The Phoenix Network:
 
 
About  |  Advertise
 
Best2012Vote-1000x50

Hugh Jackman

Latest Articles

list_real-steel_66

Review: Real Steel

Charlie Kenton is America.
Boxing robots. Enough said.
By Ann Lewinson  |  October 07, 2011

The kids are all right

First the good news: in 2008, when I first wrote about the last two high schools in Maine still using the racist mascot name "Redskins," Wiscasset and Sanford, I predicted that Sanford, my hometown, would be the last holdout.
Balls, pucks and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  June 17, 2011
0910_marvle_list23

Review: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Comic-book games are all about wish-fulfillment: What comic book fan hasn't dreamed of laying the telekinetic smack down Dark Phoenix-style, or flinging a few of Gambit's explosive cards?
Marvel's "Secret War" comes to consoles
By MADDY MYERS  |  October 02, 2009
090501_xmen_list

Not so great X-pectations

It doesn't bode well when one of a movie's supervillains has a Roman numeral for a name.
Wolverine 's shaggy-dog backstory
By PETER KEOUGH  |  May 08, 2009

Hugh Jackman

We used to think this Aussie was gay because he's simply too handsome to be straight. And then we saw him sing, dance, and impregnate Barbara Walters on Oscar night, and we knew for sure. Not that there's anything wrong with that; but we're not really an
We used to think this Aussie was gay because he's simply too handsome to be straight. And then we saw him sing, dance, and impregnate Barbara Walters on Oscar night, and we knew for sure. Not that there's anything wrong with that; but we're not really anticipating the scene in the upcoming X-Men: Origins where Wolverine gets his nails done.
By Boston Phoenix Staff  |  March 26, 2009
090313_terminator_lits

Hope springs infernal

Given the current economic climate, spring this year is a season more of dread than of hope for change.
Brimstone and buddy movies are on the Hollywood agenda
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 12, 2009
090102_vampires_lsit

Vampires want more than just blood

In these trying times, we've shunned wizards for vampires
Sensitivity
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  December 30, 2008
081128_australia_list

Review: Australia

Baz Luhrmann's incontinent Australia
Baz Luhrmann's Oz and ends
By PETER KEOUGH  |  November 25, 2008
080912_theroad_list

Autumn peeves

With pundits already reading political significance into summer blockbusters like The Dark Knight (“Is Batman a stand-in for George Bush? Discuss.”), the meatier movies of fall arrive not a moment too soon.
Films with a full agenda
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 08, 2008
DECEPTIONlist

Deception

Director Marcel Langenegger has a way with a nocturnal urban landscape, but his feature debut goes splat on the pavement.
Unimaginative erotic thriller
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  April 30, 2008
070914_tv_list

BBC America?

The British are coming! And they have American accents!
The networks put some English on the fall TV season
By JOYCE MILLMAN  |  September 12, 2007
070629_ab_list

America Blows

The United States of America is a nation with a proud history.
Since George W. Bush took office, the United States has sunk to unprecedented lows in sports and pop-culture domination
By MIKE MILIARD  |  June 29, 2007
061117_list_happyfeet.jpg

Happy Feet

Taking up where March of the Penguins left off, George Miller’s animated film imagines penguins who find love based on their heart songs — songs from the soul that speak to the penguin they’re meant to be with. Watch the trailer for Happy Feet  (Q
Equals sappy feet
By BROOKE HOLGERSON  |  February 20, 2007
061020_list_prestige.jpg

The Prestige

Postmodern turns out to have been the wrong word, and world, for the Nolan brothers (director Christopher and screenwriter Jonathan) of Memento fame. Watch the trailer for The Prestige  (QuickTime)
A movie with a few tricks of it own
By JUSTINE ELIAS  |  February 20, 2007
061124_list_thefountain.jpg

The Fountain

Darren Aronofsky ( Pi, Requiem for a Dream ) took a big risk in proceeding with this project after original leads Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett left the film. Watch the trailer for The Fountain  (QuickTime)
Overflowing
By BRETT MICHEL  |  November 21, 2006
061103_list_flushed.jpg

Flushed Away

In its first foray into computer animation, Aardman ( Wallace & Gromit ) retains its lovably lumpy, Claymation look. Watch the trailer for Flushed Away  (QuickTime)
Not just a title
By ALICIA POTTER  |  November 01, 2006
060915_fallfilm_list

Fall back

If you cannot remember the past, so Santayana said, you’re condemned to repeat it. Watch trailers for this fall's new releases.
This season, Hollywood lives in the past
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 13, 2006
060728_scoop_list

No scoop

Prolific as he is, Woody Allen doesn’t really make new movies anymore, he just recombines parts of his previous brainchildren. Watch the trailer for Scoop (QuickTime) Very civilized: The director everyone loves to act for. By Gary Susman
Just another entertaining Woody Allen film
By GARY SUSMAN  |  July 28, 2006
060526_list_hugh.jpg

Escape claws

Wolverine may be a dark, tormented character, but Hugh Jackman is anything but. “I'm boring,” he says, “which is terrific.”
Hugh Jackman flies high, sings low
By GARY SUSMAN  |  May 26, 2006
060526_list_xmenbar.jpg

Bryan to Brett

“You can’t make everybody happy.”
X-Men changes directors
By GARY SUSMAN  |  May 23, 2006
060310_list_sp_film.jpg

Seasonal adjustment

After weeks of tormenting audiences with gems like Failure To Launch and The Shaggy Dog , Hollywood seems ready to shake off the Oscar doldrums and unveil its spring collection.
Hollywood springs back
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 07, 2006

 Friends' Activity   Popular   Most Viewed