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Jennifer Aniston - Should She Quit Movies? »

Jennifer Aniston loves to be in movies but do the movies love her? Apparently not. She is suffering box-office roadkill with most of the movies in her career. Does that mean she needs to return to TV land?
The former Friends actress’ new film,The Switch, has bombed at the box office!
The flick — which also stars [...]

Why Christopher Nolan is not the new Stanley Kubrick »

In their eagerness to praise director Christopher Nolan and his new film, dream-thief actioner ‘Inception’, the critics have taken one particular phrase to their collective hearts: he’s the New Kubrick. Their reasoning is simple: both men have been allowed to exercise total creative control over their projects, both explore science fiction concepts, both utilise an often icy, [...]

Irish America and the siege of Hollywood »

Ethnicity, charming in small doses, too often becomes a cultural straitjacket. If we are French, we are expected to like cheese, wine and Molière, even if we prefer curry, scotch and Turgenev. If we are Jewish, we are expected to revere Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen and the Coen brothers; otherwise, we [...]

Still Cruising After All These Years »

I haven’t seen Knight and Day yet and the word on the street has been mixed, but even if it’s terrible I’ll still believe that Tom Cruise is a fantastic and underrated actor.
It’s not often that one of the biggest movie stars in the world can be classified as “underrated” because clearly most audiences enjoy his work, but Cruise [...]

Tom Cruise fails at box-office - career slide begins? »

This past weekend, Tom Cruise’s newest movie, Knight & Day, bombed at the box office bringing in only $20 million. Heralded as the star’s comeback, it ranked third behind Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups and Pixar’s Toy Story 3 in its second week out.
On it’s face, the weak opening sure makes it look like Tom Cruise’s days as one of Hollywood’s [...]

Native American actors see new image in “Twilight” »

It took “Twilight” to do what Hollywood’s major studios have struggled with for over a century — treat Native American teenagers like normal kids.
No leather loincloths, no hair feathers, no dancing around campfires, no tales of woe on reservations.
Sure, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which opens in theaters on Wednesday, is pure fantasy with its tale [...]

How To Make ‘Entourage’ As a Movie »

Many have asked HBO’s ‘Entourage’ be turned into a movie epsecially it’s avid fanbase.
If you scoured the globe, I’m not sure that you’d find a more avid fan of Entourage than yours truly. To me, it’s the rare series that’s highly praised and, in an odd way, underrated. (By now, of course, [...]

10 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Toy Story 3′ »

Parents who want to take their kids to see Toy Story 3 are well advised to consider a few things about the new Pixar sequel. Questions like ‘Is it loud or scary?’ or ‘How’s the animation?’. Worthy questions to factor when taking the kids to the theaters.
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Where is the great Hollywood soccer movie? »

With the advent of the World Cup, it appears we don’t have that many soccer movies to help us wet our appetite for the sport leading up to the big event.
Graham King has worked with countless A-listers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Jack Nicholson, Cameron Diaz and Daniel-Day Lewis, to name just a few. [...]

Robert De Niro needs to get back to real acting »

A couple of things got me thinking about Robert De Niro.
First, I reported a little while ago that he’s taking on the role of legendary Packers head coach Vince Lombardi. Then, Al Pacino started receiving rave reviews for his turn as Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the HBO biopic “You Don’t Know Jack.” And then, this morning, the nutty trailer for “Machete” hit the [...]