Five years ago Alan Arkin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "Little Miss Sunshine," an award many thought would end up going to "Dreamgirls" star Eddie Murphy. He's ba...
Pro: Arkin's been around the block. His first nomination came 45 years ago and in 2007 the goodwill finally came in the form of an Oscar win (for "Little Miss Sunshine"). He's a highlight in the movie for hi...
I finally got around to watching The Hollywood Reporter's Actor Roundtable this morning, an annual gathering of top names in the awards race and always a solid, informative, open chat. Participating this year was Alan...
Team "Argo" is ready to strike.
Warner Bros has set a release date of September 14, 2012 for the Ben Affleck-directed hostage thriller "Argo."
In addition to helming, Affleck is starring wit...
I've been high on Ben Affleck's "Argo" since way back at Telluride over a month ago. It is, I feel, the current Best Picture frontrunner. We've sussed out its zeitgeist potential, talked to Af...
Shirley MacLaine is going on the lam.
Dimension Films, the Weinstein Co. label that typically releases genre films such as "Scream" and "Piranha 3D", has acquired the rights to "Wild Oats&q...
After Sundance bailed on providing any true awards season contenders besides John Hawkes in "The Surrogate" and an Indie Spirit Awards player in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the focus has shifted...
TELLURIDE – The Iran Hostage Crisis is one of the more defining moments in American history, but it has never received its due course on the big screen. That changes somewhat in Ben Affleck’s engagin...
TELLURIDE - Like my colleague Greg Ellwood, I attended yesterday afternoon's "Sneak Preview" premiere of Ben Affleck's "Argo." Last year the spot -- an unannounced screening for patrons of the fest...
I think the thing I like most about Ben Affleck these days is that he didn't wait for someone else to rescue his career. He took control and he rescued himself.
"Argo" is the latest film from Afflec...
