New York ? The Regency Hotel is besieged by a phalanx of paparazzi.Two dozen or so of these mercenaries are perched at the building'sentrance, most clad in uniforms of T-shirts and pocketed vests withSLR cameras dangling around their necks.I walk up to one of the scruffier fellows as he wearily ...
It's hard to name an actor more versed at elevating pulp material toa stylish level than Johnny Depp.The Oscar-nominated actor was the best thing about "Pirates of theCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Once Upon a Time inMexico," and he's certainly what keeps the horror-thriller ...
Let's take a semi-revered TV cop series from the 1970s and update itwith a modern twist. It worked for "Charlie's Angels" and "S.W.A.T."and "The Mod Squad" and ... hey, those movies weren't very good, werethey?Yes, but "Starsky & Hutch" will star Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson inthe roles ...
"The Passion of the Christ" plays like a blend of a political-theology lesson and a snuff film.Mel Gibson's latest effort - surely the year's most controversialpiece of cinema - takes great pains to be historically accurate inits depiction of Christ's final days and crucifixion. It also ...
Gene Hackman would make a fine president.At least his character Monroe Eagle Cole would.The popular, two-term veteran always knows the right thing to say,whether debating, dealing with the media or trying to sweet-talk agirl - which in Cole's case is not a skill just limited to officeinterns, ...
Kansas City, Mo. ? Omar Epps grew up idolizing "Rocky." Now he is the central prizefighter in his own rags-to-riches story of boxing glory."'Rocky' is like the template," Epps says. "It's not going to getmuch better than that. Yet boxing movies are iffy. The allure ofboxing itself is so ...
From the behavior of the high schoolers in "The Perfect Score," oneis led to believe that taking the SAT is as momentous a life event asgetting married or experiencing the birth of a child. With thatmindset it's no wonder these teens will do anything in order to notcha 1500 ... including ...
Is it a coincidence that this weekend's feature film releases aredominated by the stars of TV's "That '70s Show?"If given the choice between doofus prankster Ashton Kutcherattempting to get in touch with his "serious side" in the thriller"The Butterfly Effect" or Topher Grace deftly mastering ...
Few filmmakers know more about exaggeration than Tim Burton.The fanciful director has made a career crafting fables oflarger-than-life misfits who try to adjust to a restrictive society -whether it's the shears-limbed hero in "Edward Scissorhands," thequixotic filmmaker in "Ed Wood" or even the ...
The Civil War-era "Cold Mountain" is the quintessential Oscar hopeful.It contains everything a studio could ask for in a Best Picturecontender: a lengthy, period epic with big stars, beautiful scenery,frilly costumes and lots of marching extras. It's based on a belovednovel by Charles Frazier ...