It's long been my goal to up the visibility of the craft of costume design here at The Film Experience. So when the W.E. team was making the press rounds, I jumped at the chance to talk with Arianne Phillips, who has long been a designer I admire both fo

On an autumn afternoon in New York's Central Park, hundreds of curious onlookers and paparazzi watched as two comely young actresses, Abbie Cornish and Andrea Riseborough, performed a scene on a park bench. When a rock band sound check across the park di

There’s a difference between beauty (God-given) and style (earned), and perhaps no one delineated it as clearly as Wallis Simpson. The twice-divorced American, who derailed a royal lineage by marrying Prince Edward, knew what she had and what she did not

She may play a woman who resorts to using an online dating agency to find a man in her latest movie, but that’s not a problem Reese Witherspoon has experienced. For the Legally Blonde star has been romatically involved with some of Hollywood’s most hands

Madonna takes a shot at movie direction entitled W.E. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The film tells the story of two fragile women, Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) and Wallis Simpson, who were separated for more than six decades. In 1998 a lonely

Shawn discovers a very little girl. Abbie Cornish is Wally Winthrop in W.E. The Secret World of Arrietty A- It's a sad commentary that the moronic and slapdash Alvin and the Chipmunks films rake in tens of millions of dollars at American multiplexes whil

Fifteen Vancouver Police members are under investigation for allegedly using work computers to send emails and surf websites containing inappropriate, offensive or pornographic images. Three things that are, or should be on Vancouver Canucks radar other

W.E. , Madonna's second go at directing a feature film, leaves one wishing she'd find other creative outlets for those times when she's bored with the pop-star life. What we have instead is an overwrought historical drama built around the storied romance

They split in 2008, but apparently Madonna stayed married to director Guy Ritchie just long enough to absorb his most grating cinematic instincts—shooting in every style, in an addled, shuffle-mode, falsely glamorizing way until all is chaos. And, astoni

Abbie Cornish is Wally Winthrop in W.E. Directed by Madonna. Written by Madonna, and Alek Keshishian. Starring: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy. Running time: 118 minutes. Rated R. Madonna's entire career has been about shiny surfaces,

Oscar Isaac, left, and Abbie Cornish appear in a scene from the film “W.E. ,” playing at the Landmark Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak. The question that needs to be asked about Madonna's "W.E." Not why would she set out to make a movie to satisfy he

You can hear KCBS Entertainment Editor Jan Wahl’s movie reviews on KCBS All News 740AM and 106.9FM Fridays at 8:53am & 4:53pm. (CBS SF) – Director and co-screenwriter Madonna weaves together two stories in W.E. ; the romantic tale of Edward VIII and Walli

Anthony Souza / The Weinstein Co. Edward VIII (James D'Arcy) and Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) in "W.E. ," co-written and directed by Madonna. W.E. Drama. Starring Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy, Oscar Isaac and Richard Coyle. Direc

Recommend this article to your friends. Release Date: February 3, 2012 (limited); February 10, 2012 (wider) Rating: R (for some domestic violence, nudity and language) Genre: Biopic, Romance, Drama Run Time: 119 min. Director: Madonna Actors: Abbie Corni

In the shallow, often deadly dull “W.E. ,” director/co-writer Madonna pays some sort of tribute to one of the most famous love stories of the 20th century. The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, a romantic tale in which a king gives up a throne to

The question that needs to be asked about Madonna's "W.E." Not why would the pop superstar set out to make a movie to satisfy her obsession with Wallis Simpson, a woman more famous and notorious in her day than Madonna is herself. But why would

Edward VIII (James D’Arcy) and Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) trip the light fantastic in Madonna’s “W.E.” (The Weinstein Co.) It’s easy to sniff at Madonna’s sham remix of the historical events that form the basis of “W.E. ,” a film that twins Walli

If "W.E." And perhaps you'll hum just loud enough to forget that the movie is otherwise weirdly incoherent, a vaguely cobbled-together mu

Anthony Souza / The Weinstein Co. (L-R) JAMES D'ARCY and ANDREA RISEBOROUGH star in W.E. As a director, Madonna has flair without ability, but she does have flair. For this reason, it might be possible to identify a scene as having been directed by Madon