Tom Cruise

After Earth: Smith Family Robinson

Hollywood: Enough With the Father-Son Dramas, Already!

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fun: Jack the Giant Slayer is a new adventure with old-fashioned spirit

CutForBieber Was a 4chan Prank, but in 2013 Pranks and Trends are Basically the Same Thing

Pranks are never more effective than when a prankster finds the precise border between reality and absurdity and just barely steps over it. This week's #CutForBieber trending topic--in which Justin Bieber fans were supposed to be cutting themselves in an attempt to force their ur-boyfriend off marij ... More >>

Girl, Hold Me: Dragon Inn 3 knows a good feeling when it finds one

Is God The New Black?

Terry Richardson/Rolling Stone​A span of three weeks separated their respective Rolling Stone covers--apart from the quality of the writing and the, howyousay, dynamism of each subject, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry's profiles in the formerly legendary mag offered the same startling conclusion--for ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Interview: The Rambling British Comic Eddie Izzard, Who's at the Fox Theatre Saturday

Rambling, improvising and eternally absurd actor/stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard certainly keeps himself busy these days, what between releasing his seventh DVD, searching for the perfect U.S. drama series to sink his teeth into and ushering a documentary film about his formative years into theaters. ... More >>

The Real Rain Man Was in Missouri Yesterday

ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/​Kim Peek, the real-life savant who inspired the Dustin Hoffman/Tom Cruise classic, gave a speech yesterday at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. That was a Monday. Peek could also tell you-- instantly-- what day of the week October 5 was in 1979, 1994, 1852 or ... More >>

Quentin's Final Solution!: In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

Interview: Flight of the Conchords' Eugene Mirman

Stand-up, author, actor, filmmaker and comedy-festival curator Eugene Mirman may have a lot on his plate, but the onetime Comedian of Comedy knows it's all about finding a balance, preferably one involving crazy religions and Jethro Tull. He opens for Flight of the Conchords tonight at the Fabulous ... More >>

Mickey Rourke climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler

Martian Chronicles: Wayne Coyne and Kliph Scurlock discuss the Flaming Lips' fantastical film freakout, Christmas on Mars

Belgium to St. Louis: We're Not So Different, Are We?

Rick Majerus: Have You No Decency?

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

The Unreal Guide To Soulard Mardi Gras

Welcome, Willkommen, Bienvenue, Aloha, Shalom, Howdy!

Royal Pains

How the British monarchy survived the death of the people’s princess.

Film Openings

Week of June 14, 2006

Film Openings

Week of May 5, 2006

Talk Pretty

David Sedaris' publicist asks Unreal to bend the space-time continuum. Plus: the blog of a former Cards hurler, and an obituary for Jim Igoe, the Delmar Poet.

Dust to Dust

Robert Towne's homage to a struggling writer is something of a struggle itself

Exercise Is Like Opium

Unreal visits an anger-management expert. Then, feeling better, we scan the Bargain Box for a money-maker (note: not for shaking) and talk about psychiatrist-patient luv with a Scientologist (oops). Plus: the local blog of an alleged killer.

Av Almighty

Unlike Jesus, Avril Lavigne will live to prove her haters wrong

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of June 8, 2005

Color Bland

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

A Winter's Tail

Sit up and beg for the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves' Sylvia

Strife Is Beautiful

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

Film Openings

Week of March 3, 2004

Hutch Ado About Nothing

No obvious joke goes untouched in this so-so TV show remake

Forget It

You saw Paycheck last year...remember?

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Damned Amusing

Anne Rice's cheesy vampire queen doesn't suck

Red Snare

Kidman's Birthday Girl sets a trap, but for whom?

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

Vein-Glory

Exploitation cinema becomes art in E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire

A Fan's Notes

After Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe comes of age...finally

Porn to Sell

Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

Hamlet

Adapted and directed by Michael Almereyda

Me, Myself & Irene

Co-written and directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly

Bill Gallo

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

Written and directed by Alan Rudolph

START SPREADING THE NUDES

New Line Theatre's Scott Miller bares all about Head Games

PRIVATE CONFESSIONS

Directed by Liv Ullmann

Short Cuts

Stanley Kubrick

1928-1999

Coupe Dreams

Actually, even four-door models are fair game as we fantasize about the future of cars

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