Dustin Hoffman

Mary and Max

source: movies.yahoo.com

This claymation wonder made a splash at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The surprising friendship between a young Australian girl named Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) and an aging New Yorker named Max (Philip Seymour Hoffman) lies at the heart of this sweet comedy. Though Mary and Max hav...

Published Wed, Oct 28

Sam Raimi Seeks 'Refuge', Chris Wedge Gathers 'Leaf Men'

source: The Playlist

Slash Film was briefly reporting that Philip Seymour Hoffman was rumored to be joining the cast of "Let Me In," "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves' remake of "Let The Right One In," but this has been denied by a representative of Overture Films. It's a shame, as Hoffman makes everything he...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Combustible Celluloid DVD Review: Doubt

source: Combustible Celluloid

The trailer for Doubt makes it look like a ridiculous spoof of an Oscar-winner (much like the phony Tropic Thunder trailers), but the surprise is just how funny it can be and how light in touch it really is. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Father Flynn, the priest at a Catholic school in 1964. The...

Published Thu, Apr 9

Combustible Celluloid DVD Review: Synecdoche, New York

source: Combustible Celluloid

Screenwriter extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with this kaleidoscopic head-trip scramble; it re-works ideas from Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), but with their humor and wonder diluted. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Caden Cotard, a t...

Published Thu, Mar 12

Blu-ray Review: Gandhi, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Capote/In Cold ...

source: Blogcritics

 OH - The names that appear among the discs is equally impressive, including among others: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Kingsley, ... Capote [w/ In Cold Blood (2-Disc Double Feature)] DVDTOWN.com all 2 news articles

Published Mon, Feb 16

Opinion: The Playlist

source: The Playlist

Best Supporting Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman Michael Shannon Robert Downey Jr. Josh Brolin Heath Ledger Best Actress Kate Winslet Angelina Jolie Sally Hawkins Anne Hathaway Meryl Streep Best Director Gus Van Sant Ron Howard David Fincher Danny Boyle Christopher Nolan

Published Tue, Jan 20

The Supporting Actor Oscar Nominees [Defamer Predictions]

source: Defamer

LIKELY NOMINEES Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire DARK HORSES Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon James Franco, Milk Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder

Published Fri, Jan 16

TECH SUPPORT INTERVIEW: The crafts of ‘Doubt’

source: In Contention

Those fortunate enough to have caught John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” in its original Broadway run were almost unanimous in their praise for it.  When Shanley announced his intention to bring the play to the screen — starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis, no less —...

Published Thu, Jan 8