Albert Finney

Shia LaBeouf quits Broadway play over 'creative differences'

2013-02-20 11:35:00

Shia LaBeouf won't be making his Broadway debut this season after all. The 26-year-old actor has quit the upcoming revival production of the play "Orphans" in New York over "creative differences," according to a news release sent Wednesday.� LaBeouf has...

Jeanine Basinger examines movie marriage in 'I Do and I Don't'

2013-02-01 10:00:00

Jeanine Basinger's "I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies" (Alfred A. Knopf: 432 pp., $30) is a breezy, fun excursion into Hollywood's presentation of matrimony, from the earliest days of cinema through the modern era. But rather than...

Where's LaBeouf? Shia heading to Broadway, with Alec Baldwin

2012-12-12 07:38:00

The career makeover of Shia LaBeouf has taken another unexpected turn with the announcement that the young actor will make his Broadway debut in the spring alongside Alec Baldwin in a revival of the play "Orphans," a drama about two brothers who kidnap...

A remembrance of Charles Durning: Just beneath the surface

2012-12-29 09:00:00

In 1985 I began working with producer Joseph Papp on "Free for All," an oral history of the celebrated New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater. I ended up interviewing more than 160 individuals, including actors known for their powerful...

From novel to film to musical, 'Big Fish' has a date with Broadway

2013-01-15 06:40:00

The new musical “Big Fish” has itself reeled in a big catch: the Neil Simon Theatre. � Based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel and the 2003 film directed by Tim Burton, the in-development production has had its eye on Broadway for several...

Movie review: 'Skyfall' shows James Bond still sharp and fit at 50

2012-11-07 14:20:00

If "Skyfall" is the new 50, James Bond is handling it remarkably well. Five decades after the first cinematic incarnation of 007, novelist Ian Fleming's agent provocateur, the spy-craft in the new film is sharper, the intrigue deeper, the beauties...

List of films and release dates in summer 2012

2012-04-29 00:00:00

May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

Joyce Redman, actress twice nominated for Oscars, dies at 96

2012-05-14 09:45:00

Joyce Redman, a two-time Oscar-nominated Irish-born actress whose erotically charged dinner-eating scene opposite Albert Finney was a highlight of the bawdy 1963 British film comedy "Tom Jones," has died. She was 96. Redman died Thursday in Kent, England...

All Christmas all the time on TV

2011-12-13 21:37:29

Monday's TV Highlights: 'Who’s Still Standing?' on NBC

2011-12-18 21:37:16

Around Town: Films, screenings and more in L.A. this week

2012-01-04 16:37:30

TCM Classic Film Fest: Stanley Donen on Hepburn, censors and more

2012-04-13 16:39:03

Dustin Hoffman's feature directorial debut, about four retired opera singers trying to put on a concert for Giuseppe Verdi's birthday. Stars include Maggie Smith, Albert Finney and Pauline Collins, Billy Connelly, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon. Think of it as the "early Quartet," screening Oct.

2012-10-19 00:00:00

Joyce Redman , right, in a scene from 1963's "Tom Jones," with George A. Cooper, left, and Albert Finney .

2012-05-14 09:45:47

Another mysterious black-ops agent follows in the footsteps of Jason Bourne in this fourth installment of the espionage franchise. With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton and Albert Finney. Written by Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Universal Pictures

2012-04-26 11:53:00