A mere sidelight in the Ben-and-Jen media blitz. It documents the moment in history when America's Sexiest Man got together with Super Buns, and the way the media carried on beforehand, you'd have thought the moment was bigger than when Dick met Liz. (Document: Cleopatra.) The critical backlash, perhaps a …
They probably should have titled it Tatum Triumphant, but oh well.
How did I live to be this old not knowing that G.I. Joe is the code name for a special missions force, not an individual or a 12 inch action figure? Prior to this, my familiarity with the character was limited to William Wellman’s The Story of G.I. Joe, an …
Like Transformers, this enterprise — this franchise — has put the merchandising first, succeeding as opposed to preceding a line of toys. (Trademark Hasbro.) The movie, opening deflatingly in 17th-century France before advancing to a science-fictional “not too distant future,” is a live-action cartoon from the maker of The Mummy …
Not as good a movie as Mamoulian's Blood and Sand or Parrish's Fire Down Below (nice pun), this sinful South American melodrama nonetheless offers the definitive image of Rita Hayworth as man-trap. Intoxicating tropical-kitsch decor; moody photography by Rudolph Maté. With Glenn Ford; directed by Charles Vidor.
Gao Han (played by Ou Hao), a talented financial student, has integrity, outstanding professional ability, and is bent-minded to make a difference in the financial field. Because Zhuotong, a family business of his friend Chu Feng, is preparing for listing, Gao Han accidentally got an internship opportunity from the international …
Wanting to avoid a lawsuit, then-19-year-old musician Ron Asheton called Stooge ringleader Moe Howard, asking if it would be alright to name his band the Stooges. “I don’t give a fuck what you call them,” growled the kiddie-TV favorite, “so long as it’s not the Three Stooges.” That’s just one …
The Maysles' discreetly noncommittal coverage of the Rolling Stones tour that culminated in a fatal stabbing at the Altamont free concert. The moviemakers adopt the safe, aloof role of johnny-on-the-spot reporters, and refuse to implicate themselves in the events beyond that. In doing so, they haven't exactly put all their …
Having recanted her polished Disney decency with two exercises in high-concept sleaze (Sucker Punch, Spring Breakers), Vanessa Hudgens goes for earnest drama (complete with frumpy-grungy appearance) as Apple, the abused daughter of a meth whore (a frightening Rosario Dawson). In rapid succession, Apple escapes her home, meets her (rich, conventional) …
Urban romantic crime comedy about a pair of Brooklyn aerosol paint pundits (rookies Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson) who need $500 to make their dream of "bombing" the Mets' home run apple a reality. From its opening long-take robbery of a paint store, backed by King Coleman’s "Let’s Shimmy," one …
A strange-bedfellows suspense thriller: the unstructured director Robert Altman at work on an original screen story by the formulaic novelist John Grisham. The former, even though tempering his self-indulgent mannerisms, generates little in the way of tension or excitement, but a great deal in the way of atmospheric weather: Savannah …
Elle Fanning comes of age in early '60s London. Alice Englert plays her super-bestie. The Cuban Missile Crisis plays the looming terror in the background.