Curtis Hanson

The greatest L.A. movies? We have 140, and shrinking...

2011-12-04 06:00:00

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Liberal Hollywood gives a big Emmy bouquet to 'The Kennedys'

2011-07-14 16:32:44

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Television Review: 'Too Big to Fail'

2011-05-23 00:00:00

"Too Big to Fail," which premieres Monday on HBO, is the latest of that network's high-toned original films ("Recount," "The Late Shift," "From the Earth to the Moon," the upcoming "Game Change") in which a large cast of medium-big-to-big-named actors...

'X-Men: First Class': Kevin Bacon on the insults (and insights) of Matthew Vaughn

2011-05-26 12:21:53

VIDEO: Katie Holmes got a fashion thumbs up from daughter Suri last night!

2009-10-20 16:32:41

Brittany Murphy's death stuns Hollywood and her family

2009-12-21 00:00:00

Brittany Murphy, the actress who broke out with the teen comedy "Clueless" and gained critical acclaim for her role as rapper Eminem's love interest in the hip-hop drama "8 Mile," died Sunday morning of sudden cardiac arrest, police said. She was 32. Los...

Sam Fuller at LACMA: Have a wild weekend with Hollywood's orginal bad-boy filmmaker

2010-08-06 21:32:43

Who knew? David Fincher adores 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

2010-03-29 16:32:35

Pixar's John Lasseter was inspired by 'Dumbo'

2008-04-17 00:00:00

JOHN LASSETER, the award-winning animator and CEO at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, has directed two "Toy Story" films, "A Bug's Life" and "Cars." But what counts as his favorite movie of all time? "Dumbo," the 1941 Disney classic animated...

James Ellroy details his search for love in Playboy

2009-03-28 00:00:00

It's the kind of house Hancock Park is famous for: unemphatic but impressive, with a perfect lawn, fresh coat of paint and ivy crawling up the walls. By Los Angeles standards, this is old-school cool. � James Ellroy, all 6 feet 3 of him, is stomping...

Review: 'Street Kings'

2008-04-11 00:00:00

POLICE brutality goes down more easily when the cops look sharp and the past provides a measure of storytelling distance, as was the case in director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy crime novel "L.A. Confidential." Take away the early 1950s...

THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem

2007-10-23 00:00:00

I have a piece of advice for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take your 44-page rule book, toss it out the window and start all over. Anyone who thinks that the rest of the world is peeved with the United States simply because of the go-...

The recent bar for surfing movies hasn't exactly been set very high, so maybe this drama, based on a true story, will be remembered for more than sending co-star Gerard Butler to the hospital. Pretty surprised to see that Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") co-directed.

2012-08-31 08:25:00

A young surfer under the tutelage of a local legend aspires to surf Northern California's most dangerous wave. With Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Spencer. Written by Kario Salem. Directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted.

2012-08-29 18:19:59

Long and a 20-year-old Tom Cruise (pictured her in "Risky Business") teamed for this raunchy 1983 comedy directed by Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential

2012-08-19 14:42:00