Subject: Alec Baldwin

• Schmoes 1, Pros 0

  April 23, 2007

• Tough love

  The Farrelly brothers explore their soft sides by going Outside Providence

  September 2, 1999

• Rushes

  November 10, 1994

• Heaven's gait

  May 9, 1996

• Avon calling

  November 7, 1996

• It's a wonderful life

  January 9, 1997

• Building the perfect beast

  December 4, 1997

• Robert Towne's Coming to Town to Get AFI Dallas Award. Also, More Films Added.

  AFI Dallas International Film Festival sends word this morning of further additions to its schedule as the fest prepares for its third year, which gets to commencing March 26. Also included in the release is the recipient of this year's AFI Dallas Star Award: the great Robert Towne, whose credits include Chinatown (for which he won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award in 1975), Shampoo, Tequila Sunrise, Days of Thunder (yes, really) and Bonnie and Clyde (his was an uncredited touch-up). To

  February 16, 2009

• Round midnight

  April 22, 1999

• Nothing Hill

  May 27, 1999

• Big Fan: AFI Dallas Announces Its Complete Line-Up, Minus the Closing-Night Movie(s?)

  Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking place this year at the AMC NorthPark, the title sponsor. Well, even at 77 features and 96 short films, it's not quite the full schedule: The closing-night film hasn't yet been announced, because it prom

  March 4, 2009

• Character Actor

  December 11, 2008

• Two-Timing

  T-3 doubles your pleasure with House and Garden's interlocking production; not a lot of funny things happened at WaterTower's Forum

  July 24, 2008

• Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler Seem Invested in Baby Mama

  April 24, 2008

• The Big Valley

  April 5, 2007

• Review: Glengarry Glen Ross

  DTC builds on the real estate of David Mamet's Glengarry

  October 18, 2007

• Seasons in the Sun

  September 6, 2007

• Burning the Yule Log

  November 9, 2006

• Backhanded Slapstick

  Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane

  December 22, 2005

• Lucky in Love

  The Cooler, somewhat unbelievably, asks us to swallow a Las Vegas fairy tale

  December 18, 2003

• Royal Flush

  February 15, 2007

• A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

  Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

  October 26, 2006

• Now Dirtier Than Ever

  January 26, 2006

• Crowe Flies Home

  Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

  October 13, 2005

• Crash and Yearn

  Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

  December 23, 2004

• U.S.A.-holes

  Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

  October 14, 2004

• Kitty Litter

  The Cat in the Hat forms clumps for easy scooping and disposal

  November 20, 2003

• Five Golden Reels

  The Deep Ellum Film Festival grows up--nicely

  October 23, 2003

• Sucks, Dickie

  Or: Just how does David Spade keep getting work?

  September 4, 2003

• Anarchy in the U.K.

  Wilson and Chan are Knights fallen on their arse

  February 6, 2003

• Fight Club

  When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

  July 11, 2002

• Nuke It

  It's up to Ben Affleck to save the world, and that's The Sum of All Fears

  May 30, 2002

• Royal's Screwups

  Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

  December 27, 2001

• Flesh for Fantasy

  Video-game adaptation is cool to watch but cold to the touch

  July 12, 2001

• All Bark

  Cats & Dogs doesn't quite build a better mousetrap

  July 5, 2001

• Bora! Bora! Bora!

  Pearl Harbor's sound and fury signify nothing

  May 24, 2001

• Sexual Perversity in Vermont

  In a small town, folks swallow Hollywood's American bull

  January 11, 2001

• Greed is very, very bad

  Boiler Room serves up the sons of Gordon Gekko

  February 17, 2000

• The sins of the father

  Joe the King is as subtle as a smack in the face, which is the point

  November 11, 1999

• USA Film Festival

  April 18, 1996

• Lymelife

  April 30, 2009

• A Little Insight Into Rhett Miller's Appearance On Tonight's 30 Rock Finale

  Curious as to what Rhett Miller's appearance on 30 Rock will entail? Well, this two-minute preview of tonight's show should shed some light on what to expect: Basically, Alec Baldwin's character blackmails every musician he can think of into performing at a benefit concert for his newfound father, far as I can tell.Like Miller, our friend Declan MacManus, international art thief, is not amused, but caves nonetheless.

  May 14, 2009

• What the What Was Rhett Miller Doing on 30 Rock Last Night?

  No doubt your Today in Music News item's forthcoming. But till then, this bonus video from last night's so-so 30 Rock season ender, where, as Pete has pointed out a few times, a certain Old 97 made a cameo alongside the likes of Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Michael McDonald, Moby, Mary J. Blige, Clay Aiken, two-thirds of the Beastie Boys, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Adam Levine and on and on. (Also guesting was another former local, Norah Jones. So, bonus.) Those who need the whole set-up to this

  May 15, 2009