It may be this year’s ‘comfort food’ film but Julian Fellowes’ second theatrical sequel to his revered long-running TV show is quality goods — and may be better than the first one. Almost every actor is back, seemingly pleased as plum puddings to repeat their roles as either landed nobility or downstairs staff. The storyline ties a final bow on some characters and plot lines, and in a far more pleasing way than we thought possible. Even casual fans of the franchise ought to be charmed.
Downton Abbey A New Era
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2022 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 125 min. / Street Date July 5, 2022 / Available from / 44.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Harry Hadden-Paton, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Reith, Phyllis Logan, Jim Carter, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Michael Fox,...
Downton Abbey A New Era
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2022 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 125 min. / Street Date July 5, 2022 / Available from / 44.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Harry Hadden-Paton, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Reith, Phyllis Logan, Jim Carter, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Michael Fox,...
- 7/9/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“Belgravia” is a lavish historical drama set in the early days of Queen Victoria‘s reign that tells the story of an upwardly mobile family striving to find their place among the aristocracy. This six-part limited series on Epix is based on the novel of the same name by Oscar winner Julian Fellowes, who is fresh from the success of the “Downton Abbey” film. The TV edition of that drama set against the backdrop of the English aristocracy was an Emmys favorite, picking up 15 awards over the years.
“Belgravia” could do equally well with TV academy voters who may be eager to embrace escapist fare like this in these trying times. With its lavish attention to detail, “Belgravia” is sure to contend in a slew of below-the-line races. The video above captures the craftsmanship of BAFTA-winning costume designer James Keast (“The Long Firm”) and BAFTA nominated hair and makeup designer...
“Belgravia” could do equally well with TV academy voters who may be eager to embrace escapist fare like this in these trying times. With its lavish attention to detail, “Belgravia” is sure to contend in a slew of below-the-line races. The video above captures the craftsmanship of BAFTA-winning costume designer James Keast (“The Long Firm”) and BAFTA nominated hair and makeup designer...
- 5/4/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Fresh from the success of the “Downton Abbey” film, Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes returns with “Belgravia,” a new limited series on Epix that he’s adapted from his 2016 best-selling novel. Set in the well-heeled London neighborhood in the 1840s, the story chronicles the lives of the aristocratic Bellasise family and the upwardly mobile Trenchards.
Epix is rolling out this six-parter weekly with a new episode debuting every Sunday night. But Emmy voters don’t have to wait to see how the story unfolds – they can visit the Epix Fyc site to watch all six episodes now. “Belgravia” was directed by two-time BAFTA nominee John Alexander. With just one helmer for all the episodes, “Belgravia” has the feel of a film. That feeling is underscored by composer John Lunn, who won two Emmys for his work on “Downton Abbey.”
Period pieces like “Belgravia,” with their lavish attention to detail,...
Epix is rolling out this six-parter weekly with a new episode debuting every Sunday night. But Emmy voters don’t have to wait to see how the story unfolds – they can visit the Epix Fyc site to watch all six episodes now. “Belgravia” was directed by two-time BAFTA nominee John Alexander. With just one helmer for all the episodes, “Belgravia” has the feel of a film. That feeling is underscored by composer John Lunn, who won two Emmys for his work on “Downton Abbey.”
Period pieces like “Belgravia,” with their lavish attention to detail,...
- 4/20/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Whenever modern times become troublesome, Emmy voters love to escape to those corseted glory days when the world bowed sensibly to British aristocracy. They heaped awards on “Downton Abbey” (15 Emmys) “Upstairs, Downstairs” (7) and their TV peers and now, at this time of coronavirus, here comes “Belgravia” on Epix courtesy of “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes and his team of fellow Emmy faves like music composer John Lunn and production designer Donal Woods.
Voters can now get luxuriously lost in costumes that sparkle with silver brocade and pearls as they spin in the dim candlelight struggling to illuminate a duchess’ ball. Grand dames get huffy, of course, servants scheme, soldiers fall for empire and there are whispers of a bastard heir hovering in this elegant neighborhood (Belgravia) of London in the 1840s.
But, wait, it’s important not to lose sight of the fine details in this TV production: how the color...
Voters can now get luxuriously lost in costumes that sparkle with silver brocade and pearls as they spin in the dim candlelight struggling to illuminate a duchess’ ball. Grand dames get huffy, of course, servants scheme, soldiers fall for empire and there are whispers of a bastard heir hovering in this elegant neighborhood (Belgravia) of London in the 1840s.
But, wait, it’s important not to lose sight of the fine details in this TV production: how the color...
