You may not recognize Marion Cotillard from these films Feb 15, 2008
Albert Finney plays a lovable-to-some blowhard whose tall tales alienate his exasperated son (Billy Crudup). Cotillard plays Crudup's wife (eventually very pregnant) and strikes an emotional chord with the old man, launching more yarn-spinning. (USA Today -- Life)
Double Trouble Feb 10, 2008
But though he's already a veteran who has worked with Kate Winslet, Albert Finney and Johnny Depp, this movie star can't get in to every picture he'd like. "I'd like to see 'Sweeney Todd,' but I guess I'm a bit too young because it's an 18 in England," he says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
La Crosse, The Movie Jan 27, 2008
Actor Albert Finney ( Erin Brockovich, The Bourne Ultimatum ) as Logistics Health chairman and CEO Don Weber. Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from The X-Files ) as La Crosse Tribune publisher Rusty Cunningham. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Oscar scuttlebutt Jan 23, 2008
I'm glad John Travolta didn't get the token nod for "Hairspray." But I mourn the following names: Robert Downey Jr. in "Zodiac," Philip Seymour Hoffman or Albert Finney in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," Max von Sydow in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Paul Dano in "There Will Be Blood.". Who will win: Javier Bardem, as close as a lock as this year has. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Annie' actress shares her hopes, dreams Jan 20, 2008
" As a toddler, she worshiped musicals, and "Annie," the story of a plucky Depression-era orphan who finds happiness when adopted by Daddy Warbucks (played here by David Barton), captivated her. Cartoonist Harold Gray created "Little Orphan Annie" in 1924, inspired by a James Whitcomb Riley poem. It has since been re-imagined time and again, in radio in 1930, on Broadway in 1977, and on film and television several times, though most remember the 1982 film starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney,... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Predict the nominees at You Vote: Oscars Jan 18, 2008
Albert Finney (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead). Alfred Molina (The Hoax). (Variety)
Gina's top films of 2007 Jan 17, 2008
Sex, drugs, nudity and Albert Finney driving a Lincoln Town Car through New York City. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke play brothers who try to rob a jewelry store; Finney enters the film late but ends up stealing it as their angry father. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A look back at the top films of 2007 Jan 11, 2008
Besides his Oscar-worthy performance in "Charlie Wilson's War" and his game attempt to save "The Savages," the great character actor put on a show in the violent and thought-provoking "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead." Directed by 83-year-old Sydney Lumet, the heist-gone-horrible-wrong film features stellar and courageous performances by Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and, especially, Marissa Tomei. 4. (New Haven Register, CT)
A fine Finney Jan 3, 2008
Albert Finney, who you can now see in the Philip Seymour Hoffman film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," got his big break more than four decades ago when he hit the big screen in "Tom Jones", an Oscar-winning British comedy about a young man who is quite popular with women. Who knew then that the heartthrob actor would grow up to play Daddy Warbucks. (Boston Globe)
Capsule reviews of feature films Dec 30, 2007
An audacious tale of greed, infidelity and murder from top-of-his-game director Sidney Lumet, this jewelry store heist melodrama involves two brothers (Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman), their agitated dad (Albert Finney) and Marisa Tomei as a philandering spouse. It's a horror show of hatred and festering psychic wounds. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Big themes are well and good, but intimate moments are better Dec 30, 2007
The film boasts razor-edged performances from an ensemble cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke and Marisa Tomei, while Lumet's surgical hand shows us how easy and accessible evil can be when greed enters the picture. It ain't pretty or uplifting, but it's so close to the awful truth about the human condition, you're forced to surrender to Lumet's vision one way or another. (Montreal Gazette)
David Elliott's best and worst Dec 29, 2007
Albert Finney, Amazing Grace. Ed Harris, Gone Baby Gone. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
AT THE MOVIES Dec 28, 2007
