starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Michael Sheen
directed by: Joseph Kosinski
MPAA: Rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language.
Film Review: “TRON: Legacy”
Category: Films
Film Review: “The Fighter”
starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee
directed by: David O. Russell
MPAA: Rated R for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality.
Film Review: “The Tempest”
starring: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Ben Whishaw, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn, Alan Cumming, Chris Cooper, Reeve Carney, Tom Conti
director: Julie Taymor
MPAA: PG-13 for some nudity, suggestive content and scary images
Film Review: “I Love You Phillip Morris”
starring Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro
directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
rated R
Film Review: “Morning Glory”
starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Ty Burrell, Matt Malloy, John Pankow, Patti D’Arbanville
directed by Roger Michell
rated PG-13
Film Review: “Megamind”
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Megamind
starring Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Brad Pitt
directed by Tom McGrath
Film Review: “Fair Game”
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In Theaters Today: “Conviction” / “Paranormal Activity 2”
After the jump, check out reviews of two very different mysteries opening in Bay Area theaters today.
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In Theaters Today: “RED” / “Tamara Drewe”
After the jump, check out reviews of two films based on graphic novels that are opening in Bay Area theaters today: RED (from the graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner) and Tamara Drewe (based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds).
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Spinning Platters Interview: Edward Norton on “Stone”
Edward Norton does not seem like much of a movie star in person. When he first walked into a small Ritz Carlton conference room to discuss his new movie, Stone, with a handful of sweaty, panting, near-hysterical online journalists (okay, that was mostly me), he didn’t exactly blow the roof off with “star power” magnetism. He was soft-voiced, studious, and modestly dressed.
As he sat down and began answering our questions, he gave lengthy and eloquent answers while leaning far forward onto the table, glinting through those famously heavy-lidded eyes as he fussed with his rings. You’d be more likely to mistake him for an author than an actor. But perhaps that’s appropriate, given the thoughtful and well-considered roles he’s taken since his Oscar-nominated debut performance in Primal Fear skyrocketed him to international fame fourteen years ago.
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