What's Playing Nov 12, 2009
Writer-director Richard Curtis ("Love Actually") imagines the fictional antics of one such station, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans as three of the colorful DJs broadcasting from a boat at sea. (Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers) 135 min. R. Beechwood: 4:05, 7 and 9:40 p.m. starting Friday, with additional shows at 1:05 p.m. Friday-Sunday; Carmike: 1, 4, 7 and 9:50 p.m. daily starting Friday. (Athens Banner-Herald)
"In Cold Blood" Deaths Still Haunt Town Nov 10, 2009
In "Capote," Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, portrays the writer Truman Capote as he probes the mind of a killer to write the first non-fiction novel. (Sony Pictures Classics/AP). (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Director Richard Curtis' pirate's life Nov 9, 2009
" It certainly helped that Thompson was a veteran of his films. She was only there for what turned out to be one tough day. Thompson got seasick on the small boat that took her to the tanker but kept going anyway. A couple of Americans were thrown into Curtis' mix this time. January Jones, best known as Betty Draper on "Mad Men," is an old friend of his and offered her services as a temptress who causes friction between two of the disc jockeys. "Because she's a friend, she could just jump... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The world is Australia's stage Nov 7, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman, for example, is coming to Australia not to act but to direct Sam Shepard's True West, with Aboriginal actor Wayne Blair. There's also the associate director Tom Wright's adaptation of Voltaire's Optimism, which some people here found distinctly underwhelming. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Daily guide to television and radio Nov 5, 2009
Best actor Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman shines as Truman Capote. R (2005). (Boston Globe)
Eccentrics, outsiders, and history-makers dot the Boston Jewish Film Festival Nov 1, 2009
Featuring the voices of Toni Collette and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Nov. 12, Coolidge Corner. (Boston Globe)
Holiday films roll out some heavy subjects Oct 30, 2009
Cast: Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman, January Jones Produced by: Hilary Bevan Jones Directed by: Richard Curtis Written by: Richard Curtis. 2012. (Fresno Bee)
Stars in charity charades Oct 29, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman, is holding its seventh "Celebrity Charades" fund-raiser Dec. 7 ... The LAByrinth Theater Company, home base of the peripatetic Philip Seymour Hoffman, is holding its seventh "Celebrity Charades" fund-raiser Dec. 7. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Show business is booming Oct 17, 2009
Resident star and co-artistic director Cate Blanchett will appear in Uncle Vanya, while Hollywood actor Philip Seymour Hoffman returns to the STC to direct a revival of Sam Shepard's True West. Another Hollywood actor, William Hurt, will co-star with Robyn Nevin in a revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
• 'Lying' pays off Oct 8, 2009
Hopefully you're more creative than the two friends Mark tries to bring in on his discovery (Louis C.K. and Philip Seymour Hoffman); they just want to touch boobs. I laughed heartily several times during "Lying," and I'd watch it again with pleasure. (Juneau Empire)
‘Invention of Lying’ hits a nerve, then loses it Oct 2, 2009
Anyone who can call on Tina Fey, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Jonah Hill, Jason Bateman, and Christopher Guest for one-shot appearances is no loser. And that s the truth. (Boston Globe)
Cure for a truth-ache Oct 2, 2009
And is there any reason guest stars (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Stephen Merchant) who don't figure in the plot keep showing up ... And is there any reason guest stars (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Stephen Merchant) who don't figure in the plot keep showing up. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Citizen's Cinema Oct 1, 2009
TheCitizensCinema wrote on Mar 30, 2009 5:48 PM:" Anyone who has seen "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" or "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" knows that the mind behind those movies, writer Charlie Kaufman, breeds some weird ideas.But Kaufman, for all the freshness and ingenuity of his screenplays, has always seen his ideas filtered through another creative mind in the director's chair, be it Spike Jonze ("Adaptation") or George Clooney ("Confessions")."Synecdoche, New York" marks Kaufman's... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Hilton Als: Peter Sellars’s take on the Moor. Sep 30, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman makes you wish that there were no Iago at all. Share. (New Yorker)
Global shifts take shape on stage Sep 26, 2009
