The snappy dialogue tops the drama in Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Meanwhile a documentary about perhaps the world’s greatest sushi chef is hunger-inducing.
Movies
Silent House, Shrieking Heroine
Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman trapped in a house full of strange noises and dark secrets. She gets so scared she throws up; we almost joined in.
John Carter: Andrew Stanton’s Martian Mission Impossible
From the director of Finding Nemo and WALL·E comes an ambitious, wayward version of a century-old story that plays like a pallid remake of Avatar
Friends with Kids: A Potty-Mouthed Mom Rom Com
In writer-director Jennifer Westfeldt’s new film, two friends imagine they can have a child together yet remain completely platonic. Good luck with that.
Are Germans Ready to Laugh at a Film About Nazis from Space?
Spartacus: Behind the Scenes Photos From a Stanley Kubrick Classic
Watch Another Trailer for Men in Black 3
Or, further proof that Will Smith keeps a painting of himself locked in an attic somewhere. Though it’s been a decade since Smith and Tommy Lee Jones starred in Men in Black II, the former Fresh Prince doesn’t look a day over however old he was in 2003. Which is perhaps why he’s still able to convincingly deliver lines like, “You know, I …
The Week Ahead—10 Things To Watch, Play and Listen To: March 5-11
Every Monday, for your planning purposes, we will lay out the week ahead in entertainment. (All times refer to EST.)
1. Bruuuuce’s Newest
This Tuesday, Bruce Springsteen will drop Wrecking Ball, his 17th studio album and
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It’s Seusstastic! How The Lorax Saved Hollywood
The tree-hugging children’s movie blossomed riotously, registering one of the highest-ever opening grosses for an original animated feature.
Comments of the Week: Feb. 26-March 2
We here at TIME Entertainment monitor the comments section daily — mostly to delete all the crazy spam that gets posted on our stories, but also to keep watch for overly aggressive or offensive posts from actual, non-bot human …
Seussapalooza! The Magical Creations of the Man Behind The Lorax
Theodor Seuss Geisel, who would be 108 today, is justly honored for his Seuss books, and the films and TV shows made from them. But his work extended to political humor, raunchy wartime cartoons and the world’s weirdest kids movie.
The Wacky World of Dr. Seuss in Movies and TV
As the famous author’s environmental tale The Lorax gets the feature-film treatment, we look at how other Seuss classics have been handled on screen.
Being Flynn: Robert De Niro Has Not Given Up After All
This adaptation of Nick Flynn’s acclaimed memoir Another Bull__ Night in Suck City holds on to its poetry, although the profanity-laced title had to go.