Osment takes on spooky TV movie (Florida Today)
Emily Osment stars in 'R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It.'...more...Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) (New York Times)
In ?Wristcutters? Patrick Fugit inhabits an afterlife world. The afterlife can be a difficult place to set a movie, especially a comedy. Apart from the inevitable lighting and labor issues, there is the risk of alienating viewers with sentimentality, implausibility or questionable metaphysics....more... UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (UPI)
'30 Days of Night' claims top spot ... Pavarotti reportedly died owing millions ... Ant and Dec to donate profits ... Noted talent agent Robert Lantz dead at 93 ... News from United Press International....more... MOVIE REVIEW: 'Jesse James' is long, leisurely and full of paranoia (Bradenton Herald)
The title of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" tells you everything you need to know about the film....more... Film comedies no laughing matter for actresses (Los Angeles Times)
Female roles nowadays are either so bland as to be invisible or missing altogether. The careers of blowup dolls have more upside. WATCHING "Lars and the Real Girl" recently, I had the feeling that I'd seen this story before. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as a lonely weirdo who purchases a life-size sex doll, imbues her with a saintly personality (she's a celibate paraplegic missionary who ......more... Carl Weathers goes the distance with sports sendup (Chicago Sun-Times)
What sports movie makes Apollo Creed cry? I remind actor Carl Weathers that most men will cop to grabbing some tissues while watching "Field of Dreams."...more... Moderators, Movie Stars, and Marital Morality Fuel Campaign Talk (Journalism.org)
You may have thought the big news on the 2008 campaign trail last week was the GOP gathering in Dearborn Michigan that marked the first debate for recently announced candidate Fred Thompson....more... MOVIE REVIEW: 'Jesse James' is long, leisurely and full of paranoia (The Charlotte Observer)
The title of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" tells you everything you need to know about the film. It's about the demise of legendary robber-killer Jesse James, not his whoopin'-it-up heyday. A good deal of the focus is on the man, Robert Ford, who ends James's life. And the movie is long and leisurely. Some will find it full of poetry; others will merely think it's ......more... Over-the-top actors and the ?undead' breathe life into ?Night of the Living Dead' (The Kansas City Star)
Alcohol has not passed the lips of this humble theater critic for lo these many years. Yet I couldn?t shake the feeling Thursday night that the Coterie Theatre?s production of ?Night of the Living Dead? would be a lot more enjoyable after a couple of beers. If spirits aren?t an option, then watching the show in a state of semi-exhaustion might have the same effect....more... |