Heather Graham returns to 'Hangover' http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130524/BLOGS/305249960/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:31 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130524/BLOGS/305249960/-1/blogs01
It was with the release of "Boogie Nights," in 1997, that Heather Graham became everybody’s favorite porn star with a heart of old. No, not actually Graham, but her character in that film, Rollergirl.
 ]]> Ken Jeong bares his soul - and body - in 'Hangover 3' http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130524/BLOGS/305249961/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:31 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130524/BLOGS/305249961/-1/blogs01
Though he stole all audience attention away from every other actor in his brief scene as Dr. Kuni in "Knocked Up," no one was ready for Ken Jeong’s intro in "The Hangover." He leaped out of a car trunk, wearing only black socks, and proceeded to beat the tar out of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis with a tire iron. That’s right, wearing only black socks. His Mr. Chow eventually became an important character [...]]]> With '30 Rock' done, Tina Fey focuses on movies http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130319/BLOGS/303199947/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:11:30 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130319/BLOGS/303199947/-1/blogs01


Though she’s starred in a couple of feature films ("Baby Mama," Date Night"), and had a prominent role in, as well as wrote, "Mean Girls," Tina Fey is still best known for her TV work: head writer and performer on "Saturday Night Live," creator-writer-executive producer-star of "30 Rock." But with [...]]]> Director Paul Weitz talks about 'Admission' http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130319/BLOGS/303199948/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:11:29 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130319/BLOGS/303199948/-1/blogs01


Over the past decade and a half, director Paul Weitz (who has also written some of his films) has been exploring adult-child – sometimes parent-child – relationships. They were there, in the background, in "American Pie," one was right upfront in "About a Boy," and, of course, there was the [...]]]> Movie review: 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' will work its magic on you http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130315/BLOGS/303159991/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:05:55 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130315/BLOGS/303159991/-1/blogs01 There haven’t been many movies about magic and magicians made over the years, although the idea of seeing spectacular illusions on a big screen sounds like a pretty good one. We’ve had an inaccurate biopic on Houdini in the ’50s, the pretty good "Lord of Illusions" almost two decades ago and, very oddly, 2006 saw two [...]]]> Movie review: 'The Call' falls apart after riveting start http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130315/BLOGS/303159999/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:03:02 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130315/BLOGS/303159999/-1/blogs01 Some things go very wrong in this film. For one of the characters, it happens right at the beginning, just after she makes a call to 911 in Los Angeles. Young blond-haired Leah (Evie Thompson) gets through to veteran 911 operator Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) just as someone is smashing his way into the frightened girl’s [...]]]> Steve Buscemi tries his hand at magic in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130311/BLOGS/303119990/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:05:22 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130311/BLOGS/303119990/-1/blogs01 It’s pronounced boo-semi, not boo-shemi. OK, got that out of the way as the first order of business when sitting down last week with Steve Buscemi, one of the busiest character actors of the past two decades. He was the short-tempered criminal whose fate was sealed in a wood chipper in "Fargo," the drunk best man in "The [...]]]> Jim Carrey works his magic in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089975/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:20:49 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089975/-1/blogs01 Jim Carrey can play it all: dark and light, down-to-earth and outrageous. He can jump from "The Cable Guy" to "I Love You Phillip Morris," from "The Truman Show" to "Dumb & Dumber" without missing a beat. In "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, [...]]]> Movie review: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' a vibrant, worthy prequel http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089976/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:20:47 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089976/-1/blogs01 A great idea, pulled off to just short of perfection. It’s a prequel, of sorts, to "The Wizard of Oz," in which we’re introduced to the young Kansas sideshow huckster who ends up in the magic land of Oz, and will someday become that [...]]]> Movie review: Focus of 'Emperor' is too narrow http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089977/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:20:44 +0000 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130308/BLOGS/303089977/-1/blogs01 The Hollywood-versus-history game gets another go-around in this newest offering that sticklers will no doubt find inauthentic. But "Emperor" is no "Zero Dark Thirty" (Americans portrayed as torturing terror suspects) or "Lincoln" (Honest Abe [...]]]> At the Movies http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130307/BLOGS/303079917/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Thu, 7 Mar 2013 6:13:44 http://www.aledotimesrecord.com/article/20130307/BLOGS/303079917/-1/blogs01