In Debra Granik's world, even though she'd been given ample warning by distributor Roadside Attractions, landing an Oscar nomination wasn't even a possibility. The director and co-writer of "Winter's Bone&q...
This really felt like the year a "That '70s Show" star finally picked up an Oscar nomination. Kunis had received Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her "Black Swan" performance and seemed like ex...
As I noted in my review of the remarkable Sundance Film Festival entry "Like Crazy," Anton Yelchin has come a long way. He's always shown talent from his work in the underrated "Alpha Dog," b...
After months of campaigning, millions of dollars in advertising, hundreds of guild screenings and a slew of second rate awards shows, the nominations announcement for the 83rd Academy Awards is almost here. Clea...
One of the most intriguing revelations about Paul Giamatti in Tom McCarthy's new dramedy "Win Win" is that the critically acclaimed "Sideways" and "John Adams" star makes a pretty damn go...
Now it gets interesting. In a surprising development that could be heard from Los Angeles to Park City, Utah to New York City, the Producer's Guild of America chose "The King's Speech" over "The S...
PARK CITY - Perhaps the hype was just a bit too much, but Jesse Perez's "My Idiot Brother" is not the slamdunk comedy most Sundance Film Festival attendees were hoping for.
The concept is pretty simple....
PARK CITY - Every year there always seems to be a movie or two that takes me completely by surprise and knock me for a loop. It's one of the joys of attending Sundance versus other film festivals -- the dis...
PARK CITY - Fox Searchlight has become a staple at the Sundance Film Festival over the past decade and not just because they have acquired films such as "Napoleon Dynamite," "Once," "Little Mi...
If you haven't heard of Elizabeth Olsen yet, you soon will and for all the right reasons. The younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen has two films at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but it's the dramat...
