DVD review: ‘Purple Noon’ “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a 1955 psychological thriller about a charming serial killer, has the distinction of having been turned into a movie twice, most recently in 1999 by Anthony Minghella – the director’s finest hour
Movies to see this weekend, Dec. 28 Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti Western, about an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife from an evil plantation lord (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the most consistently entertaining film of the year, full of dazzling dialogue, imaginative story turns and moments of high tension. Sulley, the …
Movies opening this week, Dec. 28 First the money rolls in, then the quest to save Django’s wife plops them in enemy territory – the plantation of callous Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Can a movie actually convince you to support torture? Can a movie really persuade you that “fracking” — a process used to drill for natural gas — is a danger to the environment? Can a movie truly cause you to view certain minority groups in a negative light?
From Christmas Eve heists to killer Santas, here are a dozen holiday movies for anyone who’s seen Miracle on 34th Street or It’s a Wonderful Life one too many times
Which movies to see in the week ahead While the movie loses steam in the last 45 minutes, strong performances by Naomi Watts and Tom Holland (as her son) keep it worth watching.
Following another busy year for movies filmed in Atlanta, here’s when you can expect them to hit theaters, along with our handicapping to help you decide what to put on your calendar.
You’ll find an entry on Lyle Talbot (1902-1996) in some movie encyclopedias, but not in others. In the early 1930s, he was under contract to Warner Bros., often playing “weak-willed malefactors.†His co-stars included Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard and Mae West, but he wasn’t charismatic enough to build a picture around, and the studio eventually let him go. He ended up making something like …