Hollywood’s grand swashbuckler returns in a five-disc set featuring five films from the 1930s and ’40s. “Adventures of Don Juan” stars Flynn as the legendary lover dueling with bad guys to rescue Spain’s queen. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” has him leading British horsemen against a Russian army. “The Dawn Patrol” stars Flynn and […]
Criterion launches its new line, the Eclipse series, presenting overlooked or forgotten films, in this case, five formative offerings from future cinema geniusIngmar Bergman. The five-disc set opens with 1944’s “Torment,” with Bergman writing his first produced screenplay for filmmaker Alf Sjoberg, who directs the drama of a student tortured both by love and a […]
Humanity experiences the empty-nest syndrome on a global scale in this bleak tale of a near future in which all the kids have flown the coop.
Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine star in the story set in 2027, when ethnic and socio-economic chaos have swept the planet after a plague of infertility leaves the […]
When it comes to delivering a commercial crowd-pleaser, Will Smith is at the top of the list. Smith charmed his way to another $100 million hit and his second Oscar nomination in this tear-jerker based on the true story of a single dad whose struggle to provide for his young son while taking on an […]
Hollywood’s march of the penguins continues with director George Miller (news, bio, voting record)’s Academy Award-winning animated feature about a dancing fool of an Antarctic bird who doesn’t fit in among his singing kinfolk. Featuring the voices ofElijah Wood, Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Brittany Murphy, the film follows the adventures of a […]
When Alabama released its first “Songs of Inspiration” gospel collection in 2006, country music’s most successful band appeared ready to accept its role as elder statesmen. They no longer ruled the radio the way they once had, and their 2004 “Farewell Tour” seemed like a final bow to their glory years. That the quartet was […]
Fourteen years into his career, Tim McGraw remains one of country music’s most creatively restless and ambitious superstars. “Let It Go” follows his second greatest-hits collection, and he used the three-year break between original albums to assemble his strongest set since 2001’s “Set This Circus Down.”
McGraw’s recent focus on acting hasn’t deterred his talent for […]
The promotional machine that is Jennifer Lopez makes much of her ability to seemingly do it all. She dances, acts, sings, designs. Her newest production is “Como Ama Una Mujer,” Lopez’s first album sung entirely in Spanish.
It is the work of “the best songwriters, arrangers and musicians in the Latin world,” according to her team, […]
When Young Buck’s debut, “Straight Outta Cashville,” dropped in 2004, it was easily regarded as the best solo disc from 50 Cent’s G-Unit crew of chart-topping soldiers. But oh, how times have changed.
Recent releases from Fiddy affiliates — Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep — have received critical yawns and generated moderate sales. Young Buck’s sophomore […]
This may look like just another bank heist caper, but it’s actually a beautifully drawn character drama, and the rare film that manages to balance subtlety with suspense. Then again, that shouldn’t seem too surprising coming from longtime screenwriter Scott Frank, an Oscar nominee for Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight” who also wrote the scripts […]
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder’s figure-skating comedy offers a few prime gags but a flimsy premise that loses its novelty quickly. The idea sounds like a great little “Saturday Night Live” sketch: Ferrell’s an arrogant rebel of a men’s champ, Heder’s his fastidious rival, and the two end up teaming as the first men’s pair […]
Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez poses during a presentation of her new CD “Como ama una mujer” in Barcelona, March 21, 2007.
