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The 14th annual Dorian Award TV winners have been announced. Mike White's anthology series The White Lotus and Showtime's unnerving but supremely watchable Yellowjackets picked up the most prizes (2 each) while Netflix's high school romance Heartstopper was named the best LGBTQ show. Galeca, the organization behind the Dorian Awards, is comprised of 360 LGBTQ+ entertainment journalists across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. (As you know a few members of Team Experience are in this organization.)

After the jump the winners for the TV season (the film nominations run on the calendar year like the Oscars and will be announced in January)...

Sometimes it’s like they read your mind—or just notice upcoming releases as you do. Whatever the case, I’m thrilled that the release of Terence Davies’ Benediction played (I assume!) some part in a full retro on the Criterion Channel this June, sad as I know that package will make me and anybody else who comes within ten feet of it. It’s among a handful of career retrospectives: they’ve also set a 12-film Judy Garland series populated by Berkeley and Minnelli, ten from Ulrike Ottinger, and four by Billy Wilder. But maybe their most adventurous idea in some time is a huge microbudget collection ranging from Ulmer’s Detour to Joel Potrykus’ Buzzard, fellow success stories—Nolan, Linklater, Jarmusch, Jia Zhangke—spread about.

Criterion Editions continue with Bertrand Tavernier’s Round Midnight, Double Indemnity, and Seconds, while Chameleon Street, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,...

The president opened his response to a looming pandemic with a lie about a vaccine.

The United States is “rapidly developing” a remedy to Covid-19, or the coronavirus, President Trump said, seeming more desperate to stop the plummeting stock market than any new or current cases. He said it would be like a “flu shot,” which he couldn’t possibly know since Anthony Fauci, the government disease expert who coronavirus response chief Mike Pence later told to keep quiet, said that “we can’t rely on a vaccine over the...

The greatest of all Hallmark holidays, the day of St. Valentine is constructed to make couples feel obligated to go out on expensive and over-anticipated dates, while unnecessarily reminding single people of their status. Candy hearts and roses are meant to celebrate monogamy and “normal” love; but the origins of the holiday go back to Roman culture and involved whips, wolf skins and fertility orgies. Sound more your speed? Then these decidedly non-romantic books may be the right tonic for this holiday:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley’s still shocking novel is an affront to many things: religion, ego, scientific progress, but also love. The titular doctor creates a creature that he abandons out of disgust, only to have his creation haunt his every step and destroy all the people he loves. Talk about a bad ex. The book is a tragic exploration of freakishness and abandonment, an...

Michael Ealy is joining the fourth season cast of the Being Mary Jane TV show on Bet, starring Gabrielle Union. Ealy played Theo in the third and final season of The Following, which was cancelled by Fox in 2015. He also starred as the android Dorian, in Almost Human, which Fox also cancelled, after just one season.Per Deadline, Ealy joins Being Mary Jane as new Great Day USA producer, Justin Talbot. The report says, "...unfortunately for Mary Jane, also is the man who previously got her fired from CNN. Upon arriving at Great Day USA, he remains a thorn in Mary Jane’s side, and she must learn to cleverly circumvent his power plays."Read More…...

Need to catch up? Check out last week’s Outlander recap for Season 2, Episode 11, “Vengeance Is Mine.”

What do you get for the couple who has… nothing, really?

Sure, a wedding registry is the least of concerns when it comes to the hastily arranged nuptials that take place in this week’s Outlander. But c’mon: I’m sure Black Jack Randall and Mary Hawkins could use something to mark the beginning of their terrible new union. How about a deviled egg plate? Or a stand mixer? Maybe some fluffy new towels with which to dry their tears?

RelatedOutlander Stars — Beheader and Beheaded!

The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association film and television nominations have arrived.

For Dorian Awards in film, “Birdman” (Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton) lead with five nominations. “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game” and “Maleficent” are also up for awards.

Television nominees include Amazon Studios’ “Transparent,” which snagged five nominations including TV drama of the year and director of the year. Joining the dramedy in nominations are HBO’s “The Normal Heart,” Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” and ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Modern Family.”

See photos: National Coming Out Day:...

