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What The King's Speech can teach Prince William and Kate Middleton
The nation has been roused by Tom Hooper's tale of a triumph for Windsor publicity in an age of austerity. Sound familiar?George VI's wartime newsreel appearances, we're told, were regularly...
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Golden Globes: Colin Firth and David Fincher go forth
Colin Firth and The Social Network have momentum going into the Oscars as the Globes judges swam with the critical tideSo the neurotic sociopath genius came from (just) behind to beat the adorable...
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Post your questions for The King's Speech director Tom Hooper
The man behind the most popular British film in recent memory will be live online answering your questions this Friday lunchtimeMore has been written about The King's Speech on this site than any other...
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The King's Speech director Tom Hooper answers your questions – live!
Yesterday, you pitched him over your posers. From 12:20 this lunchtime, Tom Hooper will be taking to the throne to answer your questionsMonarchist or republican? Oscar hopeful or Oscar doubtful?...
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Oscar nominations: king for now, but Colin Firth could run into a boulder
After talk of Avatar changing the game, the Oscar nominations followed familiar lines. But there could be surprises yetNews: The King's Speech enjoys royal flushFull list of nomineesSo The King's...
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Oscar nominations are box office jewels for The King's Speech
One quarter of a film's overall take can come from the period between the Academy Awards nominations and the ceremonyBy the middle of last week the online ticket seller Fandango declared The King's...
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Tangled's revamped princess tale dethrones The King's Speech
Disney's take on Rapunzel, overhauled after the poor showing of The Princess and the Frog, has brushed aside Colin Firth and coThe winnerFollowing three stunning weeks at the top of the box office...
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What's The King's Speech's secret weapon of mass adulation?
Tom Hooper's film will be a legend, with or without the Oscars, because it is about the political leadership we craveEven now, the die is being cast. By 5pm today Pacific Time (1am tomorrow GMT),...
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Selling out The King's Speech
Forget crowns and microphones, what the 'family-friendly' US version of The King's Speech needs is a poster of Karen from OutnumberedYou knew what you were getting with the original poster for The...
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This King's Speech publicity stunt takes the biscuit
Baking a selection of biscuits to promote The King's Speech is a clever marketing ploy – even if Colin Firth's face is missingDon't think that you're done with The King's Speech yet, not by a long...
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Why are gay characters at the top of Hollywood's kill list?
There are more LGBT characters in mainstream films than ever before, but it might be nice if they were allowed to liveBehind the Candelabra is, in some ways, a new kind of Hollywood film: a...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring: plenty of style, but not a whole lot of substance
Striking scenes and costumes straight out of the Dutch Golden Age don't compensate for a colourless plot in this Vermeer period pieceReading on mobile? Click here to watch videoGirl with a Pearl...
View ArticleMamma Mia!: watchalong live
Liveblog: Stuart Heritage watches the whole of Phyllida Lloyd's Abba shock-a, joined by readersStuart Heritage
View ArticleColin Firth: five best moments
He's currently starring in Arthur and Mike, and last week we praised him in an editorial he is one of Britain's great acting exports, but what are his five finest moments? In praise of... Colin...
View ArticleThe King's Speech: did you notice how weird it is? film on TV recap
It was a shoo-in for a bunch of Oscars, pleased monarchists and history buffs, and got an older generation back in cinemas. But watch Colin Firth as George VI again on the small screen, on Channel 4 at...
View ArticleIs Kingsman the most conservative comedy this century?
Contemptuous of women and the working class, with an environmentalist baddie and an establishment hero, this James Bond pastiche is a throwback in more ways than oneWorld leaders have been exploding a...
View ArticleRenée Zellweger returns in first trailer for Bridget Jones's Baby
The Oscar-winner’s first starring role in six years is in a belated third instalment of the romcomBridget Jones is back, and the good news is that she looks pretty much like Renée Zellweger, rather...
View ArticleThe end has no end: Kingsman 2 and the franchises cheating death
A new poster for the Kingsman sequel suggests that Colin Firth might be coming back from the dead, something Charlize Theron has just done in The Huntsman: Winter’s War – but when did films turn into...
View ArticleBridget Jones's Baby: Renée's face and daddy issues – discuss with spoilers
The belated third instalment in the franchise is released in cinemas this weekend. Here’s your chance to talk about it without risking the wrath of those who don’t yet know that the baby’s father is …...
View ArticleDoomed sailor Donald Crowhurst is ripe for a biopic – as two rival films...
Colin Firth stars in one of two new films about yachtsman Crowhurst and his disastrous 1968 round-the-world race. Is the studio distributing both films hoping for smooth sailing?Fifty years ago, an...
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