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Chris Nashawaty

Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

Chris Nashawaty is a Senior Writer for EW.

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PopWatch A Brief Survey of the Worst Super Bowl Halftime Shows Ever
by Chris Nashawaty | Feb 04, 2012 08:20 PM

I'll be honest, I can't really picture millions of macho American football fans putting aside their Miller Lites and nacho supreme platters to pay hushed...

Inside Movies Zalman King, filmmaker behind '9 1/2 Weeks' and 'Red Shoe Diaries,' dies at 70
by Chris Nashawaty | Feb 04, 2012 04:42 PM

Zalman King, the filmmaker behind a string of popular and steamy erotic thrillers in the '80s and '90s, died on Friday at age 70, according...

PopWatch Ben Gazzara: An appreciation of a one-of-a-kind actor
by Chris Nashawaty | Feb 03, 2012 10:57 PM

When Ben Gazzara passed away on Friday, he left behind a six-decade legacy on stage and screen. He was one of those rare, unique actors...

Inside Movies Actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81
by Chris Nashawaty | Feb 03, 2012 08:18 PM

Ben Gazzara, whose long and brilliant career in theater and film was characterized by a magnetic and mischievous Method intensity, has died at age 81,...

Movie on Blu-ray Review Annie Hall
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 27, 2012

Woody Allen has had quite a run lately. First, the neurotic New Yorker had the biggest box office hit of his career with last summer's…

Movie on DVD Review The Thing
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 25, 2012

A little piece of me died when I first heard about the new prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing (1982, R, 1 hr., 49 mins.).…

Movie on Blu-ray Review Manhattan
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 19, 2012

Woody Allen has had quite a run lately. First, the neurotic New Yorker had the biggest box office hit of his career with last summer's…

Inside Movies Peter Jackson talks about his innocence project: 'West of Memphis'
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 16, 2012 02:30 PM

In 1993, three 8-year-old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Ark. It was a horrifying, sensational crime. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr....

Inside Movies 'West of Memphis' trailer: Peter Jackson's doc about the West Memphis Three -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 13, 2012 09:27 AM

A freight train's whistle sounds. Then a voice. "Nothing ever happens in West Memphis, Arkansas." If only that were true. For the past seven years, director...

Inside Movies 'West of Memphis' poster: Peter Jackson's doc about the West Memphis Three -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 12, 2012 09:00 AM

Since 2004, Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh have quietly bankrolled DNA and forensic investigations to help free Jason Baldwin, Jesse Misskelley Jr., and...

Movie on DVD Review Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 11, 2012

The worst-reviewed movie of the year is finally on DVD! And yes, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011, R, 1 hr., 37 mins.)…

Belle de Jour Belle de Jour
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 11, 2012

It may not seem particularly scandalous by today's standards, but when the French import Belle de Jour (1967, Not Rated, 1 hr., 40 mins.) first…

Movie on DVD Review Moneyball
by Chris Nashawaty | Jan 04, 2012

Ever since he famously hitched a ride with a couple of outlaws named Thelma and Louise 20 years ago, Brad Pitt has been waging a…

Blu-ray Review Sid and Nancy
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 21, 2011

Gary Oldman has been so good for so long it's easy to forget what a coup he pulled off in his big-screen debut 25 years…

Blu-ray Review Hostel: Part III
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 21, 2011

I'm not ashamed to admit that I kind of dig Eli Roth's Hostel movies. Sure, they're sadistic and sick, but there's always a sequence or…

DVD Article 5 best (and 3 worst) DVDs of 2011
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 16, 2011

Praise for new editions of old classics, including of ''Star Wars,'' ''Taxi Driver,'' and ''Blow Out.'' New films like ''Big Mommas'' and ''Justin Bieber: Never Say Never'' didn't fare so well

Blu-ray Review

The Mission: Impossible Trilogy

by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 09, 2011

As a fourth M:I film hits theaters, we take a look at how the spy franchise has evolved since 1996

Movie on DVD Review Rise of the Planet of the Apes
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 07, 2011

For a franchise about the intelligence of our simian brethren, it's amazing how stupid most of the Planet of the Apes films are. After the…

Photo Gallery 24 stars' worst movies
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 02, 2011

Angelina Jolie, ''Cyborg''? Paul Rudd, peroxide-blond ''Gen-Y Cop''? Faves in roles you won't believe!

Photo Gallery 24 stars' worst movies
by Chris Nashawaty | Dec 02, 2011

Angelina Jolie, ''Cyborg''? Paul Rudd, peroxide-blond ''Gen-Y Cop''? Faves in roles you won't believe!

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