Hamlet 2 News

Dead Poets Society, Dangerous Minds, Mr. Holland's Opus, all "great" movies about "great" teachers inspiring their students to achieve great things -- all movies referenced lovingly by Steve Coogan's "inspiring" teacher in Hamlet 2. All are slandered mercilessly in this demented profanity of a comedy from South Park writer Pam Brady.

Late in life, Dunne has become known as the voice of Vanity Fair, covering celebrity murder trials with wit and insight.

It's a double-play for British comedian Steve Coogan: He's currently co-starring in the controversial comedy Tropic Thunder as a beleaguered director plagued by spoiled Hollywood stars, and now he's going for more political incorrectness in Hamlet 2 , playing a failed actor turned high school drama teacher trying to direct a musical version of ...

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is set to direct a prequel to 2008's comedy hit Hamlet 2 . That film starred Steve Coogan as a high school drama teacher who stages a raucous musical.

Rosario Dawson and Steve Coogan will run the underworld in the Greek mythology-infused adventure film "Percy Jackson." Chris Columbus is directing the adaptation of Rick Riordan's best-selling fantasy-adventure book series, which involves the world-saving quest of Poseidon's half-human son, Percy, in modern America.

In Section: Music Blog >> Posted By: Jamie Gadette Over the weekend, I discovered yet another person who has never heard of much less seen "24-Hour Party People," a great gem of a film starring Steve Coogan documenting Manchester's music scene circa 1979-92. How the movie managed to slip by so many music and/or comedy lovers' radars is strange ...

Tomorrow I'll be seeing the dark comedy Don McKay and barely an hour later, chatting with director Jake Goldberger and stars Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue and Melissa Leo.

Loading ... The Last time I saw Elisabeth Shue was in "Hamlet 2" where she played herself as a nurse who had given up on Hollywood.

"April is the cruelest month," or so T.S. Eliot says in "The Waste Land." But it doesn't have to be, at least not when it comes to movies.

Now that we are over the Oscar hump, there appears to be a lull in theatrical releases.

It has been a while since I went to high school, so, anxious to see what today's students were up to, I naturally turned to the latest DVD releases.

British funny man Steve Coogan hosted this year's Indie Spirit Awards, the casual antidote to the Academy Awards held on a tent on the Santa Monica beach the day before the big show.

On Sunday night when you're watching the Oscars, do me a favor and leave the room when it's time for Best Original Song.

Independent Spirit Awards 5 pm/ET IFC British actor-comedian Steve Coogan hosts the 24th annual gala celebrating independent films.

British funnyman Steve Coogan welcomes challenges. 'I like to scare myself,' he says.

Just can't wait for the Oscars? British actor Steve Coogan is making no "nice guy" promises as host of the 24th Annual Independent Spirit Awards this Saturday night.

Everyone tunes into the Oscars and the Golden Globes each year, but there are other award shows out there with just as much merit, if not more.

Published: Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. Steve Coogan figures if any crowd in America knows who he is, it's probably the gang that will ...

Over the last couple of decades, Film Independent's Spirit Awards has firmly established itself as the scrappy alternative to the Oscars.

Hugh Jackman is honored with the "Male Star of the Year" Award at ShoWest 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 16, 2006.