dont ring true, but the comedy is a riot Apr 17, 2008 Portman Hits Heights Apr 11, 2008 Portman set for 'Wuthering Heights' Apr 11, 2008
Among the other galas certain to fibrillate the pheromones is Burn After Reading, the new Coen brothers CIA comedy starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins; Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth, starring Kate Beckinsale, David Schwimmer, Angela Bassett and Noah Wyle; The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes (he'll be here, but she won't); and The Secret Life of Bees, based on the Sue Monk Kidd novel of the same name, starring Dakota Fanning, Paul Bettany... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Borders(R) Teams with Paramount Vantage and VisitBritain for 'Be a Duchess for a Day' Sweepstakes Aug 20, 2008
The sweepstakes, which begins today and runs through Sept. 30, will coincide with the Sept. 19 release of "The Duchess," a feature film starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes based on "Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire," a national bestseller by Amanda Foreman about the scandalous rise and perilous fall of 18th century socialite Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. The grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to England, including four nights accommodation at a four-star property... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In the the heavily circulaed trailer, we get a look into Dumbledore's memory to see the first time he met a 11-year-old Tom Riddle, rumored to be played by Ralph Fiennes, who grew to be Voldemort. On the set interviews by Ben Lyons with the cast reveal that a lot of script was taken from the book, so Potter fanatics will have to wait longer, but it'll be worth it. (Suite101.com)
With strong performances by Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz and a well rounded supporting cast (including a particularly scummy Bill Nighy) ... Ralph Fiennes plays Justin Quayle, a low level British diplomat assigned to Kenya shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams, Tessa (Rachel Weisz) ... Ralph Fiennes really turns it up as the film unwinds. (Suite101.com)
In the movie, J.Lo plays the title character, Marisa Ventura, opposite a dashing Ralph Fiennes as Christopher Marshall, the star politician who became infatuated with her after mistakenly thinking she's a socialite. Hodge added that the tube dramedy's Marisa will remain a young Latina from the Bronx. (E! Online)
" But I wanted to talk about her HBO movie 00004000 and tell her that I had known the late heiress Doris Duke, as well as her controversial butler-companion, played on TV by the gifted actor Ralph Fiennes. Susan seemed thrilled: "We will be celebrating more than me at the Emmys. We have 10 nominations for this one; other than me - Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Director in Bob Balaban, Best Writing in Hugh Costello, and I think, costumes and makeup. (New York Post -- Gossip)
As previously predicted, they include Gilliam's Brothers Grimm, Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Proof starring Gwyneth Paltrow and The Constant Gardener with Ralph Fiennes. Surprise addition. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
The Hurt Locker, which features Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce, also represents the return of Kathryn Bigelow, who was acclaimed for Point Break nearly 20 years ago; but her 2002 K-19: The Widowmaker (starring Harrison Ford and a Soviet nuclear submarine) became one of the most expensive independent film flops ever. Big Hollywood studios will take a back seat at the festival, which opens on August 26, with the focus on independent American cinema, Italian productions and Japanese animation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Here's your chance to WIN one of 25 double movie passes to this hilarious comedy, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. At the movies September 4. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In the upcoming film, the boy wizard learns the story of a young Tom Riddle, who grows up to become the diabolical Lord Voldemort, played by Ralph Fiennes. The actor's nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, plays the younger Riddle, while Frank Dillane stars as the teenage version. (Fox News)
They include Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama Hurt Locker, with Ralph Fiennes, and Marco Bechis' Birdwatchers. The festival opens on 27 August with an out-of-competition premiere of Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading. (BBC News -- Europe)
Fiennes-Tiffin is the nephew of Ralph Fiennes, the actor who played Lord Voldemort in previous Potter films. "The fact that he's related to Ralph wasn't the primary reason for choosing him," Director David Yates told the London newspaper The Telegraph. (Click2Houston, TX)
" title="Ralph Fiennes performs in First Love, directed by Michael Colgan. " /> Ralph Fiennes performs in Beckett's First Love, directed by Michael Colgan. Stephanie Berger Article Tools Ralph Fiennes, head nearly shaved, thin frame draped in mud-brown haberdashery, stands in an implied graveyard and works his mouth into a sour scowl as he says he doesn't mind the smell of corpses. "A trifle on the sweet side perhaps, a trifle heady, but how infinitely preferable to what the living emit, their... (Time.com)
The boy later becomes Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Fiennes nine-year-old nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, plays Riddle - as does Frank Dillane, who plays him as a teenager. (Adelaidenow)
