Action star Tom Cruise is attacked by rats, but it’s not nearly enough to save the movie.
In its opening minutes, the movie already throws in at least two nods to Lethal Weapon, the 1987 action movie that put writer-director Shane Black on the map.
Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH is a gorgeously shot, sometimes thrilling, but ultimately rote retelling of the classic biblical story.
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is a frustrating, bloated movie that isn’t entirely successful. But it’s still one of the year’s best blockbusters.
In all our excitement yesterday over the start of Filmfest DC, we completely failed to mention the other big “local” premiere. State of Play has garnered continued curiosity on this site for over a year and a half now, ever since Brad Pitt popped into the newsroom at The Washington Post to do a little research on the role of intrepid “Washington Globe” reporter Cal McAffrey— a role that eventually went to Russell Crowe…
The pretty people are descending upon our city. A couple big movie shoots are in town, so if you’re into that sort of thing, now’s your chance for an Affleck or LaBeouf sighting. State of Play, an adaptation of a BBC miniseries starring Russell Crow and Ben Affleck, has been shooting for a couple of days around Capitol Hill. This movie made headlines in the fall when Brad Pitt dropped out due to an inability…
Straight women and gay men all across D.C. were presumably disappointed by the news that came out over the Thanksgiving holiday that Brad Pitt had dropped out of the production of State of Play, a big-budget political thriller set to begin filming here in Washington this winter. You may recall that Pitt had stopped by the Washington Post newsroom in September to do some research on the character he was slated to play in the…
>> Payday lending reform legislation passes in the D.C. Council, Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry’s bizarre change of heart on the matter notwithstanding. [City Desk] >> It’s likely that the Texas State Bar is probing the professional conduct of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. [Huffington Post] >> A water main break at Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW this morning caused U.S. District and D.C. Superior courts to be shut down all day, but…
Dan Evans is the Charlie Brown of the post-Civil War American west. He just can’t win. His wife looks at him with disappointment and disdain. His eldest son thinks he’s a lily-livered coward. His creditors bully and insult him. Even nature thumbs her nose at him, refusing to give him the rain he needs to water the pastures that could feed his starving cattle. Only his youngest son still looks at him with admiration, mostly…
>> Little children don’t like President Bush. [YouTube, embedding sadly turned off] >> Director Ridley Scott set off a bomb at Eastern Market yesterday, but Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio were not there, so stop asking us about it. [Reliable Source] >> A U.S. Park Police officer reportedly shot and wounded a driver on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway near Riverdale this afternoon. [WaPo] >> The FBI has launched a new Web site, BankBandits.com, in an…
