Sully (movie 2016) review: Tom Hanks personifies the ‘all-American hero’ as idealized by director Clint Eastwood in this drama that distorts real-life events. Laura Linney costars.
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Tina O’Grady, a member of the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s “cultural competency initiative” was scolded by her boss after co-workers complained about an e-mail she had forwarded promoting the…
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Freida Pinto + Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast truly = Oscars Precursor? Winners Meryl Streep + Kate Winslet while Producers Guild honors ‘foreigners.’
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Catherine Deneuve with Ludivine Sagnier, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert, Firmine Richard, Emmanuelle Béart in François Ozon’s off-kilter musical-comedy-drama-murder-mystery-lesbian-sex campfest 8 Women. The all-female cast shared best actress honors…
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The Rubby Slipper Mystery: The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Missing shiny shoes Via the ABC News blog The Blotter: Anna Schecter reports that the case of the missing ruby slippers…
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Breach (movie 2007) review: Ryan Phillippe and Chris Cooper deliver first-rate performances in Billy Ray’s mature spy thriller based on the FBI’s infamous Robert Hanssen case.
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Dysfunctional families: Little Miss Sunshine. With five nods each, the crowd-pleasing dysfunctional family comedy Little Miss Sunshine (US$59 million at the U.S. and Canada box office) and the socio-psychological drama…
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Muslim father vs European son road movie has topped the Mar del Plata Film Festival, while Emmanuelle Devos and Laura Linney shared Best Actress honors.
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Critics’ favorites: A crowd-pleasing Wine Country road movie and a polemical political documentary are the top selections this awards season, while Imelda Staunton is the Best Actress fave.
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National Board of Review Awards: The J.M. Barrie movie Finding Neverland was named the year’s best release. Annette Bening and Laura Linney were among the other winners.
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Kinsey (movie 2004) review: Starring Liam Neeson as the polemical sex researcher, Bill Condon’s otherwise well-made biopic suffers from an excess of scruples. Laura Linney costars.
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Toronto Film Festival topics: Sex and politics. Highlights include a biopic of contentious American researcher Alfred Kinsey and veteran filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s latest political musings.
Superbad box office: Greg Mottola’s teen comedy with Michael Cera and Jonah Hill has topped the domestic chart for two weekends and it’s a summer sleeper hit.
Jeremy Brock’s comedy-drama/road movie Driving Lessons, the story of how a Christian teenager finds inner freedom after becoming friends with a retired actress, is a moderately enjoyable coming-of-age story whose…
The Alfred Kinsey scale of facts vs fiction: Comparing the life of the revolutionary and contentious American sex researcher to Bill Condon’s well-regarded but sanitized 2004 film.