Chris Weitz

In the film “A Better Life,” Mexican actor Demián Bichir stars as an East L.A. gardener, an undocumented immigrant who’s doggedly pursuing the American dream. On Wednesday, Bichir, who immigrated to the United States some 20 years ago to...

Gary Ross will not direct "Catching Fire," the sequel to "The Hunger Games." Can finding a new director on the sequel work?...

When Tim Griffin first auditioned for a role in NBC's "Prime Suspect," he read for a completely different part than that of NYPD Det. Augie Blando. But after meeting the veteran character actor, producers Peter Berg and Alexandra Cunningham asked him...

Demian Bichir does a great job playing an illegal immigrant and gardener in this movie, but the rest of the cast didn’t seem authentic to me. When his son (Jose Julian) is with classmates or they’re talking to gang members, it all seemed...

The Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards honored the work of "Super 8," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Cowboys & Aliens," and others. J.J. Abrams, Jon Favreau, Michael Bay and Harrison Ford were among the presenters....

Demian Bichir from 'A Better Life' is deserving of Oscar best actor glory...

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” demolished its enemies at the domestic box office this weekend, but the film really made a killing overseas. The 3-D movie, the third in a franchise about alien robots that transform into vehicles, opened in......

May 6 The Beaver A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...

Films have been slipping in, without fanfare (or so much as a studio publicist phone call to your friendly neighborhood movie critic) all summer, so there may yet be surprises (“Cave of Forgotten Dreams” opened that way). But here's what we're...

While we're busy screaming over feathery Twitpics from "Breaking Dawn," Summit Entertainment is offering "The Twilight Saga" fans a juicy stocking stuffer to tide them over -- an extras-packed, two-disc DVD set for "Eclipse." The Ministry caught up with...

We keep a running in-house tally of what's opening and when on the cinema scene, and a few times a year, I just dump the dates I have out on the blog here to give you an idea of what's opening, what it's about, and when. As May 6 is the more or less &#...