Melissa McCarthy rises to the occasion in Paul Feig’s transgressively feminist Spy movie comedy. Also in cast: Jason Statham and Miranda Hart.
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‘The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes: Wes Anderson’s most memorable character. ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’: Wes Anderson thrillingly expands his ‘thematic and visual palettes’ The mid-career winning streak of…
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Gabriel Garko will play Rudolph Valentino (a.k.a. Rodolfo Valentino in places like Italy and Brazil) in a two-part Italian TV movie. To be directed by Alessio Inturri for Mediaset, the…
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MI4 Ghost Protocol with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. Even though there’s no chance Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol a.k.a. MI4 will reach the (inflation-adjusted) domestic box office heights of…
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Kare Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson. Kare Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson, the stars of Tomas Alfredson’s vampire drama Let the Right One In, arrive for the Jameson Empire Film Awards held…
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Farrah Fawcett vs. ‘National Enquirer’ & UCLA Medical Center Unprofessionalism + Sally Potter ‘Rage’
In the Los Angeles Times and at ProPublica, Charles Ornstein’s article “Farrah Fawcett: ‘Under a microscope’ and holding onto hope” describes Farrah Fawcett’s fight not only against cancer, but also…
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British cinema is back in full force at the 2007 Venice Film Festival According to press reports, among the favorites to win the several Venice 2007 Lions tomorrow are: Best…
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Brad Silberling’s handsomely mounted fantasy adventure Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is a Jim Carrey mugfest. But Meryl Streep is wasted.
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Julia Roberts delivers the most effective performance in Mike Nichols’ 2004 movie Closer, a lesser cinematic study of off-kilter heterosexual relationships.
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The all-star ‘existential’ David O. Russell satire I Heart Huckabees is all but unwatchable; its notable moments actually took place behind the scenes.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with Noomi Rapace and Robert Downey Jr. Guy Ritchie’s special-effects-laden thriller Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows stars Robert Downey Jr. as a witticism-spewing…
Jude Law, Marisa Tomei and Susan Sarandon are the highlights in Charles Shyer’s deeply flawed yet moderately entertaining Alfie 2004.
Gaping narrative issues hinder Sam Mendes’ gangster noir Road to Perdition, otherwise a great showcase for stars Tom Hanks and Paul Newman.