When Steve James' "The Interrupters" failed to make the Academy's shortlist of eligible documentaries this year, fans of the acclaimed featu...
One of the more head-scratching moments of the Golden Globe nominations on Thursday morning that didn't include Sofia Vergara butchering Martin Scorse...
Expanding to almost 1000 screens this weekend is one of the year's best films: ''Young Adult,'' a caustic black comedy from screenwriter Diablo Cody a...
Angelina Jolie didn't pick an easy subject matter for her directorial debut. The Oscar-winning actress wrote and directed ''In the Land of Blood and H...
It's a movie -- and dog -- lover's dream come true! Uggie and Cosmo, the cute canine stars of awards-magnets ''The Artist'' and ''Beginners,'' met in ...
Short answer to that scintillating headline: No way! However, these two films have more in common than you might initially think -- and not just becau...
It looks like the 84th annual Academy Awards just got a little more "Hunger Games." The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced that J...
It looks like "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" isn't dead from an awards standpoint after all. Less than a week after the film garnered a surprise no...
The New York Film Critics Circle handed out some awards on Tuesday. Well, not "handed out," per se, (they'll do that at a ceremony next year), but the...
When 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' star Colin Firth was eleven years old, he spent a year living in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo. It's a bit of trivia t...
In the wake of all the Oscars turmoil last month, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Billy Crystal announced that he would return to host the 84t...
From the files of you probably don't care that much: venerable New Yorker film critic David Denby has written a review of 'The Girl With the Dragon Ta...
"Repeat after me for the 17th or 37th time -- 'The Artist' is all about re-creation, backward visitation and reflective surfaces," wrote an irate Jeff...
"Repeat after me for the 17th or 37th time -- 'The Artist' is all about re-creation, backward visitation and reflective surfaces," wrote an irate Jeff...
David Fincher is not happy with the trailer for his new movie, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.' He feels it gives off too much of an 'Inception' vib...
It wouldn't be Oscar season without one of the contenders coming under some fire for the veracity of its narrative. Last year, both 'The King's Speech...
It wouldn't be Oscar season without one of the contenders coming under some fire for the veracity of its narrative. Last year, both 'The King's Speech...
If you or a trusted family member (probably from the Midwest -- I speak from experience) is literate, then, next week, a movie that you most likely al...
Good timing for Team 'Carnage.' On Thursday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster in the Best Actre...
Don't let the snarl in the above photo from the movie 'Hugo' confuse you: Sir Ben Kingsley is nothing like that in real life -- or, at least nothing l...
When I was six-years-old, Max von Sydow sure scared the living hell out of me. Now, this had nothing to do with 'The Exorcist'; instead, my skittish y...
Life is a mystery ... and so is awards season. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 39 songs eligible for nomination in the Best ...
It has been rumbling like the after-effects of some bad Brazilian barbecue for the last two weeks: a continued push and groundswell of support for 'Br...
This year, the holiday season is all about Steven Spielberg. The two-time Oscar winner for Best Director, who belongs on any short list of the greates...
In the end, perhaps you can look at 'Warrior' as the canary in the coal mine for 2011. The exceptionally reviewed fighting drama about two estranged b...
