Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Hard at Work on New Year’s Eve

Friday, January 4th, 2008

At the top of his game, Chris Rock gets ready to rock Madison Square Garden.

Broadcast of Golden Globes Is in Doubt

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Hollywood’s glamour machine is stuck between a promise that the stars will still show up at next month’s Golden Globes and a threat that 3,000 picketing writers will chase them away.

In a Flat World, a Rebel With a Cause

Friday, January 4th, 2008

“Persepolis,” austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.

Stopping at 10 Just Seems Wrong

Friday, January 4th, 2008

I know it’s hard to believe, but during the past 12 months I sometimes went two or three weeks in a row without finding anything to mock, deflate or be disappointed by.

G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose ‘Sholay’ Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Mr. Sippy was an Indian filmmaker whose 1975 blockbuster “Sholay” (“Embers”) remains the most famous Hindi movie and the biggest commercial success for Bollywood.

Michael Kidd, Choreographer, Is Dead

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Mr. Kidd was the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like “Guys and Dolls” and Hollywood musicals including “The Band Wagon.”

For Geezers Gone Wild, Too Little, Too Late

Friday, January 4th, 2008

“The Bucket List” operates on the hope that two beloved stars rubbing their signature screen personas together can spark warm, fuzzy box office magic.

Aliens and Predators Still Can’t Seem to Get Along

Friday, January 4th, 2008

The second “Aliens vs. Predator” film is, like its predecessor, one very dark movie. Not psychologically dark; dark dark, as in not very generously lighted.

Master Portraitist, Writ Large Himself

Friday, January 4th, 2008

“Chuck Close,” about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art.

Fearsome Nessie Started Out as a Good Egg and Playmate

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Many lonely children yearn for a pet to call their own. In “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep,” based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, a boy finds not only that, but a best friend as well.