A Vertigo Films release of an Isle of Man Film, Baker Street, U.K. Film Council presentation, in association with North West... (more)

A Vertigo Films release of an Isle of Man Film, Baker Street, U.K. Film Council presentation, in association with North West Vision and BBC Films, of a Magic Light Pictures production. (International sales: Beyond Films, Sydney.) Produced by Martin Pope, Michael Rose. Executive producers, Steve Christian, Keith Evans, Steve Jenkins, Christopher Moll, Paul Trijbits. Directed, written by Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger.  (close)

Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling star in the dramatic thriller Fracture. When a meticulous structural engineer (Hopkins) is found... (more)

Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling star in the dramatic thriller Fracture. When a meticulous structural engineer (Hopkins) is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife (Embeth Davidtz), the young district attorney (Gosling) who is prosecuting him becomes a crusader for justice. "Fracture" is packed with twists and turns that weave in and out of the courtroom as the pair try to outwit each other. The film features an outstanding supporting cast that includes Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn ("Good Night, And Good Luck.") and Rosamund Pike ("Pride & Prejudice"), is directed by Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear"), and written by Dan Pyne ("The Sum of All Fears," "The Manchurian Candidate") and Glenn Gers. "Fracture" is scheduled for an April 27, 2007 release.  (close)

"All the King’s Men,” Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel about the rise and fall of a demagogic Southern... (more)

"All the King’s Men,” Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel about the rise and fall of a demagogic Southern governor, may be a classic, but it is far from perfect. Warren’s book, a meaty stew of lurid Southern-gothic pulp and high-minded literariness, seems to provide the recipe for a grand, melodramatic prestige picture, the kind that can both flatter and titillate the audience (and the Academy) while providing at least a half-dozen actors the opportunity to thunder, strut, pine and wail. Lust, power, greed, betrayal, family secrets, dark sedans and crumbling plantation houses, a tremor of illicit sex and a glimmer of political relevance: “All the King’s Men” has it all. The problem may be that it has too much. The director Steve Zaillian and his editor, Wayne Wahrman, having labored mightily to strain and reduce Warren’s messy gumbo, serve up a platter heaped with starchy, indigestible lumps. A squad of blue-chip performers — including Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins and Patricia Clarkson — sweat handsomely in their Depression-era clothes, illuminated by sunlight slanting exquisitely into dark-paneled rooms and smoky train compartments, while James Horner’s score blasts significance into every corner of the frame. But nothing in the picture works.  (close)

A king (Chow Yun-Fat) and queen (Gong Li) attempt to maintain the balance of power between their royal family, including their... (more)

A king (Chow Yun-Fat) and queen (Gong Li) attempt to maintain the balance of power between their royal family, including their three deceitful sons.  (close)