Film & TV
Penn Talks to Penn
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.
Let's Get Serious
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.
Journey Into The Wild
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.
Heaven on Wheels
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.
This One's For the Boys
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.
Black Gold
During the notoriously dry October movie season, it’s hard to find anything halfway decent on the silver screen.
Island Fever
Oh, Couples Retreat, you had so much promise. Vince Vaughn’s latest has all the right ingredients: a stellar ensemble cast, including Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman, an intriguing premise and a gorgeous island backdrop.
Cuckoo for Coco
What separates Coco Before Chanel from the recent rash of Chanel biopics is the focus on the couturiere’s humble beginnings.
Guilty Pleasures: Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Confessions of a Shopaholic is like main character Rebecca Bloomwood’s favorite pair of high heels: hot pink, bejeweled and shamelessly overstated.
Making Headlines
The Investigative Reporter By uncovering the Watergate scandal and bringing down a president, Woodward and Bernstein made journalistic history.
Zombies & Twinkies For Dummies
While Zombieland is not the first film to blend the seemingly opposite genres of comedy and horror, it is certainly one of the most successful attempts so far. Earth has once again been overrun by ferocious flesh-eating zombies (of the Danny Boyle sprinting variety), and college dork Jesse Eisenberg and hard-man Woody Harrelson fear they are all alone in a world with no hot girls and no Twinkies.
Whip It Good
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, effectively straddles the line between indie flick and big-budget Hollywood feature, dropping A-list stars into a rural Texas landscape. The film follows Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) as she finds an “out” from her small hometown of Bodeen, Texas.
Guilty Pleasures: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Just ask yourself one question: why wouldn’t you want a pair of thrift store jeans that magically fit you and your three best friends with completely different body types?
Lie to me
Set in an alternate reality in which the human race is not able to lie, The Invention of Lying is British master comedian Ricky Gervais's first foray into directing. He creates a cinematic world whose blunt inhabitants constantly remind his protagonist, Mark Bellison, that he is a “chubby little loser.” This brutal honesty manifests itself in other ways, too; nursing homes are referred to as places “where old, lonely people live.” Mark is in a rut, jobless and struggling with romance, as the woman that he loves, Anna (Jennifer Garner), does not find him a suitable genetic match.
Group Mentality
Whether they’re rocking out on a tour bus, planning a Vegas heist, reading Thoreau or skipping detention, you know these famous movie groups make you want to hop on the bandwagon and join in on the fun.
Seem Fame-Iliar?
Watching Fame is kind of like a Theos downtown. At first everything is spinning and you are not quite sure how the man at the door swindled ten dollars away from you.
Not That Bright
Jane Campion’s Bright Star is a romantic period piece about the fated love between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his neighbor, Ms. Brawne, played beautifully by Abbie Cornish.
To the Max
n anticipation of the September 25 release of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, the film adaptation of his best-selling book of the same name, Tucker Max is premiering his movie across the country on a month-long promotional tour.
Plenty of Impact
Street took a minute to sit down and speak with directors Justin Schein and Laura Gabbert to discuss their latest film, No Impact Man, and its impact on the environmental community.