- 4/18/2020
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Ah yes, we have a winner for the best ‘Comfort Food Movie’ of them all. When a trailer for this show popped up at a screening of The Farewell back in August, I heard gasps of excitement from the (slightly older-skewing) audience, as if everyone’s favorite relatives were coming back to town. Loyal fans of the massively popular TV series will be delighted: if you enjoyed it week by week or streaming, you’re going to love this ‘one more time’ get-together with the elegant Crawleys and their engaging domestic staff.
Downton Abbey
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2019 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date December 17, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Imelda Staunton, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Alice McCarthy, Geraldine James, Mark Addy, Raquel Cassidy, Robert James-Collier, Phyllis Logan,...
Downton Abbey
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2019 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date December 17, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Imelda Staunton, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Alice McCarthy, Geraldine James, Mark Addy, Raquel Cassidy, Robert James-Collier, Phyllis Logan,...
- 12/14/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“We were all worried if we could get the audience into the cinema,” confesses composer John Lunn on bringing “Downton Abbey” to the big screen. In our recent webchat he explains, “Normally they are used to watching it in the comfort of their own home on a Sunday night by the fireside. Would they actually get off their backside? And yet amazingly they did.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Lunn above.
Lunn describes the premiere for fans with cast and crew in London as “astonishing. It was the first time I saw it in a proper cinema. The audience cheered when the tune came in. I really wasn’t expecting it. And then it happened again at the New York premiere. It was an extraordinary feeling… people cheering your music in a film. I’ve never seen that before.”
See‘Downton Abbey’ will make history if it claims a...
Lunn describes the premiere for fans with cast and crew in London as “astonishing. It was the first time I saw it in a proper cinema. The audience cheered when the tune came in. I really wasn’t expecting it. And then it happened again at the New York premiere. It was an extraordinary feeling… people cheering your music in a film. I’ve never seen that before.”
See‘Downton Abbey’ will make history if it claims a...
- 11/20/2019
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
When “Downton Abbey” fans hear that familiar strings-and-piano theme, a Pavlovian response ensues: Get to the television immediately, because you don’t want to miss a minute of the addictive Crawley family melodrama to follow.
This week, with the “Downton Abbey” movie reaching theaters on Friday, fans can’t wait for their fix of Lady Mary and Lady Edith, Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Daisy and Mrs. Patmore. But what can they expect from the music?
“Bigger, better, grander,” says Glasgow-born composer John Lunn, who scored all 52 episodes over six seasons and won two Emmys in the process. Fans will agree, particularly when they first glimpse England’s Highclere Castle on the big screen with Lunn’s new, richly scored recording of the theme.
“It’s not like a movie remake of a TV series,” says Lunn by phone from New York, where he attended Monday’s premiere. “It’s...
This week, with the “Downton Abbey” movie reaching theaters on Friday, fans can’t wait for their fix of Lady Mary and Lady Edith, Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Daisy and Mrs. Patmore. But what can they expect from the music?
“Bigger, better, grander,” says Glasgow-born composer John Lunn, who scored all 52 episodes over six seasons and won two Emmys in the process. Fans will agree, particularly when they first glimpse England’s Highclere Castle on the big screen with Lunn’s new, richly scored recording of the theme.
“It’s not like a movie remake of a TV series,” says Lunn by phone from New York, where he attended Monday’s premiere. “It’s...
- 9/21/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
No need to kid ourselves: Downton Abbey is less an actual movie than a special episode of the very British TV series that Yanks devoured like crumpets for six seasons from 2011 to 2016. Still, it’s fun to see the old gang again. As soon as John Lunn’s Emmy-crowned theme kicks in, the film version, written by franchise creator Julian Fellowes and directed by series vet Michael Engler, plays like old home week — unless you’ve never seen a single episode, in which case the script might as well be written in Sanskrit.
- 9/18/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch has signed with the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency (Gsa) for worldwide representation, in partnership with London-based agency Cool Music Ltd.
A top composer, whose scoring credits include “It Chapter Two,” Shazam!” Hellboy,” “Hidden Figures” and “Hostile Planet,” among others, Wallfisch has worked on over 75 feature films and is a member of the BAFTA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In April, Wallfisch was featured in Variety‘s Billion Dollar Composer series.
The Gsa roster includes such noted composers as John Williams, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino, among others.
Said Michael Gorfaine in announcing Wallfisch’s signing: “Ben is an enormously talented composer and musician, and we are truly delighted to welcome him to the Gsa family.”
“We are greatly looking forward to working with Ben as he continues to build what is already a very impressive career in film music,” added Samuel Schwartz.
A top composer, whose scoring credits include “It Chapter Two,” Shazam!” Hellboy,” “Hidden Figures” and “Hostile Planet,” among others, Wallfisch has worked on over 75 feature films and is a member of the BAFTA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In April, Wallfisch was featured in Variety‘s Billion Dollar Composer series.
The Gsa roster includes such noted composers as John Williams, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino, among others.
