Quaid Pro Quo
Mark Jude Poirier's name will be more easily recognized by readers than cinephiles.
He's an acclaimed fiction writer whose novels (Goats) and short-story collections (Unsung...
All These Things That I’ve Done
Hollywood is in a no-win situation when it comes to Iraq. (So's the White House, but that's another story.)
If they try to make...
Survivor Girl
Wendy Orr wrote a story when she was nine years old.
Decades later it turned into her 2002 novel Nim's Island, a slim and...
Fat Pegg
I wrote the headline on this story because I'm helpless in the face of an easy pun, but seriously, Simon Pegg isn't fat.
If you've...
Blackjacked
The low-temperature gambling thriller 21 is based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House, his account of a ring of MIT math students...
Carlitos’ Way
The recent surge in Mexican-made films on both sides of the U.S. border has had mostly positive results, but I suppose we were due...
Microcosmic Dust
Parents, it's time for another dreaded film adaptation of a beloved childhood book.
This time, it's Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! Oh, you're going...
Pond’s Life
When Russ Pond was a boy, he played around with an 8mm camera and made home movies with his brother.
That's how the story...
Delysia of Grandeur
So we're all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She's lovable.
Her newly attained stardom is probably the main reason that her...
Baker Street Irregulars
The Bank Job has nothing to do with the 2003 version of The Italian Job, even though both movies feature Jason Statham.
The balding, jut-jawed,...
