'Pirate Radio': Tune in for cast, soundtrack Nov 16, 2009
Pirate Radio* * * (out of four)Stars: Bill Nighy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Tom SturridgeDirector: Richard CurtisDistributor: Focus FeaturesRating: R for language and some sexual content including brief nudityRunning time: 1 hour, 56 minutesOpens Friday nationwide. By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY More retro than renegade, Pirate Radio is buoyed by spirited performances and infectious tunes. (USA Today -- Life)
Review: 'Pirate Radio' loses beat Nov 14, 2009
Review: 'Pirate Radio' has great music, middling story - CNN.com. Review: 'Pirate Radio' has great music, middling story. (CNN)
Philip Seymour Hoffman Sails To England For 'Pirate Radio' Nov 14, 2009
Those guys included righteous British actors like Bill Nighy ("Pirates of the Caribbean"), Rhys Ifans ("Flight of the Conchords"), Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead") and Kenneth Branagh ("Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"). They all play members of a pirate radio station in the late 1960s, a time when rock and roll wasn't widely available on the British airwaves and folks took to the high seas to broadcast the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who and other bands for kids with radios hidden... (VHI.com -- Music News)
'2012' is no disaster Nov 13, 2009
Pressed further, he replies: "Did I believe in aliens What's opening in theaters next week Opening Nov. 13: 2012 (PG-13) - Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") returns to destroy our planet - again. John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton and Amanda Peet are among the humans trying to make sense of the impending apocalypse. Remember when Irwin Allen made those star-studded disaster flicks in the 1970s? Those were awesome. Emmerich's, not so much.... (Fresno Bee)
‘Pirate Radio’ dials up the rock, ribaldry, and rowdiness Nov 13, 2009
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Tom Sturridge, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Emma Thompson. At: Fenway, Harvard Square, Somerville Theatre, Boston Common, suburbs. (Boston Globe)
'Pirate Radio' Nov 13, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman is an American known as The Count, whose supremacy is threatened when the legendary Gavin (Rhys Ifans) returns to the mike. The rest of the ranks are filled out by likely and unlikely lady killers, dim bulbs, men who live for music or -- in one case -- news and weather, and a lone woman, a lesbian cook. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
When rock could float Nov 13, 2009
The boat is a libertarian wonderland in which an American deejay (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a wacky owner (Bill Nighy) and a dandified lothario (Rhys Ifans) frolic in peace, free of all government intrusion -- until a buzz-cut Cabinet minister (a briskly hateful Kenneth Branagh, who trained for this part by playing a Nazi in HBO's "Conspiracy") tries to invent a reason to shut it down ... The boat is a libertarian wonderland in which an American deejay (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a wacky owner... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Pirate Radio' is an ocean of rockin' fun Nov 13, 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 ... 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 ... Rhys Ifans captures the sexual confidence of the '60s with his turn as the rock jock Gavin, and Nick Frost... (Fresno Bee)
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)
Movie review: 'Pirate Radio' rolls when it should have rocked; great tunes keep flick afloat Nov 12, 2009
Among the troupe: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the epitome of the hardworking rock journalist in "Almost Famous"), Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans (supreme scene-stealers of past Curtis productions), Nick Frost (the delightful oaf of "Shaun of the Dead"). Curtis gathers these guys and others (Rhys Darby, Ralph Brown, Ike Hamilton and Katherine Parkinson among them) as deejays and support personnel aboard Radio Rock, a tanker anchored in the North Sea broadcasting pop tunes around-the-clock, defying British... (FOX61, CT)
Pirate Radio just rolls when it should rock Nov 12, 2009
Among the troupe: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the epitome of the hardworking rock journalist in "Almost Famous"), Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans (supreme scene-stealers of past Curtis productions), Nick Frost (the delightful oaf of "Shaun of the Dead") ... Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans, Nick FrostDirector: Richard Curtis'Run time: 1 hour, 56 minutesMPAA rating: R. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Director Richard Curtis' pirate's life Nov 9, 2009
" Besides Nighy, there's Rhys Ifans, whose breakout performance was in "Notting Hill" and who plays an infamous disc jockey in the new film, and Emma Thompson, who has a hilarious cameo as a glamorous ex-groupie. "Maybe the good thing about actors you know is that they can reassure the other actors that you aren't a total fool, when it looks you might be one," Curtis said. "In this film it was particularly fun to allow Rhys to be the sexy version of himself, having made him quite so unattractive... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
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)
