By Rex Reed 3/31/09 4:07pm

Could This Be the Great Escape Movie I’ve Been Waiting for?

The Escapist
Running time 102 minutes
Written by Daniel Hardy and Rupert Wyatt
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Damian Lewis, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge

The prison escape movie—a tired genre—gets some fresh energy in The Escapist, a compelling, carefully written and totally gripping film from the U.K. that is acted Read More

By Rex Reed 9/12/05 12:00am

J. Lo Is Good! In Lasse’s Western

If Jennifer Lopez continues to surround herself with real actors of serious distinction like Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Ralph Fiennes, then sooner or later something is bound to rub off. And so, for whatever it’s worth, she gives her strongest performance to date in the wonderful, beautifully crafted film adaptation of Wyoming author Mark Read More