As awards season takes shape, diversity out of the running
Friday, 8 January 2016, 16:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Hollywood's awards season is taking shape, but if early indications are anything to go on, the Academy Awards won't be fielding a much more diverse batch of nominees a year after the academy was...
Family ties of Fey, Poehler tested by 'Sisters'
Thursday, 7 January 2016, 16:24
Last update: about 9 years ago
In "Sisters," Tina Fey and Amy Poehler attempt to bring the most teenage of comedy genres __ that of keg stands and drunken hook-ups __ into middle age. They're a long way from your usual house...
Fassbender broods mightily in Kurzel's 'Macbeth'
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 16:23
Last update: about 9 years ago
William Shakespeare's Scottish play gets a highly stylized, moody and occasionally mystifying update, courtesy of Justin Kurzel, the Australian director responsible for the haunting...
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is fun fan service
Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 16:22
Last update: about 9 years ago
J.J. Abrams may not elevate the language of "Star Wars," but he sure is fluent in it. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is no more and no less than the movie that made us love it in the first place. In...
'Youth' a captivating portrait of friendship, aging
Friday, 18 December 2015, 14:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Superheroes and franchise blockbusters may dominate the multiplex, but Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" is a reminder of the touching, unexpected and unusual places movies can go. Original and...
Why death is common in kids' films and how parents can cope
Thursday, 17 December 2015, 14:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
In the latest Pixar release, "The Good Dinosaur," little Arlo's dad is dramatically washed away by a raging river. And Arlo isn't the only animated hero to lose a family member in the film's...
Q&A: 'Force Awakens' director on best way to watch his movie
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 14:47
Last update: about 9 years ago
J.J. Abrams can't really settle on a favorite moment from his saga of directing, co-writing and co-producing "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but this one isn't bad. "Being here now means we're...
Pixar's trippy 'Good Dinosaur' stumbles
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 14:46
Last update: about 9 years ago
"The Good Dinosaur" is Pixar's most trippy and tripped-up film: a wayward tale, uncertain of its steps, about a Gumby-green young dinosaur lost in prehistoric forests that are rendered in lushly...
Luke Bracey says 'Point Break' remake bigger and better
Monday, 14 December 2015, 14:40
Last update: about 9 years ago
Hollywood actor Luke Bracey said Tuesday the remake of action crime thriller "Point Break" is bigger and better because it's got extreme sports that weren't even invented when the original 1991 hit...