Watchmen (movie)

Alicia Lozano makes her return to the Hero Complex with coverage of a packed-house event at UCLA's Royce Hall. Neil Gaiman had a rough year. His father died while the 49-year-old author was working on a screenplay of his 2005......

"Avatar" leads the competition at the upcoming Saturn Awards, with 10 nominations including bids for best fantasy picture, leads Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana and supporting players Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver. "Sherlock Holmes" has eight...

The Motion Picture Sound Editors have decreed their award winners, which usually foretell the equivalent Oscar champs. Considering its two guild victories, "Avatar" now seems like a good bet to win the academy's kudo for best sound editing, maybe mixing...

Here's an excerpt from Glenn Whipp's film review of "Defendor" in Thursday's editions of the Los Angeles Times... If, as the song instructs, you don't tug on Superman's cape, how exactly would you approach Woody Harrelson's would-be superhero in...

As we reflect on the glory (or the tedium) of the 82nd Academy Awards, here's an imaginary visit to a Hollywood where movie posters live up to the high standards of truth in advertising: These are part of great collection......

Director Bryan Singer and producer Lauren Shuler Donner sit down to discuss the future of the mutant-hero franchise -- and Singer's return with "X-Men: First Class"...

Those first moments in "X-Men" -- the Auschwitz scene is not from any of the comics -- set the film apart from Hollywood convention and opened the door to a new era of fanboy cinema, which has since dominated the box office and elevated San Diego's Comic-...

FIVE QUESTIONS: ADRIAN ASKARIEH Producer Adrian Askarieh has a number of Hollywood projects reaching critical mass. There's "Kane and Lynch," based on the video game, which starts shooting in August with a cast led by Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx.......

If "Kick-Ass" plays in the U.S. like it has overseas, Lionsgate may have something of a hit on its hands despite its somewhat disappointing $19.75-million estimated opening. [Update, 12:25 p.m., April 19: "Kick Ass" ended up number 1 in the......

So now we see why Chris Evans, the onetime Johnny Storm of The Fantastic Four, was selected to play Captain America in the upcoming Avengers comic book epic. The Losers was his audition. Evans steals The Losers, another comic book adaptation about a...

Watch out Warner Bros. It would seem that the superhero flick "Watchmen" is really owned by 20th Century Fox, according to Variety. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Fox owns the distribution rights to the graphic novel by Alan Moore, and that extends...

The family adventure movie "Race to Witch Mountain" flew past "Watchmen" and "Last House on the Left" to win the weekend box-office derby, conjuring $25 million in ticket sales to become Walt Disney Co.'s first No. 1 premiere of the year. Extending a...