The messing in her Tempest comes mainly in the form of a sex change: Helen Mirren stars here as Shakespeare’s sorcerer hero Prospero, now a sorceress heroine named Prospera. Its ...

Although it falls off precipitously, it’s better to have Julie Taymor’s The Tempest than not: The first half-hour is nearly as unfettered as Shakespeare’s language. Shooting on Hawaii’s Lanai, where ...

Check out these new photos from THE TEMPEST. Here’s another look at the awesome trailer. THE TEMPEST is Julie Taymor’s second big-screen Shakespeare film adaptation. TITUS ANDRONICUS was her first, ...

The Venice International Film Festival announced Monday morning that Julie Taymor’s The Tempest will close the fest, which runs September 1 through 11th. Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is the opener.

Quotes about The Tempest: [[Helen Mirren; made me think] I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females — ] being one of them — who : ...

VENICE (Reuters) - Helen Mirren stars in a new movie version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," but it comes with a twist as the Oscar-winning British actress takes on the male role of Prospero and ...