Sigourney Weaver

A happy and Grimm anniversary

2012-12-31 03:00:00

The tales we tell each other and our children not only reflect our own lived experiences and our psychic realities, they also shape our lives. — Maria Tatar As the year ends, we might appreciate a bicentennial that, unlike some wars, has been...

Stars light up Broadway this season

2012-10-19 14:37:00

As autumn turns the Manhattan air crisp and cool, Broadway is gearing up for another season. In the 2012-2013 lineup are new plays, star-driven revivals, lavish musicals and shows inspired by movies, books, TV shows and one very well-known comic strip....

USA's 'Political Animals' and the way TV helps us see what we can be

2012-07-13 15:36:00

See Jane reach. See Jane reach for power and be denied. It might not yet be a full-blown theme, but that story line has made for one of TV’s more culturally intriguing narratives of this presidential election year. “Game Change” and...

How Josh Gad was almost Cameron, and Sarah Palin led Jason Winer to '1600 Penn'

2012-05-18 13:31:00

Talk about instant success. Baltimore native Jason Winer doesn't even have a name yet for his Hollywood production company. But he and his two co-creators, "The Book of Mormon" Broadway star Josh Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett, already...

With new shows in the works, TV is awash in Washington

2012-03-11 11:07:00

After weeks of partisan sniping, the public finally gets to judge HBO's Sarah Palin docudrama "Game Change" for itself this weekend. But the campaign for more politics as TV drama has only begun. Aaron Sorkin's"The West Wing"notwithstanding, prime-time...

'Alien' once again bursts onto the big screen, at the Charles

2011-01-20 15:28:00

When Walter Hill was flipping through the first 40 pages of the science fiction/horror script that became "Alien," he considered it turgid, a snooze. "I thought it was just terrible," said Hill, who co-wrote and co-produced the movie with his partner,...

'Project Runway': Hooray for Hollywood

2009-09-25 16:22:13

Greeting and salutations, fashionistas! I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, and I'm probably the only straight male who admits he's watching Lifetime. The episode begins with Ra'mon telling us that he's kind of glad that Johnny is gone because it makes the......

Casting call: Picking stars for Dixon trial movie

2009-11-22 00:00:00

The real-life drama of Mayor Sheila Dixon's criminal trial is still unfolding, but it's not too early to start thinking about the inevitable. Who will star in the movie version of this gripping tale? I haven't come up with a title just yet - "The...

Made in Maryland

2006-11-01 00:00:00

Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...

Drawing light from concrete and smoke

2006-09-10 00:00:00

Now every time I try to sleep I'm haunted by the sound Of firemen pounding up the stairs While we were running down. ... - from "The Bravest" by Tom Paxton Tom Paxton wrote "The Bravest" on Sept. 24, 2001 - a mere 13 days after the Twin Towers fell....

A tale of two Hoffmans

2002-01-18 00:00:00

The romance of the Sundance Film Festival is simple: It's the place where long-harbored dreams are first exposed to public view and, if favorably received, are launched into the world. Gordy Hoffman had been driving a cab in Chicago for 3 1/2 years...

Coming this season

2003-09-04 00:00:00

September Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for the role of a "normal" guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything...

The Good: The first two "Alien" movies are edge-of-your-seat sci-fi marvels. It's fun to debate whether "Alien" or "Aliens" is the superior film, but we can all agree -- they're both good. The Bad: Sigourney Weaver originally wanted nothing to do with "Alien 3," but somehow got duped into it.

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Familiar fairy tale characters: Snow White, evil queen, hunky woodsman, seven people of diminished stature Why it's not for kids: This dark re-imagining of the classic fairy tale, set during the Crusades and awash in crucifixions and cannibalism, emphasizes the spooky and the scary, including

2013-01-24 18:13:00

From left, French actress Isabelle Huppert, American actresses Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Alba and Leelee Sobieski at the Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 show in Paris.

2013-01-21 00:00:00