Highlights include Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, adapted by Upton and starring Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Richard Roxburgh and John Bell; Steppenwolf's lauded staging of Tracey Letts's August: Osage County; the hit musical Spring Awakening; Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring William Hurt and Robyn Nevin; Tony McNamara's latest satire The Grenade, featuring Garry McDonald; Joanna Murray-Smith's Honour, starring Wendy Hughes, Paula Arundell and William Zappa; the return of the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Our Lady of 121st Street' cutting-edge, full of laughs Sep 24, 2009
The play was written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, a member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company in New York City, and debuted in 2003, directed by fellow LAByrinth member, acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. The lady of this play is Sister Rose, a Harlem nun whose lasting influence has touched all who have gathered for her memorial service. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The Informant! Sep 19, 2009
It's one thing to build a film around someone who's an unknowable cipher (the Philip Seymour Hoffman vehicle did this well); it's something else again to show a guy acting entertainingly nutty for two hours, then try to milk the audience's sympathy with a tight close-up of his face as he finally breaks down. The Informant. (Slate)
A look at this fall’s movies Sep 13, 2009
Pirate Radio Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, and Kenneth Branagh head Richard Curtis s ensemble comedy about pirate-radio DJs on UK-bound boats in the 1960s. Red Cliff What s legendary Hong Kong action director John Woo been up to since Paycheck in 2003. (Boston Globe)
Fall Movie Preview: Studios save best films for fall Sep 11, 2009
"Pirate Radio" (R): Comedy about a boat hosting a pirate radio station in the 1960s, with Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Nov. 13. (Florida Today)
Damon brings to mind gambling, sandwich Sep 11, 2009
"The Talented Mr. Ripley," from 1999, is a mesmerizing murder mystery with a whopper of a supporting cast -- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. If you haven't seen "Ripley," go get it today. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Fall movies not to miss Sep 7, 2009
"So I hope that even the most romantic will be satisfied in the end." The cast mixes Curtis standbys like Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans and Emma Thompson with newcomers Philip Seymour Hoffman and January Jones - better known as Betty Draper on "Mad Men." Curtis said Jones is an old friend. When he went to see her about playing a bad girl in the movie, she said, "Do you want her stupid or cruel or a sociopath?" "And I knew she could act all three if I asked her." Nov. 13. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Fall movies: New Moon, other anticipated flicks coming to theaters soon Sep 4, 2009
The Sierra Vista Herald. Last updated on Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 - 02:18:28 am MST. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
"Happiness" Cast Remade in "Wartime" Sep 4, 2009
" There's a lot of traumatic stress to recover from. Trish, played by Allison Janney, has told everyone, including her young son, that her pedophile husband is dead, avoiding the truth that he has been in prison and freeing herself to fall in love with Harvey, played by Michael Lerner. Her sister Joy, played Shirley Henderson, has just learned that her husband Allen (Michael Kenneth Williams as the character played in "Happiness" by Philip Seymour Hoffman) is not a reformed pervert, as she had... (CBS News)
The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
" It's the second in a series of "Cities of Love" movies conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy. Nov. 6 "Disney's A Christmas Carol": A 3-D animated version of the Dickens classic, with Jim Carrey playing eight characters and Gary Oldman as his overworked and underpaid clerk and Colin Firth his cheery nephew. "The Box": The short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson inspired this movie that asks: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
"Doubt" Is A Great Movie, No Doubt Aug 31, 2009
He had terrific help with the cast of Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis ... The plot tension is based on the arrival of a new pastor, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) whom the head nun Sister Aloysius begins to strongly suspect is a practicing pedophile. (Suite101.com)
Aimee Mann goes through the emotions Aug 17, 2009
That song, the emotional centrepiece of Paul Thomas Anderson's astonishing sprawling epic, Magnolia, is sung by each cast member, from Tom Cruise and Philip Seymour Hoffman to Jason Robards and Julianne Moore, in a devastating, heart cracking scene which turns on the lines It's not going to stop/till you wise up/no it's not going to stop/so just give up". You might think this kind of attitude would be depressing, a defeatist's mantra. You might especially think this if you knew that Mann, who... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MORE: 5 Fun Facts about Amy Adams: Learn all about the 'Julie' star Aug 10, 2009
