Richard Curtis
More stories
-
Trailer for Stephen Daldry’s ‘Trash’ keeps focus away from supporting cast
The Hours and The Reader director Stephen Daldry is back with a new project, this one set in the slums of Rio. Titled Trash, the film is Daldry’s fifth feature-length directorial effort. The film itself is an adaptation of Andy Mulligan’s 2010 novel, with three newcomers in the lead roles in Luis Eduardo, Rickson Tevez, […] More
-
Saturday Shorts: ‘Dead on Time’, written by Richard Curtis
Today’s film is the 1983 short Dead on Time. The film stars Nigel Hawthorne, Rupert Everett, and Rowan Atkinson, is directed by Lyndall Hobbs, and written by Richard Curtis. Curtis’ writing career stretches back over 30 years, having worked on tv shows such as The Black Adder and Mr. Bean, and written movies such as […] More
-
‘About Time’ a slight and sweet new romantic comedy from Richard Curtis
Charm gets you only so far, so it’s lucky that Richard Curtis has three exceedingly likable actors in his new film, About Time. This is very much a Richard Curtis affair, fitting comfortably alongside Notting Hill, Love Actually, and Four Weddings and a Funeral, for good or ill. More
-
The Televerse #74- Blackadder with Les Chappell
TV’s midseason changeovers have started to occur and this week on the podcast, and during our week in TV, we take a look at several of them, including the finales for Parenthood, American Horror Story: Asylum, and Last Resort and the premiere of Spartacus: War of the Damned. Then we head over to the DVD […] More
-
The Televerse #74- Blackadder with Les Chappell
TV’s midseason changeovers have started to occur and this week on the podcast, and during our week in TV, we take a look at several of them, including the finales for Parenthood, American Horror Story: Asylum, and Last Resort and the premiere of Spartacus: War of the Damned. Then we head over to the DVD […] More
-
The Boat That Rocked (AKA Pirate Radio) Soundtrack
Law breaking, music playing, and the corruption of an entire generation — it sounds like a solid foundation upon which to build a film. The 2009 film The Boat That Rocked or, in its edited and much leaner form, Pirate Radio, tries to weave together a coming of age story and a musical education. From […] More