Star cast revealed for new Poirot Nov 19, 2009
Award-winning actress Dame Eileen Atkins and Barbara Hershey will star in a new TV adaption of Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express. David Suchet, who has played Hercule Poirot for 21 years, will return as the moustachioed Belgian detective. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
BBC revisits Upstairs Downstairs Oct 13, 2009
A new role will be created for Cranford star Dame Eileen Atkins ... The series was created by actresses Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Garner book given a room in West End Aug 12, 2009
IT IS not often Helen Garner admits to being flabbergasted but when she heard that the British actor Eileen Atkins wanted to adapt her latest novel, The Spare Room, for the stage, that was her reaction. According to reports from Britain, Atkins is adapting the book for a West End production this year or early next and plans to star in it with her friend, Vanessa Redgrave. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Theater review: 'The Unexpected Man' Jul 16, 2009
With Reza's "Art" still cropping up everywhere, it's a wonder it's taken so long for "Man" - a London hit in 1998 (with Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins) - to get a decent Bay Area staging. It had a disappointing local premiere in Lafayette in 2005, but it takes actors of this caliber to negotiate Reza's cagily meandering interior monologues in Christopher Hampton's typically incisive translation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jude Law Is Set to Play Hamlet on B'way This Fall Jul 1, 2009
It will be Law's first Broadway appearance since 1995, when he appeared in "Indiscretions" with Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Roger Rees and Eileen Atkins. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Three-way race for Oscar May 21, 2009
Among the missing: Sissy Spacek (A Home at the End of the World), Eileen Atkins (Vanity Fair), Peter OToole (Troy), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey). Eastwoods double nomination. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
New On DVD: 'Benjamin Button,' 'Last Chance Harvey' May 9, 2009
Bolstered by wonderful supporting turns by Balaban, Baker, Brolin, Richard Schiff (as Harvey's producer) and Eileen Atkins (as Kate's needy mom who has her own unusual subplot cooking), "Last Chance Harvey" is lean, clean and a good old-fashioned romantic tale that can't be missed. It's not only an inspirational tale of romance; it's also a story of redemption and courage in the face of adversity. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Celebration of T.S. Eliot poetry Apr 3, 2009
Award-winning British actress Dame Eileen Atkins and actor Brian Dennehy will be featured readers at a Harvard University event today celebrating the poetry of famed alum T.S. Eliot. The readings will be from "The Waste Land and Other Poems," written by Eliot in part as he recovered from a mental collapse in a Swiss sanitarium in 1921. (Boston Globe)
Last Chance Harvey Mar 2, 2009
When she's not attending to the comfort of passengers, she's miserable: bookish and awkward, she's self-conscious on a rare blind date and her best friend is her anxiety-ridden mother, Maggie (Eileen Atkins). Hopkins audaciously intercuts their comically sad stories to clever and spritely effect over the film's first half-hour, with the only mystery being when the two will finally notice the other exists. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Movie review: Hoffman, Thompson shine in so-so 'Harvey' Feb 10, 2009
James Brolin and Richard Schiff are well cast in two very small but pivotal parts, and Eileen Atkins as Kate s mother, Maggie, is effective as well. While the screenplay and direction by Joel Hopkins are just OK, one thing the director does do is stay out of the way when Hoffman and Thompson are interacting. (Lompoc Record, CA)
TV highlights, Sunday 8th Feb 8, 2009
By dame, I refer to Judi Dench, playing against type as a kindly, somewhat faded lady called Matty Jenkyns who is overpowered by her rather more magnificent older sister, Deborah (Eileen Atkins), in a rural town called called Cranford. They form the nucleus of a hub of chattering womenfolk who keep the ondits flowing, circa 1840s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Comedy: Biglaughs from Aniston, Carrey Feb 7, 2009
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Eileen Atkins, Richard Schiff, Liane Balaban Director: Joel Hopkins Story: Harvey (Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his job when he heads off to his daughters (Balaban) wedding in London, only to discover that his daughter wants her stepfather (Brolin) to give her away. Despondent, he meets Kate (Thompson) at an airport bar, and after talking, she agrees to come with him to wedding reception. (MSNBC -- Movies)