Since then, she's charmed the socks off of film critics, earning her second Academy Award nomination for Doubt, opposite Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Hot List shows the most buzzed about celebs of the moment as measured by reader activity on People. (USA Today -- Life)
‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ available on MAX on Comcast Jul 20, 2009
Julia Roberts plays a sanctimonious Houston socialite and the great Philip Seymour Hoffman is a cantankerous CIA agent. (R; runs through July 23) WESLEY MORRIS. (Boston Globe)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25 Jul 16, 2009
Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 81. Actress Louise Fletcher is 75. Singer Chuck Jackson is 72. Actor Terence Stamp is 71. Game show host Alex Trebek is 69. Singer George Clinton is 68. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 66. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 63. Singer Don Henley is 62. Actor Danny Glover is 62. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 62. Composer Alan Menken ("Little Mermaid,""Little Shop of Horrors") is 60. Musician Al Di Meola is 55. Actor Willem Dafoe is 54. Singer Keith Sweat is 48.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Doubt" (11) Jul 7, 2009
Doubt is also a brilliant exploration of both doubt and, perhaps more importantly, certainty, with an acting duel between two masters of the art: Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Streep, in what has now become a continuous series of career-defining roles, plays Sister Aloysius, the principal of a Catholic elementary school. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
On Demand movie recommendations Jul 3, 2009
With Philip Seymour Hoffman (above, with Streep), Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. (PG-13; runs through Aug. 23) WESLEY MORRIS. (Boston Globe)
Baron Cohen, Kutcher want to make you laugh Jun 30, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kenneth Branaugh star in this story of a pirate radio station based on a boat during the 1960s. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Jack Davenport Director: Richard Curtis Story: Inspired by real events that took place in 1966 Britain, this musical dramedy tells the story of a pirate radio station called Radio Rock that broadcasts rock music 24 hours a day from a boat anchored in international waters ...... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Theater review: 'Jack Goes Boating' a standout Jun 21, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Jack in the New York premiere two years ago, is directing (and starring in) a film version scheduled for 2011. But there's no need to wait for the movie. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Black Market Gear Jun 20, 2009
At 37 inches this TV is perfect for both living room and bedroom gaming/movie enthusiasts, and the screen is just big enough to take advantage of 1080p, which means no more fuzzy Philip Seymour Hoffman films for you, that boy is gonna be clear as day. Computer Gear. (IGN Gear)
German court lifts ban on cannibal movie May 28, 2009
NEW YORK - The Public Theater says Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to play Iago in an off-Broadway revival of "Othello" next season. COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina judge has approved a settlement for the estate of late soul singer James Brown. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Announce All-Star Cast for Upcoming Comedy Adventure Paul May 28, 2009
Upcoming films include, The Green Zone directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan; The Boat That Rocked written and directed by Richard Curtis, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy and Kenneth Branagh. The company recently enjoyed their second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for Frost/Nixon, after receiving one for Atonement in 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Othello role for Seymour Hoffman May 28, 2009
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is to star in a New York stage production of Shakespeare's Othello ... FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Hathaway to star in 'Twelfth Night' - 4 hrs ago 'Othello,' Parks' latest on Public slate - 14 hrs ago * Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Iago in 'Othello' - 30 hrs ago * Requires registration. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Manchester-by-the-Sea, a movie star among towns May 24, 2009
It has served as a backdrop for myriad feature films, including "The Love Letter" (1999) starring Kate Capshaw and Tom Selleck, "State and Main" (2000) with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sarah Jessica Parker, and "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" (2001) with Danny DeVito. But Manchester has another starring role as a charming place to visit. (Boston Globe)
