Mud movie with Matthew McConaughey. Nothing ordinary about Jeff Nichols’ ‘Mud’ movie Ostensibly, writer-director Jeff Nichols’ Mud is about the titular character, played by Matthew McConaughey, who’s on the run from…
Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in The Vow This Oscar weekend, Feb. 24-26, the top movie at the North American box office will undoubtedly be Act of Valor, featuring (as…
The Vow with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. March 3 update: February 2012 was the best month of February in terms of movie attendance since 2004. That’s according to Box…
Catherine Deneuve. Catherine Deneuve, 68, will be the recipient of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 39th Chaplin Award. The annual fundraising gala benefiting Lincoln Center programs will be held…
Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Tai the Elephant in Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants. May 20: Paul Feig’s sleeper hit Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig, topped the North American box office throughout…
Robert Pattinson in Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants. April 28 Carlos Saldanha’s Rio, featuring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway, continued to – once again barely – lead…
Water for Elephants with Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. Directed by Francis Lawrence of Constantine and I Am Legend fame – or infamy, depending on your take – and written…
James Franco and Anne Hathaway: Oscar ceremony hosts. Oscar ceremony details leaked: No James Franco in drag singing Cher song The 2011 Oscar ceremony rundown has been leaked to Deadline‘s…
‘Twilight’ sex scene: ‘Breaking Dawn - Part 1’ to feature PG-rated Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart close encounter? ‘Twilight’ sex scene: PG-rated ‘Breaking Dawn - Part 1’? In the last…
TRON: Legacy with Garrett Hedlund and Beau Garrett: TRON sequel of sorts topped the North American box office, but after a slow global start it’ll have a tough time recovering…
Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoon movie in the works? Cruise is seen here with Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day. Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoon may be paired up in…
Jane Fonda Broadway comeback: 33 Variations with Colin Hanks and Samantha Mathis. In the New York Times, Ben Brantley reviews Jane Fonda’s return to Broadway after 46 years: “It’s a…
Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line. As country singer and Johnny Cash companion (and later wife) June Carter, Reese Witherspoon is the U.S. film critics’ top pick for Best Actress…
Piano-playing gangster Romain Duris and piano teacher Linh Dan Pham in The Beat That My Heart Skipped. César Awards Jacques Audiard’s curious but uninvolving psychological drama De battre, mon coeur…
Crash with Shaun Toub and Michael Peña. Directed by Paul Haggis from a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco, the Los Angeles-set race-focused drama Crash was the 2006 SAG Awards’…
Golden Globes vs Oscars: Crash with Thandie Newton and Matt Dillon. A clear Academy favorite – with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay nominations – Paul Haggis’ Los…
Don’t want mess with her: Kristen Stewart is tough Snow White Sept. 30: Is that Marie Falconetti? Ingrid Bergman? Michèle Morgan? Jean Seberg? Hedy Lamarr? Florence Carrez? Nope. Heck, that’s…
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…
Ashley Greene a.k.a. Alice Cullen in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz ‘Breaking Dawn’ contract impasse comes to an end May 19 update: After much Sturm…
This year, I decided to watch the Oscars so I could write a little something about it. I was expecting to be bored to tears by my self-imposed assignment, but…
Gay cowboy fans shower movie awards on same-sex love story Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Ang Lee’s (mostly) 1960s-set romantic Western Brokeback Mountain was the Los Angeles…