When it comes to its creature design, "The Darkest Hour" opts for a less-is-more approach.
Who -- or what -- is "War Horse" for?
"The Adventures of Tintin" is the first of two Steven Spielberg movies to hit theaters this week, the second being "War Horse," on Christmas Day.
The best in film and TV are revealed as nominations are announced for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is not a very good movie.
Back in 2008, while hope was still alive, I was canvassing for Barack Obama in Nevada -- in a suburban area that borders the Las Vegas Strip. At first glance, the neighborhood looked idyllic.
American sci-fi fans are missing something.
When I was a young boy, I dreamed of two things: one, to become a paleontologist, and another, to have a pet dinosaur. I have become a paleontologist, and now I strive to figure out a way to bring back or create my living dinosaur.
Unless the mice have got there first, somewhere in a box in my basement you'll find a dusty old Super-8 projector and a handful of spools of film.
The first wave of of baby boomers -- including Cher, Steven Spielberg, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and nearly 3 million other Americans -- will turn 65 this year. If you're among those celebrating in 2011 or the next few years, you may be feeling a bit gloomy about a birthday that officially crowns you a senior citizen. You're too young to be old, right?
The first rule for any critic must be: Keep an open mind. The second rule: Hope for the best.
Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, who starred in "Inception" and "The Usual Suspects," has died at the age of 64, his agent said Monday.
The In the Name of the Father Oscar nominee was 64
Entertained the annual worst-movie-of-all-time debate with a friend the other day.
The mechanical shark rarely worked, but everything else did for "Jaws," Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller that set the standard by which all summer blockbusters have since been measured.
Do you think the idea of Jake Gyllenhaal playing a time-traveling Arabian swordsman seems far-fetched?
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's new HBO series honors the World War II veterans who served in the Pacific theater.
We've made our picks of actresses to play Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. Now make yours!
Some reviewers have called "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's World War II film about D-Day and the search for a soldier, one of the greatest war movies.
Financing for DreamWorks Studios' partnership with one of India's richest men was finalized Monday, giving Steven Spielberg and partner Stacey Snider money to resume making movies.
It's a no-brainer why DreamWorks wants to ally with Walt Disney.
The director joins Brad Pitt in fighting the California proposition that would ban gay marriage
I am so proud of everyone who turned out to Monday's premiere of the film "Tropic Thunder" to protest its unfortunate and humiliating portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities.
Is a reported deal teaming up the legendary director's Dreamworks studio with a cash-rich Indian entertainment company the wave of the future?
Shrek, E.T. and Scarface make the list
Boosted by immense star power, the L.A. team beat Boston, 87-81
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes -- from the gun-packing maverick who shoots first and asks questions later to the unlikely hero, blinking with surprise at his newly found ass-kicking skills.
It's been a long, long time since the last "last" time: When Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. rode off into the sunset in May 1989, courtesy of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," the Berlin Wall was still standing, George H.W. Bush was only four months into his presidency, and Harrison Ford was just a young whippersnapper of 46.
CNN's Brooke Anderson reports on the reaction to the premiere of the new 'Indiana Jones' movie in Cannes.
At its premiere, the new Indy gets more cheers at the start than the end. But TIME finds the old franchise winningly updated
Hollywood producers hit Cannes to sell movies and in turn, boost the U.S. economy. CNN's Brooke Anderson reports.
CNN's John Vause reports Steven Spielberg has quit as an advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics over Darfur.
When one of the world's greatest movie directors and most creative minds decides to make a video game, what is he looking for? Just something he can play with his kids.
Unless they happened to have adolescent daughters, it's unlikely that many Hollywood executives donned funny glasses the first weekend in February to catch the film debut - in glorious 3-D - of Disney's tween TV and pop star Miley Cyrus, better known to fans as Hannah Montana. But come Monday, there were high-level meetings all over town to deal with its impact. "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" opened small, on only 683 screens. But thanks to packed theaters and premium ticket prices ($15 to $24 each), it booked $31 million. That's $45,000 per screen - a Hollywood record.
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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media
Steven Spielberg's decision to withdraw from his position as an artistic director for this summer's Beijing Olympics over the country's policies in Darfur is drawing fire from China's state-controlled media and its public, reports the Associated Press.
ITN's Richard Pallot reports on the call for Chinese President Hu Jintao to take urgent action on Darfur.
The director's withdrawal from the 2008 Olympics was a public relations disaster for Beijing, but China could have bigger problems on its hands if others follow
Steven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $700,000 Norman Rockwell painting someone snatched from a Missouri gallery. It was in his collection in California.
CNN's Paula Hancocks takes a closer look at the world of art theft and the people who practice it.
Candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama draw an Oscar-worthy crowd
It's that time of year for seasonal trips to the movies, and to celebrate, the Screening Room is taking a look back at our favorite family hits over the years.
Movie deaths can be tragic, heroic, spine-chilling -- even funny. This month, we've brought together our favorite screen exits, from Psycho to Bambi.
