When 12-year-old Greg Heffley – the fictional, cartoon-drawing middle school protagonist of the four hugely popular “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books – springs to life on movie screens this week, he’ll be sharing some true family secrets with viewers.
The death of Corey Haim last week adds yet another name to the lengthy list of child actors and actresses who failed to make the transition as adult stars.
“Brooklyn’s Finest” these guys ain’t. At least, you’ve gotta hope not. Contrary to the title of this latest release from “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua, these cops are lousy.
During morose economic times, escaping to another realm can be quite enticing.
George Clooney and Matt Damon are cool guys, but in recent films they leave the glamorous, dangerous worlds of “Ocean’s 11” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” far behind. In “Up in the Air” and “The Informant!,” both actors play guys who, in the end, turn out to be schmucks.
Robert Pattinson is a rebellious rich kid who falls for the beautiful daughter (Emilie de Ravin) of a surly New York City cop (Chris Cooper) during the summer leading up to 9/11.
Kirk is not accustomed to hot girls noticing him. So imagine his surprise when this average Joe suddenly finds himself on the arm of a beautiful, sexy woman like Molly.
Matt Damon plays an Army officer in charge of a teams assigned to seek and find WMDs in the early days of the Iraq war.
I swear I’m not getting old, but lately I feel like those two old Muppets in the theater who complain about everything.
Actresses Krysten Ritter and Alice Eve play best friends in the film “She’s Out of My League,” and in real life they definitely evoke that BFF vibe.
Chris Cooper is happy to be known as a character actor. He lives in Kingston, Mass., well out of the Hollywood loop, and is regularly called upon to play pretty much every kind of personality imaginable.
Oscar parties have been around for years, but for those without invitations — or those of us who’d rather not don tuxes and create themed potluck dishes (steak “Avatar”-tar, anyone?) — missed out on the fun. But this year, people around the world watched the Academy Awards within arms’ reach of a laptop or phone, participating in an ongoing conversation about the telecast on the micro-blogging service Twitter.
Matt Damon plays an Army officer in charge of a teams assigned to seek and find WMDs in the early days of the Iraq War in "Green Zone."
Corey Haim died Wednesday at age 38. I grew up with this guy and his movies. “The Lost Boys” is the best vampire movie of my generation. I’ll take Keifer Sutherland’s David over Edward or whatever other goofball prissy teens pass for nocturnal hunters these days. But I digress.
Patriot Ledger film critic Al Alexander makes his annual picks for the top winners at the Academy Awards, which are being handed out Sunday.
Corrupt cops may be “in” right now in Hollywood (see this weekend’s new release, “Brooklyn’s Finest,” from “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua), but my favorite kind of movie cop is a buddy cop.
Michael Corleone, meet Malik El Djebena. I think you’ll find you have a lot in common, especially seeing how you both were so adamant about avoiding the thug life before fate and circumstance dictated otherwise.
If it weren’t for the cars and the telephones and the contemporary small-town setting, “Terribly Happy” could easily be mistaken for an old-fashioned Western. It’s a sort of classic story about a new sheriff coming to town, but not being exactly welcomed with open arms.
Alexis Bledel was a breath of fresh air when she boomeranged from TV’s “Gilmore Girls” to the big screen in “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” But like a lot of young actresses, things quickly went south.
Spooks, from both the metaphysical and espionage worlds, cast an ominous presence over Roman Polanski's “The Ghost Writer,” but it’s the underlying parallels to its author’s real life that prove most haunting.
