Khaaaaaan!
A happy Indian Independence Day weekend turned sour for Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan, who was detained Friday at Newark International Airport. The actor, 43, was en…
Who's Up For a White Chicks Sequel?
· The whole point of the Wayans Family Tournament of Champions earlier this summer was to help avoid potential repeats of the family's most problematic, soul-crushing…
Green-Light District
The good guys won this week at the box office -- and by "good guys," I simply mean a modest, smart, well-made, exciting summer movie that critics and regular moviegoers…
The Long Hot Summer
Another scorcher at Movieline, where even the frostiest air conditioning and the coldest lemonade couldn't staunch the heat coming off some of this week's big stories…
Nav'occhio
It was just a matter of time before the first official photo from Avatar yielded its real revelations -- not the Nav'is' tastes for tanning beds, but rather the slight…
Conservative Critic Rejects District 9's 'Agitprop,' White Guilt
Big Hollywood's new District 9 review comes awfully close to defying the site's status as an essential right-wing organ for creative contrarianism. For a while, the…
Now We're Getting Somewhere with the Alien Prequel
Forget my previous reservations about Ridley Scott's planned Alien prequel, whose narrative hurdles and franchise sluggishness had me down. At least they did until being…
Law Abiding Citizen Trailer: Gerard Butler Gets Payback (and More Payback)
The new trailer for Law Abiding Citizen is out, pitting vigilante Gerard Butler against prosecutor Jamie Foxx in a battle of wills from which no one shall emerge…
Kate Winslet, Todd Haynes to Bring the Melodrama For Mildred Pierce
· Occasionally a reimagining comes along that makes the horrifying news of all the other remakes, reboots and toy adaptations worth it. A new, Kate Winslet-starring…
Jeremy Piven vs. the World
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and left to mop up after a long summer at the movies. This week, aliens chase the…
Tracking Down the Place Where We Lost John Hughes
One of the most unusual elements of last week's reporting on John Hughes's passing in New York was its total lack of specificity. Hughes, 59, suffered a heart attack on…
Sony Bringing Heath Ledger's Parnassus Swan Song to States This Fall
Well, that was fast. Mere days ago, we were browsing the latest European trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and wondering when Terry Gilliam's madcap…
Eclipse Goes Oscar-Caliber with Catalina Sandino Moreno
· The Twilight threequel Eclipse continues to pile on young actors, adding Catalina Sandino Moreno to the cast as the vampire Maria. An Oscar-nominee for 2004's Maria…
Molly Ringwald Remembers John Hughes as Grudge-Holding Peter Pan
We couldn't all have the bliss of a purely epistolary relationship with John Hughes. According to another strikingly candid reminiscence by Molly Ringwald in today's New…
9 Burning Questions About the New Season of Mad Men
The third season of Mad Men is on its way Sunday at 10 p.m., and if you're a regular viewer, then you know you have some questions left over from the spotty…
