Movies about farming interest me about as much as the devaluation of the Chinese yuan. So it is with querulous satisfaction that I find At Any Price, an uneven but timeless story of the decline of the American family farm during perilous times of increasing corporate control, so personal, human and compelling. Dennis Quaid, who Read More
Nagging question of the day: What heinous sin could the otherwise gifted, versatile and generally underappreciated Dennis Quad have committed to deserve a submental punishment called Beneath the Darkness? This sorry rip-off of every horror flick that turns up on late-night cable programming is a major head-scratcher. Filmed in two Texas highway speed bumps called Smithville and Bastrop, and boasting 61 final thank-you credits and endorsements for everything from the Hula Hoops Diner & Soda Shop to the Wells Fargo Bank of Bastrop, it is, from the picture, very much a community effort. God knows no professional appears to have come within a 500-mile radius. Except, of course, Mr. Quaid, who has a lot of explaining to do. Read More
The final weekend of September is upon and dare we say: not a moment too soon. Once October hits, real movies will start opening, but in the meantime we’re left with the rest of these September dregs. As we do every Friday, here’s a handy guide to the new releases.
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Want to avert your eyes from the stock market? Hollywood has six new releases out this weekend to numb our collective pain. Phew! The big one is Ridley Scott’s actioner, Body of Lies, staring Russell Crowe (looking suspiciously like the late J.T. Walsh) and Leonardo DiCaprio (looking suspiciously like Robert De Niro in Heat). Read More
Scarlett Johansson married Ryan Reynolds in Vancouver this weekend. [People]
Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps managed to give dating advice to two women at the St. Regis that was at once unsolicited, racist, and sexist. [P6]
Drew Barrymore’s friends think she start seeing guys her Read More
SMART PEOPLE
Running Time 95 minutes
Written by Mark Jude Poirier
Directed by Noam Murro
Starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church
Accidents happen. So I have decided the lukewarm reception a fine, witty and intelligent new film called Smart People has been getting is just an Read More
There was a clear division over the weekend between the haves and the have nots—as in those movies that had an audience and those that did not. Each of the top four movies in Manhattan averaged near or over $20,000, while every other movie in the top ten, except for The Visitor (no. 7)—which averaged Read More
VANTAGE POINT
Running Time 90 minutes
Written by Barry Levy
Directed by Pete Travis
Starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and Forest Whitaker
First, the good news: Vantage Point is a nonstop thrill ride with no emergency cord to allow you to slow down or get off. Read More
Not only is Dennis Quaid gearing up to play General Hawk in Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie—the 53-year-old actor has confirmed that he’s signed on for three such action-adventure flicks, also confirming speculation that Paramount is aiming to build a franchise out of the films, the online entertainment news site Collider.com reports. Mr. Read More
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, filed a lawsuit today against Baxter Healthcare Corp.—the makers of herapin, a blood thinning medication over-administered to the couple’s newborn twins. In what is billed a “product liability lawsuit,” filed in Baxter’s home state of Illinois, the family asks for over $50,000 in damages. According to Read More
