"Source Code": The highlight of the film is Gyllenhaal’s performance

"Michelle Monaghan gave another solid performance. Unlike anything she has done before, she uses the vulnerability of the character through the innocence of her not knowing the situation, that Christina Warren becomes charming and enticing.
Michelle Monaghan and Jake Gyllenhaal in Film TV (Italy) magazine

The romance in the film is a lot more complicated than in other films. They're falling for each other but can't see each other any further, because he is not in his true body and persona. You see the source code works by having someone link to a recently deceased person's brain. A certain area of the brain can reveal and put you into his or hers life to relive the last eight minutes of their life. Which in the case of this film, can lead to a murderer or bomber in the end. So Captain Stevens is asked to go into the last eight minutes of a certain man's last dying breaths, to hopefully identify the bomb and even the bomber and prevent a future attack. The continuation of the story is superbly crafted. It seems as if every time he goes back into the deceased man's mind each layer of mystery and questions gets lifted uncovering more and more uncertainties on both sides of Captain Stevens mind leading to a conclusion that no one ever expects". Source: www.luminomagazine.com

"The highlight of the film is Gyllenhaal’s performance. He brings a human side to all the proceedings, and gives the character a level of emotional depth not seen in most action movies. Although the film only runs about 90 minutes, the audience truly gets to know the inner workings of Captain Stevens. His specific problems and emotions are seamlessly integrated into the film without taking away from the thrilling tone. I must say after some of his films, such as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, I doubted Gyllenhaal’s abilities as a leading man. But his tender representation of a man who is given enormous responsibility proved he can act, and I believe he will be an actor to keep a close eye on in the future.

Source Code also works as a smart thriller. The action is never-ending and the overall plot oozes with tension. Gyllenhaal’s character repeatedly is thrown into situations in which he is racing against the clock, and each time he discovers something new about his surroundings. The short running time of the film, coupled with the fast pace, results in a complete lack of dull moments. For all you Shyamalan fans, there are a couple twists thrown into the mix that certainly caught me off guard. Throw in a couple of good supporting performances from Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright, and you’ve got yourself a top-notch thriller". Source: www.cavalierdaily.com

Smoking on the silver screen, harder to find

Still of Bradley Cooper and Abbie Cornish in "Limitless" (2011)

If the health unit has developed a standard for what constitutes “necessary” tobacco use in Hollywood productions, it’s not clear. The obvious objection is that tobacco use, necessary or not, hasn’t been much of a factor on the silver screen lately.

In March and so far in April, five films have topped the North American box office — Hop, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Limitless, Battle: Los Angeles and Rango. Of these, only one has been flagged by the Ontario Film Review Board as containing tobacco use. And it was Limitless: If you blinked and missed the film, it stars Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper — performers who do not have any sort of pull with younger movie fans.
“They’re at the age where they’re trying to define themselves,” Yateman says of the teens who report that they began smoking after seeing a character light up in a feature film.
If there are any teens in this province who are idolizing Robert De Niro’s work in Limitless, I have yet to meet them. The truth is that, as in society at large, smoking on the silver screen is getting harder and harder to find.
Robert DeNiro in "Casino" directed by Martin Scorsese (1995)

Putting pressure on the film-review board — which also has no standard of “necessary” tobacco use, nor necessary violence nor necessary sexual content — is, at best, an indirect way for the health bureaucracy to achieve its goal. That the health unit would target the big screen in the age of the Internet is also puzzling". Source: www.lfpress.com

Jake Gyllenhaal (smoking as Jack Twist) and Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005)

Rita Hayworth in "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947)
Humphrey Bogart in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker in "Bonnie & Clyde" (1967)
Jennifer Connelly as Kathy in "House of Sand and Fog" (2003)
Matt Dillon as Hank Chinaski in "Factotum" (2005)
Melissa Leo as Alice Ward in "The Fighter" (2010)
Michael Angarano as Sam Davis in "Ceremony" (2010)
Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan in "Cogan's Trade" (2012)

The original The Fast and the Furious: No Man's Land (Charlie Sheen video)

Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney and Lara Harris in "No Man's Land"

Still of Jordana Brewster in "The Fast and the Furious" (2001)

