Sigourney Weaver

The Cold Light of Day

Clumsy, by-the-numbers action thriller starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver

12 Apr 2012

(12A) 93min Wall Street trader Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) is taking a break from his Stateside business worries to visit his family in Spain, despite terse relations with his father (Bruce Willis). Unfortunately, he barely has time to sip a sangria…

Shy actress Sigourney Weaver

Celebrity Gossip

3 Jan 2010

Sigourney Weaver was too shy for Hollywood. The 60-year-old actress - who stars as Dr. Grace Augustine in the new 3-D animated blockbuster 'Avatar' - still feels uncomfortable in the film industry but refuses to let her feelings get in the way of her…

You Again

2 Nov 2010

(U) 105min Wedding chaos comedies are a Hollywood staple and they get a middling reworking in Andy Fickman’s You Again, with just enough catfights and frocks to appeal to the 27 Dresses crowd. Back in 2002, poor high school loser Marni (Forgetting…

The Girl in the Park

5 Mar 2009

DRAMA It’s easy to see why this quiet little film about a missing child was overlooked for glitzy Angelina Jolie weepy The Changeling on its first release. As Julia Sandburg, whose toddler was snatched from a park 16 years earlier, Sigourney Weaver…

Top 5 screen mothers

In preparation for Mother's Day on Sun 18 Mar, we look at the definitive mamas on film

12 Mar 2012

Mama Fratelli played by Anne Ramsey in The Goonies A mother who leans towards the disciplinarian side, Mama Fratelli regularly lets her sons feel the back of her hand, but also helpfully drives getaway for them when they rob banks. And as for her…

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z to record space video

Music Gossip

12 Jan 2012

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z could record a music video in space. Music executives have reportedly been discussing the possibility of filming on one of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceships - due to launch later this year - and the couple are…

Glasgay! 2010 highlights

Glasgow festival celebrates LGBT relationships

22 Sep 2010

Panic Patterns Award winning Glasgow-based authors Zoé Strachan and Louise Welsh have collaborated on a gripping thriller in which two lovers witness sudden changes in bird migration patterns that herald impending disaster. The suspenseful exploration…

Sigourney Weaver to play stripper

Celebrity Gossip

21 Jan 2010

Sigourney Weaver is to play a stripper in her next film. The 'Avatar' star has revealed she is set to sign up for a top secret new project in which she will portray an exotic dancer dealing with getting older. Sigourney, 60, said: "There's a…

Shocked alien Sigourney Weaver

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11 Dec 2009

Sigourney Weaver was shocked when she saw herself as a blue alien in 'Avatar'. The Hollywood actress - who plays a scientist called Grace Augustine in the groundbreaking science fiction movie - was surprised by how lifelike her 3-D alien self looked…

Sigourney Weaver's beauty insecurity

Celebrity Gossip

29 Nov 2008

Sigourney Weaver has never been "babe material". The 59-year-old actress - who achieved cult sex symbol status with her performances in the 'Alien' movies - is convinced she has landed more interesting film roles because of her unconventional…

Alien War

27 Nov 2008

In 1979 Ridley Scott’s Alien quite literally burst into the public consciousness as the ultimate in sci-fi horror. In 1986 James Cameron upped the ante with the heart stopping action of sequel Aliens and even if David Fincher’s Alien3 (1992) wasn’t as…

Sigourney Weaver's mother pain

Celebrity Gossip

20 Jul 2008

Sigourney Weaver's mother used to call her "plain". The actress tried to seek reassurance from her mother about her unconventional looks when she was growing up, but was always left unhappy by the response. She said: "I had an English mother who…

Vantage Point

28 Feb 2008

Eight strangers try to unlock the truth behind an assassination attempt on the US president. After the assassination of President Ashton (William Hurt) on his way to an important summit in Spain, secret service agents Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and…

Be Kind Rewind

14 Feb 2008

COMEDY (12A) 100min Michel Gondry’s freewheeling satire on copyright law features a frustrated filmmaker Mike (Mos Def), who works in a VHS-only video store in an apartment block due for demolition. When his dad (Danny Glover) is out of town finding…

Happily N'Ever After

1 Aug 2007

Although its makers claim they conceived Happily N’Ever After long before that big green ogre Shrek took over the box office swamp, animation filmmakers Paul J Bolger and Yvette Kaplan’s procrastinations mean that this contemporary take on olde fairy…

Snow Cake

1 Sep 2006

An Englishman with a sorrowful past, Alex (Alan Rickman) is driving through rural Ontario when he’s involved in a car accident that kills his teenage hitchhiking passenger. Escaping unscathed he decides to visit the deceased girl’s mother to express his…