Article: Movies

After finding a measure of success locally, she headed to Hollywood where she appeared in Dead Calm before falling in love with co-star Tom Cruise on the set of Days of Thunder and marrying him on Christmas Eve of 1990. Though the high-profile liaison would not last, Nicole did blossom into a matinee idol during the decade that they were together. Her career perhaps peaked in 2003, when she won an Oscar for The Hours

Narrated by Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman, this informative, entertaining and visually-captivating documentary was shot over the course of a year across the stark expanse of Antarctica’s frozen tundra by Frenchman Luc Jacquet. His film crew followed thousands of emperor penguins for hundreds of miles on an annual trek during which they alternately wobble by foot and glide by belly

For better or worse, Herbie: Fully Loaded has a pat plot without one surprising turn of events. If and only if you can ignore all the ads, you’re likely to find this a pleasant family picture to the extent that you don’t mind being bored out of your brain for the sake of the tykes for whom this predictable adventure is intended

Miranda makes a debut noteworthy for its shedding light on a slice of today’s hyper-sexualized world, and primarily from the perspective of unprotected youngsters. Though we might not like to see such a matter-of-fact presentation of so much perversion, especially involving children, this super-realistic flick triggers in the viewer a sudden shock of recognition that these taboos have likely become mainstream

No stranger to set romance, she had previously dated another actor, Joshua Jackson, one of her co-stars on Dawson’s Creek. Though she recently broke off her engagement to Klein in March, Katie’s love life soon became the subject of steady media speculation, when rumors about her being caught canoodling with Tom Cruise started to swirl

A taut espionage thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie exhibit oodles of onscreen chemistry, here, whether flirting or fighting during this cat-and-mouse caper. This comes as no surprise, given the unconfirmed rumors that it was their steamy set romance which torpedoed his four-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston. The supporting cast is topped by the capable Kerry Washington as Jane’s girlfriend and the colorful Vince Vaughn as John’s buddy.

The four still reside in a broken-down, Brooklyn
walk-up where the husbands are constantly cooking up cockamamie ways to make
a quick buck, much to their level-headed wives’ chagrin. Visually, the picture fails to convey much of an authentic feel of New York City, except in a couple of early scenes: one, when we find Ralph’s bus careening down Broadway, and another, where he’s wooing Alice below the Brooklyn Bridge with a full moon hanging over the Manhattan skyline

Gleason would always have the cigar, and the girls and a lot of big celebrity friends around him all the time. He‘d throw the big parties on a train. I really liked the idea of all that. Plus, he was just a funny guy. He had different kinds of funny. He’d do physical stuff, where he‘d dance and do his little moves, since he was light on his feet.

If you’re undecided on the issue, you might enjoy Bomb the System, a gritty, inner-city drama which graphically depicts the lifestyle of these self-styled rebels with a can. The film not only celebrates indiscriminate spray painting (AKA bombing), but an out-of-control lifestyle equally obsessed with sex, drugs, smoking, alcohol, menacing, murder and criminal behavior in general

His own career began on The Cosby Show which led to appearances in such TV shows as Living Single, Coach, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, Soul Food and Picket Fences. On the big screen, this versatile performer has delivered memorable performances across a variety of genres from The Best Man to Dead Presidents to Big Momma’s House to Hart’s War to Ray to Lackawanna Blues