Author: Will Harris

Here’s a question for you: what is it about Joshua Jackson that finds virtually all of his films going straight to video? The guy’s not a bad actor. In fact, he’s pretty much got that whole “charming rogue” thing down to a science, thanks to his years as Pacey on “Dawson’s Creek.” Lately, when he scores a role as a leading man, it’s like he can’t get a flick into theaters to save his life, no matter who his co-stars might be. Neither Dennis Hopper (“Americano”) nor the double-team action duo of Harvey Keitel and Claire Forlani (“Shadows in the…

When Metallica emerged after a five-year hibernation in 2003 with a new album, St. Anger, both the band and their fans were hesitant. The fans didn’t know what to expect after such a lengthy hiatus, one that saw longtime bassist Jason Newsted depart from their ranks and frontman James Hetfield enter rehab. The band, meanwhile, didn’t know how their fans would respond to the new album, given the change in lineup, the change in musical climate, and let’s not forget that the intervening years had also seen a backlash from the group’s lawsuit against those file-sharing giants, Napster. “Some Kind…

There are many moments throughout Alfred Hitchcock ’s filmography which have become so famous that you instantly know from which movies they originate, even if you’ve never actually seen the movies. One such moment can be found on the cover art for the DVD of “North by Northwest”: the shot of Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) being pursued by a cropduster. “North by Northwest” is one of Hitchcock’s famous innocent-man-on-the-run films, a theme which recurred through his career; none of this motion picture’s “cousins,” however, are nearly as entertaining, and a large amount of that comes courtesy of the always-suave Cary…

“Casualties of War” has aged far better than anyone might’ve expected, given the commercial brush-off it received when it was originally released. The film hit theaters the same year “Family Ties” was going off the air, and it was hard to see Michael J. Fox playing PFC Eriksson without picturing him as Alex P. Keaton. (This, by the way, is pretty much the same reason it was hard to get lost in Fox’s role in 1988’s “Bright Lights, Big City.”) Now that there’s considerably more between Michael J. Fox and his days as a sitcom star, not to mention the…