Films

Buddies recruit friends for 'This Is the End'

10 days ago

As an actor, Rogen, 31, from his early days on the cult TV series Freaks and Geeks through such movies as Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and 50/50, is often the smart but foul-mouthed friend.

Live-action Archie comics movie planned

12 days ago

"Conjecture has thus followed that the film will include a supernatural element, but Aguirre-Sacasa dispels that notion: "It won't be 'Archie and the Walking Dead,'" he says.

Movies with corporate America in starring roles

14 days ago

In other cases, movies are based on real-life events - sometimes without the featured company's cooperation.

Does `After Earth' end reign of Mr. Box Office?

15 days ago

"When you're a Tom Cruise or Will Smith, there are huge expectations placed on a movie that are not placed on an ensemble," said Paul Dergarabedian of box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

Cinema's colorful wildlife on view at Cannes

23 days ago

As the partying journalist of Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," Toni Servillo was surveying Rome's colorful nightlife, but he might as well have been contemplating the Cannes Film Festival.

A Native American tale with international pedigree

32 days ago

"As for whether "Jimmy P." constitutes an American film, Desplechin said he sides with the festival's classification, which goes by director.

Texas Rangers Spring Break: Talking movies with David Murphy

49 days ago

Most movies today you know how they're going to end up, but there were a lot of parts in this movie that surprised me and didn't end up how I thought they would."

'Veronica Mars' film online fundraiser launches

97 days ago

"You have banded together like the sassy little honey badgers you are and made this possibility happen," Bell said in an online message, promising the "sleuthiest, snarkiest" movie possible.

Texas Rangers spring break: Talking movies with David Murphy

99 days ago

Most movies today you know how they're going to end up, but there were a lot of parts in this movie that surprised me and didn't end up how I thought they would."

Basketball inspires March Movie Madness

102 days ago

What remains is a funny film in which former college standout Bill Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) hustles black street ballers who assume he doesn't have game because of the shade of his skin.

Disney, Sam Raimi gamble on return trip to Oz

103 days ago

"I already had a lot of faith in the movie because Sam was attached, but as an Oz fan, I wanted to be sure that the approach was sound," the actor said.

Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for 'Life of Pi'

114 days ago

"Life of Pi," a shipwreck story told in 3-D, won a leading four trophies, including musical score, cinematography and visual effects.

Oscar animators ready to be taken seriously

117 days ago

"The Scotland-set "Brave," a darker fable from Pixar about a rebellious red-headed princess named Merida, will face off against four other animated films at Sunday's 85th annual Academy Awards.

'Twilight' author Meyer plots another trilogy

118 days ago

"The Host" will inevitably draw comparisons to the book and film series that made Meyer a phenomenon, but she hopes the story stands alone and appeals to a broader audience than just "Twi-hards.

Little audience for 'Zero Dark Thirty' in Pakistan

119 days ago

All films shown at cinemas must be approved by a board of censors, and the head of the censor board, Dr. Raja Mustafa Hyder, said no distributor has applied for permission to show the film.

International sensibility adds up for 'Life of Pi'

121 days ago

"The more we see examples of these unorthodox films with global settings that are actually making the cash registers ring, it's a step in the direction of trying to find more of them."

Overseas slice of 'Pi' flips Hollywood formula

121 days ago

"But it's a big, beautiful world out there, and when you deliver a film that has the strength of story, the emotionality, the spirituality and the spectacle of a film like 'Pi,' people show up.

"Cloud Atlas" cut by 38 minutes for China audience

146 days ago

Chinese citizens have recently been become more outspoken, especially on social media, with complaints about censorship of imported films as well as the home-grown movie industry and news media.

Filming begins on DreamWorks' WikiLeaks movie

146 days ago

DreamWorks Studios says filming has begun on a movie about WikiLeaks, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (TV's "Sherlock") as the website's controversial founder, Julian Assange.

Movie review: 'The Last Stand'

152 days ago

With Terminator 5 announced and a fleet of other Schwarzenegger movies in the pipeline, those afraid that this indeed would be Arnold's last stand can breathe a sigh of relief.

A look ahead at 2013 in movies

159 days ago

Buzz kill: It's a new director for this one, and Francis Lawrence has a mixed record ( Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants), so it remains to be seen if he can handle a movie this big.

Tom Cruise says making movies is still fun

160 days ago

Appearing at a news conference with director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Rosamund Pike, Cruise said, "It was so much fun making the film.

HBO will continue screening Universal movie

163 days ago

HBO is renewing its deal with Universal Pictures to be the exclusive pay-TV provider of the studio's movies for another decade, the companies say.

Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land'

167 days ago

Yet industry groups and environmental activists alike see "Promised Land" very much as a message film about the perils of the gas boom, and are reacting accordingly.

Photos

Related Topics

Partners

Blogs

Web