Tag Archives: Sally Hawkins

BAFTA Film Awards: my predictions and favourites

Posted on February 18, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – My hopes are with Guillermo del Toro’s dazzling “The Shape of Water” (pictured) at tonight’s 71st British Academy Film Awards although such is the high calibre of most of the nominees that it would be … Continue reading →

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‘The Shape of Water’ leads BAFTA 2018 film nominations

Posted on January 9, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The BAFTA Film Awards nominations for 2018 are the usual mix of richly deserved and dubious possibilities with full marks for the inclusion of ‘The Shape of Water’ (pictured) and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’

Posted on September 14, 2017 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is a dazzling piece of cinema, a fairy tale for grownups that celebrates the joys of life amid every day banality with the occasional touch of horror. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged 'The Shape of Water', Dan Laustsen, Doug Jones, Guillermo del Toro, Lula Sequoia, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlberg, Octavia Spencer, Paul D. Austerberry, Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Vanessa Taylor | Comments Off

FILM REVIEW: Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’

Posted on September 2, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO: Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” is the work of a seasoned filmmaker in full command of his considerable gifts as he tells of two sisters who each in their way rely on the kindness of strangers. Cate … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews | Tagged 'Blue Jasmine', Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Sally Hawkins, Warner Bros., Woody Allen | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Nick Payne’s ‘Constellations’

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett The infinite variety of chance and choice is the subject of Nick Payne’s funny and touching 70-minute play “Constellations” at the Duke of York’s Theatre in which Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall spin considerable enchantment. The chance … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Richard Ayoade’s ‘Submarine’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Joe Dunthorne’s delightfully idiosyncratic 2008 novel “Submarine,” in which a smart and eccentrically gifted 15-year-old muses about school, girls, movies, parents and life in general, is the kind of book that almost never is made … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged Alex Turner, Craig Roberts, Joe Dunthorne, Justine Paige, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Richard Ayoade, Sally Hawkins, Toronto International Film Festival | 1 Comment

TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘Made in Dagenham’

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The real-life tale of a group of female machinists who took on the Ford Motor Company in England and earned equal pay for women gets a rousing and entertaining telling in Nigel Cole’s crowd-pleasing “Made … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Bob Hoskins, Daniel Mays, David Arnold, Geraldine James, Jaime Winston, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Cole, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

BERLIN FILM REVIEW: Mike Leigh’s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’

Posted on February 13, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN — No one expects confection from British sobersides Mike Leigh and so his light-as-air new film “Happy-Go-Lucky” is as surprising as it is delicious with an indelible performance by new star Sally Hawkins (pictured). As breezy … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged 'Happy-Go-Lucky', Andrea Riseborough, Berlin International Film Festival, Eddie Marsan, Gary Yershon, Mike Leigh, Sally Hawkins, Simon Channing Williams, Sinéad Matthews | Comments Off

VENICE FILM REVIEW: Woody Allen’s ‘Cassandra’s Dream’

Posted on September 3, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett VENICE, Italy — Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream” is a humourless misfire that wastes the talents of some fine actors including Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Tom Wilkinson as it continues the mystery of Colin Farrell’s appeal to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews, Venice International Film Festival | Tagged 'Cassandra's Dream', Clare Higgins, Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Attwell, Phil Davis, Philip Glass, Sally Hawkins, Tamsin Outhwaite, Tom Wilkinson, Venice International Film Festival, Vilmos Zsigmond, Woody Allen | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Sally Hawkins in ITV’s ‘Persuasion’

Posted on March 30, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett ITV’s excellent new version of “Persuasion” airing Sunday is the best of the U.K. commercial channel’s season of new Jane Austen adaptations. All three were coproductions with WGBH Boston and will be seen in the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Persuasion', Adrian Shergold, ITV, Rupert Penry-Jones, Sally Hawkins, Simon Burke, WGBH Boston | 1 Comment