-- "Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son" (Free Press), by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez with Hope Edelman: First see their movie, then r...
What could you possibly glean from a book about two men who've been in the public eye for over fifty years, where everything there is to know about them can be uncovered by the click of keyboard? Well, it turns out, plenty.
Perhaps it's sympathy, having (at least fictitiously) been in his position, or maybe he's just a political realist. Either way, "West Wing" star Marti...
"Wait!" Stop! Cut!" I order. The camera stops running. The crew, cast and background artists return to their starting marks. "Stop being Martin," I say to him in front of everyone to hear.
Rarely does an audience laugh and cry during the same movie. Yet that's what happened at a Chicago International Film Festival prescreening of The Way.
With brother Emilio Estevez saying that Charlie Sheen has turned a corner, and now comedian Jeffrey Ross offering that the upcoming roast of the actor...
Move over, Casimir Pulaski. Illinois has two new honorees of a newly-christened statewide holiday, coming up this Friday: Martin Sheen and Emilio Este...
If your summer reading includes Ron Chernow's MASSIVE George Washington: A Life, you're going to need some relief, aren't you? Here are a few biographies that are sometimes edifying and a bit more, uhhh, recreational.
Heretofore, I have never been a Charlie Sheen fan nor have I disliked him. I've been disappointed as have many others with his apparent shallow lifes...
If you see The Town, you'll probably think of it as a standard heist flick. Because it's well-directed by Ben Affleck, you may not be able to put your finger on what doesn't work, but you'll know you've seen it all before.
When we saw Stephen King's 1986 cult classic Maximum Overdrive - the only film King ever directed, as well as wrote - we were so overcome with awe and...