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| Theron ready to have children The ‘Road’ actress Charlize Theron feels fulfilled with her career achievements and is now looking forward to settling down and raising a family with her boyfriend of nine years, actor Stuart Townsend. breakingnews.ie |
Carr guilty of speeding Comedian Jimmy Carr was convicted of speeding by a court in Britain today. breakingnews.ie |
Funny People, (500) Days of Summer, Dorian Gray and A Perfect Getaway | DVD review Universal, Fox, Momentum, Momentum"Do you ever get tired of playing the same songs?" asks Seth Rogen, to which balding singer-songwriter James Taylor tartly replies: "Do you ever get tired of talking about your dick?" Not on the evidence of Funny People (2009, 15, Universal), the cameo-packed, serio-comic stodge from Judd Apatow which juggles his usual genital obsessions with more supposedly grown-up matters of life and death. Adam Sandler (brilliant in Punch-Drunk Love, rubbish elsewhere) plays a cynical comedian diagnosed with a "terminal movie illness" which comes or goes as the plot requires. There are a few laughs but more cringes as Rogen and Sandler do "bittersweet" while a mad-eyed Eric Bana reminds us about the thin line between stand-up comedy and psychosis.Equally awkward in its attempts to be "funny but truthful" is (500) Days of Summer (2009, 15, Fox), an offbeat romcom with an irritatingly quirky title which is the least of its irksome shortcomings. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the love-struck dope recounting his titular relationship with "Summer", played by Zooey Deschanel at her madcap worst. Clearly we're meant to find her goggle-eyed antics endearing, but my patience soon tired of the on-screen kookiness and ill-fittingly sombre philosophical voice-over.There's more to enjoy in Dorian Gray (2009, 15, Momentum) thanks largely to the presence of Colin Firth who almost saves the production from sinking into Twitter-generation triviality. Almost. Firth is terrifically rancid as Lord Henry Wotton who leads Dorian astray, although the super-modern CGI-animated portrait itself has none of the painterly horror which artist Ivan Albright conjured for the classic 1940s screen incarnation.If it's no-nonsense thrills you're after, check out A Perfect Getaway (2009, 15, Momentum) in which a couple on Hawaiian honeymoon are terrorised by the spectre of an island-hopping serial killer. It's familiar, sub-Beach fare, but David Twohy (who directed the underrated Timescape) showcases his genre chops with aplomb.DVD and video reviewsMark Kermodeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Bafta nominations list 2010 Nominations for the Orange British Academy Film awards, or BaftasBest filmAvatarAn EducationThe Hurt LockerPreciousUp in the AirLeading actorJeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)George Clooney (Up in the Air)Colin Firth (A Single Man)Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)Leading actressCarey Mulligan (An Education)Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones)Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel)Supporting actorAlec Baldwin (It's Complicated)Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)Alfred Molina (An Education)Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)Supporting actressAnne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)Mo'Nique (Precious)Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)Outstanding British filmAn EducationFish TankIn the LoopMoonNowhere BoyOutstanding debut by a British writer, director or producerLucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (directors, producers – Mugabe And The White African)Eran Creevy (writer/director – Shifty)Stuart Hazeldine (writer/director – Exam)Duncan Jones (director – Moon)Sam Taylor-Wood (director – Nowhere Boy)DirectorJames Cameron (Avatar)Neill Blomkamp (District 9)Lone Scherfig (An Education)Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)Original screenplayThe Hangover (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore)The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)A Serious Man (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)Up (Bob Peterson, Pete Docter)Adapted screenplayDistrict 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell)An Education (Nick Hornby)In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)Film not in the English languageBroken EmbracesCoco Before ChanelLet the Right One InA ProphetThe White RibbonAnimated filmCoralineFantastic Mr FoxUpMusicAvatar (James Horner)Crazy Heart (T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton)Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat)Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Chaz Jankel)Up (Michael Giacchino)CinematographyAvatarDistrict 9The Hurt LockerInglourious BasterdsThe RoadEditingAvatarDistrict 9The Hurt LockerInglourious BasterdsUp in the AirProduction designAvatarDistrict 9Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusInglourious BasterdsCostume designBright StarCoco Before ChanelAn EducationA Single ManThe Young VictoriaSoundAvatarDistrict 9The Hurt LockerStar TrekUpSpecial visual effectsAvatarDistrict 9Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe Hurt LockerStar TrekMakeup & hairCoco Before ChanelAn EducationThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusNineThe Young VictoriaShort animationThe GruffaloThe Happy DucklingMother of ManyShort film14I Do AirJadeMixtapeOff SeasonThe Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public, nominations announced earlier this month)Jesse EisenbergNicholas HoultCarey MulliganTahar RahimKristen StewartBaftasJeff BridgesGeorge ClooneyColin FirthAndy SerkisMeryl StreepAlec BaldwinKristin Scott ThomasSam Taylor-WoodJames CameronKathryn BigelowQuentin TarantinoCoen brothersNick HornbyJason Reitmanguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Van Outen expecting girl Denise Van Outen is having a baby girl. breakingnews.ie |