Daniel Day-Lewis Dishes About His Clooney Kiss At The Oscars May 22, 2009
"Everybody's so relieved that the strike is over," insisted "Charlie Wilson's War" co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman on his way into the Kodak Theatre, looking around at his fellow stars. "It's a good thing.". (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
FACE FACTS: Sidney Crosby's playoff beard is hideous May 21, 2009
He's more in Philip Seymour Hoffman territory. And maybe that's a comparison worth watching. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Da Vinci sequel is UK chart hit May 20, 2009
Just missing out at number 11 was Charlie Kauffman film Synedoche, New York featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman. The movie took 123,125 despite only opening in 30 cinemas, giving it an average of 4,104 per cinema. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Global art star May 14, 2009
The last time two films about the same artist were released at the same time, Capotein 2005 grossed about $29 million and garnered an Oscar for best actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman, while Infamous, released just months later, made a little over $1 million and disappeared. The first of the Dal. (USA Today)
Cannes' up-and-down 2008 May 12, 2009
"Synecdoche, New York," the first film directed by "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, starred Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. Also hot was "Che," Steven Soderbergh's four-hour biography of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Synecdoche, New York May 11, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Williams and Tom Noonan ... The camera then picks up Philip Seymour Hoffman, walking behind him with a cane ... Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Williams and Tom Noonan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Summer Films Schedule May 8, 2009
""Lorna's Silence": An immigrant sells herself in marriage to obtain citizenship in Belgium, but her current husband stands in the way.Aug. 21"Inglorious Basterds": Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino resurrect "Dirty Dozen"-style action as Jewish soldiers dish out chaos among the Nazis."Post Grad": Alexis Bledel graduates from "Gilmore Girls" and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" in this mature comedy about a graduate who moves back home with her family while trying to find a job and the man... (North County Times)
It's summer at the movies! May 2, 2009
With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans and, for the first time together since their marriage ended, Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. (Aug. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
FILM: Summer 2009 preview May 1, 2009
The Boat That Rocked (Philip Seymour Hoffman) -- Remember the greatest year of British music. Director Richard Curtis says it was 1966 and radio stations in his country wouldn't play much of it. (Sioux City Journal)
Sequels stuff summer box office May 1, 2009
"The Boat that Rocked" (R): Underground '60s radio, with Bill Nighy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and more. "Final Destination: Death Trip 3D" (not yet rated): Bobby Campo helps people cheat Death; Death is not amused. (Florida Today)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (April 12) Apr 12, 2009
The Oscar nods for all four actors featured in the 2008 film adaptation - Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis - are a nice endorsement as well. Still, what's most impressive about Shanley's writing and direction here is how, for all the dialogue, for all the weighty, painful social ground being covered, the film is thoroughly compelling, and feels nothing like the draining sermon the uninitiated might expect. (Boston Globe)
No doubt about this quality film Apr 10, 2009
If those don't do the trick -- and shame on you if they don't -- here are three more: Philip Seymour Hoffman. Streep and Hoffman -- sounds like a law firm, doesn't it. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Around the Tri-State Area this weekend Apr 10, 2009
The movie stars the Academy Award-winning duo of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. Movie nights at the library are held on the second Thursday of each month. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Exhibit, plays, keyboard festival at Waldorf Apr 10, 2009
The play, which inspired the 2008 movie starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, reflects on a time when America was unifying and segregation was on its way out, but the Catholic Church was splitting. There were the traditional followers of the Vatican, and then there were the followers of Second Vatican s Council. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Mary And Max Apr 10, 2009
