Cinematic Crush: Brendan Fraser

Crush object : Brendan Fraser , actor. - His tendency to ping-pong back and forth between light-hearted comedy and serious dramatic roles be...

Fresh Bondage

Those hoping for a continuation of the down and dirty James Bond of Daniel Craig in Casino Royale should be satisfied with this first loo...

Toon Talk: Love as a Mostly Robotic Thing

Save for a few romantic subplots here and there, love stories have not exactly been at the forefront in the Pixar feature film canon. The “b...

Monthly Wallpaper - July 2008: Patriotic Movies

July is upon us, which in America means a chance to do a little fire crackin', ball tossin' and flag wavin'. And there's a ...

Film Art: She's Not Bad ... or Drawn

Ladies and gentlemen: the de-tooned Jessica Rabbit , as envisioned by the digital artist at Pixeloo.com . Be sure to check out their other...

Reel Thoughts: Stuck You

If you’re looking for a creepy, affecting suspense movie and The Happening ’s just not happening for you (with good reason ), check out the ...

Memo from Movie Dearest: Come On Over to My Space

Image created by MySpace friend "Captain Celluloid 3000" Sigh ... good help is sooo hard to find. After a certain pictorial fiasc...

Reel Thoughts: It's M. Night Shyamalan's Happening and I'm Not Freaking Out

The best thing I can say about The Happening is that I never saw director M. Night Shyamalan in one of his increasingly obnoxious "per...

When the Boys You Used to Hate You Date ...

Sure, The Facts of Life went to Paris , but did they ever go to Oz ? If so, perhaps Mrs. G and her gals ran in to the Golden Girls and th...

Reel Thoughts: Missed It By That Much

Like a lot of films "based on TV shows", Get Smart can stand on its own as a spy spoof, but not so well as a remake of the origin...

Out in Film: Jane Lynch

Idol worship : Jane Lynch , actress. - She began her career onstage, touring with the famed Second City comedy troupe and playing Carol Bra...

For the Birds

It isn't often that the realms of Barbie and Hitchcock collide, but when they do, the result is something as brilliant as this: the Alfr...

The Latest in Theaters: Most Wanted

In this corner, gun-toting killers, alcoholics, whores and Communists. And in the other: a cute robot. Attention studios: unlike last week...

The Latest on TV: GLAAD Media Awards 2008

Although we've known the actual winners for months now, Bravo will air the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (honoring the "fair, a...

Reverend's Reviews: Hello, WALL-E!

Like all fans of the Disney-Pixar canon, I had high expectations for their new robot tale, WALL-E (in theaters tomorrow). One thing I didn...

Women We Love: Rosalind Russell

Object of our affection : Rosalind Russell , actress. - This woman we love has played many Women We Love on both stage and screen: Sylvia F...

Awards Watch: Saturns 2008

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films were thoroughly Enchanted when it came time to hand out their Saturn Awards last...

Poster Post: Put Up Yer Dukes

A very early teaser poster, featuring Channing Tatum as Duke, for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra . Yep, that seems to be the title now, which mean...

The Latest on DVD: Muse-ical Magic!

Who knew that 28 years after its notorious box office belly flop that Xanadu would find itself resurrected not only as the quintessential ...

Next Stop, Wonderland

Another reason for theater geeks (especially gay theater geeks) to rue not living in New York: the annual burlesque-for-a-cause Broadway Ba...

That's Miss Bell to You ...

Let us hope that when the time comes for a certain fantastical faerie to get her name immortalized upon its own star on the Hollywood Walk...

Tony Tube 2008

Here's a video round up of the best of Broadway, as seen on the Tony Awards last week: - Of course, what everyone was talking about the...

Cinematic Crush: Taye Diggs

Crush object : Taye Diggs , actor. - He found instant fame as a member of the legendary original cast of the landmark rock musical Rent , w...

Dody Goodman: 1915-2008

Dody Goodman , the beloved character actress known for her daffy performances on stage, screen and television, passed away yesterday at the...

George Carlin: 1937-2008

George Carlin , the Grammy Award-winning comedian who taught the world the "Seven Things You Can't Say on Television", died ye...

The Empire Struts Back

Live from the Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios, it's "Dancing With the Star Wars Stars" !

Film Art: Epic Love Story

Photographer Annie Leibovitz sets her lens on the glamorous stars of Baz Luhrmann's Australia , Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman , in th...

EW Picks the "New Classics"

"Can you believe they made another mother-f***in' list?" To commemorate their 1,000th issue, Entertainment Weekly is celebra...

Costume Dramas: The Red Jacket

Has there ever been more of an iconic image for cinematic restless youth then the signature red jacket worn by James Dean as Jim Stark in ...

The Weinsteins of Broadway

Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob are upping their game in the legitimate theater. The movie producing duo (late of Miramax, now of their...

Out in Film: Jerry Mitchell

Idol worship : Jerry Mitchell , actor/dancer/ director/choreographer. - He began his career as a dancer in such Broadway productions as Bri...

The Latest in Theaters: Viva Viva!

A last minute addition to this week's Latest in Theaters is Viva , the queer camp delight opening today in Los Angeles (see the film...

MD Poll: AFI's Best of the Best

Wrapping up our coverage of the American Film Institute salute to their 10 Top 10 (which recently named the ten best films in ten classic...

MD Poll: Philadelphia Freedom

Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia , the Academy Award winning drama (starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington ) that was the first studio r...

Jesus Rocks Me

My pick for this year's Best Song Oscar: "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" from Hamlet 2 (in theaters August 27).

The End of the Affair

Following the imminent closing of Cry-Baby , the fall-out from the Tony Awards continues: A Catered Affair , the stage musical version of t...

The Latest in Theaters: Love and Let Spy

Two high profile comedies are facing off this weekend in theaters, pitting two cinematic spies -- the new Maxwell Smart and the former Austi...

Best of the Fests: Frameline 2008

Celebrating its 32nd year, Frameline , the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival, began today. Notable films on the schedule include the period ...

Awards Watch: Oscar House Rules

Two of the always-controversial Oscar categories are affected by some new rule changes at the Academy, announced today . First up, the awa...

Bye Bye Baby

Despite a surprise Best Musical nomination from the Tony Awards, Cry-Baby on Broadway will soon be no more. The musical, based on the John...

Do You Solemnly Swear ...

Brian de Palma's Scarface , recently named one of the top ten gangster movies of all time by the American Film Institute, will get the...

Women We Love: Anne Hathaway

Object of our affection : Anne Hathaway , actress. - After a short-lived television series ( Get Real ), she gave a star-making performance...