(Cbr) Reeve Carney talks about his experiences as "Penny Dreadful’s" Dorian Gray Just like Dorian Gray himself, playing the ageless hedonist hasn’t gotten old for "Penny Dreadful" actor Reeve Carney. After a three-year stint on Broadway as Marvel’s webbed wonder in "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the 31-year-old actor/singer/songwriter segued into the role of the legendary sybarite whose portrait grows old for him from Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in Showtime’s hit Victorian horror mashup series. As part of the ensemble of lurid eccentrics in the John Logan-penned show, Carney’s Gray brushes up against (literally and figuratively) other gaslight luminaries and alters their lives with his avowed self-indulgence but also finds himself questioning his own rules of eternal existence as a result. With the debut season of the series arriving on Blu-Ray earlier this week, Carney spoke exclusively...

Ravenous

Written by Ted Griffin

Directed by Antonia Bird

USA, 1999

Ravenous is a film that is deceitful above all things. Almost from the outset, and certainly from the trailers, it portrays itself as a horror comedy in the vein of perhaps Evil Dead II or Cabin Fever. However, as the film comes together, the viewer quickly begins to see it for the maddening Frankenstein’s monster it truly is.

Ravenous tells the story of two outcasted men. The first is a disgraced former soldier, Calhoun, struggling with his “heroic” past, while the second, Ives, is the sole survivor of a wilderness trek. Both mens journeys ended bad and bloody, and because of this, there is a kinship among them. They seem to know and understand one another.

Oh, and one other thing, they’re both cannibals.

And so, in the quiet California snow of the 1800s, we find these two...

We recently joined 60 "Penny Dreadful" fans at an event that offered food, drink, music, and a screening of the latest episode complete with special guest Reeve Carney, who portrays the iconic Dorian Gray on the show.

The Bryant Park Hotel in Midtown Manhattan was the setting for the reception, held in honor of the winners of a Facebook contest. The announcement that "Penny Dreadful" will return for a second season was met with much fan happiness. More creatures! More of the occult!

As we have seen on both network and cable television, the horror genre has established a stronghold, and it's great that Showtime is claiming monster status along with the rest.

Our event report follows; just beware if you're not totally caught up that it does contain a few spoilers.

After libations in the hotel’s art deco bar, we were escorted downstairs, where the gift bags lived (pens,...

Before we get into it, let me answer my own question: Yes. Yes it is.

(Major spoilers follow. For earlier recappage, check out our piece on the first two episodes.)

When word was first announced of Showtime’s period “psychosexual horror” series Penny Dreadful, no one was sure what to expect. The best guess was that it would be a handsomely-shot mashup of a handful of big-name genre icons… with copious close-ups of boobies. But I don’t think anyone expected the full-on monster mash that we have seen in the season’s first four episodes: Dr. Frankenstein is canoodling with Ludwig Van Helsing in an attempt to stop Dracula; Frankenstein’s Monster is playing Phantom of the Opera at the Grand Guignol Theatre, and the Wolf Man just banged Dorian Gray.

Yes, you read that right: at the end of last Sunday’s episode, Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) – an...

Sitting here writing this, I’m still working to pick my jaw off the floor after the ending of Penny Dreadful‘s second episode, “Séance.” I was impressed by the show’s pilot, which worked quickly to establish a creepy Victorian atmosphere and introduce an intriguing crop of characters. However, after watching “”Séance,” I can safely say that all the Penny Dreadful team got to do in the pilot was thinly veiled table-setting. Now, it appears that they’re ready to have some real fun.

And man if “Séance” isn’t the most no-holds-barred fun I’ve had with a Showtime program since the second season finale of Dexter (Remember? When we realized that Lila was completely flipping insane?). The episode starts off on a high note, with a poor Victorian woman becoming the next victim of the animalistic serial killer rampaging through the show’s alt-history Victorian London. That...

What is the value of art in society, and what are the artist’s moral imperatives? How must artists reconcile their predisposition toward sensory indulgences with modern mores, particularly if they gravitate towards a lifestyle that is largely stigmatized? Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray examined all of these questions. It was a seminal work of Gothic horror literature, and, although he was a highly accomplished playwright and critic, this was the only novel of Wilde’s that was ever published.

