Anthony Hopkins

Television review: 'Hannibal' drains the mirth out of Lecter

2013-04-04 07:00:00

NBC sent out five episodes of its "Silence of the Lambs" prequel "Hannibal," and although the reasons to stop watching (when in doubt, impale a woman!) too often outweighed the reasons to continue (Hugh Dancy, tracked by a dangerous dream deer), I...

NBC hopes crime thriller fans will eat 'Hannibal' up

2013-04-02 06:00:00

You just can't keep a good cannibal down. More than three decades after he first murdered and chomped his way to pop culture infamy, sophisticated serial murderer Hannibal Lecter is back, alive and well-fed. And although he has gone from the big...

TV This Week: March 31 - April 6: 'Mr. Selfridge' on PBS

2013-03-29 13:10:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Technically, it's the day...

Indian unveils massive 111-cubic-inch Thunder Stroke

2013-03-10 06:00:00

America's oldest motorcycle company unveiled its newest engine�Saturday night at the Daytona Bike Week celebration in Florida, and it's big. Really big. In celebration of the company's 112-year-old legacy, it's an 111-cubic-inch engine. With 115 foot-...

Dressing the parts: Film costumes that help make statements

2012-12-16 00:00:00

As the year winds down, multiplexes fill up with films vying for award-season consideration. Thanks to a bumper crop of period movies, late 2012 has showcased some serious talent in the field of costume design. Some of the films are worth watching for...

With four films in awards contention, Fox Searchlight has a plan

2012-11-29 06:00:00

It's not unusual for a specialty film label to juggle multiple contenders going into awards season. But it's pretty rare to be pushing the majority of your releases in a single year. That's the situation Fox Searchlight is in as four of its seven 2012...

In 'Hitchcock' and 'Lincoln,' two icons, divergently portrayed

2012-11-26 07:00:00

One man liberated America from the scourge of slavery. The other freed the country of its preconceptions about cinema and entertainment. OK, so there's no comparing the moral achievements of Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Hitchcock. But both men followed...

Decent debuts for 'Hitchcock,' 'Rust and Bone' in limited release

2012-11-25 13:56:00

Moviegoers didn't exactly go psycho for "Hitchcock" at the box office this weekend, but the film didn't get slaughtered either. The movie starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock debuted in 17 theaters this weekend and...

'Hitchcock' a lifeless portrait, critics say

2012-11-23 13:28:00

For all his fame and cinematic brilliance, Alfred Hitchcock remained an enigmatic figure — prolific on the screen, private off it. The new biopic "Hitchcock," starring Anthony Hopkins as the eponymous director and Helen Mirren as wife Alma Reville,...

Golden Globes 2013: Lead actor choices take small turn in comedy

2012-12-13 09:20:00

Hollywood Foreign Press voters didn't go for Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt this year, saving their lead actor surprises for men who headlined smaller, more intimate films. In the comedy-musical category, lead honors went to Jack Black for the dark indie...

'Hitchcock's' triple play

2012-12-13 06:00:00

The original title of director Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" was "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," the name of Stephen Rebello's book on which the film is based. Anthony Hopkins, who plays the famed filmmaker in the movie, thought the longer name...

The second coming of the miniseries

2012-07-29 09:50:00

In 1977, ABC executives made a novel decision: Fearing they had a dud on their hands, they opted to schedule an eight-episode miniseries on consecutive nights to get it off the air before sweeps. Instead of disappearing, "Roots," the multigenerational...

Premieres at 9 p.m. CT March 18 In the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho," Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins) chopped up poor Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in the shower at the Bates Motel because his dead mommy ordered it.

2013-01-21 13:03:00

Anthony Hopkins stars as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock."

2013-01-09 21:27:00

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christopher Eccleston, Kat Dennings, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Jaimie Alexander, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard Director: Alan Taylor ("Game of Thrones") What to watch for: The second "Avengers"-related sequel of the year

2013-01-03 23:12:47