HUGH GRANT Shares His American Dreams By Brad Balfour Having been AWOL for a while, British comic great Hugh Grant finally resurfaces in the biting satire, American Dreamz. Playing the smarmy host Martin Tweed, he outdoes Simon Cowell in being the heartless destroyer of dreams. Grant has played this part before and virtually defines the character, … Continue reading
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004) Starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia, Niels Koizumi, Pawel Wdowczak, Matthew Gray Gubel and Seymour Cassel. Screenplay by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Directed by Wes Anderson. Distributed by … Continue reading
THE AVIATOR (2004) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann, Willem Dafoe, Kevin O’Rourke, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright. Screenplay by John Logan. … Continue reading
THE CLEARING (2004) Starring Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, Melissa Sagemiller, Wendy Crewson, Larry Pine, Diana Scarwid, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gwen McGee, Sarah Koskoff, Graciela Marin, Mike Pniewski, Geoff McKnight, Audrey Wasilewski, Peter Gannon and Jacqi Loewy. Screenplay by Justin Haythe. Directed by Pieter Jan Brugge. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. … Continue reading
SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, Elizabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Vanessa Ferlito, Donna Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker, Bill Nunn, Aasif Mandvi, Ted Raimi, Greg Edelman, Elya Baskin, Emily Deschanel, Molly Cheek, Cliff Robertson and Willem Dafoe. Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Directed by Sam Raimi. … Continue reading
AUTO FOCUS (2002) Starring Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Mario Bello, Ron Leibman, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, Kurt Fuller, Michael E. Rodgers, Lyle Kanouse, Christopher Neiman, Nikita Ager and Bruce Solomon. Screenplay by Michael Gerbosi. Directed by Paul Schrader. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Rated R. 105 minutes. The bludgeoning death of 60s … Continue reading
SPIDER-MAN (2002) Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Bill Nunn, Elizabeth Banks and Joe Manganiello. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Sam Raimi. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rated PG-13. 121 Minutes. Going back to my young comic-book geek days, Spider-Man was always my favorite superhero. Unlike … Continue reading
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) Starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner and Reese Witherspoon. Screenplay by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. Directed by Mary Harron. Distributed by Lion’s Gate Pictures. Rated R. 103 minutes. It is rare that a book be so … Continue reading
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