By Steve Dollar Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53rd St., (212) 708-9400 Wednesday-Sept. 30 Now 78, Roman Polanski hardly seems to be slipping off into the night—even if some may want him to. The native Parisian, World War II survivor, Polish film wunderkind,
Nikita: Season 1
Shes sleek, shes hot, she kicks butt. Maggie Q is the CWs new incarnation of the perennial assassin, now a martial-arts master who escapes her black-ops minders determined to take them down. (Season 2 hits the CW on Sept. 23.) Extras in
featurette, a survival training featurette, interviews with Tom Cruise, four music videos and commentary by producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
"Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family": Madea takes charge to deal with a family crisis.
"The Nightmare Before Ch
By Tom Charity , Special to CNN Zoe Saldana stars as a woman bent on getting revenge in the new film, "Colombiana." STORY HIGHLIGHTS Zoe Saldana stars in the action film "Colombiana" She plays a character whose parents are brutally murdered by a drug lor
If you’ve never seen an episode of the A&E series “Storage Wars,” then it’s going to be difficult to explain to you not just why I love the show so much, but also why you will too. This series, which on the surface is basically about a bunch of uncouth o
Corman’s Women in Prison series of movies may represent what I consider to be… the perfect genre. Now – some might see this as an overt act of sexism, except that usually in the end – the women are on top – having reached the breaking point of being pers
Rachel Weisz, the stunning English star of “The Constant Gardener,” tells The Observer in a recent interview she may not feel as much pressure as some to go under the knife in order to keep looking her radiant looks through the years.
Now 41 and married
New York, Aug 27 : One of Muammar Gaddafis sons is said to have invested 100 million dollars into an LA studio for a film that went straight to DVD.
Saadi Gaddafi gave the colossal amount for the Hollywood film The Experiment, that went straight to DVD d
Danish drama offers examination of unexpected consequences of war
Bambi II: Special Edition Disney reprises the sequel to one of its
most bel
One of Moammar Khadafy's sons poured $100 million into an LA studio that last year made a film that went straight to DVD -- despite starring Oscar winners Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker. Saadi Khadafy was listed among the credits for "The Experiment."
The New York summer is winding to a close with a big wet bang thanks to this weekend’s hurricane, so we thought we’d take a look back at some of this summer’s most exciting Manhattan events.
iPOP was there to cover it all, and we ran into some exciting
The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday:
The lowdown:This Academy Award winner for best foreign language film follows two Danish families as they must come to grips with the tragic consequences of one stupid act.
The film continuall
The Nanaimo region is experiencing a film trade drain as hundreds of people are lured to the Lower Mainland by the promise of work. Last weekend, a lineup of aspiring actors trailed down Wharf Street in Nanaimo, hoping for a small part in the big-budget
These are a few of his favorite things…
The Condoleezza Rice photo album discovered at Moammar Gaddafi’s compound was just the tip of the eccentric iceberg. This week Libyans got an inside look at the Gaddafi family riches and helped themselves to whatev
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"Colombiana" (PG-13, 108 minutes). A brawny B-action picture with a gorgeous, graceful woman wreaking havoc at its center. Zoe
A-list celebrities Adrien Brody, Sean Penn, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Jodie Foster, Eva Mendes, Paula Patton & Robin Thicke, Jane Fonda and Jessica Alba are to each host a dinner to benefit a charity of their choice, in the name of Moet & Chandon.
CSI star William Petersen is now the father of twins! The 58-year-old actor and his wife Gina Cirone welcomed twins via surrogate last month on July 5.
The twins, a boy and a girl, are the second and third child for William Petersen. The actor's first ch
Before Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year, there were many, many Hollywood people who were already claiming that it was a shoo-in for all of the big award nominations, just for the sheer fact that it was Malick
When you can’t get, or don’t have, something that you want and then you put that thing down we say your criticism is ‘sour grapes.’ Aseop’s story of the fox and the grapes perfectly illustrates the envy driven disparagement that is Sean Penn‘s criticism
Two years ago a couple of veteran Italian movie producers got together to discuss the future of internationally packaged co-productions in the light of the global economic downtown.
One was Roberto Di Girolamo, owner of the FilmExport Group, a company r
In The Plot Against America, author Philip Roth explores the “what if” possibility of what would have happened if Nazi sympathizer, Charles Lindbergh, would have won the 1940 Presidential election over Franklin Roosevelt. Not only would the US not have j
In between all those General Hospital episodes, Columbia classes, and days spent reflecting on Spider-Man 3, James Franco still somehow managed to star in a movie about Allen Ginsberg. His multi-tasking abilities equal his looks, ladies. Named after Gins
Image Credit: EWP It’s rare for an actor to offer a subtle, multi-layered analysis of a movie, but Sean Penn — love him or hate him — is hardly a common actor. So it’s interesting to note that, in a recent interview with French magazine Le Figaro , Penn
Not long ago, Saadi Gadhafi was financing movies through his company Natural Selection, basking in the prestige of such actors as Mickey Rourke and Eva Amurri, as well as Oscar-winners Forest Whitaker and Adrien Brody. Today, he's under arrest, along wit
Film insiders are saying that Sean Penn’s criticism of director Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” is sour grapes over his role in the mystical movie being chopped. France’s Le Figaro quoted the star as saying, “I didn’t at all find on the screen the emoti
If, heaven forbid, I was in a terrible car accident, I could die happy. Because on Thursday, Naomi Judd gave me a nickname, confirmed what I've been saying for years about skin care, then faxed me a corn dog recipe.
