In the 1953 sci-fi thriller "It Came From Outer Space," one character comments on a heat wave blanketing the Arizona desert: Y "Did you know that more people are murdered at 92 degrees Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower
This year's droving story on Country Calendar, and the All Blacks' first Tri Nations game.
Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00pm). Every year there’s at least one droving story, and tonight’s episode follows a Mackenzie Country farmer who prefers a three-day tri
TRUE BLOOD: Based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, this Emmy(R)-nominated hit drama series was created by Alan Ball, creator of HBO's Emmy(R)-winning series "Six Feet Under." The show follows the on-and-off romance between wait
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"Cowboys & Aliens"(PG-13, 118 minutes). Without any doubt the most cockamamie plot I've witnessed in many a moon. Daniel Craig
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The latest centenarian whose name now graces the distinguished list of locals who have achieved century status is Elisa DeCollibus.
Born July 20, 1911, in the Borough of Brooklyn, where she graduated from Bay Ridge High School, Eli
So this week sees the release of Your Highness, the new comedy starring Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down), James Franco (a crazy dude) and... Natalie Portman? Yep, the Oscar-winner for Black Swan is following that flick up with a 100% improvised stoner fa
“I am no longer w Jesse, and out of respect for him, his family and myself, thats all the info I’d like to share. Thanks for respecting that.”
Regardless. I think both of you are total twats, and on the whole neither of you really affect my day to day bu
Wes Anderson is certainly no stranger to the Criterion Collection, having had nearly his entire catalogue of films appear in it. His most recent Criterion release, , is of particular note in that it “summarizes everything [Anderson] is about,” to quote M
In some ways you have to feel sorry for Joe Mazzello. Sure, he is one of the few child actors to successfully make a career in the profession, but even if he only makes movies as good as The Social Network and television shows as good as The Pacific for
NEW YORK, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Judith Curr, Executive VP and Publisher of Atria Books, today announced a deal to publish a collection of stunning, provocative photos that celebrate a woman's curves by prolific fashion photographer Raphael Mazzuc
She charmed Adam Sandler in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, she starred opposite Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, and Beyoncé Knowles in Cadillac Records. And for the past six years she has played Sloan the love interest of Eric, portrayed by Kevin
Mike Mills tells the story of an older man revealing his true sexuality with a pleasing mix of melancholia and whimsy, aided by Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor For a very personal film, Beginners is refreshingly non-narcissistic. It's exuberant, ev
It seems like she’s been on holiday for months, but Michelle Rodriguez is making the most of her time off since wrapping up her latest film.
And she’s still enjoying the scenery in Porto Cervo, Italy, where she has been since the beginning of the July.
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Erika the Arts Editor (ETAE) thought briefly about sending me to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 last weekend, but after informing her that I've yet to read one line of the books or see a minute of the previous seven films, we thought better
Isn’t that so funny about Hollywood and movies and actors? That, given the right set of circumstances, they’ll fall hopelessly in love while on the set? It worked for these guys, it worked for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie … I know that if I were an indep
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment
Chris Evans (left) plays Steve Rogers and Hayley Atwell is Peggy Carter in "Captain America: The First Avenger," opening today in theaters.
Directed by Chris Weitz, "A Better Life" is about a gardener in East L
Hollywood, California. Tinseltown. The City of Dreams. Land of the Giant Sign. The Big H.
Where careers are made and dreams are shattered on a daily basis. Where a nobody from some nothing town in Iowa can make it big, a talented young man can sell his s
Woody Harrelson has come an awfully long way since he joined the cast of Cheers in 1985, originating the role of hayseed bartender Woody Boyd and kicking off a career that has grown to encompass one of the more eclectic, unusual, and just plain interesti
Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" is the best film that I've seen so far this year - that's not easy praise to come by given that only one film can hold it at a time, but "Midnight in Paris" deserves pretty much any praise it is given.
"Midnight in Par
DALLAS, TX, July 20, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- D210 TV has named local boutique PR firm BDD Global the exclusive Advertising, Design and Public Relations firm of record. Break of Day Design Studio LLC (BDD Global) is a premiere AD/PR firm whose clients
ART?: Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has her breast felt by Spencer Falls in a photograph by Tyler Shields. Picture: Tyler Shields Source: PerthNow WITH work light on the ground, a troubled actress has found time for another series of photographs with he
A new prison guard ends up having to pretend to be one of the inmates just to stay alive in this visceral Spanish drama that makes 'Shawshank' look warm and cuddly The film that swept the board at the Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Baftas), C
Ryan Gosling. The down-to-earth and also-happens-to-be-amazing-looking second in command love of my life (Adrien Brody would be first, but Ryan’s fighting tooth and nail for that position). I just love this dude so much, and I love his sense of humor, to
"CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS 3D" 89 minutes - HHH - Not rated - Historical documentary - A look at Chauvet Cave, sealed off completely until 1994. - Moxie
"HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART II" 130 minutes - HHH 1/2 - PG-13 for some sequence of int
A new sitcom with a problem, and a monster mash update for Friday night.
