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Thursday, February 10, 2011filmculturebaftassuperman

Close up: Might The Iron Lady be the new Man of Steel?

Mamma Mia! 2 The big story of the week was just one big picture: the first still of a snaggle-toothed, big-haired and curiously alluring Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Streep's latest collaboration with Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd. Stuart Jefferies thought it boded well ; Ben Walters reviewed Maggie moments on the screen thus far . In other news • How to Train Your Dragon is on fire at Disney-boycotted animation awards • Kremlin critic documentary stolen prior to Berlin premiere • The Inbetweeners get set for big-screen summer outing • Sky Movies making 'excess profits', says Competition Commission • Finally, The Hobbit set to film in March • Michael Moore sues Weinstein brothers over Fahrenheit 9/11 profits • Mr Men to arrive on big screen – but will Little Misses join them? • Emma Thompson in court battle with playwright over screenplay for Effie • Oscar nominees do lunch • Julia Roberts to play evil queen in Snow White • Lindsay Lohan denies theft of necklace • Dakota Fanning to play Princess Margaret in Girls' Night Out On the blog • Rabbit Hole burrows into our ideals • Oscar nominations shoot down Hollywood's black swans • Originality pays for Vanity Fair's highest Hollywood earners • Tangled and The King's Speech vie for the weekly takings crown • Transformers 3: more robot flaws than robot wars • The strange screen life of Ronald Reagan • Clip joint: unrequited love • Is Super 8 leaving it too late? Multimedia • Film Weekly podcast: True Grit co-director Ethan Coen • 'Maybe I'll do it with orangutans next time': the cast of Gnomeo and Juliet talk to Stuart Heritage • Andrew Garfield and Mark Romanek on Never Let Me Go's existential questions • Watch an exclusive clip of Matt Damon in The Adjustment Bureau • Jeff Bridges on True Grit: 'I'm hoping this will revive the western' • Exclusive trailer for Jim Loach's Oranges and Sunshine Other site highlights • Crispin Glover: Back to the dissected snails • Nora Ephron: Flops, I've had a few • Invasion of the neds – at a cinema near you Coming up online tomorrow • What did the blogosphere make of the first trailer for the new X-Men film? • Danny Leigh on Never Let Me Go and the difference between dystopias UK and US style • Reel review: True Grit • An investigation into the economics of The King's Speech • A report on last night's Critics Circle awards • A first trailer for Guilliame Canet's followup to Tell No One, Little White Lies • Xan Brooks talks on video to Sigourney Weaver and Jason Bateman about Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy Paul Coming up in the paper • Film & Music has a report from Nirpal Dhaliwal on being an extra on a Bollywood film, Jon Savage reassessing A Suitable Case for Treatment, David Thomson on James Franco and a study of street casting. Plus reviews of all the week's films by Peter Bradshaw. • Friday's paper also has a report on the opening night of the Berlin film festival – Charlotte Higgins finds out if the Coen brothers really hate John Wayne. • The Guide has John Patterson on the career of Martin Lawrence and an interview with Kristen Wiig. • Sunday's Observer has Phillip French on Don't Look Now, recently voted best British film ever, plus all the news ahead of Sunday night's Baftas. Baftas, Baftas, Baftas Be sure to join us on Sunday from 6.30pm when we'll be covering Britain's biggest awards with a live-blog, galleries, news, reaction and much more.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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