Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., left) is fitted into a primitive suit of protective
armor by Yinsen (Shaun Toub) in Iron Man.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
11 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, PG
David Seville (Jason Lee) transforms three harmony-singing chipmunks into a hit musical act. Animated and live action. (91 minutes) » Read story.
The laughs are on a roll in What Happens in Vegas
by colin covert star tribune (minneapolis)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
What Happens in Vegas follows the standard romantic comedy design, giving us two funny, neurotic people who are in love with each other but don’t know it. » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
By now you should be aware that the second Little Rock Film Festival starts Thursday. You should probably go to the festival’s Web site (www.littlerockfilmfestival.org) and check out the schedule. There are some great tools on the site that’ll help you plan your long weekend. » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Odd and kind of wonderful, David Mamet’s Redbelt, which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, is, on first impression, a mash-up of Mamet’s familiar stylized stories of victims and con men with a conventional sports underdog movie set in the relatively novel world of mixed martial arts fighting, of which Mamet is apparently an aficionado. » Read story.
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
CJ7, PG A poor Chinese father, scouring a junkyard for toys for his son, finds a mysterious orb that turns out to be a bizarre “pet” with extraordinary powers. » Read story.
by robert w. butler the kansas city star
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Speed Racer runs for two hours and nine minutes. Episodes of the animated ’60s TV series which inspired it ran for only 22 minutes. And that was too long. » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Written and directed by Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side calls to mind the Bob Dylan song “Who Killed Davey Moore?” In that song, Dylan uses the death of a fighter in the ring to raise questions about a society that embraces blood sport as entertainment. In Taxi, the death of an Afghan taxi driver while in U.S. custody illuminates how fear can corrode a nation’s moral armor. » Read story.
billy graham
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: I feel so isolated. I’m the only one in my family who’s a Christian, and every weekend they all go out drinking while I stay at home watching television by myself. They just laugh at me when I try to talk to them about Jesus. I can’t wait to move out, but I’m still in school so I don’t have much choice right now. How should I deal with this? — B.T. » Read story.
heloise
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
DEAR READERS: What do you absolutely have to pack for your next trip? With all the traveling I do, I have learned a few packing tricks that will save you time and keep you organized. Before your next trip, try this: Put essentials — like pain relievers, toothpaste, deodorant and hair products — in clear, plastic, zippertype bags so you can see at a glance what you have and what you need. (It also prevents leakage if a container should open.) Sample sizes work great and can be refilled when empty. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Ozark Foothills FilmFest is accepting submissions for the eighth annual festival, set for March 26-29 in Batesville. Entries are accepted in two categories: Official selection: Narrative or documentary films an hour or longer in length. » Read story.
By Karen Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Recent DVD releases » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 9, 2008)
Overwrought, overmannered and risibly self-conscious, The Life Before Her Eyes is a gorgeous mess of a movie that is finally undone by a last-minute revelation that’s meant to be shocking but seems more likely to produce “is that all there is?” shrugs. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Thursday, May 8, 2008)
“What Happens in Vegas,” which opens Friday, follows the standard romantic comedy design, according to the review in Friday’s MovieStyle section. » Read story.
Robert Downey Jr. is magnetic as comic book hero Iron Man
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 2, 2008)
At first glance it would seem that comic books should be easily transposable to film, for they share certain economies of storytelling. They are pictographic in nature and tend to sacrifice exposition and textural digression for zinging kinetic energy. They show rather than describe. » Read story.
By Philip Martin (Contact)
(Friday, May 2, 2008)
NEW YORK — When we got back this evening, the lobby of our embarrassingly famous hotel was closed off for the filming of a scene from Tony Scott’s remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 (scheduled for 2009 release). » Read story.
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