Will Smith

By Hugh Hart Beyond Oscar, Heath Ledger's Legacy Grew Out of Intense Devotion to CraftAnd the Oscar Goes to Slumdog Millionaire, Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet, Sean PennWhy So Serious? Oscars Snub Dark Knight for Top Awards Snubbed by Oscar, Batman ran rampant through the Academy of Science Fiction,...

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By Hugh Hart Synopsis: Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this semi-fictional satire. He's a cash-strapped actor in a bitter custody fight for his daughter. Unable to find work in Hollywood, Van Damme returns to his native Brussels and gets thrown into a violent bank holdup. French and...

By Hugh Hart Read Underwire's movie ratings guide. Opening This Weekend Seven Pounds Synopsis: Will Smith reunites with his Pursuit of Happyness director, Gabriele Muccino, to play a suicidal IRS agent consumed with guilt who sets out to help seven strangers. Then he falls in love with a...

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By Hugh Hart The movie stars Keanu Reeves, who serves up a low-affect variation on his stoic Neo persona from the Matrix movies to portray mission-driven alien Klaatu.  Jennifer Connelly (Hulk, Blood Diamond) plays somber scientist Helen Benson, tasked with studying the spaceman.

By Hugh Hart As with his previous films, Nolan has assembled Oscar-recognized collaborators to lend Dark Knight an elegant gloss. The team includes cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, costumer Lindy Hemming and editor Lee Smith.

By Hugh Hart What makes the movie's conceit work is that the unlikeable Hancock is portrayed by Will Smith, arguably the most likable movie star in Hollywood. Playing smartly against type, Smith isn't kidding about his character's unexplained depression, but he gets laughs in Hancock, which opens...