Articles by Michael Ordoña

160 articles since 2004

Wanting answers

News | By Michael Ordoña | 12:00AM, November 5
It might surprise those who know Michael Sheen from his portrayals of Tony Blair in the Peter Morgan-scripted “The Deal” and “The Queen” to see the 39-year-old actor looking downright rugged in his suit, long hair and scruffy beard. Read more
 

The cold, hard facts of making ‘Defiance’

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | November 2, 2008
In the freezing forests of Belarus, as the Nazis swept through Europe, handfuls of Jewish refugees banded together under the leadership of the Bielski brothers to survive the killing winter and beyond. Read more
 

Quantum of Solace’

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | November 2, 2008
After the big gambles that paid off with “Casino Royale,” the makers of the James Bond series are now playing with the house’s money. Read more
 

A land of possibility

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | November 2, 2008
Baz Luhrmann has a few points to make in “Australia,” his World War II-era romantic epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman: points about the mixing of genres, untold stories of the country’s involvement in the war and that even in the most brutal part Read more
 

Paying attention is half the battle

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | November 2, 2008
Viggo Mortensen doesn’t need prompting to talk about the modern resonance of “Good,” the film adaptation of C.P. Taylor’s play about an ordinary man in 1930s Germany being slowly co-opted by the Nazis. Read more
 

Madonna’s pick

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | October 30, 2008
When you’re the godfather of “Gypsy punk,” little fazes you. Read more
 

Review: ‘Passengers’

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | October 27, 2008
Passengers” boasts a strong cast and feels well intentioned but ultimately suffers from being a trip audiences have taken too many times before. Read more
 

The Secret Life of Bees’ lets Sophie Okonedo take wing in a new direction

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | October 16, 2008
IF YOU didn’t know that the woman playing the role of simple, vulnerable May in the civil rights movement drama “The Secret Life of Bees” isn’t Southern, you wouldn’t guess it. Read more
 

In end, you’ll want out of ‘Quarantine’

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | October 13, 2008
The recovered-video genre of horror (“The Blair Witch Project,” “Cloverfield”) may still have legs, but if “Quarantine” is any indication, they’re wobbling. Read more
 

Mark Strong

Entertainment | By Michael Ordoña | October 9, 2008
ONE CAN’T throw a rock while at multiplexes this weekend without hitting Mark Strong. Read more
 
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