Rosamund Pike

She's hardly a household name in America, but Sally Hawkins is a major rising star in British film and theater circles, perhaps best known for her 2008 Golden Globe winning performance in Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky." Now she's a big hit......

• Looks like the Oscars won't be moving up to January after all as per the following statement: "The Academy’s Board of Governors has determined that the date of the 84th Academy Awards in 2012 will not be significantly earlier than the now-...

The film adaptation of a Mordecai Richler novel seems tailor made for Paul Giamatti. No matter that he's not Jewish, as is the hero of “Barney's Version.”  He matches up well with Dustin Hoffman, there's a part for Saul Rubinek, and a...

“I Am Number Four” isn't bad, for what it is, a young-hunk-and-hottie sci-fi thriller about runway ready aliens chased by boogie men through the high schools of Earth. Not great reviews, overall, but again, for what it is… Liam Neeson'...

Danielle Berrin, who writes the Hollywood Jew blog for the Jewish Journal, is a natural-born provocateur. She got into a heated e-mail debate with Aaron Sorkin after she blasted “The Social Network” for its negative portrayal of Jewish women...

What, exactly, was “Made in Dagenham,” the gigantic Ford factory in the UK, back in 1968? Nothing less than equal rights for women, Nigel Cole's “Norma Rae from the UK” suggests. It's a cheeky and uplifting “inspired-by-a-...

Paul Giamatti is not exactly obvious romantic lead material, but in “Barney's Version,” Canadian director Richard J. Lewis's adaptation of Mordecai Richler's last novel, he mostly pulls it off. This is all the more impressive, given that Barney P...

Paging “Top Gear.” Who would have guessed that tall, stately and “posh” British actress Rosamund Pike is a bit of a “petrol head,” as they say in the UK? It's the sort of thing that comes up when you switch the...

Paul Giamatti, the unlikeliest leading man of his generation, is perfectly cast in “Barney's Version,” an intimate relationship epic based on a Mordecai Richler novel. It's a dream role for the balding, paunchy Giamatti, who manages...