In case you haven't heard, The Fault in Our Stars is kind of a sad film. The reaction across the pond (where the film has been out for a couple of weeks) has essentially been one long, drawn out ugly-cry, to the point where Slate have even released a handy guide to keeping your eye make-up intact.
Even the movie's stars Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff and Laura Dern aren't immune, as they admitted in our video interview. We also asked them what other films have made them cry, which sparked a discussion back in the office about the most effective tearjerkers of all time.
Below, Digital Spy staffers reveal the films that are guaranteed to leave them a weeping mess.
Good Will Hunting – Emma Dibdin, Features Editor
While prototypical inspirational teacher movie Dead Poets' Society is arguably a more obvious pick, Robin Williams's similarly inspirational performance here as wry,...
Even the movie's stars Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff and Laura Dern aren't immune, as they admitted in our video interview. We also asked them what other films have made them cry, which sparked a discussion back in the office about the most effective tearjerkers of all time.
Below, Digital Spy staffers reveal the films that are guaranteed to leave them a weeping mess.
Good Will Hunting – Emma Dibdin, Features Editor
While prototypical inspirational teacher movie Dead Poets' Society is arguably a more obvious pick, Robin Williams's similarly inspirational performance here as wry,...
- 6/19/2014
- Digital Spy
When you think of Disney films, you usually think of the amazing songs, lovable heroes and heartwarming romantic tales.
But no Disney classic would be complete without an incredible villain to scare the bejeezus out of your inner 5-year-old.
In tribute to the release of Disney's Maleficent, we've picked out our favourite Disney villains of all time.
Lotso from Toy Story 3 (Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor)
He may have been pink and smelled like strawberries, but there was nothing even slightly cuddly about Lotso. The villains in the previous Toy Story movies were pretty nasty - Sid, Al McWhiggin, Stinky Pete - but Lotso wins the prize for being the most dastardly of the lot. And don't even get us started on his scary baby sidekick!
His worst crime? Even after he is saved by our gang of plastic heroes, who are willing to forget his Sunnyside misdemeanours, he still turns on them again.
But no Disney classic would be complete without an incredible villain to scare the bejeezus out of your inner 5-year-old.
In tribute to the release of Disney's Maleficent, we've picked out our favourite Disney villains of all time.
Lotso from Toy Story 3 (Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor)
He may have been pink and smelled like strawberries, but there was nothing even slightly cuddly about Lotso. The villains in the previous Toy Story movies were pretty nasty - Sid, Al McWhiggin, Stinky Pete - but Lotso wins the prize for being the most dastardly of the lot. And don't even get us started on his scary baby sidekick!
His worst crime? Even after he is saved by our gang of plastic heroes, who are willing to forget his Sunnyside misdemeanours, he still turns on them again.
- 5/29/2014
- Digital Spy
One of the great things about this year's Oscars lineup is the fact that the Best Picture category is packed with excellent films crossing a diverse range of genres. Since the introduction of an expanded field there have been a few questionable inclusions (see: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Blind Side), but in 2014 it's fair to say there isn't a duffer in the bunch.
So competitive is the race for the coveted Best Picture Academy Award this year, it's even sparked some heated debate among Digital Spy staff as to which film is most deserving of the prize. With one person's ideal Best Picture winner totally different to another, we decided to throw them all together to make an argument for personal favourites...
Oscars 2014 poll: Who do you want to win?
The Wolf of Wall Street - Ben Lee, Entertainment Reporter
I'm not usually a fan of Martin Scorsese movies.
So competitive is the race for the coveted Best Picture Academy Award this year, it's even sparked some heated debate among Digital Spy staff as to which film is most deserving of the prize. With one person's ideal Best Picture winner totally different to another, we decided to throw them all together to make an argument for personal favourites...
Oscars 2014 poll: Who do you want to win?
The Wolf of Wall Street - Ben Lee, Entertainment Reporter
I'm not usually a fan of Martin Scorsese movies.
- 2/22/2014
- Digital Spy
My earliest memory? Giving my sister 'Smarties' that I knew were pills
Stephen Dillane, 57, grew up in London. He studied at Exeter University, then joined the Croydon Advertiser but left to enrol at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In the early 1990s, his performance in the National Theatre's Angels In America and his Hamlet for the Peter Hall Company attracted critical acclaim. In 2000, he won a Tony award for his role in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. His films include Welcome To Sarajevo (1997) and The Hours (2002). Since 2012, he has played Stannis Baratheon in TV's Game Of Thrones, and he starred in the Sky Atlantic thriller The Tunnel, which is out on DVD. He has two sons with the actor Naomi Wirthner.
