Film: Professor Travolta
Basic star discusses the physics and chemistry of moviemaking
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Meet John Travolta, high school science teacher. This isn't the next role for the Hollywood fixture. And it's not his newest pastime, supplanting his renowned love of flying. It's just that T
Film: Hunting for Del Toro
Oscar-winner plays hard to get in The Hunted and in his career
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Benicio Del Toro has a way of blending into his characters. The chameleon-like actor hit the scene as the mumbling, bumbling Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects (1995). He next dove headfirst into
Film: The Return of Bruno
Tears of the Sun puts Bruce Willis back into the spotlight
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Bruce Willis suffers from an "us vs. them" complex of epic proportions. In this case, the "us" is him and the "them" is the media. It's never more obvious than during an interview. He lum
Film: Baz's World Is Indeed a Stage
Moulin Rouge director makes Broadway splash with La Boheme
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 29, 2003
New York City -- From the opening moments of his Broadway production of La Boheme, it's clear that film director Baz Luhrmann is captivated by the theatrical process. Stagehands walk on and off sta
Cover Story: Critical Care
Box office receipts and critics' ratings didn't jive in 2002
0 Comments · Thursday, December 19, 2002
Put away your grading system, Steve. Put those stars in your pocket, Margaret. Sit on your thumbs, Ebert. Film critics just don't matter. Either no one is listening, which is bad, or they ignor
News: In the Name of Love
Bono brings message of African AIDS crisis to Midwestern states
0 Comments · Thursday, December 12, 2002
Bono, the Rock star, breezed through town last week to raise awareness of all that Bono, the humanitarian, holds dear. Using his split personality was part of a calculated move to give his cause --
Cover Story: The Importance of Being Reese
Witherspoon rules the summer season not with light sabre but with a Brit accent
0 Comments · Thursday, May 23, 2002
Reese Witherspoon made it in Hollywood this past March, at least in her eyes. When she and husband, Ryan Phillippe, walked out as awards presenters during a rehearsal for this year's Oscar teleca
Cover Story: Risky Business
Hollywood studios made some uncharacteristically bold moves this year
0 Comments · Thursday, December 20, 2001
For movie executives, taking a chance could be defined as ordering the lunch special at Los Angeles power restaurant, The Ivy. Well, that would be the case in a typical year. Looking back at 2001
Cover Story: The Unbelievable, Over-Exaggerated, Highly Speculated Death of the Movie Musical
Moulin Rouge boosts a Hollywood genre that won't go away
0 Comments · Thursday, May 24, 2001
On March 2, 1965, The Sound of Music opened at the Albee Theater in downtown Cincinnati to much fanfare. The movie would go on to gross over $163 million nationwide. It won several awards, inclu
A Pointed Argument
0 Comments · Thursday, November 16, 2000
Ad Nauseam Selling Out: A Pointed Argument The word of the day, boys and girls, is nipple. That's because our favorite body part is making a huge splash in print advertising these days. Flip ope