Said Michael Gorfaine in announcing Wallfisch’s signing: “Ben is an enormously talented composer and musician, and we are truly delighted to welcome him to the Gsa family.”
“We are greatly looking forward to working with Ben as he continues to build what is already a very impressive career in film music,” added Samuel Schwartz.
- 9/17/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
In anticipation of the September 2019 release of theDownton Abbeyfeature film,Downton Abbey LIVEis acelebration of all aspects of the wildly successful British drama a the stellar cast, superb writing, spectacular locations and dazzling costumes. Broadcast from New York City before a live studio audience, scheduled participants include cast members Laura Carmichael Lady Edith,Phyllis Logan Mrs. Hughes, Lesley Nicol Mrs. Patmore, Kevin Doyle Molesley, Harry Hadden-Paton Bertie, and Michael C. Fox Andrew Parker with executive producers Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge. Composer John Lunn will also be live in the New York studio, performing piano arrangements of his evocative themes from the series. Additional live segments currently scheduled include costume designer Anna Mary Scott Robbins from Wttw Chicago new taped interviews with Hugh Bonneville and Julian Fellowes will also be featured.Hosted by award-winning ABC News journalist and huge aoeDowntona fan Deborah Roberts,Downton Abbey LIVEpremieres Sunday, August 18, 2019, at 900 p.
- 8/8/2019
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
John Lunn, the Emmy-winning composer of Downton Abbey, talks to Awards Daily TV about his return to Starz with the The White Princess. From the early 20th century English countryside...
- 4/16/2017
- by Jalal Haddad
- AwardsDaily.com
“I had no idea it was going to be so big,” admits “Downton Abbey” composer John Lunn as we chat via webcam (watch above) about the lasting impact of this period drama. He has been with this PBS series since the very beginning, winning Emmys in the second and third season and competing again for the fourth. Created by Oscar […]...
- 6/22/2016
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
During the past six years, Downton Abbey fans have been through a lot. There's been a certain sinking ship, dead relatives, a dead Turkish diplomat, a war, a dead footman, the Spanish flu, a dead fiancé, an almost-dead countess, a lost fortune, a burnt-down castle in Ireland, a woman dying in childbirth, a divorce, a father dying minutes after his son was born, a disappearing lover, an out-of-wedlock child … You get the picture.And of course, to accompany these dark and depressing moments, there's been a heartbreakingly beautiful score, composed by John Lunn and performed by the London Chamber Orchestra.
- 3/4/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
During the past six years, Downton Abbey fans have been through a lot.
There's been a certain sinking ship, dead relatives, a dead Turkish diplomat, a war, a dead footman, the Spanish flu, a dead fiancé, an almost-dead countess, a lost fortune, a burnt-down castle in Ireland, a woman dying in childbirth, a divorce, a father dying minutes after his son was born, a disappearing lover, an out-of-wedlock child …
You get the picture.
And of course, to accompany these dark and depressing moments, there's been a heartbreakingly beautiful score, composed by John Lunn and performed by the London Chamber Orchestra.
There's been a certain sinking ship, dead relatives, a dead Turkish diplomat, a war, a dead footman, the Spanish flu, a dead fiancé, an almost-dead countess, a lost fortune, a burnt-down castle in Ireland, a woman dying in childbirth, a divorce, a father dying minutes after his son was born, a disappearing lover, an out-of-wedlock child …
You get the picture.
And of course, to accompany these dark and depressing moments, there's been a heartbreakingly beautiful score, composed by John Lunn and performed by the London Chamber Orchestra.
- 3/4/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- People.com - TV Watch
Given all the musicals we've seen on TV recently -- NBC's live-performance versions of "Peter Pan" and "The Sound of Music," not to mention ABC's "Galavant" and all six seasons of Fox's "Glee" -- it's a wonder that the pipeline hasn't flowed in the opposite direction, from the small screen to Broadway.
That may change with the announcements that a couple of TV-based musicals are in the works. One is "Bombshell," the Marilyn Monroe biographical musical that was created and staged over the course of two seasons on NBC's "Smash." Bringing it to Broadway would seem easy enough -- the songs and choreography already exist; all that's needed is a book.
The other is a stage version of "Downton Abbey," which may launch after the British drama's sixth and final season wraps this winter. John Lunn, who composes the music for the series, says he envisions an international tour, starring...
That may change with the announcements that a couple of TV-based musicals are in the works. One is "Bombshell," the Marilyn Monroe biographical musical that was created and staged over the course of two seasons on NBC's "Smash." Bringing it to Broadway would seem easy enough -- the songs and choreography already exist; all that's needed is a book.
The other is a stage version of "Downton Abbey," which may launch after the British drama's sixth and final season wraps this winter. John Lunn, who composes the music for the series, says he envisions an international tour, starring...
