Tuesday, April 29
For those of you willing to tear yourselves away from playing Grand Theft Auto IV long enough to check out a flick, a crop of new DVD releases await. Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman star in the Oscar-winning (for visual effects) fantasy adventure The Golden Compass; Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl plays a perpetual bridesmaid in the romantic comedy 27 Dresses; and the Japanese assault on the Chinese city of Nanking is examined in the documentary Nanking.
Our pick for the week is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel's award-winning true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor forced to communicate by blinking his left eyelid after a debilitating stroke leaves him paralyzed.
Posted 4/29/2008 by reelz
Related: 27 Dresses | The Golden Compass | Nanking | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Friday, December 21
On today's episode of Secret's Out, Leonard talks with legendary actor Max von Sydow about his performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Max reveals what it was like to work with director Julian Schnabel and co-star Mathieu Amalric.
Next Showing: A new Secret's Out airs every Friday @ 5PM PT, 8PM ET.
Related: Leonard Maltin's Secret's Out | Max von Sydow | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Friday, November 30
It's a pretty tame weekend for new movies this week. Awake is the only major release (and nobody's seen it) while The Savages and Diving Bell and the Butterfly open in limited release.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
Awake ???
Not pre-screened for critics = not a good sign. Very little is known about this Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen vehicle except that it features lots of very pretty people.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 
"Were it not for the fact that The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is in French, it would likely get a nomination in every Oscar category there is." [Full Review]
The Savages 
"The Savages is mostly a very real story of two people trying to cope with their father's swiftly impending death in the wake of a very imperfect life." [Full Review]
Posted 11/30/2007 by reelz
Related: Awake | The Savages | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly