Adam Sandler

There's nothing like your first time.

“I’m not going to go into mine,” actress Keri Russell told us last night, referring to the birth of her son, River Russell Deary. (What did you think we were talking about?) She paused, flashed a toothy grin and added: “But it was great.”

Bundled in an oversized jacket and looking much younger than her 31 years, the Felicity star (and Brooklyn resident!) was milling about at the after-party for a special screening of The Business of Being Born at the IFC Center in the Village.  read more »

It’s the end of 2007 as we know it (and can we just say in all seriousness … thank heavens!). It was a good year, at least, for the movies … mostly. The early sludge months of Ghost Rider (oh, Oscar winner Nic Cage … your head was a skull and on fire) and Blood and Chocolate were quickly forgotten after Labor Day, when the studios trotted out their precious, gleaming, Oscar-hopeful offerings. And who are we to argue to with conventional wisdom?  read more »

Three and a half years ago, when I got my dog, Lee, from an animal-rescue organization in New Jersey  read more »

Last week, I wrote that in the largely disappointing year-end movie gridlock, the best was not saved  read more »

"Crude," "lewd" and "shameless" are three words that pretty accurately describe Adam Sandler movies  read more »

Trapped in a Phone Booth: Tried-and-True Suspense FormulaThere was Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry, Wrong  read more »

Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love , from his own screenplay, turns out to be one of the most i  read more »

Fresh from several baffling stops on the festival circuit, the alleged comedy Punch-Drunk Love , sta  read more »