This came about because Naomi is doing
Great films need great actors and great actresses. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t do great actresses anymore. . . it does Barbies. In truth, Hollywood never was great with actresses, but it’s gotten much worse lately. Talent, apparently, no longer matt
Coming off the double-whammy of "The Black Dahlia" in 2006 and "Redacted" in 2007, it's not surprising that Brian De Palma decided to cool it for a while, but to hear that he'll finally be back behind the camera for a new project is heartening news. Bett
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"Conan the Barbarian" (R, 102 minutes). Involves the clash of civilizations whose vocabularies are limited to screams, oaths, g
If this year's Best Actress competition is the race of the sixty-somethings (Close vs. Streep) that most people are predicting with the films still sight unseen, what kind of shape will the corresponding male category take? Could we see a race between 30
I checked how much longer the film had to go three times – and that’s never a good sign.
I first saw the trailer for Wrecked at the beginning of the year, and thought it could be one of 2011’s must-see thrillers. The premise screamed awards potential – a
It was a spring day in 2006, and the cast of HBO’s hit series Entourage was dressed to the nines. The crew had cordoned off the main lobby of the trendy Roosevelt Hotel in order to shoot a big scene during the show’s third season, wherein Vincent Chase (
"White lycra is no-one's friend" remarks Will Young, on a break
from a photo shoot in London's Soho House, when asked about his
costume for his latest video "Jealousy". A former GQ Man
Of The Year, Young has had his fair share of uncomfortable outfits
si
Oscar-winner Adrien Brody's handsome face had already gone to hell before the opening scene of Wrecked. His character awakens in the wreckage of a car that had careened off the road. His leg is wedged under the sagging dashboard and the doors are jammed.
TORONTO -- Vincenzo Natali's sci-fi thriller Splice led all comers Tuesday as nominations for the Directors Guild of Canada Awards were unveiled.
The Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley-starrer earned Natali a best direction nom, a best feature film nominatio
In the final five minutes of the second of tonight's two back-to-back episodes, a scheduling ploy that I believe TNT executed specifically because it hands Timothy Hutton a laugh to know that I'm getting paid the same amount to watch twice as many minute
Wondering which movie to go see in theaters?
Here are the ten best movies playing in theaters and my quick, spoiler-free advice:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - See-it - If it's not the best, it's definitely the second best - and darkest
Attention seeker: Lindsay Lohan wears no bra as she arrives at Mr Chow in Beverly Hills for dinner
Credit where it's due, Lindsay displayed a curvacious figure despite her weight dipping dangerously low over varying points of her career.
The 25-year-old
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"Final Destination 5" (R, 92 minutes). One of those rare movies where the title itself is a spoiler. Yes, everyone in the movie
10. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 25 — Probably still best known from the late-’90s sitcom “Third Rock From the Sun,” JGL has quietly been doing edgy work in indie films such as this year’s teen noir “Brick” and 2004′s “Mysterious Skin,” where he played a hustle
They say fine art imitates life, but when you're lucky, existence imitates a traditional Fellini film. last night, The Cinema Society, with Gucci The movement image Foundation, hosted a screening of La Dolce Vita in the Tribeca Grand Hotel.? The after-pa
"I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and The Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan—and I think it started when I was a child—is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read. I don't kn
It came from the lab! Movie scientists are always meddling with the laws of nature, looking for a breakthrough, a cure or just good-old fashioned glory… and usually only finding nothing but face-melting trouble. So with Rise of the Planet of the Apes abo
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"The Change-Up" (R, 101 minutes). One of the dirtiest-minded mainstream releases in history. It has a low opinion of men, a low
(Rated 1/ 5 ) By Nick Clark A killer with an oddly yellow hue is abducting women on the streets of Rome and torturing them in his lair. When a model goes missing, her sister implores a New York detective to track her down before it is too late. Dario Arg
Ben Foster, who was recently cast in director Barry Levinson's film
about the Gotti family as John Gotti Jr., has been in the business
for years.
Foster joins John Travolta, Al Pacino and Kelly Preston in "Gotti:
In the Shadow of My Father," being produc
Is your head literally starting to hurt from surround sound piercing your eardrums? Are your eyes beginning to ache from a barrage of 3D carnage on IMAX screens? Have your brains started to slowly turn into a paste like goo and have they begun to slide o
By Kristiano Ang Alessandro Sartori has left Zegna.The menswear designer spent most of his 25-year career with the Italian fashion house, leaving only for a short stint as a freelance fashion consultant in Hong Kong during the early 1990s. On July 1, he
“This is fun job. It’s a fun business and if you do it well and if you have a little luck it can be a lucrative business,” says W2 Media’s President and CEO John Flock.
John began his career as a kid distributing newspapers. Now he’s a Hollywood player d
Halle Berry appears during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is ending its run May 25, after 25 years, and millions of her fans around the globe are waiti
