Movie Review: A Bag of Hammers
A Bag of Hammers isn't out to change the world. But it does capture the sense of what happens when our world does change, in ways that bigger, more expensive films too seldom achieve.
A Bag of Hammers isn't out to change the world. But it does capture the sense of what happens when our world does change, in ways that bigger, more expensive films too seldom achieve.
The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.09.2012
Rebecca Hall can thank Jessica Chastain's comically busy schedule for the biggest offer she's had yet: the chance to play the female lead in "Iron Man...
Posted 12.20.2011
Nothing makes it quite as comforting to wallow in our romantic woes around the holidays quite like Joni Mitchell. Her male equivalent, James Blake, ha...
Posted 01.28.2012
Hollywood power couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes dropped a bomb when they announced their split after seven years of marriage in May 2010, igniting ...
Posted 11.15.2011
Is there a better place to stage a ghost-hunt than a between the wars British boarding school? Apparently not. "The Awakening," stars Rebecca H...
Marshall Fine | Posted 11.12.2011
I was in a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and by the time the movie was over, the World Trade ...
Posted 10.12.2011
You know you're siting on a bestseller when your first book hasn't been published yet and casting buzz about the movie version has already hit the pap...
John Farr | Posted 10.12.2011
Great artists of all types and stripes confront the same challenge: once they've created something truly brilliant, how do they ever equal it, much less surpass it?
Posted 08.15.2011
When Woody Allen gave up starring in his own films, he handed over the reigns to various actors who managed to keep the director's on-screen persona a...
Marshall Fine | Posted 07.20.2011
Everything Must Go is what a filmed short story should be: compact, deep with character but still contained in its action and settings. It's nice to see Ferrell stretching himself. Time for more of that career yoga, Will.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 07.11.2011
I thought Everything Must Go would be a hard sell with audiences, as fans of Ferrell's raunchy comedies are put off by the film's serious tone while drama lovers keep their distance, but there's a lot to like in this small, thoughtful movie.
Posted 05.31.2011
Will Ferrell's life career has taken a dramatic turn. The comedy icon stars in "Everything Must Go," the indie dramedy based on a Raymond Carver shor...
Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011
Via Deadline New York: Who should play Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby Film? The actress would star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey...
Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011
AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — "The Town" made off with $23.8 million in its opening weekend to take the No. 1 spot at the box office. The Warner Bros. drama ab...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Gripping and moving at the same time, The Town is a solid heist movie whose fleshed-out characters give the story the weight it requires to be more than just a caper film.
Posted 05.25.2011
Days after it debuted in Venice, 'The Town' premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday. Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm and Rebecca Ha...
Posted 05.25.2011
Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner appeared at a photocall in Venice Wednesday to promote 'The Town.' The movie, out September ...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Should scavengers feel guilt? Obviously they don't in nature - that whole circle of life thing. But the modern jackals and vultures - culture vulture...
Liz Glover | Posted 05.25.2011
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Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011
Now in its 9th year, the Tribeca Film Festival appears to embrace a wide-open, frontier mentality to programming.
Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: Mendes denies ever cheating on Winslet. "Utter nonsense," his rep said of rumors of a fling between Mendes and Hall. "Untrue and ridiculous." ...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
I happened to catch three films in a row on Saturday at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival that all dealt with issues of family, particularly the idea of creating a family from people to whom you aren't necessarily related.
Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011
British talent excelling in Hollywood is not a new phenomenon. But as the downturn takes hold there are fewer roles and fewer quality films: that makes British success all the more striking.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011
%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ Woody Allen's latest film touches on that classic male f...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.10.2012