Ken Kwapis

The success of last year's "Dolphin Tale"proved this theorem: Imperiled marine animals plus true-ish story plus workmanlike sincerity plus happy ending equals a hit. Will the equation hold for director Ken Kwapis' whale movie"Big Miracle"? The film is...

What do you do when you phone a call center for help? Well, if you’re from the cast of “Outsourced,� you try to get a date. “I tried to chat up the other girl on the other end,� said Sacha......

Hollywood has always been madly in love with its boy wonders. The mythology of show business is all about celebrating the wondrous tales of overnight stardom. Everyone knows the stories behind how Orson Welles made "Citizen Kane" when he was......

Fans of movies such as "Free Willy" and "Dolphin Tale" are sure to take to this fact-inspired tale about the efforts to free several whales trapped by ice in the Arctic. A reporter (John Krasinski, "The Office") hoping for a big story gets it, but...

Friday January 12, 1996      As the opening credits unroll for "Dunston Checks In," we are treated to a brisk montage of how a five-star hotel comes alive every morning--silver breakfast trays arranged just so, myriad surfaces polished till they gleam,...

Friday February 7, 1997      Fran Drescher's voice should be hooked up to an oscilloscope, because there are things going on there that defy explanation. The piggybacked harmonics, the simultaneous octaves, the symphonic whine disturbing the peace like a...

I hope this doesn't come across as hopelessly girly, but sometimes a teen is more than just a teen. Sometimes, she's a unique opportunity for synergistic emotional branding across a broad spectrum of media platforms. Written by Delia Ephron and Elizabeth...