Poster of "Fast and Furious" part 5

With its plot of an undercover cop infiltrating an underworld subculture of design cars and synth-pop soundtrack, "No Man's Land" is the slick 1987 equivalent of "The Fast and the Furious" (2001)

Still of Charlie Sheen and Lara Harris in "No Man's Land" (1987)

"NO MAN'S LAND was a personal favorite of mine when I was an impressionable young lad. How can it not? Hot Porsches, fine women and Charlie Sheen at his prime-- acting with his cigarettes, designer clothes and impeccable hair is a mix strong enough to sway any young “cool guy” wannabee". Source: www.joblo.com

D.B. Sweeney and Charlie Sheen in "No Man's Land" (1987)

"Most of Charlie Sheen's performance is seen through a cloud of tobacco so thick it's as if Sheen is telegraphing his later battles with drugs, alcohol, and prostitutes by showing how completely dependent on coffin sticks his Varrick character really is. Since he's never really villainous (just cold and calculated), you don't feel the need to root against him". Source: www.dvdverdict.com

Lindsay Lohan receives standing ovation at Jay Leno's show, confirmed for Gotti film

"Tonight" host Jay Leno asked the 24-year-old about touchy subjects including her court appearance and brief jailing Friday, her family and what she's learned from her experiences.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because NBC had announced Lohan's appearance, but not its details. Lohan's interview with Leno was taped separately at the conclusion of Monday's show.
During the interview, Lohan said being sentenced to 120 days in jail was "shocking" and said it left her "kind of numb," according to RadarOnline.com. Then Leno asked Lohan, “At what point did you realize, ‘Oh my God, I could lose this, this could slip away from me?’”
“I think that when, you know, being young and being in the position I was in, you don’t really take the time to appreciate what you have and it’s all kind of a whirlwind, and people make decisions for you,” replied Lohan. But I’m not a kid anymore -- I’m 24, I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I recognize that. I’m in the clear now, and as long as I stay focused, I can achieve what I want to achieve.”

Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron in "Mean Girls" (2004)

The "Mean Girls" actress is a late addition to Tuesday's show, knocking a scheduled guest, Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, to another date.

Lohan told the "Tonight" audience that she's playing the wife of John Gotti Jr. in the crime family movie, "Gotti: Three Generations." Her casting in the role was announced last week but it was unclear if her legal woes might affect it.
A Los Angeles judge sentenced Lohan to 120 days last Friday for violating her probation by taking a designer necklace, a charge the judge reduced from felony grand theft to a misdemeanor. The actress's attorneys appealed the jail sentence, Lohan's fourth, and she was freed on bond after a few hours behind bars.
The actress is currently on bail after spending five hours in the Lynwood Correctional Facility following the preliminary hearing into her alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace". Source: www.nypost.com

Lindsay Lohan carrying a black Treesje bag with printed skulls
Natalie Kenly (Charlie Sheen's remaining goddess) carrying a black bag with a printed skull

"CHARLIE Sheen is down to one so-called "goddess", with the troubled star revealing his relationship woes during his stage show.
Sheen opened his show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by telling the audience that porn actress Bree Olson broke up with him via text message, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The news comes after Olson, whose real name is Rachel Oberlin, last week denied reports that she had left the former Two and a Half Men star for a second time.
She and marijuana magazine model Natalie "Natty" Kenly were accompanying the actor on his 18-city "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour.
During the show Sheen also invited Lindsay Lohan to hang out with him after she was released from a Los Angeles jail on bail pending an appeal of a four-month jail sentence imposed for violating her probation stemming from a previous drink-driving charge.
"I would hug her and let her know it's gonna be OK," he said, when an audience member asked if he had words of wisdom for the troubled star". Source: www.perthnow.com.au

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart filming final beach scene for "Twilight: Breaking Dawn"

Kristen Stewart, who has admitted to feeling "awkward" in public, held up her untied bikini top with tape to appear nude on camera.
"Filming the last honeymoon scene for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Stewart "ran to put on her hoodie as soon as the director yelled cut," one witness tells Us. "She didn't seem comfortable with her body." Source: www.usmagazine.com