http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Movies 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:06:56 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527479.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527479.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT The road to stardom can be treacherous. With talent and luck, an actor can hit the straight, smooth road, cruising along comfortably to classy retirement. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527478.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527478.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Who becomes a legend most? In an age when fame can knock on any door, from a featureless suburban McMansion on Supernanny to the trailer of a supporting actor on a summer replacement sitcom, it's not hard to become a star. It's just hard to rzemain one. Think of our movie stars, the ones who once pulsed with so much promise, burned so hot and bright. They could make us laugh and then, on a dime, break our hearts. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527475.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT SMALL SCREEN Sex: The Revolution! (10 p.m. Monday, VH1) -- From the Kinsey Report to Bill Clinton's stupid cigar tricks, this four-part documentary tracks the upheaval in American sexual mores during the second half the 20th century and its impact on culture and politics. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525418.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Hollywood has been trying to make a live-action movie out of Speed Racer since the early 1990s: At one point, Johnny Depp was set to play the hero. But it was The Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski who figured out how to transplant the 1960s Japanese anime TV show into the world of flesh-and-blood while still retaining the colorful palette and outlandish physical action the show was famous for around the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525425.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525425.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT BY HOWARD COHEN Teeth, a 2007 Sundance Film Festival jury award winner for lead actress Jess Weixler, toys with the idea of ``female empowerment.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525419.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Were Larry and Andy Wachowski just really, really lucky when they made The Matrix? Speed Racer, the brothers' live-action, special-effects intensive adaptation of the beloved TV cartoon, is such a dull, clunky, joyless mess, it's hard to believe the people who made it understand much about movies. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525420.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525420.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT The latest uptight chick/slacker dude romantic comedy is so formulaic, you could win big if you placed bets on what's going to happen next. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525421.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525421.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT The best directors can take on practically any genre, no matter how hoary or formulaic, and turn a film into something dynamic and interesting by approaching it from their particular vantage point. In Redbelt, David Mamet enters the realm of sports drama and Rocky-underdog clichés and discovers it's a surprisingly good fit. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525648.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525648.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Is love just another four-letter word? That's the question that haunts Casper Andreas' well-crafted, deceptively light-'n'-fluffy romantic comedy. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525422.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525422.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT The directing debut of Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt, Then She Found Me, is less noteworthy for its erratic parts than for its atmospheric whole. Here's a film that whips loss, romantic yearning and the accelerating ticking of a woman's biological clock into a moody dramady that is by turns touching and exasperating. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/525647.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Sensitively adapted from the achingly sad, luminous novel by Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces is a story of unspeakable loss and how it eats at the souls of survivors. Made with an unerring visual dazzle -- its dark corners are shadowy, deep and melancholy, its brilliant seascapes the sparkling embodiment of why we must all find a reason to carry on -- the film follows the life of Jakob Beer, a young Jewish boy plucked from his hiding place under a pile of leaves after a Nazi raid on his Polish village... http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516640.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT On the comic-book rack, Iron Man has never come close to achieving the popularity of all-star Marvel Comics superheroes such as Spider-Man or The X-Men. But the character turns out to be a natural for the movies. Unlike the colorful -- and, let's face it, silly -- tights and capes most other do-gooders run around in, Iron Man's gleaming yellow-and-red armor has the sheen and polish of a showroom sports car, and it's loaded with an entire Batcave's worth of trinkets and gadgets. It's a fantastic special... http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516642.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516642.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Seductive and intoxicating, playfully surreal and inexplicably moving, Jellyfish is almost impossible to pin down or even categorize. Artistic, daring, surprising, it resists fitting into words. http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516641.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516641.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT If we held a competition among Grey's Anatomy stars to evaluate who made the best adult romantic comedy in recent memory, Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) would crush Patrick Dempsey under her stilettos without even breaking a sweat. (Not that Heigl sweats; one suspects she exudes fragrant mist.) http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516643.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1054/story/516643.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Were the World Mine closes the 10th Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on a musical, fantastical note. The movie, which director Tom Gustafson expanded from his short film Fairies, takes the familiar scenarios of high school angst and adolescent crushes and gives them a wonderful musical spin, complete with elaborate sets and choreography. http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/525441.html http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/525441.