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22 July 2008 1:27 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Seen on: July 19, 2008

The players: Director: Phyllida Lloyd, Writers: Catherine Johnson, Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie Walter, Stellan Skarsgard

Facts of interest: Based on the hit musical "Mamma Mia!"

The plot: A bride-to-be (Seyfried) tries to uncover the identity of her real father by inviting the three possible candidates to her wedding.

Our quick thoughts: Phyllida Lloyd debuts onscreen after directing "Mamma Mia!" on stage. This however didn’t certify a marvelous representation of the musical on the big screen. As a first-time director, Lloyd was lucky enough to be able to work with top-notch actors, who in some scenes deliver fantastic performances and in others simply ridicule themselves.

Jesus Gil

21 July 2008 9:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Colin Firth is convinced his famous co-stars are a bunch of "drag queens" because they're secretly only interested in playing dress-up.

The Mamma Mia! star joins Hollywood legends Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan as the trio sing and dance on film for the summer Abba-inspired movie musical.

And Firth says the experience has left him certain that his fellow actors' best inspiration came from their mother's closets.

He muses, "Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the nature of the human psyche. Yes, maybe. But basically we just want to put on a frock and dance."

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21 July 2008 7:21 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

With blockbusters taking a week off after "The Dark Knight" so thoroughly conquered the box office and its core audience descends upon Comic-Con in San Diego, an outstanding array from the indie scene offers plenty of alternative viewing.

"American Teen"

Her longtime collaborator Brett Morgen may be out of the picture, but "The Kid Stays in the Picture" co-director Nanette Burstein infiltrated the cliques, classrooms and hallways of an Indiana high school for her first solo doc, which netted her a directing award at Sundance earlier this year. Burstein follows a cross section of Warsaw High's senior class for 10 months in pursuit of their respective ambitions and priorities, and discovers that bonding at the library during Saturday detention is no way to communicate when text messaging and Im can be just as intimate.

Opens in limited release.

"Baghead"

Mumblecore alumni Jay and Mark Duplass celebrate their favorite

Neil Pedley

18 July 2008 2:17 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

You can't help but wonder if Mamma Mia! will be the breakthrough role for Amanda Seyfried. True, audiences have seen her in Mean Girls and Big Love, but she's in a much bigger spotlight here, singing and acting alongside Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth.

"Before I got the role, I used to sing, but not professionally," she tells The Daily Mail, "and as soon as I heard about Mamma Mia! I knew I had to do it. I was nervous singing for [Abba members] Benny and Björn and I just did the best I could."

Adds Seyfried, "But nothing in the film was really that challenging as I was basically playing myself. Sophie’s a young girl excited about life, so it just felt right."

That's not the only thing that felt right, apparently. Though you rarely hear such talk when these things fizzle, the 22-year-old actress is remarkably candid

Colin Boyd

17 July 2008 11:55 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Mamma Mia!

Starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth

Directed by Phyllida Lloyd

Rated PG-13

I have decided to not stop writing my review of Mamma Mia! until I run out of bad things to say about it. Pack a lunch; you're going to be here a while.

First, I should be a champ and tell you what I liked about it. Ok, fair enough: Greece looks absolutely beautiful whenever this film was shot; though she hasn't needed to be impressive in her past few roles, Meryl Streep clearly still has that thing that only she has, especially when she belts out the only truly worthwhile musical number in the movie, "The Winner Takes it All;" and Amanda Seyfried (Big Love) is incredibly exuberant and happy to be here.

And now that that's out of the way...

You've been to a party or on a night out

Colin Boyd

17 July 2008 5:18 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Meryl Streep plays Donna in Mamma Mia!

Photo: Universal Pictures I am sure fans of the Abba musical "Mamma Mia!" are already frothing at the mouth to see the film adaptation bringing the 1999 stage musical to the big screen. The screening I attended was about three-quarters full and filled with theater-type ready to see the "magic" of the Swedish pop band's music glittering on the silver screen, but while they cheered I was left to writhe in my seat as this film is one sour note after another. The film is designed around a story beginning with bride-to-be, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), sending out three letters inviting three strangers to her wedding in hopes that one of them may be her long lost father. Sophie learns of the men after secretly scouring through her mother's (Meryl Streep) diary and sifting through the exploits of the one-time carefree hippie. The story is simple,

Brad Brevet

15 July 2008 4:57 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week sees the opening of "The Dark Knight." Advance marketing and coverage might have you believe that that, apparently, is all, but there are other films coming out this week well worth your time. (Besides, "The Dark Knight" is totally going to be sold out.)