Wilde's book tells the story of an artist named Basil Hallward, who finds something of a muse in the young man Dorian Gray. It is during one of his visits to Basil's studio that Dorian meets the ultra-hedonistic Lord Henry Wotton, who quickly "befriends" Dorian and persuades him that sensory indulgences and worldly pleasures are what life is truly about. Basil finishes his portrait of Dorian,...

Wondering just how gay Reeve Carney‘s Dorian Gray might be in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful? This walk the actor takes to the various brothels, porn shops, and theaters of Victorian London may give you pause. The locations are interspersed with shots of Dorian from the show, and anytime he’s shown with a partner, be it for art or pleasure, it’s female.

There is a moment near the end where they talk about a two level brothel, men on the first floor and women on the second, and Carney mentions that Dorian might have visited both floors, but when we see him in the show, he’s obviously on the second floor.

Oscar Wilde‘s original 1890 novel scandalized England. In fact, when it was republished in an expanded version in 1891 Wilde was forced by his publishers to rearrange and delete sections to tone down the homoeroticism. It would...

The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (Galeca), of which I am a proud voting member, has announced the nominees for its annual Dorian Awards named with a nod to the great and gay wit of Oscar Wilde.

The usual suspects ("American Hustle," "Gravity," "Her," "12 Years a Slave," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Blue is the Warmest Color") will vie for the Film of the Year against the not-so-unusual suspect "Laurence Anyways."

Lily Tomlin is deservingly receiving the Timeless Star honor simply because she's timeless! And of course, she's an .an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit..

Winners will be revealed on January 21st.

Here's the full nominations list of the 2013 Dorian Awards:

Film of the Year

American Hustle (Sony)

Blue is the Warmest Color (IFC)

Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)

Gravity (WB)

Her (WB)

Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)

12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Film Performance...

Review Louisa Mellor 18 Dec 2013 - 07:25

Eva Green is having a bit of trouble with her crucifix in the latest teaser for new Showtime horror series, Penny Dreadful...

With just a few episodes of American Horror Story: Coven left in this season, Showtime's Penny Dreadful is the spring 2014 show that's hoping to pick up its baton.

Eva Green, Billie Piper and Josh Hartnett are among the cast for this Victorian London-set tale of adult horror (we've not seen a Penny Dreadful press release without the word 'psychosexual' in it, so it's safe to assume there are going to be rude bits).

It's written by Skyfall's John Logan, and produced by his old mucker, Sam Mendes. The Orphanage director, Juan Antonian Bayona, is behind the camera for the first two in the eight-episode series.

In a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sort of way, Penny Dreadful is to weave together characters...

[Press Release] Los Angeles, CA (September 9, 2013) – Reeve Carney (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) and Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger) are the latest stars to join the cast of the highly anticipated Showtime drama series, Penny Dreadful, which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network. They join recently announced Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green. Reeve Carney will play Dorian Grey in a reprisal of Oscar Wilde’s supernaturally attractive and decadent young hero. Rory Kinnear will play a mysterious character of haunting intensity. In an exciting new version of Mary Shelley’s inspired and obsessed genius, Harry Treadaway will take on the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller created...

Reeve Carney Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Rory Kinnear Skyfall and Harry Treadaway The Lone Ranger are the latest stars to join the cast of the highly anticipated Showtime drama series, Penny Dreadful, which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network. They join recently announced Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green. Reeve Carney will play Dorian Grey in a reprisal of Oscar Wilde's supernaturally attractive and decadent young hero. Rory Kinnear will play a mysterious character of haunting intensity. In an exciting new version of Mary Shelley's inspired and obsessed genius, Harry Treadaway will take on the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

John Logan’s Showtime drama series Penny Dreadful is enlisting a trio of rising actors for its psychological frights debuting next year. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark star Reeve Carney will play Oscar Wilde’s supernaturally handsome and young hero Dorian Grey in the eight-episode series premiering in 2014. Bond thesp Rory Kinnear (Quantum of Solace) will play an unnamed mysterious character of haunting intensity; he worked with series exec producer Sam Mendes on Skyfall. And fellow Brit Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger, Control, Brothers of the Head) will star as Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Previously announced cast members Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, and Eva Green also star in the project. Penny Dreadful is created, written, and exec produced by Logan. Neal Street’s Pippa Harris will also exec produce. Filming begins this fall. Carney is repped by Paradigm. Kinnear is repped by Markham, Froggatt and Irwin. Treadaway is repped by UTA and ICM Partners.

