Anne Hathaway

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Review: One Day

A love that spans 20 years
Following her stunning coming-of-age tale, An Education, Danish director Lone Scherfig returns to London for this adaptation of the bestselling novel about a love that spans 20 years.
By PEG ALOI | August 16, 2011

Review: Rio

A vibrant visual feast
Love drives this animated 3D flight of fancy from Carlos Saldanha, director of the Ice Age series and a native of the title city.
By TOM MEEK | April 12, 2011

Ringing the bad taste bell

Poop on TV; Oscars get a Razzie; Farewell to Larry and Paul; Fab follies
Charmin and Quilted Northern toilet paper have been lighting up the bad taste bell of late with their televised ads.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 02, 2011

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Interview: Edward Zwick, director of Love and Other Drugs

Beyond Glory days
Ed Zwick on Glory , the go-go '90s, and Cialis-bathtub symbolism.
By TOM MEEK | November 26, 2010

Review: Love and Other Drugs

Zwick, Gyllenhaal, Hathaway give us a hard sell
Zwick, Gyllenhaal, Hathaway give us a hard sell
By PETER KEOUGH | November 23, 2010

Review: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

Rabbit stew
Tim Burton's hare-brained Alice in Wonderland
By PETER KEOUGH | February 24, 2011

Lite at the end of the tunnel?

Fun and games in post-apocalyptic Hollywood
If you had enough of the end of the world with 2012 , you might be relieved when it comes to 2010.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 04, 2010

36. Raffaello Follieri

CARDINAL SINNER
Anne Hathaway’s greaseball ex-boyfriend, who has a face like a Picasso painting, may end up bunking next to Bernie Madoff for money laundering and misappropriating millions in fraudulent investments. Seems to us a guy with a name that slick — and a knack for getting his picture taken with the Pope — should be actually getting away with shit.
By Boston Phoenix Staff | March 25, 2009

Review: Bride Wars

Chixploitation at its creative nadir
There are no pleasant surprises in this partly-Boston-shot Gary Winick film.
By BETSY SHERMAN | January 13, 2009

2009 Oscar predictions

Martyr complex
This year the Oscars will honor the men who suffer for our sins and the women who don't wear make-up.
By PETER KEOUGH | February 11, 2009

I’ve Loved You So Long

A crass and pretentious soap opera
So which portrayal of a victimized woman will win an Oscar this year?
By PETER KEOUGH | November 04, 2008

Rachel Getting Married

An exhausting march down the aisle
By the time the Ganesha cake is cut, you’re left with the poodle as the only family member worthy of empathy.
By ALICIA POTTER | October 09, 2008

Control freaks

Get Smart dumbs down
Back in the ’60s, those crafty cranks Mel Brooks and Buck Henry spun the red-scare spook biz into a sit-com full of wit and absurdity featuring rival agencies KAOS and Control.
By TOM MEEK | June 17, 2008

Brave new world

Germaine Greer’s Shakespeares
Regardless of what’s in her name, biographies of Ms. Hathaway are scarcer than hens’ teeth, and no wonder: we know even less about her than we do about her husband.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | April 02, 2008

Making book

Spring Arts Preview: Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
This spring brings exciting story collections from established authors and hot newcomers.
By BARBARA HOFFERT | March 10, 2008

Faithless Rendition

A soapy plot tortures the truth
It’s ironic, and probably auspicious for its box office, that Rendition comes out a week after the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of Khaled el-Masri.
By A.S. HAMRAH | October 16, 2007

Becoming Jane

Reinventing Austen's bio
Anne Hathaway is game enough as Jane, though she has to spend an awful lot of time on the verge of tears.
By GARY SUSMAN | August 01, 2007

Jane II

The further adventures of Austen wanna-bes
No sooner had I finished last week’s review than Shannon Hale’s Austenland turned up on my desk.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 29, 2007

What would Jane do?

A guide to Miss Austen's world
You’ll learn how to dress, how to pay a morning call, how to behave at a dinner party.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 29, 2007

The girls of summer

The season for blockbusters, sequels, and . . . great roles for women?
It’s summer, so no one’s surprised at the onslaught of sequels, adaptations, or even movies based on toys. But films with Oscar-caliber women’s roles?
By PETER KEOUGH | May 18, 2007

The Devil Wears Prada

Meryl Streep dominates
If Lauren Weisberger’s bestseller was a Starbucks espresso — overall bland, but hot and quick — then David Frankel’s adaptation is the decaf version. Watch the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada (QuickTime)
By MATTIAS FREY | February 20, 2007