Name: Robert De Niro
Biggest Hit: "Meet the Fockers" (financially), "Raging Bull" (critically)
Comeback Vehicle: "Silver Linings Playbook"
Will It Work: Let's be frank, De Niro has ha...
After the success of Ridley Scott's "Alien" in 1979, James Cameron directed "Aliens" in 1986, before going on to helm such mega-hits as "Terminator 2," "Titanic" and "Avata...
Directed by: Ben Affleck, USA World Premiere
When militants storm the U.S. embassy in 1979 Tehran, six Americans manage to slip away. Knowing it’s only a matter of time before they are found, a CIA “exfil...
Last month, we presented 22 Hollywood players whose once-great careers need saving. While it may be be too late for some of them, other stars are on the bubble and can turn things around before they end up on future r...
As a break from the normal list-making shenanigans, In Contention offers up a list of my top 10 must-watch Christmas movies. Some that made the cut include "A Christmas Story," "Die Hard" and "...
Maybe you're feeling the holiday spirit, or maybe you just want to avoid looking at carolers and Santa Claus when you remote-surf, but television programmers have embraced all things holiday-themed (especially and spe...
Aside from being a handy wild card in any Oscar betting pool (as much as I like recent winners "Logorama" and "The Lost Thing," I value them most for what I gained from their victories), the Best A...
Zooey Deschanel has combined again with songwriter/producer M. Ward for their very pop pairing She & Him, for a very darling Christmas set. "The New Girl" girl sings on the majority of the classic-heavy ...
Justin Bieber isn't the only teen-fave that's dropping a holiday release this year. The cast of "Glee" is returning with second edition of Christmas songs on Nov. 15, led by the first songs from the set &quo...
Another Halloween, another horror movie list. Or not. Where most such lists are dominated by grisly R-rated fare many fully-grown men can scarcely endure, we think it's worth remembering that it's not only adults who ...