Everything goes wrong, they feel anguish and panic in the pits of their stomachs, and in the eyes of their father (Albert Finney), the hurt is almost unbearable. They lie and deceive first others and then themselves, and it all turns to ashes. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
The best films of 2007 Dec 28, 2007
Albert Finney is great as the dad and Marisa Tomei proves the Oscar she won wasn't a fluke. The film is dark, but shaded with the kind of nuance that never disappears. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Tough to pick just 10 top films of 2007 Dec 28, 2007
Of course, it doesnt hurt to have your debut script directed by the great Sidney Lumet or brought to life by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei and Amy Ryan. (Even Ethan Hawkes often-grating screen presence meshed perfectly with the mewling loser he plays here. (MSNBC -- News)
Go & Do - Portsmouth area events Dec 22, 2007
The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris; it is Rated R and plays at 7 p.m. Dec. 22-23 and Dec. 26-29 at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets are $8. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Scowl and the world laughs at you-at least in “Christmas Carol” Dec 19, 2007
Albert Finney and George C. Scott notwithstanding, Scott Creighton IS the quintessential Ebeneezer Scrooge from the scowl on his craggy face to the way he shudders beneath the bed sheets in the face of a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past. He's a Scrooge who embraces the Christmas in all of us as he transforms from a curmudgeonly old miser to someone who realizes his riches are better off being shared for the good of all. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Bourne Ultimatum, High School Musical 2 Dec 18, 2007
2007; Director: Paul Greengrass; Writers: Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi With Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Joey Ansah Universal Studios Available Dec. 11, List Price $29. 99. (Time.com)
London critics love 'Control,' 'Atonement' Dec 16, 2007
Albert Finney -- "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE. (Variety)
Meet Ebenezer Dec 12, 2007
To get you in the mood for the holidays, the North End Branch of the Boston Public Library screens "A Christmas Carol," the 1951 film also known as "Scrooge." In other adaptations of the Charles Dickens tale, bitter Ebenezer Scrooge has been played by Albert Finney, Michael Caine, George C. Scott, and an animated duck (yes, that's Scrooge McDuck). This version stars legendary Scottish actor Alastair Sim (above), who is said to have set the standard for portrayals of the stingy character. (Boston Globe)
Ebenezer rides again Dec 12, 2007
Albert Finney and George C. Scott notwithstanding, Scott Creighton IS the quintessential Ebeneezer Scrooge from the scowl on his craggy face to the way he shudders beneath the bed sheets in the face of a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past. He was so convincing last year that one audience member remarked that she had seen Scrooge transform before her very eyes. (Wood River Journal, ID)
New DVDs are great potential gifts Dec 9, 2007
Interestingly, David Strathairn, Albert Finney and Scott Glenn don't tip their hands. They're all dirty to a degree, but the one who bears the biggest brunt may be surprising. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Movie: Clever caper flick buoyed by great acting Dec 6, 2007
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Amy Ryan ... They know the place inside and out, no one will get hurt, and Mom (Rosemary Harris) and Dad's (the wonderful Albert Finney) insurance will cover the theft. (Juneau Empire)
2007s movie MVP: Philip Seymour Hoffman Nov 29, 2007
Its the family dynamics that provide ample opportunities for Hoffmans chameleonic nature he can turn on a dime from being the oppressive, taunting big brother of Ethan Hawkes pathetic Hank to the cowed, embittered son of big papa Albert Finney. Hoffmans got daddy issues in Savages, as well, although they exist mostly as subtext. (MSNBC -- News)
Gotham Awards Nov 28, 2007
The cast of "Devil" includes Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian F. O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon and Marisa Tomei. "Talk To Me" features Cedric the Entertainer, Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Vondie Curtis Hall, Taraji P. Henson and Martin Sheen. (Los Angeles Times)
The week's best films Nov 27, 2007
Still, Aileen Quinn is gamely appealing as the Depression-era foundling, and Albert Finney substantial as Daddy Warbucks. Men In Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) 7pm, Five. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The Bloody Best Nov 25, 2007
