Film 2011 with Claudia Winkleman - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return for a new series of Film 2011, presenting all the latest film reviews, news and interviews. Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell team up for Conviction, a true life story of a man wrongly convicted of murder. Michel Gondry directs superhero caper The Green Hornet and Minnie Driver reveals her favourite movies in the Film 2011 Questionnaire.
Episode 2
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh discuss and review this week's big movie releases. Harrison Ford and Diana Keaton team up for comedy Morning Glory and Natalie Portman reveals her dark side in Black Swan.
Episode 3
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the week's releases. Javier Bardem stars in Biutiful, the new film from Babel director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Disney give Rapunzel a make over in Tangled 3D, and Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for Hereafter, written by Peter Morgan and starring Matt Damon.
Episode 4
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the week's releases. Rowan Joffe's much-anticipated remake of Brighton Rock arrives in cinemas this week alongside The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams. Plus Claudia and Danny review Nicole Kidman's performance as a grieving mother in her new film Rabbit Hole.
Episode 5
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the week's releases. Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in the big-screen version of Never Let Me Go, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro; the Coen Brothers release their remake of True Grit, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin; and on-screen buddies Simon Pegg and Nick Frost team up once more in Paul, a comedy about a pair of British comic book geeks travelling across America.
Episode 6
Film 2011 hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh discuss some of the latest movie releases. Inside Job is a fascinating documentary about the financial crisis and is narrated by Matt Damon. Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher team up for No Strings Attached, a romantic comedy with no commitments. Plus Antonia Quirke reports on classic movie couples who have shared their true love both on and off screen.
Episode 7
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by studio guests to discuss the 2011 Academy Award nominations, as well as reviewing some of the latest movie releases.
Sir Anthony Hopkins stars in The Rite, a supernatural thriller set in the world of exorcisms. Animal Kingdom tells the story of a 17-year-old who is facing up to the criminal activities of his extended family, and Claudia and Danny take a look at West Is West, the much-anticipated sequel to the 1999 hit comedy East Is East.
Episode 8
Film 2011 hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review all the latest movie releases. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt team up in new thriller The Adjustment Bureau, where mysterious forces have a big part to play in their romance.
And director Julie Taymor gives Shakespeare's The Tempest a whole new spin, when Dame Helen Mirren takes centre stage as Prospera.
Episode 9
Sean Penn and Naomi Watts team up for Fair Game, a political thriller based on a real life story. Tinsel Town is under siege in Battle LA, an action thilller about a global offensive initiated by unknown extraterrestrial forces. And the Farrelly Brothers return with Hall Pass, where the rules of marital fidelity are pushed to the outer limits.
Episode 10
Gemma Jones leads an all-star cast in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, the latest film from Woody Allen to be set in London. Route Irish is a revenge thriller from veteran director Ken Loach. And Submarine is directed by The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade, and stars Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins.
Episode 11
Film 2011 returns with host Claudia Winkleman and co-host Danny Leigh. In this opening episode, they review Steven Soderbergh's much-anticipated new film Contagion; Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin; and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.
Episode 12
In this episode, Claudia and Danny review George Clooney's latest film, The Ides Of March; Justin Timberlake's sci-fi spectacular, In Time; and Anonymous, the film that asks 'Was Shakespeare a fraud?'.
Episode 13
In this episode, Claudia and Danny review the long-awaited remake of Straw Dogs, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, The Future and Weekend.
Episode 14
In this episode, Claudia and Danny review The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp; British ghost story The Awakening; and the latest big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Plus guest Grace Dent joins Claudia and Danny to review new documentaries Tabloid and The British Guide to Showing Off.
Episode 15
In this episode, they review Breaking Dawn, the latest from the Twilight saga. Plus Australian thriller Snowtown and Nicolas Cage in Justice. Plus we celebrate the show's 40th anniversary and take a trip down memory lane with past presenters Jonathan Ross and Barry Norman.
Episode 16
Film news, reviews and interviews with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh.
They review Brad Pitt getting sporty in Moneyball, Rachel Weisz going back to the forties in The Deep Blue Sea and Michelle Williams finding her inner diva in My Week With Marilyn. Plus Chris Hewitt counts down his top five sports films.
Episode 17
The programme features a review of sci-fi remake The Thing, and Robin Williams is back on the dance floor in Happy Feet Two. Plus, Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of The King's Speech, answers the Film 2011 Questionnaire.
Episode 18
The programme features a review of New Year's Eve, a romantic comedy with an all-star cast; science fiction goes art-house in Another Earth; and Antonio Banderas unsheathes his sword for Puss in Boots 3D. Plus Terry Gilliam talks about the making of his masterpiece Brazil.
Episode 19
The programme features a review of David Fincher's highly anticipated adaptation of bestselling Swedish novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Claudia and Danny also cast a critical eye over Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the fourth film in the Mission Impossible franchise. Plus, a look ahead to some of the films due to be released in early 2012.
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