Mark Strong

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...

Cannes 2012: An Osama bin Laden battle brews by the beach

2012-05-16 21:38:26

AMC picks up 'Low Winter Sun,' LaGravenese-Goldwyn project

2012-05-03 16:37:03

'John Carter': Critics not over the moon for Mars action epic

2012-03-09 16:37:53

Disney expects $200-million loss on 'John Carter'

2012-03-19 16:34:32

2011 Summer movies list

2011-05-01 00:00:00

May 6 The Beaver A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...

COMIC-CON 2010: 'Green Lantern' and the wide-eyed kid -- sweet emotion or staged promotion?

2010-07-24 21:33:55

'Breaking Bad' to return Aug. 11

2013-04-17 11:37:00

The saga of Walt White starts its final chapters when "Breaking Bad" returns Aug. 11. The AMC drama with Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will offer eight last episodes at 9 p.m. Sundays. AMC will add "Talking Bad," a live discussion series,...

'Welcome to the Punch' review: A weak imitation of the average

2013-04-11 00:00:00

*1/2 (out of four) For a B-movie about street fighting, titles don’t get much better than “Welcome to the Punch.” Unless you call your movie, I don’t know, “The Time Your Balls Met My Foot.” Sadly, the Punch is just a...

Generic cop film stands out because of its accents ★★

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Take away the British actors, accents and settings, and "Welcome to the Punch" would still be a perfectly serviceable if utterly generic cop thriller. A tale of corruption, gunplay and murder, it takes a few unpredictable turns before reaching a...

Other venues: 'Forrest Gump,' 'The Terminator' and 'The Man Who Wasn't There'

2013-02-28 13:14:00

BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...

'Zero Dark Thirty' nails it

2013-01-04 00:00:00

You know the beginning and you know the end, but it's the way director Kathryn Bigelow tells the middle in her riveting movie "Zero Dark Thirty" that amazed me. I hope you see it. I'm going to see it again. It should win all the awards, for directing,...

Both Mark Strong, left, and Lennie James can be seen as series regulars in AMC's upcoming Detroit cop drama "Low Winter Sun." Although familiar to American audiences for his roles in "Green Lantern" and "Sherlock," Strong has a long history on British TV.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Release date: Dec. 19 (limited); Jan. 13 (wide) Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else?

2012-11-14 21:17:57

John Le Carr�'s classic spy novel was adapted into a successful miniseries in the late 1970s, but this is the first time the story has gotten the feature-film treatment.

2011-11-11 16:57:11