Catherine Keener

Review: 'The Croods' lacks a spark of fire

2013-03-21 15:51:00

It's not a good omen for "The Croods," about a likable family of Paleolithic cave dwellers, when a joke about "the first joke" falls flat. I don't fault the actors. The character voices provided by Nicolas Cage as the Croods' cautious dad, Grug; Emma...

‘Oz’ thumbs nose at critics, reigns at box office in week 2

2013-03-18 09:32:05

New releases: Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis team in 'Flight'

2013-02-02 12:00:00

Flight Paramount, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Feb. 5 "Flight" marks Robert Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking after a decade-plus of making motion-capture animated features, and it proves that Zemeckis still has the...

‘Croods’ sneak peek: Emma Stone heroine more parkour than pinup

2013-01-11 09:42:57

Review: 'Lost Angels' documents struggles on L.A.'s Skid Row

2012-12-06 17:40:00

"Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home" is an absorbing, at times heartbreaking look at several former and current denizens of downtown L.A.'s Skid Row, a 50-block area that one observer here respectfully calls "an open asylum for the mentally ill." As the...

Storytelling on L.A.'s skid row

2012-12-05 04:27:00

Once a week for the last several years, I've driven to skid row to visit a friend. I get depressed about the area at times because it's such a depository of the unfortunate and the forgotten. But then I'll catch a warm greeting, or see a sign of hope in...

A quirky recap of fall's top films—in verse!

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Thanksgiving was fast approaching, and the holiday blockbusters were about to start. But I still hadn't seen any of the big fall movies. How was I ever going to catch up? If I failed to make up the deficit, I wouldn't be able to outguess Roger Ebert in...

Philip Seymour Hoffman will be in Toronto but not in 'The Master'

2012-07-24 12:00:00

Philip Seymour Hoffman will be on the big screen during the Toronto International Film Festival, but it won't be in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated film,"The Master," that's said to be a thinly veiled look at Scientology....

'Hunger Games': Philip Seymour Hoffman cast as Plutarch Heavensbee

2012-07-09 12:11:00

�Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has joined the cast of�"The Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, according to Lionsgate, the studio behind the movies. Hoffman will play the sly orchestrator of the 75th...

Despite new film role, Jane Fonda says she was 'never a hippie'

2012-06-06 16:39:19

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...

SAG Awards: Jonah Hill is 'doing well as dramatic actor'

2011-12-14 16:37:00

This film publicity image released by DreamWorks Animation shows, from left, Belt the sloth, voiced by Chris Sanders, Guy, voiced by Ryan Reynolds, Eep, voiced by Emma Stone, Ugga, voiced by Catherine Keener, holding Sandy, voiced by Randy Thom, Thunk, voiced by Clark Duke, Gran, voiced by Cloris

2013-03-18 00:00:00

Director Paul Greengrass; cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener. Hanks plays a cargo ship captain taken hostage by Somali pirates. Greengrass ("United 93," "Bloody Sunday") knows how to craft compelling cinema from true stories, and it's about time the academy recognizes him for something.

2013-03-04 14:57:00

In this animated film, a prehistoric family embarks on a journey to find a new home after their cave is destroyed. With the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone and Catherine Keener. Written and directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco. In 3-D. DreamWorks / 20th Century Fox

2013-01-11 10:55:00