Movie Stars: Johnson, Dwayne–Profile of the Rock

Dwayne Johnson (Jack Bruno) creates a new action hero in “Race to Witch Mountain” playing a down-and-out Las Vegas cabbie whose life is thrown into out-of-this-world chaos by two alien teenagers.

Silver, Ron: Actor Dies at 62 of Cancer

March 15, 2009–Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a Hollywood producer in David Mamet's “Speed-the-Plow” and changend from a Democrat to Republican after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62, after fighting esophageal cancer for two years.

Segel, Jason: Actor Profile

Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife in Dreamworks’ new comedy “I Love You, Man,” which is being released on March 20, 2009.

Movie Stars: Nicholson, Jack: Box-Office Star of the 1980s

Considered to be the most talented and eccentric actor of his generation, the multiple Oscar nominee and winner Nicholson has appeared in other blockbusters of the decade: Stanley Kubrick's horror “The Shining” (1980), the James Brook's Oscar-winning serio comedy “Terms of Endearment” (1983), and the broad comedy “The Witches of Eastwick” (1987), all of which were among the ten most viewed films of their respective years.

Perestroika: What Ever Happend to Slava (“Liquid Sky”) Tsukerman?

Should you wonder what ever happened to Slava Tsukerman, the writer-director of the 1982 cult midnight classic “Liquid Sky,” which is still one of the most successful indies of all time, here is the answer.  In his latest feature, “Perestroika,” Tsukerman has turned his sights on his native Russia during times of reconstruction.  

“Liquid Sky” was released just before the VCR Revolution.  With strong critical (and students) support, it played in Downtown New York for months while I was a student at Columbia University.  “Perestroika,” will open its theatrical engagement in N.Y. and other cities this April.