The Aviator movie with Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes: Bizarre billionaire bloated biopic. ‘The Aviator’ movie review: Leonardo DiCaprio is excellent – but not as Howard Hughes Imagine Citizen Kane directed by the Steven Spielberg of The Color Purple, Schindler’s List, Amistad, and Saving Private…
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Truth movie: Cate Blanchett “flawless” as 60 Minutes’ Mary Mapes. ‘Truth’ movie: Gripping and well-acted drama can’t hide ’60 Minutes’ producer Mary Mapes’ role in the ‘devolution of TV journalism’ The devolution of TV journalism into partisan point-scoring and sophistic bloviating was in full stride…
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Lucille Ball in Easy to Wed. Cate Blanchett to play Lucille Ball: Actress won Oscar for incarnating Ball’s fellow RKO contract player Katharine Hepburn Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is reportedly slated to star in a biopic of former RKO and MGM actress and big-time…
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Joel and Ethan Coen Movie Inside Llewyn Davis with Oscar Isaac. Joel and Ethan Coen movie ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ tops National Society of Film Critics Awards The National Society of Film Critics is the last major U.S.-based critic’s group to announce their annual winners. This…
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Amy Adams’ Oscar nominations: Best Actress win for American Hustle? Adams is seen here with Christian Bale. Oscar predictions Below are our last-minute Oscar 2014 predictions. The 86th Academy Award nominations are going to be announced on Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time…
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Golden Globes’ hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (photo © HFPA). Tina Fey and Amy Poehler funny & daring enough at the 2014 Golden Globes telecast? Acting as a lighter version of Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took a series of (mostly) mild…
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Cate Blanchett and Woody Allen on the Blue Jasmine set. WGA Awards nominations: Woody Allen & ‘American Hustle’ in; ’12 Years a Slave’ & ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ ineligible The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the 2014 WGA Awards. The…
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James Franco tattoos in Spring Breakers. The 2013 LAFCA has named two Best Supporting Actor winners: James Franco for his portrayal of a Florida rapper and drugs & arms trafficker in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers and Jared Leto for his performance as a fictional HIV-positive…
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Jennifer Lawrence: Hot and unbalanced con artist’s wife Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle. Best known as the fearless Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and its sequels, Jennifer Lawrence, unlike most other blockbuster-franchise stars, has also acquired the reputation of being a “prestige actress.” Earlier…
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Dame Judi Dench. Dame Judi Dench & Scarlett Johansson among British Independent Film Award nominees Since the likes of Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, James McAvoy, and Tom Hardy are in the running for the 2013 British Independent Film Awards, expect at least a little overlapping…
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Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett. ‘Blue Jasmine’ movie review: Woody Allen is pissed Years ago, the venerable and prolific writer-director and comedian Woody Allen was quick to remind people that he was not one of the Upper East Side elite he had often mocked in…
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Channing Tatum in Magic Mike. ‘Guys and Dolls’ remake supposedly to star Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Guys and Dolls will be brought back to the big screen by way of 20th Century Fox, according to Deadline.com. Back in 1955, Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed for independent…
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Kathleen Turner: Body Heat femme fatale. Actress Kathleen Turner, perhaps best remembered for seducing William Hurt in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat and for romping about with Michael Douglas in Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone, will be present on May 7 at the Toronto International Film…
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Your Highness: Box office bomb with James Franco and Danny McBride. April 15 update: Hop, featuring James Marsden and the voice of Russell Brand, remained at the top of the North American box office chart on Thursday, April 14, earning $831k according to Box Office…
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Notes on a Scandal with Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Directed by Richard Eyre, Notes on a Scandal is a must-see for those who enjoy a cleverly constructed plot that explores human relationships to the core. The story follows jaded older teacher Barbara Covett (Judi…
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Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter at the Academy Awards. Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter on the Oscars’ Red Carpet Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter sported matching hairdos upon their arrival at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony held on Feb. 27 at the…