Film & TV
Hold me closer, famous director
This week, Street talks to Academy Award-winning filmmaker Cameron Crowe about his latest work, Elizabethtown, and the highs and lows of his illustrious career.
Doomed to suck
Doom, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Sarge and Karl Urban as John Grimm, promises very little from the onset -- and keeps its promise.
If Pacino were a deli meat
Two for the Money's greatest strength is clearly its originality. Honestly, whoever thought to cast Al Pacino as an aging, cynical, battle-hardened mentor alongside a handsome, naive idealist is a fucking genius.
Fee fie foe fum
Gosford Park scribe Julian Fellowes' new film Separate Lies almost hits the nail on the head but falls short.
We aren't waiting for godot
Novice director Rob McKittrick's new film Waiting... signals yet another addition to the "frat pack" genre.
Cameron diaz gets ugg-ly
Though not exactly star-studded, In Her Shoes certainly boasts an interesting cast of characters: there is Rose (Toni Collette), a lawyer who cannot seem to find a boyfriend but has a killer shoe collection; Maggie (Cameron Diaz), Rose's trampy sister who can't hold a job; and Ella (Shirley MacLaine), the sisters' long-lost grandmother.
Destination: claymation
Call Nick Park old-fashioned, but in an era dominated by computer-generated animation, he still likes working with clay.
Finally...
Jonathan Safran Foer is not a writer, he is a collector. As played by Elijah Wood, Foer is a vegetarian, an American, and a descendant of a Holocaust survivor, obsessed with mapping the details of his Jewish heritage.
Into the poo
Into the Blue, starring teen heartthrobs Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, pretty much unfolds as one would expect.
Two thumbs down
What is the meaning of life? Based on the book by Walter Kirn, the new film Thumbsucker tries, but fails, to provide an answer to this often-asked question.
Toilet water, with a twist
Although Roman Polanski's newest movie, Oliver Twist, at first seems to have a winning formula, it falls short in the end.
"Serenity now," the universal execs said
Serenity, the long-awaited film adaptation of director Joss Whedon's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) cult-favorite TV series Firefly, has all of the components of a typical sci-fi action film, and little more.
The nightmare before nuptuals
Despite its amazing visual style, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is never as original or engaging as it should be.
We killed sauron...now what?
Originally a graphic novel published by DC Comics last year, A History of Violence offers complex but uninspiring drama.
Film interview: David Lynch
Four-time Academy Award nominee David Lynch, director of such contemporary classics as The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, is currently touring colleges around the U.S.
Charlie murphy ALERT!
It's difficult to make a family comedy these days; the producers of Roll Bounce have learned that the hard way.
Welcome to the gun show
It's difficult to categorize Lord of War, the newest release from Gattaca director (and The Terminal writer) Andrew Niccol about an underground arms dealer's rise from rags to riches.
Film interview: michael showalter
Michael Showalter doesn't think there's anything funny about Brooklyn. The actor-cum-writer-cum-director, renowned for playing Coop in Wet Hot American Summer (a film he co-wrote) and for his involvement in "Stella" on Comedy Central, has just released The Baxter, his directorial debut.
EllE Is Dead
For a romantic comedy that borrows considerably from Ghost, Just Like Heaven is about three times sweeter and funnier than it has any right to be.
