Michael Gambon

Review: 'Restless' is a spy story with a stiff upper lip

2012-12-07 06:00:00

For a nation bewitched by period dramas in which men wear hats and sip whiskey while making eyes at crimson-lipped women who smoke an endless succession of unfiltered cigarettes, the Sundance Channel miniseries "Restless" offers all that and more....

Cultural Exchange: Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' endures

2012-11-25 06:09:00

LONDON — Has anyone built a better "Mousetrap"? Britons just getting over celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee are now in the throes of another: the 60th anniversary of the world's longest-running play, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha...

Dustin Hoffman directorial debut 'Quartet' acquired by Weinstein

2012-05-04 16:37:39

Decoding 'Luck': Flirting with horses -- and disaster

2012-02-20 16:38:39

Theater review: 'The Caretaker' at the Curran Theatre

2012-04-06 16:32:17

Movie review: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2'

2011-07-13 17:10:00

After seven previous films over a 10-year span, $2 billion in domestic box office and still more treasure overseas, Warner Bros. has unwrapped the Harry Potter advertising line it hoped it would never have to use: "It all ends." In a classic storybook...

Emmy prediction smackdown: Experts forecast who'll win

2010-08-26 16:33:38

Holiday movies: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' readies for the end

2010-11-05 16:35:23

The Production: How 'The King's Speech' found its voice

2010-10-31 00:00:00

It's a peculiar person — if not an unabashed sadist — who takes pleasure in someone's stuttering, particularly at a public event. Yet when filmmaker Tom Hooper heard that Colin Firth couldn't stop stammering while accepting an acting honor for...

Movie review: 'The King's Speech'

2010-11-26 00:00:00

It takes two, it always takes two. Though romantic couples get the attention, some of the most memorable movie pairings, from Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in "On the Waterfront" to Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as "Thelma & Louise," feature same gender...

Michael Gambon's Dumbledore is one tough headmaster -- He has played Hogwarts headmaster for five years but he hasn't been setting a good example for his students when it comes to finishing their homework: The beloved old wizard hasn't cracked a single one of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels.

2009-10-26 23:48:46

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Today's Hogwarts moment: Bush officials objected to witchcraft themes in 'Harry Potter' series

2009-09-30 16:33:07

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Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial feature debut with this comic diversion set in a home for retired opera singers. The cast includes Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly and Tom Courtenay, and the likely main course on the buffet is ham.

2013-01-04 08:26:00

Michael Gambon stars as Sir Richard Naylor and Maggie Smith stars as Lady Myra in Trimark Pictures' drama "The Last September," based on the novel by Elizabeth Bowen.

2013-01-02 15:57:00

Dustin Hoffman's feature directorial debut, about four retired opera singers trying to put on a concert for Giuseppe Verdi's birthday. Stars include Maggie Smith, Albert Finney and Pauline Collins, Billy Connelly, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon. Think of it as the "early Quartet," screening Oct.

2012-10-19 00:00:00