Nothing rocked Hollywood more in 2012 than the Walt Disney Company's surprise acquisition of Lucasfilm. George Lucas had said for years that he wanted to retire and make "smaller films," but like boy w...
Pro: As if it wasn't clear enough already to sentient film folk, Michael Haneke's second Palme d'Or in four years sealed the rigorous Austrian formalist's status as one of the medium's premier artists. With “Amo...
Pro: A lot of pundits have declared Hathaway the frontrunner on the basis of the trailer alone, which is entirely soundtracked to her emotive rendition of the hit musical's signature song, “I Dreamed a Dream&rdq...
Pro: The magic trick of the movie is setting the viewer up for a Clint Eastwood film, but it's not his. It's Amy Adams's. And she's as good as ever, a tough girl raised by a baseball scout, surrounded by men
all her ...
Release date: October 12
Why it's anticipated: Ben Affleck has already proven his worth as a star-turned-director with "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town," and the much-buzzed-about "Argo"...
With the majority of his post-"Armaggedon" leading-man vehicles underperforming or outright flopping at the box-office ("Bounce," "Reindeer Games," "Gigli," "Paycheck"...
The Toronto International Film Festival announced this year's award winners and moviegoers in the Great White North have once again found a way to influence the always competitive Oscar race.
David O. Russell's ...
Audiences don't normally associate director Harmony Korine ("Gummo," "Julien Donkey Boy," "Trash Humpers") with fun in the sun and Disney teen idols.
However, his latest film, the slea...
TORONTO - Thanks to convenient scheduling, Focus Features didn't have to worry about whether "Anna Karenina" star Aaron Johnson would make it to the film's world premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Fi...
TORONTO - Everyone has a word or phrase they probably use too much. For example, my friends will tell you I'm prone to use the word "literally" in conversation way too often. Or, when doing inter...
