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FOCUS FEARTURES Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nick Frost star in "Pirate Radio," a film about the ships that illegally broadcast rock music in the U.K. in the 1960s.

New Zealand director Richard Curtis figured out how to make an American frat comedy set in the United Kingdom.

Richard Curtis makes romantic, sentimental and overlong comedies filled to the rafters with friends as cast-members. He's a British Judd Apatow - indulgent, substituting sweetness for edge, charm for shock value.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Richard Curtis, best known for his work on hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones's Diary," got the idea to make a movie about pop music about 10 years ago.

Home : Features : Movies : Anthony Hopkins will star in latest Marvel Studios production Anthony Hopkins will star in latest Marvel Studios production 30-Oct-2009 Written by: Sari N. Kent Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to grace the silver screen in the Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios release entitled 'Thor,' which will be directed by Academy Award ...

Sir Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of Thor, Kenneth Branagh's film version of the Marvel comic book, according to industry paper Variety.

Not being a big fan of re-locating most of Shakespeare's plays in different times and places than the originals, I had my reservations when I saw the poster design for the Le Moyne College Boot and Buskin Theatre Group's production of "As You Like It", which looked like a super-modern rendition of skyscrapers and greenery, a la the New York ...

Jude Law would seem the ideal choice to play Hamlet. It is, after all, a revenge play with all the trappings of a B movie.

The British Big Chill , a gathering of all the old gang at the inherited manor of one of them, following the death of his father.

Casting is in full-force this month for Marvel's next big comic adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh directed Thor , which means that you will undoubtedly be bombarded with more than a few "this person is auditioning" stories.

Apparently originating in a German GQ interview with Matthias Schweighofer is some of the more surprising casting news in recent weeks.

In Stephen Chow's magic-toy farce, she plays a boy in a love-hate relationship with his otherworldly pet critter.

"I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all.

Emma Thompson wrote about her spectacularly parsimonious husband, Greg Wise, last year, claiming he made "Oliver Cromwell look like Imelda Marcos". Now, however, the actress has disclosed her tips for a successful marriage.

Want to see for yourself? Hamlet , directed by Brooke Ciardelli, produced by Northern Stage.

THE Royal Shakespeare Company's 33rd season in Newcastle begins this month with new plays, new productions and a new person in charge.

This is what happens when a studio lets a director do whatever they want. Kenneth Branagh , has really lost his mind on this one.

Now that Kenneth Branagh's Thor movie has settled on a main cast, a script and a shooting date, the CIA-level secrecy is about to begin.

No.10 - Kate Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale began her career as a lady-boner popper in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.

Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own right, Goldwyn began his career in England with the J. Arthur Rank Organization as a writer and.... Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own ...