- 6/26/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Although Downton Abbey is ending with its sixth season later this year, there may still be a chance for the ITV drama to live on in a new form.
Series composer John Lunn recently revealed that he and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes are in discussions to create a touring event featuring the show's music and cast in an interview with Billboard.
"There's talk of Julian Fellowes and I and some of the cast doing a live tour the way Doctor Who did," Lunn said.
"70% of it will be music from the show," he added. "There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We'll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian may be the host.
"I'd say [there's a] 75% chance it will happen."
The Emmy Award-winning composer also hinted at what we can expect from the final season,...
Series composer John Lunn recently revealed that he and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes are in discussions to create a touring event featuring the show's music and cast in an interview with Billboard.
"There's talk of Julian Fellowes and I and some of the cast doing a live tour the way Doctor Who did," Lunn said.
"70% of it will be music from the show," he added. "There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We'll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian may be the host.
"I'd say [there's a] 75% chance it will happen."
The Emmy Award-winning composer also hinted at what we can expect from the final season,...
- 6/21/2015
- Digital Spy
A celebration of film and television music was once again at the heart of Krakow’s Film and Music Festival, now in its eighth year.
Running from May 27-31, the event brought together more than 58 international composers - including Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Mon Roi), Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones), Jeff Beal (House of Cards), John Lunn (Downton Abbey) and Trevor Morris (The Borgias, The Tudors) – for a culmination of performances, panels and master classes.
“Composers are not often given the attention they deserve,” said Artistic Director Robert Piaskowski. “So we wanted to create a space that presents film music as art, and where audiences can come and appreciate a score’s symphonic sounds.”
Piaskowski is not alone in his interests. The festival now aligns itself as the start of the season, with similar musical events taking place in Tenerife and Cordoba in July and Vienna and Gent (that also hosts the World Soundtrack Awards) in October...
Running from May 27-31, the event brought together more than 58 international composers - including Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Mon Roi), Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones), Jeff Beal (House of Cards), John Lunn (Downton Abbey) and Trevor Morris (The Borgias, The Tudors) – for a culmination of performances, panels and master classes.
“Composers are not often given the attention they deserve,” said Artistic Director Robert Piaskowski. “So we wanted to create a space that presents film music as art, and where audiences can come and appreciate a score’s symphonic sounds.”
Piaskowski is not alone in his interests. The festival now aligns itself as the start of the season, with similar musical events taking place in Tenerife and Cordoba in July and Vienna and Gent (that also hosts the World Soundtrack Awards) in October...
- 6/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America, the CBS special that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, received six Emmy nominations Thursday morning. Complete Coverage THR's Guide to the 2014 Emmy Nominations The special, produced by CBS and Aeg Ehrlich Ventures, is up for outstanding variety special as well as the categories of direction (Gregg Gelfand), music direction (Don Was), writing (Ken Ehrlich, David Wild), lighting design and sound mixing. In the composing world, John Lunn will attempt to win his third consecutive honor for Downton Abbey, and T Bone Burnett will vie for
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- 7/10/2014
- by Phil Gallo, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A week before the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards rock the entertainment industry, nearly 80 awards were scheduled to be presented at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony Sunday (Sept. 15) at the Nokia Theatre. Fxx will air an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. Et.
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Downton Abbey" has one of the most recognizable theme songs on TV today. But did you know it has lyrics?
Don Black penned the lyrics to the "Downton" theme song, which is featured on the show's official soundtrack and titled "Did I Make the Most Of Loving You." In an interview, Black said he got a call from John Lunn, the man who composed the theme song.
"I'd never seen the program, so I looked at an episode and the line just came out to me, 'Did I make the most of loving you.' It was a universal thought that seemed to apply to a lot of things," Black said in an interview.
Hear the full song and check out some more variations on the "Downton Abbey" theme song.
"Downton Abbey" Season 4 premieres Sunday, January 5, 2014.
Don Black penned the lyrics to the "Downton" theme song, which is featured on the show's official soundtrack and titled "Did I Make the Most Of Loving You." In an interview, Black said he got a call from John Lunn, the man who composed the theme song.
"I'd never seen the program, so I looked at an episode and the line just came out to me, 'Did I make the most of loving you.' It was a universal thought that seemed to apply to a lot of things," Black said in an interview.
Hear the full song and check out some more variations on the "Downton Abbey" theme song.
"Downton Abbey" Season 4 premieres Sunday, January 5, 2014.
- 7/24/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Continuing its long standing tradition of unveiling the latest Disney•Pixar titles weeks before their UK releases, this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival will play host to Monsters University.
The film, which is a prequel to Monsters, Inc., will act as the festival’s Family Gala, and is scheduled to screen at the Festival Theatre on Sunday June 23, with a special schools screening taking place the next day.
