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5 hrs ago | DVD Verdict

Armchair Thriller: Set 1

Appellate Judge James A. Stewart never found armchairs all that thrilling. Now, recliners... Note: This is a pre-release review.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Train Disaster

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Daily Express

Laughter allays gloom in times of crisis

AS FAR as the theatre is concerned, however, this is turning out to be a bumper summer and it could be because of the economic difficulties.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Helen Mirren, World News, United Kingdom, Cambridgeshire County, England

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Independent

How We Met: Sir Ian McKellen & Jonathan Hyde

'When I saw Ian perform as Richard II, I said, "That's what I want to do, what I want to be"' Interviews by Adam Jacques MICHAEL FRANKE Shoulder to shoulder: Hyde says spending a season as the faithful Earl of Kent to McKellen's Lear cemented their friendship enlarge Sir Ian McKellen CBE, 70, is an award-winning actor known for his film roles in ...

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Gods and Monsters, Short, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Jumanji, Family, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Action Movies, The Mummy, Adventure, Jonathan Hyde, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Promise: It's a cold war, kids

Three's a crowd ... Chris Ryan, Alison Bell and Ewen Leslie. Elissa It's 1942 and in a derelict Leningrad apartment, 15-year-old Lika is trying to keep warm.

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Related Topix: Ewen Leslie, Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies

Wed Jun 24, 2009

City Paper

Reviewed: Shakespeare Theatre Company's Transgressive, Transcendent King Lear

You'll decide how you feel about Robert Falls' vulgar, vicious King Lear in the first few seconds, likely as not, and where you'll come down may depend on whether you're the sort to turn up your nose as a pair of noblemen stroll into the palace jakes and commence to take a whiz at a wall lined with grimy urinals.

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Related Topix: War Movies, Drama Movies, Richard III, History Movies

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Times Online

Ian McKellen on gay rights

Everyone has the right to live openly, writes the actor as we approach the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots Sir Ian McKellen I remember when Michael Cashman, now an MEP, was the first chairman of the lobby group Stonewall.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Bent, Drama Movies, War Movies, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Opinion

Wed Jun 17, 2009

7x7

Bridge Under Siege: Hollywood Takes Aim at the Golden Gate

Mega Shark takes a bite out of the bridge in one of this year's least heralded 3-D adventures.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Asylum, Marin County, CA, Alcatraz Island, US National Parks

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Access Hollywood

a Lord Of The Ringsa Stars Returning To Middle-Earth For a The Hobbita

Ian McKellen as Gandalf in 'The Return of the King' New Line Cinema Sean Bean as Boromir in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart pose with Richard Linnell and Sam Walton who were chosen from open auditions to join the lead actors on stage in the new production of 'Waiting for Godot' New Line Cinema 'The Lord ...

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Related Topix: Sean Bean, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, J.R.R. Tolkien, Vocal

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Film School Rejects

The Hobbit: The Return of Weaving, McKellen, Serkis

I had the unique privilege of seeing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at Butt-Numb-a-Thon 5 right here in beautiful Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse about a week before it was released.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Austin Metro, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Christian Science Monitor

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Audubon's new butterfly guide, a PBS documentary on rock icon Neil Young, Allen Toussaint's first solo album in 10 years, and more.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Allen Toussaint, Theater, Arts, Judi Dench, Ben Kingsley

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Sir Ian McKellen: older women should have more stage and screen roles

Sir Ian backed a campaign by actors' union Equity which called on broadcasters to change their attitudes towards actresses aged over 45, in a petition which has been signed by 4,000 people including Julie Walters and Harry Potter actress Imelda Staunton.

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Related Topix: Thriller, X-Men, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Calendar Girls, Julie Walters, Sharon Stone

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Wired News

First Glimpse of The Prisoner Reboot Is Agonizingly Short

It's not as unendurable as being extraordinarily rendered to a prison disguised as a holiday resort.

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Related Topix: The Prisoner, Entertainment, Television, Drama Movies, Patrick McGoohan, War Movies, Richard III, History Movies

The Sofia Echo

Berkoff's masterclass on Shakespeare's Villains

Steven Berkoff took audiences through a whirlwind tour of Shakespeare's Villains at Sofia's Aleko Konstantinov Satirical Theatre on June 3. Berkoff, who chooses to present villains on the basis that "the sicker the patient, the more interesting he is to the doctor", ran through the gamut.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Steven Berkoff, Richard III, History Movies, War Movies, Comedy Movies, Macbeth

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Yorkshire Post

Back in God's own county... the movie star who discovered a divine new role

By Nick Ahad When Patrick Stewart is in a play, he can expect to take top billing.

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Related Topix: Thriller, X-Men, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Patrick Stewart, West Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, South Yorkshire County, England, World News,

Thu May 28, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Ian Kellen - Kellen Celebrates 70TH in Style

Caption: Ian McKellen , Patrick Stewart, Sam Walton, Richard Linnell Photocall with the cast of 'Waiting for Godot' to announce the two boys who recently won the opportunity to perform alongside the Company on stage at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

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Related Topix: X-Men, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Patrick Stewart

Wed May 27, 2009

Back Stage

Playing Shakespeare

What a thrill to watch actors of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company - accomplished performers all - as they come back to study the text of their noble kinsman William Shakespeare at the knee of the illustrious director John Barton.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Judi Dench, Patrick Stewart, Comedy Movies, Twelfth Night, Ben Kingsley

Sun May 24, 2009

Playbill

Today In Theatre History: MAY 25

1939 Birthday of British actor Ian McKellen, a Tony-winner in 1981 for playing Salieri in Amadeus , who also will appear on Broadway in Dance of Death and Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare , who also will make many film appearances including X-Men, Gods and Monsters and The Lord of the Rings .

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, X-Men, Gods and Monsters, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, The Subject Was Roses

Mon May 18, 2009

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

DVD Debuts on Athena include Playing Shakespeare, The Story of English

June 2, Best of British TV specialist Acorn Media debuts some of the Best Documentaries on DVD with their new Athena line.

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Related Topix: X-Men, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Judi Dench, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, Ted Koppel

New Yorker

David Denby: a oeAngels & Demonsa and a oeSummer Hours.a

"The Da Vinci Code" - both the 2003 novel and the 2006 movie - mesmerized audiences with puzzles and bloody horrors, while purporting to edify them with talk of religion and art history.

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Related Topix: Laurence Olivier, Angels & Demons, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Dan Brown, Vocal

Sat May 16, 2009

New York Post

Reel Good

The third in the "X-Men" series begins with a flashback to the time when the fledgling mutant supremacist, Eric Lensherr/Magneto and Dr.

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Related Topix: Thriller, X-Men, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Children TV, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Eric, Drama Movies, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman

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