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The Brothers Grimm

[2005, Movie]

The Brothers Grimm: Review

Here be monsters: Heath Ledger and Matt Damon

Swarms of flies, a pair of decapitated heads, entombed children and one very nasty gingerbread man — writer-director-fantasist Terry Gilliam's take on the Brothers Grimm isn't exactly kid-friendly, but then, neither are the gore-and-doom-laden versions of classic folk stories that made "Grimm" synonymous with "Fairy Tales." Gilliam simply uses the tropes of the tales themselves to construct a darkly whimsical spin on GHOSTBUSTERS (1984). Prussia, 1812: Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm... read more

The Brothers Grimm: TV Guide News

Heath Ledger: A Career Cut Short | A Beautiful Fraud | 1/23/2008
Not long before 3:35 pm on January 22, 2008, the short life and promising career of actor Heath Ledger came to a sudden, tragic end. It was around this time that Ledger's housekeeper and his masseuse discovered the body of the Australian-born actor in the bedroom of the Broome Street apartment he'd been renting in lower Manhattan. Ledger was not yet 29 years old.News of Ledger's death came as a terrible shock to nearly everyone, even though it now seems the low-key, Oscar-nominated actor had been privately battling his own demons for quite some time. His passing is the terrible surprise ending no one saw coming, an abrupt finale to a life and career that seemed to be all about the unexpected.Born and raised in Perth, Australia, and named after the darkly romantic anti-hero from Wuthering Heights (he has a sister named Katherine), Ledger left school at the age of 17 to pursue a career in acting. He eventually landed a role in Blackrock, a small independent feature about teen rape,... read more
Today's News: My Take | 8/29/2005
The 40-Year-Old Virgin saw enough action over the weekend to retain the No. 1 spot at the box office, screwing read more

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