The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’: ‘Professionally mediocre’ sequel Part of the appeal of Spider-Man, in all his paper and celluloid incarnations, is…
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…
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…
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…
Ray movie: Featuring Jamie Foxx in a showy but skin-deep characterization,Taylor Hackford’s uninspired 2004 Ray Charles biopic aims for the big bucks.
Hilary Swank Oscar triumph: The star of Clint Eastwood’s sentimental boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby has become the 21st century’s first two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner. Her previous victory,…
Director Clint Eastwood’s surrogate father-daughter boxing drama Million Dollar Baby earned SAG Awards for Best Actress Hilary Swank, who beat top competitor Annette Bening, and, more surprisingly, for Best Supporting…
The Aviator: Martin Scorsese’s Best Film - Drama Golden Globe winner stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Texan billionaire Howard Hughes, who made movies, dated Hollywood stars, got Hughes Aircraft off the…
Awards season news: In an ungodly turn of events, Jesus Christ and Jason Bourne lost out to Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man (“Spidey” among friends/crazy fans) at the Critics’ Choice Awards.…
The NSFC Awards’ surprisingly mainstream winner, Clint Eastwood’s maudlin boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby is unlike most of the group’s recent Best Film selections – e.g., American Splendor, Mulholland Dr.,…
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…
One of several British Academy Awards “casualties,” Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s sweeping World War I drama A Very Long Engagement received one single BAFTA nomination – in the ghettoized Best Foreign Language…