Tag Archives: My Week with Marilyn

BAFTA Nominations Announced: ‘The Artist,’ ‘Tinker, Tailor’ Make a Splash

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Danny King

The official nominees for this year’s BAFTAs have been announced, and, as expected, they mostly align with the chapter-endorsed selections that were revealed in the longlist a couple of weeks ago. It’s a gladdening sight to see that they followed … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Albert Brooks, Awards, BAFTAs, Bridesmaids, Drive, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Lynne Ramsay, Melissa McCarthy, My Week with Marilyn, Nicolas Winding Refn, The Artist, The Iron Lady, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, Tyrannosaur, We Need to Talk About Kevin | 3 Comments

Movie Review: Hugo (2011)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Danny King

With Hugo, Martin Scorsese does what few other prominent, Oscar-winning filmmakers would’ve done in his position: he directs this 3-D film like a kid who’s just found his father’s camera buried in the attic. He glazes everything in the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2011, 3.5 stars, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Georges Méliès, H, Hugo, John Logan, Jude Law, Martin Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, My Week with Marilyn, Rango, Ray Winstone, Reviews, Robert Richardson, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Artist | Leave a comment

Movie Review: My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Danny King

Michelle Williams is so good as the title character in Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn that watching the film is like watching Some Like It Hot for the first time — or whichever film it was that made you … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2011, 3 stars, Blue Valentine, Dominic Cooper, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, M, Marilyn Monroe, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Reviews, Simon Curtis, Some Like It Hot, Wendy and Lucy, Zoë Wanamaker | Leave a comment

Oscar Predictions: ‘J. Edgar’ Opens to Intriguingly Cryptic Response

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Danny King

Like the film or not — and, despite some obviously confused work on the page from Dustin Lance Black, I do — I think it’s hard not to be at least somewhat interested in the mixed response that Clint Eastwood’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged A Dangerous Method, Alexander Payne, Changeling, Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood, David Cronenberg, Diablo Cody, Dustin Lance Black, Hereafter, Hugo, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, My Week with Marilyn, Olivia Colman, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Paddy Considine, Patton Oswalt, Simon Curtis, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The Descendants, Tyrannosaur, War Horse, Woody Allen, Young Adult | 5 Comments

Oscar Predictions: Post-NYFF Assessment

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Danny King

Having seen a handful of films at this year’s New York Film Festival — including, among others, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist — I feel that my perspective of this year’s race, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Alexander Payne, An Education, Awards, Carey Mulligan, Clint Eastwood, Diablo Cody, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, George Clooney, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Jean Dujardin, Jim Rash, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Morgan Freeman, My Week with Marilyn, Nat Faxon, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Simon Curtis, Stephen Daldry, Steve McQueen, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Up in the Air, Viola Davis, Young Adult | Leave a comment

Trailer for Simon Curtis’ ‘My Week with Marilyn’

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Danny King

Yahoo has dropped a trailer for Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn, just days before the film is set to premiere at the New York Film Festival. I’ll be seeing it there on Sunday and, as such, will bow out … Continue reading →

Posted in Videos | Tagged Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Simon Curtis, Take This Waltz, Trailers | 1 Comment

Poster for Simon Curtis’ ‘My Week with Marilyn’

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Danny King

Though its premiere at the New York Film Festival isn’t very far away — nor, too, is the film’s November 4 theatrical release date — the marketing for Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn has remained surprisingly quiet to date. … Continue reading →

Posted in Posters | Tagged Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Posters, Simon Curtis | 3 Comments

Trailer for Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Meek’s Cutoff’

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Danny King

Apple has debuted the trailer for Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff, which will begin its theatrical release on April 8. Reichardt, you’ll recall, directed Michelle Williams in the absorbing Wendy and Lucy. This time around, though, Williams will be sharing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Videos | Tagged Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Take This Waltz, Trailers, Wendy and Lucy | 1 Comment