Normally this column would begin with something like, "Ballots have been mailed to Oscar voters today," but that begs reminding that for the first time ever, the Academy has adopted an electronic voting syst...
Sorry for the late roundup today -- I was waylaid by SAG's dawn chorus. That's obviously the news on everyone's minds right now, but I'm going to rewind to an Oscar announcement I failed to mention yesterday: the offi...
A couple of you have asked for a space in which you can toss around your predictions for tomorrow's Screen Actors' Guild Award nominations, and we are nothing if not obliging. I've listed my own best guesses after the...
Today's most enjoyable Oscar-related feature comes from Steve Pond, who has rounded up a selection of the more notable and/or quirky campaign maneuvers from the season thus far, from curious merchandise (a "Linco...
After announcing the full Documentary and Narrative competition slates for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, Sundance has now revealed the edgy and quirky fare that will be featured in the Spotlight and Ne...
As always, the Spirits are an intriguing beast. Originally a fly by the seat of your pants awards show meant to give exposure to indie films they couldn't find anywhere else the Spirits have morphed into a prestigious...
BEVERLY HILLS – I’d seen the pictures. I'd seen the news reports. I’d heard about Matthew McConaughey’s amazing weight loss for his role in the new independent film “The Dallas Buye...
Where You've Seen Them Before: Likely not. Previous work limited to regional Swedish film and TV.
Breakout Roles: "A Royal Affair" and "Anna Karenina"
Why: The talented and stunning 24-year-old S...
Box Office - U.S.: $620 million
Box Office - International: $882 million
Why: Ask anyone at Marvel Studios or the Walt Disney Company how much they thought the highly anticipated superhero team movie "The Aveng...
A couple of weeks ago, I wondered why it was taking so long for Jeff Nichols's "Mud" -- an audience-pleasing, star-powered coming-of-age story with genre trappings -- to find a US distributor, after being so...