THE COEN BROTHERS' BLOODY BEST FILMS. Article:THE COEN BROTHERS' BLOODY BEST FILMS:/c/a/2007/11/23/PKRNTBKD7. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Every inch a king Nov 24, 2007
In his 20s he'd look at the young Albert Finney's film career and wonder if he was underachieving ... "I don't think it would have been good for me to have been discovered by films at the age Albert Finney was, or Tom Courtenay, or Alan Bates. I wasn't ready for it.". (Guardian Unlimited)
* FILM REVIEWn'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' covers all the angles Nov 23, 2007
STARRING: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (ANDY HANSON), ETHAN HAWKE (HANK), MARISA TOMEI (GINA), ALBERT FINNEY (CHARLES), ROSEMARY HARRIS (NANETTE) ... The saleswoman bleeding on the floor is Nanette Hanson (Rosemary Harris), Andy and Hank's mother and the owner, with their father, Charles (Albert Finney), of the store her sons decided to hold up. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sandy rescued, now stars on stage alongside ‘Annie’ Nov 22, 2007
The show went on to become a 1982 film starring Albert Finney and Carol Burnett, and is best remembered for the songs It s the Hard-Knock Life, Easy Street, N.Y.C. and the all-time classic Tomorrow. Annie revolves around the Depression-era adventures of a spunky red-haired orphan who is taken under the wing of billionaire industrialist Daddy Warbucks. (Scranton Times, PA)
Old movie gets a facelift before Saturday showing Nov 21, 2007
Perhaps you saw Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours or Carol Burnett and Albert Finney in Annie. And who can forget the classic, E.T. The Extraterrestrial. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
The devil you know Nov 18, 2007
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney ... Indeed, Hank's homicidal conniving only seems extreme until we see Albert Finney as the boys' dad. (Toronto Star)
* Jane Austen's got it going on in 'Becoming Jane' Nov 16, 2007
With his taste for booze, bare-knuckle boxing and the occasional prostitute, Tom also suggests a whippet version of the young Albert Finney in Tom Jones. Not much is known about the actual Austen-Lefroy relationship except that they met at a ball in 1795 around the time she had begun an early novel that was later reworked as Sense and Sensibility and that she described him in a letter to her sister, Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin), as "a very gentlemanlike, good-looking, pleasant young man." At... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
New on DVD: 'Shrek' has great first and final thirds Nov 16, 2007
Back story: Full of "writer's angst" despite his character's literary success, Albert Finney is edgily unpredictable, honoring an admired script by Bo Goldman, an Oscar winner for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and 1980's Melvin and Howard. And Diane Keaton (family-exhausted wife) is close to her peak. (USA Today -- Life)
Two Cents: Who's your favorite? Nov 11, 2007
I love Albert Finney. He's this charismatic figure who can play an Irish alcoholic in one movie, the pope in the next and a stuffy English professor in another. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sidney Lumet's star rises again with a tale about brotherly greed Nov 9, 2007
Lumet has the cast to back him up, too - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei - and a spiky, unforgiving script by playwright and first-time screenwriter Kelly Masterson ... Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei ... Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei. (Boston Globe)
Sidney Lumet does his best to whip plot-thin 'Devil' into shape Nov 9, 2007
And Andy starts sinking in Hank's quicksand, the suction also dragging in their parents (Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris), while Gina remains fairly clueless except for one side secret of her own ... Cast: Albert Finney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Reality snowballs for jolly old St. Nick in 'Fred Claus' Nov 7, 2007
Dickens' grump bah-humbugs in countless movie versions of A Christmas Carol, from a codgerly Alastair Sim to a crooning Albert Finney. But Santa. (USA Today)
'Strummer,' 'Darfur' premiere strongly Nov 5, 2007
Albert Finney also stars. Nabbing the highest per-screen average of the weekend among limited releases was Brit doc "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten," distributed by IFC Films. (Variety)
The many faces of Philip Seymour Hoffman Nov 5, 2007
