Hollywood producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Jordan and Paul Feig adopt inclusion rider
"Bridesmaids" director Paul Feig said on Tuesday that his production company was adding an inclusion rider for future shows, the latest Hollywood figure to take up the call for more diversity on movie and television sets. Feig, whose movies also include the all-female 2016 version ...
'The Great Wall' is a colorful foray into Hollywood filmmaking for China's Zhang Yimou
"The Great Wall," a lavish Hollywood production that looks like it cost a gazillion dollars (or, more accurately, $150 million), is directed by China's Zhang Yimou — or Yimou Zhang as he's now known on many online film sites. In recent years, Zhang's name has ...
Finding courage and hope in 2016
The Year of the Monkey is drawing to a close. Despite the events in the real world, this year at least brought us some soulful films. Perhaps the filmmakers wanted to prepare us for the impending yuckiness of future reality. Still, my picks for ...
'Jason Bourne': The invincible franchise
It's the Bourne revival: Matt Damon is Bourne again. After an unsuccessful attempt to transfer the franchise to Jeremy Renner in 2012's "The Bourne Legacy," Damon has returned to his most iconic role as the brainwashed CIA super-soldier. He's the real deal, the Sean ...
Welcome to Mars. Population: 1
As kids, many of us have experienced the fear of being left behind. Lost in a supermarket, panicking as your parents get too far ahead of you during a walk in the park ... now imagine being left on an entirely different planet. "The Martian" ...
'The Martian' has thrills for the sci-fi nerd in everyone
'The Martian" (released in Japan as "Odyssey") is one of those movies where you kick yourself afterward for not having read the book first. Otherwise, you'll be going into this unprepared for the blasts of wondrousness, which hit you right in the eyes and ...
You can never be sure which Gus Van Sant you're getting when you are about to watch a film by this stylistically promiscuous director. Will it be the sympathetic chronicler of outsider teens ("My Own Private Idaho," "Paranoid Park"); the maker of mordantly funny ...
How keeping it real took Matt Damon to the top
In 1987, when Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Ain't Got You," he was the biggest rock star in the world. He had vast estates in New Jersey and Beverly Hills, and he had not long returned from a honeymoon at Gianni Versace's villa in ...
