Author: Peter Travers
[Three and a half stars] Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana, Leslie Mann Directed by Judd Apatow
Three and a half stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard Directed by Michael Mann
Three and a half stars John Travolta, Denzel Washington, John Turturro Directed by Tony Scott
Peter Jackson is on the phone from New Zealand to dish on District 9, the film he produced about aliens held captive in South Africa. It’s a little film that might just blow the summer ...
“This is a modern, in-your-face film,” says Quentin Tarantino. Never mind that it’s set in World War II and is inspired by QT’s Dirty Dozen-ish film faves. Brad Pitt stars as Lt Aldo Raine, a ...
“I still carry the part with me,” says Meryl Streep, pointing to her hips. The joke is she’s playing Julia Child, the chef who never skimped on fattening butter. Director Nora Ephron adapts the book ...
“Nobody laughs at a physically fit man.” A newly slim Seth Rogen takes those words to heart in this tale of a joke writer (Rogen) who goes to work for a big star and bigger ...
“I think he was a real-life Robin Hood.” Johnny Depp is referring to John Dillinger, the 1930s robber of big, bad, customer-cheating banks. Does it sound like this period film might touch a chord in ...
“We all go through it: the pain of getting dumped by someone you love.” His words mean that Joseph Gordon-Levitt knows Tom, the greeting-card writer he’s playing, from the inside. Zooey Deschanel plays Summer, the ...
“Spoilers seem such a mean-spirited thing to do.” That’s a warning from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. And she’s right. So you’ll learn no secrets here, especially the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, though it’s ...
