Movies
So I get this call from Hollywood, and as you might expect, the producers want me to star in a football movie, “The Game Plan.”
Sept. 28, 2006
Films are getting longer, and Oscar voters seem to equate length with quality and seriousness.
Jan. 1, 2000
Archives
What do you tell your kids to do if a stranger comes along and tries to start a conversation?
Dec. 18, 1985
Eubanks Apologizes: Speaking of “Roger and Me,” television personality Bob Eubanks has issued a statement of regret for an offensive joke about Jews and AIDS he tells in the documentary film.
Dec. 20, 1989
The Army, scathed by ‘the crazy Nam vet,’ tries to shape a new era of films by trading access for influence.
July 7, 2008
In “The Last Action Hero,” a magic movie ticket transports a boy from the real world of New York to the reel world of an action thriller series starring his hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
July 1, 1993
“Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” (citywide): With a title like that, you don’t need a movie.
June 7, 1991
“Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don’t make the comparison lightly.
Feb. 24, 2019
Lying. Some people might call it pathological. Rick Cleveland calls it “The Beginning of How I Became a Writer.”
Nov. 20, 2005
WHEN I was a kid, I lied a lot. Lying, for me, was easier than learning to tie my shoes.