Once he s used his Bun Vac 6000 to vacuum up all the frisky bunnies first, and made a deadly enemy of her money-grubbing not-quite fianc; Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes) by sucking up his toupee along with the rabbits. You can tell he s the villain of the piece because a) his preferred method of getting rid of the pests involves a large shotgun and b) he has a very nasty little dog, unlike clever, resourceful Gromit, graduate of Dogwarts University. (Suite101.com)
Those include Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married starring Anne Hathaway and Debra Winger, and Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama Hurt Locker with Ralph Fiennes. Guillermo Arriaga, who wrote 21 Grams, will make his debut as a director with The Burning Plain, starring Kim Bassinger and Charlize Theron as a mother and daughter trying to bond. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Voldemort is played by Ralph Fiennes, and his 11-year-old incarnation is played by 10-year-old Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, the actor's nephew. Not only does he bear a resemblance to the grown-up Voldemort, but he also has the requisite intensity, Yates says. (USA Today -- Life)
The true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved several Jews from the German concentration camps during WWII. Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall and Jonathan Sagalle. Director Steven Spielberg. (Suite101.com)
"Eh Joe" appears alongside a dramatization of excerpts from Beckett's novels, performed by Barry McGovern, and Ralph Fiennes in "First Love," based on a Beckett novella. All three will also performed in succession at marathons on July 26 and 27. (International Herald Tribune)
In "I'll Go On," the second of three Beckett adaptations from Dublin's Gate Theatre - Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes star in the others - McGovern exploits that dark humor well in a brilliant performance. Face gaunt, head close-shaven, the veteran Irish actor has been performing this solo piece - adapted from the novels "Molloy," "Malone Dies" and "The Unnamable" - for more than 20 years, and he inhabits this distinctive universe with a scarily intense naturalness. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Ralph Fiennes performs the 55-minute "First Love," a macabre novella ... Michael Colgan, Samuel Beckett, Dublin, Lincoln Center Festival, the Gate Theatre, Jack MacGowran, Barry McGovern, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
He must see off competition from fellow Brits Ralph Fiennes, nominated for his role in Bernard and Doris, and Tom Wilkinson, as well as Hollywood heavyweight. Other British talent shortlisted include Ricky's Extras co-star Ashley Jensen, who goes head to head with Cranford's Dame Eileen in the best supporting actress in a mini-series category. (hellomagazine.com)
Ralph Fiennes, Bernard And Doris. Ricky Gervais, Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale. (The Sun)
He is remarkably restrained in his judgment of "Quiz Show," in which Ralph Fiennes depicted him as a shilly-shallying fop. Krainin says the hit movie "has an enormous amount of respect for Charles Van Doren, but a sadness that this fine human being took a little bit of a short cut.". (Boston Globe)
Damages' Glenn Close, Brothers and Sisters' Sally Field, Saving Grace's Holly Hunter and The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick join Law and Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay in the lead actress category while Ralph Fiennes, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Catherine Kenner, Susan Sarandon, Dame Judi Dench and Laura Linney are among the miniseries or movie nominees. There were some surprising and high-profile snubs, with the final series of the acclaimed cop drama The Wire, Aussie Rose Byrne's... (The Australian)
The nominee list is lousy with Oscar types, with Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, and Sally Field in the dramatic actress category and Ralph Fiennes, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Laura Linney, and Tom Wilkinson in the movie and miniseries categories. As the Emmy nominations increasingly spread out further and further among pay-cable, basic-cable, and network outlets, they will probably never stray too far from the big-name performers. (Boston Globe)
Nominated in the best actor in a miniseries or movie category, Giamatti will compete against Hollywood's Kevin Spacey, for Recount, and three British stars: Ricky Gervais, for The Extra Special Series Finale; Ralph Fiennes for Bernard And Doris; and Tom Wilkinson in Recount. Wilkinson receives a second nomination, playing yet another US politician, for his supporting role in mini-series John Adams. (BBC News)
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris," HBO; Ricky Gervais, "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale," HBO; Paul Giamatti, "John Adams," HBO; Kevin Spacey, "Recount," HBO; Tom Wilkinson, "Recount," HBO.. Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Catherine Keener, "An American Crime," Showtime; Susan Sarandon, "Bernard and Doris," HBO; Judi Dench, "Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Laura Linney, "John Adams," HBO; Phylicia Rashad, "A Raisin in the Sun," ABC. Supporting Actor,... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
