Lakeview Terrace
Running time 110 minutes
Written by David Loughery and Howard Korder
Directed by Neil LaBute
Starring Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson
Neil LaBute’s Lakeview Terrace, from a screenplay by David Loughery and Howard Korder, based on the story by Mr. Loughery, explores our interracial malaise at Read More
Hamptons residents who paid up to $2,500 a plate to hang out with Gwyneth Paltrow at a benefit for the Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue Organization at Steven Klein‘s Bridgehampton farm (read Daily Transom’s account!) were upset when the actress refused to come out of the host’s house for most of the evening. [NYDN] Read More
If trailers for the movie Jumper (no. 1), the sci-fi actioner starring Hayden Chrstensen, Rachel Bilson and Samuel L. Jackson, made you want to jump out of a window, you may want to take the week off. The movie was a resounding success, both here and throughout the country, raking in over $27 million dollars Read More
JUMPER
RUNNING TIME 90 minutes
WRITTEN BY David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls, Simon Kinberg, Steven Gould
DIRECTED BY Doug Liman
STARRING Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane
A piece of idiotic sci-fi piffle called Jumper looks like $90 billion wasted on 90 minutes of popcorn junk. Even the butter is phony.
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And it will be—those slick Super Bowl commercials looked pretty irresistible, right? Except the problem with Jumper is that the film never goes into any deeper territory than those 30-second glossy spots. But that’s not the only problem; there’s also the film’s star, Hayden Christensen. We have always been mystified by certain actors’ careers, and Read More
1408
Running Time 94 minutes
Directed by Mikael Håfström
Written by Stephen King
Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
1408 is the latest product canned by the cottage industry known as Stephen King, but if you go expecting a horror movie, you’ll be Read More
Here it is: a provocative, beautifully made American thriller with a tightly controlled sense of panic, a brilliant ensemble of actors, throat-clutching tension admirably bereft of violence, and enough moral issues to keep you chewing your upper lip, lost in thought, for days. In addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat, Changing Read More
My crystal ball is on the blink. The new Gwyneth Paltrow–Ben Affleck love story called Bounce has been under lock and key for such a long time, and Miramax made it so difficult for critics to see-usually two signals that a movie is in trouble-that I suspected it would be nothing to write home about. Read More
Day-Lewis K.O.’s Xmas Heavyweights
Instead of traditional year-end salvation, the 1997 Hollywood Santa delivered thistles and burrs. In the explosion of new movies this holiday season, an amazing number of bombs have been dropped that are alarmingly bereft of charm, excitement and commercial appeal. Except for Titanic, Good Will Hunting and As Good as Read More
