Fire up your remotes Jul 4, 2008
Taking inspiration from William Goldman's novel, director Rob Reiner takes viewers into medieval times with the fable of brave young Westley (Cary Elwes), a stable boy-turned-pirate trying to rescue his lady love (Robin Wright) from an arranged marriage to the evil Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). Completely tongue-in-cheek but rarely slapstick, the movie includes solid guest turns from Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest and Andre the Giant, playing, well, a giant. (Globe and Mail)
Best Romantic Comedy Movie Moments Jul 1, 2008
The Princess Bride (1987): A young woman (Robin Wright) realizes that when her servant (Cary Elwes) says, As you wish, it means that he loves her. Roxanne (1987): A man (Steve Martin) accepts a challenge to create snappy comebacks regarding his over-sized nose to impress the woman he loves (Daryl Hannah). (Suite101.com)
Top 10 Spoof Movies Mar 25, 2008
Admittedly, Mel Brooks has made better, but this Cary Elwes flick's place in the pantheon of best spoof movies is secured by two things, the presence of Dave Chappelle (in his first film role) and the unforgettable "Men in Tights" musical number. There are multiple references to previous Robin Hood flicks, most notably Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the Kevin Costner-starrer that had been a huge hit two years prior, and to Brooks' own past works. (IGN FilmForce)
Star-Studded CAMIE AWARDS Honoring Uplifting, Inspirational Themes in Film and Television Set for May 3 at the 1,900 Seat Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills Mar 25, 2008
Most of the confirmed presenters at this years ceremony are previous CAMIE AWARD recipients: Ed Asner (The Christmas Card), Peter Jason (The Christmas Card), Olivia Hussey (Mother Teresa), Cary Elwes (Pope John Paul II), Dominic Scott Kay (Charlottes Web), John Newton (The Christmas Card), Logan Bartholomew (Loves Long Journey) and pending scheduling, Jon Voight (Pope John Paul II), plus others. The CAMIE AWARDS ceremony will include... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lohan Like Olde Times Feb 23, 2008
IGN: Lohan Likes Olde Times. Lohan Likes Olde Times. (IGN FilmForce)
Toy Fair Keys In On Movie Adventure Feb 21, 2008
The company is also bringing characters from the classic romantic fable "The Princess Bride" to the action figure realm, starting with a 7-inch figure of Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes). Toy companies are answering the call of fans for television show merchandise as well. (Click2Houston, TX)
Whose line is it? Test your movie quote knowledge Feb 10, 2008
A. Cary Elwes as Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) ... C. Cary Elwes as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987). (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
'Harry Potter,' 'Bond,' 'Narnia' Top Our Most-Anticipated Sequels: '08 Movie Preview Jan 8, 2008
Without the veteran actor as Jigsaw, the series would undoubtedly die a more painful death than Cary Elwes; with him, the masochistic coincidence-dependent machinations make you long for the relative plausibility of "Alvin and the Chipmunks." Nevertheless, there's still no horror series I'd rather peek at through my clenched fingers. 7. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Family ties | Jan 5, 2008
Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) is a rebellious, promiscuous teen, whose drug-taking, lies and out-of-control behaviour has led her mother Lilly (Felicity Huffman) and stepfather Arnold (Cary Elwes) to send her to a small town in Idaho to live with her strict grandmother Georgia (Jane Fonda) for the summer. The estranged gran, who has not seen her daughter or Rachel for 13 years, has a strict set of rules ("Georgia rules", of course) by which she lives her life. (iAfrica.com)
Interveiw : Nicole Kidman Dec 4, 2007
"I have two children, as well as four nieces and nephews and I think there is a lot of weight now on that next generation of children and we need to help educate them and keep, I suppose, not numbing the minds of our children. Thats something Im very committed to, trying to constantly promote reading and all of the things that used to be far more prevalent, that now are not because of the Internet. Kidman is due to return to Australia to complete work on Baz Luhrmanns Australia, even though... (Moviehole)
New DVDs: Shrek the Third, La Vie En Rose Nov 27, 2007