Directed by Dan Scanlon (Cars), Monsters University examines the relationship between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) during their days at university, when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
Joining Crystal and Goodman on the voice cast are Helen Mirren (Red), Steve Buscemi (Fargo), Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed), Nathan Fillion (Slither) and John Krasinski (It’s Complicated).
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival runs from June 19 – 30, and will be bookended by Breathe In and Not Another Happy Ending.
The film, which is a prequel to Monsters, Inc., will act as the festival’s Family Gala, and is scheduled to screen at the Festival Theatre on Sunday June 23, with a special schools screening taking place the next day.
Directed by Dan Scanlon (Cars), Monsters University examines the relationship between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) during their days at university, when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
Joining Crystal and Goodman on the voice cast are Helen Mirren (Red), Steve Buscemi (Fargo), Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed), Nathan Fillion (Slither) and John Krasinski (It’s Complicated).
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival runs from June 19 – 30, and will be bookended by Breathe In and Not Another Happy Ending.
- 5/16/2013
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In real life, Downton Abbey is a salad-fork-on-the-outside dressing room drama from Britain, whose most dramatic moments involve snobbery (deflected, deferred or delayed).
But in Bill Kiley’s world, Downton Abbey is a video game — for Super Nintendo.
Kiley recently released his vision of the Abbey-as-sidescroller on YouTube. In it, you assume the role of a new footman at the manor, completing quests in the form of running minor errands or sussing out small scandals.
The best part of Kiley’s video is his detail: He’s taken the many-roomed wealth of the show’s estate and flattened it to Castlevania-lite,...
But in Bill Kiley’s world, Downton Abbey is a video game — for Super Nintendo.
Kiley recently released his vision of the Abbey-as-sidescroller on YouTube. In it, you assume the role of a new footman at the manor, completing quests in the form of running minor errands or sussing out small scandals.
The best part of Kiley’s video is his detail: He’s taken the many-roomed wealth of the show’s estate and flattened it to Castlevania-lite,...
- 1/28/2013
- by Adam Carlson
- EW.com - PopWatch
Showtime series Homeland swept the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards netting popular awards for Damien Lewis (Best Actor), Claire Danes (Best Actress), and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Best Drama Series.
The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.
HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.
Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...
The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.
HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.
Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...
- 9/24/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
Downton Abbey, which currently filming its 3rd season and just nominated for 16 Emmys (including Best Drama Series, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor), was celebrated at the recent PBS Summer 2012 Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on July 21, 2012.
Attending from “across the pond” were cast members: Hugh Bonneville (“Robert Crawley”), Elizabeth McGovern (“Cora Crawley”), Michelle Dockery (“Mary Crawley”), Brendan Coyle (“John Bates”), Joanne Froggatt (“Anna Smith Bates”), Shirley MacLaine (“Martha Levinson”), along with Julian Fellowes (creator, writer and executive producer) and Gareth Neame (executive producer). Introduced and moderated by Rebecca Eaton (series executive producer of PBS Masterpiece), the evening’s panel was filled with hilarity and mutual joy – a rare feat for any show brought before the highly critical Television Critic’s Association.
To get the party started, there was a special screening of a highlight reel of TV shows that have parodied the series,...
Attending from “across the pond” were cast members: Hugh Bonneville (“Robert Crawley”), Elizabeth McGovern (“Cora Crawley”), Michelle Dockery (“Mary Crawley”), Brendan Coyle (“John Bates”), Joanne Froggatt (“Anna Smith Bates”), Shirley MacLaine (“Martha Levinson”), along with Julian Fellowes (creator, writer and executive producer) and Gareth Neame (executive producer). Introduced and moderated by Rebecca Eaton (series executive producer of PBS Masterpiece), the evening’s panel was filled with hilarity and mutual joy – a rare feat for any show brought before the highly critical Television Critic’s Association.
To get the party started, there was a special screening of a highlight reel of TV shows that have parodied the series,...
- 8/1/2012
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
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California Science Center, Los Angeles
That hulking gorilla in "King Kong" and those rampaging dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" have nothing on the amazing monsters in "Bugs! in 3-D." Filmed with wide-angle lenses that can magnify subjects up to 250,000 times onscreen, "Bugs!" gets audiences up close and personal in the world of insects. Shot in a rain forest on the equatorial island of Borneo and in a studio in England for the many close-ups, this 3-D Imax film puts you at eye level with awesome creatures that look like alien beasts from deep space.
Director Mike Slee and the producers aim the 40-minute film at young people by personalizing the insects and staging their mating rituals and predatory hunts for maximum drama. However, adults also will marvel at the varied hues, body structure and evolutionary traits that only become clear when bugs get magnified to this size.
