Burn After Reading DVD Movie Revi... Oct 29, 2009
Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), George Clooney (Ocean s 11, Intolerable Cruelty), John Malkovitch (Changeling, Eragon), Tilda Swinton (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) and Frances McDormand (Friends with Money) star in this comedy about two hapless employees of a fitness center who stumble upon a disk belonging to a former member of the CIA and attempt to blackmail the disks owner ... Starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovitch, Tilda... (Suite101.com)
Documentary on Pollan's 'The Botany of Desire' Oct 29, 2009
And actress Frances McDormand provides a fluid and at times amusing narration. (She, too, is a Pollan fan. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Luck' may be changing for Caro, grown-up Castle-Hughes Sep 14, 2009
Caro would return to the festival with the woman-miners drama in 2005, helping two other actresses, and Frances McDormand, garner nominations. Castle-Hughes played the virgin Mary in Catherine Hardwicke's The Nativity Story in 2006 and became the object of gossip when she became pregnant with daughter Felicity-Amore, now 2. (USA Today -- Life)
A belle of a role Aug 31, 2009
Since then, notable Blanches have included Tallulah Bankhead, Rosemary Harris, Ann-Margret (for TV), Jessica Lange (for TV opposite Alec Baldwin and on stage in New York and London), Glenn Close (opposite Australian actress Essie Davis as Stella in London), Frances McDormand, Natasha Richardson, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel Weisz, who is currently starring in the London production at the Donmar Warehouse. In Australia, Robyn Nevin played Blanche in 1976 for the Old Tote Theatre Company, a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
‘Inglourious Basterds' review: Tarantino joins Coen brothers Aug 24, 2009
For 10 bucks you can get haddock. potato and cole slaw. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Sony Pictures invests in new Zhang Yimou movie Aug 1, 2009
The 1984 original starring Frances McDormand is about a Texas bar owner who hires a private detective to kill his wife and her lover. The movie won the Grand Jury Prize for best film at the United States Film Festival - the predecessor to the Sundance Film Festival - helping establish Joel and Ethan Coen's reputations. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Michael Douglas muses on his most memorable films Jul 17, 2009
"Wonder Boys," 2000: "Curtis Hanson, great script, Robert Downey, Jr., Tobey Maguire, lovely, lovely cast, Frances McDormand. It was maybe just a little too odd, kind of in that niche people just didn't pick up. It's hard these days. Everything's geared on that first weekend because of the marketing costs and everything. It used to be that a movie could hang in there and find its legs and keep on going. It's much more difficult now. It's hit or miss.". "It Runs in the Family," 2003: "It had come... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Douglas recalls Cuckoos Nest, Wall Street Jul 17, 2009
Wonder Boys, 2000: Curtis Hanson, great script, Robert Downey, Jr., Tobey Maguire, lovely, lovely cast, Frances McDormand. It was maybe just a little too odd, kind of in that niche people just didnt pick up. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Daily guide for radio and television Jul 16, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
The Starting Point: Teachers paid to wait and Jon & Kate separate Jun 24, 2009
Actress Frances McDormand, 52. TV personality Randy Jackson, 53. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Zhang Yimou starts shooting Coen brothers remake Jun 23, 2009
The 1984 movie starring Frances McDormand won the Grand Jury Prize for best film at the United States Film Festival the predecessor to the Sundance Film Festival helping establish Joel and Ethan Coen's reputations. The brothers went on to make a string of successful films including "Fargo,""The Big Lebowski,""O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "No Country for Old Men," which won Oscars for best picture and best director. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27 Jun 18, 2009
Actress Frances McDormand is 52. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 47. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's Playing May 28, 2009
Complete with carefully modulated over-the-top performances from the entire cast - from crude yet refined convicts Gale (John Goodman) and Evelle (William Forsythe) to blowhard father Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson) to swinging procreators Glen (Sam McMurray) and Dot (Frances McDormand), and Randall "Tex" Cobb as a motorcycle madman hired to rescue the baby - this madcap romp features a relentless score by Carter Burwell, replete with infectious yodeling, beautifully wacky cinematography and... (Athens Banner-Herald)
How to make a memorable Oscar speech May 21, 2009
1997s best actress Frances McDormand (Fargo) glossed over the studio honchos, cast and crew by saying You know who you are and focusing her thank-yous on just three people: The Coen brothers (one of whom, Joel, is her husband) and son. Russell Crowe spent nearly all his thanks on one bloke, Gladiator director Ridley Scott, in his 2001 best actor speech. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Brand butchery: Cougs flub uniform unveiling May 13, 2009
Paging Frances McDormand. This is a disgrace. (Cougfan.com)
‘Burn After Reading' Lit my fire (1) May 3, 2009
Thrown into this superstar mix is Frances McDormand, a sales person at a local gym. Her best buddy there is a blond joke played by Brad Pitt. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Top 20 heroes & villains of pop culture Mar 30, 2009
Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand deserved her Oscar for Fargo, one of Gods perfect films)10. Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride, Black Mamba (Hell hath no fury like Uma Thurman in a Quentin Tarantino film)11. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Points To Ponder Mar 18, 2009
CULTURAL EDUCATION: The classic accents of the North Dakota State players make you think Marge Gunderson (played by Frances McDormand in "Fargo") is in the room with you. Coach Saul Phillips says his favorite part of the movie is when a discussion with a police officer focuses at length on the weather. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
At the movies: Sept. 18 (15) Mar 15, 2009
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins. R for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Screenplay Winners from the 81st Ac... Feb 23, 2009
Beaufoy has written several films, most recently Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (with Frances McDormand and Amy Adams). In 1997, Beaufoy was nominated for an Oscar for his original script, The Full Monty. (Suite101.com)
The Citizen's Cinema Feb 8, 2009
" Whereas the Coens' Best Picture-winning 2007 film calculatedly mused on themes of fate and chance, "Burn" bears no such aspirations. Its characters are not vessels of profundity - they're insecure, paranoid buffoons."Burn" centers around ousted CIA agent Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich), who decides to punctuate his disgracefully ended career with a memoir. His wife, Katie, meanwhile swipes Osbourne's top-secret files as leverage for a pending divorce case. After Katie's lawyer's receptionist... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Newsweek: Oscar's biggest snubs Feb 7, 2009
Points of contention - I think Frances McDormand deserved that Oscar over Madonna and Titanic's box office gross does not eclipse Jack Nicholson's performance in "As Good As It Gets" ... Points of contention - I think Frances McDormand deserved that Oscar over Madonna and Titanic's box office gross does not eclipse Jack Nicholson's performance in "As Good As It Gets". (MSNBC -- Movies)
