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The 2022 Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview

May 3, 2022 By Leave a Comment

The 2022 Razzie Awards — John Wilson Interview

It is with both delight and relief that I am able to report that nothing can stop the Razzies ™. The pandemic may have put the kaibosh on the much anticipated 40th anniversary celebration of this valuable public service, but John Wilson’s brainchild has yet to miss a year since 1980 in naming and shaming films… Read More »

Tagged With: Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, Dear Evan Hansen, DIANA: THE MUSICAL, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, House of Gucci, industry scuttlebutt, Joe Wright, karen, Laurence Olivier, LeBron James, product placement, Razzies, Ridley Scott., Taryn Manning, THE JAZZ SINGER, The Last Duel, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, Time Out, Tracey Letts

ATONEMENT

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

ATONEMENT is as close to perfection as mere mortals can aspire to. This translation to the screen of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Ian McEwan flawlessly captures the complex and powerful play of emotions that propel the story while annotating it with a visual component that amplifies rather than distracts. The plot hinges on what… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, British Cinema, director, duet, Dunkirk, Ian McEwan, James McAvoy, Joe Wright, narrative, naughty words, porcine, sound design

Joe Wright & Saoirse Ronan Create HANNA

September 1, 2014 By 1 Comment

Joe Wright & Saoirse Ronan Create HANNA

Joe Wright and Saoirse Ronan’s previous collaboration on ATONEMENT resulted in an Oscar(tm) nomination for Ronan. Their latest project, HANNA, casts Ronan as a 16-year-old trained to be the perfect assassin, in a tale that combines elements of fairy tales and sharp social commentary on what our culture does and doesn’t expect from the female… Read More »

Tagged With: action/adventure, actress, ATONEMENT, Cate Blanchett, cinema, cultural expectations, director, film, gender issues, HANNA, Joe Wright, movie, narrative, physical training, red hair, Saoirse Ronan, trained assassin

The ATONEMENT of James McAvoy & Joe Wright

September 1, 2014 By 2 Comments

The ATONEMENT of James McAvoy & Joe Wright

The power of words, the questioning of received wisdom, and the reasons behind a recurring porcine motif were all on the table when I talked with James McAvoy and Joe Wright about ATONEMENT on November 28, 2007.  They were by turns philosophical and whimsical while discussing how to use naughty words in an elegant film, filming the… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, British Cinema, director, duet, Dunkirk, Ian McEwan, James McAvoy, Joe Wright, narrative, naughty words, porcine, sound design

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