Albert Finney News

One day, as I put away dishes in my kitchen, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips sings, "Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't let those robots eat me," and I start to sob.

The film opens on the image of Churchill swimming at a French beach not long after V-E Day.

OK, so I'm a Scrooge junkie. I have every film adaptation made of the 1843 Dickens Classic "A Christmas Carol." I watch them during the holidays and sometimes in July.

The Ghosts of Christmas will be paying a visit to the Lantern Arts Centre this December to take part in its latest production, Scrooge The Musical.

WE'VE had a foretaste of the season's goodwill and jollifications with the magnificent White Christmas, but where would we be without a visit from the old curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge? And here he comes, in the person of Tommy Steele.

These days, with the holiday season upon us and the end of the year in sight, the true meaning of Christmas sometimes gets lost - wedged between the never-ending list of holiday preparations and the daunting task of gift giving.

Charles Dickensa infamous character Scrooge has had many incarnations over the years.

"Scrooge: The Musical" runs through Dec. 13. Tickets for Friday and Saturday evening performances cost $28 for Orchestra and $23 for Balcony seating.

Arctic Monkeys a ' Whatever People Say I Am, Thata TMs What Ia TMm Not "Saturday night you have your fling at life ... and Sunday morning you face up to it!" ran the tagline for Karel Reisz's classic 1960 film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

In truly diverse fashion, the last 10 years offered us some of the richest motion pictures the medium has seen.

A movie mystery with accoutrements of the finest quality but with the soul of a Charlie Chan -ish, B-grade, grindhouse product.

Just one more wafer-thin mint... The human appetite, in all its voracious, messy, and metaphorical forms, is one of the cinema's more enduring themes.

THE immensely talented Bridgwater Amateur Operatic Society will be lighting up the town hall with its rendition of Scrooge - The Musical.

Getting Scrooged: Special effects overshadow story, characters in Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' CAROL CLING MORE COLUMNS Review "A Christmas Carol" 96 minutes PG; scary sequences and images Grade: C at multiple locations; in 3-D and IMAX 3-D at select locations Deja View From Mickey Mouse to Mr.

Charles Dickens' story in "A Christmas Carol" is the ultimate tale of redemption, so sturdy that it has survived being retold on film as stealthy drama, Bill Murray farce, Albert Finney musical and Mr.

Celebrated in the 20th century as a victor in war, Winston Churchill has turned out in the 21st to be just as reliable a winner of awards.

After winning an Emmy and a Bafta for his performance as Sir Winston Churchill in the drama The Gathering Storm, Albert Finney naturally had first refusal when it came to reprising the role in Hugh Whitemore's eagerly awaited sequel, Into the Storm.

This week, flights of theatrical fancy at the Phoenix Theatre and in Chicago. __________ The same week that we were misled by tall-tale-telling parents into believing that their child was flying high over Colorado in a Jiffy-Pop-like balloon, Phoenix Theatre audiences were joyfully introduced to an Englishman who claimed, among other things, to ...

With book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty , A Man of No Importance is about the power the theatre has to transform our lives and the capacity each of us has to love one another.

There are occasional reminders why, amidst all the bullshit that flies in my profession these days, I still write about movies.