Carole Mallory is an author, actress and critic. who blogs for thewrap,com.and reviews books free lance for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her film credits include The Stepford Wives and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. As a supermodel, she appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Besides her novel, Flash, Mallory has written a memoir, Loving Mailer about her time with Norman Mailer.and Picasso's Ghost. Her journalistic pieces on Vonnegut, Jong and Vidal were published in Elle, LA Magazine, Esquire, and Playboy. Michael Apted, James Ivory and Lord David Puttnam were interviewed by Mallory for Cineastes. In 2008 Harvard purchased her Norman Mailer archive. In 2011 she taught memoir at Cheltenham Adult School and Widener University.. Fall of 2012 she will be teaching creative writing at Temple University and Rosemont College, Her review of Shields's biography of Kurt Vonnegut was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer . www.carolemallory.com is her website. malloryhollywoodeast.blogspot.com is her blog where her movie reviews are continued, Follow @ twitter /carolemallory.com

Blog Entries by Carole Mallory

Review: The Dark Knight Rises Surprisingly Enough, Is a Love Story

(3) Comments | Posted July 24, 2012 | 07/24/12 04:46 PM ET

Underneath all the thunderous action sequences of The Dark Knight Rises is a tender love story between Bruce Wayne (Batman -- Christian Bale) and Salina (Catwoman -- Anne Hathaway). When they dance at a charity ball to Ravel's Pavane for a Dying Princess and their dialogue is so romantic, I...

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Review: Savages -- Oliver Stone's Ode to Mary Jane

(6) Comments | Posted July 6, 2012 | 07/06/12 02:17 PM ET

Oliver Stone's Savages is about Stone's plea to legalize marijuana. It is based on a novel by Don Winslow while Its screen play is by Shane Salerno, Don Winslow and of course, Stone who also directs. In the opening sequence a ménage a tois tries to relate with a little...

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Peace Love and Misunderstanding Will Put You to Sleep

(2) Comments | Posted June 8, 2012 | 06/08/12 04:51 PM ET

Why did the iconic Jane Fonda agree to breathe life into this dribble? Much as I was rooting for Fonda, Peace, Love and Misunderstanding will not resurrect her movie career from which she was on hiatus for 15 years. Oh, her acting is up to snuff though at times a...

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Review: For Greater Glory Shows a Glorious Mexico

(2) Comments | Posted May 28, 2012 | 05/28/12 02:27 PM ET

Mexico in its splendor fighting for freedom: The Cristero War (1926 -29). Who knows of this period of history when the Mexican Government attempted to secularize the country?

For Greater Glory is a beautiful film that tells the story of a small boy who stands up to the tyrants...

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Review: MIB3 Works

(9) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 05/23/12 09:10 AM ET

I didn't want to see a rehash of the Men in Black series and how wrong I was. MIB3 is another winner. Barry Sonnenfeld has directed this threequil with panache. Never once does he drop the suspense. The curiosity. One bizarre creature after the other assaults you, but each one...

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