The quality of the acting in todays films, whatever the flaws in the films themselves, is at a high level. Kick that up a notch when you see Al Pacino dig into the role of an actor in crisis in The H…
A 13-year-old finds salvation in skateboarding in the trailer for Jonah Hills directorial debut, Mid90s . The film is set to open October 19th. Hill wrote and directed Mid90s . The movie centers arou…
Watching the rich enjoying their privileges is one of the pleasures of going to the movies. Suffer if you must, beautiful people, but for Gods sake do it in luxury. A Bigger Splash, the title borrow…
During Jerry Garcias lifetime, the Grateful Dead had a special bond with New York City so much so that, last week, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart (along with Garcias daughter, Trixie) att…
Everything Guardians of the Galaxy gets right with its mix of action and comedy, Hercules botches. OK, Im biased. I never needed to see another Hercules epic, especially after Twilight s Kellan Lut…
Shot in high definition at 96 frames per second though most theaters will only be able to show it at 48 fps this eyepopper from Russian director-writer-cinematographer-editor Victor Kossakovsky ( V…
The soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy set a record this year by becoming the first to top the charts without any new songs on it, and the album Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 has…
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will revive their beloved characters, Ted Theodore Logan and Bill S. Preston, Esq., for the long-awaited third installment of the Bill and Ted adventure, Bill and Ted Fac…
I never, ever, ever intended to act, Tilda Swinton says, laughing, as she sits down in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. I still dont intend to act. I mean, Im thoroughly distracted from what I really wa…
Steve Carell doubles your fun in Despicable Me 3 he not only voices Gru, the bald-pated baddie turned goodie, but Dru, his blond, long-lost twin and a villain-in-training with an even more delight…
This episode, Willie Pete, is chock full of film and television allusions including a wonderful shout-out to M*A*S*H s Corporal Klinger but the hands-down highlight is Jims Jerry Maguire -style fre…
Ben Stiller is turning Reality Bites into a comedy for NBC. The actor is developing his 1994 debut as a film director for the network, and is onboard as an executive producer through his Red Hour pr…
I will not allow that man, that nobody, to kill my brother twice, says Donatella Versace, portrayed by Penelope Cruz, in the new trailer for FXs The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime St…
Denise Nickerson, best known for playing the snobby, gum-chomping Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory , has died following a series of medical issues. The actr…
Whats the use of getting all pissy about a kiddie cartoon? Watch Ice Age: Collison Course and see how you feel. The fifth entry in the Ice Age series is a loud, lazy, laugh-starved cash grab that c…
Its irresistible whenever Isabelle Huppert plays someone dangerous (see her Oscar-nominated role in Elle ). As the title character in the English-language Greta, a thriller directed with mirth and m…
James Gray makes films like an explorer, digging for the details that define character and art. The Lost City of Z doesnt look like Grays other movies. Little Odessa, The Yards, We Own the Night, Tw…
News yesterday that Ben Affleck will play Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel prompted an outpouring of reactions online, from occasional congratulations to plenty of Good Will Hunting and Gigi jok…
Jake Gyllenhaals new movie Nightcrawler hits theaters this weekend. Its a disturbing tale of a young L.A. reporter that gets involved in the world of underground crime journalism. The reviews have b…
UPDATE: The Toronto Film Festival will not be able to screen Sydney Pollackscontroversial new Aretha Franklin doc Amazing Grace , according to Variety . The singer had previously banned the film at l…