Reeve Carney ("Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark"), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) and Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger) are the latest stars to join the cast of the Showtime drama series, "Penny Dreadful," which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network. They join the recently announced Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green.

Carney will play Dorian Grey in a reprisal of Oscar Wilde’s supernaturally attractive and decadent young hero with Kinnear playing a mysterious character of haunting intensity and, in a new version of Mary Shelley’s inspired and obsessed genius, Treadaway will take on the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

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Reeve Carney ("Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark"), Rory Kinnear ( Skyfall ) and Harry Treadaway ( The Lone Ranger ) are the latest stars to join the cast of the Showtime drama series, "Penny Dreadful," which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network. They join the recently announced Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green. Carney will play Dorian Grey in a reprisal of Oscar Wilde.s supernaturally attractive and decadent young hero with Kinnear playing a mysterious character of haunting intensity and, in a new version of Mary Shelley.s inspired and obsessed genius, Treadaway will take on the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. "Penny Dreadful" is a frightening psychological thriller created, written and executive produced by...

Broadway star Reeve Carney ("The Tempest") has scored a key role in Showtime's eight-episode drama series "Penny Dreadful".

The story revolves around famed monsters, together classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation.

Carney will play Dorian Grey in a reprisal of Oscar Wilde's supernaturally attractive and decadent, yet somewhat isolated young hero.

Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett and Eva Green also star in the series which begins filming in October in London.

Source: The Live Feed...

Oscar Wilde'S Dorian Gray is indeed proving to be ageless.

The character has made numerous screen appearances over the past century including, more recently, Stuart Townsend's portrayal in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Josh Duhamel in The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005) and Ben Barnes in 2009's Dorian Gray.

Now he's returning to the literary world, but this time in comic book format for a reimagined adaptation by American publisher Bluewater Productions.

Following its success in converting classic titles to hit comics with Quartermain, Sherlock Holmes, Back to Mysterious Island and Juliet, Bluewater has given a modern makeover to Wilde's classic story about the literary world's original bad boy.

Dorian Gray issue 1 is now available. The adaptation was written by Darren G. Davis and Scott Davis (Wrath of the Titans, Blackbeard Legacy). Federico De Luca (John Saul's: God Project) illustrated both the interiors and covers for the title.

Oscar Wilde'S Dorian Gray has appeared on screen many times, including Stuart Townsend's portrayal in the 2003 comic book adaptation The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and the 2009 film starring Ben Barnes. Now the ageless character is resurfacing in the realm of comics.

Following the sell-out success of its titles centring on Quartermain and Sherlock Holmes, the Us publisher Bluewater is once again turning to classic literature and will this summer launch two new series featuring Dorian Gray and Shakespeare's Juliet.

Juliet will be depicted as a young woman frozen in time by ancient magics and woken in a strange and modern world. As she struggles to reclaim who she once was, she must contend with over 500 years of cultural change.

New friends, a new career, and a budding romance are all threatened by a secret organisation and its monsters, intent on destroying her. Is the only chance she has...

Ryan Murphy continues to build the cast for his mystery project American Horror Story over at FX. Now joining Connie Britton and Denis O’Hare is

the man with the beautiful eyes, Dylan McDermott.

I always loved watching Goosebumps on TV when I was younger, so I’m intrigued that R. L. Stine’s The First Day of School…Forever is being turned into a movie. It’s described as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Groundhog Day.

The Glee Project reality competition has unveiled their finalists, and they all look like they could belong on the hit show. I’m still rooting for them to pick someone for Mercedes to date.

Are all prom kings on television gay this year?

Thomas Dekker is following up Kaboom and Cinema Verite with a role in The Secret Circle for Kevin Williamson. And he teases a steamy moment in the pilot, but...

