KENNETH BRANAGH

ENTERTAINMENT
Emma Thompson Says Real-Life Heartbreak Inspired 'Love Actually' Performance
By Cole Delbyck
Yes, THAT scene somehow got even sadder.
ENTERTAINMENT
'Murder On The Orient Express' Pulls Into The Reboot Station. All Aboard! Or Not.
By Matthew Jacobs
Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunit has no steam.
ENTERTAINMENT
Dunkirk Veteran Weeps At Film Premiere: 'It Was Just Like I Was There Again'
By Dominique Mosbergen
Ken Sturdy, a 97-year-old WWII veteran, was just 20 during the real Battle of Dunkirk.
CULTURE & ARTS
First Nighter: Kenneth Branagh in John Osborne's "The Entertainer," Kemp Powers's Thrilling "One Night in Miami...," Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" Undone," "How to Hide a Lion" for Kids
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
Branagh starts with a deft tap routine executed in Neil Austin's hazy lighting and augmented by four dancing cuties. Immediately
CULTURE & ARTS
First Nighter: London Currently Serving Multi-Star Takes on "The Threepenny Opera," "Funny Girl," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hobson's Choice"
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
It should also be noted that although this Threepenny Opera--announced at the get-go as "cheap" but blessedly devoid of standard
LATINO VOICES
The Man in the Wheelchair
By Camila Mendoza , Contributor
Freshman, University of Miami
It was there, as I sat clutching my ear in pain, in a rundown hospital in Madrid, that I met the man in the wheelchair.
COLLEGE
Student Harvesting and the Dilution of a Discipline
By Domino Renee Perez, Contributor
Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at The Uni...
While what a film does matters as much as how it is made, the richness of film study is found in a dialogue between the two, a dialogue formal film studies fosters and explores.
TEEN
Cinderella - Cinderella is a Magical Ride for Everyone!
By KIDS FIRST! , Contributor
Reviews of Films For Children By Children
This modern rendition is powerful with a great cast that will keep you entertained. It's simply stunning!
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Review: Cinderella Will Steal Your Heart and Then Some
By carolemallory, Contributor
memorist Loving Mailer, Picasso's Ghost
Magnificent! We all knew the story, yet director Kenneth Branagh still had the audience eager to see it unfold as witnessed by the applause at the end of this masterpiece. The regal sets, bizarre costumes and jaw dropping special effects make this fairy tale almost a reality.
WELLNESS
Disney Finally Tackles Grief in Cinderella
By Claire Bidwell Smith, Contributor
Author & Grief Therapist
We just need to acknowledge it more openly, which is exactly what heartens me about Disney's new Cinderella.
PARENTING
It's Disney. It's Cinderella. But Is It For kids?
By Anastasia Basil, Contributor
Writer. Worrier.
In the latest trailer for the film, the swoony prince slips his big, strong hand around Cinderella's and draws her close. His eyes burn with purpose, his passion palpable. My husband gets the same look in his eyes when the Thanksgiving turkey is set before him in all of its basted glory.
CULTURE & ARTS
Kenneth Branagh and Macbeth in Manhattan
By Anne Margaret Daniel, Contributor
professor; writer; redhead. Editor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'D D...
Now, for a measured review of the new production of William Shakespeare's brief, brutal, beautiful tragedy of Macbeth, on through June 22 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.
CULTURE & ARTS
Aisle View: Branagh's Monumentally Masterful Macbeth
By Steven Suskin, Contributor
Drama critic
New York has seen recent Macbeths by the handful, including two star-topped Broadway productions in the last year, but they are best forgotten. Now we have Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth -- starring Branagh and Alex Kingston as his lady, directed by Branagh and Rob Ashford -- and it is monumental.
BOOKS
What Would You Do With an Invitation From the Macbeths?
By James Heffernan, Contributor
Dartmouth Professor of English Emeritus
Macbeth is surely one of the worst hosts ever dreamed up by a playwright, but he has plenty of company in literature as a whole.
CULTURE & ARTS
William Shakespeare at 450
By Anne Margaret Daniel, Contributor
professor; writer; redhead. Editor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'D D...
How can any of us find the words to wish a happy 450th birthday to the single most significant, elegant, funny, wise and human writer ever to use the English language? That's what I, and countless others, have thought and think of Shakespeare.
ENTERTAINMENT
Zaki's Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
By Zaki Hasan, Contributor
Film Critic, Professor of Communication & Media
While there are some cursory similarities here with that other Paramount icon Pine recently rebooted, the major difference
ENTERTAINMENT
Jack Ryan Reboot Points Up Problems of Franchise Management
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst, former presidential campaign advisor and sp...
While Paramount says the next movie will be released in 50th anniversary year 2016, it still has no director attached and no release date. But why worry after seeing how well the Jack Ryan franchise is being handled?
ENTERTAINMENT
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Has a Perfect Leading Man in Chris Pine
By Jackie K Cooper, Contributor
Film Critic
In Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Chris Pine is the fourth actor to take on the role of Jack Ryan. He follows in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. In many ways the best has been saved for last.
ENTERTAINMENT
Kenneth Branagh Tries To Bring Jack Ryan Back To Life
By Mike Ryan
In the film, Jack joins the military after watching the events of 9/11 on television. The stakes in this movie are twofold
CELEBRITY
Emma Thompson Talks Kenneth Branagh's Alleged Affair With Helena Bonham Carter
"Oh we are [alike]," the "Saving Mr. Banks" star said of her and the fellow actress, who is now married to director Tim Burton
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Review: Thor: The Dark World
By Marshall Fine, Contributor
Author, film critic, filmmaker
Kenneth Branagh's Thor had a certain playfulness that pitted the ultra-serious world of Asgard, land of the Norse gods, against 21st-century USA. Now director Alan Taylor has taken the reins of the franchise and, with Thor: The Dark World, drains the fun from it.
ENTERTAINMENT
'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' Trailer Puts Chris Pine In Ghost Protocol (VIDEO)
While "Mission: Impossible 5" still a ways off, Paramount may have the next best thing lined up for this holiday season in
ENTERTAINMENT
Lily James As Cinderella: First Look At 'Downton Abbey' Actress As Live-Action Disney Princess (PHOTO)
By Matthew Jacobs
The first glimpse of Lily James as Cinderella is here. The 24-year-old actress is set to star in Disney's live-action adaptation
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Review: Much Ado About Nothing
By Marshall Fine, Contributor
Author, film critic, filmmaker
I want to applaud Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing for all the things it does right, and I will. But Whedon's side project -- between his various TV and Marvel-related entertainments -- gets one thing unfortunately wrong: It's never very funny.
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