As he has demonstrated in a number of movies, Kevin Costner is the best athlete in Hollywood. Unlike, say, Gary Cooper in “Pride of the Yankees,” Anthony Perkins in “Fear Strikes Out,” or Robert De Niro in “Bang the Drum Slowly,” Costner played a most credible brand of baseball in “Field of Dreams,” “For Love […]
Kevin Costner
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Film Review: “3 Days to Kill”
If nothing else, the new movie “3 Days to Kill” demonstrates once again that filmmakers should be grateful for the mere existence, as well as the checkered history, of the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA provides the subject for countless thrillers, and in the future no doubt will continue to attract the interest of directors […]
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“Man of Steel”
Hollywood owes an enormous debt to the creators of the first caped crusader, the apparently immortal Superman. His comic books spawned radio shows, television series, and all those costumed superheroes, magically gifted adventurers who could fly, float, burst into flames, turn invisible, suspend the laws of physics, and satisfy other juvenile fantasies. The latest addition […]
