Not up to the standard set by Midnight in Paris, Allen’s ensemble wanders all over the place, like a tourist without a map. Thank goodness for Alec Baldwin
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Benjamin Walker on Becoming an Axe-Wielding President in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
“If you wanted to compare him to a superhero, I guess you’d have to compare him to Batman”
The Invisible War: When Soldiers Rape Soldiers
Women victimized by sexual abuse speak out in a poignant, powerful documentary that just might change the system
Today’s Trailer: Twilight: Breaking Dawn—Part 2
Edward Cullen’s family is in danger? What a surprise
Brave Old Worlds: Does Pixar Have a Problem with Stereotypes?
‘Brave’ may break the mold when it comes to Disney Princesses, but it’s happily reinforcing clichés about its Scottish setting. What is it about the animation studio’s confusing attitude towards cultural stereotypes? One Scot weighs in
Spoiler Alert: What’s Warm and Fuzzy Beneath All the Leather in Rock of Ages
The semi-regular series in which we totally spoil one of the weekend’s films. If you saw ‘Rock of Ages,’ please chime in below.
Madagascar 3 Smashes Cruise’s Rock, Shames Sandler’s Boy
Movies with two top stars fall to the DreamWorks animation juggernaut. Are Tom and Adam at a career crossroads, or heading off the box-office cliff?
The Godfather Monopoly: Make Him an Offer He Can’t Refuse
Now you too can “leave the gun, take the cannoli” when you start your next Monopoly game. USAoplogy has combined licenses from Hasbro and Paramount a create a new The Godfather-inspired Monopoly version to celebrate the 40th …
Julianne Hough on Pole Dancing, Rock of Ages, and Stealing from Harry Potter
Julianne Hough is a quadruple threat: actor, singer, dancer, and…thief? As an 11-year-old extra in the first Harry Potter, “I tried to steal a Gryffindor scarf, so I could prove I was in the movie,” she recalls. “Then they …
The Woman in the Fifth: L’amour and la mort in Paris
Ethan Hawke is the troubled writer adrift in Paris, and Kristin Scott Thomas his mysterious muse, in this cool, creepy psychological thriller
Today’s Trailer: Resident Evil: Retribution
The fifth ‘Resident Evil’ movie is due in theaters September 14
Rock of Ages Is Sometimes Fun-Awful—But Mostly It’s Just Awful
Though Tom Cruise fire-breathes some life into this ripoff of ’80s hair-metal rock, it’s still a ludicrously bad Schlock of Ages
