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guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009

Nowhere Boy

— guardian.co.uk — This tale of a young John Lennon, torn between his legendary mother and equally formidable aunt, is... an accomplished feature debut from Sam Taylor-Wood "A man who has been the indisputable favourite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a ... (more) Nowhere Boy

Jason London

Julia Roberts

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heyuguys.co.uk - 10/29/2009

BFI LFF Review: Nowhere Boy

— heyuguys.co.uk — Nowhere Boy marks the feature debut of director Sam Taylor-Wood, from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, who... wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed Ian Curtis biopic Control. The film, which closes the 53rd London Film Festival tonight, deals with the coming of age of John Lennon and the ... (more) BFI LFF Review: Nowhere Boy

Kristin Scott Thomas

Elizabeth Taylor

Elijah Wood

Aaron Eckhart

Anne Hathaway

Jason London

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atomicpopcorn.net - 29 days ago

Julia Roberts Moves “In The Neighborhood”

— atomicpopcorn.net — All has been quiet on the Julia Roberts front for quite some time now, which is unusual.... In fact, her brother Eric Roberts is the one who has resurfaced and is coming back into the limelight with films like Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables , largely due to his great role in The Dark ... (more) Julia Roberts Moves “In The Neighborhood”

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amazing collaboration of a director, script&actors, brillant debut movie 4 Sam Taylor Woods-Nowhere boy, http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/454 10/29/2009

can't wait to see to Nowhere Boy at the BFI tonight directed by Sam Taylor Wood http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/454 10/29/2009

RT @VisionandMedia : Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor Wood's film about Lennon (part funded by us) is closing the #LFF 29/10 @BFI http://ow.ly/uzLQ 10/15/2009

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Lennon as Girlyman
Hollywood Elsewhere — Lennon as Girlyman Sam Taylor Wood 's Nowhere Boy , which premieres tonight at the London Film Festival , is a marginally effective, vaguely muffled chick-flick account of John Lennon 's teenage years in Liverpool, circa 1956 to '60. I'm not calling it dull, exactly. "Somewhat underwhelming" is a fair way to put it. I respond best to films about transcendent, climb-out-of-it responses to problems rather than ones that mainly portray the muck and the grief of it all. And Nowhere Boy 's somewhat feminized, all-he-needs-is-love story just didn't turn me on. But before I get ...

LFF 2009: Nowhere Boy
FILMdetail — ... 2008 short film Love You More despite being “very well made”.) Maybe this is me being optimistic but if this is marketed well then I can see some very healthy box office ahead for Icon (the UK distributors) and The Weinstein Company (who have the US rights). After all it is a film about the adolescent pain which fuelled some of the most popular songs of the 20th century. Nowhere Boy closes the London Film Festival tonight and opens in the UK on December 26th ...