Topic: Toby Jones

Geoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases

It was 33 years ago that a John Le Carre novel was adapted for a BBC TV series and drew many admirers.. . . So was it wise to make a feature film...
Cynthia McWilliams, who is recurring on Fox's The Chicago Code, has landed a lead role on CBS' untitled sports radio show pilot. The multicamera...

Frost Nixon Trailer

The talk-show host David Frost and former President of the United States Richard Nixon .

Movie reviews: The Painted Veil

When spoiled rich girl Kitty marries Walter Fane, she knows that she doesn't love him; her only reason for marrying him is that she wants to get away from her mother. When Walter finds out about the affair, he gives Kitty ...

Resound of the suburbs in Parlour Song

Toby Jones's demolition expert, a crashing bore called Ned, is hard at it, explaining to his handsome, buff neighbour, Andrew Lincoln's Dale, who serves as narrator, the difference between a Designated Drop and Predicted Debris Area.. Butterworth overlooks the fact ...

Short plays inspire long friendships

Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National is my dream play. Why I can never leave work on time. "I've left my husband" or, even better: "Did I tell you about my affair with another woman? But ...

Toby Jones

He won the Olivier theatre award as best supporting actor for 2001, playing all the other characters in the dreams and dramas of Morecambe and Wise in The Play What I Wrote. Not to worry, Jones pops up again as Swifty Lazar ...

City of Ember

This is a by-the-numbers fantasy adventure for teens: five parts Terry Gilliam to one part Fritz Lang. The "City of Ember" is a vast underground place that was established by the authorities 200 years ago as a retreat for mankind, which was ...

The Mist

Writer-director Frank Darabont gets an impressive amount of horror bang for his buck with this smart, modestly budgeted chiller based on a 1980 Stephen King novella. Set largely in a besieged convenience store in Maine, the story is all about a creepy ...

Monsters in Aisle 3

THE MIST Running Time 127 minutes Written by Frank Darabont, from the novel by Stephen King Directed by Frank DarabontStarring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Francis Sternhagen and Toby JonesThe number of horror films with enough realism and originality to pack a ...