State of Play (movie)

Tonight, seven years after it first brought the series to these shores, BBC America will begin replaying the 2003 conspiracy-thriller miniseries "State of Play." It is a terrific work of television, with what seems now a superstar cast and crew,......

Patrick Goldstein weighs in with his thoughts on critics and bloggers criticizing Jennifer Lawrence's appearance in the box-office sensation "The Hunger Games"...

Three years ago Ben Affleck sought out Anthony Weiner for advice on playing a crooked congressman....

The Eagle The mystery of the disappearance of Rome's IX Legion Hispana inspires yet another moderately rousing action picture in “The Eagle,” a film based on Rosemary Sutcliff's popular 1950s novel about “The Eagle of the Ninth.”...

The people who are closest to the world portrayed in a film are almost always the ones quickest to indulge in all sorts of nitpicking criticism of the film's depiction of that world. It's one reason why Hollywood probably has......

She's the star of some of the big romances to come out of Hollywood in recent years — The Notebook, “The Time Traveler's Wife,” and “The Family Stone” and the new sort of rom-com “Morning Glory” which opens Wed....

Imagine the idealists of 1987's “Broadcast News” in the New Media Age. They've given up “important” in pursuit of “numbers.” They avoid the term “journalism” and embrace the “fluff.” That's the ...

Harry Potter has cast his biggest opening-weekend spell yet, thanks largely to fans who rushed to midnight screenings late Thursday. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" sold $125.2 million of tickets this weekend, according to an estimate from....

Neflix is reportedly interested in acquiring an American version of "House of Cards" from director David Fincher ("The Social Network," "Zodiac") and star Kevin Spacey. I'm sure that would be a big deal for Netflix, but it makes me wonder: Why fiddle with...

The mysterious disappearance of Rome's IX Legion Hispana inspires yet another moderately rousing action picture in “The Eagle,” a film based on Rosemary Sutcliff's popular 1950s novel about “The Eagle of the Ninth.” Eagle-eyed...

He's a world-famous funnyman who commands $20 million a movie. So what does Eddie Murphy get you at the multiplex? In the case of his new PG-rated comedy “ Imagine That,” some prepubescent girls -- and not too much else. The year has been...

You never see him at any fancy movie premieres or making the rounds of the talent agencies. He hasn't turned up on any Hollywood power lists. But the 68-year-old Ed Mintz has quietly emerged as a key player in the......