With his portrayal of hard-drinking, womanizing detective Jimmy McNulty on The Wire, British actor Dominic West established himself as something of a charming rogue. In his new film, West goes fully dark as real-life serial …
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Cowboys, Aliens, Snakes and Sharks: In Praise of Literal Movie Titles
This piece was originally published on TIME.com in August 2011. We are re-running it for the DVD release of Cowboys and Aliens.
I want to see the movie Cowboys & Aliens. I’m not particularly interested in a story of outer …
Bollywood Bids Farewell to Actor and Icon Dev Anand
Twilight Breaking a Record, Moviegoers Breaking Down
Bella and Edward squeezed another win out of a depleted audience, while The Artist, The Descendants and Shame launched their Oscar drives
Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory
This robust study of a war lover, his blood-lusting mom and a nation in political turmoil has a bonus: words by Shakespeare
Director Kenneth Lonergan Emerges to Tell Us He’s on Team Margaret
A Twitter movement was born this week: #TeamMargaret. The hashtag is a passion plea for You Can Count On Me writer/director Kenneth Lonergan’s second film Margaret, a film that grossed $47,185 in miniature release in late …
Shame Director Steve McQueen on Sex and Silence
After his startling debut feature Hunger, a brutal yet poetic evocation of the 1981 Northern Irish hunger strikes, Turner Prize–winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has returned with Shame, a character study that’s at turns explicit …
Will Pixar’s First Female Lead Break the Mold?
Have you seen the trailer for Pixar’s new movie, Brave? The animation studio’s new film follows a young Scottish girl who wants to be a warrior but whose family tries to force her into becoming a demure, ladylike maiden. On …
Year-End Awards: National Board of Review Says ‘We Go with Hugo‘
America’s most venerable movie group also cites The Descendants, Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter and virtually every other film but Your Highness
Today’s Movie Trailer: Disney’s John Carter
Walt Disney Pictures’ John Carter doesn’t premiere in theaters until March 2012, but that doesn’t mean that Disney won’t crank up the old buzz machine to get people talking about the interplanetary action flick.
Shame: Michael Fassbender’s Naked Launch
In a ferocious but remote performance as a Manhattan man addicted to sex, the Irish-German star reveals more than his acting skills
Ex-FBI Agents Lash Out At Eastwood’s J. Edgar—Hoover Not Gay!
Clint Eastwood’s biopic of famed lawman J.Edgar Hoover is ruffling a few feathers among former FBI agents
Jim Rash On Co-Writing The Descendants and the Future of Community
Earlier this month, the small but rabid fan base of the NBC sitcom Community received some discouraging news: the show will be put on indefinite hiatus after the new year due to low ratings, perhaps never to return. But fans can …