Movies
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Anderson's period gumshoe mystery comes up short on cluesJan 08, 2015 4:45 am - The intrusive, omniscient voice-over narration from a minor, unexplored character who couldn't possibly know all the information she imparts? Sorry, I'm not a fan. Joaqu...
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Reel life: 'Cannibal Holocaust,' 'Shining' get screeningsJan 08, 2015 4:00 am - Film critics notebook: The special effects depicting violence in 1980's "Cannibal Holocaust" proved to be so realistic that director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on cha...
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'Predestination' twists, turns through paradoxical plotJan 08, 2015 4:00 am - Mini-review: 'Predestination' Film critics love the descriptive words "trippy" and "brain-gouging" (more the former than the latter), and they will never be better emplo...
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Jack O'Connell up for Rising Star at British academy awardsJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON - Jack O'Connell, who played American athlete and war survivor Louis Zamperini in Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken," has been nominated for a Rising Star award by Brita...
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Benedict Cumberbatch, fiancee Sophie Hunter expecting babyJan 07, 2015 12:01 am - LONDON - There's good news - again - from "Sherlock" star Benedict Cumberbatch. The actor and theater director Sophie Hunter announced in November that they were engaged...
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Downey, 'Big Bang' win big at People's Choice AwardsJan 07, 2015 12:01 am - Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy also scores at People's Choice Awards
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For Dardennes and Cotillard, cinematic love at first sightJan 06, 2015 4:45 am - NEW YORK - The great reservoir of the Dardenne brothers' nine feature films has been their Belgium hometown, to which they've returned again and again to plumb the daily...
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Producers Guild announces awards nominees, snubs 'Selma'Jan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its 26th annual awards, and the celebrated civil rights drama "Selma" isn't on the list. The ...
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Box office top 20: 'American Sniper' hits $107 millionJan 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The record wide-release opening of "American Sniper" was even bigger than estimated. Clint Eastwood's war drama took in $107 million over the four-day Ma...
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Rising stars: You might not know them ... but you willJan 04, 2015 6:01 am - Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Alicia Vikander. Randall Park. Lily James. Nothing? Just give them a few months. A whole new slate of actors, including those promising talents, are mov...