Happy Birthday: Clark Johnson

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Clark Johnson, Happy Birthday

Clark Johnson

Born: September 10, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

[on casting Nina Hoss in Homeland (2011)] It was tough to get her, and she gave so much to that role. The character was on the page, but as an actor you can bring so many more colors to it. She was just so nuanced and worthy of being a collaborator with Quinn and in (sparring) with Carrie. I mean, you’ve got to bring your A-game to do ‘Homeland’.

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2006
dir. Clark Johnson
Stars:
Michael Douglas
Kiefer Sutherland

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2006
dir. Clark Johnson
Stars:
Michael Douglas
Kiefer Sutherland

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Happy Birthday: Philip Baker Hall

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

Born: September 10, 1931 in Toledo, Ohio, USA

Starred alone in Robert Altman’s Secret Honor (1984), a fictional account of Richard Nixon’s life after the White House, making him one of the few actors to ever carry an entire film.

All Good Things
dir. Andrew Jarecki
Stars:
Ryan Gosling
Kirsten Dunst

The Insider
1999
dir. Mann
starring
Russell Crowe
Al Pacino

Fired Up
2009
dir. Will Gluck
Starring
Nicholas D’Agosto
Eric Christian Olsen

Boogie Nights
1997
dir. PT Anderson
starring
Mark Wahlberg
Burt Reynolds

Zodiac 2007 dir. FinchStarring Jake Gyllenhaal Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr.	Magnolia 1999 dir. by PT Anderson Anderson starring Tom Cruise John C. Reilly
In Good Company 2004 dir. Paul Weitz Cast Dennis Quaid Topher Grace	MR POPPERS PENGUINS dir. Mark Waters Stars: Jim Carrey Carla Gugino

50/50
dir. Jonathan Levine
Stars:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Seth Rogen

CLEAR HISTORY
2013
dir. Greg Mottola
Stars:
Larry David
Jon Hamm

THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
2002
dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Stars:
Ben Affleck
Morgan Freeman

BAD WORDS
2014
dir. Jason Bateman
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Kathryn Hahn

THE SHAGGY DOG
2006
dir. Brian Robbins
Stars:
Tim Allen
Kristin Davis

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
1999
dir. Anthony Minghella
Stars:
Matt Damon
Jude Law

Happy Birthday: Amy Irving

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Amy Irving, Happy Birthday

Amy Irving

Born: September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California, USA

Married to:
Kenneth Bowser (1 November 2007 – present)
Bruno Barreto (27 September 1996 – 29 January 2005) (divorced) (1 child)
Steven Spielberg (27 November 1985 – 2 February 1989) (divorced) (1 child)

(1977, about her decisions on working with her then partner) I would love to work for Steven [Spielberg] but, right now, I want to make it on my own first. I do not ever want to be known as “Steven Spielberg’s girlfriend”.

CARRIE
1976
dir. by Brian De Palma
Stars:
Sissy Spacek
Piper Laurie

CROSSING DELANCEY
1988
dir. Amy Irving
Peter Riegert

Happy Birthday: Chris Columbus

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday Chris Columbus, director, Happy Birthday

Chris Columbus

Born: September 10, 1958 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA

Married to:
Monica Devereux (1983 – present) (4 children)

I was up on 140th Street in Harlem, in 1992. It was 3 in the morning, and I was walking back to get a cup of coffee. These two young kids came up to me and said to me, “What movie is this?” I said, “Home Alone 2,” and they said, “What do you do?” And I said, “I’m the director.” They said, “Oh, you’re John Hughes!”

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
2001
dir. Columbus
Starring
Richard Harris

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
dir. Chris Columbus

I Love You Beth Cooper
2009
dir. Columbus
starring
Hayden Panettiere
Paul Rust

HOME ALONE
1990
dir. Chris Columbus
Stars:
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci

HOME ALONE 2
1992
dir. Chris Columbus
Stars:
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
dir. Columbus
starring
Daniel Radcliffe

Happy Birthday: Harry Treadaway

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actor, Happy Birthday, Harry Treadaway

Harry Treadaway

Born: September 10, 1984 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK

You know the way that children play make-believe in the garden? I did that and I thought, ‘This will do for life. Why would I want to do anything else?’

THE LONE RANGER
2013
dir. Gore Verbinski
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Armie Hammer

Control
2007
dir. Anton Corbijn
Starring
Sam Riley
Samantha Morton

City of Ember
2008
dir. Gil Kenan
Starring
Tim Robbins
Murray

Happy Birthday: Bill O’Reilly

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday Bill O'Reilly, Happy Birthday

Bill O’Reilly

Born: September 10, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA

Generally speaking, the elite media believe that the majority in this country — white Christian Americans — are prone to oppressing the minority. The elites rightfully point to the civil rights struggle as an example of how the majority can hurt a minority until the forces of reason stepped in.

Because look … when 2 percent of the population feels that you’re doing them a favor, just forget it, you’re not going to win. You’re not going to win. And I don’t have any respect by and large for the Iraqi people at all. I have no respect for them. I think that they’re a prehistoric group that is — yeah, there’s excuses.