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Q: A long time ago, I saw a movie with Andy Griffith and he was the bad guy. He and two others on dirt bikes were harassing a couple in a pickup. The film ended with Andy flying (in slow motion) off a cliff on his bike. What is the name of the picture and is it available? http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/525425.html http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/525425.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT BY HOWARD COHEN Teeth, a 2007 Sundance Film Festival jury award winner for lead actress Jess Weixler, toys with the idea of ``female empowerment.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/516646.html http://www.miamiherald.com/233/story/516646.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT When first we meet Texan Congressman Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War (Universal; $29.98; R), he's naked in a Vegas hot tub with coke-sniffing strippers who find his sudden fascination with images on a nearby television puzzling, given the amenities they offer. http://www.miamiherald.com/1058/story/525418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1058/story/525418.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Hollywood has been trying to make a live-action movie out of Speed Racer since the early 1990s: At one point, Johnny Depp was set to play the hero. But it was The Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski who figured out how to transplant the 1960s Japanese anime TV show into the world of flesh-and-blood while still retaining the colorful palette and outlandish physical action the show was famous for around the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530572.html Tue, 13 May 2008 10:59 EDT The "Sex and the City" stars lit up London's Leicester Square for the world premiere of the cinematic sequel to their New York adventures, delighting fans with glamorous - and sometimes quirky - outfits that helped make the show an international hit. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/531244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/531244.html Tue, 13 May 2008 10:28 EDT Rounding up a lot of the usual suspects, the Cannes Film Festival presents a lineup from an illustrious if somewhat predictable gang of regulars, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Atom Egoyan and Wim Wenders. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530967.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530967.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:53 EDT California's highest court ruled that a prosecutor who helped in the making of "Alpha Dog" may remain on the death penalty case on which the film is based. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530262.html Mon, 12 May 2008 21:14 EDT Indiana Jones better get his alibi ready. A large crystal skull similar to those at the center of the upcoming Harrison Ford movie was recently stolen from a New Age store, puzzling employees in part because of the laid-back nature of shop regulars. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530485.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530485.html Mon, 12 May 2008 19:59 EDT Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer" downshifted to third place in its debut weekend with $18.6 million in box-office receipts while Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" kept a lock on first with $51.2 million in ticket sales. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530098.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/530098.html Mon, 12 May 2008 13:16 EDT -"The Great Debaters" http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/529350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/529350.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:03 EDT There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth - a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/527480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/527480.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00 EDT Forget the Empire State Building. Some New York tourists are eager to see the city's other landmarks: Carrie's stoop, Charlotte's gallery and that restaurant where Samantha threw a martini in a boyfriend's face. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/526328.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/526328.html Thu, 08 May 2008 19:12 EDT Niko Bellic is richer than Tony Stark. http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/525954.html http://www.miamiherald.com/862/story/525954.html Thu, 08 May 2008 13:42 EDT Nick Goldsmith and Garth Jennings, the duo behind the crazy English coming-of-age film "Son of Rambow," were in town for the recent Philadelphia Film Festival. And Goldsmith, an inquisitive Londoner on his first visit to the U.S. city, picked up that day's edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527479.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527479.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT The road to stardom can be treacherous. With talent and luck, an actor can hit the straight, smooth road, cruising along comfortably to classy retirement. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527478.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527478.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Who becomes a legend most? In an age when fame can knock on any door, from a featureless suburban McMansion on Supernanny to the trailer of a supporting actor on a summer replacement sitcom, it's not hard to become a star. It's just hard to rzemain one. Think of our movie stars, the ones who once pulsed with so much promise, burned so hot and bright. They could make us laugh and then, on a dime, break our hearts. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/527475.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT SMALL SCREEN Sex: The Revolution! (10 p.m. Monday, VH1) -- From the Kinsey Report to Bill Clinton's stupid cigar tricks, this four-part documentary tracks the upheaval in American sexual mores during the second half the 20th century and its impact on culture and politics. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525418.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Hollywood has been trying to make a live-action movie out of Speed Racer since the early 1990s: At one point, Johnny Depp was set to play the hero. But it was The Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski who figured out how to transplant the 1960s Japanese anime TV show into the world of flesh-and-blood while still retaining the colorful palette and outlandish physical action the show was famous for around the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525425.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/story/525425.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT BY HOWARD COHEN Teeth, a 2007 Sundance Film Festival jury award winner for lead actress Jess Weixler, toys with the idea of ``female empowerment.''