Lisa Schwarzbaum Articles

Robert Pattinson's REMEMBER ME & Critics: Part II Robert Pattinson himself (above, with director Allen Coulter) has earned mixed reviews for his performance as the rebellious Tyler Hawkins in the romantic melodrama Remember Me, Pattinson's first starring vehicle since he became the idol of millions of tweens — and not so tweens — the world over. Many reviewers compared his Tyler to James Dean's rebels [...]

Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian: "Heath Ledger takes a poignant final bow in Terry Gilliam's loopy, sweet-natured but madly self-indulgent fantasia The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, showing here at the Cannes film festival out of competition. Halfway through shooting, Ledger had made a desperately sad early exit, so the director ingeniously re-invented his character as a series of personae. Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny [...]