What would Oscar Wilde have made of Jersey Shore? Some clever fellow at Playbill (everybody's clever nowadays!) thought to find out, asking the cast of the current Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest to read transcripts of Jersey Shore episodes. The results are, naturally, hilarious. Of course, this isn't the first connection between Wilde and MTV's most profitable idiots; literary historians have often speculated that Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's gym/tan/laundry routine was actually the original inspiration for The Picture of Dorian Grey. (Not [...]...

DVD Playhouse—August 2010

By

Allen Gardner

Black Orpheus (Criterion) Winner of the 1959 Best Foreign Film Oscar and that same year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, Black Orpheus is a modern-day update of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice reset in 20th century Brazil during Carnival in Rio. Director Marcel Camus offers up a visual feast with some of the decade’s most ravishing color cinematography. A classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Archival interviews with Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; Interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Documentary on the film; Trailer. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.

The Last Song (Touchstone) Sentimental adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie) sentimental novel about a father and daughter attempting to repair their damaged relationship. Greg Kinnear, as the dad in question, comes off best, while tween sensation Miley Cyrus...

The Movie

The role of Dorian Gray has to be a tricky one: the story of beautiful youth unsullied by years of debauchery requires an actor who can play both wide-eyed innocence and later exhausted cynicism. Unfortunately for 2009's Dorian Gray, Ben Barnes is not that actor, meeting only the first half of the role but lacking any of the necessary energy to rise to the second half. In fact, Barnes' energy is endemic of most of the problems plaguing the latest screen adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel, which often feels "almost but not quite," lurching forward with the general elements of the story but never feeling specific enough in its world and characters to work.

Co-starring Colin Firth (who is often better than the material and clearly aware of it) as the libertine Henry, and Ben Chaplin as Basil, the enamored painter of the doomed picture, the film was directed by Oliver Parker.

Oliver Parker's latest telling of the famed story of Dorian Gray is finally coming home to American DVD and Blu-ray, and we've got the skinny and the artwork for ya!

From the Press Release

Eternity has its price in Dorian Gray, a new horror adaptation from National Entertainment Media based on Oscar Wilde’s landmark Victorian-era thriller. The lavish genre film, starring Academy Award nominee Colin Firth (A Single Man, Mamma Mia!, “Pride and Prejudice”), Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia, Stardust), Golden Globe nominee Rebecca Hall (Frost/Nixon, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Ben Chaplin (The Water Horse, The New World) arrives in a specially loaded DVD and Blu-ray edition featuring cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and deleted scenes.

When a strikingly handsome but naive Dorian (Barnes) arrives in Victorian London he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord Henry Wotton (Firth), who introduces him...

Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…

8.00pm Warehouse 13 (Virgin 1)

This family friendly scifi drama captures the spirit of The X-Files and Friday the 13th the series. After saving the life of an international diplomat in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the U.S. Government has collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve some of the missing objects and investigate reports of new ones. Season One, episode 4.

9.00pm Ghost Galleon (The Unexplained Channel)

The living corpses of the satan worshipping Knights Templar hunt for human victims in a 16th Century Galleon. Classic ‘Blind Dead’ sequel from director Amando de Ossorio.

10.00pm Human Target (SyFy +1)

Chance protects...

The Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that Christoph Waltz and Father Rick Frechette will be recognized for their outstanding achievements at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, as well as the nominees for the "Hollywood World Awards" -- Bright Star (UK/Australia), directed by Jane Campion, I Am Love (Italy), directed by Luca Guadagnino, Lourdes (France/Austria), directed by Jessica Hausner, A Prophet (France), directed by Jacques Audiard, and The White Ribbon (Germany/Austria), directed by Michael Haneke.

Actor Christoph Waltz will receive the "Hollywood Supporting Actor Award" for his incredible performance in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and Father Rick Frechette will be honored with the "Hollywood Humanitarian Award."

The gala ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009. The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival.

