How does James Bond do it? He barely seems to have aged a day. The famously overworked British Secret Service agent, drinker of vodka martinis, and seducer of dangerous women (why are Bond's girlfriends always pointing guns at him?) is now 50 years old in the movies -- yet it...
(2) Comments | Posted July 17, 2012 | 07/17/12 03:39 PM ET
NBA fans know that two-time MVP point guard Steve Nash recently joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Fans are buzzing, because the addition of Nash could soon result in a return to championship glory for the league's most glamorous franchise. As big as Nash's impact on the Lakers might be, however,...
(38) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 05/22/12 07:26 PM ET
Memorial Day weekend is approaching, a time when Americans traditionally focus their attention on corn dogs, guacamole burgers and LeBron's fading playoff hopes -- but it's also a time when we remember the men and women who've made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and for freedom.
And although Universal's...
(0) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 05/11/12 04:43 PM ET
Recently, while attending New York's Tribeca Film Festival, I indulged in a guilty pleasure.
Wearing dark shades, and clutching my plastic media badge and a $7 bag of greasy popcorn, I stealthily ducked into a Chelsea multiplex to watch some of my youth flicker by across the big...
(19) Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 04/04/12 10:02 AM ET
I come to praise Sword & Sandal movies -- not to bury them.
But with Wrath of the Titans and the Sword & Sandal/sci-fi mash-up John Carter not exactly setting the world on fire -- along with recent disappointments like Immortals and Conan -- it's getting more difficult by...
(83) Comments | Posted March 5, 2012 | 03/05/12 07:39 AM ET
It used to be that a politician had to be a Kennedy to get a juicy, tell-all movie made about them.
On the odd chance that you can't get enough of this year's colorful Republican primaries -- if lurid accusations of Newt Gingrich's 'open marriage' or saucy rumors of Herman...
(2) Comments | Posted February 24, 2012 | 02/24/12 03:40 PM ET
Celebrities will invade Los Angeles this weekend for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. Searchlights will blaze and flashbulbs will pop as Hollywood stars will descend from the heavens -- or maybe just the Malibu hills -- to touch the ground that regular Angelenos walk on each day.
They'll smile and...
(8) Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 02/01/12 08:22 AM ET
He's 89 years old, and his career is hotter than ever.
With hits like Thor, Captain America and X-Men: First Class dominating the box office in 2011, and upcoming films like The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man looking to light up the summer in 2012, you'd think that a man...
(28) Comments | Posted January 13, 2012 | 01/13/12 05:04 PM ET
The Cold War is back -- at least at the movies.
This weekend moviegoers can watch Meryl Streep portray ardent Cold Warrior Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Gary Oldman root out a dangerous Soviet mole from the British intelligence service in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and Tom Cruise...
(5) Comments | Posted November 9, 2012 | 11/09/12 03:02 PM ET