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The Guardian
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Post your questions for Guy Pearce
It's hard to pick a favourite Guy Pearce role over his nearly 40-year career, but let's try. Perhaps it's drag queen Felicia Jollygoodfellow in his 1994 breakout Australian movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, or Detective Exley in 1997's LA Confidential. Maybe you prefer your Pearce going backwards in Christopher Nolan's Memento; time-travelling back to 1899 in an adaptation of HG Wells's The Time Machine; at sea in The Count of Monte Cristo; or all-too-briefly at war in The Hurt Locker. He's also done royal drama (The King's Speech, Mary Queen of Scots) and he's done biopics (Andy Warhol in Factory Girl and Harry Houdini in Death Defying Acts). He's been into space (Prometheus and Alien: Covenant) and he's breathed fire (Iron Man 3). He's made two Aussie westerns with John Hillcoat (Lawless, The Proposition) and two yet gnarlier contemporary tales set in his homeland (Animal Kingdom, The Rover). And earlier this year he was Oscar-nominated for his role as a wealthy industrialist in The Brutalist. He didn't win the Academy Award, but he made a lot of new fans with his candour about marriage, Palestine, and his feelings about LA Confidential co-star Kevin Spacey. Pearce also won an Emmy for his role in the Todd Haynes miniseries Mildred Pierce, and was excellent in Mare of Easttown – both opposite Kate Winslet. He released two solo albums in the 2010s, and dresses up as a dishevelled superhero in the video to Razorlight's Before I Fall to Pieces. But, of course, there are some of us who will never get beyond thinking of him as good old Mike from Neighbours – a role to which he returned with winning welly in the finale-that-wasn't-a-finale. Now Pearce returns as a soon-to-be-paroled inmate in hard-hitting prison drama Inside, for which he has excitingly agreed to take the reader interview chair. There's plenty to ask the actor. Was he really second choice behind Christian Bale for Batman? Does he claim to be Australian or English? (Pearce was born in England but moved to Australia when he was three.) Can anyone – let alone he – remember the name of the character he played in Home and Away? Or the name of the No 156 single he released in 1989? Why does he think that he's 'shit' in Memento? And how are his knees these days? Please get your questions in by 6pm this Sunday, 20 July, and we'll print his answers in Film & Music and online on 1 August. Inside is out on digital, DVD and Blu-ray on 11 August
Irish Times
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
The Shrouds review: David Cronenberg's mordant, personal conspiracy thriller is one of director's best films
The Shrouds Director : David Cronenberg Cert : 16 Starring : Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Eric Weinthal Running Time : 1 hr 59 mins The Shrouds has taken an unusual journey to Irish cinemas. A work that is both typical of David Cronenberg and unlike anything he has ever made (a paradox that works through more than one of his films), this mordant conspiracy thriller arrived at the 2024 Cannes film festival two years after the almost parodically Cronenbergian Crimes of the Future . Derived, like David Lynch's Mullholland Drive, from an ultimately cancelled TV series, the new film – a treatise on grief – was seen by many as a minor work. Who would not allow the director of The Fly, Dead Ringers and A History of Violence such indulgence? The delay in distribution has been kind to The Shrouds. After washing around the brain for 14 months, it now feels a markedly superior work to the place-holding Crimes of the Future. There is an eerie stillness to the piece that says as much about loss as does the disturbing premise at its centre. We first meet Karsh ( Vincent Cassell ) enjoying – if that is the word – a blind date in a hard-surfaced restaurant with an interested divorcee. Small talk leads to him explaining that his late wife, Becca, is buried just outside, in a cemetery wired up to his own appalling innovation. READ MORE 'GraveTech' places a camera within the casket and relays images of the decaying loved one to a screen on the headstone or an app on the mourner's phone. Like all such tech-heads, he can't help enthusing about the specs. There is a 'high-res zoom'. The device allows 3D rotation. From what we gather, the feed is, thank heavens, not yet punctuated by commercials. This could hardly be a more personal film for Cronenberg. He has explained that the recent death of his wife inspired the piece, and, with his slicked-back grey hair and precise diction, Cassell has something of the director's physical presence. [ Horror director David Cronenberg on his wife's death: 'I wanted to get into the coffin, to be with her body' Opens in new window ] As events wind on, a varied array of characters ooze in from stage left and add escalating complications to an already unsteady scenario. Karsh maintains a close friendship with Becca's sister ( Diane Kruger appears as the live sibling and the dead one in troubling visions) while he copes with bugs in the system. An attack on the cemetery sets up parallels with persistent anti-Semitism. Karsh notices suspicious growths on his wife's decaying body. Hackers cause the GraveTech relays to break down. Kersh's technology, though flawed and futile, meshes with thousands of years of human effort to process grief. One could read this as a Protestant appropriation of the Roman Catholic tendency to look the human remains right in the dead eye. The body is not laid out at a boisterous wake. It is studied calmly and coolly on a flat screen as worms eat their way through eye socket and frontal lobe. Very sober. Very grey. Yet Kersh is always aware the process is a cod. 'I lived in Becca's body,' he says. 'It was the only place I lived.' An acknowledgment, common in Cronenberg's cinema, that this fleshy carapace is all we have. Not everything works. If the great man will allow me, making an AI assistant of Kersh's late wife – a Siri or a Microsoft paper clip – feels like clunky, outdated satire in a film that otherwise relishes the oblique. Not everyone will be on board with the nebulous conspiracy theory. But, considered as an exercise in hushed mortal contemplation, The Shrouds, sombrely scored by Howard Shore, earns a spot beside Cronenberg's best work. This is just the sort of unclassifiable oddity that the greatest directors, now less concerned with expectations, manage late into fecund careers. The Shrouds is in cinemas from Friday, July 4th
