Invictus (movie)

South Africa: On the ball between matches

2010-05-23 00:00:00

Maybe it was impetuous of me to hand that money over to the young woman in Soweto. Possibly it was imprudent to slip on the harness and ride the caged industrial elevator to the top of that mural-covered utility-tower-turned-bungee-venue. Certainly it was...

Scene & Heard: 'Artist's Museum Happening' gala at MOCA

2010-11-21 00:00:00

The Museum of Contemporary Art's recent fundraiser was proclaimed to be many things: Trailed by a "60 Minutes" TV crew, while being observed by Connie Bruck for a New Yorker profile, Eli Broad said the "Artist's Museum Happening" promised to redefine...

Golden Globes snub 'True Grit,' 'Hereafter,' 'Black Swan's' Barbara Hershey, 'Get Low's' Robert Duvall

2010-12-15 00:00:00

Billboards and commercials for the movie "True Grit" are as ubiquitous this holiday season as six-shooters in a Western saloon. But you won't find the Joel and Ethan Coen film on the list of Golden Globe nominees announced Tuesday. The western was shut...

With 'Hereafter,' Clint Eastwood contemplates what's next

2010-09-09 00:00:00

— On a recent misty morning, if you were standing in the right spot, you could have looked up to see a helicopter emerge from the pale heavens above this coastal enclave and a famous face squinting in concentration from the pilot's seat. Clint...

Oscar derby update: 'Invictus,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead best-picture race

2009-10-29 16:33:04

Movie projector: 'Princess and the Frog' and 'Invictus' will need strong word of mouth

2009-12-10 16:32:51

Oscar predictions update: 'Avatar' battles 'Hurt Locker' and 'Up in the Air' for best picture

2009-12-11 16:33:07

Oscar experts predict best-picture race (Part 3): 'Avatar,' 'Precious,' 'Invictus' ...

2009-12-12 16:33:02

Audiences love 'Princess and the Frog,' 'Invictus,' but will they keep going?

2009-12-13 16:32:51

First look: 'Princess and the Frog,' 'Invictus' off to so-so starts

2009-12-13 16:32:52

Disaster, in the form of rain, strikes academy screenings of 'Invictus' and 'Nine'

2009-12-13 16:33:03

Gold Derby nuggets: 'Precious' tops with African American critics | Tony No. 6 for Angela Lansbury? | 'The Climb' could top UK chart

2009-12-14 16:33:08

You want to talk credentials? No one has a better resume than Morgan Freeman, who has played, among others: God ("Bruce Almighty" and "Evan Almighty"); the president ("Deep Impact"); Nelson Mandela ("Invictus"); the CIA director ("The Sum of All Fears"); and a former CIA agent ("Red").

2012-11-21 12:38:53

For the fifth straight time ("Changeling," "Gran Torino," "Invictus," "Hereafter," "J. Edgar"), Eastwood helmed a movie expected to have a lot of Oscar clout ... until people saw it and realized it wasn't actually very good. So it's probably time for us to stop expecting greatness, ay?

2011-12-28 14:49:58

Freeman was told by Nelson Mandela himself that he was the right actor to portray the South African leader after seeing Freeman star in 2009's "Invictus," with Matt Damon as soccer player Francois Pienaar.

2011-06-07 13:12:47