True Grit (2010)

Zooey Deschanel and Domhnall Gleeson to Topline Time Travel Dramedy ABOUT TIME

Zooey Deschanel is going time traveling. Variety reports that Deschanel and Harry Potter star Domhnall Gleeson are in talks to lead Love Actually director Richard Curtis’ time travel dramedy About Time. Gleeson will star as a young man who comes from a family of time travelers who uses his ability in order to change situations for the better when he learns of his gift. Should Deschanel sign on, she’ll be playing Gleeson’s love interest. The actress is currently mulling over which project to shoot during her hiatus from the swell Fox series New Girl (seriously, it’s good. Give it a whirl). Apparently she’s deciding between the comedy He’s Fuckin' Perfect and About Time, but Variety notes that she’s leaning toward the latter. Sci-fi is a strange choice of genre for Curtis given his background, but I was a big fan of Pirate Radio so I’m open to what About Time has in store. I like Gleeson (Read More)

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Does Jeff Bridges Make a Better ‘Dirty Grandpa’ Than Michael Douglas?

Back when Universal was looking to get a script together for a Bad Santa sequel, one of the names they were looking at to write was John Phillips, who got on the studio’s radar by selling them a script for a comedy called Dirty Grandpa. It turns out this guy knows a lot about filth. While the Bad Santa sequel isn’t said to be filming until the fall, and there’s yet to be any word on whether Phillips’ version of the script is the one the studio chose, things are starting to gear up for Dirty Grandpa now. Vulture has a report that Universal has offered Jeff Bridges the starring role, which tells the story of an uptight college kid who gets conned into taking his perverted, recently widowed grandfather with him on a spring break trip to Florida. If Bridges accepts the offer, he’ll be bringing the method approach to stinkiness that he perfected in films like Crazy Heart and True Grit to a (Read More)

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Jameson Empire Awards 2012 Winners

The Awards: As it happened... Ah, spring. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and flocks of beautiful people are pitching up on the red carpet outside a swanky hotel in London. It can only mean one thing: its time for the Jameson Empire Awards 2012 . The big winner of the night was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , which took home Best Thriller, Best Actor (for Gary Oldman) and Best British Film. The Best Film of the year went to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part Two , which also won Best Director for David Yates, while Olivia Colman took Best Actress for her astonishing turn in Tyrannosaur . The Awards were voted for by the Empire reader, and it's fair to say that they reflect a wide-ranging taste. Best Comedy went to homegrown British juggernaut The Inbetweeners , while Best Horror went to the deeply disturbing Kill List . The Americans got a look-in for Best (Read More)

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Jameson Empire Awards 2012 Winners!

Plus: The Awards minute-by-minute blog Ah, spring. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and flocks of beautiful people are pitching up on the red carpet outside a swanky hotel in London. It can only mean one thing: its time for the Jameson Empire Awards 2012 . The big winner of the night was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , which took home Best Thriller, Best Actor (for Gary Oldman) and Best British Film. The Best Film of the year went to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part Two , which also won Best Director for David Yates, while Olivia Colman took Best Actress for her astonishing turn in Tyrannosaur . The Awards were voted for by the Empire reader, and it's fair to say that they reflect a wide-ranging taste. Best Comedy went to homegrown British juggernaut The Inbetweeners , while Best Horror went to the deeply disturbing Kill List . The Americans got a look-in (Read More)

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