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Filed under: Classics, Drama, Casting News like this is what I wait for when writing about movie news -- announcements that merge so many good things that you can't help but get the tingle of excitement. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Julie Taymor is taking on William Shakespeare yet again, and with one starry-eyed and stellar cast. Strike that ... THE stellar cast. This time around, we get The Tempest, but with a spin -- there's a bit of gender bending. Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan who became a sorcerer, is getting a sex change so that Helen Mirren can play the part. The lovely Mirren will be joined by Jeremy Irons, who will play Prospera's brother Alonso, Djimon Hounsou, who will tackle Caliban, Russell Brand as the jester Trinculo, Alfred Molina, who will be the drunken Stephano, Ben Wishaw as the spirit Ariel, and Felicity Jones as Prospera's daughter, Miranda. Oh, but that's not all -- Geoffrey Rush is in negotiations to play Prospera's ol' ally and adviser, Gonzalo. Since things are being changed up a bit, here's how THR describes it: "Shakespeare's play mixes romance with fraternal politics and the supernatural. As revised for the screen, it will center around Prospera, her daughter Miranda (Jones) and a shipwrecked crew full of Prospera's enemies." After seeing Taymor's Titus, I never dreamed another Shakespeare adaptation could compare, until now. I say this having seen every single one of Will's plays performed at least once, and thinking that Patrick Stewart's Prospero was practically untouchable. But now, with this cast? I'm in love. But still, Taymor is changing things up, so sound off below: Taymor, gender-bending, and The Tempest -- yay or nay? Permalink | Email this | Comments

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SHOW Today we bid a tearful goodbye to Don La Fontaine, the King of Voice overs who lent his voice for over three decades to over five thousand movie trailers. The man popularized the catch phrase In a world where and helped define the industry of professional movie trailer voice overs. In a world without the king of voiceovers, movie previews will not be as electrifying and thrilling. Don lent his voice to movie trailers like the Simpons Movie, Fatal Attraction, Batman Returns, Terminator and T2. Hasta la vista Don! Amanda Steinstein joins us once again to share with us life after being transformed by Stacy London and Clinton Kelley on the popular TLC realty tv show What Not to Wear. It looks like the intervention worked because she doesn t look bad. In fact, she looks great. Guess what? We re announcing the air date for the special episode, and you re all invited to come watch the show with us that night! Time and location to be announced but we are really looking forward to sharing this fun and exciting experience with you all. Whoop! Helen Mirren confesses to her love of cocaine in the 80s. It turns out the Oscar winning actress liked to snort a few rails until she found out that the men who sold cocaine were Nazi drug barons. The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in The Queen, was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger. I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties, but what ended it for me was when they caught (Nazi war criminal) Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron. Everyone wants to know who the oh so cute iPhone girl is. The iPhone girl turns out to be a factory worker who tested the photo component on the iPhone. She was suppose to delete the photo but she didn t on a few of them. Concerned iPhone owners were worried that she would be fired from her job for her error but rest assure that she still has her job churning out your fantastic phones. Amanda is finally taking our advice and will go for a jump in the lake. On September 20, 2008 she will join people from all around the world to clean up our waters during International Cleanup Day. The Project Aware Foundation spearheads global underwater cleanups and addresses the devastating impact of marine debris on the aquatic environment. We can t wait to find out what Amanda will find at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Can we now blame our bad behavior on our genes? Scientists have discovered that men who have certain alleles, or members of a pair or series of different forms of a gene, are less likely to be in happy or monogamous relationship. About 40% of men have one or two of the alleles which puts them at risk for marital discord or divorce. And if you have two of the alleles you are at a greater risk than if you have just one. If you have none of these alleles, then you re probably already in a relationship. Why is that all the good alleles are already taken? What the heck is up with Sarah Palin? We are still confused why McCain chose this unlikely running mate. Some people are saying that her daughter being pregnant should be off limits in this campaign. Now, we would agree with them if it weren t for the fact that she parades her kids around as some testament to why she is a good leader and person. She opened the door to the argument. If she can t teach her own kids her style of morality then how is she going to be any kind of moral leader to the nation? In a world without the Feast of Fools, would people still own iPods? Featured Music: Yael Naïm - Yael Naïm: iTunes | Amazon | Site RSS FEED | SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE Share & Save

