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(03/09/06 5:00am)
The first scene of Laurence Dunmore's "The Libertine" opens to a dark room, where a flickering light sporadically illuminates the face of the Earl of Rochester (Johnny Depp). He urges the ladies and the gentleman to stay away from him, for coming too close will cost them dearly. He warns the audience that they will not like him. And he promises that he will remain unforgiving for everything that happens over the course of the story of his life.
(01/19/06 5:00am)
Editor's Note: Over the recent break, The Eagle was able to travel to Chicago for a little field reporting.
(10/27/05 4:00am)
"Shopgirl," a film based on Steve Martin's 2000 novella of the same name, brings together three different but ultimately complementary actors. Martin, who plays millionaire Ray Porter, woos the young Mirabelle, played by Claire Danes. Meanwhile, Jason Schwartzman plays Jeremy, who spends the movie on the road with a rock band in order to ready himself to come back to Mirabelle.
(10/27/05 4:00am)
When he finished writing his novella about Ray Porter, Steve Martin was satisfied he'd written something that would never be made into a movie. Now, seven years later, Martin plays Porter in "Shopgirl."
(10/20/05 4:00am)
To call Fall Out Boy an emerging band would be to imply they have some kinks to work out. But it seems the band, now six-years-old, has finally found what works for them. Their new album, "From Under the Cork Tree," was their first release under a major record label and was met with critical acclaim.
(10/06/05 4:00am)
In a film much like a modern adaptation of a 19th century British novel, director Julian Fellowes explores the extravagant length to which people will go to protect the truths on which they base their lives.
(11/18/04 5:00am)
On Sunday, the Master Chorale of Washington and the National Symphony Orchestra performed Mozart's "Requiem" in D minor as well as "Te Deum" in C major and "Ave verum corpus" at the Kennedy Center. Mozart's "Requiem" is one of his most famous works, both for its magnificence and the circumstances surrounding the writing of the piece.
(11/08/04 5:00am)
Despite his success, every show could be one of Matt Nathanson's last.
(11/08/04 5:00am)
When Jude Law first addresses the audience in his new movie "Alfie," the women settle in for a few care-free hours of being vicariously wooed by a pretty face, while the men take notes on Alfie's ability to get into women's pants without ever having to say, "I lost my number. Can I have yours?"
(10/18/04 4:00am)
Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Ian Crocker appeared Sept. 10 as part of the Disney "Swim With the Stars" event at the University of Maryland.
(10/04/04 4:00am)
Given the events of 9/11, it would be hard for any movie to celebrate firefighters without being clich?. Likewise, it is hard for a movie to say it is not a clich? if you have them sing karaoke to the song "Fire" by the Ohio Players. Such is the quagmire in which director Jay Russell has left his latest film, "Ladder 49."
(10/04/04 4:00am)
In few instances do actors in a film rally around a common purpose greater than publicizing their careers. But the cast of "Ladder 49" is different.
(04/26/04 4:00am)
To celebrate its 10th Anniversary, the Kreeger Museum on Foxhall Road is opening its newest exhibit, "The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain." It features art from the di Rosi Preserve: Art & Nature, located in Napa, Calif. The exhibit showcases art from and around San Francisco made in the 1960s. Trends represented include beat art, installation art, Dadaism, pop art and funk art in the forms of paintings, collage, sculpture and installations.
(04/22/04 4:00am)
David W. Jacobsen
"Cubicle Wonderland"
(Zbokth Productions, BMI)
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Sounds like: Weird Al Yankovic under capitalistic yoke.
(04/22/04 4:00am)
Murder, deceit and the backdrop of World War II frame Jean-Paul Rappeneau's latest release, "Bon Voyage." This fast-paced romp opens when Fr?d?ric Auger (Gr?gori Derang?re) receives a phone call from his former fling Viviane Denvert (Isabelle Adjani). In her hotel room, to his surprise, he finds that he is not only still in love with the now-famous actress, but there is also a dead body.
(04/08/04 4:00am)
The first adjective that could begin to describe Lars von Trier's new film "Dogville" is "striking." The instance is the opening scene, which is a downward shot on a soundstage with chalked outlines of houses with labels and minimal props, perhaps a desk or a wall. We are introduced to the citizens in this small Rocky Mountain enclave by a good-humored and unobtrusive narrator.
(04/08/04 4:00am)
Here is one piece of advice for all filmmakers contemplating making a sequel: If the original movie relied on the characters more than the plot, the sequel will inevitably cave. This proves to be the main problem with "The Whole Ten Yards," starring Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis.
(04/08/04 4:00am)
"We just want to make people laugh."