Sean Connery

A Bonding Experience

Enough is enough

The new Bond movie ain't that different from, oh, the last 18

Green Dregs and Ham

The new Dr. Seuss adaptation is far more cynical than the Grinch ever was

An ass and a banjo

If you haven't seen Just Cause, don't read this article

The sword and the stoned

First Knight turns the Arthurian legends into a Hollywood botch job

Blood ties

Artless but sincere, A Family Thing thrives on simplicity of feeling

Special effect

Dragon slaying with a lot of Heart and even a little soul

One angry man

As Night Falls, Lumet proves even his failures possess spunk and spark

007 by the numbers

Most of Tomorrow Never Dies lacks the wit and inventiveness of the best Bond

Night & Day

June 25 - July 1, 1999

Talking down

Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey can't negotiate their way through this thrill-free thriller

Love for sale

The relentlessly earnest Playing by Heart talks itself to death

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

The sound of a musical

DTC's South Pacific should be heard and not seen

The great caper collapse

Connery runs on empty in art-heist romance

The New School

Everything I need to know about the modern American teen I learned by going to the movies

Monkey don't

Instinct offers gorillas in the midst of one mediocre movie

Quantum of Solace

More lead than gold, Bond's latest gets the finger

Mickey With Strings

The DSO takes on Disney classics

Intruder in the Dust

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole

Ask a Mexican

Yeah, but can you imagine a macho Mexican man wearing a skirt?

Franchise Player

Yeah, but can you imagine a macho Mexican man wearing a skirt?

Owen, Clive Owen

Shoot 'Em Up proves that its star could have been a killer Bond

Choke On It

North Texas gets schooled on the nasty politics of dirty air

Star-Crossed Eyes

This, a tale of Prohibition and romance

Indiana Jones Forever

Harrison Ford whips the Inwood

Royale Flush

The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy and comes up aces

Queu's Who

How do you get past a bouncer?

Cage Death Match

National Treasure makes one long for a good movie... like Con Air

Minor League

The comic-book Gentlemen have never been more flat

Play Ball

Plus: Spring Fever, No Sheet

Rising Stock

With Berry, the interest is high--and, indeed, the latest Bond yields a big payoff

Flame On

Reign of Fire somehow makes dragons and Matthew McConaughey entertaining

Untrue West

He's cuddly, goofy and often a bore. Meet the new Jesse James.

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Science friction

Where good villains go to make a buck

Lyric Stage’s Road To Qatar leads a Caravan of Small New Musicals on Local Stages

Where good villains go to make a buck

He Sounds Just Like...

Where good villains go to make a buck

A Vintage Clip of Bobbie Wygant Interviewing Harrison Ford in '77 Is Making Rounds Today

Bobbie Wygant Interviews Harrison Ford for Star Wars 1977 from Atombomb.tv on Vimeo.First it appeared on The New York Times's Web site this morning, courtesy fellow nostalgist Dave Itzkoff (who actually stumbled across it on The Daily Wh.at); then, MTV's. This six-minute clip of Channel 5's Bobbie W ... More >>

At Today's Economic Development Committee Meeting, Where Downtown Comes Alive!

The Grand Ricchi, some day​Afternoon, Unfair Friends! Once again I find myself at City Hall, moving and shaking as I do among the political hoi polloi, bringing you the livest, bloggingest account of today's Economic Development Committee, wherein we'll be hearing about the Downtown Connection TIF ... More >>

After Shweddy Balls Ice Cream, 10 Other SNL Sketches That Need to Be Food

​Ben & Jerry's announced its production of "Schweddy Balls" flavored ice cream today,  "vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum" and flecked with big ol' fudge balls. Sounds pretty tasty, actually. More importantly, it got us thinking, which we try to do sparingly: What other Saturday Night ... More >>