Ben Whishaw

New releases: 'Cloud Atlas' can amaze and befuddle

2013-05-12 07:00:00

'Cloud Atlas' Warner Bros., $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer do something daring with their adaptation of David Mitchell's bestseller "Cloud Atlas" — the same core cast...

Golden Globes 2013: 'Game Change' wins best TV movie/miniseries

2013-01-13 17:20:00

HBO's "Game Change" won a Golden Globe for best miniseries or motion picture made for television Sunday night. Adapted from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann's bestselling nonfiction account of the 2008 election, "Game Change" also picked up four Emmys...

PBS series 'Shakespeare Uncovered' to dig deep into Bard's plays

2012-12-07 06:50:00

William Shakespare will get the full PBS treatment in "Shakespeare Uncovered," a six-part series announced this week to be shown on three consecutive Friday evenings starting Jan. 25. Each night will feature two hourlong segments, focused on one or...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Arrow' on KTLA

2012-11-27 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- � SERIES The Hour: The drama series set in a 1957 British TV newsroom returns for a new season with Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai,...

Movie review: 'Skyfall' shows James Bond still sharp and fit at 50

2012-11-07 14:20:00

If "Skyfall" is the new 50, James Bond is handling it remarkably well. Five decades after the first cinematic incarnation of 007, novelist Ian Fleming's agent provocateur, the spy-craft in the new film is sharper, the intrigue deeper, the beauties...

Keeping 007 relevant in a changed world

2012-11-04 04:00:00

NEW YORK — Early in "Skyfall," Judi Dench's M pulls aside our embattled hero, played once again with suave ennui by Daniel Craig, and wonders whether the world still needs either of their services. As Bond wraps his head around that idea, he looks...

Wednesday's Highlights: 'Law & Order: U.K.' on BBC America

2011-08-16 21:36:25

Film review: 'The Tempest'

2010-12-08 16:34:25

BBC Seizes TV Crown at BAFTA Awards

2013-05-13 06:30:05

LONDON — U.K. pubcaster the BBC ruled over the BAFTA TV awards in London Sunday, winning in 15 of the 23 major categories. "The Hollow Crown," a series of Shakespeare adaptations produced by Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris' shingle Neal Street...

London theater, 2013: Not a bargain, but the real deal

2013-05-12 08:44:01

In the West End, marquees were alight and vintage playhouses, tiered like fancy wedding cakes, were booked to capacity. At its Southbank arts complex, just off the Waterloo Bridge, the Royal National Theater's three auditoriums were buzzing. At...

'Shakespeare Uncovered'

2013-02-22 08:16:00

Many of the Bard's classics get new attention and appreciation from six talents - Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, theater director Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson and David Tennant - as they host individual episodes of this recently televised PBS...

'Skyfall'

2013-01-24 06:40:00

Arguably the best-reviewed James Bond film since "Goldfinger," this smartly staged entry in the spy series - directed by "American Beauty" Oscar winner Sam Mendes, and initially released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the movie franchise -...

9 p.m. Aug. 17, BBC America I'm looking forward to this spy thriller set in the world of TV journalism in 1956 and starring Joshua McGuire (from left), Dominic West and Ben Whishaw.

2011-08-02 16:55:40