Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle has been credited with saving British cinema. He’s been lauded, awarded and patted on the back for his work (mostly directorial) on Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days/Weeks Later and Trance. He was even the artistic director of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. According to Wikipedia he even turned down a knighthood (knighting? knightdom? knighteration?).  So perhaps we should listen when he speaks of the death of movies for adults. Danny Boyle seems to see the...Read Full Story

Rosario Dawson and her 56-year-old director beau are dunzo.She and Danny Boyle made their debut as a couple in late 2012 and have apparently split, according to sources who witnessed their interactions (or lack of) at a press event for their upcoming movie this weekend."Rosario and Danny didn't interact during interviews," the insider told Us Weekly. "It was pretty obvious they're no longer a couple."The spy added: "He was talking to a group of people when she arrived and it was awkward...Read Full Story

(Fox Searchlight | Pacific Coast News) The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes. Why? Boyle takes a convoluted heist film and turns it into a visceral experience that's a challenge to solve. Danny Boyle's Trance is the kind of movie you just sit back, watch, and hope the end will answer the 100 questions running through your head. It's a risky plan, but an admirable one, and Boyle's film walks that fine line between stringing the audience along and building to an immense payoff. The payoff...Read Full Story

Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang’s leader Frank (Vincent Cassel) hires hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon’s psyche. As Elizabeth begins to unravel Simon...Read Full Story

Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang’s leader Frank (Vincent Cassel) hires hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon’s psyche. As Elizabeth begins to unravel Simon...Read Full Story