When his first western, A Fistful of Dollars, was released in 1964, Sergio Leone was forced to hide his Italian identity under the name of Bob Robertson by the widespread belief that only Americans could make successful westerns. The success of...

Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director. Leone is well-known for his spaghetti western films and his recognizable style of juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. With his innovative filming...

Certain people are certainly going to be offended by the intentionally over-the-top action flick "Shoot 'Em Up," with its objectification of women and its juxtaposition of sex and violence.Clive Owen, as sharpshooter Mr. Smith, helps a woman deliver her baby with one hand (to the...

Femme Fatale, modeling for Gucci or wearing barely more than wings in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Her cheekbones and light eye color are reminiscent of a young Michelle Pfieffer, but she also has the raw, animal, almost masculine sexuality of a Angelina Jolie. Clad...

Bandit Russell Crowe and posse volunteer Christian Bale wage a war of wills on the trail in "3:10 to Yuma." Outlaw Brad Pitt is done in by starry-eyed admirer Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."The venerable Western rides...

The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage, by Eli Wallach. Harcourt, 320 pages, $25.It never mattered whether the part was big or small, whether the movie was wonderful or execrable, Eli Wallach always approached acting like Albert Finney approached eating in Tom Jones:...