The first of three Beckett works presented at the Lincoln Center Festival - Ralph Fiennes and Barry McGovern star in "First Love" and "I'll Go On," respectively - this version of the brief bu 00004000 t shattering 1965 television play shows just how brilliant it can be onstage when in the right hands, as it is here, directed by filmmaker Atom Egoyan and starring Liam Neeson as Joe. We first see him in his grungy bedroom wearing a ratty bathrobe and obsessively opening and closing windows and... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff. I just watched a trailer for the "Twilight" movie - coming out Dec. 12 - and it brightened my hopes a bit. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The Duchess' unfortunate marriage to the Duke, portrayed in the film by Ralph Fiennes, threatened to boil over into public scandal after she was forced to endure her husband's long affair with her best friend. The picture is being positioned as an early awards season contender and could earn Knightley her second Oscar nomination following one for Pride dice in 2006. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The Duchess also stars Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling. Also confirmed are seven special presentations, including the North American premiere of Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla, about London's underworld. (Toronto Star)
Meet the Victorian edition of The Odd Couple: Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is an idealistic priest who left his family to join the Church of England; Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) is a plucky young Australian heiress with dreams of building a church constructed entirely of glass. When their paths cross on board a cruise ship, Lucinda wagers her entire inheritance that Oscar cannot transport her glass church to Australia unscathed. (Globe and Mail)
what with Hugh Jackman, Ralph Fiennes, Leslie Caron, Tim Burton, real-life couple William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, Charles Durning, Harry Shearer, Kyra Sedgwick and The Miracles among the lucky honourees. Mind you, also getting the star treatment are The Village People, Tinkerbell and John Stamos, but we're all about accentuating the positive. (Jam! Showbiz)
VOLDEMORT ACTOR RALPH FIENNES HAS NEW 2 MILLION MEATPACKING DISTRICT CONDO- New York Post ... RALPH Fiennes has a new Meatpacking District lair. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Around the time you almost forget he's in the movie, Ralph Fiennes shows up with a blistering boss-man performance. It's a good feature debut for writer/director Martin McDonagh, whose short film, Six Shooter, took an Oscar. (USA Today -- Life)
"It used to be a rare event, the most famous case being The Avengers with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes. In fact, that film not being given a press screening was a news story. But now, such an event, even for a big film with big stars, is greeted with a shrug of indifference.". Recent movies released unseen by reviewers include The Oxford Murders, a crime story starring John Hurt, the spoof Epic Movie and The Invasion, a zombie remake starring Nicole Kidman. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Robert Downey Jr., Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley are to be among the latest recipients of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also to be honored will be the actors Cameron Diaz and Hugh Jackman , and the director Tim Burton. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
We assume that McDonagh's jarring shifts between light and dark are intentional; the only mood change that works against the story, really, is when everything turns bloody as the pair's boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes), turns up for the final act. But even here, we have the novelty of Fiennes's customary dourness getting a thuggish twist - not so purgatorial at all. (Boston Globe)
Actors Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Fiennes, and Sir Ben Kingsley have been announced as the latest recipients of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Actress Cameron Diaz will also be honoured, along with Australian star Hugh Jackman and director Tim Burton. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
congratulates Harry Shearer and all of today's announced Walk of Fame star-honorees: Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Cameron Diaz, Robert Downey Jr., Tim Burton, Leslie Caron, Charles Durning, Ralph Fiennes, William Petersen, Kyra Sedgwick, John Stamos, Mark Burnett, Chuck Lorre, Kenny "Baby Face" Edmonds, Dave Koz, The Miracles, Doug Morris, Rush, Shakira, KFI radio personality Bill Handel. Source: KCRW Foundation. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Graduates include a "who's who" of British actors, from Sir John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh to Sir Anthony Hopkins, Joan Collins, Glenda Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes. "The RADA programme offers our guests the unique opportunity to experience dramatic performances of the highest quality in the ship's extraordinary theatres," said Carol Marlow, president and managing director of Cunard Line. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cinderella chambermaid and single mum Jennifer Lopez slips on some designer evening wear and into a romance with Prince Charming, AKA handsome senatorial candidate Ralph Fiennes, who thinks she's a socialite. Will he stay if she tells him the truth. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
"The Avengers" (1998) -- This vile permutation of the TV show, starring Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman, made our Worst Movies of 1998 list. Story and characters played second fiddle to the special effects. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In Brett Ratner s Hannibal Lecter remake, Norton unpretentiously surpassed The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Manhunter solely through the quality of its eccentric-actor gravitas (especially Emily Watson and Ralph Fiennes at their best). Each of them brought unexpected, original, deep feeling to market-proven junk. (New York Press)
Writer-director Martin McDonagh s rapid shifts of tone aren t as off-putting the second time through allowing better appreciation of the fine performances from Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as a pair of hitmen and Ralph Fiennes as their maniacal boss. 9-Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. (Suite101.com)
