Ben Chaplin

'London Boulevard': Crime, fame, Colin Farrell not a good mix

2011-11-11 00:00:00

"London Boulevard," starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, is a pitch-black thriller with ruthless drug bosses and relentless paparazzi sharing bad guy billing. Would that the movie were pitch perfect as well. It's clear that writer-director William...

Cronenberg, Cody, Chow Yun Fat — the most intriguing films in pre-production

2011-08-18 16:38:01

'Dorian Gray'

2010-08-06 09:49:33

Oscar Wilde's classic novel, about a man who appears to stay forever young, gets fresh treatment in a version that boasts an impressive cast in support of title star Ben Barnes ( "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"). Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall ("...

Made in Maryland

2006-11-01 00:00:00

Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...

'Two Weeks'

2006-12-01 00:00:00

"Two Weeks," written and directed by Steve Stockman, is the story of a woman dying from ovarian cancer and her four adult children as they gather at her Wilmington, N.C., home for what they believe to be her final days. The loss of a parent is difficult...

'Birthday Girl'

2002-02-01 00:00:00

"Birthday Girl" is something rather different, both for star Nicole Kidman and for us. It's an adventurous, unsettling, heedlessly implausible film, equal parts comedy, romance, excitement and raw emotion. In a fierce black farce, "Birthday Girl's"...

Washington Square

1997-10-14 00:00:00

Friday October 10, 1997 ��In 19th century New York, "Washington Square" was as much a state of mind as an address. It represented wealth, status and the power of an autocratic society that was inflexible toward those living under it. ��As...

The Thin Red Line

1998-12-23 00:00:00

Wednesday December 23, 1998 ��For months and even years after World War II officially ended, gaunt, sepulchral figures would periodically emerge from the jungles of some South Pacific island--isolated Japanese soldiers who either hadn't known the...

Lost Souls

2000-10-12 00:00:00

Friday October 13, 2000 ��"Lost Souls" is lost all right, a dreary tale of supernatural horror featuring Winona Ryder doing battle with Satan. Like her most recent previous film, "Autumn in New York," an old-fashioned tear-jerker that opened sans...

'Murder by Numbers'

2002-04-19 00:00:00

Think of "Murder by Numbers" as a classic 1940s double bill uneasily contained within the confines of a single motion picture. The A-picture at the top of the bill is a fairly standard star vehicle like those that used to be specially tailored for Joan...

'Scorpion King,' Princess in Disguise Use War and Wile

2002-04-18 00:00:00

Friday releases: "The Scorpion King" (PG-13)--"I've come for the woman--and your head." That's a typical line in "The Scorpion King," the so-awful-it's-fun prequel to "The Mummy Returns" (PG-13, 2001). Celebrity wrestler The Rock reprises his role from...

Fall spotlight on movies

1999-09-14 10:58:00

- denotes a movie to watch. "Lost Souls" (director: Janusz Kaminski). More devilish doings, with Winona Ryder trying to save the world from the Satanic invasion of Ben Chaplin'sbody. The director is Spielberg's cinematographer and a local Columbia...

Val Kilmer and Ben Chaplin as Edgar Allan Poe in new movie "Twixt"

2011-08-04 08:58:42