The absurdity of the story in the largely thrill-free thriller ''Contraband,'' its hairpin twists and outrageous coincidences, may keep even hungry action fans away. That's too bad because the story doesn't matter. (It rarely does.) If anything, the film's adherence to implausibility as a defining narrative principle -- a reliably winning Mark...
THE life-parodying-Hollywood scene at the ''Entourage'' premiere reached its self-referential height around the time Andrew Dice Clay lighted a cigarette just off the red carpet. Mr. Clay, who plays himself on the show (that is, an aging comic seeking a comeback), wore a sleeveless leather jacket with ''Brooklyn'' in rhinestones on the back, blue...
David O. Russell does not have the reputation of an evenhanded filmmaker. Depending on whom you talk to, Mr. Russell, whose work includes the Persian Gulf war satire ''Three Kings'' and the existential corporate comedy ''I Heart Huckabees,'' is quixotic, combative and occasionally brilliant. For his latest film, ''The Fighter,'' a passion project...
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (født 5. juni 1971) er en amerikansk skuespiller, model og sanger.
Han er født i Boston i en familie med ni børn, og er af svensk og irsk herkomst. Han blev først berømt som den yngre bror til Donnie Wahlberg i New Kids on the Block.
Wahlberg var producent på tv-serien Entourage, som er løst baseret på hans oplevelser i Hollywood.