By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
With “Punisher: War Zone,” which opens Friday, Thomas Jane looks like the smartest guy in the room, according to the review in Friday’s MovieStyle section. The actor with two first names and little talent didn’t return to the vigilante film series after making one awful movie four years ago. » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
I was on vacation last week, and for the first time in a couple of years I skipped writing this column. That it was hard for me to do says less about my work ethic than my self-esteem ; I hate skipping columns for the same reason I feel the need to come into the office four or five days a week. I get more writing done at home but worry about someone asking questions about my empty desk. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
(opening dates are tentative) Cadillac Records, R The story of Chicago-based Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry in the 1950s and ’60s. » Read story.
by colin covert star tribune (minneapolis)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
Testosterone-pumping action scenes, cardboard romance, manly banter — what more does a fanboy need? The Transporter films polished those ingredients to slick commercial success in two go-rounds of shamelessly schematic simplicity. Transporter 3 follows the same road map. » Read story.
by christy lemire the associated press
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
The size difference between Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon isn’t the only thing keeping them apart in Four Christmases. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
At area theaters 90 BOLT, PG A white German shepherd (voice of John Travolta) who plays a superhero on TV must become one in real life. Animated with the voices of Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell; directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard. (96 minutes) » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
Barry Levinson’s sly and knowing What Just Happened will offer few surprises to the movie-wise audiences who will enjoy it most. It’s a dry comedy about Hollywood craziness, two weeks in the life of a producer slipping from the white-hot center of the industry to the still very-well-compensated periphery. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
LOS ANGELES — The Twilight era dawned bright and early. » Read story.
By Karen Martin (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
DVD releases » Read story.
Jackman’s heroic, Kidman’s wooden in lush but heartless Australia
by christopher kelly fort worth star-telegram
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
An epic drama that carries on so long you start to feel as if you’ve been deported to Sydney, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia falls into a curious trap: It’s a labor of love that’s sorely lacking in heart. » Read story.
The latest animated pooch adventure has a distinguished pedigree: Walt Disney Pictures
By Ron Wolfe (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 21, 2008)
Bolt comes from the same kennel as Mickey’s dog, Pluto, Lady and Tramp and the “best doggone dog in the West,” Old Yeller. Disney has gone to the dogs since way back — from scratchy beginnings to the latest computer whiz-bang. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 21, 2008)
(opening dates are tentative) Australia, PG-13 An epic adventure, complete with a romance between an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a scrappy roughneck (Hugh Jackman) Down Under on the verge of World War II. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 21, 2008)
At area theaters » Read story.
by rick bentley mcclatchy newspapers
(Friday, Nov. 21, 2008)
You can almost feel the anticipation in the air for the movie version of Twilight. Fans have devoured the series of novels by Stephenie Meyer with a blood lust. They also have burned up the Internet with good and bad comments. » Read story.
by michael white bloomberg news
(Friday, Nov. 21, 2008)
Neil Schulman is in a bind. The 55-year-old filmmaker borrowed $170,000 to complete Lady Magdalene’s, a comedy about an Internal Revenue Service agent assigned to manage a legal Nevada brothel in tax default, he says. He hasn’t found a distributor, and the home in Pahrump, Nev., he planned to sell isn’t worth enough to cover the debt. » Read story.
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