Carole Mallory

"I'm not dead you f**k," Martha Gellhorn says after hanging up on her editor. She has just told him,"I can't wait for you to grow a pair of balls." He is not treating this skilled war correspondent right.

Previously when being interviewed, she is asked if she sees herself as...

Mexico in its splendor fighting for freedom: The Cristero War (1926 -29). Who knows of this period of history when the Mexican Government attempted to secularize the country?

For Greater Glory is a beautiful film that tells the story of a small boy who stands up to the tyrants...

I didn't want to see a rehash of the Men in Black series and how wrong I was. MIB3 is another winner. Barry Sonnenfeld has directed this threequil with panache. Never once does he drop the suspense. The curiosity. One bizarre creature after the other assaults you, but each one...

Elizabeth Banks steals this film and Brooklyn Decker proves she is more than a talking bikini. After a boring beginning, this film meanders through stories of five interconnected couples to a bang up ending. It is a tedious journey. Cameron Diaz comes in a close second to Banks while Chris...

Weighing twelve pounds, George Kennedy catapulted out of his mother's womb and into our hearts. He faced a tough life, as he was born in 1925, shortly before the Depression, into a show business family. His father was a pianist, and his mother was a ballet dancer. Kennedy made his...

Oh, Barnabus! Wherefore art thou, Johnny Depp? Chaos, confusion and irritation best describe this forced gothic nightmare, based on the vampire soap opera from 1966. One minute you are terrified. The next, you are laughing and then again, terrified. Finally with a crashing thud, as you watch thundering waves dash...

This award-winning documentary about talented young dancers ages 9-19 vying for ballet's elite Youth America Grand Prix begins with the resounding THUD of the toes of ballet slippers crashing onto the wooden stage. Pink ballet slippers with thick pink ribbons attach to the dancers' ankles. Piercing like shattering sounds of...

Royal thespians strut their regal stuff in Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Listening to this stellar cast speak trippingly on the tongue becomes a kind of lyric to the background rhythms of Bollywood. At last a film celebrating the last years of life in blazing glory set in the joyful splendor...

John Cusack makes a great Edgar Allen Poe. From the beginning of this masterfully executed thriller directed by a deft James McTeigue, suspense grips you. The somber sets and lavish costumes add intrigue to this period piece set in 19th century Baltimore. A series of murders occur. Detective Fields, played...

I wanted to like this film. I like Jason Segel. And Emily Blunt. But the laughs are spotty and Segel tries sooooo hard. The Five Year Engagement is strained and uneven. Some very funny moments are juxtaposed against some real clunkers. And so it goes. Segel co-wrote with director Nicholas...

Watching a giant chimpanzee named Freddie groom his tiny son, Oscar, is one of the highlights of the Disneynature film Chimpanzee. By unfolding each section of hair, Freddie thoroughly looks for fleas and ticks on Oscar. Grooming holds this family of primates together.

"Chimpanzee politics are nicer than ours,"...

I didn't want to see this film. I didn't want to feel frightened. So this was the right kind of horror film for me. Why was it the right kind of horror film? Because it has genuine humor juxtaposed against the terror. Original humor. Good writing. Quick wit and actors...

Bravo to Julia Roberts for showing that she is a good sport by playing the role of the evil queen. A stunning Roberts says to her reflection in the mirror which replies, "I'm a mere reflection of you, but I have no wrinkles.

This film is fun, but it should...

Fun, outrageous and charming.

Yes, charming.

Who would have thought that this group of unintentionally vulgar young men could be charming? The timing of American Reunion makes it charming. The direction by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg is top-notch -- they know their comedy. The gags work because...

A two-headed monster breathing fire is the first monster to greet you in 3D. A terrifying beginning to Wrath of the Titans, sequel to Clash of the Titans as this dragon- like monster plunders a town only to be outwitted by Sam Worthington who plays Perseus in grand style. A...

When my agent said Ralph Bakshi was casting an animated movie to be co-directed by Frank Frazetta, I thought, ho hum. It was called Fire and Ice and they needed a queen of the Fire Planet. Bakshi's blue cartoon Fritz the Cat had been a huge success, but in the...

Frank Frazetta rotoscoped me for director Ralph Bakshi's Fire and Ice. Remember Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat which in the '80s made him a star? Well, Bakshi cast me in Fire and Ice. We filmed the movie and then I was rotoscoped by Frank Frazetta. Rotoscoping is a process of...

This is a sweet, offbeat comedy with a gentle spirit. Well worth seeing. It's wacky, funny, and a delight and has an unexpected arc that makes the story come full circle. Jason Segal (Jeff) drives the film and keeps the laughs coming while Ed Helms (Pat) is a slow jog...

Reading Susan Braudy's vivid remembrance of Joe Heller made me recall the time I had the opportunity to interview him in conversation with Kurt Vonnegut. Just how did I get this dynamic duo together for a chat with a tape recorder by my side? While it was my...

Charming , moving, this film has done for fishing what Norman Mailer did for boxing when he brought understanding to the sport by writing The Fight. How can anyone make a movie about a sport as boring and dull as fly fishing? This is near to impossible, but director...