In Lumet's quite deliberate, time-fractured narrative (co-starring Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Marisa Tomei and Ethan Hawke), Hoffman - again, being the anti-star - plays not just villainy but moral bankruptcy, unprincipled avarice and reckless indulgence. As the well-to-do, coke-addicted brother of Hawke, Hoffman plans the perfect robbery, which happens to be of the suburban jewelry store owned by their parents. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Nov 3, 2007
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei ... Sidney Lumet turned 83 in June, but "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead feels like the work of a young man. There's nothing valedictory or wise or sentimental or reflective about his new movie. Its virtues are velocity, energy, innovative storytelling - and something that seems even more the province of young directors: a certain heartlessness and ironic distance in the tone. More than anything, the tone of "Before... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Marisa Tomei is one 'Devil' of a New Yorker Nov 2, 2007
Albert Finney is her father-in-law. Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. (USA Today -- Life)
'Devil' gets box office due Oct 29, 2007
Also starring Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei, the film tells the story of two brothers who decide to rob their parents' jewelry store. "Bella" debuted at an estimated $1. (Variety)
Despite honorary Oscar, Lumet not ready to fold up director's chair Oct 28, 2007
And once Albert Finney as the brothers' fearsome father, Charles, enters the scene, it is evident that this is one dysfunctional family. "You find out (about the family) and it's awful," Lumet says. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New at the movies Oct 28, 2007
Tomei co-stars as Hoffman's trophy wife, with Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris as the victimized parents. R for a scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Sandra Hall, reviewer Oct 27, 2007
They embodied him in young working-class characters so energised by their frustrations that actors such as Alan Bates and Albert Finney were able to ride all the way to stardom on the strength of them. Curtis, frontman for the cult band Joy Division, was too young for all that. (Sydney Morning Herald)
'Before The Devil Knows You're Dead': No Way Out, By Kurt Loder Oct 27, 2007
Then Andy fills him in on the alarming details: The jewelry store belongs to their parents (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris), and since it was Andy who came up with the idea, Hank will be in charge of the actual robbery ... Albert Finney is the very incarnation of boiling patriarchal fury (a little too much so, actually). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Review: 'Dead' is a lively winner Oct 27, 2007
He and Hawke, who makes Hank a jumble of duplicity and childlike trust, give seismic performances, and so does Albert Finney as the dad who towers over both of them. "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" may be the only movie I've seen that earns comparison to both a great film noir and "Long Day's Journey Into Night." It's proof that Sidney Lumet's talent is, in every sense, timeless. (CNN -- Showbiz)
'Devil' is in the details of Lumet's masterpiece Oct 26, 2007
As the full measure of the brothers' awful choices blossoms like a poisonous flower, the narrative takes in their unsuspecting father, Charles (Albert Finney), and Andy's morally shady wife, Gina (Marisa Tomei), just as it does the emotionally weak Hank's teetering private life (as well as Andy's own). By the time Lumet (who contributed hugely to the script, but declined credit) and Masterson have finished spinning a veritably Shakespearean tale of woe, the private worlds have connected with a... (Christian Science Monitor)
Film Review: A dark but exhilarating tale of destruction Oct 25, 2007
The saleswoman bleeding on the floor is Nanette Hanson (Rosemary Harris), Andy and Hank's mother and the owner, with their father, Charles (Albert Finney), of the store her sons decided to hold up. What kind of people would do such a thing. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Brit's New Pals Oct 24, 2007
The parents are hard-working, decent people played by Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris. But the situation goes very wrong when Hawke attempts the robbery with a sketchy pal, the amazing Brian F. O'Byrne. (Fox News)
Before the Devil restores faith in crime movies Oct 24, 2007
Much of the dread-inducing excitement in Before the Devil and despite the characters misery, its one of the most exhilarating moviegoing experiences in a long while comes from the many surprises in Kelly Mastersons extraordinary script, so suffice it to say that the plot deals with the sleazy siblings deciding to knock off a jewelry store belonging to their parents (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) ... Starring: Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour... (MSNBC -- Movies)
