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...That's not to say that the new film, which stars Christian Bale as Dengler and Steve Zahn as the man who joins him in escape, is anything less than authentic and austere in its evocations of the primitive cruelties these men endured both in prison and during their escape. It has the ability to show us, in grim detail, things that Dengler, in the previous film, could only haltingly allude to. Yet, in so doing, it shifts our perspective. Inevitably, we start thinking about other POW escape movies and judging this one by their fictionally enhanced standards. Dengler becomes...
What other leading men do you like? CLOONEY: I like Clive Owen a lot. Did you see Children of Men? DAMON: That was my favorite movie last year. CLOONEY: Me too. DAMON: One of the most underrated actors right now as a leading man is Christian Bale. He turned in two great performances last year. He was great in The Prestige, and he was great in this movie called Harsh Times. BARKIN: I like the very young Ryan Gosling. CLOONEY: That couple-he goes out with Rachel McAdams ... BARKIN: Splitsville. Don't you read Us? CLOONEY: Well, those were...
...three days this week, Black Hawk choppers hovered over Colorado prairies covered by four feet of snow, drifts reaching 15 feet high. The choppers carried 20 bales of hay at a time, National Guardsmen and ranchers trying to throw each bale precisely within reaching distance of the stranded herds so they wouldn't starve to death while looking at the food. So far, 80 tons of hay - 3,000 bales - have been distributed. But the war in Iraq has stretched National Guard forces thin. Weekend maneuvers were scheduled. Winds created inhospitable skies. As of Thursday night, no more airlifts...
...need to. His credits—including “Layer Cake,” “Enduring Love” and “Road to Perdition”—are evidence enough that he’s an immensely talented actor and, like Christian Bale did for “Batman,” his performance makes “Casino” much richer than it is expected to be.The film works so well because it is a return to character-driven action fare. The 007 formula—Bond is introduced...
...chagrin of all those “Newsies” fans out there, Christian Bale has grown up.In “Harsh Times,” a 2005 independent film getting its first wide release this Friday, Bale plays the role of Jim Davis, an ex-Army Ranger discharged back to civilian life in the gritty streets of South Central Los Angeles.In between long drives with his favorite homie and long make-out scenes with his Mexican girlfriend, Davis fires guns—lots of them.But at a roundtable interview this Monday, the British actor said he sees the film...