Tag: Movie
Britain’s top fictional spy also its greatest intelligence asset
By Peter Apps
IN THE 62 YEARS since James Bond first appeared in print, there’s no doubt he has helped boost the reputations of his...
New Bond Spectre plays like a swan song, and a long...
By Michael Roddy, Reuters
MOVIE REVIEW
Spectre
Directed by Sam Mendes
IT MAY BE no coincidence that Agent 007’s latest love interest, played by French actress Lea Seydoux...
Watching Burnt, the new Bradley Cooper movie, with a Michelin-starred chef
By Tejal Rao, Bloomberg
CHEFS don’t have time to pop out and see a movie in the middle of the day, Don Draper-style, but Elise...
Depp says he mined his ‘inner evil’ to play gangster Bulger
VENICE — Johnny Depp says he did not have to dig deep to tap into his evil side for his portrayal of the Irish-American...
Keanu Reeves on stranger danger
By James Dawson
KEANU REEVES on stranger danger plays the victim of a home invasion in the psychological horror movie Knock Knock. The actor, best...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks walking The Walk
NEW YORK — Heights don’t scare Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which came in handy when the actor was tasked with recreating Frenchman Philippe Petit’s audacious 1974...
Grace note
By Richard Roeper
Movie Review
The Walk
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
You have to learn to run before you walk.
It also might help if you learn how to...
Diving into the gray zone
By Richard Roeper
Movie Review
Sicario
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
WHEN WE TALK about “the war on drugs,” there’s an implication that two clearly established...
Dr. Dre’s Compton era revisited long after the gangstas mellowed
IT CAN BE a letdown for LA Hood Life & Hip-Hop Tours customers, passing the Welcome to Compton sign and seeing an ice cream...
Space experts swoon for The Martian despite inaccuracies
MIAMI -- Surviving in space is hard and scientists say The Martian shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to...
Boom time for Filipino writers
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
PRINT’S NOT DEAD. Philippine Literature is not dead. It’s alive and perhaps, livelier than ever before.
Does one need proof?
Of...