Laetitia Casta

I’ll say this much for Richard Gere. He looks great. Were it not for the gray hair and a few tell-tale extreme close-ups, he could be the same actor of American Gigolo and Looking for Mr. Goodbar of decades past. No actor I know of has Gere’s signature walk; a predatory, panther-like swagger that suggests power, sex and invulnerability with each step. Although effective and apt for his younger roles, it now seems, frankly age-inappropriate in much the same way as his co-star wife, Susan S...

Forget Nights in Rodanthe and The Runaway Bride. I prefer my Richard Gere fix to be a little more on the naughty side. His latest movie, Arbitrage, gives us just that. Gere's wheeling and dealing Wall Street character, Robert, is far from irreproachable. His mischievous behavior lands him in several very tight spots, and the film revolves around him trying to weasel his way out of them. At work, Robert has been up to a little Bernie Madoff-style book cooking. He's trying to co...