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3 October 2008 7:43 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

We have received a number of emails from fans asking about the BAFTA (http://www.bafta.org/) Best Actor awards. Bell won that trophy for his astounding performance in Billy Elliot. I know many of you watched that fantastic movie and some of you might have watched his latest movie, Hallam Foe, but I think that you might not be aware of his other awesome movie, Undertow (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360130/). Here are some scenes featuring Bell and Kristen Stewart: - - - - - - The movie was made by David Gordon Green, the same filmmaker who gave us Pineapple Express (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910936/), George Washington (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262432/) and Snow Angels (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453548/), among others. Undertow tells the story of the Munn family, and how Bell and his younger brother (played by Devon Alan) escape

15 September 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Every Monday, tMF gives you a rundown on who's making the biggest buzz among the current crop of young talents, based on the hottest news about upcoming movies, awards and nominations, magazine covers and interviews, and special appearances on festivals, talk shows and upcoming TV series or just from anything that make fans more excited about movies! Quite a hectic week for tMF, as we have to narrow down the list to three, when there are so many young stars in the news: Michael Cera goes romantic comedy in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_reviews/current/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist/), Dominic Cooper makes waves in The Duchess and Jamie Bell's Hallam Foe (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_focus/indies/hallam_foe/) (aka Mr. Foe) will hit the moviehouses next week. Not to mention the young talents making waves in Toronto - Paul Dano, Zac Efron, the Culkin brothers (Rory and Keiran) and Anton Yelchin.

9 September 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

I'm a big fan of Jamie Bell, and Mr. Foe is definitely one of his most amazing performances as an actor. I know that his next movie Defiance will rock, but Hallam Foe (Mr. Foe) is his most significant role following Billy Elliot and Undertow. I just hope people get to watch and see how talented he is. So, we're bumping this post to give our viewers more info and insights into this amazing film. - - - - - - Berlinale (http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html) to much acclaim. A few years ago, McKenzie gave us the amazing Young Adam (http://www.sonyclassics.com/youngadam/), featuring Ewan McGregor and the multi-talented Tilda Swinton. With its deliberately slow pace and a hypnotic and remarkable story, it is notable for the powerful and truthful performances of the actors. In Hallam Foe, we witness another film that has its own unique agenda and style.

8 September 2008 3:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Foreign Language, Thrillers, Box Office, Cinematical Indie

Is everyone in Toronto for the festival? Has everyone caught up with everything they want to see? Are arthouse movie lovers football fans too? I'm not sure how else to explain the downturn in the indie box office this weekend, in which Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django continued its stay at the top, per estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. Sukiyaki made $5,100 at its single Gotham engagement; now let's see what happens when it expands beyond New York City.

Also holding up decently in its second weekend was I Served the King of England, which increased to 17 theaters and earned $4,241 per location. Everyone Wants to Be Italian was the only debuting indie to crack the Top 10, but its tepid $2,224 per-screen average at 98 locations indicates that not everyone wants be Italian. No word on what happened with The

Peter Martin

5 September 2008 2:35 PM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news

Review by Peter Gutierrez Like most coming-of-age movies, the Brit import Mister Foe is something of a con job. Although such flicks ostensibly have teens in mind, how many in that demographic—especially guys—rush out on opening night to catch dramas that “speak” to them? Sure, rite-of-passage storylines usually sport various forms of appealing naughtiness, but they conclude, paradoxically, with our anti-hero somehow wiser for all this acting out. In that sense they work as nostalgic parables for older folks who can reassure themselves about why they opted to embrace “life’s responsibilities.”

5 September 2008 12:15 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Drama, Independent, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews

Jamie Bell makes the best of a bad situation as Hallam, the titular teenage protagonist of Mister Foe, whose anger, resentment and paranoia drive him from his father's remote Scottish Highlands estate to the streets of Edinburgh in search of solace. Hallam's mother recently drowned in the loch behind the house, the apparent victim of a freak boating accident, and his dad (Ciarán Hinds) has moved on and married his former secretary Verity (Claire Forlani), whom he was seeing before his wife's untimely passing and whom Hallam believes is a gold-digging hooker responsible for mom's death. Bell conveys the kid's withdrawn distrust through restless body language and wary glares, while at the same time flashing steely, cocky defiance during Hallam's confrontations with dad and Verity, as well as nonchalant, gregarious charm in the company of others. His performance has a multifaceted vitality to it,

Nick Schager

5 September 2008 6:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Look, I don't want to make it sound like an either/or thing. You can see wide-release films And art-house indies. I'm just saying that on this particular weekend, the only wide release is something starring Nicolas Cage in a mullet, and it wasn't screened for critics. So if it were an either/or thing, this would be a good time to become an art-house fanatic, and the Indie Spotlight is here to let you know what your options are.

