Tom Cruise

Ghost Protocol lets Tom Cruise, Bankable Movie Star, live another day

Five Things Madonna Ruined

Proof of No. 3 on this list​Madonna means many things to pop culture, and many of them are awesome. The problem: Some are life-sucking voids of horror. The list below documents the parts of her legacy -- strange, fleshy and unfathomable -- that involve ruining things with such subtle ferocity ... More >>

Great Balls of Fire: Top Gun Kicks off Outdoor Film Series June 3

​This year's Downtown Cinema on the Plaza outdoor film series kicks off Friday, June 3, when Maverick, Goose, Ice Man and the rest of the acrobatic aviators of 1986 swoop down to the Old Post Office during a screening of Top Gun. (Little known fact: During filming, the 5'7" Tom Cruise wore lif ... More >>

Sorry, Gwyneth: Eight Actresses Who Actually Can Sing

In the old days, just being an actress wasn't enough. Everyone had to be a double threat just to keep up with singing actresses like Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. But then musicals fell out of fashion and we find ourselves asking, "Why the hell is Gwyneth Paltrow singi ... More >>

Angelina Jolie's contradictions buoy the otherwise rote Salt

In the old days, just being an actress wasn't enough. Everyone had to be a double threat just to keep up with singing actresses like Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. But then musicals fell out of fashion and we find ourselves asking, "Why the hell is Gwyneth Paltrow singi ... More >>

Tom Cruise, please stop talking

In the old days, just being an actress wasn't enough. Everyone had to be a double threat just to keep up with singing actresses like Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. But then musicals fell out of fashion and we find ourselves asking, "Why the hell is Gwyneth Paltrow singi ... More >>

Disabled Actors Can't Get Cast as Disabled Characters

Jennifer SilverbergAna Jennings with DP director Joan Lipkin.​"If I was able to break into entertainment, I'd change people's attitudes," says Ana Jennings, an actress in the DisAbility Project, the subject of this week's RFT feature story. "I'm a pretty good singer. I do comedy pretty well. I've ... More >>

Please Pass the Placenta: Unreal deduces the reason placentas are clogging sewers in Illinois

Jennifer SilverbergAna Jennings with DP director Joan Lipkin.​"If I was able to break into entertainment, I'd change people's attitudes," says Ana Jennings, an actress in the DisAbility Project, the subject of this week's RFT feature story. "I'm a pretty good singer. I do comedy pretty well. I've ... More >>

New Use for Jamestown Mall: Scientology Staging Ground

Sorry folks. Tom Cruise will NOT be at Jamestown Mall. Looking for a way to entertain the kiddies this weekend? Why not take them to Jamestown Mall, where tomorrow (Saturday) the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis (co-founded by the Church of Scientology) is opening its exhibit "Psychi ... More >>

Popular Ways to Fill the Post-Election Void

Sorry folks. Tom Cruise will NOT be at Jamestown Mall. Looking for a way to entertain the kiddies this weekend? Why not take them to Jamestown Mall, where tomorrow (Saturday) the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis (co-founded by the Church of Scientology) is opening its exhibit "Psychi ... More >>

Apocalypse Whatever: Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Sorry folks. Tom Cruise will NOT be at Jamestown Mall. Looking for a way to entertain the kiddies this weekend? Why not take them to Jamestown Mall, where tomorrow (Saturday) the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis (co-founded by the Church of Scientology) is opening its exhibit "Psychi ... More >>

Cocktails and a Moonlit Night

Feel the island breeze in St. Charles

Men Will Be Boys: With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that.

Feel the island breeze in St. Charles

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Robert Redford and the American façade.

Impossibly Passable

Robert Redford and the American façade.

Turning Tricks

I Am a Sex Addict

Film Openings

Week of June 14, 2006

Kicking French Ass

District B13 puts American action movies to shame

The Outsiders (1983)

Week of January 26, 2006

They Did What?

2005's Top WTF? moments

The Color of Money (1986)

Week of December 8, 2005

L Is for L. Ron

The state approves a tutoring program linked to Scientology, and everybody cries foul

Blue Hawaii

Hazelwood throws a Bluau

Cîroc martini

Lucas Park Grille, 1234 Washington Avenue, 314-241-7770

Fantasy Realized

Team tennis in St. Louis

Gross Encounters

Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, 05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Stoopers

Unreal stands up for stooping and encounters a local blogger who only has eyes for the Tampon Fairy. Plus, in a shocking move not seen since the Mesozoic era, the Mississippi River leaves St. Louis!

Color Bland

South Korea's first anime feature is beautiful, but not much more

Collateral Damaged

When Tom Cruise plays the bad guy, the results aren't very good

Strife Is Beautiful

Yes, it's another waning-samurai film, but this one is brilliant

Summer Film Previews

Our critics enter the summer-movie fray

White Dork Down

Silly Caucasian boy Tom Cruise plays with Samurai swords

Eye! Caramba!

The Pang Brothers want to feed your horror hunger, but some of their smorgasbord's stale

Blowin' Smoke

Biker Boyz is furious, but it's not fast, which is a real drag

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to ... Owen Wilson?

Duh Press

Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket

Report Card

Spielberg's Minority Report gets good grades until the end

Damned Amusing

Anne Rice's cheesy vampire queen doesn't suck

Simple Men

Though shallow and woefully outdated, A Few Good Men is given depth by the Off Center Theatre Company

Setting Son

In the Bedroom, a couple's anguish turns to rage turns to rational madness

Eyes Half-Open

Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland

Best Visiting Artist

Tony Leung

Whipped

Written and directed by Peter M. Cohen

M:I-2

Directed by John Woo

China Town

A film crew from mainland China comes to St. Louis to make a movie about the cultural conflicts that occur when East meets West

MAGNOLIA

Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Out and About

A preview of the St. Louis International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

Eyes Wide Shut

Co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Love Broker

The RFT's personal-ads coordinator shares her views on romance