by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 24, 2005 | News
First a TV show, then a stage opera, then a broadcast of that stage show. Those are the incarnations of talk show host Jerry Springer’s smut-slinging antics—the most recent of which drew the ire of Christians in the United Kingdom. BBC TWO, one of the channels...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 20, 2005 | News
The Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in South Asia, like the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, sparked numerous Internet hoaxes intending to make an already stunning event even more so. Bogus stories mixed with true ones and floated across the Internet together. The most...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | News
Paul Weitz recently spoke with EthicsDaily.com by phone from Los Angeles about the new movie and how fatherhood has affected his work. But now the smallest Weitz is one and the movie starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson is rolling into wide...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | Opinion
The new Warner Bros. film, which opens nationwide today, centers on a plucky zebra who thinks he’s a race horse. It’s cookie-cutter storytelling—an underdog, a formidable challenge, some unlikely help—but well done. Disney has long traded on this appealing...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | Opinion
The latest movie from writer-director Paul Weitz is, to use a favorite adjective from the film itself, “awesome.” Weitz demonstrated a fine sensibility with “About a Boy,” and he does it again with “In Good Company,” which expands...
