Academy members receiving new blood: Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything. Academy members to become more ‘diverse’? More than 300 invited to join A.M.P.A.S. The Academy of Motion Picture…
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Sony Pictures’ mundane The Amazing Spider-Man 2 reeks of corporate expectations. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Dane DeHaan star.
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Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in The Heat. Sandra Bullock The Heat: Bullock’s biggest opening weekend at domestic box office? July 1 update: Starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, Paul…
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Django Unchained trailer with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx Django Unchained trailer is out. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino of Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds fame, Django Unchained is set…
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Shirtless Ashton Kutcher with Anne Heche in Spread. Anne Heche and Ashton Kutcher (above) star in Spread, the tale of an ambitious escort (Kutcher) who makes good use of his…
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Featuring Jamie Foxx in a showy but skin-deep characterization, Taylor Hackford’s uninspired Ray Charles biopic Ray aims for the big bucks.
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Hilary Swank Oscar triumph #2: The Million Dollar Baby actress is the 21st century’s first double winner in the Academy Awards’ acting categories.
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The British Academy Awards’ Oscar-focused new submission deadline rules have had unintended and ironically counterproductive consequences.
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Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood have performed an unexpected Golden Globes turnabout, while Hilary Swank and Annette Bening have an awards season rematch ‘tie.’
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Awards season news: In an ungodly twist of fate, Jesus + Jason + Napoleon have all lost out to Spider-Man, while Kate Winslet has nabbed a surprise win.
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A crowd-pleasing Wine Country movie and an polemical political documentary are American critics’ top selections this awards season.
Where the Wild Things Are: “Family movies” at the box office. Oct. 18 update: Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are easily defeated its competition at the North American box…
Best Actress SAG Awards: Boxing-ring star beats stage diva in fierce rematch, while Katharine Hepburn has her first competitive Screen Actors Guild ‘win’ ever.
NSFC Awards surprise: A Clint Eastwood melodrama is the unexpectedly mainstream winner of the generally more ‘esoteric’ U.S.-based critics group.