The grandly mounted "Exodus: Gods and Kings" will restore your faith in filmmaker Ridley Scott's ability to make visually spectacular movies. Now if only he could return to making ones that stir us in other ways.
Taken director Pierre Morel has recruited a pretty amazing roster of dudes for his latest film The Gunman : Sean Penn , Javier Bardem , Idris Elba , Ray Winstone and Mark Rylance all feature in the movie. The story, despite being based on a well-regarded novel, looks like boilerplate stuff, as Penn is a special ops sniper who is targeted by his own group and, as a defense, threatens to expose all their covert actions.
Peter Jackson, New Zealand's best known writer-director-producer of films that have been happily boggling viewers' minds for the past couple of decades, appeared to be very relaxed the morning after his newest, 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,' premiered in London a couple of weeks ago. It's the end of the road for his critically and financially successful series of J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations that began with one film of each of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, and has now come full circle with the third of three films based on 'The Hobbit.'
The Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a musical or comedy film have been announced in Beverly Hills, California, by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The Golden Globe nominations for best television drama series have been announced in Beverly Hills, California, by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The nominees announced Thursday morning are: "The Affair," ''Downton Abbey," ''Game of Thrones," ''The Good Wife" and "House of Cards."
Thousands of crows roosting at night in a western Ohio city's downtown leave some residents comparing the crow-laden landscape to the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds" as they work to drive away the flocks. The crows troubling Springfield aren't aggressive, as birds in the 1963 thriller were portrayed.
Just when you thought it was safe to listen to Christmas music, along comes Christopher Lee to persuade you otherwise. You probably know Lee - he's been in 300 or so movies, including Star Wars , Lord of the Rings and more.
Remember when jangly pop bands used to tell you not to talk to strangers? I sure don't, because I didn't exist at the time. However, the message of the songs is contradicted pretty heavily.
Miguel Zapata is charged with attempted murder. Zapata was a child actor, playing a role in the 2004 crime thriller "Suspect Zero."