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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
