Russell Crowe

The Nastiest Review Of Les Miserables Yet!

I really admired Les Miserables. No, it's not perfect--there are too many crying, singing closeups--but I still found it astonishingly done, the first great movie musical since Chicago. But as you know, it's been dividing people more than anything since Coke Zero. Here's what someone on the All Th ... More >>

The Slam Awards Were Drag Heaven!

The annual Glam awards for the best in gay nightlife have gotten so big that they've spawned an offshoot/homage/satire/counter-argument. The second Slam awards for the worst in nightlife took place at XES last night, and they were a star-spangled riot. Kittin Withawhip was a funny host, bringing ... More >>

Broken City

The Most Love/Hate Film In Decades

Les Miserables has been drawing extreme reactions from people, from "I sobbed the whole time" to "I winced, then vomited, then ran for my life." That's actually good. Anything that polarizes people so strongly has obviously got something going on. In this week's column, I tell you what I think of ... More >>

Adam Lambert Slams Les Miserables

American Idol personality Adam Lambert feels the movie of Les Miserables is more than a near Mis. It made him crazy! Lambert tweeted: "Visually impressive with great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers. It's an opera. Hollywood's mov ... More >>

The Glorious Absurdity of Celebrity Poetry

I talked about it as a guest at Molly Equality Dykeman's show at the Laurie Beachman. Molly (the zany yet slightly dazed comic creation of Andrea Alton) is a lesbian traffic guard slash poet who I feel is the new Emily Dykenson, or perhaps a nouveau Vadge-inia Woolf. And she gamely gave me the gre ... More >>

The Man With the Iron Fists

Les Miserables Poster Eschews The Film's Big Names

When you've got Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried in a film, how do you decide which of them to put on the poster without pissing off whoever's left out? Easy! You don't put any of them!

Les Miz Trailer: Is Anne Hathaway Better Than Susan Boyle?

Les Miserables--based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit that Andrew Lloyd Webber actually had nothing to do with--is coming to the screen in all its stirring pathos and musicality. And here comes the trailer, which consists of Anne Hathaway singing an anguished "I Dreamed A Dream," as we see brownish ... More >>

Shooting to Kill and Kill Again in French Adrenaline Pumper Point Blank

In The Next Three Days, Paul Haggis Will Show No Improvement

This Week in the Voice: Shock The Junkie with Ibogaine Ingestion

​It's common knowledge that kicking a capital-H Habit isn't the most pleasant experience, to say the least. But what if there were a cure for drug addiction out there that only comes with one side effect, that of intense hallucinations? For this week's Village Voice cover story, join Keegan Ha ... More >>

If Carnie Wilson Married Reeve Carney...

​She'd be Carnie Carney. Yes, it's time for the imaginary hookup game again. The one where you put two celebs together at the altar just so one of them can end up with a hilarious name.

What's The Fakest Movie You've Ever Seen That Was "Based on a True Story"?

​For me, it would have to be A Beautiful Mind, the 2001 Ron Howard-directed drama in which Russell Crowe played John Forbes Nash Jr, a mathematical genius who unfortunately was also schizophrenic.

Is Robin Hood One Big Medieval Tea Party?

​The New York Times review asks that very question and concludes, "Kind of, though that description makes the movie sound both more fun and more provocative than it actually is." I had a couple of problems with the film. The added backstory and increased action sequences seem a little too cal ... More >>

Canadiens, Pirates, Robin Hood: The Best News Trends Cycle Ever?

​If only every day's news could start out like this. Why is the universe obsessed right now with a misspelling of our neighbors to the north, swashbuckling scalawags, and the Prince of Nottingham Forest?

Russell Crowe as Robin Hood as Leather-Clad Media Critic

​Deadline Hollywood reports this morning on Russell Crowe at Cannes - whose turn in soon-to-be gigantic summer blockbuster Robin Hood is apparently a thing - giving a press conference at the French film festival. And in this press conference, Crowe offered up some trenchant, Robin Hood-esque m ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: The National's Agenda

​They say there's a fine line between comedy and tragedy. But what about the lines between despair and hilarity? Brooklyn's band of the moment, The National, knows where they lie, and they also know how to blur them, argues Michael D. Ayers, writing this week's Voice cover story: The National' ... More >>

Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

Railing against the no-good tax-and-spend Nottingham elite

Who's Your Favorite Plus-Sized Male Movie Star?

Tim MowrerIn Hollywood, the men are allowed to pork it up, but if a dame does so, she's sent out back to scrub the toilet and freshen the laundry. It's a crazy double standard that would instantly end if I were in charge of da movies. I say let 'em ALL eat cake! In the meantime, put down your own b ... More >>

Affleck, Crowe Pump Adrenaline into a Dying Industry in State of Play

This Week in the Voice

50 Cent and Rick Ross have a beef. Will it be settled with guns? Actually, it will more likely be settled with internet videos and rapid response units. What what? Erik Parker explains the new state of the art. Burial societies are supposed to assure their members of a grave when their time comes. ... More >>

Quick Hits

Haven't had enough of George Weber's murderer, John Katehis? The fullest internet trail is at True Crime Report. Remember the rightwing har-har story about Obama's Irish teleprompter "gaffe"? Turns out it's bullshit. What is true, apparently and amazingly, is that the Farrelly Brothers are close ... More >>

Katt Williams

SHORT AND SWEET

The mother of short-film festivals comes to NYC

Bra Boys: Tough Guys Surf

Aussie doc digs into an outsider culture

Still Waiting for That Train

James Mangold remakes a classic western for our ADD times

Going for the Gold

Self-Service Nightlife

Elvis sightings, ethnic humor, and tomcat cruising, plus a peek at Jodie Foster's panic room

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither

A Nerd on the Range, Fit for Socks But Not Boots

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La Dolce Musto

Man Shows

The modern American sportsman, as skate punk, ringside messiah, and prison bitch

Prisoner of War

Flashback to Abu Ghraib, where a soldier's day only feels like a year

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Thar He Blows

Crowe keeps swinging in a naval-gazing epic about the agony and ecstasy of leadership

Operation Infinite Justice

A Patriotic Hollywood Celebrates Its Own Beautiful Mind

The Year in Queer

What Went Down in the Cabaret of Contradictions

The Rules of the Game

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The Sum of Oz

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Stone Cold Warriors

Thus Spake Maximus

Battle Royale: Crowe vs. Nietzsche

Natural Selection

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Sugared Town