Lee Child

'Jack Reacher' fundraiser screening at Lincoln Center postponed

2012-12-17 15:39:00

A special fundraising screening of Paramount Pictures' "Jack Reacher" at Lincoln Center in New York City, with Tom Cruise in attendance, has been postponed following the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last Friday. In a statement on the...

Review: 'Jack Reacher' is too much of a stretch for Tom Cruise

2012-12-20 12:22:00

In "Jack Reacher," the new thriller starring Tom Cruise, the crime that draws the film's reclusive ex-Army investigator out of the shadows — a sniper gunning down people on a city street — couldn't have been a worse one to land in theaters...

'Hobbit' rules again as Cruise, Apatow, Streisand post soft debuts

2012-12-23 09:26:00

It was a ho-ho-ho-hum weekend at the box office, as five new releases failed to draw moviegoers to the multiplex in droves. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was the No. 1 film for the second consecutive weekend, collecting an additional $36.7...

'Jack Reacher' comes up short, movie critics say

2012-12-21 15:51:00

When it comes to kicking butt, Tom Cruise is an old hand. He's done it as an ace pilot in "Top Gun," a soldier-turned-samurai in "The Last Samurai," a globe-trotting super-spy in the "Mission: Impossible" movies, a futuristic cop in "Minority Report"...

'Jack Reacher' premiere postponed after Newtown school shooting

2012-12-15 14:40:00

Paramount Pictures has postponed a planned premiere of its new Tom Cruise film "Jack Reacher" in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed the lives of 26 people Friday. Based on the character created by English crime novelist...

Is Tom Cruise reaching? Senators blast 'Zero Dark Thirty.'

2012-12-20 08:08:00

After the coffee. Before figuring out if I can get out of town next week. The Skinny: I'm almost over this annoying cold that has hampered me for over a week. So don't cough around me. Thursday's stories include a look at whether Tom Cruise is big...

Is Tom Cruise big enough to carry 'Jack Reacher'?

2012-12-20 07:00:00

The opening minutes of the action-thriller "Jack Reacher" unfold with a display of gun violence that will be strikingly familiar to anyone who has been horrified by headline news in recent weeks. A sniper is shown assembling his long-range assault rifle....

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher: See Lee Child's antihero [video]

2012-07-03 16:36:32

Esquire, adding fiction ebooks, goes back to the future

2012-05-21 16:36:10

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to David Guterson's "Ed King"

2011-12-06 00:00:00

David Guterson has won 2011's Bad Sex in Fiction Award. The tongue-in-cheek prize was presented at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. As in years past, the award-winning author was not in attendance. Guterson was awarded the prize for writing a marathon...

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to David Guterson

2011-12-06 16:34:27

The Morning Fix: Burkle makes moves! Fox News' Ailes gets bigger.

2012-01-06 16:33:40

Tom Cruise tries to start a new action series as the title character, an ex-military investigator, in novelist Lee Child's story about a sniper and his victims.

2012-11-29 11:46:46

Release date: Dec. 21 Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Blockbuster Last year's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" was one of the best surprises of the holiday season -- a giddy blast of action-movie escapism that seemed even more fun surrounded by serious Oscar contenders.

2012-11-14 21:03:39

Writer Christopher McQuarrie (who also wrote "The Usual Suspects") reunites with his "Valkyrie" star Tom Cruise and directs this take on Lee Child's relentless cop. The trailer at times echoes "Drive," taken to a much more action-hero type of place. The most notable thing about this?

2012-08-31 08:37:00