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and now ... Madonna.
The Los Angeles County sherriff's department has arrested a man for selling stolen goods from Steven Spielberg's production office.
CNN's Carol Costello reports on censorship at the Emmy Awards -- political or otherwise.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. head Jeffrey Katzenberg said Wednesday that Viacom Inc. shouldn't be nonchalant about the possibility of losing Steven Spielberg.
Electronic Arts Inc. Tuesday unveiled the first details of original video games in development in a collaborative project with Academy Award winning director and producer Steven Spielberg.
What do Hugh Hefner, Jennifer Aniston, Jerry Springer, and Mr. Spock have in common?
Ever drive through a really wealthy neighborhood and wonder how those people got there? Sure, some inherited their way to the top, but once you put aside your initial envy you know that's not true of most of them. These people made it.
Film director Steven Spielberg and TV producer Mark Burnett are teaming up on a new series due in the summer of 2007, according to a news report Friday.
QUESTION: I wanted to see Steven Spielberg's movie Munich, but my wife didn't want me to go. She believes a director who tries to be as fair to terrorists as to the people who hunt them down is mo...
It has been the subject of controversy and the subject of jokes -- how many times have you heard variations on "I wish I knew how to quit you" or seen parodies of its poster? -- but mostly "Brokeback Mountain" has been the subject of honors.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jan 30 2006 13:06:00
More guys want Jessica Alba for their girlfriend than any other woman, according to AskMen.com's top 99 list for 2006.
"Munich" is a masterpiece.
Steven Spielberg has called his new film, "Munich," "a prayer for peace." But -- probably much to his dismay -- the film has provoked war, a war of words if not of deeds.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Jul 15 2005 14:09:00
Some big names in show business are getting behind some big "robots in disguise."
At a traffic intersection in blue-collar New Jersey, the pavement buckles and shakes, a church front shimmies away from its walls, and a dark metallic body that looks like a giant robot squid bursts, as if born, from the earth, rising up over the block with its trio of deadly tentacles, its plated pterodactyl head, its glowing spotlight eyes.
There's a reason certain stars get eight figures to appear in a film, and it's not talent.
H.G. Wells' alien invasion story "The War of the Worlds," first published in 1898, is a looking glass for the fears of the times.
"Courage and stupidity." That's what Steven Spielberg says he was full of when he filmed "Jaws." At 27, he was brave enough to take on Peter Benchley's killer-shark megaseller, but he was too naive to realize that his mechanical man-eater would malfunction to the point where he'd dub it ''the Great White Turd.''
Summer in Hollywood usually hits in early May, when the big-budget action-adventure flicks, comedies and epics start hitting the multiplex. Between then and Labor Day weekend, the movie industry makes more than half its money.
showbuzzupdated: Mon May 09 2005 14:36:00
No, says director Mike Nichols, he wasn't trying to create a cultural icon or even a film that would captivate some members of the under-30 generation in 2005 just as powerfully as it had in 1967.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Apr 29 2005 13:53:00
Looking for Mr. Romance?
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Money Magazine: Perp walk of fameupdated: Wed Jan 01 2003 00:01:00
Another crook in the ranks of corporate execs? Yes, but this is different: Connecticut-based Trilegiant, which sells credit-monitoring products, recently hired Frank Abagnale because of his crimina...
A.I., Steven Spielberg's new film about a robot who can love, seems to have about as much verisimilitude as his dinosaur movie. It features Jude Law as a robot gigolo, and David, a disturbingly lif...
Fortune: Hits--Or Misses?updated: Mon Jun 25 2001 00:01:00
When Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jill Krutick upgraded Disney, citing the "psychological impact" of Pearl Harbor, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, can one movie, even a blockbuster, ...
Quite frankly, there's nothing a tech enthusiast like me enjoys more than speculating about which new computer gadgets would make great gifts for my wife, my kid, the rest of my family and, well, m...
Now that the masters of hype have decided they can't make online films fly, Internet entertainment executives are wondering who can. Earlier this month two of Hollywood's most cutting-edge studios-...
You probably heard that institutional investors just snapped up $55 million worth of 7.9% 10-year bonds backed by the estimated future royalties of rock icon David Bowie. Turns out the offering may...
So I find myself astride a hog-size mechanical cock-roach inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, surrounded by the din of a thousand videogames, reflecting on the growing pains of the $8 billion...
When Jerry Breslauer first visited a small educational-software company called Knowledge Adventure, he didn't mention that he was scouting the place as a possible investment for Steven Spielberg, w...
Fortune: COMPANIES TO WATCHupdated: Mon Nov 16 1992 00:01:00
SOFTIMAGE ''I dream for a living,'' director Steven Spielberg once said. Turning those dreams into movies is big business for Softimage. The Montreal company writes the 3-D graphics software that l...
Your servant recently let himself get honeyfogled into attending a performance of Hook, the $65 million (estimated production cost) filmic fantasy directed by Steven Spielberg. Steve was working in...
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