In an abandoned hut sliding into a lagoon, which the jungle is swiftly reclaiming, the camera prowls the foliage in search of startling insects magnificently camouflaged by nature to escape (not always successfully) the danger of becoming another insect's dinner. There are all kinds of beetles, ants and carnivorous crickets in addition to predators such as scorpions, spiders, frogs, lizards and millions of bats. Mostly, the film focuses on two protagonists: a butterfly and a praying mantis who, with a little poetic license, are "born on the same day" in the same rain forest. The film follows their life cycle.
Papilio undergoes her metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a Great Mormon butterfly, its wings patterned with red, black and white. Hierodula, a green mantis, is a very cool predatory male with compound eyes, molting exoskeleton and forelegs that spear his food. His assault and consumption of a poor fruit fly is equal to any attack by the CG creatures in "Jurassic Park".
Slee oversees a terrific team headed by specialist photographer Peter Parks, who designed and built new systems equipment to shoot insects in extreme close-up, and Sean Phillips, a leading 3-D cinematographer.
Composer John Lunn plays up the drama with hot jazz licks for bugs in jittery motion, strings and horns swooning in awe at a butterfly emerging from her cocoon and Hitchcockian tension for bugs waiting in ambush for their prey. Judi Dench goes for elegant simplicity in her narration of Slee and Abby Aron's script.
BUGS! IN 3-D
SK Films
Terminix presents a Principal Large Format Film productionin association with Image Quest 3-D & U.K. Film and TV Production Co.
Credits:
Director: Mike Slee
Writers: Mike Slee, Abby Aron
Producers: Phil Streather, Alexandra Ferguson
Executive producers: Simon Relph, Peter Fudakowski
Director of photography: Sean Phillips
Music: John Lunn
Systems designer, specialist photography: Peter Parks
Editor: Peter Beston
Insect researcher: Gillian Burke
Narrator: Judi Dench
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
March 23
California Science Center, Los Angeles
That hulking gorilla in "King Kong" and those rampaging dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" have nothing on the amazing monsters in "Bugs! in 3-D." Filmed with wide-angle lenses that can magnify subjects up to 250,000 times onscreen, "Bugs!" gets audiences up close and personal in the world of insects. Shot in a rain forest on the equatorial island of Borneo and in a studio in England for the many close-ups, this 3-D Imax film puts you at eye level with awesome creatures that look like alien beasts from deep space.
Director Mike Slee and the producers aim the 40-minute film at young people by personalizing the insects and staging their mating rituals and predatory hunts for maximum drama. However, adults also will marvel at the varied hues, body structure and evolutionary traits that only become clear when bugs get magnified to this size.
In an abandoned hut sliding into a lagoon, which the jungle is swiftly reclaiming, the camera prowls the foliage in search of startling insects magnificently camouflaged by nature to escape (not always successfully) the danger of becoming another insect's dinner. There are all kinds of beetles, ants and carnivorous crickets in addition to predators such as scorpions, spiders, frogs, lizards and millions of bats. Mostly, the film focuses on two protagonists: a butterfly and a praying mantis who, with a little poetic license, are "born on the same day" in the same rain forest. The film follows their life cycle.
Papilio undergoes her metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a Great Mormon butterfly, its wings patterned with red, black and white. Hierodula, a green mantis, is a very cool predatory male with compound eyes, molting exoskeleton and forelegs that spear his food. His assault and consumption of a poor fruit fly is equal to any attack by the CG creatures in "Jurassic Park".
Slee oversees a terrific team headed by specialist photographer Peter Parks, who designed and built new systems equipment to shoot insects in extreme close-up, and Sean Phillips, a leading 3-D cinematographer.
Composer John Lunn plays up the drama with hot jazz licks for bugs in jittery motion, strings and horns swooning in awe at a butterfly emerging from her cocoon and Hitchcockian tension for bugs waiting in ambush for their prey. Judi Dench goes for elegant simplicity in her narration of Slee and Abby Aron's script.
BUGS! IN 3-D
SK Films
Terminix presents a Principal Large Format Film productionin association with Image Quest 3-D & U.K. Film and TV Production Co.
Credits:
Director: Mike Slee
Writers: Mike Slee, Abby Aron
Producers: Phil Streather, Alexandra Ferguson
Executive producers: Simon Relph, Peter Fudakowski
Director of photography: Sean Phillips
Music: John Lunn
Systems designer, specialist photography: Peter Parks
Editor: Peter Beston
Insect researcher: Gillian Burke
Narrator: Judi Dench
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Opens
March 23
California Science Center, Los Angeles
That hulking gorilla in "King Kong" and those rampaging dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" have nothing on the amazing monsters in "Bugs! in 3-D." Filmed with wide-angle lenses that can magnify subjects up to 250,000 times onscreen, "Bugs!" gets audiences up close and personal in the world of insects. Shot in a rain forest on the equatorial island of Borneo and in a studio in England for the many close-ups, this 3-D Imax film puts you at eye level with awesome creatures that look like alien beasts from deep space.
