James Cameron's 1989 film preceded by five years the beginning of a 15-year journey to next month's "Avatar." I vaguely recall seeing "The Abyss" a long time ago but the only thing I remembered when I watched the special edition...
"I have never believed that everything happens for a reason. But I do feel very strongly that everything happens so that it can be turned into a column." - Gail Collins Ah, such wisdom. I am often baffled when I can't get an idea for a column, because so much...
11/17 ~ Todays special boys and girls. Are you one of them? Mischa, Marty and Rachel 1897 Frank Fay , aka Mr. Barbara Stanwyck. The theory goes that their troubled marriage was the basis of A Star is Born . That story is so big it's practically it's own franchise. I can't stop thinking about it today: Stanwyck through the lens of Gaynor, Garland, Streisand. Yummy !) Even if it's only an urban LA legend,...
Brian De Palma's blood-and-sun-drenched saga of a Cuban deportees rise to the top of Miami's cocaine business has become something of a popular classic since its release; it's been referenced in rap songs and subsequent gangster movies and quoted the world over. Despite this lovefest with the dialogue, the films brutal violence and lack of positive characters still make it controversial and disliked...
Talk about your shift change. Law & Order: Criminal Intent is getting an overhaul and then some as its adds bisexual actress Saffron Burrows and Oscar-nominated actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to its upcoming ninth season. The new cast members come in the wake of the departure of four series regulars: original stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe along with Eric Bogosian and Julianne...
...Say what you will about the whole business on a moral level, but all of David Letterman's sex scandal shenanigans have at least been good for ratings. The Late Show with David Letterman is up 13% in overall viewers from last year, though it has dipped some in the coveted adult demographic. Still, he certainly hasn't bled viewers the way the Conan O'Brien-led Tonight Show continues to do, which is...
Doctor Who US airdate for The Waters of Mars Steven Moffat discusses the new series [spoilers] A clip, et al from The Waters of Mars [spoilers] Film Katie Holmes replaces Liv Tyler in The Romantics Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy to star in Mad Max 4 Trailer for The Road British TV Gavin & Stacey may return for specials Russell Tovey gets a six-part BBC3 comedy series French TV French twist on The...
You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend! – Tony Montana Scarface is the archetype for every rap star’s video since it entered the public consciousness in 1983. It has the classic lines, the glitz, the glamor, and plenty of “f” bombs. Seeing Brian De Palma’s opus left [...]
I do. There's something wrong with me. on MSNBC today and my mind literally launched into an instant (and instantly inappropriate) interior monologue Why would people want to watch The Abyss when they're broke? James Cameron's movies always look so expensive. But I'm glad people are rediscovering it. It's so blue and tense and claustr A second later I realized that I was thinking about Mary Elizabeth...
Female Performances: 01. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Donna De Angelo in Limbo 02. Maggie Cheung as Su Li-zhen/Mrs. Chan in In the Mood for Love 03. Kerry Washington as Lanisha Brown in Our Song 04. Melora Walters as Claudia Wilson Gator in Magnolia 05. Julianne Moore as Sarah Miles in The End of the Affair 06. Carrie-Anne Moss as Natalie in Memento 07. Catherine Keener as Maxine Lund in Being John...
by Brian OrndorfWorshipingJames Cameron’s “The Abyss” and checking the dirty diaper of “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.”August 11th, 1989The AbyssNutshell: A team of deep-sea oil workers come across an alien intelligence while working near the bottom of the ocean. When an accident occurs, leaving the crew stranded underwater, estranged couple Bud (Ed Harris)...
Legit News: Anna Hathaway shines in Shakespeare debut -- Gotham stages have seen their share of major productions of "Twelfth Night" in the past two decades, but few of them have managed to entirely woo the New York critics.