Digging Into Ricky Jay's 'Deceptive' Card Tricks
When people talk about movie magic, they rarely mean card tricks.
View ArticleIn 'Iron Man 3,' A Metalhead Gets The Blues
Y'know, I think this bummed-out superhero thing is catching. Depressed Bat-guy, brooding Spider-dude, even the Man of Steel seems existentially troubled in previews of his most recent incarnation.And...
View ArticlePolley's 'Stories': A Family Saga Strikingly Spun
Sarah Polley grew up the fifth of five children in a Canadian theatrical family. Her father, Michael, is a transplanted British actor; her mother, Diane, was an actress and casting director. No wonder...
View ArticleNew 'Trek' Goes 'Into Darkness,' But Not Much Deeper
The opening sequence of J.J. Abram's new entry in the Star Trek universe has all the ingredients of the classic franchise.There's Kirk and his crew bellowing on the bridge, everyone worrying about the...
View ArticleMore Time Together, Though 'Midnight' Looms
Celine and Jesse are sporting a few physical wrinkles — and working through some unsettling relational ones — in Before Midnight, but that just makes this third installment of their once-dewy romance...
View ArticleSummer Movie Preview: Kids, Theft, The Apocalypse, And Joss Whedon
Trending, trending. M Night Shyamalan sees dead people. I see trends.This will be a summer of Adolescents Triumphant, with kids overcoming parental units specifically to tame a hostile environment, be...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: What 'After Earth' And 'Kings' Have In Common
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. Two movies open today that at first glance have little in...
View ArticleWhen 'G' Movies Are For Kids, Do Kids Avoid 'G' Movies?
If you're a parent with small children, summer is traditionally a time when there's lots for them to see at the multiplex. That's not untrue this summer. But if you're specifically looking for a film...
View ArticleBullock And McCarthy, Packing 'Heat' (And Laughs) In Boston
Summer movies, as you may have noticed, are overwhelmingly male-dominated.
View ArticleA Kindergarten, A Story And A Life In Shambles
Lukas works in a Danish kindergarten, and it's clear he's in the right place: When the kids look at him, they see a great big toy.That's especially true for 5-year-old Klara, the lonely daughter of...
View ArticleIn Argentina, Coca-Cola Tests Market For 'Green' Coke
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View ArticleFor Actress Ruby Keeler, Another Opening, Another Show
Ruby Keeler was an unknown actress when she starred in the 1933 production of Busby Berkeley's 42nd Street.But the movie was so popular she was able to land two more splashy musicals that same year —...
View ArticleYou'll Want To Hang Up On These 'Secret Conversations'
A country girl from Grabtown, N.C., Ava Gardner arrived in Hollywood in 1941 knowing she couldn't act but, gorgeous as she was, she never had to let that slow her down. Her beauty — which reportedly...
View Article90 Years Later, 'Safety' Still The Last Word With Harold Lloyd
There may be no film image more iconic: Harold Lloyd, high above the street, dangling from the minute hand of a giant department-store clock.The face of the clock swings down; the minute hand bends.
View ArticleBob Mondello Remembers Columbus Day 1963, And A Visit To Camelot
Fifty years ago, President Kennedy hosted a Columbus Day ceremony in the Rose Garden, and I was there. Fourteen-year-old me, with my family. This was a fluke. The President had cracked a politically...
View ArticleBeat Manifesto: 'Kill Your Darlings,' Figuratively And ...
Hollywood's been trying to get a handle on the Beat Poets for years. Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac led wild — and influential — lives. But films about them, like Naked Lunch and On...
View ArticleFor A Free Spirit, A Grim '12 Years' In Chains
Just a few years before the start of the Civil War, two anti-slavery books became best-sellers in the United States.
View ArticleThis 'Time,' Supernatural Love Story Falls Flat
There's a phrase in French — "L'esprit de l'escalier," meaning "staircase wit"— for that moment when you've lost an argument and are walking away, and waaay too late, think of the perfect comeback. If...
View ArticleBiography Of Director Bob Fosse Razzles, Dazzles And Delights
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View ArticleChasing Money, And Meaning, In 'Nebraska'
Woody Grant has white hair, a cranky disposition and a stubbornness that just won't quit. When we meet him, he's being stopped by a highway patrolman as he's walking down the shoulder of a Montana...
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