'Sound' roars at Gotham Awards Oct 23, 2007
Ensemble Cast"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" - Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian F. O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon, Marisa Tomei (THINKFilm) "The Last Winter" - Connie Britton, Kevin Corrigan, Zach Gilford, James LeGros, Ron Perlman (IFC First Take)"Margot at the Wedding" - Jack Black, Flora Cross, Ciarn Hinds, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais, John Turturro (Paramount Vantage)"The Savages" - Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman,... (Variety)
Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead Oct 19, 2007
Rounding out the cast is Albert Finney, who plays Charles, the gruff head of the family who helped create his two monstrous (in their own unique ways) sons. There are no heroes here merely lesser and greater degrees of weakness and deception. (Suite101.com)
Caine swaps roles Oct 10, 2007
" Caine, a double Oscar winner for best supporting actor ("Hannah and Her Sisters," "The Cider House Rules") may be a sir in England, but he's a prince among movie stars in an interview. Ask Caine, 74, a question to get the interview going and he's off, hardly stopping for a breath but often inserting a witty aside in 30 minutes over the telephone. When the conversation turns to a new movie, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," starring fellow Brit Albert Finney, 71, Caine says he'd just seen a... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
KILLER LINEUP Sep 26, 2007
Lumets new film, Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead, his best in decades, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as hapless, financially stressed brothers who plot to rob a Westchester jewelry store owned by their parents (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris). Manhattans Joel and Ethan Coen are also at the top of their game with No Country for Old Men, a superb adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
All Aboard For Our Most Memorable Movie Train Rides, In Rewind Sep 26, 2007
Albert Finney plays detective Hercule Poirot, traveling aboard the train when American millionaire Sam Ratchett (Richard Widmark) is stabbed in his cabin. It's up to the erudite Belgian sleuth to deduce the killer among an ensemble including Ingrid Bergman, Michael York, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins and Sean Connery, all gleefully hamming it up in this period whodunit (for which Bergman won an Oscar). (VHI.com -- Music News)
'Harry Potter' Casting Call: We Want Mick Jagger, Peter O'Toole In 'Deathly Hallows' Sep 18, 2007
But in his place we offer up Albert Finney, a "Big Fish" with the added benefit of actually looking like Gambon close enough, at least, that he could reasonably play his brother. This report is from MTV News. (VHI.com -- Music News)
More of this story Sep 14, 2007
Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei costar. RENDITION: Reese Witherspoon follows up her Oscar win with this thriller about a mother frantically trying to locate her Egyptian-born husband after he disappears on a flight to Washington. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Familiar faces in fall's films Sep 10, 2007
With Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei. Darfur Now: Don Cheadle narrates a documentary examining genocide in Sudan. (Rocky Mountain News)
Dates are subject to change. SEPT. 14 Across the Universe Sep 3, 2007
With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris. Beowulf. (Chicago Tribune)
Lynn Redgrave on Albert Finney Sep 3, 2007
Lynn Redgrave has many awards and nominations to her credit having worked with film's finest leading men including The Bourne Ultimatum's Albert Finney ... You ve worked with so many people including, Albert Finney, Alan bates, Tom Courtney, Rex Harrison, even Timothy Dalton ... Comments on Albert Finney and Alan Bates. (Suite101.com)
Hollywood's fall highlights Aug 28, 2007
With Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei. THE COMEBACKS: A loser coach who gathers misfits for a college football team. (Yahoo News)
From Tarantino to the Turner ... Aug 28, 2007
Following in the footsteps of Albert Finney and Ian McKellen, Alex Jennings stars as the suave hedonist Gary Essendine. Lyttelton, London (020- 7452 3000), from October 2. (Guardian Unlimited)
Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007
TV Movies: August 26-September 1. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
