“Broken Horses is an artistic triumph. Beautifully written, acted and imaged, this film wraps slowly around you like a king snake and squeezes.” FilmWrittenBrokenKingsHorseArtisticTriumphSnakesWraps Author:James Cameron
“Some of the films that I have really enjoyed include: The Fifth Element, The Crow, Toys, Seven, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Zhivago, Being There, and Trainspotting.” FilmKingsElementsDoctorsSevenEnjoyedLionsToysMonkeysFifthRamaCrowBeing ThereDoctor ZhivagoForrest GumpTrainspottingLion KingFifth Element Author:Frederick Lenz
“Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film stars instead: For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.” MenWellsHas BeensBeautifulFilmFacesSpiritualStarsWatchesCuttingHe ManKingsMarkAthleteDenyPoisonHonourForbiddenMillionaireMonarchyEdenMonarchsPebblesArchesRumoursSpiritual NatureFilm StarsConstitutional MonarchyPolyphony Author:C. S. Lewis
“Bachchan has been in the film industry over 35 years and he is the real king. There are many who are around for 15-20 years and like to call themselves king. There is only one king and he is Amitabh Bachchan” YearsHas BeensRealFilmIndustryKingsFilm Industry Author:Akshay Kumar
“Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honor millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.” MenFilmSpiritualStarsKingsHonorAthleteDenyPoisonHonourForbiddenMillionaireMonarchyGangstersMonarchsSpiritual NatureFilm StarsConstitutional MonarchyPolyphony Author:C. S. Lewis
“I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.” ThinkingFactsFilmMovingAudienceComedyNew YorkTearsKingsSpeechLaughterLondonUpliftingToronto Author:Tom Hooper
“I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had never done a film before. So, they were learning the process of making films, but at the same time they were also helping with the authenticity of the film.” PeopleKindDoneHelpingLastsFilmFoundProcessKingsUniqueAuthenticityGenerousCrewScotland Author:Forest Whitaker
“I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I think it's a good ride for people. And you learn something, as well.” PeopleThinkingWellsDoeCharacterLastsFilmFallActorsFunAudienceKingsIntenseEntertainingDrsScotlandPositively Author:Forest Whitaker
“There's never been a film with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the center released in theaters. Ever! One does not exist. You've only seen tele-films and stage plays about him. Yet, we have big screens biopics about all kinds of people. So, I think it's only right that there be a full-length feature about Dr. King. I don't think there could be enough of them, but there should be at least one. So, here it is!” PeopleThinkingShouldKindDoeEnoughPlayBigsFilmStageKingsTheaterScreensAll KindsFeaturesLengthDrsLutherBig ScreenDr Martin Luther KingStage Play Author:Ava DuVernay
“When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that was centered around him until now. That, in and of itself, was emotional. But when you're doing scenes on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, with people still living in Selma and now in their 60s and 70s who had actually marched, who were there that original Bloody Sunday, that's humbling... that's deeply moving. You're no longer acting at that stage, you're just reacting, because it takes the filmmaking process to another dimension.” PeopleStillsFilmMovingNationsProcessActingStageEmotionalKingsSceneOriginalsCriminalsBridgesFeaturesDimensionsSundaySignificanceFilmmakingBloodyDrsReactingHumbling Author:David Oyelowo
“Along with my peers, I gripe about the increasing number of superhero films, and I'm sad that so many critics so uncritically use words like franchise, which should be reserved for your local Burger King.” ShouldUseFilmNumbersKingsCriticsLocalsPeersSuperheroReservedBurgersI'm SadBurger King Author:David Edelstein
“What I love about films is that you can see "King Kong" and you can be affected by it and then you realize that he was just this little guy when he made that fall.” LittlesMadeFilmGuyFallRealizingKingsAffectedKing Kong Author:Peter Jackson
“I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.” YearsFirstsFilmRolesWeekStageChangedCoupleKingsMajorsTheaterDown AndProductionsDepartmentPeterAuditionsFortsKing Henry Author:Keith Carradine
“In this film [The Last King of Scotland] I am the rooky in the cast. Everyone has miles of experience than me and Della is in the same situation, so life imitated art in many ways. I don't think I could be a journalist. I wouldn't make a very good journalist, especially in Washington and working in politics, which I think would be really tough.” ThinkingWayArtWould BeLastsFilmSituationKingsToughVery GoodCastsMilesJournalistScotland Author:Rachel McAdams
“I read Stephen King a lot and I've actually played two roles. Delores Claiborne is my favorite, I think, of any film that I've done.” ThinkingTwoDoneFilmRolesKingsMy Favorite Author:Kathy Bates
“When any young director gets hired by a studio to do a $125 million film based on a preexisting piece of intellectual property, they're climbing into the meat grinder. And what you're coming out with on the other side is a generic, heavily studio-controlled pile of garbage that ends up on the side of Burger King wrappers.” EndsFilmYoungSidesMillionsPiecesKingsDirectorsIntellectualPropertyStudiosMeatControlledClimbingComing OutGarbageBurgersIntellectual PropertyGenericGrinderBurger King Author:Neill Blomkamp