Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine) has just been cast in Laurence Olivier’s (Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet) latest film The Prince and the Showgirl. She arrives in Britain at the height of her popularity and everyone is smitten by her charms, especially Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne – Glorious 39), a film-loving intern looking to break into the film industry. The pressures of fame soon get to Marilyn who is working hard to be taken as a serious actress and finds a friend in the good-natured Colin. Could he be the timely distraction that Marilyn needs in her life?
Movies Hate You Too writes:
Another big week for Blu-ray with several Academy Award nominated films, three 3D movies, and a slew of catalog titles are being released including one of the most controversial films of all time being released via Criterion.
definitely will purchase blueray of the adventures of tintin. i dont know why this movie got snubbed in the academy for best animated movie? it was clearly the best.
Jeff of We Got This Covered wrote, "Most people remember her as the blonde bombshell from Billy Wilder‘s comedic masterpiece Some Like It Hot, while others will always remember her standing over a grate with her skirt being blown upwards in The Seven Year Itch. Either way, it’s impossible to forget the gorgeous Marilyn Monroe and her beautiful voice. Then and now, she was seen as one of the most important icons of her generation, capturing the attention of everyone, including a young man who documented his experiences with her in his memoirs, which are the basis for this film, My Week with Marilyn."
Williams is nothing short of heartbreaking, showing us Marilyn Monroe at breaking point – a walking wreck reliant on flattery, pills and the comfort of strangers. Not only that, but she also does a decent imitation of her singing voice, in fine recreations of ‘Heat Wave’ and ‘That Old Black Magic’. Boop-oopa- doop indeed.