Scottish Sun
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Neighbours finale ‘set to fall flat' as only one former star signs up to appear – and A-lists snub final episode
setback Neighbours finale 'set to fall flat' as only one former star signs up to appear – and A-lists snub final episode Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) NEIGHBOURS' upcoming final episode could reportedly 'fall flat' - with only one former star signed up to appear. Earlier this year, the beloved Aussie soap was axed for a second time, having been saved by Amazon after 37 years on Channel 5. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 A-List former Neighbours stars have reportedly snubbed the upcoming finale Credit: Alamy 4 Guy Pearce returned for the 2022 finale - then believed to be the last ever episode Credit: Fremantle 4 Natalie Imbruglia played Beth Brennan in the 90s Credit: PA:Press Association The original finale saw Kylie Mingoue and Jason Donovan return to Ramsay Street, alongside other show alums. However, bosses' attempts to bring back A-listers this time around have reportedly not panned out. According to Daily Mail Australia, stars such as Margot Robbie, Natalie Imbruglia, Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe are all said to have snubbed the final episode. An insider told the publication: "The cast of the current season will need to rely on the storylines that involve their characters, because breaking out the cheque book won't cover it." Read more on Neighbours high hopes Neighbours' boss reveals hope show WILL return despite being cancelled twice Regarding the 2022 finale, the source added: "The mega stars waived their usual million dollar fees and felt like they were waving goodbye to the show that launched them. It was very classy. "The fact that Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburn and Ryan Maloney were tipped off as the show was saved during Neighbours' "farewell tour" was pretty awkward in retrospect." One confirmed returnee is Kimberley Davies, who appeared as Annalise Hartman from 1993 to 1996. The 52-year-old later moved to the United States, appearing in episodes of Friends and Ally McBeal. Amazon announced at the end of 2022 that it was bringing the iconic programme back in a multi-year deal. It started filming in 2023 and was shown on Amazon Freevee worldwide. Neighbours is being axed again - after production company Fremantle failed to agree a new deal with Amazon However, last year Amazon axed the service and folded it into its Prime Video streaming offering. And now, after two years streaming, the show will come to an end once more. The Sun exclusively revealed production on Neighbours would be stopping this summer - with the final episode airing at the end of the year. A source said at the time: 'Amazon gave Fremantle two years to see if it worked but sadly they just didn't get the viewers. Neighbours stars who made it big The long-running Aussie soap has launched the careers of some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Here are some of the Neighbours alums who went on to make it big after starring on the soap... Kylie Minogue Before she hit the big time with her music career, Kylie shot to fame playing Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours. Shortly after her arrival, Kylie began an on and off-screen romance with co-star Jason Donovan, who played Scott Robinson, which gained the couple an army of adoring fans. Jason Donovan After his stint as Scott, singer and actor Jason became an international popstar and had his pick acting of roles. He moved to the U.K., married, had children and has since starred in over a dozen West End show, most notably Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat. Alan Dale New Zealand born actor Alan was one of Neighbours 12 original cast members having made his debut as Jim Robinson on the soap's first episode on 18 March 1985. As the head of the Robinson clan, widower Jim lived at Number 26 Ramsay Street with his children Paul, Julie, Scott and Lucy, and was a real anchor in the community. He stayed with the show for eight years, before his character was killed off in dramatic scenes aired in 1993 but which still reverberate through the soap to this day. Margot Robbie Way before she was Barbie or Harley Quinn, Margot was best known as Ramsay Street resident Donna Freedman. Her notable storylines included her marriage to Ringo Brown and becoming a young widow following his tragic death. After three years she bid farewell to the soap and Australia with a plan to make a name for herself in Hollywood which she did when she bagged the role of Naomi Lapaglia opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. Jesse Spencer Jesse rocked up on Ramsay street in 1994 with the rest of the Kennedy clan. He stayed for five years, literally growing up in front of the camera, but in 2000 felt it was time to spread his wings and head for Hollywood. It was certainly a smart move as he went on to bag leading roles in popular shows like House and Chicago Fire. Russell Crowe New Zealand-native Russell had a brief arc on Neighbours, appearing in four episodes of the soap 1987 as Kenny Larkin, the former cellmate of Street resident Henry Ramsay. The role obviously got him noticed though because he quickly went on to become a fully-fledged Hollywood A-lister, winning the Best Actor Oscar for his standout performance as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator. 'It's a really sad day especially for the cast and crew who work on the show in Melbourne. 'This really is the end of Neighbours just as it's celebrated it's 40th birthday.' The show's official X account posted: "We are sad to announce that Neighbours will be resting from December 2025. "New episodes from the 40th anniversary season will continue to air on Prime Video and Ten four times a week until the end of the year, with all the big soapie twists and turns that our viewers love."