Fall Film Releases 2009 Oct 9, 2009
Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh. Nov. 20. (Carroll County Times, MD)
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)
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)
MTV To Develop U.S. Version of British Hit 'Skins' Aug 25, 2009
(Channel 4: Best Single Film BANFF and BAFTA for Best Actor for Rhys Ifans). This year Company Pictures is producing further series of Wild At Heart, Shameless, and Skins. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MORE: Brush up on your Sienna Miller trivia Aug 7, 2009
The stunning Londoner, who briefly with actor Rhys Ifans, found herself caught in another when she was photographed kissing married actor, Balthazar Getty. The Hot List shows the most buzzed about celebs of the moment as measured by reader activity on People. (USA Today -- Life)
Sienna 'not a nice person' Aug 6, 2009
Sienna - who has previously dated Jude Law and Rhys Ifans - said in an interview with GQ magazine: "I've never been someone who has conformed, and I think my response to that level of attention was to pretend it didn't exist. "The situation I got into was not ideal but it happened and if I could go back and be more responsible, I would. "Well, I probably would be less naive about ignoring the fact that people care. I've always kind of done exactly what my instincts said. I have a good brain on... (iAfrica.com)
Kruger with a Luger Aug 3, 2009
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Diane Kruger relished playing Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, which had its Australian premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Starting Point: A lettuce recall, a pot tax and a botched surgery Jul 24, 2009
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TV: Last Word Monologues Jul 17, 2009
Rhys Ifans featured in the first as a young man anxious to escape his own life but here Sheila Hancock takes it to a more complex level. She plays an elderly woman suffering from a degenerative disease that will eventually paralyse her. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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)
Naughty but nice Jul 12, 2009
Miller then dated Welsh actor Rhys Ifans for a year, before moving on to Brothers And Sisters star Balthazar Getty, which sent the tabloids into overdrive as he was married with four children when they met. Mention the paparazzi to Miller and she rolls her eyes ("Don't get me started"), although she says her life is remarkably different since she successfully sued London's Big Pictures agency in a landmark case last November, winning $108,000 and stating her life had been made "intolerable" by... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Friday's TV: Last Word Monologues Jul 8, 2009
A lonely farmer (Rhys Ifans), who lives with his bedridden mother, talks to camera about his search for love. He reveals his story slowly, communicating as much between the lines as within them in a gently comic style that will be familiar to anyone who watched Marion & Geoff, which Blick co-wrote. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Baron Cohen, Kutcher want to make you laugh Jun 30, 2009
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. The pirate radio station outrages the British government. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Sienna Miller has never had a one-night stand Jun 16, 2009
Despite a slew of high profile ex-boyfriends that includes Jude Law, Balthazar Getty, indie-rock heartthrob Jamie Burke and Welsh actor Rhys Ifans, Sienna Miller says shes never been taken on a proper first date and shes never hooked up with anyone. In fact, shes really just a relationship person. (MSNBC -- News)
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)
Beyond Castles, Corgi Dogs and Choirs: Wales Reveals Ten Fascinating Facts about the United Kingdom's Best Kept Secret May 19, 2009
Celebrities who grew up in Wales include Sir Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christian Bale, Rhys Ifans, and Ioan Gruffudd. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
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)
The Boat That Rocked Apr 10, 2009
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. Their subsequent battle for supremacy adds sparkle to the film's second half. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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)
Loved-up McCartney back in form Mar 26, 2009
Rhys Ifans appears to share Paul McCartney's "great taste in women" as he mingles with the singer and girlfriend Nancy Shevell at The Boat That Rocked after party ... " Paul used the party to introduce Nancy - who he has reportedly been dating since November 2007 - to his friends and was delighted when they bonded quickly. The source added to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "As well as speaking to the movie cast, including Rhys Ifans and Bill Nighy, Paul made a big deal of introducing Nancy to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Foxx, Diaz, Renner will have you weeping Mar 25, 2009
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Jon Foster Director: Gregor Jordan Story: Based on the book of short stories by Brett Easton Ellis, the film takes a look at hedonism in early 80s Los Angeles through interweaving stories. Foster realizes his girlfriend (Heard) is sleeping around. (MSNBC -- Movies)
