The Boston Society of Film Critics dished out its annual list of kudos this morning amid a flurry of other groups doing the same. Last year they stood out somewhat by handing Juliette Lewis their Best Supporting Actre...
"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" star Robert Downey Jr. signs autographs for some lucky fans at the film's L.A. premiere on Tuesday night. The sequel, also starring Jude Law, Rachel McAdam...
Poor punnery aside, some may say that this weekend’s box office returns indicate that “Shame” has overcome the stigma of its NC-17 rating, but it feels far more likely that Fox Searchlight made the r...
With one of the largest theater chains in the country refusing to carry "Shame" because of its NC-17 rating, I'm not going to bet on the film breaking box-office records this weekend, but I certainly hope it...
You've probably noticed the Fox ads decorating a number of sites (including this one) pimping Andy Serkis's motion capture performance in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." It's apt language -- &qu...
Over the last several years we've seen a higher concentration of prequels than perhaps ever before, a trend which is mainly the result of increasingly risk-averse studios going back to the drawing board in an effort t...
Not so fast, "The Artist." After Michel Hazanavicius's silent love letter came out earlier this week in the front of the Best Picture landscape (nailing down five Independent Spirit Award nominations and win...
Martin Scorsese is famous for giving his collaborators plenty of homework in preparation for his films. At a recent Q&A for "Hugo," production designer Dante Ferretti quipped through his thick ...
If two actors have dominated the cinematic media hype machine this year it's clearly been Jessica Chastain and Michael Fassbender.
The former's first film, "The Tree of Life," debuted in May and s...
Remember when I noted Patton Oswalt's bringing down the house at the Los Angeles pop-up screening of Jason Reitman's "Young Adult" at the New Beverly? "If he really puts in the work,...
