The Impossible (movie)

It could be a dark and stormy Oscar night. Among the historical epics, political thrillers and romantic dramas on the awards scene, several films that feature nature's fury are clouding the horizon. "Life of Pi," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The...

The nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. Steven Spielberg's epic on the 16th president, "Lincoln," stood out in the film categories with seven Golden Globe nominations, followed...

Jessica Chastain was among the five women nominated for this year's Screen Actors Guild lead actress award for her starring role as an obsessive CIA analyst in "Zero Dark Thirty." It marks the second time in two years Chastain, 35, has been nominated by...

LOS ANGELES -- Steven Spielberg's historical biography "Lincoln," the musical epic "Les Miserables" and the quirky romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" dominated the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations Wednesday morning, receiving four...

Re-creating a true story always adds an extra layer of difficulty for filmmakers who know they have to get it right.  But for the cast and crew of "The Impossible," it became an effort of obsessive proportions. Director Juan Antonio Bayona understood...

Steven Spielberg's historical epic "Lincoln" earned a record-shattering 13 Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations Tuesday morning. Among its nods were best film, best director for Steven Spielberg, best actor for Daniel...

Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sanchez had worked together on “The Orphanage,” a twisted coming-of-age tale that put both of them on the international filmmaking stage. Their second collaboration, “The Impossible,” which opens...

There was no money for special effects, and using CGI and a green screen wouldn't have given "The Impossible" the feel that director J.A. Bayona was looking for anyway when he made his movie about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. So into the tank they...

Last month after a screening, even as the lights came up in the theater, I could feel "Zero Dark Thirty" fading, its images and impact already softening in my head. No, no, wait: not fading — mingling. If our cultural experiences rub shoulders at...

*** (out of four) In movies, even the most universal truths aren't a given. Love can appear unconvincing; family members seem like they barely know each other. In “The Impossible,” however, the simplest emotional necessities come through...

Director Juan Antonio Bayona and screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez would never have made "The Impossible" if it wasn't for their producer's chance discovery of a radio program featuring Maria Belon, a Spanish wife and mother who along with her family...

"Zero Dark Thirty," Kathryn Bigelow's drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was named the best film of the year Wednesday by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The movie, set to open in limited release Dec. 19, took home two other...