After a decade on the shelf, this action comedy is streaming for the first time. But while the action is dated, the comedy is antique.
Category: Movies
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‘Back to the Wharf’ Review: Ghosts of the Past
Li Xiaofeng’s film turns a crime soap opera into an allegory about China’s head-spinning modernization.
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Filming Eugene O’Neill When the Elements (and Investors) Don’t Cooperate
Starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris, Jonathan Kent’s adaptation of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” started production, only to lose key financing.
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For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy
“Saint Omer” borrows details from a case of infanticide in France, which the director found raised profound but very personal issues.
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‘A Man Called Otto’ Surpasses Expectations at the Box Office
Ticket sales totaled $15 million over the holiday weekend, fueled by older audiences in the middle of the country.
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Gina Lollobrigida, Movie Star and Sex Symbol, Is Dead at 95
She began her career in her native Italy and, although she achieved fame in America worked more often in Europe. She later had a second career as an artist and filmmaker.
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Edie Landau, Film Producer Who Was Ahead of Her Time, Dies at 95
She and her husband invented a model for faithfully adapting acclaimed literature, illuminating an alternate path for independent cinema.
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‘Based on a True Story’ (Except the Parts That Aren’t)
The entertainment genre of historical drama is flourishing — and riddled with inaccuracies. The untrue parts are leading to more public spats and lawsuits.
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‘House Party’ Review: A Rager Gone South
Directed by Calmatic, “House Party” reboots the 1990 Kid ’n Play cult comedy with the help of LeBron James.
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Kevin Spacey Pleads Not Guilty to 7 Charges of Sexual Misconduct in U.K.
The Oscar-winning actor had already pleaded not guilty in July to five other counts of sexual misconduct. He is currently out on bail.
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‘Avatar’: The Way of the Restroom
The movie’s three-hour-plus run time, which includes scene after scene of churning seas, is a recipe for repeated bathroom breaks.