Metro Weekly

Film

  • Ball Bearing

    ''It's a lot easier to get stuff made for TV than it is for movies,'' says Alan Ball. And he should know: The screenwriter of...

  • Feminine Imposition

    There are only three groups who should willingly sit through The Women: females who nightly juggle TMZ.com, Haagen Dazs and Lifetime while wrapped in a...

  • Blurred Visages

    If you think being a gay Republican is a tough dichotomy to reconcile, try being a gay Muslim. In concept, the idea of being gay...

  • Offending the Masses

    Hamlet 2 is blasphemy, pure and simple. And it's not just the musical number ''Rock Me Sexy Jesus'' that's going to have people apoplectic; Shakespeare...

  • Getting a Woody

    Imagine a summer of love and romance in Barcelona. There would be late nights filled with good wine, soft music and a sexy artist who...

  • Laugh Attack

    Humor is subjective. What strikes me as funny may not be funny to you. There are, however, plenty of crossover areas that make us all...

  • Brit Lit

    In high school, there were two ways to get out of reading a literature assignment -- watch the movie or get the CliffsNotes. For students...

  • Teen Spirit

    Thirty-seven. That's how many times your heart might break during American Teen. It's high school-concentrate -- all the highs and lows and mistakes and inevitable...

  • Going Batty

    Heath Ledger as The Joker in 'Batman: The Dark Knight' The answer is yes. Heath Ledger is that good as The Joker. Would his performance...

  • Merry Melodies

    Mamma Mia!, how can I resist you? The answer is I can't. And if you're looking for a good time, neither should you. In Mamma...

  • Hellacious

    Sound the alarms, a portal has opened up and all the creatures from Pan's Labyrinth have escaped! You can find them on the set of...

  • Saviors

    It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a superhero from hell. At least when he's drinking. And he's always drinking. Meet John Hancock (Will Smith),...

  • Undersexed

    Grab your Cosmos -- the girls are back! No, seriously, you're going to need one to take the edge off. To wallow in stereotypes for...

  • Jokesters

    It's been six years since funnyman Mike Myers last said ''Groovy, baby'' in the third installment of the Austin Powers franchise, which is also how...

  • Dead Zone

    M. Night Shyamalan achieves something amazing in his latest film, The Happening. Not only has he made a film about people killing themselves, his film...