In the movie, this is Max Jerry Horovitz, a 44-year-old Jewish man (voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who weighs 150 kilograms and lives on chocolate hot dogs. Elliot is now 37 so he must have been about 17 when the pen-pal relationship began. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Boat That Rocked Apr 10, 2009
The film's best bits are supplied by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who demonstrates his uniquely silky brand of bluster as The Count, the station's American import - a character based on Emperor Rosko, one of the era's most memorable performers. The Count is secure in his spot as the ship's No. 1 performer until Rhys Ifans enters the picture as the peacockish Gavin, who's recently returned from the US with ideas of resuming his old role as head boy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: 'Doubt,' 'Pre-Code Hollywood,' 'Il Generale' Apr 10, 2009
A mystery, yes, yet predominantly a character study and a movie in that exclusive club in which at least four actors (Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis) earned Oscar nominations. Back story: Rigid Sister Aloysius (Streep) lacks only a ruler soldered to her hand with which to pummel the wrists of student transgressors. (USA Today -- Life)
Bagehot: Through a pint glass, darkly Apr 9, 2009
Never can so many fine actors have generated so little pleasure (Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman and several other luminaries are all sunk in Mr Curtis s rustbucket). It is unfunny and misogynistic. (The Economist)
Monsters mash up UK cinema chart Apr 8, 2009
The Richard Curtis film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rhys Ifans, took 1. 8m in its opening weekend. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
“Klaatu barada nikto” Apr 6, 2009
Doubt, a heavy-handed filmization of John Patrick Shanley s play about priestly indiscretions, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Bedtime Stories, the PG-rated Adam Sandler film aimed at younger viewers. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Beating the rush on decade's best movies Apr 4, 2009
Best performance by an actor (baker's dozen, no order): Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda," George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," Paul Giamatti in "Sideways," Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote," Tommy Lee Jones in "No Country for Old Men," Erland Josephson in "Saraband," Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain," Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt, Sean Penn in "Milk," Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler," Denzel Washington in... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Citizen's Cinema Apr 1, 2009
TheCitizensCinema wrote on Mar 30, 2009 5:48 PM:" Anyone who has seen "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" or "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" knows that the mind behind those movies, writer Charlie Kaufman, breeds some weird ideas.But Kaufman, for all the freshness and ingenuity of his screenplays, has always seen his ideas filtered through another creative mind in the director's chair, be it Spike Jonze ("Adaptation") or George Clooney ("Confessions")."Synecdoche, New York" marks Kaufman's... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Who Plays Lewinsky in New Clinton Film? Mar 27, 2009
Quaid beat out some actual A-listers for the roleRussell Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Tim Robbins. I wonder if he truly eclipsed them or if the actors were steered away from taking the part of a man tasked with running the country who couldn't keep his hands off the help. (Slate)
Ready to rumble: Wrestlers in the movies Mar 25, 2009
Its unlikely that Philip Seymour Hoffman could put you in a sleeper-hold. Judi Dench is probably not very good at lifting opponents into the air, helicopter-spinning them around and bodyslamming them to the ground. (MSNBC -- News)
Interview with Robert Patterson Mar 24, 2009
Twilight: What's Next for Rob Pattinson. - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety. (Variety)
Julianne Moore to play Clinton role Mar 23, 2009
Dennis reportedly beat four other leading actors - Russell Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins - to win the role of Bill. "Special Relationship" is the closing film of a political trilogy written by Peter Morgan, following "The Deal" -- about Tony Blair's rise to power in the British Labour party - and "The Queen" which focused on the reaction of the British Royal Family to the death of Princess Diana. (Xinhuanet, China)
New on DVD: Swedish vampire, 'Elegy,' Giancarlo Giannini Mar 20, 2009
That's the critical spectrum covered in reviews of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut about a playwright (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who ends up staging his own life as a play. Or something. (USA Today -- Life)