"A Very British Gangster"

With Britain in the midst of a youth crime epidemic, Irish investigative reporter Donald McIntyre takes an unflinching look at Dominic Noonan, a granddad of the English gangland who's spent over half his life behind bars. Having legally changed his name to Lattlay Fottfoy (an acronym of the Noonan motto . "Look After Those That Look After You; Fuck Off Those That Fuck Off You"), the openly gay head of Manchester's most notorious crime family shows off his gentler side as a man who uses his reputation to position himself as a "problem solver" more concerned with the

Neil Pedley

8 July 2008 10:00 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Colin Firth made women go weak at the knees when he emerged dripping from a lake in the BBC's Pride And Prejudice. Despite trying his hand at all manner of other roles (including ten in the last two years alone), he remains etched in the national consciousness as the dashing Mr. Darcy and his modern-day Bridget Jones equivalent. But the brooding hero is nowhere in sight in latest outing Mamma Mia!, which sees him camping it up to Abba in sequined spandex. As the musical extravaganza opens in cinemas across the UK, it's time to learn more about the thinking woman's leading man. 1. Colin's parents were college lecturers who raised their young family in Nigeria for four years before returning to Hampshire. They later moved across the pond to St Louis for a few months when Colin was 12. 2. Colin was never destined to follow his parents into (more)

By Beth Hilton

6 July 2008 2:45 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Abba have appeared in public together for the first time in years at the Swedish premiere of new movie Mamma Mia!. Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog attended the event along with the film's star-studded cast, which includes Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. Anni-Frid, known to fans as Frida, and Agnetha posed for pictures with Streep and the trio even entertained fans by doing a dance. Later, the four group members appeared on the Stockholm (more)

By Daniel Kilkelly

5 July 2008 8:05 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

In the past two decades the former members of Abba have rarely been seen together in public, but the '70s quartet reunited Friday for the Swedish premiere of the movie musical Mamma Mia!For the first time in 22 years Agnetha Fältskog, 58, showed up side by side with Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 62 – to dance with the movie's star Meryl Streep. The reunion took place at the Rival Hotel in Stockholm, along with the women's ex-husbands and bandmates Björn Ulveaus, 63, and Benny Anderson, 61. The media-shy Fältskog hit the red carpet hand-in-hand with Lyngstad to surprise Meryl Streep as the actress walked into the Rival.

Nikolaj Vraa

4 July 2008 7:32 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Are you ready to take a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget? Phyllida Lloyd’s big-screen version of “Mamma Mia!” opens everywhere July 18, 2008, and if you’re a big musical fan and can’t until then, check you these 12 brand-new short clips just below!

Starring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Julie Waters, the film tells the story of a future bride who’s trying to find her real father. I’m not necessarily a huge fan of musicals in general, but I have to admit “Mamma Mia!” looks incredibly entertaining. Let the celebration begin!

Franck Tabouring

2 July 2008 7:21 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Colin Firth has admitted that he loved wearing spandex and platform shoes in new movie Mamma Mia! The actor, who plays Harry Bright in the film version of the hit musical, said he had hoped to keep the Abba-style outfit he wore in the final sequence. He told Teletext: "I freely admit I tried to pinch my costume from (more)

By Beth Hilton

27 June 2008 5:07 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British actor Dominic Cooper insisted he be given a padded pair of swimming trunks to wear in new movie musical Mamma Mia! - to ensure every part of his body looks good on screen.

The 30-year-old stars alongside Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth in the big-screen adaptation - and spends most of his screen time half-naked.

He admits he felt pressured into hitting the gym to achieve the muscular body he boasts in the film, because he was always surrounded by dancers who would be working out whenever they were not shooting.

He says, "I'm keeping the body up, now that I've actually got it. It wasn't just for the part, it was the fact that there were about 30 dancers around me every day constantly doing press-ups and lifts made me think, I better sort this out. And the thought that I was going to spend the entire movie in a pair of Speedos, I thought I'd better make sure I don't look like a potato...!"

And he confesses to getting a little extra boost in the swimwear department: "This was a padded, armoured, ultra-colourful Speedo unit. So when that's freeze-framed on the DVD..."

