You have to marvel at the crass exploitation inherent in a movie that exists to show a bunch of firefighters in one life-threatening situation after another. It doesn’t help that, in terms of tone and ...

Robert Patrick, part of the ensemble in the new film Ladder 49, has a face that everyone recognizes from a myriad of film and television roles but a name that few can conjure up. For many, he's still ...

The best compliment I can pay ``Ladder 49'' is to say that it left me feeling thoughtful and sad. I was surprised it had such an effect. I walked in expecting an action picture with heroic firemen ...

The East Coast premier of Ladder 49 left its mark on the walkway Monday night in Baltimore where the movie was filmed and where many of the actors made close friends while riding with Baltimore City ...

THE LOWDOWN: A trapped firefighter's life is told in flashback as his crew fights to save him. It was firefighters who indirectly gave us our first much-needed laugh after Sept. 11. Janeane Garofalo, ...

ATLANTA - There's no reason not to believe Joaquin Phoenix when he says he doesn't read what's written about him. Not a single word in the stories by reporters who've interviewed him. Nary a line in ...