baltimoresun.com - Movies

Four submit bids to take over the Senator

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

At least two would continue showing movies at venerable York Road theater

Charles Theatre owner James "Buzz" Cusack, Towson University's WTMD-FM radio station and developer David Cordish are among the four parties who answered the city's call for proposals to lease or own the Senator Theatre.

Giant-size role for Quinton Aaron

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In Quinton Aaron, 'The Blind Side' gets a big actor with big range to play Baltimore Raven Michael Oher

F orget trying to compress an unconventional 339-page nonfiction best-seller into a two-hour movie without sacrificing its magic or integrity. Or convincing a superstar like Sandra Bullock that surmounting cliched visions of a Christian Southern belle was just the challenge that she needed.

Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0500

Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:00 -0500

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" gobbled up $140.7 million the first three days the vampire romance was in theaters, while gaining $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates.

'New Moon' causes strange changes for Taylor Lautner

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The young actor muscled up to hold on to his role as the werewolf Jacob. Excited howling ensued.

It must be terrifying to know that fame, like a giant, all-consuming tidal wave, is about to break over you at any moment. But if Taylor Lautner's scared, he's not showing it. In fact, the 17-year-old star of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which opens in theaters at midnight Thursday, seems a little too calm. When talking about his starring role as Jacob Black in the follow-up to last year's box office breakout "Twilight," he exudes an effortless boy-next-door charm. His demeanor, though somewhat guarded, is more small-town high school football star than newly minted teen heartthrob.

Where 'Road' takes them

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

During challenging filming, two forge strong bond that continues off-screen

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee have eaten bugs together. They've shivered through frigid winter air, fought off desperately hungry cannibals and walked side by side on the empty and dusty roads of some future, dystopian America.

Flavorful 'Duck Soup' at the Charles

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Marx Brothers' 1933 classic about war and nationalism comes to the Charles

A Marx Brothers revival has long been overdue. Let's hope the Charles' presentation of their masterpiece "Duck Soup" helps kicks one off. It's a good thing that the Charles plays old movies more than once a week. The punning effrontery of Groucho and the dialect comedy of Chico come so fast and mock-furious that even their target audiences in the 1930s had to attend the films several times to catch all the jokes. Each brother of the brothers (except game, banal Zeppo) could also be a sight gag unto himself. And each had his comic force multiplied when he played off another Marx or two. Chico's piano-playing, for example, could be a drag, but the group knew how to mine it for laughs.

Crispin Glover blazing his own trail

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

He mixes edgy, familiar in roles as actor and producer

Crispin Hellion Glover has been walking his own artistic path for years, combining mass-market acceptance - as the father and classmate of Michael J. Fox's character in "Back to the Future," or as the silent heavy in the two "Charlie's Angels" movies - with edgier, more idiosyncratic fare that tends to challenge his audience's sensibilities.

Water documentary screening Nov. 19

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0500

Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0500

Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79.