TV Guide: Online Video Guide Mike Leigh

'Blindside' Get Her Way

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) gives Big Mike (Quinton Aaron) a ride.

The Blind Side: Big Mike

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) pulls over to talk to Michael (Quinton Aaron) a finds out he does not have a place to stay.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: Poppy is a London schoolteacher whose relentlessly cheery attitude towards life complicates her life tremendously - is she nutty, or crazy like a fox? Full of oddball touches, an award-winning comedy from director Mike Leigh.

Happy-Go-Lucky: Celebrate Chaos

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

As released by Cinematical: Happy-Go-Lucky, the newest film by director Mike Leigh, has been getting high praise at the Telluride Film Festival for Sally Hawkins' performance as Poppy, a primary school teacher with an optimistic nature. In this clip (see below), Poppy is taking a driving lesson from Scott (Eddie Marsan), a tightly wound driving instructor who's Poppy's polar opposite.

Happy-Go-Lucky: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The domestic trailer for Happy-Go-Lucky. Just how hard is it to be happy? In the effervescent new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh ( Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies ), Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters, offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming exploration of one of the most mysterious and often the most elusive of all human qualities: happiness. Poppy?s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen. However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be her nemesis ? a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class, not to

Happy-Go-Lucky

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This is the theatrical trailer for Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh, delivers the delightfully fresh and cheerful comedy Happy-Go-Lucky. Free-spirited and effervescent, Poppy is a school teacher whose unstoppable optimism guides her life.

Award Season: Oscars 2009 Mike Leigh

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hollywood glamour comes alive at the 2009 Academy Awards red carpet! TV Guide Network's Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone interview six-time nominee Mike Leigh for Best Original Screenplay for the film HAPPY-GO-LUCKY!

Oscars 2009 Mike Leigh

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

'Happy Go Lucky' Trailer No. 1: 'Happy Go Lucky' - Clip No. 1

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh's seriocomedy concerning an eternally optimistic teacher living and working in North London. Thirty-year-old teacher Poppy (Hawkins) always has a smile on her face, and does her best to brighten the days of those around her by making small talk and cracking jokes. For the past ten years, Poppy has lived with her best friend, Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), a fellow teacher whose wry outlook on life serves as the perfect counterbalance to Poppy's effervescent charm. One day, Poppy decides that it's time to take driving lessons and enrolls in the Axle School of Motoring. Almost instantly, Poppy and her stressed-out instructor, Scott (Eddie Marsan), clash. Still, it seems that there's more to this relationship than surface appearances would suggest. After accompanying her colleague Heather (Sylvestra Le Touzel) to a dance class taught by a particularly passionate instructor (Karina Fernandaz), Poppy connects with kindly school social worke

'Happy Go Lucky' Trailer No. 1: 'Happy Go Lucky' - Trailer No. 1

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Movie Trailers: Happy-Go-Lucky

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Movies: 'Happy-Go-Lucky' Clip: "My Space"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh's ("Vera Drake") lighthearted comedy about an eternally optimistic teacher (Hawkins) living and working in North London who becomes entangled in a love triangle.

Movies: 'Happy-Go-Lucky' Clip: "What Brings You Here?"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Movies: 'Happy-Go-Lucky' Clip: "High Heels"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Movies: 'Happy-Go-Lucky' Clip: "Celebrate Chaos"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Happy Go Lucky

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Just how hard is it to be happy? In the effervescent new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh ( Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies ), Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters, offering us a touching, truthful and deeply life-affirming exploration of one of the most mysterious and often the most elusive of all human qualities: happiness. Poppy s ability to maintain her perspective is tested as the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen. However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be her nemesis a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class, not to mention that she has also thrown out her

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Human Heart

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A group of students take a field trip to the hospital and are shown a human heart from a recently deceased person.

Vera Drake Trailer: Vera Drake - Trailer

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Written and directed by Academy Award-nominee Mike Leigh and set in England during the 1950s, this movie revolves around Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton), whose unrelenting dedication to her family is well known throughout her blue-collar town. However, there are more people than her rapidly aging mother and ill neighbor who depend on Vera's care. Though abortion was illegal and, of course, widely frowned upon in the '50s, Vera sees women going through unwanted pregnancies the same as she would anyone else -- human beings deserving of treatment. With this in mind, she regularly induces miscarriages for those who need them, and her patients are consistently grateful for her gentleness and understanding. Unfortunately for Vera, the law doesn't see her as aiding those in need; they interpret the abortions as murder, as do most of the other people in her life. When Vera's activities are revealed, her family life and relationships with those around her -- including the ones she helped nurse bac