Hollywood Films
The Wrestler: Vigorous, but opaque
By Jordan Mattos, December 27, 2008
In Darren Aronofsky’s fourth feature film, The Wrestler, veteran actor Mickey Rourke plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a professional wrestler in his fifties who is coping with life as a prisoner ...
W: A crude approach is not good for grasping much of anything
By David Walsh, October 22, 2008
Directed by Oliver Stone, screenplay by Stanley Weiser W. is veteran American director Oliver Stone's film about the life and career of President George W. Bush. It was shot and edited rapidly for rel...
Paul Newman (1925-2008)
By Hiram Lee, October 1, 2008
The death of actor Paul Newman on September 26, after a long battle with lung cancer, was followed by a flood of tributes and remembrances.
The play’s the thing: Andrew Fleming’s Hamlet 2
By Hiram Lee, September 9, 2008
Almost immediately, Hamlet 2, the new film from director Andrew Fleming and South Park writer Pam Brady, takes up a number of interesting and important themes. The film contains more than its share of...
Touch of Evil: that ticking noise in our heads
By David Walsh, October 20, 1998
Orson Welles directed the filming of Touch of Evil, his seventh feature, in early 1957. He got the assignment from Universal Studios in part due to the urging of the film's leading actor, Charlton Hes...
