Bruce Willis

Die Hard

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Die Hard

Red: At Last, Helen Mirren as International Assassin!

The Top 7 Records I Didn't Buy at Jive Time Today

Had another bonanza day at Jive Time Records today -- in between the main store and the annex in the Fremont Vintage Mall, I scored Kinda Kinks, Nilsson Schmilsson, Yves Montand, Physical Graffiti, Billy Paul, Venus and Mars, and about 10 more LPs. All gems, but sometimes it's more interesting to se ... More >>

Sylvester Stallone Reheats the '80s

Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen Ballard​The Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>

7 Celebrity Chefs That Women Love

Google Giada De Laurentiis; the first video result is titled "Jiggly Boobs." It's a three minute feature of the Food Network star's breasts bouncing up and down as she chops parsley. Groan. Women are slightly more selective when choosing their favorite celebrity chefs. (Repeat: slightly.) Here are t ... More >>

A.M. Music News: Gorillaz Bruce Willis, and a $25 Million Payday

​-- YouTube: The video for the new Gorillaz song, "Stylo," co-stars Bruce Willis. The new record, Plastic Beach, hits stores on March 9. You can hear it all on NPR. -- NYT: The feds say four dudes in New Jersey made $25 million in a ticket re-sale scheme. -- NME: Iran music journalist Behran ... More >>

Celebrity Spotting on Cap Hill

You know what's a great movie to rent sometime? Heart Like a Wheel, the 1983 biopic about drag racer Shirley "Cha-Cha" Muldowney, which provided a rare starring role for actress Bonnie Bedelia. A couple years later, she played Bruce Willis' estranged wife in Die Hard, another movie we like a lot. Wh ... More >>

Sean Penn's Other, Non-Oscar-Winning Role

If you watched the Oscars last Sunday, Sean Penn seemed pretty reasonable, friendly, and modest in accepting his Best Actor award for the acclaimed Milk (which continues in these local theaters). I had my money on Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like a lot of people, but I have to agree that on pure ... More >>

What Just Happened: Robert De Niro Cast in Mirthless Hollywood Satire

If you watched the Oscars last Sunday, Sean Penn seemed pretty reasonable, friendly, and modest in accepting his Best Actor award for the acclaimed Milk (which continues in these local theaters). I had my money on Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like a lot of people, but I have to agree that on pure ... More >>

Pulp Fiction

If you watched the Oscars last Sunday, Sean Penn seemed pretty reasonable, friendly, and modest in accepting his Best Actor award for the acclaimed Milk (which continues in these local theaters). I had my money on Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like a lot of people, but I have to agree that on pure ... More >>

SPOILER ALERT: Harry Potter, The Sixth Sense

If you watched the Oscars last Sunday, Sean Penn seemed pretty reasonable, friendly, and modest in accepting his Best Actor award for the acclaimed Milk (which continues in these local theaters). I had my money on Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like a lot of people, but I have to agree that on pure ... More >>

Juliette and the Licks Suck

And so do the rest of you celebrity bands.

Vacation With Disaster

And so do the rest of you celebrity bands.

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

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

Attack of the Zebra Mussels!

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

At-Risk Youth Saved by the Power of Phat Rhymes in The Hip Hop Project

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

Perfect Stranger

More imperfect career choices for Halle Berry and Bruce Willis.

Arrested Development, Eric Rohmer, and Lucky Number Slevin

Lucy Liu loves a man in argyle.

Waterlogorrhea

Humanity can be saved if only a blocked writer finds inspiration from a sea nymph. Too bad she didn't give the same help to the screenwriter.

Over the Hedge

Opens at Metro and others theaters, Fri., May 19. Rated PG. 96 minutes.

Film Calendar

Opens at Metro and others theaters, Fri., May 19. Rated PG. 96 minutes.

Sin City

Buena Vista Home Ent., $39.99.

Dec. 14, 2005

Buena Vista Home Ent., $39.99.

A World Without Gray

For purists, this comic-book adaptation is a marvel of hard-boiled fidelity. For outsiders, the bloodshed may be too black-and-white.

The Atomic Bombshells

Also: La Jetée/Twelve Monkeys, Steven Pinker, the Regional Spelling Bee, and Gift of Gab.

This Week's Attractions

Also: La Jetée/Twelve Monkeys, Steven Pinker, the Regional Spelling Bee, and Gift of Gab.

Why Are You People Such Idiots?

Terry Gross sucks, but Radiohead just might save the day, according to this lefty assault on our current brainlessness.

CD Reviews

Terry Gross sucks, but Radiohead just might save the day, according to this lefty assault on our current brainlessness.

Brotherly Love

'Buddy films' mean man-to-man action in more than one way.

Amandla!, Bringing Down the House, and More

Also: <>Open Hearts, Tears of the Sun, and The Safety of Objects.

Tuned In

Also: <>Open Hearts, Tears of the Sun, and The Safety of Objects.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Also: <>Open Hearts, Tears of the Sun, and The Safety of Objects.

A few good men

WWII P.O.W.s triumph over racism, Nazis.

The second wave

After Ocean's Eleven, more Rat Pack remakes.

Mayhem and mercy

New action heroes for a new kind of war.

Less-than-grand larceny

Able cast inhabits stolen script.

Die Hard

Able cast inhabits stolen script.

"It was like a movie."

In a universal phrase, a common effort to comprehend.

Unbreakable

In a universal phrase, a common effort to comprehend.

Immigrant song

Mobsters arrive, rise, and fall.

Who?

Bogus critic debunked.

Mr. Glass

Identity gained, frailty lost.

Forget serious

'Tis the season of the popcorn flick.

The Ninth Gate

Johnny Depp ventures to the dark side.

Deep-sixed

Bruce Willis in a tired new genre: therapy thriller.

SIFF 1999 Awards

Bruce Willis in a tired new genre: therapy thriller.

SIFF diary

Crowds, transit tips, sightings, and best bets.

Drill ride

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