Ben Affleck

Dazed & Confused

Congolese Cocoa Headed to Theo Chocolate

​A ship loaded with Congolese cocoa beans bound for Theo Chocolate is now sailing east across the Pacific Ocean. Theo Chocolate has been working closely with the Eastern Congo Initiative since 2010 to develop a cocoa crop quality improvement plan to aid the troubled region's economic developm ... More >>

The Town: Ben Affleck Robs Banks

​A ship loaded with Congolese cocoa beans bound for Theo Chocolate is now sailing east across the Pacific Ocean. Theo Chocolate has been working closely with the Eastern Congo Initiative since 2010 to develop a cocoa crop quality improvement plan to aid the troubled region's economic developm ... More >>

Today in Sex: Your Manparts Can Sparkle Like RPatz's!

​According to Dr. Belisa Vranich, there are many valid, psychologically based reasons for the vampire-mania that's currently gripping the country: we love a loner; we're oral-obsessed; narcissism fascinates us; vampires are the archetypal bad boys. But mostly, the dudes hired to play vampires ... More >>

Dazed and Confused

​According to Dr. Belisa Vranich, there are many valid, psychologically based reasons for the vampire-mania that's currently gripping the country: we love a loner; we're oral-obsessed; narcissism fascinates us; vampires are the archetypal bad boys. But mostly, the dudes hired to play vampires ... More >>

Russell Crowe, the Last MSM Gladiator

​With seemingly half the newspapers in America in Chapter 11, the newsroom drama State of Play arrived earlier this month on DVD as a fond, nostalgic memento of a once-glamorous profession. If, by glamorous, one envisions not Robert Redford but a fat, schlubby, long-haired Russell Crowe search ... More >>

Dazed and Confused

​With seemingly half the newspapers in America in Chapter 11, the newsroom drama State of Play arrived earlier this month on DVD as a fond, nostalgic memento of a once-glamorous profession. If, by glamorous, one envisions not Robert Redford but a fat, schlubby, long-haired Russell Crowe search ... More >>

State of Play: Russell Crowe Joins the Media Elite

​With seemingly half the newspapers in America in Chapter 11, the newsroom drama State of Play arrived earlier this month on DVD as a fond, nostalgic memento of a once-glamorous profession. If, by glamorous, one envisions not Robert Redford but a fat, schlubby, long-haired Russell Crowe search ... More >>

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

Ben Affleck stars in ‘roid rage PSA!

Sundance on Steroids

A Report From This Year’s Fest

Two Hours' Traffic Spreads the Love

A Report From This Year’s Fest

Gone Baby Gone: Ben Affleck Puts a Stake in Bennifer

A Report From This Year’s Fest

Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims

A Report From This Year’s Fest

Live Free or Die Hard: Bruce Willis Clings Manfully to the Timex Past

Willis rejects digital reboot in favor of rusty action-flick mechanics.

DVDs of the Week

Ugandan genocide and a grunt's-eye view of WWII.

Hollywoodland

Opens at Seven Gables and others, Fri., Sept. 8. Rated R. 126 minutes.

Good Film Hunting

Our intrepid reporter seeks news, booze, and schmooze at Sundance.

Ode to Jolie

Our intrepid reporter seeks news, booze, and schmooze at Sundance.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99

Project Greenlight: The Complete Second Season

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

Action!

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

This Week's Attractions

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

Down and Out

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

Bowling for Columbine

MGM Home Entertainment, $26.98

Gigli: The Worst Movie of 2003?

J.Lo plays a lesbian; Affleck plays dumbbut they're no less unconvincing than the rest of this Mafia flop.

Do Me, Hollywood, Do Me

Summer means a season of trashy one-night stands.

They Want You

Summer means a season of trashy one-night stands.

Trash Talk

Summer means a season of trashy one-night stands.

Eyes on the Prize

Summer means a season of trashy one-night stands.

Brief Encounters

Summer means a season of trashy one-night stands.

Coulda Been Contenders

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

CD Reviews

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

Eyes Wide Open

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

J.Lo-Brow

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

CQ

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

Pearl Harbor

But the Seahawks weren't, and next season could be Mike Holmgren's last chance.

Revenge of the nerds

Wonk saves the world via PalmPilot and e-mail.

The second wave

After Ocean's Eleven, more Rat Pack remakes.

Shorted

Bumbershoot mini-movies are in long supply.

Road tripped

Kevin Smith stumbles one step forward, two steps back.

Forks 'n' flicks

Movies, microbrews, and meals to go with them.

Shelf life

Time to collect DVDs?

The Culture Bunker

Time to collect DVDs?

Top guns

Cocksure youth receive their first comeuppance.

SIFF Strategy

Festival can't win every battle—can it?

The Culture Bunker

Festival can't win every battle—can it?

Reindeer Games

Ben Affleck in a shaggy but effective heist film.

Dogma

Kevin Smith's cinema profanity.

Fall arts preview

Film picks

Drill ride

Bruce Willis plays Bruce Willis in 'Armageddon,' and that's not necessarily a bad thing.