Al Pacino

Saggy, Beat-Up 60-Something Pacino Still Sizzles as Sleuth

Dressed to kill: Pacino goes monochrome in <i>88 Minutes</i>.
Sony Pictures
Dressed to kill: Pacino goes monochrome in 88 Minutes.

88 MINUTES
Running Time 108 minutes
Written by Gary Scott Thompson
Directed by Jon Avnet  read more »

Soderbergh’s Soggy Casino Caper Could Use a Few More Dames

Inside jokers: Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and George Clooney in <i>Ocean’s 13</i>.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Inside jokers: Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Ocean’s 13.

Clooney is skinny and Pitt is pulchritudinous! But they bring too much man-love to the unnecessary Ocean’s three-quel.  read more »

That Scary 70’s New York— Dog Days, But No Cynicism

Al Pacino in <i>Dog Day Afternoon</i>.
Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.

The freak show that was 70’s New York both on- and off-screen can be summed up by the kicker o  read more »

That Scary 70's New York- Dog Days, But No Cynicism

The freak show that was 70’s New York both on- and off-screen can be summed up by the kicker of Pa  read more »

White Noise? Streisand's Scarier!

The old year hasn't really ended. The new year is still making up its mind.  read more »

Sideways, Ray, The Incredibles …. The Best and Worst Movies of 2004

As far as I can determine, 2004 seems to be neither the best nor the worst year for movies, at least  read more »

DVD's, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables

Freedom Is Slavery!There's almost nothing in THX 1138 , George Lucas' film debut, that anticipates t  read more »

J.T.'s World

The actress Winona Ryder stood onstage at the Public Theater on April 17, wringing her hands and squ  read more »

Women on Top, for Once, In French Feminist Fairy Tale

Coline Serreau's Chaos , from her own screenplay, promotes an amusing feminist bias: Its females are  read more »

I Will Pay Dozen to Boo Al Pacino in Bogus Brecht

I would like to offer 12 of my readers-12 men and women, tried and true-a bottle of champagne each i  read more »

De Niro Lifts a Standard Tale Of Fathers, Sons and Homicide

Michael Caton-Jones' City by the Sea , from a screenplay by Ken Hixon, based on the article "Mark of  read more »

Creepy Williams In One Hour Photo

Robin Williams fans have seen all the faces and heard all the voices before, but rarely have so many  read more »

'Ernest' Tattooed On Her Bum

Whatever they're saying, chances are Oscar Wilde said it first.  read more »

Devil's Advocate Lacks a Certain Hoo-Ha … Ethan Hawke Wages Gene Wars in Gattaca …

Devil Lacks A Certain Hoo-Ha After the millennium, we'll be living in Hell, and the Antichrist will  read more »