Yesterday | James Wolcott's Blog
The Gospel According to Matthew
With the impeccable timing that has made him America's favorite band leader, Elvis Mitchell interviews Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner on the portentous eve of the gathering darkness of the post-traumatic season-three finale this Sunday on AMC .
Blu-Ray Review: Heat Looks Great, but There's Nothing New to See
Fourteen years after Heat brought Al Pacino and Robert De Niro together onscreen for the first time, a new edition comes to Blu-ray. But do you need it? De Niro plays McCauley, the head of a paramilitary-style robbery crew, with Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore as his backup and Pacino as Hanna, the cop tracking them down.
I hate to condone the making of 3-hour long movies, but Heat is one in which you're not going to fall asleep.
Anthony Hopkins to Play Odin in Kenneth Branagh's Thor
I did not see this coming! No, it won't be Robert De Niro or Jude Law or Brian Blessed, apparently Odin , Thor's father, will be played by none other than Anthony Hopkins in Marvel's upcoming Thor movie.
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Michael Mann's "Heat" represents just about everything that is right in filmmaking.
Interview: Holding out for De Niro
He loves playing unpredictable characters, but the most cryptic one seems to be the legend himself.
'Endgame' Stumbles, but 'Mother Courage' Shines Brightly
Is it possible for two seismic talents to cancel one another out? That's the immediate question posed by the peculiarly unmoving new Duchess Theatre production of Beckett's "Endgame," a view of the end of the world that here reveals much about finding and holding the thespian spotlight when you're playing opposite a colleague who is himself no ...
Legendary writer, musician and actor, Henry Rollins returns to the UK in 2010 for a full UK round of 'Talking' shows.
A Movie A Day: WOLFEN (1981) You dona t have the eyes of the...
A Movie A Day: WOLFEN You don't have the eyes of the hunter. You have the eyes of the dead.
"I made HEAT when I was 14 and played a girl who died; a year later, I got into a fight with my mother and cut myself.
How Jeremy Piven cast off his Entourage
Star of The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard goes back to Larry Sanders and Seinfeld, and - 80 screen appearances later - has become Entourage's first real marquee name Agent of fortune: Jeremy Piven as Ari in Entourage Does Entourage make careers or kill them? Adrian Grenier plays a movie star on the show, but you can't imagine him opening on 3,000 ...
Natalie Portman Reveals Heat Torment
Natalie Portman cut herself as a teenager. The 28-year-old actress has revealed playing a girl who died in 1995 gangster movie 'Heat' had a profound effect on her, resulting in her harming herself after an argument with her mother.
Natalie Portman is growing through her roles
Natalie Portman perches on a stool at the counter of a vegan restaurant in downtown Manhattan, nibbling on a soy-cheese sandwich and minding her own business.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
Alynda Wheata s Beat Cop: Having fun storming the a Castlea
There was a book? All this time there was an actual, buyable, readable Castle book and nobody told me? I mean sure, I could've read this post from Jeff, this one from Mandi, or this one here .
Claire Kubik is a beautiful, intelligent, and powerful lawyer, who thinks she has an almost perfect lifestyle.
Entire Predators Cast Revealed
We told you it was coming and sure enough, Variety has announced the entire cast for Robert Rodriguez's Predators , which will be headlined by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody as the mercenary Royce.
Manager: Burt Reynolds treated for druga
Burt Reynolds has been released from a drug rehabilitation center where he was being treated for an addiction to painkillers, his manager said Wednesday.
This week, greatpoochini invites you onto his casting couch to choose the best film clips that show what happens when the wrong actor gets the gig Feel the evil a Brad Pitt and Henry Daniel as Professor Moriarty in The Woman in Green .
Burt Reynolds released from Florida drug rehabilitation center after treatment
Miami -- Burt Reynolds has been released from a drug rehabilitation center where he was being treated for an addiction to painkillers, his manager said Wednesday.
Motrhead performs with Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy on Saturday, September 19, at the Palladium Ballroom.
Also on Topix