Examiner Published: April 17, 2009 First thing’s first. No, Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe don’t get it on in their movie, “State of Play.” Their characters don’t even flirt with each other. That’s one of a few clichés that “State of Play” manages to avoid: sexual tension between the male and female lead characters. (Another …
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Examiner Published: August 14, 2009 How long would you wait to be with your soul mate? And what if that person had a habit of randomly disappearing and reappearing in your life? Those are the questions posed in “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” the romantic drama about a man named Henry DeTamble (played by Eric Bana), …
Examiner Published: July 27, 2009 Robert Downey Jr. is famous for playing the superhero Iron Man, but he also wants to be known for playing a different kind of hero: Sherlock Holmes, a character that Downey calls an “intellectual superhero.” He stars as the famous fictional sleuth in the movie “Sherlock Holmes,” which is scheduled …
Examiner Published: November 10, 2010 When Harrison Ford was at the New York City press junket for his movie “Morning Glory,” he did something that you almost never see a star of his magnitude do: He grabbed a bite to eat in the same room where the gathered journalists were having lunch. I know this …