Movies
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Events, movies and TV shows mark 100th anniversary of Titanic tragedyApr 13, 2012 6:00 am - "There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable." - Phillip Franklin, vice president of the White Star Line shipping company that owned and operated ...
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Curly, Larry or Moe? New Stooges pick their favoritesApr 12, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Curly, Larry or Moe? When it comes to their favorite knucklehead, the new Three Stooges — Will Sasso as Curly, Sean Hayes as Larry and Chris Diamantopoulos...
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Greta Gerwig making moves in the movie industryApr 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Actress Greta Gerwig, an icon of the ultra low-budget "mumblecore" movement in independent cinema, breezed into Chicago on a whirlwind 24-hour stop to drum up publicity ...
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Bob Fosse’s ‘Cabaret’ restoredApr 12, 2012 8:14 am - LOS ANGELES — It took a stray bit of dirt to scratch the perfection of “Cabaret,” and launch a painstaking effort to return the 1972 film to cinematic glory. The restore...
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'Lockout' shackled by shoddy effects, weak plottingApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - If a futuristic space prison with 500 of the world's most violent and dangerous criminals cryogenically frozen was to somehow undergo an inmate revolt, who would emerge ...
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'Stooges' stars 'soitenly' funny, but murder-for-hire plot a comedy killerApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - Hey, it's better than somebody poking you in the eyes. Most of the time, any way. The Farrelly brothers' new comedy "The Three Stooges," pays homage to the 200 or so St...
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Funny 'Damsels' is a slightly absurd look at campus lifeApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Damsels in Distress' Whit Stillman, chronicler of the exploits of the highly educated, upper-class neurotic in three films so far, returns with his v...
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Powerful ‘Bully’ falls prey to its subject matterApr 12, 2012 5:24 am - I am supposed to review Lee Hirsch’s excellent documentary “Bully” opening this weekend, and I was prepared to give it a 3½-star rating. But the version of the movie you...
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Director says 'Cabin in the Woods' will surprise audiencesApr 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Talking to Drew Goddard, the director and co-writer of the new horror movie "The Cabin in the Woods," is a little like talking to a very smart fanboy on a caffeine buzz....
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'Hunger Games' director bows out of sequelApr 11, 2012 8:00 am - Gary Ross, director of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.'s “The Hunger Games,” dropped out of the sequel, clouding the future of a film franchise that has amassed $464 mill...