Mad Love (TV2, 8.00pm). A sitcom with a problem – its lead characters are the least interesting on screen, which is apparently what the CBS network thought, too, as it cancelled Mad
New in theaters
Great Escape Theaters, Moline:
-- "Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows -- Part 2" (PG-13)
-- "Winnie the Pooh" (G)
Rave Motion Pictures 53, Davenport:
-- "Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows -- Part 2" (PG-13)
-- "Winnie the Pooh" (G)
Free Summer Movies at Riverfront Park - Presented by the park and KSPS, a series of locally-produced KSPS documentaries that highlight our region’s unique and interesting history. Monday: “Remembering When - Nat Park;” Tuesday: “Remembering Spokane;” Wed
>> The Darjeeling Limited, a quirky film about a train trip across India starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, is tonight's pick at the NoMa Summer Screen (2nd and L Streets NE) outdoor movie fest. 7 p.m. Free.
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—Remember the photos Megan Fox published last week, "proving" that she does not use Botox? Well! Some doctors saw those images. "Looks like Megan is just as talented with Photoshop as she is in entertainment," says plastic surgeon Dr.
The Brothers Bloom is a movie about two brothers, played by Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, that are con artists – and have been since they were children. Ruffalo is Stephen, the mastermind of their operation, while Brody is Bloom – the movie’s protagonis
Woody Allen, the prolific filmmaker of "Annie Hall" fame, has got his mojo back. Not all his pictures have fully succeeded artistically, but I can't think of a single, genuine stinker.
In the past decade alone he has made two very fine films: "Match Poi
Wondering which movie to go see in theaters?
Here are the ten best movies playing in theaters and my quick, spoiler-free advice:
X-Men: First Class - See-it - The epic beginning of the mutant saga is just as diverse, stylish and powerful as the "superhe
A Briton and the president's daughter travel Europe. (2 hrs.) (38) >> The Forbidden Kingdom Jackie Chan. An American teen journeys back in time to ancient China.
(2 hrs.) (39) >>> Fail-Safe Henry Fonda. U.S. president cannot stop plane cued to bomb Mosco
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1) "The Tree of
Life" Terrence Malick's beautiful film meditates on some of the most
haunting mysteries that the world's thinkers have ever pursued: nature vs. nurture, the purpose of creation
and being, the place of humanity in the cosmos.
It's an utter
Actors Playing Musicians - Actors are sometimes at their best when they play musicians. From Dennis Quaid to Jaquein Phoenix, these celebrities reached stardom by pretending to be musical legends.
Jamie Foxx - Fox played as the legendary musician as Ray
When Frankenstein met Wolf Man in 1948, they spawned a line of bastard movies that continues to today's monster mash-ups. Kaleem Aftab on the new wave of cross-genre films Cowboys & Aliens is the ultimate concept-movie. It simply does what it says on the
Following their meeting in Cannes in May, Saif Ali Khan and Hollywood actor Adrien Brody met in Paris last week. The Indian actor was there to attend a party hosted by an international watch brand and met up with Brody subsequently.
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In a send-up of the Greek mythology genre, Christopher Walken ( Hairspray , Wedding Crashers ) has been cast as a modern day Zeus in Gods Behaving Badly . The actor who has played psychopaths, colonels and fathers joins Sharon Stone ( Basic Instinct , Ca
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Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend's new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre count
PLATOON BLURAY ($29.99; MGM) -- With Platoon out on BluRay and looking better than ever, it's a good time to revisit Charlie Sheen's fine work with Oliver Stone. They did Platoon and Wall Street together and Sheen told Playboy back in 2001 that Stone pro
In the 1990s, Thailand went through a benchmark chapter of music revolution. Alternative rock was all the rage, and the period birthed so many bands that I would, some day, like to catalogue them all in a coffee-table book. Surely, they've got stories to
Masterpiece “Poirot: Halloween Party’’ 9 p.m. WGBH-TV (Channel 44) Poirot and Ariadne Oliver investigate the drowning death of a murder witness at a Halloween party.
ON CHRONICLE Camps 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) A slice of summer in camps around the a
Woody Allen has found the right time and the right place with "Midnight in Paris," his lightest, funniest and most-satisfying movie in a long time.
Shooting a full film in France for the first time, writer-director Allen has crafted a pastry-light roman
“You’ve lost a shitload of weight,” a colleague remarked recently. While not true by the scale it feels true, and for a very simple reason: Over the last two months I’ve largely avoided the multiplex, and my weekly infusion of popcorn so buttery and cal
Its Canada day and as the only Canuck who writes on the site I felt it was my duty ( or something like that ) to share some great movies to watch on Canada day.
These movies are either Canadian made productions or feature some great Canadian talent makin
Woody Allen has found the right time and the right place with
"Midnight in Paris," his lightest, funniest and most-satisfying
movie in a long time.
Shooting a full film in France for the first time,
writer-director Allen has crafted a pastry-light romant
