Truth Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters by Susan Batson, NicoleKidman Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2013 by Webster\Stone ISBN-13: 978-0-615-90490-0, ISBN: 0-615-90490-4
"Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet . . . now Batson. In TRUTH, the most sought after acting guru in Hollywood and on Broadway distills her half century's experience as an actor, director, teacher, and personal coach into a step by step process for creating a character from first read-through to final performance. Debunking a century's worth of myths about "method acting," Batson identifies the unifying for ..."
"Filmed in the widescreen splendor of "Panavision Super 70" and blessed with the finest production values that Hollywood clout can buy, this tale of spunky Irish immigrants forgot one crucial ingredient: a decent screenplay. The film is entertaining enough, and director Ron Howard brings his technical proficiency to the simple plot, culminating in a dynamic, breathtaking depiction of the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. But the movie is reall ..."
Truth(1st Edition) Personas, Needs, and Flaws in The Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters by Susan Batson, NicoleKidman Hardcover, 301 Pages, Published 2007 by Rugged Land ISBN-13: 978-1-59071-053-1, ISBN: 1-59071-053-3
"Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet...now Batson. Like all great performers, Nicole Kidman approached her role in The Hours as a creative collaboration. Kidman knew that portraying Virginia Woolf on screen required a truth that she as the actor and Woolf as the character shared. Enter acting "alchemist" and "technician of the spirit" (The New Yorker) Susan Batson. Batson's process gave Kidman the to ..."
"Als eine von vielen alten Fernsehserien, die neu aufgelegt und zu zeitgemäßem Hollywood-Produkt umfunktioniert werden, versucht Verliebt in eine Hexe schwer, sich von anderen zu unterscheiden. Dies gelingt auch auf mancherlei überraschende Art und Weise – was auch an den Stars Nicole Kidman und Will Ferrell liegt. Selbst wenn die beiden nicht jene Art von romantischer Chemie aufbauen können, die den ohnehin hohen Anspruch noch anhebt, w ..."
"In THE STEPFORD WIVES, Walter (Broderick) and Joanna (Kidman) Eberhart are the newest residents in a suburban neighborhood in Stepford. Seeing that the women she surrounds herself with all seem to be cut from the same mold, and are seemingly incapable of thinking for themselves, Joanna begins to think something suspicious is going on in Stepford. Upon realizing that her friends have been replaced by robots and that she's next on the li ..."
"In THE STEPFORD WIVES, Walter (Broderick) and Joanna (Kidman) Eberhart are the newest residents in a suburban neighborhood in Stepford. Seeing that the women she surrounds herself with all seem to be cut from the same mold, and are seemingly incapable of thinking for themselves, Joanna begins to think something suspicious is going on in Stepford. Upon realizing that her friends have been replaced by robots and that she's next on the li ..."
"In the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As the body count rises, familiar suspects begin to emerge. Meg Ryan is dynamite in the most explosive ..."
To the Lighthouse (Classic Collection (Brilliance Audio)) by Virginia Woolf, NicoleKidman Cd, Published 2014 by Brilliance Corp Audiobook, Mp3 Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-4805-6019-2, ISBN: 1-4805-6019-7
""To the Lighthouse" is Virginia Woolf s arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s. Nicole Kidman ("Moulin Rouge," "Eyes Wide Shut"), who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Hours," brings the impressionistic prose of this classic to vibrant life. Split into th ..."
"GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD WINNER - Best Charity Cookbook in the Unites States!; We all have a favorite childhood food that immediately conjures up carefree afternoons, endless days, and feelings of melt-in-your-mouth pleasure and comfort. Is yours buttered cinnamon toast? Your mama s potato salad? After-school English muffin pizzas? Now, Nick Katsoris, author of the acclaimed and award-winning children's book series featuring Loukou ..."
"Als Tim Burton und Michael Keaton ankündigten, sie hätten genug vom Batman-Rummel, sprang kurzerhand Joel Schumacher als Regisseur ein (mit Burton als Co-Produzenten) und lieferte als Ergebnis diese Action-geladene, aufwendige Produktion mit Val Kilmer in der Rolle des dunklen Ritters. Batman muss gegen zwei der schillerndsten Verbrecher von Gotham City antreten, den Riddler (eine maßgeschneiderte Rolle für Komiker Jim Carrey) sowie den ..."
"Birth (DVD)Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman stars as a delicate young widow who is on the verge of a new life when a solemn little boy appears, claiming to be the reincarnation of her dead husband. Could this child truly be her husband, returned to her? Can she refuse the chance to again experience the love she still feels for him? Ten years after the sudden death of her husband (Michael Desautels), Anna (Nicole Kidman) is finally re ..."
"Although one of them happens to be a witch, Darrin and Samantha Stephens are a typically adorable, normal 1960s sitcom couple--and so while Elizabeth Montgomery may be the star of Bewitched, it's the supporting players who tend to steal the shows. Samantha's cousin Serena (played beguilingly by Montgomery) sneaks into two episodes in this collection, even mischievously taking Samantha's place on a second honeymoon. The Stephens's nosy n ..."
"Two students partake in a highly competitive simulated war game designed to test athletic prowess and intellectual superiority. The game becomes reality when their instructor takes his obsession to new levels."
"Déjà réalisateur du réussi Billy Elliot, le Britannique Stephen Daldry signe tout simplement, avec sa première production américaine, un chef-d’œuvre. Le film se déroule au cours de trois époques et suit trois histoires de femmes. Au début des années 20, Virginia Woolf écrit Mrs Dalloway. Vingt ans plus tard, Laura Brown lit Virginia Woolf. De nos jours, Clarissa Vaughan soutient un ami poète, atteint du sida, qui la surnomme Mrs Dallow ..."
"An all-star cast remakes the 1975 socio-political horror flick, The Stepford Wives. After being fired as president of a television network, Joanna (Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge) has a nervous breakdown, prompting her husband Walter (Matthew Broderick, Election) to take her to a simple Connecticut town called Stepford to recuperate. But Stepford is a little strange: The schlubby husbands congregate at a closed-doors men's club, while the ..."
"The Last CastleThe Last Castle rides high on a wave of American patriotism, respectful of military service and protocol, and primed to ignite anyone's passion for justice against corrupted ideals. This intense prison drama begins when a court-martialed three-star general (Robert Redford) is sentenced to military prison for defying a presidential command. The prison's warden (James Gandolfini) is a jealous martinet who's never seen comba ..."
"The second part of a projected trilogy by Australian director John Duigan (the preceding film was The Year My Voice Broke), Flirting is a wonderful tale of misfit adolescents who find their independence through a forbidden, interracial relationship. Noah Taylor returns to Duigan's ongoing story as Danny, a gangly stutterer with a wry wit, few friends, and a big crush on Thandiwe (Thandie Newton), a Ugandan student whose father is ..."
"It was inevitable that Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut would be the most misunderstood film of 1999. Kubrick died four months prior to its release, and there was no end to speculation how much he would have tinkered with the picture, changed it, "fixed" it. We'll never know. But even without the haunting enigma of the director's death--and its eerie echo/anticipation in the scene when Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) visits the deathbed o ..."