Posted on April 30, 2014 at 10:22 am
We mourn the loss of actor Bob Hoskins, who died today at age 71. He was an actor of remarkable versatility, appearing in drama, comedy, crime stories, animation, and even an occasional romantic lead. His breakthrough was his Oscar-nominated performance in “Mona Lisa,” as a driver for a prostitute. He is perhaps best remembered as …
Posted on April 30, 2014 at 8:00 am
People often tell me they’d like to be movie critics. I usually say, “Okay, I just waved my invisible magic wand. You’re a movie critic! Now, if you want to be a professional critic, you need to do this: watch a lot of movies. Start with the movies on the American Film Institute lists. Read …
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Posted on April 29, 2014 at 10:28 pm
I’m delighted to hear that Oscar Isaac, whose performance as the title character in “Inside Llewyn Davis” was my favorite of 2013, will play a lead role in the new “Star Wars” movie. Also announced for the cast: the legendary Max von Sydow as well as Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver (also from “Inside Llewyn Davis” …
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Posted on April 29, 2014 at 8:00 am
It sounds like a movie. No, it sounds like a fairy tale, but it really happened. A sports agent named J.B. Bernstein found two cricket-playing Indian athletes named Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel by staging a reality television show and brought them to the US to play baseball. More than 30,000 men tried out on the …
Posted on April 28, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Here’s a sneak peek at this week’s release, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” with Andrew Garfield and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx.
