Jim Sturgess

Right now it looks like Colin Firth is far ahead in the Academy Award race for lead actor. All Oscarologists know that voters are suckers for actors who portray real-life characters (Forest Whittaker in "Last King of Scotland," Philip Seymour Hoffman in...

New movies are wisely staying out of the way of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," this weekend, except, of course, for Russell Crowe's -- his thriller "The Next Three Days" is the other lone wide release. Whether Crowe's (and Elizabeth...

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 &#...

Dates are changing, studios are firming up release plans, figuring out what will actually be finished in time for this or that target date, in some cases. Films will be picked up at Sundance and find their way into theaters. Documentaries will find a...

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The director Peter Weir begins the conversation by stating the obvious. “I am drawn to big, difficult things that can hold my attention for two or three years. Outdoors, sure. Big cast? If I can get one. Distant locations? Certainly.” He’s...

Peter Weir's “The Way Back” is an entertaining old-fashioned prison escape movie with a touch of the epic about it. The novelty in this “Great Escape” is that the prisoners — soldiers and political prisoners — are on...

The legendary British horror label Hammer Films has Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe lined up for an upcoming feature — The Woman in Black. He'd play a lawyer–sorry, “solicitor” -- involved in settling an estate, meeting the...

Kirsten Dunst thought kissing Brad Pitt was disgusting. Hopefully, Angelina Jolie doesn't agree. As for the reason she's bashing the onetime sexiest man alive's tonsil-hockey skills? Well, she was 11, for starters, when she played an undead woman...

It's best not to overthink the sci-fi love story "Upside Down" and just enjoy its dazzling visuals, dream-like inventiveness and lush romanticism. Writer-director Juan Solanas' dystopian concoction is set in twinned worlds with opposite gravity pulls:...

Robert Zemeckis' feature directorial debut, a sing-a-long and a celebration of John Lennon are among the highlights of Beatles Fest this weekend at the Laemmle Noho 7 theater in North Hollywood. The mini-film festival is part of a city-wide...

now playing "Argo" (R). In 1979, after Iranian revolutionaries storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans trapped. With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin. TownMall Cinemas (1:00,...