The Irish Sun
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Neighbours finale ‘set to fall flat' as only one former star signs up to appear – and A-lists snub final episode
NEIGHBOURS' upcoming final episode could reportedly 'fall flat' - with only one former star signed up to appear. Earlier this year, the beloved Aussie soap was 4 A-List former Neighbours stars have reportedly snubbed the upcoming finale Credit: Alamy 4 Guy Pearce returned for the 2022 finale - then believed to be the last ever episode Credit: Fremantle 4 Natalie Imbruglia played Beth Brennan in the 90s Credit: PA:Press Association The original finale saw Kylie Mingoue and However, bosses' attempts to bring back A-listers this time around have reportedly not panned out. According to Australia , stars such as Margot Robbie, Natalie Imbruglia, Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe are all said to have snubbed the final episode. An insider told the publication: "The cast of the current season will need to rely on the storylines that involve their characters, because breaking out the cheque book won't cover it." Read more on Neighbours Regarding the 2022 finale, the source added: "The mega stars waived their usual million dollar fees and felt like they were waving goodbye to the show that launched them. It was very classy. "The fact that Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburn and Ryan Maloney were tipped off as the show was saved during Neighbours' "farewell tour" was pretty awkward in retrospect." One confirmed returnee The 52-year-old later moved to the United States , appearing in episodes of Friends and Ally McBeal. Most read in Soaps Amazon It started filming in 2023 and was shown on Amazon Freevee worldwide. Neighbours is being axed again - after production company Fremantle failed to agree a new deal with Amazon However, last year Amazon And now, after two years streaming, the show will come to an end once more. The Sun exclusively revealed production on Neighbours would be stopping this summer - with the final episode airing at the end of the year. A source said at the time: 'Amazon gave Fremantle two years to see if it worked but sadly they just didn't get the viewers. Neighbours stars who made it big The long-running Aussie soap has launched the careers of some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Here are some of the Neighbours alums who went on to make it big after starring on the soap... Kylie Minogue Before she hit the big time with her music career, Kylie shot to fame playing Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours. Shortly after her arrival, Kylie began an on and off-screen romance with co-star Jason Donovan, who played Scott Robinson, which gained the couple an army of adoring fans. Jason Donovan After his stint as Scott, singer and actor Alan Dale New Zealand born actor Margot Robbie Way before she was Barbie or Harley Quinn, Margot was best known as Ramsay Street resident Donna Freedman. Her notable storylines included her marriage to Ringo Brown and becoming a young widow following his tragic death. After three years she bid farewell to the soap and Australia with a plan to make a name for herself in Hollywood which she did when she bagged the role of Naomi Lapaglia opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. Jesse Spencer Russell Crowe New Zealand-native Russell had a brief arc on Neighbours, appearing in four episodes of the soap 1987 as Kenny Larkin, the former cellmate of Street resident Henry Ramsay. The role obviously got him noticed though because he quickly went on to become a fully-fledged Hollywood A-lister, winning the Best Actor Oscar for his standout performance as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator. 'It's a really sad day especially for the cast and crew who work on the show in Melbourne. 'This really is the end of Neighbours just as it's celebrated it's 40th birthday.' The show's official X account posted: "We are sad to announce that Neighbours will be resting from December 2025. "New episodes from the 40th anniversary season will continue to air on Prime Video and Ten four times a week until the end of the year, with all the big soapie twists and turns that our viewers love." 4 Oscar winner Russell Crowe had an early role in Neighbours Credit: Rex
Khaleej Times
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' returns to Dubai theatres for 25th anniversary
Front Row Filmed Entertainment has announced the regional re-release of Memento, Christopher Nolan's mind-bending breakthrough film, to mark its 25th anniversary. Beginning June 19, the cult classic will screen across theaters in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman, offering cinephiles a rare opportunity to experience the puzzle-box thriller in its intended format — on the big screen. Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento follows a man with anterograde amnesia who uses tattoos and Polaroid photos to track down his wife's killer — a narrative told in reverse, mirroring the protagonist's fractured memory. The film earned Nolan his first Oscar nomination and grossed over $40 million globally on a modest $9 million budget. Today, it holds a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes and ranks among IMDb's Top 50 films of all time. Following the immense regional success of Nolan's Oppenheimer and anniversary runs of Interstellar and Inception, Memento returns not as a nostalgia act but as a celebration of Nolan's influence and the enduring power of innovative storytelling. For those who've never seen it, and for those who think they remember it — this is a film that demands to be experienced again. Or perhaps, for the first time.
