Film & TV
To Infinity! Almost...
That an English-language Astro Boy film has actually made it to the big screen should be considered an accomplishment in itself.
Proper Education
“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.
Guilty Pleasures: Selena (1997)
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.
In Real Life
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.
Don’t Play Games With Me
“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.
Dear Lord
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.
I Love New York
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.
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.
