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Melissa Leo

July 2018

  • Denzel Washington<br>This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Denzel Washington in a scene from “Equalizer 2.” (Glen Wilson/Sony, Columbia Pictures via AP)

    The Equalizer 2 review – Denzel Washington can't save dull sequel

    An uninteresting follow-up to the 80s TV reboot wastes a star turn from the Oscar-winning actor on a plot that reads like middle-aged male fantasy

May 2018

  • Composite: Meryl Streep and Cher who plays her mother in the film Mamma Mia Here We Go Again

    Cher is Meryl Streep's mum – and five more age-impossible casting choices

    There are just three years between the two stars of Mamma Mia 2, yet one apparently gave birth to the other. Cinema has a proud history of credulity-challenging families

October 2017

  • Melissa Leo: ‘I’ve always been a small breasted, red-headed woman with little eyes.’

    Melissa Leo: 'Things we would call abuse on set? Happens all the time'

    The Oscar-winning star of The Fighter talks about the difficulty of working with female directors, why she decides not to read the news and jealousy in Hollywood

March 2017

  • Most Hated Woman In America

    First look review
    The Most Hated Woman in America review – Melissa Leo lifts messy biopic

    A gripping performance from the Oscar-winner isn’t enough to save a tonally awkward take on the true story of a woman taking on religion in 50s America

September 2016

  • ‘Virtually every directorial choice is aimed at making Snowden’s life seem more conventional and it results in most scenes feeling like lifeless constructs’ ... Melissa Leo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Wilkinson and Zachary Quinto in Snowden.

    First look review
    Snowden review: Oliver Stone turns true thrills into dated Hollywood fodder

    The director’s dramatic retelling of the NSA whistleblower’s rise to infamy boasts a strong central performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt but its attempts to pander to a multiplex crowd are misjudged

April 2016

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s new thriller.

    Full trailer for Oliver Stone's controversial Snowden thriller arrives

    The delayed drama stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden with support from Nicolas Cage, Shailene Woodley and Tom Wilkinson

January 2016

  • The big win ... Christian Bale in The Big Short, which is now the frontrunner for best picture.

    The Big Short is new Oscars frontrunner after PGA top award

    Star-studded financial comedy-drama was the surprise winner at the Producers Guild of America awards, a strong indicator of Academy success

November 2015

  • Melissa Leo

    Film blog
    Old habits Die Hard: why Hollywood still loves self-promoting print ads

    An ambitious screenwriter’s admirable attempt to get his Die Hard sequel some attention is just the latest in a long line of extraordinary self-funded one-pagers run in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter

September 2015

  • Half way there? ... Ryan Gosling aiming for Oscar success in The Big Short.

    Watch Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling in trailer for Oscar-tipped The Big Short

    Steve Carell and Christian Bale also star in the true story of those who profited from the housing crash of 2008

March 2015

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden

    First look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone drama

    Get a first look at the Looper star as the NSA whistleblower in the Oscar-buzzed biopic

February 2015

  • Edward Snowden Citizenfour Laura Poitras

    Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden film set for Christmas release

    Filming begins in Munich on movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as NSA whistleblower as Snowden documentary Citizenfour is favourite to win Oscar

September 2013

  • Prisoners – review

    A chilling atmosphere and big ideas compensate for a lack of credibility in this child-abduction thriller, writes Mark Kermode

May 2013

  • The Butler trailer: Oprah Winfrey in the White House

    Winfrey cast as the wife of the butler (played by Forest Whitaker) who attended presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan

November 2011

  • Still from Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys – review

    A well-intentioned drama about a married couple traumatised by their daughter's death that looks a little TV-drama-ish, says Peter Bradshaw

October 2011

  • red state john goodman

    Red State – review

    Kevin Smith turns his gaze to a fictional Protestant cult in this crude, angry comedy, writes Philip French

September 2011

  • John Goodman in Red State

    Red State – review

    Kevin Smith's horror movie about the US's religious right has some interesting satirical points to make, and it's his best for some time, says Peter Bradshaw

June 2011

  • 2010, THE FIGHTER

    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up

    Mark Wahlberg shines in The Fighter, and there's more smart casting in Brighton Rock, says Mark Kermode

April 2011

  • Melissa Leo as Alice Ward in The Fighter.

    Alice Ward, mother played by Melissa Leo in The Fighter, dies

    'We lost the leader of our family,' says ex-boxer Dicky Eklund after Ward died of cardiac arrest in Boston hospital

February 2011

  • Colin Firth with his best actor Oscar at the Academy Awards 2011.

    Oscars 2011: The Academy and the elderly genuflect to The King's Speech

  • Oscars 2011: Kirk Douglas and Melissa Leo

    Oscars 2011: all the winners – in pictures

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