Aug 8th, 2008 · Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan has the lowdown on three new films: Elegy, an art house adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Dying Animal, starring Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, starring America Ferrera; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogan, which combines two great American genres, the stoner flick and the action movie.
Keywords: Americans · animal · movies · novel · genre · Lowdown · Judgment · Jordan Legan · Philip Roth · Sisterhood · Traveling Pants · stoner
Jul 11th, 2008 · Fresh Air's film critic reviews Jonathan Levine's film — a comedy, starring Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck, about a drug dealer, his shrink and the difficulty they both have growing up.
Keywords: Drugs · critic · comedy · dealers · WACK · Ben Kingsley · emFresh · Josh Peck · bildungsroman · Jonathan Levine
Jul 4th, 2008 · Writer Mark Jordan Legan looks at two movies for Slate.com's Summary Judgment: The new Will Smith super anti-hero film Hancock and the coming of age film The Wackness, starring Ben Kingsley and Mary Kate Olsen.
Keywords: movies · heroes · Summary Judgment · Writer Jordan Legan · Will Smith · Slatecom · WACK · Ben Kingsley · Judgement · emHanvulgar · Kate Olsen
Jul 2nd, 2008 · An adolescent drug dealer and a middle-aged therapist barter their respective goods and services — and former Nickelodeon star Josh Peck nearly steals the movie out from under Oscar winner Ben Kingsley.
Keywords: Drugs · winners · services · therapists · Oscar · movies · adolescents · dealers · Nickelodeon · WACK · Ben Kingsley · Josh Peck
Jun 21st, 2007 · You Kill Me, a new mob comedy starring Ben Kingsley, centers on a hit man with substance-abuse problems -- who hopes Alcoholics Anonymous can help him get back on the job.
Keywords: comedy · Alcoholics Anonymous · Kill Me · Ben Kingsley