Helen Mirren

"Inkheart" "Inkheart"

Brendan Fraser stars in this fantasy-adventure about the power of books. But where is the magic?
By Stephanie Zacharek Jan 23, 2009

  • The best DVDs of 2009 (so far)

    Douglas Sirk's "Magnificent Obsession," Patrick McGoohan in "The Quare Fellow," Rossellini takes on Louis XIV, new reissues of Audrey Hepburn's best-loved films and more.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 4, 2009

  • The bikini theory

    Helen Mirren proves that winning an Oscar for playing a British monarch 20 years your senior doesn't mean you can't rock a two-piece suit.
    By Catherine Price July 17, 2008

  • "Before they were nominees"

    Most of these Oscar-nominated actors gave it 110 percent in some cheesy roles.
    By David Puner February 23, 2007

  • The Fix

    Anna Nicole hitched in the Bahamas? Kazakhstan's anti-Borat P.R. push. Plus: Oliver Stone blasts Bush.
    September 29, 2006

  • Hollywood's coolest chicks

    Entertainment Weekly's annual look at the gentler sex turns up some good stuff.
    By Rebecca Traister October 3, 2006

  • "The Queen"

    Helen Mirren rules as Queen Elizabeth coping after Princess Diana's death, kicking off the New York Film Festival in royal style.
    By Stephanie Zacharek September 29, 2006

  • "Calendar Girls"

    Helen Mirren and a cast of middle-aged Yorkshire roses doff their Laura Ashley duds for charity. It's a sweet, sexy fable, even if it runs out of oomph too early.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 19, 2003

  • The Fix

    Russell Crowe plays gladiator indoors, Bill helps Hill work her party, and the Dems create "Bushenstein." Plus: Girls go wild over Playboy!
    June 17, 2003

  • "Last Orders"

    Michael Caine heads a dream cast of veteran English actors in Fred Schepisi's unassuming masterpiece about life, love and the cruel joke of old age.
    By Charles Taylor February 15, 2002

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, June 29-July 1, 2001
    By Joyce Millman June 29, 2001

  • Porn for thought

    The 20th-anniversary edition of "Caligula" may be digitally remastered and enhanced with Dolby stereo sound, but its core is as raw as ever.
    By Daniel Kraus November 30, 1999

  • "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"

    Kevin Williamson wrote "Scream," "Dawson's Creek" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer," but his first feature as a director should have stayed in his desk.
    By Andrew O'Hehir August 19, 1999

  • "Mysterical" Mirren

    The formidable British actress discusses the challenges of playing novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand in a new Showtime movie.
    By Frazier Moore May 28, 1999

  • Getting into character

    A conversation with Helen Mirren's director, Terry George.
    December 30, 1995

  • To herself she's true

    With her sharp tongue and lacerating wit, British actress Helen Mirren does not suffer fools gladly.
    By Richard Covington December 30, 1995
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