Film & TV
animation abomination
The world of animation has certainly taken a hit following the release of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie.
Lindsay Lohan Interview
lil' lindsay 'Street' sits down with the precocious Lindsay Lohan Street: So Lindsay, do you have fun being a movie star?
Blackballed
My good friend Joseph McCarthy was the greatest American ever to live. He fought to rid America of the godless Communists committed to the destruction of our way of life.
Hollywood's up-and-comers
Freddy Prinze, Jr.: He first struck the Hollywood scene in an episode of Family Matters in 1995, then he lit up the silver screen in I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Shelter from the Norm
With I'm Not There, Todd Haynes has made a truly innovative movie. Though it tells the story of Bob Dylan's life, it is in no way a typical biopic.
Home For the Holidays
The true power of film resides in its ability to draw the audience in, to fully immerse the viewer, so that for two blissful hours, the line between what is real and what is fiction disappears.
Forecast: Foggy with a chance of bloodshed
The Mist is not Director Darabont's first film adaptation of a Stephen King novel - he previously directed The Shawshank Redemption - but be warned, this film is no Shawshank.
Musical Score!
Forget Mozart - there's a new child prodigy in town. In August Rush, Evan is a musically gifted adolescent searching for his parents, a privileged cellist (Russell) and a free-spirited rock musician (Rhys Meyers). Along the way, Evan encounters Wizard (Robin Williams), a Fagin-type character who seizes the commercial cache of such a young genius and dubs the boy August Rush. Each actor's performance capitalizes on the emotional impact of the plotline.
Hits the Mark
Considering the history of movie adaptations of video games, Hitman is a pleasant surprise. In spite of an overused storyline, director Xavier Gens is still able to captivate audiences with raw and relentless action.
Take Four: Prepare for Battle
War and Peace Although almost unknown to American audiences, this Soviet adaptation of the epic novel was the most expensive movie ever made ($500 million when adjusted for inflation). The Battle of Borodino scene shows over 120,000 extras from the Soviet Army on screen.
Literary Story, Visionary Film
Beowulf Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie Rated: PG-13 Watching Beowulf in IMAX 3D is enthralling.
All You Need is Love... and Pepto Bismol
Love In the Time of Cholera Directed by: Mike Newell Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem Rated: R Director Newell, who previously helmed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, tells this touching story about the disease of love.
Going South - To Rock Bottom
Southland Tales Directed by:Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Justin Timberlake, Seann William Scott Rated: R From the writer/director of Donnie Darko comes Southland Tales, which tells the story of a 2005 nuclear attack on Texas.
In the lion's den
Early on in Robert Redford's interview, a reporter asks him a difficult question: What do you think your role is in repairing the world?
Drop dead, Fred
Fred Claus tries to tell an updated version of the Santa Claus story by bringing in Santa's relatives and adding some modern flourishes, but it ends up being a formulaic cash-in on the holidays that only those under the age of six will enjoy. In order to drive home an anti-corporate message, the film has Santa answering to a board of businessmen (the script never explains why Santa has to answer to a board) and an efficiency expert (Spacey), who wants to shut down the North Pole and outsource to the South Pole.
'Lions,' and politics, and war - oh my!
Lions for Lambs tackles three intertwining stories that explore many of the harsher realities of our world today.
Like Prozac for the audience
Though the world of feel-good movies is remarkably vast, one would think that there would be little room for a film whose title represents a particularly violent form of suicide.
Buzzworthy
It's a little disconcerting to hear Jerry Seinfeld's voice coming out of an animated bee's mouth, but after a few minutes of Bee Movie, you'd swear you were watching Seinfeld.
Extraplanetary parenting
Adapted from a novel by David Gerrold, Martian Child aims to please with its amiable eccentricity, but ultimately falls short due to the filmmakers' meddling with the original story. John Cusack plays David, a widowed science fiction writer who decides to adopt a young boy, Dennis (Bobby Coleman), who truly believes he is from Mars.
