Russell Crowe

Ray Lewis was fearsome, polarizing -- and loved by his city

2013-02-16 13:43:00

Ray Lewis was born to play football, so much so that you wonder if he'll ever find the joy and satisfaction in the rest of his life that he found on the field. You go ahead and pick your iconic image of the man. Here's mine: No. 52 with shoulders...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Jan. 13, 2012

2013-01-12 11:52:00

now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave turned bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:50, 4:20, 7:50 p.m.) "Gangster Squad"...

Giving "Les Miz" a miss

2013-01-05 14:00:00

An ambitious bookworm in my youth, I once started Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. It was on a recommended-reading list. I ground to a halt a few pages in and discarded the recommended-reading list. I have never seen the musical and have never consciously...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Dec. 30, 2012

2012-12-29 16:32:00

now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:15, 3:45, 7:20, 10:50 p.m.) "The...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Nov. 11, 2012

2012-11-10 09:37:00

now playing "Argo" (R). In 1979, after Iranian revolutionaries storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans trapped. With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin. TownMall Cinemas (1:00,...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Nov. 4, 2012

2012-11-05 09:38:34

Jam fans flock to Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

2012-10-25 12:21:00

When the Bridge, the biggest band on Baltimore's jam scene, split up last Thanksgiving, live-music fans wondered who would fill the void. A year later, they may have an answer: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. The quartet of singer/guitarist Greg Ormont,...

Movie review: 'The Next Three Days'

2010-11-19 05:02:37

Paul Haggis is back to his tricky script tricks with the thoroughly engrossing prison break thriller "The Next Three Days." He foreshadows, hides details, delays his "reveals" and does a pretty good job of keeping us guessing, even if we remember the 2003...

'Brokeback Mountain' leads Golden Globe noms

2005-12-13 08:19:00

Golden Globe nominations for movies, TV announced

2001-12-20 00:00:00

Oscar nominees' list rings of reassurance

2002-02-13 00:00:00

On a morning when news of the 74th Oscar nominations had to vie for air time with reports of a new terrorism alert, the films that had the most success with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences could be summed up in a single word: reassuring....

'Rings' leads Oscar nominations

2002-02-12 00:00:00

One of the highly touted moments of the evening was the tribute to film musicals, featuring live performances of songs from "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" and "Les Miserables.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Long before Crowe awkwardly warbled his way through "Les Miserables," he was passed over for 1997's "L.A. Confidential." It should have been his first nomination, but that would come two years later for "The Insider."

2013-02-22 12:01:19

On Anne Hathaway's annoying acceptance speech factor: Please tone it down. Maybe just a little? For America? Confession: To be fair, I hear Hathaway is great in "Les Miserables," though I didn't see it because it involves Russell Crowe singing.

2013-02-19 14:07:00