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Opening Friday: 'Death Race'

(Universal Pictures ) Andrew Garfield stars in this drama about a troubled young man. R — 1:45 — MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Philip Roth's novel "The Dying Animal" is the basis for this drama starring Penélope Cruz and Ben Kingsley. PG...

Too much action, not enough wit

By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard 21.08.08 Saving the world: Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) and Steve Carell (Maxwell Smart) Steve Carell is a comedian who relies on a dead straight face to cause laughter. There's some to be had in...

Alan: Steve is a serious actor

Aug 21, 2008

Although we're more used to seeing Steve Carell playing the clown in his movies, according to Get Smart co-star Alan Arkin, he's actually a very serious actor. "Everyone expects him to be a laugh riot, he's not, he's very...

Get Smart

“Missed it by that much!” sighs Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) after a daring escape from an exploding rooftop ends with he and Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) swinging into a wall instead of flying through the intended window. Sadly,...

Steve: I'd be a terrible spy

Steve Carell may play a special agent in new movie Get Smart, but in real life he reckons he wouldn't be too good at espionage. "I think I'd be a terrible spy," he admits. "I'm not particularly intelligent, athletic and I'm not...

Get Smart (12A)

Director: Peter Segal. BASED on a madcap '60s television series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, Get Smart is a comic caper about an accident-prone yet sensitive secret agent who might just be mankind's last, great hope....

Why Hollywood loves New York cop movies

By PATRICK HUGUENIN Saturday, August 16th 2008, 4:00 AM Hollywood's fascination with police movies and shows set in the city has generated classics such as "The French Connection" and long-running hits such as "Law & Order." We...

NY NY | BAM Spotlights Gould, McDowell Takes On Anderson and a NY NY Goodbye

by Charlie Olsky (August 15, 2008) [EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final New York column from Charlie Olsky. This week in New York, the Brooklyn Academy of Music got uptight with Elliott Gould, Malcolm McDowell refused to apologize...

The festival ain't over yet: look at this concert!!!

Special Concert!An Evening of Poetry and MusicFeaturing Alan Arkin, Jonathan Richards, and guitarist Bruce DunlapWords and music unite when actors Alan Arkin, Jonathan Richards and guitarist Bruce Dunlap take the stage. The...

Digest: Books That Stack Up [Reading]

Reading • Books That Stack Up Last year, when word went out that Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio were once again sharing the silver screen in a film based on Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, I was pushed along a path of...