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Alec Guinness

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Star Wars Day: Recasting The Movie With '70s Rock Stars

    Today is Star Wars Day, or "May the 4th be with you." Something less than a national holiday but more than a horrific pun, it's evidence that we still very much live in a Star Wars world 35 years after the movie was released, as well as that once the Internet gets ahold of an idea, the rest of us mi ... More >>

  • Film

    December 8, 2011

    Whack a Mole

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy takes us back to the Cold War.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Similar But Not the Same: 5 Pairs of Movies That Are Pretty Much the Same Thing

    ​Friends With Benefits opens July 22, and more annoying than the fact that some studio executive probably said, "You know who I want to see in a movie? Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis!" is the fact that this movie comes out a brief six months after No Strings Attached, which is basically the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Pop Rocks: "Getting Too Old For This Shit" - A Cinematic History

    The first?​Time marches on. There comes a point in all of our lives when the inevitability of our eventual demise goes from esoteric concept to concrete fact. There's no set schedule for when awareness will strike; maybe it's the first time your back gives out, or when you find yourself squint ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 1, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Southern Rapture, Night of the Giant, Oliver!, Seven Guitars

    The first?​Time marches on. There comes a point in all of our lives when the inevitability of our eventual demise goes from esoteric concept to concrete fact. There's no set schedule for when awareness will strike; maybe it's the first time your back gives out, or when you find yourself squint ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    For Ramadan: Five Movie Muslims

    Ramadan is a time of reflection and prayer for the world's Muslim population. It is meant to teach them patience and self-restraint, and to bring them closer to Allah. We at Hair Balls know little of patience, and have never been good at self-restraint, but we're nothing if not equal-opportunity i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    For Memorial Day, Part 3: Five Best War-Movie Deaths

    Memorial Day is more than just a holiday to remember the over one million American men and women who have given their lives in service to their country. It's also a time to commemorate Hollywood's love of war. You'll have no problem finding marathons of Tora! Tora! Tora! and Sergeant York on TV, and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Oliver!

    Consider Yourself...Oh, Wait

  • Film

    January 12, 2006

    God Save the Queen

    A talented rapper narrowly survives another lousy movie

  • Film

    March 10, 2005

    Out Like a Lamb

    Downfall chronicles Hitler's last days with an awkward note of sympathy

  • Film

    March 25, 2004

    Suth'n Comfort

    The Coens score big with Ladykillers -- thanks to Hanks

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    Wooden Nickleby

    Douglas McGrath adapts a classic -- almost perfectly

  • Film

    September 7, 2000

    Force of One

    The late Sir Alec Guinness was a powerhouse long before Obi-Wan Kenobi

  • Film

    August 17, 2000

    Reefer Madness

    The dope-y Saving Grace revives the irreverence of early English comedies

  • Film

    May 20, 1999

    Episode I: What Did You Expect?

    It's Star Wars, all right

  • Film

    April 24, 1997

    Prisoners of Bore

    Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road ends up leading nowhere

  • Film

    April 3, 1997

    From Russia, with Love

    With the loopy, retro Saint, Val Kilmer has himself a new franchise

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