A 20th anniversary edition gives a DVD makeover to the romantic fantasy that stars Cary Elwes as a peasant boy turned dashing hero, Robin Wright as the imperiled maiden he loves, and Mandy Patinkin as a swordplay master on a mission of vengeance against the man who killed his father. The DVD comes with newly produced extras that include segments on fencing and folklore. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Time Is Cruel Nov 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007 Last Update: 05:55 AM EST. THE Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" has a chorus of boys and girls playing him. (New York Post -- Gossip)
As you wish| Nov 26, 2007
Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright, later Wright-Penn) falls in love with her manservant, Westley (Cary Elwes). Feeling unworthy of her, he goes to sea to seek his fortune. (iAfrica.com)
What's new on video Nov 20, 2007
A haughty young woman (Robin Wright) has fallen in love with her family's stable boy (Cary Elwes), but later, believing him dead, agrees to wed a wicked prince (Chris Sarandon). True love eventually triumphs, with the help of idiosyncratic figures played by, among others, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant and Carol Kane. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
AN 'INCONCEIVABLE' TRUTH Nov 11, 2007
Patinkin's co-stars in the movie, currently ranked No. 148 on the Internet Movie Database's list of the top films of all time, included Robin Wright Penn, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Cary Elwes, Wallace Shawn and, in a surprisingly touching role, the late wrestling superstar Andre The Giant, who almost caused Patinkin to pass out on first sighting. "I went down this hallway at Shepperton Studios," he describes, "and there was this man sitting on a couch who was, as [screenwriter] Bill... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Today In History - October 26, 2006 Oct 26, 2007
Actor Cary Elwes is 45. Singer Natalie Merchant is 44. (CBS2.com, CA)
The week's best films Oct 15, 2007
A wry and knowing telling of a fairy-tale in which young farm boy Cary Elwes goes on a quest to rescue beautiful princess Robin Wright. It has brigands, giants, an evil prince and screaming eels, and is very much played for laughs by an eclectic cast that includes Christopher Guest and Billy Crystal (both of whom starred in Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap), and Mandy Patinkin. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 2-8. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Romero's 'Diary of the Dead' to premiere at Toronto fest Jul 26, 2007
The miniseries, which aired on CBS in December 2005, stars Cary Elwes and Jon Voight who share the title role. The project had been made in cooperation with the pontiff's longtime personal secretary and his papal spokesman. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
"Princess Bride": 20 years later Jul 25, 2007
Cary Elwes (l) played a farm boy Westley in the movie "The Princess Bride" in 1987 ... She delights in verbally abusing the farm boy Westley (Cary Elwes) by demanding that he perform chores for her. (Xinhuanet, China)
Harry Potter's Latest Has Us Conjuring Up Top 10 Movie Wizards, In Rewind Jul 11, 2007
Crystal revives the "mostly dead" Westley (Cary Elwes) more out of spite than for the reduced $65 fee. Too much of Crystal's mugging can make any film tiresome, so it's nice that Miracle Max is a mere cameo in this movie. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Georgie Rule’ trailer sells a non-existent movie May 26, 2007
The stepfather (Cary Elwes, in yet another slimeball roll) in question shows up to deny everything and proclaim his pure and age-appropriate love for both Lily and Rachel, and Lily and the moviegoer just doesn t know who to believe. Georgia Rule is the kind of movie that makes me angry because it could have been really good. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Movie Mini-Reviews 05-24-2007 May 25, 2007
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund. Best rule this one out, despite the gifted, hard-working cast. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Many hands on deck for latest "Pirates" vid game May 18, 2007