Happy Birthday: Ryan Phillippe

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe

Born: September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, USA

(On working and being with Reese Witherspoon on the film Cruel Intentions (1999)): It was great. I’m the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn’t have as colorful a role as Sarah’s and mine, but she did an amazing job. Really elevated the piece.

Cruel Intentions
1999
dir. by Roger Kumble
starring
Phillippe
Witherspoon

THE LINCOLN LAWYER
dir. Brad Furman
Stars:
Matthew McConaughey

Gosford Park
2001
dir. Robert Altman
Starring
Helen Mirren
Kristen Scott Thomas

CRASH
2004
dir. Paul Haggis
Starring:
Don Cheadle
Sandra Bullock

Chaos
2005
dir. Tony Giglio
starring
Jason Statham
Phillippe
Wesley Snipes

Flags of our Fathers
2006
dir. Clint Eastwood
Starring
Phillippe
Jesse Bradford

Breach
2007
dir. Billy Ray
Starring
Chris Cooper
Phillippe

Stop-Loss
2008
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Starring
Phillippe
Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Franklyn
dir. Gerald McMorrow
Starring
Ryan Philippe
Eva Green

DAMAGES Season 5
Starring:
Ryan Phillippe
John Hannah

Happy Birthday: Guy Ritchie

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Guy Ritchie, Happy Birthday

Guy Ritchie

Born: September 10, 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Married to: Jacqui Ainsley (30 July 2015 – present) (3 children)
Madonna (22 December 2000 – 21 November 2008) (divorced) (2 children)

I’m not politically motivated. I used to be – passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.

Snatch
2000
dir. Ritchie
Starring
Benico Del Tero
Brad Pitt

SHERLOCK HOLMES A GAME OF SHADOWS
dir. Guy Ritchie
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law

RocknRolla
2008
dir. Ritchie
Starring
Butler
Tom Wilkinson

Sherlock Holmes
2009
dir. Ritchie
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law
Rachel McAdams

LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS
1988
dir. Ritchie
Starring
Jason Flemyng
Dexter Fletcher

Happy Birthday: Colin Firth

September 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Colin Firth, Happy Birthday

Colin Firth

Born: September 10, 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK

Married to:
Livia Giuggioli (21 June 1997 – present) (2 children)

[on losing the girl to both Ralph and Joseph Fiennes] If I want my career to go on, I’m going to have to find some more Fiennes brothers! However, any similarity between them basically stops at their last name. I was in no way reminded of Ralph by working with Joe. I got on fantastically with both of them. I have huge admiration for them as actors but I couldn’t compare them.

The English Patient
1996
dir. Anthony Minghella
Starring
Fiennes
Juliette Binoche

Love Actually
2003
dir. Richard Curtis
starring
Hugh Grant
Bill Nighy

Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
dir. Peter Webber
Cast
Scarlett Johansson
Firth

The Accidental Husband
2008
dir. Griffin Dunne
Cast
Uma Thurman
Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Mamma Mia
2008
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Starring
Pierce Bronson
Amanda Seyfried

A Single Man
dir. Tom Ford
Stars:
Firth
Julianne Moore
Matthew Goode

Dorian Gray
dir. Oliver Parker
Starring
Firth
Ben Barnes

A Christmas Carol
dir. Robert Zemeckis
Stars:
Jim Carrey
Gary Oldman
Firth

THE RAILWAY MAN
2014
dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Stars:
Nicole Kidman
Stellan Skarsgard

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
dir. Tomas Alfredson
Stars
Gary Oldman
Colin Firth

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT
2014
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Emma Stone
Colin Firth

THE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: SIERANEVADA (Romania 2016) ****

September 9, 2016 festreviews Movie Review, TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews 2016 movie reviews, Cristi Puiu, gilbert seah, Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosânceanu, SIERANEVADA (Romania 2016) ****, TIFF movie review, TIFF movie reviews

Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.

SIERANEVADA (Romania 2016) ****
Directed by Cristi Puiu

Starring: Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosânceanu

Review by Gilbert Seah

Romanian director Cristi Puiu is not known for his short films. His last success “The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu” clocked in at 150 minutes while his latest SIERANEVADA runs longer at 176 minutes and takes place mainly in three rooms in a cramped apartment where members of a family argue and argue and argue. Skeletons come out of the closet with no end. When a few guests leave the apartment, they still argue outside.

Is Puiu’s film unbearable? It will be to some, but his film is quite a masterwork of black humour well orchestrated and his film is actually very funny. The main character is Lary (Mimi Brănescu) who is first seen in an extended sequence lasting close to 15 minutes arguing with his wife Laura (Cătălina Moga) in their car.

They are attending a memorial dinner with relatives. The big joke is that nobody ever get a chance to eat until the very end. One wonders too, how Puiu places his camera in such a tiny apartment with all the characters running around.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=906FeQTD3iQ