The King’s Speech

Tom Hooper will not cut The King’s Speech

Posted 16 years ago

Tom Hooper, director of THE KING’S SPEECH is putting his foot down. “I’m not going to cut the film.” He’s not f*cking around. Last week, Harvey Weinstein decided that the film could use a PG-13 rating to “make it as...

After 12 Oscar nominations, The Weinstein Co. to reedit The King’s Speech

Posted 16 years ago

Your film, THE KING’S SPEECH, was just nominated for 12 Oscars, the most of any film this year. So what do you do? If you’re Harvey Weinstein, you do what you do best – you take the film in the...

Cool uh, Audio: The King’s Speech, the real one

Posted 16 years ago

I was turned onto this link from Roger Ebert’s Twitter, one of the few folks on the site worth following (other than JoBlo.com of course!). It’s the original audio of King George’s big wartime address that’s the central event in...

New poster for The King’s Speech doesn’t look like Photoshopped puke this time!

Posted 16 years ago

I had thought we touched on the previous poster for Tom Hooper’s awards hopeful THE KING’S SPEECH, but a quick search proves otherwise. And that’s just as well, because the last poster, a half-assed assembly job done by The Weinstein...

Review: The King’s Speech

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: The true story of King George the Sixth (Colin Firth), who, after the abdication of his brother, was forced to take the throne, on the eve of Britain’s entry into the Second World War. This film tells how the...

Speech cast fills out

Posted 17 years ago

Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH just got a shot in the arm in the form of a team of new actors who have signed on to star alongside Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce,...

Firth’s King Speech

Posted 17 years ago

Colin Firth is truly one of my favorite actors working today, even though he indulges in the occasional MAMMA MIA. But even then, he’s always a treat to watch. I like to think of him as a British Jeff Goldblum....