In early returns, the Gyllenhaal cop drama ‘End of Watch’ and Lawrence’s horrorific ‘House at the End of the Street’ lead Eastwood’s baseball movie
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End of Watch: City of Angels in Blue
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are the heroic-bromantic couple in David Ayer’s jittery love letter to cops on the beat
Les Miserables: Will the Film’s Groundbreaking Production Mean an Oscar Win?
It’s only September, but there’s already a lot of talk about Oscar season. Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson is now set for a Nov 23 release—potentially shaking up the nominations for …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Beautiful Creatures
Fans of supernatural-YA-romance-books-turned-into-movies can exhale a little: Twilight will be ending its movie run in November, but the void may soon be filled. The trailer for the main contender for that title, Beautiful Creatures, is available now—and between a sullen brunette, a furrow-browed heartthrob, creepy magic and talking in …
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Celebrates the Reign of the Empress of Fashion
If there’s one thing we learned from this feast-for-the-eyes documentary, made by Vreeland’s granddaughter-in-law, it’s that the mind has to race to keep up with the inimitable Vogue editor
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Emma Watson Goes to Pittsburgh
Harry Potter’s Hermione comforts a lonely high-school freshman in Stephen Chbosky’s film of his young-adult best-seller
Trouble With the Curve: A Solid Hit for Clint Eastwood
At 82, the Hollywood icon and RNC ad-libber gets good wood on a baseball story as venerable and compelling as its star
The Hobbit: What We Know So Far About Peter Jackson’s Epic Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit turns 75 on Friday, and the folks at Warner Bros. must have thought it was the perfect time to release a brand-new trailer. The new trailer, full of action that will leave you cheering for the …
Oscars vs. Globes: A Big Announcement Changes the Oscar Race, Fails to Fix the Problem
It was the breaking news that shook the entertainment world Tuesday night — or rather, the small echo chamber of awards pundits that I check with every night before I go to bed. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences …
Anderson Twofer: Resident Evil 5 and The Master Nail Big Openings
Paul W.S. Anderson’s horror franchise and Paul Thomas Anderson’s non-Scientology drama upstage the 3-D rerelease of ‘Finding Nemo’
Postcards from the Festivals: Seven Films at Toronto and Venice
What did you miss by skipping the September fests? This batch of movies, some worth catching
Ninjas Keep Noisy Theater-Goers In Line
One London theater takes a startling approach to disruptive behavior
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Teen Angel’s Dreamy Angst
Emma Watson of the Harry Potter franchise comes to America to comfort a lonely high-school freshman in Stephen Chbosky’s film of his young-adult best-seller