When were you happiest?
Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.
What is your earliest memory?
Giving my sister "Smarties" that I knew were pills.
Which...
Stephen Dillane, 57, grew up in London. He studied at Exeter University, then joined the Croydon Advertiser but left to enrol at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In the early 1990s, his performance in the National Theatre's Angels In America and his Hamlet for the Peter Hall Company attracted critical acclaim. In 2000, he won a Tony award for his role in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. His films include Welcome To Sarajevo (1997) and The Hours (2002). Since 2012, he has played Stannis Baratheon in TV's Game Of Thrones, and he starred in the Sky Atlantic thriller The Tunnel, which is out on DVD. He has two sons with the actor Naomi Wirthner.
When were you happiest?
Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.
What is your earliest memory?
Giving my sister "Smarties" that I knew were pills.
Which...
- 1/18/2014
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
The Field of Blood returned for a new series with over 3 million viewers on Thursday (August 8), overnight data reveals.
The David Morrissey two-parter opened with 3.36m (16.6%) at 9pm on BBC One. This is around 800,000 more than its previous peak in 2011 for its first run.
Earlier, Celebrity MasterChef rose slightly from Wednesday's episode with 3.91m (19.5%) at 8pm, topping the night outside of soaps.
On BBC Two, Dara O'Briain's Science Club attracted 1.35m (6.7%) at 8pm, followed by The Men Who Made Us Thin with 1.34m (6.6%) at 9pm. Rhod Gilbert's new series Work Experience amused 1.05m (5.9%) at 10pm.
ITV's Married to the Job continued with 2.44m (12.3%) at 8.30pm, while new documentary Fraud Squad opened with 2.42m (12.0%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, The Dealership dropped to 795k (4.0%) at 8pm (123k/0.6% on +1). How To Get a Council House appealed to 1.46m (7.2%) at 9pm (327k/2.0%). Legally High interested 547k (3.4%) at 10pm (119k/1.4%).
Channel 5's...
The David Morrissey two-parter opened with 3.36m (16.6%) at 9pm on BBC One. This is around 800,000 more than its previous peak in 2011 for its first run.
Earlier, Celebrity MasterChef rose slightly from Wednesday's episode with 3.91m (19.5%) at 8pm, topping the night outside of soaps.
On BBC Two, Dara O'Briain's Science Club attracted 1.35m (6.7%) at 8pm, followed by The Men Who Made Us Thin with 1.34m (6.6%) at 9pm. Rhod Gilbert's new series Work Experience amused 1.05m (5.9%) at 10pm.
ITV's Married to the Job continued with 2.44m (12.3%) at 8.30pm, while new documentary Fraud Squad opened with 2.42m (12.0%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, The Dealership dropped to 795k (4.0%) at 8pm (123k/0.6% on +1). How To Get a Council House appealed to 1.46m (7.2%) at 9pm (327k/2.0%). Legally High interested 547k (3.4%) at 10pm (119k/1.4%).
Channel 5's...
- 8/9/2013
- Digital Spy
Girls proffered up another “bottle episode” last night. This time — instead of a Greenpoint brownstone— Hannah ends up in a bucolic farmhouse upstate. In the meantime, we learn all about Jessa’s sad home life, her irresponsible parents, and why “friend cushion” is not to be listed under Relevant Work Experience on Hannah’s résumé. Housekeeping for Hippies“We’re not in New York City, there is no third rail,” Jessa tells Hannah. If only she were right. Our resident bohemian forgets, of course, the third rail running through every adult woman’s life — daddy! She’s not wrong, however, about slacker laws regarding public urination in a land better known for grassy knolls than curbside medians. (As to her vampire-y take on vaginal care, I can’t say — I will, however, take the liberty of pointing out the portrait Jemima painted of Lena when the subject’s vagina was being ravaged by a Uti.
- 2/25/2013
- by Kaitlin Phillips
- Vulture
Following four sell-out UK tours and two best-selling DVDs, multi award-winning comedian Rhod Gilbert returns with third live DVD, Rhod Gilbert: The Man With the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo.
