I've written pretty much all I should about Juan Antonio Bayona's "The Impossible" at the moment. But to recap, I walked away thinking Naomi Watts was probably the film's best shot at an ...
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...
Justin Long could be the latest actor to star in a Stephen King adaptation on screen. He's currently in negotiations for writer-director Tom Holland's "The Ten O'Clock People," based on a short story from Ki...
One of the hardest experiences of the Toronto Film Festival for me was an afternoon screening of "The Impossible," a remarkably well-made movie about an English family living in Japan who head to Thailand fo...
LONDON - You may remember that two years ago, Julia Roberts attracted some attention in awards-watching circles when she held a private industry screening of "Biutiful" in aid of Javier Bardem's Best Actor c...
Every season there is a movie or performance that is a head scratcher when it comes to why it does or doesn't appeal to the Academy. Films and portrayals that will be long remembered after a number of other no...
Just yesterday, I was talking about the likelihood of 8 year-old Quvenzhane Wallis becoming the youngest Best Actress nominee on record -- but she's not the only child actor making waves this year. TV critic Mary McNa...
Every year has its share of breakout film performers, and with award season heating up we thought it was a good time to highlight some of the supporting players who will have everyone talking over the next few months....
Three years ago Summit Entertainment surmounted considerable odds -- a 17-month viewing window, a Goliath "game changer," low box office numbers that became the story -- to claim the Best Picture prize ...
Cruise never really stood a chance here: arriving on the heels of undesirable press surrounding his high-profile divorce, “Rock of Ages” was a synthetic summer bauble that flopped hard with critics and aud...
