Ben Affleck

Kanye West, N.E.R.D. and Wyclef to Perform at the Democratic National Convention

As We Like It

Extreme Unctuousness

As Merely OK as It Gets

Chip Off the Old Rock

Neoscrewball Strikes Out

Mariah Carey/Jennifer Lopez

Charmbracelet (Mosaic/Island)/This Is Me…Then (Epic)

No, You Shut Up!

Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce Glenn Garvin, douchebag

Read and Rejoice

Miami Book Fair International gets graphic

Dead Bodies, Buried Ledes

Political thriller State of Play is adrenaline for a dying industry: Ours.

From Geek to Sheik

Political thriller State of Play is adrenaline for a dying industry: Ours.

"Imperfect" Is Right

Boring game play mars Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.

U.S.A-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Here, Baby, Here

Playing down-on-her-luck, Amy Ryan's star rises.

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just... old

Released on DVD this Week

What Garry Didn't Know

Ace Up His Sleeve

Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

Detective Comics

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy.

Bet on Black

Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier

Stagebeat

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Special Ed

Young teens become super-empowered in Sky High

Stagebeat

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Beware!

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Mother Courage

Hanif Kureishi's new drama is like life, sharpened to its finest points

Jersey Gurgle

Kevin Smith is Silent Bob? Dude, my butt he is.

Papa Tried

Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl

What, Me Pay?

Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl

Punk Monk

Paul Bettany gets medieval in The Reckoning

Accessorize This!

Passion for Fashion

Forget It

You saw Paycheck last year... don'tcha remember?

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

Lit Up

It's more fun watching

Bad Asses

Jen and Ben get Gigli with it, and -- lucky us! -- we get to watch

Bass Ackwards

Irréversible desperately attempts to turn the world upside down

Core Blimey!

This penetrating adventure proves ridiculous but amusing

The Stunted

Against all odds -- and several plot implausibilities -- director William Friedkin stages a comeback

Smoking Rock

Someone must have been to come up with Bad Company

Nuclear Waste

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

Chris Cross

Behind the Greenlight is a producer proud to be an ass

New Yakkers

Edward Burns's Sidewalks of New York does more talking than walking

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

From Schlubs to Sharks

Boiler Room

In God He Trusts

Dogma

Skip the Smoker; Pulled Pork Just takes Patience -- and Red Stripe

Photo by Flickr user Another Pint Please... As a young man, the subtleties of pulled pork were lost on me. Technique, patience, care: pointless wastes of time to my still immature, I-want-it-fast mind. "Grab the pork," I thought, "and pull it. It's not rocket science."With maturity, though, cam ... More >>

Mike Judge Goes Back to Work With Extract

Photo by Flickr user Another Pint Please... As a young man, the subtleties of pulled pork were lost on me. Technique, patience, care: pointless wastes of time to my still immature, I-want-it-fast mind. "Grab the pork," I thought, "and pull it. It's not rocket science."With maturity, though, cam ... More >>

"The Town" Puts Ben Affleck in His Bank Robber Role

Photo by Flickr user Another Pint Please... As a young man, the subtleties of pulled pork were lost on me. Technique, patience, care: pointless wastes of time to my still immature, I-want-it-fast mind. "Grab the pork," I thought, "and pull it. It's not rocket science."With maturity, though, cam ... More >>

"The Company Men" Takes Pity on the Emasculated Executive

Photo by Flickr user Another Pint Please... As a young man, the subtleties of pulled pork were lost on me. Technique, patience, care: pointless wastes of time to my still immature, I-want-it-fast mind. "Grab the pork," I thought, "and pull it. It's not rocket science."With maturity, though, cam ... More >>

Allen West, Ben Affleck, and the GOP Debt Deal

flickr user: sheksaysReally? Allen West has to see my movie?​There's never a dull moment with U.S. Rep. Allen West on Capitol Hill. This week, as he drew kudos for abandoning Tea Party hard-liners and backing House Speaker's John Boehner's debt plan -- a compromise that temporarily raises the nati ... More >>

Jon Stewart on Allen West: "Quick, Robin! To the Batshit Mobile!" (Video)

thedailyshow.com​Rep. Allen West was the subject of another Comedy Central news satire yesterday, when Daily Show host Jon Stewart made a quip starring West as Batman -- except he's driving the "Batshit mobile." Republican House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy showed the GOP House members a clip fro ... More >>