Topic: Steve McQueen

Super Bowl ad: Is Ferris Bueller 'sequel' the right vehicle for a Honda CR-V? (+video)

Before the ad wars kick off on Super Bowl Sunday, Honda is trying to score early with an extended online pitch for the CR-V, featuring Matthew Broderick in a Ferris Bueller sequel. Of sorts.

11/22/63

Stephen King whisks readers back to 1963 in a piece of time-traveling historical fiction that asks: What if JFK had survived?

James Garner's not afraid to dish in 'The Garner Files'

James Garner offers straight talk about fellow actors like Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson, in addition to revelations about his own drug use and his hardscrabble childhood.

Noir City: the best books behind the great noir films

On the eve of the Noir City film festival launch, mystery writers list their favorite noir books.

Why Wayne Newton wants you to visit his Las Vegas home

Wayne Newton is saying he wants to open his home to the public. Why, and what can you see inside?

Can 'The Town' be top of the Hub? Top 5 Boston-based movies

The Red Sox may be struggling to make the playoffs this season, but Boston is a perennial box-office favorite. The latest Boston-based film to hit silver screens is "The Town," starring and directed by local boy Ben Affleck.

The top 10 Boston-based films, ranked by US box-office receipts, includes the Sox-centered "Fever Pitch," according to Turner Classic Movies and IMDB.com. Also on the list is the 1968 version of "The Thomas Crown Affair" starring Steve McQueen, which was shot on Boston's Beacon Hill. Do your favorite Boston films make the top 5?

2009 Gift Guide

Monitor picks for TV, movies, music, and games.

Giant mysterious blob found floating off Alaska coast

Review: 'Hunger'

Drama about IRA member Bobby Sands's death fast in a Belfast prison looks at the high price of martyrdom.

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