Director Mike Slee and the producers aim the 40-minute film at young people by personalizing the insects and staging their mating rituals and predatory hunts for maximum drama. However, adults also will marvel at the varied hues, body structure and evolutionary traits that only become clear when bugs get magnified to this size.
In an abandoned hut sliding into a lagoon, which the jungle is swiftly reclaiming, the camera prowls the foliage in search of startling insects magnificently camouflaged by nature to escape (not always successfully) the danger of becoming another insect's dinner. There are all kinds of beetles, ants and carnivorous crickets in addition to predators such as scorpions, spiders, frogs, lizards and millions of bats. Mostly, the film focuses on two protagonists: a butterfly and a praying mantis who, with a little poetic license, are "born on the same day" in the same rain forest. The film follows their life cycle.
Papilio undergoes her metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a Great Mormon butterfly, its wings patterned with red, black and white. Hierodula, a green mantis, is a very cool predatory male with compound eyes, molting exoskeleton and forelegs that spear his food. His assault and consumption of a poor fruit fly is equal to any attack by the CG creatures in "Jurassic Park".
Slee oversees a terrific team headed by specialist photographer Peter Parks, who designed and built new systems equipment to shoot insects in extreme close-up, and Sean Phillips, a leading 3-D cinematographer.
Composer John Lunn plays up the drama with hot jazz licks for bugs in jittery motion, strings and horns swooning in awe at a butterfly emerging from her cocoon and Hitchcockian tension for bugs waiting in ambush for their prey. Judi Dench goes for elegant simplicity in her narration of Slee and Abby Aron's script.
BUGS! IN 3-D
SK Films
Terminix presents a Principal Large Format Film productionin association with Image Quest 3-D & U.K. Film and TV Production Co.
Credits:
Director: Mike Slee
Writers: Mike Slee, Abby Aron
Producers: Phil Streather, Alexandra Ferguson
Executive producers: Simon Relph, Peter Fudakowski
Director of photography: Sean Phillips
Music: John Lunn
Systems designer, specialist photography: Peter Parks
Editor: Peter Beston
Insect researcher: Gillian Burke
Narrator: Judi Dench
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
March 23
California Science Center, Los Angeles
That hulking gorilla in "King Kong" and those rampaging dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" have nothing on the amazing monsters in "Bugs! in 3-D." Filmed with wide-angle lenses that can magnify subjects up to 250,000 times onscreen, "Bugs!" gets audiences up close and personal in the world of insects. Shot in a rain forest on the equatorial island of Borneo and in a studio in England for the many close-ups, this 3-D Imax film puts you at eye level with awesome creatures that look like alien beasts from deep space.
Director Mike Slee and the producers aim the 40-minute film at young people by personalizing the insects and staging their mating rituals and predatory hunts for maximum drama. However, adults also will marvel at the varied hues, body structure and evolutionary traits that only become clear when bugs get magnified to this size.
In an abandoned hut sliding into a lagoon, which the jungle is swiftly reclaiming, the camera prowls the foliage in search of startling insects magnificently camouflaged by nature to escape (not always successfully) the danger of becoming another insect's dinner. There are all kinds of beetles, ants and carnivorous crickets in addition to predators such as scorpions, spiders, frogs, lizards and millions of bats. Mostly, the film focuses on two protagonists: a butterfly and a praying mantis who, with a little poetic license, are "born on the same day" in the same rain forest. The film follows their life cycle.
Papilio undergoes her metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a Great Mormon butterfly, its wings patterned with red, black and white. Hierodula, a green mantis, is a very cool predatory male with compound eyes, molting exoskeleton and forelegs that spear his food. His assault and consumption of a poor fruit fly is equal to any attack by the CG creatures in "Jurassic Park".
Slee oversees a terrific team headed by specialist photographer Peter Parks, who designed and built new systems equipment to shoot insects in extreme close-up, and Sean Phillips, a leading 3-D cinematographer.
Composer John Lunn plays up the drama with hot jazz licks for bugs in jittery motion, strings and horns swooning in awe at a butterfly emerging from her cocoon and Hitchcockian tension for bugs waiting in ambush for their prey. Judi Dench goes for elegant simplicity in her narration of Slee and Abby Aron's script.
BUGS! IN 3-D
SK Films
Terminix presents a Principal Large Format Film productionin association with Image Quest 3-D & U.K. Film and TV Production Co.
