Movies & TV - Dec. 12, 2009
Found Footage Festival returns home to Wisconsin
When the fifth Found Footage Festival comes to the Oriental Theater this week, it will be a homecoming not only for founders Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, but also for the festival, which got its start when Prueher and Pickett found an insipid McDonald's training video in the break room of a Stoughton fast food restaurant. Also, The Times hosts a stop on another nation-wide film tour.
Tags: Found Footage Festival, Oriental Theatre, The Onion, Nick Prueher, Joe Pickett, Times Cinema, Mark Malkoff, Frank Pachowski, Range Life Entertainment, Michael McKean, Bruce Willis, Ari Gold, Beer Pong, Todd Sklar

Movies & TV - April 16, 2007
Berry's less than "Perfect Stranger"
"Perfect Stranger" has the makings of a mystery thriller, but falls back on the "Murder, She Wrote"-type ending. It has the cast and workable plot, but the script is severely lacking.
Tags: perfect stranger, halle berry, bruce willis, giovanni ribisi

Movies & TV - Jan. 15, 2007
Timberlake comes out as "Alpha Dog"
Nick Cassavetes is known for both the insanely romantic "The Notebook" and the sad thriller "John Q." Now he's tackling a gritty crime drama that has some of Hollywood's most promising actors as its stars in "Alpha Dog."
Tags: justin timberlake, alpha dog, ben foster, emile hirsch, sharon stone, bruce willis

Movies & TV - March 3, 2006
"16 Blocks" of fun, "Die Hard" style
Without Mos Def, "16 Blocks" is just another conventional Bruce Willis vehicle; the fecal matter hits the fan, and Willis comes out unsullied -- save for generous amounts of caked-on blood and grime. Nonetheless, it delivers an action-packed ride with a digestible mixture of bullets and comic relief.
Tags: 16 Blocks, Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Mos Def, Richard Donner

Movies & TV - Feb. 15, 2002
"Hart's War" never quite satisfies
Bruce Willis' new pic, "Hart's War," while entertaining throughout and never once boring, never fully captivates and fails to leave much of an impression thanks to an overly saccharine conclusion and too much sermonizing.
Tags: Bruce Willis, Hart's War