Rhod’s stand-up rants on life’s minor irritations are legendary, but this year, he’s a more mellow fellow altogether. After a course of anger management therapy, he’s now so laid-back he even let someone tattoo a Battenberg on him. In this brand new show Rhod recounts the hilarious and turbulent lead-up to a make-or-break trip to New York with his on-off girlfriend, taking in rants about supermarket packaging, train management, product placement and poor customer service…
Rhod Gilbert has always been know as an angry, ranting comedian whose stage shows are frenetic and fast-paced and whilst his protestations that his time in anger management has mellowed him, you couldn’t tell from this new stand-up show. Essentially a...
Rhod’s stand-up rants on life’s minor irritations are legendary, but this year, he’s a more mellow fellow altogether. After a course of anger management therapy, he’s now so laid-back he even let someone tattoo a Battenberg on him. In this brand new show Rhod recounts the hilarious and turbulent lead-up to a make-or-break trip to New York with his on-off girlfriend, taking in rants about supermarket packaging, train management, product placement and poor customer service…
Rhod Gilbert has always been know as an angry, ranting comedian whose stage shows are frenetic and fast-paced and whilst his protestations that his time in anger management has mellowed him, you couldn’t tell from this new stand-up show. Essentially a...
- 11/15/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Entering the competition
1. Entry into the Intergenerational Foundation ("If") Film Competition 2012 (the "competition") is subject to acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2. The competition is open to UK residents aged between 16 and 30 (on or before the closing date of Wednesday 27 March 2013). Subject to the foregoing, there are three categories of entrant to the competition:
2.1 Those aged between 19 and 30 making a submission for the documentary category;
2.2 Those aged between 19 and 30 making a submission for the drama category; (together the "Under-31s") and
2.3 Those aged between 16 and 18 (the "16 to 18s").
3. The 16 to 18s will enter via a separate entry stream and shall not be eligible for the work experience prizes.
4. The competition is not open to employees of If or their family members, employees or agencies of Guardian News & Media Ltd ("Gnm") or partners, Gnm's or its partners' group companies or their family members, employees of Nus or their family members or...
1. Entry into the Intergenerational Foundation ("If") Film Competition 2012 (the "competition") is subject to acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2. The competition is open to UK residents aged between 16 and 30 (on or before the closing date of Wednesday 27 March 2013). Subject to the foregoing, there are three categories of entrant to the competition:
2.1 Those aged between 19 and 30 making a submission for the documentary category;
2.2 Those aged between 19 and 30 making a submission for the drama category; (together the "Under-31s") and
2.3 Those aged between 16 and 18 (the "16 to 18s").
3. The 16 to 18s will enter via a separate entry stream and shall not be eligible for the work experience prizes.
4. The competition is not open to employees of If or their family members, employees or agencies of Guardian News & Media Ltd ("Gnm") or partners, Gnm's or its partners' group companies or their family members, employees of Nus or their family members or...
- 11/14/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Following several sell-out UK tours, and two best-selling DVDs, multi award-winning stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert returns with his eagerly awaited new Live DVD. Pre-order it now from Here.
We have three copies of the DVD to give away to our readers.
Rhod’s rants on life’s minor irritations are legendary, but this year, thanks to a life-changing Battenberg tattoo, and following a successful course of anger-management he’s claiming to be a more mellow fellow altogether.
In this brand new show, Rhod recounts the hilarious and turbulent lead-up to a make-or-break trip to New York with his on-off girlfriend. But has Rhod really changed? Will the new, supposedly chilled-out Rhod get his girl and live happily ever after, or will it be microwaved baked potato for one again? Could it be the Mr Angry of comedy as you’ve never seen him before?
With a nation-wide tour extended due to popular demand,...
We have three copies of the DVD to give away to our readers.
Rhod’s rants on life’s minor irritations are legendary, but this year, thanks to a life-changing Battenberg tattoo, and following a successful course of anger-management he’s claiming to be a more mellow fellow altogether.
In this brand new show, Rhod recounts the hilarious and turbulent lead-up to a make-or-break trip to New York with his on-off girlfriend. But has Rhod really changed? Will the new, supposedly chilled-out Rhod get his girl and live happily ever after, or will it be microwaved baked potato for one again? Could it be the Mr Angry of comedy as you’ve never seen him before?
With a nation-wide tour extended due to popular demand,...
- 11/13/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
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