Credits:
Director: Mike Slee
Writers: Mike Slee, Abby Aron
Producers: Phil Streather, Alexandra Ferguson
Executive producers: Simon Relph, Peter Fudakowski
Director of photography: Sean Phillips
Music: John Lunn
Systems designer, specialist photography: Peter Parks
Editor: Peter Beston
Insect researcher: Gillian Burke
Narrator: Judi Dench
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The vampire myth, so endlessly exploited by the cinema since its very beginnings, receives a polished postmodern sheen in this latest variation, a slick British effort starring Jude Law as a contemporary, yuppified prince of darkness and Elina Lowensohn as his intended victim.
This version gives us a well-dressed, good-looking vampire, Steven Grlscz (Law), who, just like the rest of us, has trouble sustaining a romantic relationship. "The Wisdom of Crocodiles", due for a theatrical release from Miramax, recently played at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Steven is a successful engineer with a fabulous apartment who comes under suspicion by the police when his girlfriends keep showing up dead. Still, Steven is so helpful, so well spoken, that Inspector Healey (Timothy Spall) can hardly believe that he had anything to do with the crimes, especially when Steven rescues him from a gang of marauding thugs.
Meanwhile, a new woman comes into the picture: Anna (Lowensohn), a successful, beautiful and asthmatic engineer -- her ailment is clearly used for symbolic purposes -- who presents an emotional challenge for Steven.
The use here of vampirism as a metaphor for modern relationships is a bit tenuous, and Paul Hoffman's screenplay doesn't really develop the idea very far. Neither does the film work on a strictly horror-film level; with one or two brief but memorable exceptions, "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" keeps the carnage and bloodletting offscreen.
To the degree that the film succeeds at all, it is because of the charisma of its stars, and the slick, atmospheric direction by Po Chih Leong. Lowensohn, no stranger to vampire sagas herself -- she played one in memorable fashion in "Nadja" -- brings real depth to her role as the frustrated Anna, and Law is both compelling and sympathetic as the romantically challenged Steven.
Spall makes the confused cop something more than the usual screen caricature, and Kerry Fox makes a brief but memorable appearance as one of Steven's unfortunate conquests.
THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES
Miramax Films
Credits: Director: Po Chih Leong; Screenplay: Paul Hoffman; Producers: David Laschelles, Carolyn Choa; Executive producers: Scott Meek, Dorothy Berwinn; Director of photography: Oliver Curtis: Editor: Robin Sales; Original music: John Lunn, Orlando Gouch; Production designer: Andy Harris. Cast: Steven Grlscz: Jude Law; Anna Levels: Elina Lowensohn; Inspector Healey: Timothy Spall; Maria Vaughn: Kerry Fox; Detective Roche: Jack Davenport. No MPAA rating. Color\stereo. Running time -- 99 minutes.
This version gives us a well-dressed, good-looking vampire, Steven Grlscz (Law), who, just like the rest of us, has trouble sustaining a romantic relationship. "The Wisdom of Crocodiles", due for a theatrical release from Miramax, recently played at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Steven is a successful engineer with a fabulous apartment who comes under suspicion by the police when his girlfriends keep showing up dead. Still, Steven is so helpful, so well spoken, that Inspector Healey (Timothy Spall) can hardly believe that he had anything to do with the crimes, especially when Steven rescues him from a gang of marauding thugs.
Meanwhile, a new woman comes into the picture: Anna (Lowensohn), a successful, beautiful and asthmatic engineer -- her ailment is clearly used for symbolic purposes -- who presents an emotional challenge for Steven.
The use here of vampirism as a metaphor for modern relationships is a bit tenuous, and Paul Hoffman's screenplay doesn't really develop the idea very far. Neither does the film work on a strictly horror-film level; with one or two brief but memorable exceptions, "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" keeps the carnage and bloodletting offscreen.
To the degree that the film succeeds at all, it is because of the charisma of its stars, and the slick, atmospheric direction by Po Chih Leong. Lowensohn, no stranger to vampire sagas herself -- she played one in memorable fashion in "Nadja" -- brings real depth to her role as the frustrated Anna, and Law is both compelling and sympathetic as the romantically challenged Steven.
Spall makes the confused cop something more than the usual screen caricature, and Kerry Fox makes a brief but memorable appearance as one of Steven's unfortunate conquests.
THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES
Miramax Films
Credits: Director: Po Chih Leong; Screenplay: Paul Hoffman; Producers: David Laschelles, Carolyn Choa; Executive producers: Scott Meek, Dorothy Berwinn; Director of photography: Oliver Curtis: Editor: Robin Sales; Original music: John Lunn, Orlando Gouch; Production designer: Andy Harris. Cast: Steven Grlscz: Jude Law; Anna Levels: Elina Lowensohn; Inspector Healey: Timothy Spall; Maria Vaughn: Kerry Fox; Detective Roche: Jack Davenport. No MPAA rating. Color\stereo. Running time -- 99 minutes.
- 11/30/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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