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Kathryn Bigelow - news / articles


  • Cameron: 'Don't blame Bigelow for producer's mistake' - 9 March 2010
    -James Cameron is glad Oscar bosses didn't penalise Kathryn Bigelow's Academy Award-winning movie The Hurt Locker after one of the producers was caught campaigning for votes - calling the incident a "dumb mistake".- -Nicolas Chartier was left red-faced after he emailed c


  • Tarantino tips Bigelow for Oscar win - 20 February 2010
    -Quentin Tarantino is convinced Kathryn Bigelow will crush his dream of winning the Best Director title at next month's (Mar10) Academy Awards - he's tipped The Hurt Locker filmmaker to take the coveted Oscar.- -The director was previously nominated for the prestigious a


  • Bigelow wins again at London Film Critics' Circle Awards - 19 February 2010
    -The Hurt Locker filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has continued to dominate the film industry awards season - she was named Director Of The Year at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Thursday (18Feb10).- -Bigelow's war film is nominated for a host of trophies at next mon

Kathryn Bigelow - what members say


  • Strange Days
  • Strange Days review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 5.0 stars Highly enjoyable 10 May 2004
    ...The combined filmmaking efforts of James Cameron (screenplay) and his then wife Kathryn Bigelow ensure that this film is at least going to have a touch of class. But it has th...   Read customer review
  • Blue Steel
  • Blue Steel review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Steelly 13 February 2005
    ...ome the object of his affection after saving him in a supermarket shoot out. Kathryn Bigelow employs the same kind of slick cinematography we are used to from Point Break, ...   Read customer review
  • K-19: The Widowmaker
  • K-19: The Widowmaker review by from N.Ireland
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Secrets unfold as communism falls. 18 May 2004
    ... can placate the crew, but must decide where his own loyalties lie. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (BLUE STEEL, POINT BREAK), this thriller examines the Cold War from the Russian...   Read customer review

Kathryn Bigelow - filmography


  • The Hurt Locker on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Renner,  Anthony Mackie,  Brian Geraghty
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 97,348 members
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  • The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Brian Geraghty,  Evangeline Lilly,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tense and gritty war film from director Kathryn Bigelow, following the lives of an army bomb disposal squad in war-torn Iraq. Having to look death in the face daily, the soldiers of an elite ordnance disposal team struggle to accept their new sergeant, William James (Jeremy Renner), when he risks ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,823 members
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  • K-19: The Widowmaker on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It is 1961 and Captain Alexi Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) has just taken over command of the USSR's first nuclear submarine, K-19, from Captain Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), who has been demoted to executive officer after stating that the vessel was not yet ready. His fears are justified when various ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 8,172 members
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  • The Weight of the Water on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Joshua Lucas,  Katrin Cartlidge,  Sean Penn
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jean (Catherine McCormack) and Thomas (Sean Penn) attempt to rekindle their failing marriage on a sailing trip with Thomas' brother Rich and his girlfriend Adaline (Liz Hurley). However Jean becomes tortured by images of the past, her husband's betrayal and the grisly murder of two young girls, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,292 member
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  • Gang Related on DVD (1997)
    Starring: T.C. Carson,  Wendy Crewson,  James Belushi
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow,  Jim Kouf
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of corrupt police officers discover the hard way that crime really doesn't pay in this action drama. Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) are two New York undercover cops with serious money problems: Rodriguez owes a huge gambling debt, while Divinci wants to retire to Hawaii ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 768 members
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  • Strange Days on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Glenn Plummer,  Vincent D'Onofrio,  Richard Edson
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,959 members
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  • Point Break - Blu-ray (1991)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Lori Petty,  James LeGros
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Young FBI agent Utah (Keanu Reeves) must track down a four-man bank robbery team who wear masks depicting the features of ex-US Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Suspecting them to be surfers, the agent sets about infiltrating the surfing community, and becomes a little too close to the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 1,401 member
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  • Point Break on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Lori Petty,  BoJesse Christopher
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kathryn Bigelow's fourth action film follows FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a cache of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. Utah, a former football player, is assigned to Los Angeles. There, four bank robbers, who wear rubber masks and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 12,023 members
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  • Blue Steel on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis,  Ron Silver,  Clancy Brown
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie cop who witnesses a robbery in progress on her first night on the job. With her more experienced partner using the men's room, Megan decides to take action on her own. She creeps into the supermarket where a man (Tom Sizemore in a small role) is holding ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,395 member
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  • Near Dark on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Adrian Pasdar,  Jenny Wright,  Lance Hendriksen
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In Kathryn Bigelow's tale of vampires in the American Southwest, the creatures of the night aren't elegant, cloaked aristocrats. They're a gun-toting gang that dresses and acts like a motorcycle gang. Caleb (Adrian Pasdar), a restless young man from a small farm town, meets an alluring drifter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,285 members
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  • Near Dark - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Lance Henriksen,  Jenette Goldstein,  Neith Hunter
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A vampire movie with a western backdrop. Caleb is a farmboy living in the midwest of America. One Friday night he gets involved with Mae, one of a group of vampires who roams America in a Winnebago. Caleb has a week to make his first kill to become a fully fledged blood sucker.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 987 members
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Kathryn Bigelow facts

5 most recent films

Zero Dark Thirty - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Zero Dark Thirty - 3.5 stars
The Hurt Locker - 4.0 stars
The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
K-19: The Widowmaker - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Point Break - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hurt Locker - 4.0 stars
Point Break - 3.5 stars
Zero Dark Thirty - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Loveless - 3.0 stars
Zero Dark Thirty - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Weight of the Water - 2.5 stars
Blue Steel - 3.0 stars
Near Dark - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christian Camargo - 6 times - show films
Ralph Fiennes - 5 times - show films
Jessica Chastain - 4 times - show films
Harold Perrineau - 4 times - show films
Guy Pearce - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jim Kouf - 1 times - show films
Monty Montgomery - 1 times - show films