Displaying items 97-108 of 127
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next >
-
Despite controversy, 'Zero Dark Thirty' soars in limited release
The backlash in Washington over "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't reach the box office, as Kathryn Bigelow's CIA thriller got off to an excellent start in limited release. Playing in five theaters, the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden grossed $410,000...
Tags: Osama bin Laden, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Kristen Stewart, The White Ribbon (movie), Central Intelligence Agency
-
Oscar 8-Ball: Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Three years after "The Hurt Locker" and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, won Oscars, the hunt for Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" is putting its director back into the awards-season conversation. How will academy voters respond? Time for another...Tags: Reviews, Entertainment Events, Central Intelligence Agency, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Quentin Tarantino
-
'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees
The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Usually only five...Tags: Dennis Rodman, West of Memphis (movie), Argo (movie), Golden Globe Awards, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
-
National Society of Film Critics names 'Amour' best of 2012
The National Society of Film Critics named "Amour," Michael Haneke's heartbreaking drama about an elderly couple, the best film of 2012 on Saturday. Haneke was named best director and Emmanuelle Riva was named best actress. "The Master" came in...Tags: The Gatekeepers (movie), Amy Adams, Matthew McConaughey, Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke
-
My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: Chicago Reader, Channing Tatum, Joe Wright, The Cabin in the Woods (movie), Jordan Peele
-
For 'Les Miz' and more, the color red makes a statement
For most of "Les Misérables," things do not go well for Fantine. Abandoned by the father of her child, she goes on a long spiral down the economic ladder and winds up working in a brothel. And although she's always featured with a splash of color in the...
Tags: Joe Wright, Quentin Tarantino, Julie White, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Atonement (movie)
-
'Les Miz' in NYC: Plenty of weeping, no gnashing of teeth
Tom Hooper's feverishly anticipated adaptation of "Les Misérables" screened for the media, academy and guild members this afternoon at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in a finished version that Hooper says he turned in at 2 a.m. Thanksgiving Day....
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Eddie Redmayne, Denzel Washington, Argo (movie), Gold Standard Incorporated
-
'The Master' offers a cinematic world unlike any other
Already open in New York and Los Angeles and going into general release Friday, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's strange, audacious drama "The Master" evokes a feverish state of mind more than a conventional movie, though its story can be...
Tags: Amy Adams, World War II (1939-1945), Kenneth Branagh, Jason Robards, Film Festivals
-
'Silver Linings Playbook': Humanity in high-maintenance characters ★★★ 1/2
Hollywood movies, and even off-Hollywood independent films, have long encouraged us to empathize with unstable or psychologically troubled characters only if they're "kooky" for a little while, as a prelude to more palatable, normalized levels of...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Paul Thomas Anderson, Mental Health, Movies, Bradley Cooper
-
Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman's 'The Master' set for record-breaking opening weekend
Pop2itPaul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-inspired awards contender grossed $242,127 from five theaters for a remarkable $48,425 per-screen average; "Resident Evil: Retribution" was No.1 with $8.4 million.... -
Toronto Film Festival Day 2 recap: The Master's domain!
Here's a Day 2 recap from the Toronto International Film Festival. Everybody sees a different slate of movies each day here. Friday went this way: After the gamer-oriented slaughter of “Dredd 3D,” the fanciful and tricksy theatrics of director...
Tags: Joe Wright, Film Festivals, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toronto International Film Festival, Paul Thomas Anderson
-
Toronto's Hollywood juggernaut can't swamp indie pleasures
In "Argo," one of the leanest satisfactions of this year's massive Toronto International Film Festival, director and star Ben Affleck anchors a movie based on the true story about how Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez faked his way into...
Tags: Joe Wright, A Prophet (movie), Central Intelligence Agency, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Toronto (Canada)
Dec 23, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 5, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Nov 29, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 23, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Sep 14, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Nov 15, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 15, 2012
| Zap2It
Sep 8, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 10, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Original site for The Master (movie) topic gallery.