Seven films are opening in limited release today: August Evening, Everybody Wants to Be Italian, Mister Foe, Ping Pong Playa, Save Me, A Secret, and Surfer, Dude. Here's the scoop on each of them.

Everybody Wants to Be Italian

What it is: A romantic comedy about a man and woman who both pretend to be Italian because they think the other is. Ok, maybe this doesn't actually sound any better

Eric D. Snider

4 September 2008 11:19 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Jamie Bell has his best role since "Billy Elliot" in "Mister Foe," a darkly comic tale of a twisted teen on the cusp of adulthood.

When we first meet Bell's Hallam Foe, he's a feral 17-year-old who's exiled himself to a treehouse on his father's Scottish estate. He wears a badger-skin headdress, war paint, and sometimes his late mother's dress.

Hallam passes the time spying on his father (Ciaran Hinds, the devilish Mr. Lockhart in Broadway's "The Seafarer") and his beautiful stepmother

By LOU LUMENICK

2 September 2008 9:32 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Take one renegade Japanese director, set him to work on a Spaghetti Western, add a cameo by a talkative American filmmaker, and what do you get? First place in the indie four-day weekend box office race. Sukiyaki Western Django, directed by the prolific and extremely versatile Takashi Miike and featuring Quentin Tarantino in a small role, tore it up at the single Manhattan theatre where it opened, grossing $13,100, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. The version released in the Us does not represent Miike's original vision, however. Distributor First Look edited 20 or so minutes for the bastardized edition currently playing, so this is a muted triumph. *

The light-hearted I Served the King of England had the right stuff to average $8,487 per screen at eight locations. Directed by Jirí Menzel, the film stars Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, and the always wonderful Julia Jentsch. Naked Penélope Cruz outdrew mostly-clothed Penélope Cruz,

Peter Martin

1 September 2008 9:23 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week's trip to the multiplex offers a jaunt around the globe where, amongst other things, there's a case of mistaken ethnicity in Boston, Nic Cage gets another wig fitted in Thailand, there's whimsy and surrealism in Scotland and Matthew McConaughey is right at home in Malibu, where he might finally have found something he does well, maybe.

"August Evening"

Strained emotional bonds and the transitory nature of the life of an illegal immigrant provide the backdrop for Chris Eska's quietly affecting family drama that stars Pedro Castaneda as an aging farmhand who loses his job at a chicken farm in a sleepy Texas town, forcing he and his devoted daughter-in-law (Veronica Loren) to relocate to San Antonio to stay with his older children and the grandchildren he never knew he had. As Alison Willmore pointed out in last week's Lunchbox, Castaneda is a first-time actor

Neil Pedley

31 August 2008 12:23 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

In "Mister Foe," out Friday, young Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell of "Billy Elliot") spends most of his free time looking in people's windows. Especially those of his dream girl (Sophia Myles). He does this while wearing a wolverine pelt on his head and lipstick smears on his face and nipples.

The unorthodox dramedy has received mostly favorable reviews in the UK. But as far as we can see, the cinematic acceptability of Foe's little "quirk" comes from a long line of American films.

By SARA STEWART

28 August 2008 8:15 AM, PDT | From HollywoodOutbreak.com | See recent Hollywood Outbreak news

British actor Jamie Bell may have started out in small independent films like Billy Elliott but he's moved on to such big budget 'studio' movies as Jumper and King Kong so, clearly, those 'indie' days are behing him. "Not so", Bell tells Hollywood Outbreak...His latest release, Mister Foe, was shot in Scotland, financed with UK money and tells a [...]

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17 August 2008 5:06 PM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

I've been a big fan of Jamie Bell (javascript:void(0);/*1219048665671*/) since Billy Elliot, and while his latest movie, Hallam Foe (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_focus/indies/hallam_foe/) was not so well received, I still think he's one of the most consistent young actors we have today. Anyway, Mr. Foe (as the movie is called in the States) is quite serious and gloomy and yeah, defiant! That 's perhaps why - people prefer a more 'sunny, lighter' one to entertain them. Now here's another chance to see Bell at his acting best. [ watch the trailer after the jump ] - - - - - - From director Edward Zwick, the same guy who gave us Legends of the Fall (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110322/), Blood Diamond (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/) and The Last Samurai (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/) among others, will soon have his latest movie Defiance (http://www.defiancemovie.com/) available on the big screen.

13 articles from 2008