Cary Elwes signed on to play villain Black Bart, who appears exclusively in the game. ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) Many in the cast provided likenesses and spent time in recording studios around the world creating new dialogue for the game, including Jared Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Mackenzie Crook, Lee Arenberg, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Pryce, David Schofield, Crispin Freeman and Michelle Lee. (Scientific American)
More of this story May 12, 2007
So until they do, why not play it for some laughs, like grandma (Fonda) chasing her son-in-law (Cary Elwes) with a bat and threatening to lay ash to the metal of his shiny new Ferrari ... Cast includes Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes and Garrett Hedlund. (Quincy Patriot Ledger, MA)
'Georgia's' family ties are twisted May 12, 2007
It gets sticky once Rachel, mischievous to the verge of trampiness, says stepfather Arnold (Cary Elwes) used to molest her ... Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Laurie Metcalf, Cary Elwes. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Big names but little to like in 'Georgia Rule' May 11, 2007
-- that she was sexually abused by her stepfather (Cary Elwes , looking appropriately mortified) ... Starring: Jane Fonda , Lindsay Lohan , Felicity Huffman , Dermot Mulroney , Garrett Hedlund , Cary Elwes. (Boston Globe -- Living)
'Georgia Rule' 1 1/2 May 11, 2007
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes ... And Rachel's shrill, alcoholic mother (Felicity Huffman) is forced to choose between the husband (Cary Elwes) she loves and the daughter she can't quite trust. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Georgia' loses May 11, 2007
The maladjusted young Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) is shipped off to Idaho and the tutelage of her grandmother (Fonda) while her self-absorbed mom Lilly (Felicity Huffman) and stepdad Arnold (Cary Elwes) enjoy a frisky sex life in San Francisco ... With Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Cary Elwes and Felicity Huffman. (Newsday -- New York City)
'Georgia Rule': Actresses Gone Wild May 11, 2007
Neurotic Lilly is married to Arnold, a wealthy San Francisco lawyer (played in high unction by Cary Elwes, who once played heroes), but she's never really recovered from her mother's lack of affection. She has grudges. (Washington Post)
Georgia Rule No. 1: Skip this flick May 11, 2007
In the films second half, Rachel appears to become briefly unhinged, as she accuses her stepfather (Cary Elwes), a wealthy lawyer, of molesting her when she was 12. Is she telling the truth, or is she making it up as she goes along. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Forgo 'Georgia' or go for Lohan May 11, 2007
And there's that fine-actress-turned-desperate-housewife Huffman as Lily, who can't see beyond the oily slick of Rachel's stepdad Arnold (Cary Elwes), partly because she's a drunk living high off the wealth he earns as a piggish criminal defense attorney. In the end, Fonda's Georgia is hatchet-swinging Carrie Nation and bromide-bleating Dr. Phil rolled into one. (Baltimore Sun)
Lohan plays rude girl to a T. in 'Georgia Rule' May 11, 2007
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Dermot Mulroney, Felicity Huffman, Cary Elwes. Director: Garry Marshall. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Georgia Rule May 10, 2007
Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund ... 5 stars 2007 Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lohan rises above image in Georgia Rule May 9, 2007
And all three have a bone to pick with Cary Elwes, Huffmans sly husband and Lohans stepfather who may be the reason why she is so screwed up in the first place. As it all builds to a fever pitch, you cant help but wish that everybody would just take a chill pill and hug it out. (MSNBC -- News)
IGN Interview: James Wan Mar 18, 2007
IGNFF and Cary Elwes go two on two with the filmmakers behind the twisted Saw. Connections for Dead Silence. (IGN FilmForce)
DVD: Craig sexier as he gets beaten up Mar 17, 2007
U.S.-Mexico border crossers will navigate between two time zones until April 1 because the United States went to Daylight Saving Time three weeks early this year. Share your stories with us about missed appointments, sleep deprivation, and how you are managing to keep track of the time. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Saw' Scribes Reveal Jigsaw's Roots, What Scares Them Most Mar 8, 2007
Cary Elwes in "Saw" (Lions Gate Films). MTV has invited various horror luminaries to wax poetic on their experiences with and love for the bloodiest of all genres. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Timeless tales of passion and loss Feb 14, 2007
