Matthew Goode

(Photo Agency)Matthew Goode found his Single Man co-star, Colin Firth, "incredibly moving." The 32-year-old actor, who plays the role of Colin's character's deceased boyfriend in the Tom Ford-directed movie, admits he was impressed by the Mamma Mia! star's ability. "One of the finest bits of acting I've seen in a while was Colin's character getting this phone call about his partner Jim's death," Goode told the Metro newspaper. "I find it incredibly moving. Colin has been a great...Read Full Story

Everything I see having to do with Chan-wook Park’s Stoker just reinforces the creepy anew. Whether it’s the two versions of the trailer we’ve seen or the  international poster below or the latest domestic version above (with Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode looking like a prettier version of the Addams Family – “Don’t Disturb the Family”? How about the rest of us? I think we’ll be plenty disturbed!). Jane Eyre This Ain’t: Poster for Mia Wasikowska in Stoker Park (Oldboy) is...Read Full Story

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:48 Tidbits - Tidbits ← Constantin Acquires "Beautiful Bastard"   Christopher Kyle Drafts "Shadow and Bone" → Vatican Matthew Goode ("Watchmen," "Stoker") has been cast in Paul Attanasio's drama pilot "Vatican" at Showtime, Sony Pictures TV and Scott Free. Goode will play Papal Secretary Bernd Koch, the current Pope’s closest confidante. Ridley Scott helmed the pilot, which is described as a provocative...Read Full Story

Park Chan-wook’s  Stoker debuted at Sundance over the weekend. Reactions seemed to be generally enthusiastic with little gray area. Screeners either loved it or hated it. Variety, for one, loved it, calling Stoker a  “…splendidly demented gumbo of Hitchcock thriller, American Gothic fairy tale and a contemporary kink all Park’s own. Led by a brilliant Mia Wasikowska as an introverted teenager whose personal and sexual awakening arrives with the unraveling of a macabre family mystery…” Oh yeah...Read Full Story

(Indian Paintbrush) The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes. Why? Films are rarely made with such vigorous attention to detail. Stoker has the smarts of Hitchcock mixed with a beautiful modern style. If you ripped Tim Burton's brain out of his head and put it in a blender with David Lynch's and Alfred Hitchcock's, what you see in Stoker might pour out. Park Chan-wook's stylized American horror story is porn for movie geeks who love modern films like American Psycho, which had a weird...Read Full Story