Star Matt Damon shines bright, but all else in blight, in this egregiously dewy family drama
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Director Wim Wenders On Filming the Work of Pina Bausch in 3-D
Wenders spent 20 years trying to figure out how he could bring the experience of a live Pina show to the screen. When 3-D returned in popularity, he saw his chance.
Angelina Jolie Goes Dark in the Land of Blood and Honey
In Angelina Jolie’s respectful and more than respectable directorial debut, the grimly immersive In the Land of Blood and Honey, a woman ends up in a Serbian rape camp overseen by a man she had a fleeting romance with on the …
Spielberg’s 3-D Cartoon Adventure: It’s Tintinastic!
The 65-year-old boy wonder finds a kindred spirit in Hergé’s teen hero, and the beloved comic book becomes a whirling, almost abstract miracle of nonstop motion
Brace Yourselves for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Child star Thomas Horn is so good, Stephen Daldry’s weepfest nearly overcomes its Unbearable Cuteness
The Hobbit Trailer: Lord of the Rings Redux
It was ten years ago this month that The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part in one of the most ambitious sagas ever filmed, was released. Now, we have our first look at the prequel to that trilogy. And…it looks pretty much …
That’s Some Bad Hat, Harry:
The Many Ball Caps of Steven Spielberg
Yes, he’s one of the richest, most successful directors of all time. And yes, he likes to rock awful baseball caps. What of it?
Holiday Movie Warning: Descendants, Young Adult Are Not the Fun Family Escapes Advertised
Death and disease are heavy subjects. But this holiday season, Hollywood is fooling audiences into buying tickets to these “comedies”
Margin Call Director J.C. Chandor on VOD and the Awards Season Hustle
J.C. Chandor nibbled at the edges of the big time for a decade and a half. He directed short movies, commercials, all the things that one days when they’re trying to break through. Then, a few years ago, he found the story he was …
Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, but You Really Didn’t Have To
This Hollywood adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s creepy best seller, already made into a pretty fine Swedish movie, is slick, grisly and unnecessary
Top 10 Worst Christmas Movies
There’s a thin line between a heartwarming holiday movie and a heartrendingly bad Christmas film. TIME’s Richard Corliss sets his sights on the latter.
Today’s Movie Trailer: The Dark Knight Rises
The trailer for The Dark Knight Rises is finally out, and the final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy looks very promising.
Your Afternoon Movie Clip: Kim Jong Il in Team America
Most of the writers and editors have been scrambling around here at the TIME offices, covering all the angles of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death. Here at TIME Entertainment, we’ve been watching that hilarious Tim Tebow sketch from this weekend’s SNL over and over again. But we felt left out of today’s big news. So here’s a …