Hollywood

I am not a big fan of the ‘Supernatural’ genre in movies. Mainly because, when the key to the central plot of a story is a supernatural event, it closes the…

February 27, 2014 · 6 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel recommends The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — William Wellman's stark western about mob justice and Henry Fonda's man-in-the-minority.

January 30, 2014 · 6 min read

Polish exorcists put Madonna's music on the agenda of a five-day meeting — the latest chapter in her decades-long clash with the Catholic Church.

July 11, 2013 · 2 min read

A 2013 rumor claimed Penelope Cruz would be the next Bond girl in Sam Mendes' follow-up to Skyfall. The rumor was debunked within weeks.

June 3, 2013 · 1 min read

This movie’s USP is clearly about authenticity – the eye for detail in it is stunning. Its art direction recreates the late 70s, early 80s so perfectly that…

May 2, 2013 · 6 min read

Spielberg's Minority Report asks whether crime can be stopped before it's committed. A Retro Reel column on fate, free will, and the future of policing.

April 3, 2013 · 6 min read

Hilaria Baldwin announced she's expecting a girl — dashing Alec's hopes of naming a boy 'Massimo.' The baby arrived in August 2013: Carmen Gabriela Baldwin.

March 8, 2013 · 1 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel on Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men (1957): a single jury room, twelve men, and a masterclass in power, prejudice, and reasonable doubt.

February 21, 2013 · 6 min read

Steve Martin became a first-time father at 67 — his rep confirmed he and wife Anne Stringfield had welcomed a baby girl born in December 2012.

February 14, 2013 · 1 min read

As gifted as highly intelligent people are, they frequently come bundled with another very human attribute – arrogance. Authors and stories (and movies too)…

January 25, 2013 · 6 min read

Cougar Town's Nicole Sullivan told Us Weekly that celebrity moms lie about shedding baby weight, saying she felt broken flipping through the magazines.

January 25, 2013 · 2 min read

Argo upset Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty to win Best Drama at the 70th Golden Globes, with Ben Affleck taking Best Director days after his Oscar snub.

January 14, 2013 · 2 min read

Leading off a column with a lively French phrase for a movie that’s quintessentially American is ironic. In a country where many folks don’t want to utter…

December 13, 2012 · 6 min read

Skyfall took 94.3 million pounds in 40 days to pass Avatar as the UK's highest-grossing film ever, a fitting crown for Bond's 50th anniversary year.

December 6, 2012 · 2 min read

Promoting his memoir Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his first TV interview about the affair that ended his marriage: 'It was terrible.'

September 29, 2012 · 1 min read

At a London screening in 2012, Brad Pitt broke with his mother Jane Pitt's pro-Romney letter: 'I am an Obama supporter' — and gay marriage 'is inevitable.'

September 10, 2012 · 1 min read

Mira Nair's adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened the 2012 Venice Film Festival, starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Television: This humble but omnipresent domestic appliance is called all that and a few other pejoratives. To be sure, much of what the box has to offer …

August 17, 2012 · 7 min read

Jennifer Aniston said yes to Justin Theroux's proposal at his 41st birthday dinner in New York City in August 2012 — they had met on the Wanderlust set.

August 15, 2012 · 1 min read