Opening this Weekend: Vin Diesel Goes Racing, Kristen Stewart Finds Some Non-Vampire Love and the Directors of Half Nelson Play Ball

When it comes to X-Men Origins: Wolvervine, things keep going from bad to worse. The first potential summer blockbuster of 2009 isn’t coming out for another month, but it’s already had enough bad buzz to last until long after the special edition DVD gets released. There were reshoots; the terrible first trailer; and, Read More

Diesel Does Criminal Comedy In Lumet’s Latest Masterpiece

Sidney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty, from a screenplay by Mr. Lumet, T.J. Mancini and Robert J. McCrea, strikes this reviewer at least as the supreme achievement of this 81-year-old director, whose career spans almost half a century and over 40 films involving some of the greatest actors and most prestigious literary properties from the New Read More

Diesel Does Criminal Comedy In Lumet’s Latest Masterpiece

Sidney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty, from a screenplay by Mr. Lumet, T.J. Mancini and Robert J. McCrea, strikes this reviewer at least as the supreme achievement of this 81-year-old director, whose career spans almost half a century and over 40 films involving some of the greatest actors and most prestigious literary properties from the New Read More

If Looks Could Kill

Last week, Vin Diesel, in black from head to toe, greeted reporters at the New York premiere of Sidney Lumet’s film, Find Me Guilty.

“Hi, have you seen your look-a-like on American Idol?” asked a tall brunette, referring to shorn-headed, big-packaged contestant Chris Daughtry.

“No,” said Mr. Diesel.

“Do you watch the show?”

“I’ve Read More