MovieStyle
RSSStar’s road to Syfy show bumpy
While Eddie McClintock may play the plucky hero in Syfy’s thriller Warehouse 13, his real life has been far more taxing. Continue reading...
Into Darkness
Star Trek ‘a thrill ride’ outing with unexpected twists
“You just made my day,” director J.J. Abrams says, exhaling with relief. Continue reading...
No
Something about Pablo Larrain’s seriously intentioned, based on-fact No (which was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Oscar, losing to Amour) put me in mind of a story I heard a couple of years ago about a guy who went to a Halloween party as “Don Draper, circa 1976.” Continue reading...
Movie co-director in right place, time
Finding the right subject for a documentary can be a daunting task, but according to co-director and co-producer Maxim Pozdorovikin, being at the right place at the right time helped. Continue reading...
HOME MOVIES
The Rabbi’s Cat Directed by Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar (animated, not rated, 89 minutes) Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Joann Sfar (who co-directs ), The Rabbi’s Cat concerns a rabbi in 1930s Algeria and a skinny, sharp-tongued feline philosopher with a vicious sense of humor and an inappropriate attraction to the rabbi’s sexy teenage daughter. Continue reading...
Iron Man foils ambitious Gatsby
Iron Man 3 took in $72.5 million in ticket sales to retain first place at U.S. and Canadian cinemas for a second weekend for Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel unit. Continue reading...
Film clips
At area theaters 75 ADMISSION, PG-13 Tina Fey plays a straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer who is caught off-guard when a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate (Paul Rudd) turns up what may be the son (Nat Wolff) she secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. (100 minutes) Continue reading...
COMING ATTRACTIONS
(opening dates are tentative) The Hangover Part III, R No wedding. No bachelor party. A grieving Alan turns to his friends in the Wolfpack, and when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off. Continue reading...
PREVIEWS
New this week Erased 71 R A dangerous game of cat and-mouse ensues when an ex-CIA agent (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that he and his daughter have been marked for termination. Continue reading...
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
Happy birthday. You’ll be near your favorite people this year, and they inspire you to be your best. You have a goal in June. Continue reading...
HELPFUL HINTS
DEAR HELOISE: I read a hint about flying with wrapped gifts. I flew with a suitcase of birthday and other gifts for family. I began the wrapping at home, choosing and cutting the paper for each gift. I wrote a small description (e.g., “Katie’s cookbook,” ”Tommy’s shaving kit” ) inside the edge of each paper and wrote out the gift tags. I stacked the papers, rolled them up and put them, some bows and gift tags in a baggie with a roll of tape inside the suitcase. Continue reading...
ON CHRISTIANITY
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: My grandmother used to say that the longer we live, the closer we’ll be to God. Is that true? It was with her, because she became more devout as she got older, but I’ve known others who just got grumpy and hard to live with when they got old. — J.Q. Continue reading...
Super Quiz: Geography in book titles
1. The Good ———2. Under the ———3. Go Tell It on the ————4. Tobacco ——— Continue reading...
Hell and Mr. Fudge
Whatever expectations a title like Hell and Mr. Fudge evokes — a horror show? a gritty Western based on a Townes Van Zandt lyric? — the actual film is likely to confound them. Continue reading...
You saw it here first
The Little Rock Film Festival has a track record of picking winners
The lineup for the seventh Little Rock Film Festival, which opens Wednesday and continues through Sunday, reads like a musing in the Hollywood Reporter on independent Oscar contenders. Continue reading...