The opening passage of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is simply a sublime piece of writing, oozing with sumptuous language and stuffed with images of decadent lethargy which typify the lifestyle of Lord Henry Wotton, the corrupting force behind the downfall of beautiful young Dorian. The new film based on the book, however, opens with Dorian murdering an unseen victim, then dragging the body in a chest to the docks and dumping it in the Thames. It feels a lot more like the London of From Hell than the one conjured up by Wilde in the book’s early stages, and Dorian Gray the motion picture is a lot more hammy and playful than its source material. But is this ham a succulent one? Dorian Gray roughly follows the course of the book, with Dorian (Ben Barnes) granted unending youth and beauty and a life of endless...

Up and coming English actor Ben Barnes has said that he hopes his career will be as successful as Colin Farrell’s. The star of the new film “Dorian Gray” said that both he and the famous Irish actor started their careers with less-than-desirable jobs, which is why he looks to Farrell for inspiration. "Oh yeah, of course I've mopped up sick in nightclubs before but I'm comforted by the fact that Colin Farrell auditioned for Boyzone – he's just a brilliant actor and someone whose professional life I admire," Barnes told the Britain’s Press Association. "If my career can go anywhere near that I'll be happy." Barnes himself used to sing for a boyband, Hyrise, before hitting it big with his starring role in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” "I'd be a moron if I didn't recognize that being in a film like that helped me to get...

Friday is once again here, Boxwishers, and the start of the weekend also marks a new week of cinema releases. We’ve got a range of very different films to choose from, so everyone will be happy at the pictures this weekend. First up is indie-teen-comedy from the director of Superbad, Greg Mottola, Adventureland follows a group of staff at a theme park in the 1980s. Next up is the thrilling period drama Dorian Gray, and cooking up a storm is comedy Julie and Julia. Also out this week is action drama Whiteout starring Kate Beckinsale, and teen horror-slasher Sorority Row with Rumer Willis. If you’re heading out to the cinema this weekend be inspired with our ideas below.

If you see… Recent graduate James (Jesse Eisenberg) taking a last resort job at his local theme park and falling for colleague Em (Kristen Stewart) in eighties comedy Adventureland.

Why...

We have exclusive interviews with Colin Firth and Ben Barnes who both star in new movie, Dorian Gray, a novel by Oscar Wilde which is out now in the UK. You can listen to both interviews below. If you've not seen the trailer, you can view it here.

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Synopsis: When a strikingly beautiful but naïve young Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) arrives in Victorian London, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. Henry’s friend, society artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin) paints a portrait of Dorian to capture the full power of his youthful beauty and when it’s unveiled Dorian makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as...

ShortList.com managed to get a new exclusive clip from new movie, Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker and based on the novel by Oscar Wilde. In the clip, we see Dorian (played by Ben Barnes) letting slip to Emily Wotton (Rebecca Hall) that he might, just might, have something to hide behind the long locks and shiny silver cane. I've placed the clip after the jump...

Dorian Gray is scheduled for release in the UK 9th September. If you haven't seen the trailer, head on over to our previous post here.

Oliver Parker seems to have a “thing” for the works of Oscar Wilde – having already made two films based on the legendary Irish wit’s plays: The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. This time, Wilde’s first and only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is up for cinematic treatment.

A gothic horror-tinged morality story laced with Wilde’s rapier wit; the film adaptation is, like the doomed protagonist of the title, not the most faithful of creatures – even part of the title has been discarded. Now it is simply Dorian Gray.

Parker’s film is successful in allowing the once frowned upon homosexual undertones of Wilde’s novel to be more explicit – indeed in one scene Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin), the painter of the infamous portrait – is seduced into sexual acts by the magnetic Dorian. As the endless nights of passion and partying go on, Wilde...

Oliver Parker seems to have a “thing” for the works of Oscar Wilde – having already made two films based on the legendary Irish wit’s plays: The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. This time, Wilde’s first and only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is up for cinematic treatment.

A gothic horror-tinged morality story laced with Wilde’s rapier wit; the film adaptation is, like the doomed protagonist of the title, not the most faithful of creatures – even part of the title has been discarded. Now it is simply Dorian Gray.

Parker’s film is successful in allowing the once frowned upon homosexual undertones of Wilde’s novel to be more explicit – indeed in one scene Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin), the painter of the infamous portrait – is seduced into sexual acts by the magnetic Dorian. As the endless nights of passion and partying go on, Wilde...

