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Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film | Into That Good Night | We Are Family | Comedy Showcase: The Amazing Dermot | Watch this
3 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film | Into That Good Night | We Are Family | Comedy Showcase: The Amazing Dermot
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
7.15pm, TCM
The director Ron Howard got his first break in Hollywood at the age of four, starring against Yul Brynner in The Journey before graduating to The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days. It all prepared him for an adult life as a filmmaker. He talks about each of his films eloquently here, and among the stinkers (he describes Far and Away as "misunderstood") Howard also predicted reality television with Ed TV, and brilliantly captured Richard Nixon's exile and hubris with Frost/Nixon. A good insight into the director's craft.
Into That Good Night
7.30pm, Channel 4
The disparate group interviewed for this doc are united by something so fundamental that it overrides their differences: they're all going to die. This statement could, of course,
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And the Next 'Star Trek' Movie Villain Is...
18 October 2009 9:05 PM, PDT
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Everybody's asking the question: "Who's going to serve as the villain or villains in the sequel to last summer's Star Trek?" Now that we're in an alternate Trek timeline, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are free to tell stories that incorporate familiar faces but combine them in new and interesting ways.
Which got us thinking: who's likely to make the short list, and what sort of possible stories/combinations might we see? Will the filmmakers choose to go the route of borrowing once more from canon...or will they elect to craft an entirely new story with entirely new antagonists?
Since new antagonists are impossible to predict, we decided to look to the original canon and have offered a list of possible villains from which Orci and Kurtzman could choose. We've divided the categories up into four groups:
The Heavy Hitters
The Middleweight Contenders
The Individual Narcissists
And finally:
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Event Report: Film4 Frightfest 2009
3 September 2009 2:11 AM, PDT
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So, the August bank holiday has passed for another year and that means one thing – The Film4 Frightfest in London has just finished. This year held a special meaning to the festival though, with it greeting its 10th year in existence having moved, during that time, from humble beginnings in the Prince Charles Cinema, to the grander Odeon Leicester Square and finally, for the first time this year, to the Empire Cinema (also in Leicester Square). The Empire houses the largest cinema screen in the UK, which was used to display the main catalogue of films this year round. Trust me, this thing is absolutely massive.
Second to this, also for the first time ever, Frightfest organisers Alan, Ian, Paul and Greg decided to commandeer a smaller screen to show those movies they felt should be in the Fest, but couldn’t be worked into the main programme. This screen
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Sean Connery Tops Poll for Worst Film Accent
31 August 2009 4:30 PM, PDT
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In a poll by Empire magazine, fans voted Sean Connery for having the worst film accent of all time. "Whether he's a Russian sub captain (The Hunt For Red October) or even an English king (First Knight, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), always that baritone Highland burr remains," said the magazine. Coming in second is Dick Van Dyke for his awful Cockney as the chimney sweep in Disney's 1964 "Mary Poppins," starring opposite the properly-accented Julie Andrews. Actors who did not make the list were Tom Cruise for "Far and Away" and Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Blood Diamond." Top 10 list: 1. Sean Connery (Hunt for Red October) 2. Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins) 3. Brad Pitt (Seven Years in Tibet) 4. Charlton Heston (Touch of Evil) 5. Heather Graham (From Hell) 6. Keanu Reeves (Bram Stoker's Dracula) 7. Julia Roberts (Mary Reilly) 8. Laurence Olivier (The Jazz Singer) 9. Peter Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects) 10. Meryl Streep (Out of Africa)
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Sean Connery’s ‘Untouchables’ Irish accent voted worst in movie history (IrishCentral)
31 August 2009 8:37 AM, PDT
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Video / Sean Connery as Irish cop Jim Malone in "The Untouchables / Click here
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Looks like IrishCentral movie critics had it right: legendary Scottish actor Sean Connery has the worst movie accent of all time, according to film fans.
Connery may have won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of tough Irish cop Jim Malone in 1987’s “The Untouchables,” but according to a new U.S. cinema ticket agency poll, his Irish accent in the film was less than to be desired.
The Edinburgh-born actor has often been criticized for failing to lose his famous Scottish brogue when playing non-Scots, like Irish cop Malone in “Untouchables” and Russian Captain Marko Ramius in “The Hunt for Red October.”
Right behind Connery in the run for worst movie accent is his “Untouchables” co-star Kevin Costner, whose English accent in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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Connery Has Worst Movie Accent
31 August 2009 1:06 AM, PDT
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Sir Sean Connery's Irish-American accent in 1987 film The Untouchables has been voted the worst of all time in a new poll.
The former James Bond star played a cop in the hit movie and received an Academy Award for his turn - despite failing to lose his native Scottish dialect.
Connery's role saw off competition from Kevin Costner's portrayal of the English folk hero in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, with his American accent landing him second place in the survey by a U.S. ticket agency.
In third was Tom Cruise who put on an Irish lilt for his part in 1992's Far and Away.
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