Universal Pictures has delayed the release of “Fast & Furious 7” for almost a year following the death of star Paul Walker, who will still be included in the movie.
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Hollywood may soon be coming to a neighborhood near you with final state approval of a $20 million-a-year tax credit program to lure film productions to Nevada.
Underscoring deeply conflicted characters, who are on a mission to reconceive their unsatisfying circumstances, has become director David O. Russell’s sweet spot. From his raw 1996 film, “Flirting With Disaster,” to last year’s acclaimed “Silver Linings Playbook,” he effectively unravels the disarray.
In the hands of Emma Thompson, “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers is a spoonful of something, all right, but it sure ain’t sugar.
The takeaway from “Saving Mr. Banks”? That “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers was a miserable excuse for a human being. Here’s a look at 15 of her bitchiest moments in “Saving Mr. Banks”:
Writer-director David O. Russell’s “American Hustle,” set in 1978 and ever-so-loosely based on the Abscam corruption scandal, offers some of the year’s best characters thanks to Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner.
There may be legal ramifications for Shia LaBeouf after he acknowledged borrowing from another artist’s work without giving proper credit.
Instead of going the traditional route to market “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” a film producer decided to spend the entire budget to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
It starts off strong, and it ends even stronger. And there’s the middle.
Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” and “Rebecca” and also was featured in films by Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang and Nicholas Ray, died Sunday. She was 96.
He may have a license to kill, but is he sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming’s series of James Bond novels say the celebrated spy regularly drank more than four times the recommended limit of alcohol per week.
For a movie that’s all about literally going home again, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is further proof of just how hard it is to do so figuratively.
The searing historical epic “12 Years a Slave” and the con-artist caper “American Hustle” lead the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each.