Oliver Parker seems to have a “thing” for the works of Oscar Wilde – having already made two films based on the legendary Irish wit’s plays: The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. This time, Wilde’s first and only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is up for cinematic treatment.

A gothic horror-tinged morality story laced with Wilde’s rapier wit; the film adaptation is, like the doomed protagonist of the title, not the most faithful of creatures – even part of the title has been discarded. Now it is simply Dorian Gray.

Parker’s film is successful in allowing the once frowned upon homosexual undertones of Wilde’s novel to be more explicit – indeed in one scene Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin), the painter of the infamous portrait – is seduced into sexual acts by the magnetic Dorian. As the endless nights of passion and partying go on, Wilde...

To celebrate the release of Dorian Gray, we’re giving 10 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of the Oscar Wilde classic that the film was based upon.

Young Dorian (Ben Barnes) arrives fresh on the London social scene and is taken under the wing of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth of Mamma Mia) who introduces him to the seedy pleasures of London life. When Dorian sees how incredible he looks in a newly painted picture of himself, he swears to do whatever it takes to look as young and handsome in real life as he does in the picture – forever.

His stunning good looks and charm soon attract the celebrity lifestyle and everything that it brings. Dorian finds himself slipping deeper and deeper into a world of sin, sex and celebrity, seemingly without any consequences. But as his actions become increasingly evil, for how long can he hide...

Quick, who's the reigning Miss America? Don't feel bad for being stumped. These days, pageant queens are anonymous. If they didn't wear I.D. sashes, we'd mistake them for your average, everyday breast-implant model. Except for Carrie Prejean. She's famous. Now how did that happen, you wonder? Yes, how did that happen? Was it a quirk of the YouTube era? A miracle? Or perhaps something else—something else involving a contract, a drop of blood and a dark figure some call Beelzebub?! Or a blogger and a handshake. Same difference. Let's review the timeline: • Early 2009: Carrie Prejean is Miss California USA. She is the face of Double Happiness...

After we saw the first great movie clip for “Dorian Gray,” today we have more. Take a look at the first TV Spot, new clip from the movie and the featurette which shows some new footage and offers commentary from Ben Barnes.

The movie based on Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is directed by Oliver Parker from the script by Toby Finlay.

Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) is a young man of impossible physical beauty whose portrait painted by the artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin). Drawn into a corrupt and sensual life by the dissolute Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), Dorian remains young and beautiful, while the painting ages in his stead.

Immersed in the hedonistic pleasures of the city, Dorian vows he would give anything to keep his youth and beauty-even his soul.

The movie also stars Emilia Fox as Lady Victoria Wotton, Rebecca Hall as...

The first and great clip from “Dorian Gray,” the movie based on Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” has hit the web. The movie adaptation is directed by Oliver Parker from the script by Toby Finlay.

The clip shows us Dorian Gray who is stunned by how life-like his painting looks from artist Basil. The image’s mortality opens up a discussion with Lord Henry Wotton.

Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) is a young man of impossible physical beauty whose portrait painted by the artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin). Drawn into a corrupt and sensual life by the dissolute Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), Dorian remains young and beautiful, while the painting ages in his stead.

Immersed in the hedonistic pleasures of the city, Dorian vows he would give anything to keep his youth and beauty-even his soul.

The movie also stars Emilia Fox as Lady Victoria Wotton,...

I'm pretty sure you'll have Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman is to play) Amelia Earheart (Yup, Hilary Swank!), Julia Child (Meryl Streep), Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) and Bruno (Sasha Baron Cohen) on your list already! On the other end of the spectrum, there's Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) to consider, esp by the Twilight fans.

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- - - But hey, if that's the list, then it seems so predictable already. How about giving those lesser-known but equally fascinating (and mostly young) characters their share of the spotlight?

So, here they are: tMF's Ten Most Fascinating Movie Characters for 2009!

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# 10 - 'Columbus' - Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) - At first, I thought Jesse Eisenberg's character, James Brennan, in Greg Mottola's Adventureland would be the better choice. But then again, when you've watched Eisenberg many times, you know he's awesome in comedy,...

