Say hello, good evening and welcome to one of the greatest political movies ever. That bit of glorious hyperbole doesn't come from me, of course, but from the British tabloid The Sun. My sentiment would be, this was a pretty darn entertaining flick, but I really wish I could have seen the play. The ...

Although watching the hullabaloo before Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony was more fun than usual—we loved those wild-card moments when Alec Baldwin harassed the tiny Ryan Seacrest about pictures of him “fondling� some woman, and when Mark Wahlberg threw Jeremy “I swear I was mercury-p...

Since it's all about comedy here today, I was initially very happy to see that very-funny-lady Lauren Graham is finally coming back to primetime TV (and only seven years after "Gilmore Girls" left the air, what the hell's up with that?) Once I found out what her show was going to be, however, most o...

Barring any last-minute drama by the fractured Screen Actors Guild — who just announced that they are presenting a strike authorization vote to their membership on January 2nd — this year’s Golden Globe Awards should play out a little better than last year’s lame, strike-addl...

"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore ..." -- Richard Nixon, on his 1962 loss to Pat Brown for the Governorship of California That statement turned out, of course, not to be true; we would have Nixon to kick around for decades more. That statement also concealed a different truth, which is th...

Toward the end of the film Frost/Nixon, based on the Peter Morgan play of the same name, Frank Langella's Richard Nixon wonders whether his legacy will prevent young people from aspiring to a life in politics. "They'll think it's all just corrupt," he laments. "I always felt that line...

When it comes to recommending books rather than movies, I feel more than a little like Nixon, especially since I only manage to read six or so a year nowadays. Having just completed "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," however, I'm confident in giving it my full endorsement. The debut novel by MI...

Normally, the pace of work here at FSR HQ is a speed unlike anything you will see anywhere else in the world. We are an efficient, productive, well-oiled machine of awesomeness. We can, in fact make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs if we try. Today, however, all work has stopped in the wak...

Woody Allen's film Vicky Cristina Barcelona opened in Cannes and I'm not exactly sure what Soon-Yi is wearing, but it's sure not a smile. She and Woody look positively elated. Someone tell them to calm down already. That dress of hers is fascinating--it's so sexy Pilgrim. I imagine a stylist attempt...

Filed under: Cannes, Festival Reports, Movie Marketing, Interviews, Cinematical Indie The press conference for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona was a packed affair. Buzz on the film has been mostly positive, and most of those trying to get in were, unfortunately, shut out. The line of press tr...