Ahead of the gala tonight, McDonagh told me how pleased he was that the darkly comic film seemed to be striking a chord. (deadline.com)
Anyone who has sat tearfully and joyfully through Charlie Chaplin's comic film masterpiece, City Lights, will immediately sense the profound relationship between these biblical themes and those of the tradition of comedy and clowning. (religion-online.org)
Matthew Vaughn's new film Kick - Ass (of which Empire has seen quite a bit; and it more than lives up to the title, by the way) may not be out for a while, but clearly he enjoyed the experience of working with Mark Millar, on whose comic the film is based - because he's about to do it again. (empireonline.com)