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Morning Memo: The Olsen Twin Invasion; Kanye West Arrested; Milk and Honey Avoiding Your Calls

Mary-Kate Olsen.
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Mary-Kate Olsen.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's West Village neighbors are becoming increasingly irritated by the girls' "military presence" on their block. [P6

Kanye West was arrested yesterday for breaking a photographer's camera at LAX. [TMZ

At the premiere of their joint venture, Righteous Kill, neither Robert De Niro nor Al Pacino would comment on the swipe director Francis Ford Coppola took at the two of them in GQ. [NYDN]

Barack Obama will join Michael Phelps on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live this weekend. [People read more »

And the Killer Is.... A Bettor's Guide to Righteous Kill


We've been watching the trailer for Righteous Kill for months now. And while we're certainly excited for the re-pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, we have to admit that the movie looks pretty bad. With its blatant reaches for Martin Scorsese, the trailer feels like one of those rote early 90s thrillers that Bruce Willis would have starred in.

More striking though is the seeming predictability of the entire plot. We feel like we've seen this whole movie, and we've only watched like a minute! Ie, one of the principal cast members is the real killer. Duh.

Should you decide to see Righteous Kill this weekend, we wanted to make it easy for you to figure out the big mystery. Odds on who the killer is, below:  read more »

Saggy, Beat-Up 60-Something Pacino Still Sizzles as Sleuth

Dressed to kill: Pacino goes monochrome in <i>88 Minutes</i>.
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Dressed to kill: Pacino goes monochrome in 88 Minutes.

88 MINUTES
Running Time 108 minutes
Written by Gary Scott Thompson
Directed by Jon Avnet  read more »

Soderbergh’s Soggy Casino Caper Could Use a Few More Dames

Inside jokers: Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and George Clooney in <i>Ocean’s 13</i>.
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Inside jokers: Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Ocean’s 13.

Clooney is skinny and Pitt is pulchritudinous! But they bring too much man-love to the unnecessary Ocean’s three-quel.  read more »

That Scary 70's New York- Dog Days, But No Cynicism

The freak show that was 70’s New York both on- and off-screen can be summed up by the kicker of Pa  read more »

That Scary 70’s New York— Dog Days, But No Cynicism

Al Pacino in <i>Dog Day Afternoon</i>.
Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.

The freak show that was 70’s New York both on- and off-screen can be summed up by the kicker o  read more »

White Noise? Streisand's Scarier!

The old year hasn't really ended. The new year is still making up its mind.  read more »

Sideways, Ray, The Incredibles …. The Best and Worst Movies of 2004

As far as I can determine, 2004 seems to be neither the best nor the worst year for movies, at least  read more »

DVD's, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables

Freedom Is Slavery!There's almost nothing in THX 1138 , George Lucas' film debut, that anticipates t  read more »

J.T.'s World

The actress Winona Ryder stood onstage at the Public Theater on April 17, wringing her hands and squ  read more »

Women on Top, for Once, In French Feminist Fairy Tale

Coline Serreau's Chaos , from her own screenplay, promotes an amusing feminist bias: Its females are  read more »

On The Town With Rex Reed

Stubble Trouble:Spies With Attitude  read more »

I Will Pay Dozen to Boo Al Pacino in Bogus Brecht

I would like to offer 12 of my readers-12 men and women, tried and true-a bottle of champagne each i  read more »

De Niro Lifts a Standard Tale Of Fathers, Sons and Homicide

Michael Caton-Jones' City by the Sea , from a screenplay by Ken Hixon, based on the article "Mark of  read more »

Creepy Williams In One Hour Photo

Robin Williams fans have seen all the faces and heard all the voices before, but rarely have so many  read more »

'Ernest' Tattooed On Her Bum

Whatever they're saying, chances are Oscar Wilde said it first.  read more »

Big Tobacco Vs. Big Media: 60 Minutes as Tower of Jell-O

Michael Mann's The Insider , from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Mr.  read more »

Devil's Advocate Lacks a Certain Hoo-Ha … Ethan Hawke Wages Gene Wars in Gattaca …

Devil Lacks A Certain Hoo-Ha After the millennium, we'll be living in Hell, and the Antichrist will  read more »