From The Baltimore Sun archives: Andy Griffith — Not just a face in the crowd
NOTE: This is a 2007 story from The Baltimore Sun's archives. Andy Griffith, 81 a week from tomorrow, confides that "when my wife, Cindy, and I go someplace, and I...
All Stories
“The Black Dahlia” (R)
Who's in it: Josh Hartnett (right), Scarlett Johannson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner What it's about: While working the murder case of Elizabeth Short (Kirshner), better known as the...
Film crews set to invade Baltimore
We do D.C. well," says Jack Gerbes, director of the Maryland Film Office, and that's why Baltimore will host Nicole Kidman when she heads the cast of the Warner Bros....
A watershed for the Oscars
At the Oscars next month, an unprecedented contest will unfold. Jamie Foxx, nominated in the best actor category for his role as Ray Charles in Ray, will be up against...
Made in America
It's too bad that Disney has stupidly positioned America's Heart and Soul, Louis Schwartzberg's documentary cross-section of the 21st-century United States, as its alternative to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, thus...
What’s old is new – and perhaps better
With the last remnants of winter finally dribbling through art theaters, let us now praise summer remakes, sequels and franchises. With trailers rampant and the movies themselves unseen, every question...
Academy approves of ‘Rings’
Talent will out -- that's the theme of the Oscars that will go down in history as The Lord of the Rings sweep. Despite its accumulating critical awards and guild...
Back to abnormal
Think of John Waters as a racy Wizard of Oz. Generations of American storytellers have chronicled provincial misfits and artists leaving their homes and finding their true colors in Los...
“Timeline” (PG-13)Who’s in itEthan Embry, Anna Friel,…
"Timeline" (PG-13) Who's in it Ethan Embry, Anna Friel, Neal McDonough, Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor What it's about A group of archaeology students travel back to the 14th century to...
“In the Cut”(R)Who’s in itMeg Ryan, Mark…
"In the Cut" (R) Who's in it Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Damici What it's about A New York writing professor has an erotic affair...