Cinematic Crush: Dominic Cooper

Crush object : Dominic Cooper , actor. - His enigmatic performance as the seductive Dakin in The History Boys on both stage and screen is w...

MD Poll: Movie Dearest's Most Wanted

Bringing in 415 votes, the latest MD Poll -- which asked you to name your favorite summer movie hunk of 2008 -- was the most popular non-Os...

Cinematic Crush: Colin Firth

Crush object : Colin Firth , actor. - He set many a heart to racing as the dashing Mr. Darcy in the acclaimed mini-series version of Jane A...

MD Poll: The Boys of Summer 2008

Now that the summer of 2008 is almost past, it is time to reflect on the movies we have seen, the important themes they expressed, the fine ...

MD Poll: The Way We Are Feeling

It was a close race for the battle of the fake movie musical sequels in the last MD Poll , and in the end, only one vote separated second ...

The Latest in Theaters: Summer's Last Gasp

It's Labor Day weekend, a.k.a. Hollywood's dumping ground, a.k.a. just go see The Dark Knight again. For better or worse, here are...

MD Poll: Once More With Feeling

A lot of heads were scratched upon the recent news of a sequel to last year's musical hit Hairspray . Most wondered, "A sequel? T...

Film Art: Obama, ABBA ... ABBA, Obama ...

An ABBA-esque (via the Mamma Mia! movie poster ) political cartoon by R.J. Matson for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Is Barack singing ...

Mamma's Boys

Mamma mia is right ... whoever was in charge of marketing this movie, they sure know their audience! Visit BroadwayWorld.com for more of th...

Reel Thoughts: ABBA-cadabra!

If you don’t like ABBA, you have Australia to blame for their resurgent popularity. Would the Swedish pop group have had such a comeback wit...

Out in Film: Phyllida Lloyd

Idol worship : Phyllida Lloyd , director. - This week she makes her feature film debut with Mamma Mia! , the ABBA musical she steered to s...

MD Poll: See That Girl, Watch That Scene ...

" ... Dig in the Dancing Queen". It may not be Friday night and the lights aren't particularly low, but Movie Dearest readers...

The Latest in Theaters: Batman Besides

Although The Dark Knight is shaping up to be the movie event of the summer (if not the year), there are a lot of other movies opening this ...

Women We Love: Meryl Streep

Object of our affection : Meryl Streep , actress. - Where to begin? The consummate actress of stage, screen and television, she not only ca...

Reverend's Report from Outfest: Mamma Mia!

The must-attend events of day 2 of Outfest 2008 were the back-to-back screenings Thursday night of the film version of Mamma Mia! (opening...

MD Poll: ABBA-licious Movie Music

The inherently danceable songs of ABBA survived the death of disco, stood the test of time, and even provided a few memorable moments in m...