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Review: `Broken Embraces' is Almodovar's lastest

In the most indelible scene of "Broken Embraces" ("Los abrazos rotos"), Pedro Almodovar's latest vivid melodrama, Penelope Cruz plays dress-up. As an aspiring actress named Lena, she's testing wardrobe for a film. She quickly turns to the camera ...

From JAKE COYLE, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pedro Almodovar,  Penelope Cruz,  Audrey Hepburn,  Roberto Rossellini,  Sony Pictures

Review: Wildness intact, `Bad Lieutenant' returns

It's post-Katrina New Orleans and there are snakes in the water _ none bigger than Terence McDonagh, an exceptionally corrupt detective, who slinks through town snorting coke, smoking heroin, harassing women and brandishing a .44 Magnum stuffed in ...

From JAKE COYLE, eTaiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nicolas Cage,  Abel Ferrara,  Harvey Keitel,  Werner Herzog,  Orson Welles

Jason Reitman documents promotion of his new film

NEW YORK - The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. ...

From JAKE COYLE, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jason Reitman,  Starbucks Corp,  George Clooney,  Ivan Reitman,  Barack Obama

Scrooge lost in animation

LIONEL Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr Magoo. Scrooge McDuck. Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney's new 3-D animation ...

From JAKE COYLE, Shanghai Daily,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Laurence Olivier,  Albert Finney,  George C. Scott,  Bill Murray,  Michael Caine

Review: The end not soon enough for `2012'

Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood, have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals. This, too, is the micro-level drama of "2012, ...

From JAKE COYLE, Taiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Cusack,  Amanda Peet,  Tom McCarthy,  Porsche,  Chiwetel Ejiofor

Review: 'Boondock Saints' spawn's as hellish as the original

rare sight in the slick, corporate-made blockbusters of today's Hollywood. through the gate. In this film publicity image released by Apparition Films, Norman Reedus, left, and Sean Patrick Flanery are shown in a scene from "The Boondock Saints II: ...

From JAKE COYLE, Inside Bay Area,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Norman Reedus,  Willem Dafoe,  Troy Duffy,  Harvey Weinstein,  Miramax

Speedskaters' mighty thighs will say 'Colbert'

On Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. The team's largest annual cash sponsor, DSB Bank NV, left the team in the lurch after it declared bankruptcy in October. ...

From JAKE COYLE, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Colbert,  Eric Heiden,  Dan Jansen,  Bonnie Blair,  Shani Davis

Review: `A Christmas Carol' suffocates in glitz

Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney's new 3-D animation version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The appeal of the part is clear: You get villain and redemptive hero rolled into one, plus you ...

From JAKE COYLE, San Diego Union-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Carrey,  Gary Oldman,  Colin Firth,  Cary Elwes,  Robert Zemeckis

Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating

NEW YORK Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. On Monday's "The Colbert Report," comedian Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. The team' ...

From JAKE COYLE, Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Colbert,  Dan Jansen,  Eric Heiden,  Bonnie Blair,  Shani Davis

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Boondock Saints’ makes an unwelcome return

Cult classics – like Ed Wood’s films and “Showgirls” – are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. “Boondock Saints,” the 1999 film that achieved cult status on DVD and has now spawned a sequel, certainly had plenty of flaws. “Boondock ...

From JAKE COYLE, The Patriot Ledger,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Harvey Weinstein,  Troy Duffy,  Willem Dafoe,  Miramax,  Quentin Tarantino

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