The film starred Cary Elwes and Robin Wright Penn. It s a love story, and yet it also has the comedy to keep me entertained, said Haas. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Factory Girl Feb 11, 2007
Bonus: Just in time for Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12, Cary Elwes turns up in a small role requiring him to sport a full-on Honest Abe chinstrap. Facial hair has never been so timely. (Chicago Tribune)
City Notes Pipleline blues Jan 8, 2007
Sure, there is Denzel Washington and the fairly reliable Morgan Freeman, but both Cary Elwes and Matthew Broderick still haven't come close to the masterful dramatic heights they were able to muster for that film. "Glory" was, and is, something special -- of course, it always helps when you have the Harlem Boys Choir to sing over a heartbreaking ending. (Frederick News-Post)
Exclusive Interview: Tobin Bell Oct 27, 2006
In my mind, I had Dr. Gordon [played by Cary Elwes in Saw I] calling her in as a specialist, showing her a thing I'm sitting on a couch she says, "Inoperable. Can't happen here." And then she looked at her watch. And it was the looking at her watch that burned into his brain. (IGN FilmForce)
Projection Booth: 'Saw III' Will Leave All Others A Bloody Mess Oct 27, 2006
It would take a miracle (kind of like Cary Elwes winning an Oscar for the first "Saw") to see that pattern end this time around. The only thing working against the juggernaut that is "Saw III". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Think You Know 'Saw'? This Gory Trivia Would Make Jigsaw Proud ... Oct 20, 2006
23: Times Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) is shown cutting through his leg with a hacksaw. In reality, it's much more likely the good doctor would have passed out from the pain long before he got all the way through his ankle. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Are we safe yet? - Porter's People Aug 2, 2006
alienated many of your co-workers and endangered the quality'' of the film, which co-stars talented, actual pros Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and Cary Elwes. In his exquisite epistolary spanking, Robinson notes that L.L.'s stunts have ``resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage,'' and hints that legal action may be taken if the actress doesn't get it together. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Edison Force Jul 20, 2006
July 18, 2006 - Under any circumstances, it's got a great cast: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, LL Cool J, Dylan McDermott, Cary Elwes, John Heard, Piper Perabo, Roselyn Sanchez, and in his acting debut, Justin Timberlake ... Timberlake, for his part, does his best, and escapes with only a caveat - namely, that he better figure out a way to expand his acting repertoire fast; otherwise, he might just become intimately familiar with the phrase 'straight-to-DVD' before very long. But McDermott comes... (IGN)
Timberlake Film Fizzles Jul 15, 2006
Secondary Navigation. By Natalie Finn Fri Jul 14, 8:45 PM ET. (E! Online)
SAW'S UNKINDEST CUTS Jun 11, 2006
Good things come in threes, so they say. But Saw III brings bad things, very bad things. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
NBC pops for pickups May 14, 2006
Only drama not greenlit: "Haskett's Chance," a comedic hour about a corrupt politician starring Cary Elwes. Peacock earlier picked up "The Black Donnellys," "Kidnapped" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." New projects all hail from NBC U Television Studio. (Variety)
Dunaway ditches festival Apr 21, 2006
" Dunaway's L.A. agent didn't return calls. Organizers didn't take actor D.B. Sweeney's power play too kindly, either. My festival spy says Sweeney, best known for the skating chick flick The Cutting Edge, demanded a first-class plane ticket from Tinseltown last week. He was told to fly coach or stay home. He stayed home. Tinseltown bad boy Dennis Hopper is the one who gets to fly in the champagne-and-legroom section for his premiere tonight. Still, the event was off to a fun start, especially... (The Palm Beach Post)
Adam & Eve Goes Mainstream in National Lampoon Feature Film 'Pucked!' Mar 8, 2006
Along with Bon Jovi and Faustino, "Pucked" also features such acclaimed performers as Estella Warren, Nora Dunn and Cary Elwes. "Pucked" opens in limited release this week. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
