Damon's performance in True Grit is just the latest achievement by one of the best actors working today. While his looks always promise the square-jawed decency of a 1950s leading man, Damon's talent often lies in subverting our expectations.
Mindless kiddie fare opens at around four thousand screens across the country. When at last a brilliant, provocative film for grown-ups gets produced, it merited four screens. Doesn't this strike you as just a trifle lopsided?
All of these mini-epics are lushly animated, impeccably acted, and filled with the kind of big-scale action that the Bruce Timm-shepherded DCAU is known for.
Mr. Nice is an interesting story told in a half-good film. But it's a treat to see Welsh actor Rhys Ifans in a role that lets him stretch his lanky charm.
Can anyone tell me why so many famous and powerful men decide not only to take pictures of their private parts but to text, tweet and email them to people? How many men have to be caught before men actually learn from the guys who have gone before?
"In a year filled with so many productions... Almost as much as I love doing plays, [I love] going to see them, and there are so many incredible productions and performances right now."
Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin share next to nothing in political ideology or background. Here's what they do have in common: both woman candidates were victims of a media smear campaign which played a major factor in their temporary political demise.
More games have been published on Apple's platforms than any other. They are far and away the most commonly created and downloaded apps, and millions of birds are not happy.
Two summers ago, I was ready to proclaim Fox's X-Men movies "done, done, done." I've never been more happy to be proven wrong.
I think they were under the mistaken impression that I was a Hollywood player. I've never been on a board before. I have no organizational experience. And everything i know about the law, I learned from the OJ trial.
From the moment Ashley arrived at the house for her first date, her suitors kept talking about how great she looked. This happened so much, it felt like someone was trying to convince me Ashley was indeed a catch.
While my wife loves the typical type of music that NPR stations play, I had kept myself sorta willfully ignorant about a lot of the more cerebral and free-range acts that live on those play-lists.
Serious Sinatraphiles need to buy Ring-A-Ding Ding! again, no matter how many times they've bought it before. Why? A 50-year-old screwup that's dogged every release of the album has finally been fixed.
Spike's Guys Choice Awards is a spirited celebration of the things men love and has become an annual star-studded Guyaplooza.
Music festivals are much like the Boy Scouts in that it's very important to be prepared. Here's how we have prepared ourselves for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 16th-19th.
Shot on the proverbial shoestring over seven quick production days, Do Not Disturb is a curious little anthology film with some interesting names attached.
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