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Playing Down on Her Luck, Amy Ryan's Star Risesnew
"I hope people ask me, 'Where did you find that local actress?,'" Ben Affleck told Amy Ryan when he cast her as a wreck of a single mother in his directing debut, Gone Baby Gone.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
King Baby's Royal Weldingnew
The studio makes jewelry fit for a king or a queen, baby.
L.A. Weekly |
Linda Immediato |
10-26-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Buy It, Use It, Break It, Fix Itnew
On the eve of its final American performance of 2007, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter discusses the duo's banner year, the future of the music industry and the current state of electronic music.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daft Punk
'Road' to Hellnew
Terry George's latest comes with plenty of reservations.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
10-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
The Case of the Dogged Detectivesnew
Two hard-boiled murder investigators get their man -- a fellow cop -- 16 years later.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
10-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ordinary 'Rendition'new
It's not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller is as conventional as they come.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
General Hillarynew
Clinton skips over the primaries and toward the next war.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
10-19-2007 |
Commentary
'Sleuth': Better Home and Gardennew
But not much else in Kenneth Branagh’s remake.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
The Eccentric Tony Kaye Weighs in on Abortion Debatenew
As it turns out, Lake of Fire is serious and provocative and heartfelt and probably as close as any movie on an issue this vast and irresolute can come to being an exhaustive survey.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lake of Fire, Tony Kaye
A Dark-Skinned Good Guynew
Tall, slender and elegant in a charcoal-gray leather jacket and neatly trimmed chin stubble, Ashraf Barhom is an Israeli Arab making his Hollywood debut as the righteous Saudi Arabian who sets an example of personal and professional heroism in The Kingdom.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Mash-up Star Gregg Gilliss May Be About to Blow Up — Literallynew
For two months, the mash-up prodigy more commonly known as Girl Talk lived the wild life of a touring musician. Now he was about to meet a fiery end on the tarmac of Dallas Love Airport.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
10-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Blue Whale Requiemnew
Mystery reigns as sonar tests pit military training against beloved Southland pods.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
10-01-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Something in the Air Will Kill Younew
In Larry Fessenden's new film, The Last Winter, weather is the monster.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
09-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Fessenden, The Last Winter
The Many Freckled Faces of Catherine Keenernew
Keener plays Jan, a slackly conceived and overly familiar character, but she brings the role a warmth, specificity and diffuse sadness that makes you wish she had a lot more screen time.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
09-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
Sean Penn Journeys 'Into the Wild'new
To these eyes, Into the Wild is an unusually soulful and poetic movie that crystallizes Christopher McCandless as the glittering enigma he was, that allows us to decide for ourselves whether he was the spiritual son of Thoreau, Tolstoy and John Muir, or the boy most likely to become Theodore Kaczynski.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
09-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
