The Civil War saga, the musical and the comic drama boosted their Academy Awards prospects Wednesday with four nominations apiece for the Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jason Clarke on Playing an Interrogator and Prepping for a Torture Scene
The film has reignited the debate about CIA techniques. How did the actor prepare to get down and dirty?
Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves
Jamie Foxx is the scourge of antebellum racists, and Christoph Waltz his wily mentor, in QT’s latest provocation
Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the Next Hobbit?
The Hobbit and Game of Thrones have become full-on pop culture phenomena, but what about the game that kept the fantasy genre alive in the 1970s and ’80s? Where’s the mainstream love for Dungeons and Dragons?
Critics and Oscars: It’s Zero Dark Thirty or Bust
The Osama bin Laden manhunt movie snags the cream of the early critics awards
The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great
I can’t tell you if the Bin Laden movie really “glorifies torture.” But great art can embody ugly ideas—which is why partisans have such a hard time trusting it
Les Misérables: The YouTube Version
For all its stirring moments, Tom Hooper’s film of the blockbuster musical spends too much time shouting at you in closeup
The Hobbit‘s Andy Serkis on Getting Inside Gollum’s Skin
The man behind Gollum’s creepy intonations of “precious” is 48-year-old Andy Serkis. TIME talks to Hollywood’s go-to motion capture actor about his return to Middle Earth
Bond Holds, Butler Bombs on a Sleepy Weekend
‘Skyfall’ keeps flying high, and ‘Lincoln’ stays alive, while Gerard Butler’s ‘Playing for Keeps’ sinks.
Richard Branson Joins the War Against the War on Drugs
As a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Branson is part of the burgeoning movement to end the U.S.-led war on drugs. He’s hoping the new documentary ‘Breaking the Taboo’ will help the cause
John Slattery and Zach Gilford Take Ladies to Romantic Cabins, Work With Bears, Discuss ‘Mad Men’ Season 6
The stars talk to TIME about their new movie ‘In Our Nature’
Alan Cumming on Speaking His Mind, Making His Own Hats and Getting In Touch With His Inner Elf
The star of the upcoming festival hit ‘Any Day Now’ speaks to TIME
Do You Want to Hear the People Sing? Les Miz Stars Ranked by Vocal Chops
Look back at past performances from Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and the rest to see who will shine in the musical movie