Actress Tia Carrère will attend screenings of her immortal comedy “Wayne’s World” on October 8 at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. at the Hollywood Palms theater, She’ll also attend screenings on October 10 at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. at the Hollywood Boulevard theater and again on October 11 at 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. back at the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
‘The Boys Are Back’
Tough guy Clive Owen goes moist and squishy on us in Scott Hicks’ poignant and problematic domestic drama about Down Under sports writer Joe Warr, who periodically receives child-rearing advice from the imagined spirit of his deceased wife (Laura Fraser). Joe not only raises his 6-year-old (Nicholas McAnulty), but his imported rebel teen son (George […]
Uma, Uma, Uma!
Actress Uma Thurman, who sliced her way through Quentin Tarantino’s two-volume action film “Kill Bill,” will open the 45th Chicago International Film Festival with her bittersweet comedy “Motherhood.” The actress and the film’s writer/director, Katherine Dieckmann, will be at the opening where the actress will also receive the festival’s Career Achievement Award. Director John Woo, […]
Moore breaks little new ground
Muckraker doc maker Michael Moore gets a cold greeting from a guard at GM headquarters in “Capitalism: A Love Story.” “I refuse to live in a country like this!” Michael Moore declares, “and I’m not leaving!” In Moore’s ingeniously provocative, amusingly muckraking, obnoxiously hilarious, shamelessly showboating doc “Capitalism: A Love Story,” the filmmaker takes on […]
Dann chats with Drew Barrymore
I sat down with the effervescently cute Drew Barrymore at Chicago’s Metro club for a quick chat about her directorial debut, the rollerblading babes movie “Whip It,” opening today. “Were you old enough to remember anything that Steven Spielberg did on the set of “E.T.” that might have helped you as a director?” I asked. […]
‘Lying’ lays out daring premise in a subtle way
Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner) decides she’d rather date hunky Brad Kessler (Rob Lowe) than dumpy Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) in the comic fantasy “The Invention of Lying.” “The Invention of Lying” tells such an imaginative, witty story with such likable main characters that you hardly notice the subversive idea festering at the core of its […]
Barrymore whips it good as director of roller comedy
The Hurl Scouts (director Drew Barrymore, left, Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig) take to the rink in the coming-of-age action-comedy “Whip It,” Barrymore’s directorial debut. Every frame in the fun, breezy, coming-of-age roller derby dramedy “Whip It” oozes with the essence of Barrymore. Drew Barrymore. You know, the little girl who screamed her way into […]