Caryn James

Two Other Gatsbys, Two Better Nicks

  • By Caryn James
  • |
  • May 6, 2013 10:24 PM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
The Great Gatsby is both irresistible to filmmakers and notoriously hard to adapt. All that color and glamour comes crashing up against the eloquence of Fitzgerald's prose and the ineffability of Gatsby's dreams.  Baz Luhrmann's new version gives us a wondrous performance by Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby and a dreadful, flat performance by Tobey Maguire as the narrator, Nick Carraway. (You can find my review here.)   But take a look at two better Nicks and one good, maligned Gatsby:

Underrated At the Tribeca Film Festival : 'Almost Christmas'

  • By Caryn James
  • |
  • April 28, 2013 11:02 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
The new film from Phil Morrison (the director of Junebug) has not been embraced by most critics at the Tribeca Film Festival (actually, most of them hated it) but I so disagree. Almost Christmas is one of my favorites from this year's festival, a thoroughly fresh dark comedy - more sly and absurd than laugh-out-loud - with Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd as down-on-their-luck Canadians who come to New York to sell Christmas trees for a month.

Stay Classy, Anchorman: Watch Will Ferrell Announce The Sequel On Conan

  • By Caryn James
  • |
  • March 29, 2012 12:12 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
Ron Burgundy – aka Will Ferrell - stopped by Conan O’Brien’s show last night to officially announce that Anchorman 2 has a greenlight. The sequel to 2004’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, was once intended for Broadway, but will appear on screen after all, reportedly with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, who played Burgundy’s partners in action-news.

Russell Brand, Jon Stewart, Eddie Izzard In Free, Live-Streamed Secret Policeman's Ball

  • By Caryn James
  • |
  • March 2, 2012 9:00 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
Jon Stewart, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Coldplay, Kristen Wiig, Paul Rudd – that’s just part of the crazy-long list of performers who will be on stage at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday for the first U.S. version of The Secret Policeman’s Ball, the long-running, usually raucous and hilariously raw benefit in Britain for Amnesty International. The show will be on the EPIX channel and – even better – live-streamed free by EPIX so everyone can watch on-line.

Follow Caryn James

Email Updates

Most "Liked"

  • Two Other Gatsbys, Two Better Nicks
  • Good and Bad Surprises in Baz Luhrmann's ...
  • Watch Comedy From Obama, O'Brien, Spielberg ...