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SHOW Today we bid a tearful goodbye to Don La Fontaine, the King of Voice overs who lent his voice for over three decades to over five thousand movie trailers. The man popularized the catch phrase In a world where and helped define the industry of professional movie trailer voice overs. In a world without the king of voiceovers, movie previews will not be as electrifying and thrilling. Don lent his voice to movie trailers like the Simpons Movie, Fatal Attraction, Batman Returns, Terminator and T2. Hasta la vista Don! Amanda Steinstein joins us once again to share with us life after being transformed by Stacy London and Clinton Kelley on the popular TLC realty tv show What Not to Wear. It looks like the intervention worked because she doesn t look bad. In fact, she looks great. Guess what? We re announcing the air date for the special episode, and you re all invited to come watch the show with us that night! Time and location to be announced but we are really looking forward to sharing this fun and exciting experience with you all. Whoop! Helen Mirren confesses to her love of cocaine in the 80s. It turns out the Oscar winning actress liked to snort a few rails until she found out that the men who sold cocaine were Nazi drug barons. The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in The Queen, was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger. I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties, but what ended it for me was when they caught (Nazi war criminal) Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron. Everyone wants to know who the oh so cute iPhone girl is. The iPhone girl turns out to be a factory worker who tested the photo component on the iPhone. She was suppose to delete the photo but she didn t on a few of them. Concerned iPhone owners were worried that she would be fired from her job for her error but rest assure that she still has her job churning out your fantastic phones. Amanda is finally taking our advice and will go for a jump in the lake. On September 20, 2008 she will join people from all around the world to clean up our waters during International Cleanup Day. The Project Aware Foundation spearheads global underwater cleanups and addresses the devastating impact of marine debris on the aquatic environment. We can t wait to find out what Amanda will find at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Can we now blame our bad behavior on our genes? Scientists have discovered that men who have certain alleles, or members of a pair or series of different forms of a gene, are less likely to be in happy or monogamous relationship. About 40% of men have one or two of the alleles which puts them at risk for marital discord or divorce. And if you have two of the alleles you are at a greater risk than if you have just one. If you have none of these alleles, then you re probably already in a relationship. Why is that all the good alleles are already taken? What the heck is up with Sarah Palin? We are still confused why McCain chose this unlikely running mate. Some people are saying that her daughter being pregnant should be off limits in this campaign. Now, we would agree with them if it weren t for the fact that she parades her kids around as some testament to why she is a good leader and person. She opened the door to the argument. If she can t teach her own kids her style of morality then how is she going to be any kind of moral leader to the nation? In a world without the Feast of Fools, would people still own iPods? Featured Music: Yael Naïm - Yael Naïm: iTunes | Amazon | Site RSS FEED | SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE Share & Save

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, Casting, Deals, New Releases, Celebrities and Controversy, Scripts, Home Entertainment, Politics, Columns, Fan Rant When Stephen Frears' The Queen came out in 2006, all the buzz emphasized Helen Mirren's icy performance as London's reclusive royal highness. The ubiquitous praise lead to her Oscar win, but it overwhelmed recognition of the movie's secret weapon: Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, quietly pressuring his Majesty to face the public in the wake of Princess Diana's untimely demise. There's a reason why Sheen conveyed the nuances of Blair's role in the event, which transpired a mere three months after the Prime Minister rose to power -- he had practice. The Deal, a fantastic made-for-TV movie Frears directed in 2003, tracked Blair's cunning (and morally questionable) instincts in the years leading up to his position at the top of the Labor Party. Sheen played Blair in The Deal first, and it's both a superior performance and a superior film. Whereas The Queen had a tabloid hook and only tangentially explored the deeper political ramifications of a reclusive national leader, The Deal delves into precisely how Blair managed to emerge at the top of British politics with a series of calculated maneuvers. Political drama at its finest, The Deal hit DVD in the United States last month, where it has been touted as "the prequel to The Queen." That's not quite fair; The Queen is the sequel to The Deal, and the two movies ought to be seen as a single, wholly fascinating package depicting British politics in the 1990s.Continue reading Fan Rant: 'The Deal' is Better Than 'The Queen' Permalink | Email this | Comments

Author: pporta Added: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:53:23 -0800 Duration: 115Con "The Queen" al cinema ha vinto il premio Oscar. Ma la tv casa sua e Helen Mirren atterrata nella capitale per ritirare al Roma Fiction Fest un Maximo Award alla carriera. Affascinante in nero e infradito, si concessa ai numerosissimi fotografi, che le hanno perdonato i 30 minuti di ritardo accumulati, sembra, per colpa del traffico. Poi, in conferenza stampa, ha spiegato alla stampa il piacere di fare fiction di qualit e non solo...

iPod | 4:38 | To Embed or Email: click on "Menu." Seems every year or so I get in the mood for a bikini show. You realize here in Hawaii they are common - on all ages and all sizes. But reading about this research in Belgium and by Carnegie Mello, I realize they are a hot topic for the study of neuroeconomics. Bottom line: men get stupid in front of bikini-wearing women, and spend more money on things they don't necessarily want. One way to break that is to desensitize, to present bikinis in normal context (not the usual seductive poses.) Helen Mirren is a role model for many and at 62 still wears a bikini. And to the women who won't wear one? Other side of same coin! Who cares how you look? Swimming and sunning with a bare tummy sure feels awful nice. 20 years ago, when I arguably had a much "better" body, I would not have filmed this. Today, who cares? Beach Walk 43 - Live Dangerously, Wear a Bikini Beach Walk 436 - Bikini Culture, Internet Culture Beach Walk 211 - Go deeper to see clearly Beach Walk 149 - Free 2 B U and Me Hawaiian word: Loli: change P S We are trying a new video platform: Viddler. It has a lot of cool features - you can leave a comment right in the video - or even leave a video comment! Please check it out! (You will need to create free account at Viddler to leave a video comment.) If you are having trouble with the iTunes version earlier this week, we fixed that. You can click on the iPod version link under the movie player and manually download the corrected version. We recommend you use the most recent version of iTunes software. But if you get a white screen on the main player, you will either want to upgrade your Flash or click on the iPod version to watch. That's required to support the in-video comments. Join us at The Reef for discussion, Reef Radio, and occasional live streaming. Support us by buying your own copy of our Beach Walks Theme music. Please check out our Blogroll page with many more links to our friends' web sites.

The first National Treasure was surprisingly delightful. Funny, action packed and genuinely engaging. Does the sequel live up to its hype? You'll have to watch my review to find out. Oh, and watch out for Nicolas Cage's 'British' accent.

On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: Box office numbers, "Vantage Point", "Jumper", "80th Annual Academy Awards", Helen Mirren, Katherine Heigl, Glen Hansard, "Falling Slowly", "Once", Marketa Irglova, "No Country for Old Men", The Coen Brothers, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Marion Cotillard.

First of a brand new season of podcasts with Georgina and Brian. Learning English with Le Raymonde Le Blanc, Baking with Helen Mirren and a canine conundrum for Georgina... it's Name That Dog. Plus, do Sowerby and Luff own the moon, Bush topiary and a nice stainless steel cocktail shaker. Contains strong language. Sponsored by Kalashnikov Vodka.

First of a brand new season of podcasts with Georgina and Brian. Learning English with Le Raymonde Le Blanc, Baking with Helen Mirren and a canine conundrum for Georgina... it's Name That Dog. Plus, do Sowerby and Luff own the moon, Bush topiary and a nice stainless steel cocktail shaker. Contains strong language. Sponsored by Kalashnikov Vodka.

The 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicks off on January 24th. Let's take a look at last year's highlights with interviews from Will Smith, Helen Mirren, William H. Macy, and Sienna Miller.

Juno is a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a perfect set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs. Join Roger for this amazing audio segment as he chats with Director Jason Reitman, Screenwriter Diablo Cody, and Actors Ellen Page and Allison Janney. (CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO) Audio & Video Podcasts sponsored by MediaTrust. Share This

This week Roger sat down with director Julian Schnabel to talk about his new film The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of French Elle. Schnabel was named best director at this Year s Cannes Film Festival. In this piece his discusses the imagery and the point of view of the movie. He also talks about why he decided to shoot the movie in French. (Click HERE for a Hi-Res Quicktime version of the video) Share This

The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father’s domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help. Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove each other crazy. Faced with complete upheaval and battling over how to handle their father’s final days, they are confronted with what adulthood, family and, most surprisingly, each other are really about. Join Roger as he interviews writer/director Tamara Jenkins and actor Laura Linney about what it was like to work on this wonderful film. One technical note - the lighting at the Riviera Theater continues to be a problem so the picture is dark and grainy. (CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW TO START VIDEO) Share This

More stars at the World Premiere of Beowulf Monday night in Los Angeles.

Roger Durling believes that David Cronenberg is one of the greatest directors working today. This interview took place on October 12th at Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus and was almost an hour and a half long. Here are some highlights of Roger s chat with Cronenberg about the making of the Russian Mafia thriller Eastern Promises. This piece was shot by Joseph Matheny and edited by Scott Parent of MediaTrust. Share This

This week we got an advanced screening of the amazing film, The Kite Runner. Screenwriter David Banioff and Actor, Shaun Toub sat down with Roger and talked about their experience making this epic motion picture. Click the picture to watch the video:  You can also watch the video with Quicktime HERE. Share This

On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, "Traveling", Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, Edward Norton, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, "State of Play", Brad Pitt, Kevin James, "Mall Cop", and Kiefer Sutherland.

This time around we have a great Q In the Valley of Elah director, Paul Haggis. The film tells the story of a war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife (Susan Sarandon) and the search for their son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has mysteriously gone missing, and the police detective (Charlize Theron) who helps in the investigation. The lighting in the theater isn t good, so the resulting video is a bit dark. Nonetheless, it s well worth your time to check it out.(Click on the picture to watch video) If you have problems viewing the video, please make sure you have the latest free version of Quicktime (both Mac and PC). You can get it HERE. Share This

We ve got some audio this time around from Cinema Society. Roger s guests are James Mangold and Cathy Conrad as they talk about their new film 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. (Click Here to Play) Share This

The podcast team is back in action and our first show is a Q s previous documentary film, Spellbound. After that experience he decided to try his hand at writing and directing his first fictional feature film. The product of that effort is Rocket Science. (Click on the picture to watch video) Share This

Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review the DVD release of The Queen in this episode of FilmCrunch: A revealing, witty portrait of the British royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.

From sasquatches to hot old chicks to angry old dudes, Shea Hess loves to watch!

Access? fashion expert, Stacy London, takes a look at the worst dressed stars on the Oscars red carpet! You will not believe what some of the stars tried to get away with.