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27 June 2008 4:52 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Soul singer Adele has confessed that she has a crush on 47-year-old actor Colin Firth. The popstar, 19, also revealed that she is a fan of Justin Timberlake. "Colin Firth's my ideal man," Adele told People. "I think it's because he's Darcy in Bridget Jones. He's charming and very British. "I want a British husband but I would go with Justin [Timberlake] (more)

By Alex Fletcher

24 June 2008 11:51 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British actor Dominic Cooper almost rejected a role in movie musical Mamma Mia! until he realised his big-name co-stars were just as clumsy as him.

The 30-year-old star plays Sky in the film adaptation of the hit Abba-inspired musical - and admits he had to be convinced by his agent to accept the over-the-top role.

He says, "All I could think was, `How much spandex and ladies' platforms (shoes) will this involve?'"

But Cooper's fears were soon quelled after he found himself surrounded by the all-star cast - including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth - and realised he wasn't the only one who was rhythmically-challenged.

He says, "Let me tell you, Meryl's Greek step was not up to scratch, and Pierce Brosnan showed up in loafers on the first day.

"Everyone had two left feet, so we ended up just laughing at each other."

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5 June 2008 2:30 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Time tends to dull memories while sharpening the emotions behind them. It's the memoirist's duty to turn down the rosy glow of happy moments and resist the urge to settle scores started in all those unhappy times that prompted the memoir urge in the first place. Adapting a bestselling account of life as the son of an eccentric father by U.K. Yorkshire-born poet and novelist Blake Morrison, When Did You Last See Your Father? nicely balances moments of childhood trauma with a full appreciation of the man whose enthusiasm for high spirits sometimes came at considerable cost to those around him. Serving notice that his range extends beyond non-descript leading-man parts, Colin Firth plays Morrison as an adult, first seen in 1989 on the verge of accepting a literary award his father (Jim Broadbent, in as good of a performance as he's ever given) can't fully appreciate since it...

Keith Phipps

2 June 2008 7:35 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Among this week's offerings: The pregnancy comedy goes pre-natal, the fate of all the jungle rests in the hands of the world's most lethargic endangered species, and Dario Argento has a new film, rendering the rest of this list mostly unnecessary.

"Dreams With Sharp Teeth"

Author Harlan Ellison is widely regarded as one of the finest writers of the 20th century. He is also, as this documentary readily highlights, abrasive, petulant, egotistical and prone to fits of belligerent rage. Collecting together more than two decades worth of footage and interviews, "Grizzly Man" producer Erik Nelson lifts the dust jacket off one of literature's genuinely larger than life characters and a man who has filed more lawsuits than the Aclu, proving that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction, even Ellison's sci-fi tales.

Opens in New York.

"The Go-Getter"

On paper, it sounds like the dictionary definition of

Neil Pedley

2 May 2008 12:37 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Fashion designer Nicole Farhi has been robbed at knifepoint outside her London home.

The 61-year-old, whose designs are a favourite of stars including Colin Firth and Coldplay singer Chris Martin, was attacked by two men as she returned home on Wednesday night.

The suspects are believed to be responsible for a spate of incidents in the exclusive North London neighbourhood, which have all targeted lone women.

Fahri escaped unharmed but the robbers stripped her of a $16,000 (GBP8,000) ring, a watch and some cash.

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26 April 2008 10:00 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

It was tough to tell who needed more security at Saturday night's annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. – the President or the Jonas brothers. "It's crazy," Nick Jonas said of the Beatles-like frenzy that erupted when the pop trio – also made up of Jonases Joe and Kevin – arrived. "We never expected this." The evening's emcee, Late, Late Show star (and, as of January, a newly minted American citizen) Craig Ferguson, told People he was "thrilled but shocked" to receive the invitation to host because he "assumed his first invitation as a citizen would be to Jury Duty.

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24 April 2008 5:23 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A passionate clinch between Colin Firth and Helen Hunt in new movie Then She Found Me was ruined when a gassy crew member broke wind.

The two stars play awkward lovers in the new film and they had to reshoot one intimate scene when a fart ripped through the quiet moment.

Firth recalls, "Helen's character plays my children's schoolteacher and one of the emotional hearts of the film is when she comes to sleep on the floor of the room when I'm with the children after we've had alone time.

"It's very, very quiet and we can't speak too loudly because the children shouldn't see their schoolteacher together with

their dad, for heaven's sake.

"There was a camera at floor level, because that's where we were and somebody down there broke wind incredibly loudly at that moment. It was not silent and it was deadly!

"And then there was this silence, this paralysis in the room. Helen, who was in my arms said, 'What just happened?' And some very noble soul put his hand up and admitted they did it, so we had to do the whole scene again."

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