— by ALEXA MILAN — Leave your Gucci and Prada at the door because New York’s fab four are ditching the city for the desert. In the sequel to the smash-hit “Sex and the City” movie, the girls are heading off on a Middle Eastern vacation. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Ch[...]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Charlie St. Cloud’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Zac Efron may have made his mark as a “High School Musical” heartthrob, but it looks like he’s going for something a bit more mature with his latest film. Efron plays the titular character in “Charlie St. Cloud,” based on Ben Sherwood̵[...]
Under Review: ‘Letters to Juliet’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Romeo and Juliet. The ultimate couple. They may have met a tragic, premature end, but their love story has lived on for centuries as a representation of true, unconditional love. Now, the timeless tale is the basis for the token rom-com of the summer movie season. In &[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Killer Inside Me’
— by ALEXA MILAN — People have all kinds of motives for murder — money, lust, jealousy, revenge. But sometimes, a person’s only reason to kill is just for the sake of killing. That’s what drives Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) in Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of R[...]
‘Little Miss Sunshine’ is Broadway Bound
— by ALEXA MILAN — Remember that climactic moment in “Little Miss Sunshine” when Abigail Breslin’s Olive Hoover finally ascends the stage, ready to soak in every ounce of beauty pageant glory? Only instead of the grace and class expected of pre-pubescent beauty queens, [...]
Ten Clips from ‘Letters to Juliet’
— by ALEXA MILAN — The summer movie season gets off to a romantic start with “Letters to Juliet,” the latest rom-com set in a foreign locale starring Amanda Seyfried. Sophie (Seyfried), a spirited American girl visiting Verona, Italy, stumbles upon the supposed courtyard of[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Secretariat’
— by ALEXA MILAN — He was the first horse to win the Triple Crown in 25 years, and now he has his very own biopic. Disney’s “Secretariat” tells the story of the famous racehorse who won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes in 1973. The film be[...]
An Exclusive Interview with Actress Meital Dohan
— by ALEXA MILAN — Once you’ve found “the one,” can you really be with that person for the rest of your life? That’s a question director Dana Adam Shapiro explores in “Monogamy,” his first narrative film (he previously directed the Oscar-nominated documentary “Murderball”[...]
A Scene from ‘Monogamy’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Dana Adam Shapiro first broke onto the scene in 2005 when he co-directed the documentary “Murderball.” At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, he makes his narrative film debut with the relationship drama/thriller “Monogamy.” The film[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Get Low’
— by ALEXA MILAN — People attend all kinds of parties in their lives – proms, graduation parties, weddings, baby showers. But attending your own funeral party is decidedly not the norm, unless of course you’re Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) in “Get Low.” Felix is a he[...]
Four Clips from ‘The Losers’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It may be called “The Losers,” but the latest comic book-turned-action flick looks like it is filled with people who are anything but. The story revolves around a group of U.S. Special Forces who are betrayed and left for dead in the Bolivian jungle. Leader[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Other Guys’
— by ALEXA MILAN — We’ve seen countless stories about fearless cops who never hesitate to save the day, but what about the other cops they work with? What are they like? That’s exactly what director Adam McKay’s latest film, “The Other Guys,” seeks to answer[...]
Eight Clips from ‘Date Night’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Steve Carell and Tina Fey are two of the funniest people on TV, consistently delivering laugh after laugh on their back-to-back NBC comedies, “The Office” and “30 Rock.” I’m actually surprised they’ve never acted together before[...]