State of Play
Running time 127 minutes
Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray
Directed by Kevin MacDonald
Starring Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman
Kevin MacDonald’s State of Play, from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray, is based on the six-hour BBC miniseries created Read More
State of Play
Running time 127 minutes
Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren
State of Play is the latest incoherently written, mass-entertainment gibberish by the overrated Tony Gilroy. Two other writers share the credit, but Read More
I was really looking forward to seeing He’s Just Not That Into You. Don’t judge! Admit it—you were, too. It’s been a cold, dark and depressing winter (and I’m not just talking about the weather), so is it any wonder that the ubiquitous and sunny trailer for the film—chock full of beautiful people like Jennifer Read More
He’s Just Not That Into You
Running time 129 minutes
Written by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein
Directed by Ken Kwapis
Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long
Up to the eyeballs in Read More
The year that George Clooney turned 36, he starred in the forgettable The Peacemaker and the unforgettable (in a bad way) Batman and Robin. Based on those massive duds, it would have been hard to predict that only eleven years later, Mr. Clooney would not only have an Oscar, but also be one of Read More
Tonight on ABC’s Nightline, Ben Affleck will report an "essay" on his recent fact-finding mission concerning the humanitarian crisis in the Congo.
"It’s fairly clear that in the modern age that there is a currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency, really," Mr. Affleck told David Bauder of The Associated Press. "I’ve Read More
Details editor in chief Dan Peres was caught in a journalistic quandary on Tuesday afternoon, left wondering about misquotes—whether one was made by himself, or by one of his freelancers, Bart Blasengame.
In the letters section of the magazine’s December issue that hit newsstands Tuesday, Mr. Peres wrote in an editor’s note: “Our November Read More
GONE BABY GONE
Running Time 114 minutes
Written by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
Directed by Ben Affleck
Starring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris
At the movies, 10 months of junk are over and we’re moving into the 2007 homestretch with an avalanche of serious works so dour you’ll just want to kill Read More
New Yorkers hate the Red Sox. To suggest that New Yorkers also hate Red Sox fans is therefore a bit tautological. But this weekend, New Yorkers—lots of them—defied the national trend and went and saw Gone Baby Gone (#3), which was written and directed by the most famous Sox fan apart from John Kerry—what auspicious Read More
Fall is the season for ‘quality’ movies, the kinds of movies that make good showbiz at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean that fluffier stuff can’t break out the box office: witness Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, the No. 1 film last weekend over Elizabeth: The Golden Age (critics seem to Read More
