Joel Edgerton

Accepting this 'Great Gatsby' on its own terms

2013-05-14 06:00:00

To judge by some of the reviews of the new film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," you'd think Australian director Baz Luhrmann would be facing extradition for his crime against an American classic. But I have a message for all those self-appointed...

At 'Great Gatsby' premiere, a 3-D celebration of Fitzgerald '20s

2013-05-02 09:23:00

NEW YORK -- Women in bob cuts and extensive hair plumage and men in bowties and exaggerated facial expressions were dancing and throwing their arms in the air, 1920’s style, amid the crowd of Manolo-clad partygoers, who were eating seafood hors d&...

What happened when Baz Luhrmann moved 'The Great Gatsby' to Australia

2013-05-05 21:25:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald's ambition for "The Great Gatsby" was scarcely modest: "Something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned," the novelist wrote to his editor of his plans for the 1925 novel. Tobey...

For Leonardo DiCaprio, marriage is a 'see what happens' deal

2013-05-02 14:01:00

Leonardo DiCaprio isn't jumping on the marriage bandwagon any time soon, though "The Great Gatsby's" titular star concedes that it isn't totally out of the question. The Hollywood bachelor turns 39 in September and is pretty optimistic about his 40s...

'Gatsby' designs on display in Culver City gallery

2013-05-01 11:36:00

Baz Luhrmann and the makers of “The Great Gatsby” used varied literary references to shape the film’s screenplay and the actors’ performances. If you’d like to see what inspired production and costume designer Catherine...

'Iron Man 3' rules again, but 'Great Gatsby' is still celebrating

2013-05-12 08:56:00

“The Great Gatsby” wasn’t the No. 1 film at the box office this weekend, but Warner Bros. executives may be breaking out the bubbly anyway. Baz Luhrmann's 3-D take on of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920s novel lost out to “Iron Man 3,&...

Baz Luhrmann wants to 'reveal' more of 'The Great Gatsby'

2013-04-26 11:00:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is widely recognized as a literary masterwork. Yet as even the book's editor, Maxwell Perkins, said to Fitzgerald about a draft of the 1925 novel, the title character "is somewhat vague." Hazy doesn't work in...

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

2013-04-28 00:00:00

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Americans' on FX

2013-04-30 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) has...

Natalie Portman's indie western faces series of troubles

2013-03-21 12:50:00

It's going to be difficult for the plot of Natalie Portman's new indie western to be as compelling as the backstory that's been unfolding in recent days on the film's movie set. First Michael Fassbender dropped out of the Western “Jane Got a Gun"...

‘Die Hard’: Jai Courtney on Willis, Jackman, action movie etiquette

2013-02-14 16:53:37

Chris Pratt: How will ‘soft’ guy become Star-Lord?

2013-02-06 12:53:30

Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton ("Warrior") star in this family flick about parents who bury a box of wishes for what their child would be like, and from the dirt pops a kid whose live parallels their plan. Quite the summer of movies about people spontaneously appearing from unlikely places, huh?

2012-04-30 14:37:00

Such a pity more people did turn up to see this MMA flick, about two long-separated brothers who are on a path to reunite in the ring, as their returning alcoholic father watches ringside. It features three outstanding performances from Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton.

2011-12-30 08:34:08

Even though the great "Warrior" depressingly flopped at the box office, I'm still including Hardy (left) and Edgerton (right), as this year Hardy graduated to leading man known in America (he'll soon appear in "The Wettest County in the World" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") after strong work in

2011-10-28 13:09:25