Benedict Cumberbatch: Behind the Scenes as Smaug
Posted on October 26, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Here is a fascinating glimpse of Benedict Cumberbatch’s full-on performance as Smaug in “The Hobbit” series.
Benedict Cumberbatch on Sesame Street
Posted on February 5, 2014 at 9:41 am
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Contest: Win a DVD of “The Fifth Estate”
Posted on January 18, 2014 at 1:23 pm
The NSA snooping on cell phones. Bradley Manning on trial. The people behind a 40-year-old robbery of FBI files that revealed extensive abuses finally coming forward. Target getting hit by hackers who steal thousands of credit card numbers. There is no more vital or complex issue in today’s world than the balance between privacy and security. And there is no individual closer to the heart of that story than Julian Assange, currently hiding out from international law enforcement in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. In last year’s film “The Fifth Estate,” Benedict Cumberbatch plays the enigmatic Australian uber-hacker. And I have a copy of the DVD to give away.
If you’d like to enter, send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Assange” in the subject line and tell me a government secret that you were glad to see made public. Don’t forget your address! (US addresses only.) I’ll pick a winner at random on January 21.
2013 at the Movies: The Best, The Worst, Breakthroughs, and Special Mentions
Posted on December 22, 2013 at 6:00 pm
As I think back over the past year, these are the films I remember best:
Top ten:
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Kings of Summer
The Way Way Back
The Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
20 Feet from Stardom/Muscle Shoals
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Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Nebraska
Honorable mention: Before Midnight, Museum Hours, In a World, Frozen, The Spectacular Now, Her, Much Ado About Nothing, Short Term 12, Don Jon, Fruitvale Station, Enough Said, Upside Down, Philomena, 56 Up, The World’s End, Still Mine, Rush, What Maisie Knew, 42, Trance
Best ensembles:
What Maisie Knew
American Hustle
Kings of Summer
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best romantic couple: Celine and Jesse
Runners-up: Beatrice and Benedick
Worst romantic couple: Romeo and Juliet
Best Superhero: Iron Man
Best Supervillain: Loki
MVPs: Benedict Cumberbatch is this year’s Jessica Chastain, with lead roles in five major films plus the narration of the 3D IMAX “Jerusalem” Runners up: Louis C.K. and Jennifer Lawrence for outstanding work in two roles each and Brie Larson for three
Breakthroughs: Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler
Overdue breakthroughs: Oscar Isaac, Brie Larson, Lake Bell, Tom Hiddleston
Everything old is new again: Black and white cinematography in “Nebraska,” “Frances Ha,” and “Much Ado About Nothing”
Still getting better: Dame Judi Dench
Just Plain Fun: Now You See Me, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, About Time, Populaire, Austenland
Worst: Identity Thief, Out of the Furnace, After Earth, Free Birds, Getaway, Lone Ranger, The Host, To the Wonder, Gangster Squad, Romeo & Juliet, Escape from Planet Earth, Burt Wonderstone, Hangover 3, Only God Forgives, Broken City
Coming Soon: “The Fifth Estate”
Posted on September 9, 2013 at 8:00 am