The Oscar winner delivers a great, subtle performance as a Nebraska cop trying to right wrongs in Bosnia
The Change-Up: Body Swapping, Plus Fake Boobs and F Bombs
Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds trade bodies, but this comedy does little to switch up a familiar movie formula
Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Chimpan-tastic!
As both a simian simile and a wonder of technology, this reboot is a triumph — the year’s finest action movie
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Showtime at Press Tour: The Post-24 Terror of Homeland
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The 9/11 attacks happened almost ten years ago. Since then, we’ve lived through whole cycles of war and cultural change; Osama bin Laden is dead and Jack Bauer is off the air. This fall, one of 24’s producers is returning on Showtime with a terrorism thriller, Homeland, that’s very …
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The Morning After: Live Every Week Like It's Shark Week
The irony of attending the TCA TV critics’ press tour is that, between the daytime sessions is that it leaves you little time for actually watching television, between the daytime panels and the evening schmooze events. (I know, it’s a rough life. Well, it is for the talent, anyway. Last night’s CBS/CW/Showtime panel featured Sarah …
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CBS at Press Tour: Ted Danson, Child Forensic Scientist!
The big news out of CBS’s press tour had to do with the information (or lack thereof) about Ashton Kutcher’s introduction on Two and a Half Men. But there were tidbits from the various other panels, including the revelation that Ted Danson was groomed to play a CSI from his earliest years:
* “I grew up around skulls,” said Danson at …