I'm pretty sure you'll have Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman is to play) Amelia Earheart (Yup, Hilary Swank!), Julia Child (Meryl Streep), Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) and Bruno (Sasha Baron Cohen) on your list already! On the other end of the spectrum, there's Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) to consider, esp by the Twilight fans.

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- - - But hey, if that's the list, then it seems so predictable already. How about giving those lesser-known but equally fascinating (and mostly young) characters their share of the spotlight?

So, here they are: tMF's Ten Most Fascinating Movie Characters for 2009!

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# 10 - 'Columbus' - Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) - At first, I thought Jesse Eisenberg's character, James Brennan, in Greg Mottola's Adventureland would be the better choice. But then again, when you've watched Eisenberg many times, you know he's awesome in comedy,...

I'm pretty sure you'll have Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman is to play) Amelia Earheart (Yup, Hilary Swank!), Julia Child (Meryl Streep), Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) and Bruno (Sasha Baron Cohen) on your list already! On the other end of the spectrum, there's Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) to consider, esp by the Twilight fans.

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- - - But hey, if that's the list, then it seems so predictable already. How about giving those lesser-known but equally fascinating (and mostly young) characters their share of the spotlight?

So, here they are: tMF's Ten Most Fascinating Movie Characters for 2009!

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# 10 - 'Columbus' - Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) - At first, I thought Jesse Eisenberg's character, James Brennan, in Greg Mottola's Adventureland would be the better choice. But then again, when you've watched Eisenberg many times, you know he's awesome in comedy,...

It's been adapted several times over the past century, but I still don't think we've seen the definitive version of The Picture of Dorian Gray just yet. We know the name Oscar Wilde and generally associate this story with him almost automatically, but did you know it was Wilde's only novel?

I haven't read a ton of Oscar Wilde, but I don't think he has other major works that come close to its theme and few other novels are as effective at dealing with that very human problem of vanity. Dorian Gray poses for a portrait, realizes that he won't look that good forever, makes a Faustian bargain to let the portrait age instead of him...and would've gotten away with it, too, if not for those nosy kids and their pesky dog.

In the new version, which uses the abbreviated title Dorian Gray, Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian) plays Dorian Gray,...

Oliver Parker – directed adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” has its new, the third poster.

Immersed in the hedonistic pleasures of the city, Dorian vows he would give anything to keep his youth and beauty-even his soul.

Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) is a young man of impossible physical beauty whose portrait painted by the artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin). Drawn into a corrupt and sensual life by the dissolute Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), Dorian remains young and beautiful, while the painting ages in his stead.

The movie directed from the script by Toby Finlay also stars Emilia Fox as Lady Victoria Wotton, Rebecca Hall as Emily Wotton and Rachel Hurd-Wood as Sybil Vane.

“Dorian Gray” will hit UK theaters on September 9, 2009 and will be shown at Toronto Film Festival in September 2009.

For more movie info, photos, posters and trailers go to “Dorian Gray” FilmoFilia...

Oliver Parker's new film Dorian Gray is a wild new big screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic novel. This wicked tale revolves around a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian who arrived in Victorian London and is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton. This new friend introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When a portrait of Dorian is unveiled, such is its beauty that he makes a pledge: He would give anything to stay as he is in the picture...Even his soul! Dorian Gray examines the destructive power of beauty, the blind pursuit of pleasure and the darkness that can result. Empire Online has just released a very creep International 1-sheet for Parker's upcoming film. You can check out the image below:

Dorian Gray is set to seduce theatergoers later this year.

As literary classics go, Oscar Wilde's story The Picture of Dorian Gray is scary, disturbing stuff. And appropriately, it looks from this poster like Oliver Parker's film version, Dorian Gray, is also going to creep us all out.It's the story of the titular Dorian (Prince Caspian's Ben Barnes), a privileged and beautiful young man in Victorian England who wishes, as he gazes at his latest portrait, that the picture could age instead of him. Lo and behold, it does - but as Dorian becomes older and more corrupt, the portrait in the attic becomes a monster.The film is out on September 9, also starring Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Rebecca Hall. We can feel the shivers down on spines now.