Film & TV

In case you were wondering, staring at random farm animals isn’t exactly thrilling. Not that barnyard voyeurism is the primary subject of The Men Who Stare at Goats, but it features more than enough to go around. The first major studio film by character actor Grant Heslov, Goats follows reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) as he ventures on a whim to the Middle East in an attempt to impress his estranged wife.
November 4, 2009 at 9:22 pm

What more can a guy ask for than a comedy with flying people and explosions? John Hancock (Will Smith) is a misunderstood lowlife with Superman-like powers who not only stops crime but also smashes buildings and cars for fun.
November 4, 2009 at 9:20 pm

As The Men Who Stare at Goats demonstrates this week, there’s no right way to represent a war on the big screen.
November 4, 2009 at 8:06 pm

To say that This Is It has emerged as the most anticipated film of the year is an understatement.
October 28, 2009 at 10:23 pm

There’s no escaping it: Flash Gordon is pretty awful. Given the franchise’s sci-fi pulp serial origins, this sub-par quality isn’t exactly shocking.
October 28, 2009 at 10:21 pm

One of the most important relationships on a film set is between the actor and the director. Actors depend on directors to portray their characters with insight, while directors rely on actors to convert their creative visions into a reality.
October 28, 2009 at 10:06 pm

At some point or another, almost everyone has marveled over the journey and mystery of Amelia Earheart.
October 22, 2009 at 7:44 pm

That an English-language Astro Boy film has actually made it to the big screen should be considered an accomplishment in itself.
October 21, 2009 at 7:35 pm

“I feel old, but not very wise,” admits a 17-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan), a familiar feeling to students who have accomplished so much, and yet nothing at all.
October 21, 2009 at 7:34 pm

Once upon a time, Jennifer Lopez proved that she could act. Okay, maybe we're being a little harsh on Jenny from the Block, but in 1997 she did in fact exhaust her limited acting skills playing the title role in Selena, a biopic of Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
October 21, 2009 at 7:32 pm

Jesus of Nazareth (b. 0-30 AD) Not everyone can cause a stir about the most famous historical figure of all time, but Mel Gibson achieved that — and put a whole new spin on Jesus — with The Passion of the Christ (2004). For the fans: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b.
October 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm

“When one link breaks, the whole thing falls apart. You can’t ride a bicycle without a chain.” Romeo Travis, a star player on St.
October 15, 2009 at 7:55 pm

Few films in recent history have so polarized public opinion as Lars Von Trier’s latest venture, a masterwork of psychological horror entitled Antichrist. When it premiered at Cannes this summer, it was met with equal amounts of zealous praise and derisive boos, both winning critical acclaim and eliciting fervent protest.
October 15, 2009 at 7:53 pm

New York, I love you. I really, truly do. But I am not convinced that the directors of New York, I Love You share the sentiment.
October 15, 2009 at 7:46 pm

In anticipation of the release of The Stepfather, Street chatted with Gossip Girl hunk Penn Badgley about thrillers, family life and playing Dan Humphrey Street: How will the film be different than other thrillers? Penn Badgley: First off, it is a thriller — it’s not straight-up horror.
October 15, 2009 at 7:43 pm

For anyone who is a little behind in their catechism class, the book of Job concerns a pious man of good fortune who gets caught in the middle of a bet between God and Satan.
October 15, 2009 at 7:36 pm

As little kids, we all fell asleep to our parents narrating Maurice Sendak’s tale of the adventures of Max and the Wild Things, dreaming of the adventures we could have as the ruler of a distant land.
October 15, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Was it difficult to balance directing the film and acting in it as well? It would have been easier in some ways to just focus on directing, but I wanted to be in the trenches, understanding the scary, hard, unattainable goal of achieving the skills of roller derby.
October 13, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Breaking from his usual tough-man persona, Clive Owen stars as Joe Warr, a sportswriter coping with the tragic death of his wife in The Boys Are Back. Struggling with his new role as a single father, Warr adopts an “anything goes” parenting philosophy as he tries to create a world devoid of harsh realities for his two sons.
October 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm

During the notoriously dry October movie season, it’s hard to find anything halfway decent on the silver screen.
October 11, 2009 at 7:14 pm