TORONTO - You can't blame Ryan Gosling if he's a little puckered out. The 30-year-old Canadian actor has had five of the busiest months in his life. In May, Nicholas Winding Refn's "Drive" debute...
For some reason a number of people are feeling iffy on the Oscar chances of George Clooney's "The Ides of March." The air of doubt started with a wave of reserved reactions at the Venice Film Festi...
Things just ain't the same. At least, that's the mantra for studios attempting to play the best picture game this year. After two years of expanded play following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci...
Last week -- out of pure laziness because there frankly isn't much about the season worth discussing without assigning dubious meaning to this and that -- I shined a light on the lead actor category in this space. Tod...
George Clooney is the rare kind of star whose magnetism is such that people might actually care what his favorite films are -- I rather like the idea of devout fans frantically updating their Netflix queues in respons...
Linked in today's round-up is a piece from Pete Hammond spotlighting the animated feature field. It appears, according to Pete, and assuming all titles qualify for eligibility, that there are 15 entries currently...
Clooney directed the political drama, in which he also stars as Democratic presidential candidate Mike Morris. Ryan Gosling co-stars as Morris' idealistic staffer, who gets an inside look at dirty politics while on th...
This year's Best Actor race is an odd bird indeed. There are so many wonderful performances out there, but so few seem to fit into the (unfortunate) Oscar paradigm. Hopefully that will mean studios will recognize some...
When George Clooney's "The Ides of March" screened for press at Venice, the reception was somewhat chilly. Bowing a film about political corruption to European audiences is always going to be a dicey play. A...
Based on the 2003 book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis, "Moneyball" has Brad Pitt portraying real-life Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who managed...
