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'Love Actually' director regrets Keira Knightley 'stalker scene': 'We live in a very different world.'
"He actually turns up, to his best friend’s house, to say to his best friend's wife, on the off chance that she answers the door, 'I love you,'" director Richard...
Sundance review: Emilia Clarke hatches an egg — again — in 'Pod Generation'
The Mother of Dragons does domesticity.
Paramount+ drops wild, action-packed 'Infinite' trailer
The teaser is packed with sword fights, blazing guns, a fight scene atop a sky-high crane, a crazy car chase right through NYPD headquarters, and more.
'The Lion King' review: Disney's new CGI animation is astonishing
As metaphors for Hollywood in 2019 go, it’s hard to beat “Circle of Life.” A thing is born, it lives (hopefully turning a nice profit for shareholders) and then it...
Kate Winslet and Casey Affleck can't lift unsatisfying 'Triple 9'
There's a blue-chip cast running the gamut from A (Casey Affleck) to W (Kate Winslet) and terrific action sequences in “Triple 9’’ — but in the end, this relentlessly nihilistic...
Roberts and Kidman fall flat in new thriller
"You look a million years old," Los Angeles DA Claire (Nicole Kidman) tells her chief investigator Jess (Julia Roberts, who seems to be going for what my colleague Kyle Smith...
'Z for Zachariah' is a post-apocalyptic snoozefest
Even an engaging performance by Margot Robbie as the proverbial last woman on Earth isn’t enough to save “Z for Zachariah" from becoming yet another ploddingly pretentious Sundance dud. The...
'Z for Zachariah' is a post-apocalyptic snoozefest
“Z for Zachariah,” just your ordinary every day post-apocalyptic love triangle flick, is one of those Sundance entries that’s all subtext and lingering glances and atmospherics and call it "Z...
How Benedict and Lupita are making stage names obsolete
Wanna know how you know Benedict Cumberbatch is talented? He’s risen to the upper echelons of Hollywood with a name like Benedict Cumberbatch. Imagine how far he could have gone...
'Gravity' wins big at BAFTA awards
The searing historical drama "12 Years a Slave" took best picture honors at Sunday's British academy awards in London, as well as best actor honors for Chiwetel Ejiofor as the...
'12 Years a Slave' should win Oscars -- unless voters cop out
Will Oscar voters choose to make history by embracing the unflinching, race-driven historical epic “12 Years a Slave’’ or reach for the cinematic equivalent of comfort food for a fourth...
Italian distributor apologizes for '12 Years a Slave' posters
MILAN — The Italian distributor of the film "12 Years A Slave" has apologized for promotional posters attacked as racist for featuring Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender, despite their relatively...
Does 'Gravity' have the gravitas to win the Best Picture Oscar?
Does the sci-fi spectacular “Gravity’’ have sufficient gravitas to win this year’s Best Picture Oscar? Not so long ago, I would have said “no way’’ and told you to put...
5 reasons 'Love, Actually' isn't all it's cracked up to be
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Christmas-themed “Love Actually,” and with it, a new Blu-ray release. The movie certainly has its legions of fans who watch and re-watch...
'30s period drama needs 'Edge'
Whether it’s coincidence or just dumb luck, the timing gods are smiling on Starz this weekend. I say that because the star of its new five-episode series, “Dancing On the...
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Pitt helped get ’12 Years’ to the screen
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” is one of this award season’s most anticipated films. But according to its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, it might have never made it to theaters...