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His company, Mirage Enterprises, which he had founded with filmmaker Anthony Minghella (who died suddenly in March), is behind The Reader, currently shooting in Germany with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. Mirage had also optioned the Oscar-winning German film, The Lives of Others, which it was developing as an English-language remake. (Toronto Sun)
The cousin of the actors Joseph and Ralph Fiennes started his descent to base camp, with his expedition guide and a doctor. The group took the south col route up the mountain from Nepal, first climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. (Telegraph.co.uk)
DASHING politician Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) mistakes a lovely hotel maid, Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), for an influential socialite. Will true love survive the mistaken identity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. Salman Rushdie's novel 'Midnight's Children' is in the running to win the Best of the Booker prize. (Independent)
A flight attendant for Australia's flag carrier Qantas was sacked last year after claiming to have had a tryst with actor Ralph Fiennes in a business class lavatory during a flight from Darwin to Mumbai. Singapore Airlines last November asked passengers on its new super jumbo Airbus A380 aircraft, which had its maiden commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney, not to seek Mile High Club membership in first class cabins, which boast a double bed. (FOX23.com, OK)
Bernard (Ralph Fiennes) is tippling Irish butler Bernard Lafferty. Doris (Susan Sarandon) is tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who tolerated peccadilloes in Bernard she didn't with anyone else. (USA Today -- Life)
Black comedy In Bruges, about two hitmen starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes, was down to number seven with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey's adventure comedy was one place below. Happy-Go-Lucky moved up one place to nine. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
In Bruges, a black comedy about two hitmen starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes, climbed from 17 to three. UK AND IRELAND BOX OFFICE 1. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy ... McDonagh draws career-best performances from both Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes, as well as prodding at taboos by including a racist, ketamine-addicted dwarf who gets his head blown off. (This is London)
Liam Neeson, as Schindler, Ben Kingsley as his Jewish accountant, and Ralph Fiennes, as a brutal Nazi officer, are all excellent in their roles. Somber, unsentimental and filmed almost entirely in black and white, Schindler s List is considered to be one of the finest movies ever made. (Suite101.com)
(Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes once filled similar shoes. I'm not as fully persuaded by Geoffrey Streatfeild, the crisply spoken Hal/Henry who is better paired up with David Warner's gleaming-eyed (and heavily padded) Falstaff than he is doing rhetorical duty that can turn dull. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
This is the darkly comic story of two hit men, Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), who, after a botched job, have been ordered by their boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes), to lie low in Bruges and await further orders. The setting is an inspired choice by the writer and director, Martin McDonagh, here making his feature-length debut. (Times Online)
As previously predicted, they include Gilliam's Brothers Grimm, Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Proof starring Gwyneth Paltrow and The Constant Gardener with Ralph Fiennes. Surprise addition. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
Fiona Campbell explores the cobbled streets and quiet canals which serve as a film set to In Bruges , the new gangster comedy staring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes ... Bruges is in the spotlight this week with the opening of the edgy gangster comedy, In Bruges , staring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes, where two gangsters' lives are changed by the fairytale city ... Tucked away close to the tranquil canal where Harry and Ray (Ralph Fiennes and Colin Farrell) chase one another,... (Telegraph.co.uk)
(You know, like Voldemort here, as portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."). Warner Brothers Pictures. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Two hitmen hole up in the Belgian city when a job goes wrong in a potty-mouthed but enjoyable black comedy featuring great performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. Although suffering in comparison to distant cousin Sexy Beast, In Bruges succeeds thanks to some terrifically dodgy black humour and a refreshingly uncompromising attitude. (Mirror.co.uk)
Ralph Fiennes is a psychopathic marvel as their boss, who barks orders from Essex down the phone at awkward intervals. A need to terminate one of his henchmen is the poisonous tipping point of the film. (Times Online)
The story has been adapted for film several times, most famously in the 1939 version starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and most recently in the 1992 with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. - J. Vespa/WireImage. (IGN FilmForce)
The most recent bigscreen adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic matched Ralph Fiennes with Juliette Binoche, but the Goldwyn release grossed just $624,643 in 1989. The definitive film take remains William Wyler's 1939 version starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, which earned eight Oscar noms. (Variety)
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