Tom Hooper

The Hobbit with the Gollum a.k.a. Andy Serkis. Starring Martin Freeman as the young Bilbo Baggins, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – the first installment in the cinematic trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s (not all that long) 1937…

Les Misérables with Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried. In Tom Hooper’s film version of the international stage musical hit based on Victor Hugo’s early-19th-century-set classic novel about the long & demented arm of the Law, Amanda Seyfried, of Mamma Mia!…

Les Misérables trailer is out. (Please scroll down.) You can hear Anne Hathaway’s miserable Fantine singing “I dreamed that love would never die … I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I’m living.” All…

Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech The PG-13 version of Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech opened this past weekend in North America, grossing only $1.13 million at 1,011 theaters while averaging a meager $1,121 per theater according to…

Amy Adams: Oscar Red Carpet. Amy Adams Oscar photos Amy Adams is pictured at the 2011 Oscar ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in the fast-thumping heart of Hollywood. Adams was – for the third time in…

Roger Deakins: ‘True Grit’ cinematographer has no Oscar to call his own. Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, ‘True Grit’ Although Inception‘s Wally Pfister won the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers Award, it’s important to note that the ASC…

‘Hall Pass’ with Christina Applegate and Jenna Fischer: Lowbrow comedy tops box office chart – but flops all the same. Lowbrow comedy ‘Hall Pass’ tops weak week: A box office flop all the same March 4 update: Bobby and Peter…

Colin Firth in The King’s Speech, with Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. ‘The King’s Speech’ tops Bafta Awards, Colin Firth Best Actor Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech was the big winner at the British Academy Awards a.k.a. Bafta Awards…

Luncheon for Oscar nominees Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges and (partially) Nicole Kidman. Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges photos: Oscar Nominees Luncheon 2011 Best Actress Academy Award nominee Annette Bening sits on Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges’ leg at the Academy of…

The King’s Speech with Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter I can’t imagine what it must be like to be born into royalty. That kind of life, for all the material wealth it provides, must be in so many ways devoid…

Ricky Gervais’ mean-spirited Golden Globes humor eclipsed coverage of the actual winners. Among them, Annette Bening for her performance as a fierce, family-defending lesbian wife/mother in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, co-starring Julianne Moore. Golden Globes winners thus…

Burlesque with Cher. Steven Antin’s eventual Golden Globe nominee has enjoyed a relatively modest run at the domestic box office. Burlesque – along with The Tourist – is in the running in the Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category.…