The Descendants (movie)

Newport Beach and L.A. Children's Film Festival among highlights

2013-04-25 06:00:00

The TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place Thursday through Sunday in Hollywood, isn't the only high-profile fest this weekend. The 14th annual Newport Beach Film Festival kicks off Thursday evening at the Edwards Big Newport with the West Coast...

Theo James to star as Four in 'Divergent'

2013-03-15 10:00:00

Brace yourselves for the ear-piercing squeals: Theo James, the British heartthrob and current star of the CBS cop drama "Golden Boy," will star in Summit Entertainment's highly anticipated adaptation of the young adult bestseller "Divergent," the studio...

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

'Argo,' 'Lincoln' spare no expense in Oscar best picture race

2013-02-16 06:00:00

Forget about the price of gasoline: The real skyrocketing expense this year is the Oscar race. With two deep-pocketed studios locked into one of the closest best picture duels in recent memory and Academy Award voting extended by two weeks, the battle...

'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing

2013-02-09 22:00:00

"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...

Sundance darlings eye alternative distribution platforms

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Not that long ago, premiering a star-driven Sundance Film Festival movie on a video-on-demand channel was an admission of failure. But last year's festival produced two huge on-demand hits, Richard Gere's crime drama "Arbitrage" and Kirsten Dunst's...

Sundance 2013: Teen romance 'Spectacular Now' bought by A24

2013-01-21 01:30:00

PARK CITY, Utah -- "The Spectacular Now," one of the only dramatic films to premiere to a strong response at this year's Sundance Film Festival so far, will soon be seen outside of this mountain town. In the wee hours of Monday morning, newly formed...

Which Oscar nominees will receive a bounce from Globes?

2013-01-14 08:30:00

So it turns out that even delivering former President Bill Clinton as a Golden Globes presenter isn't enough to persuade the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to vote for your "brilliant" film. Does this mean "Lincoln" is no longer the front-runner for...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo,' 'West of Memphis' among WGA nominees

2013-01-05 00:00:00

The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012. Nominees announced Friday in the original screenplay...

Golden Globes nominations 2013: 'Lincoln' leads the pack

2012-12-14 06:00:00

Spreading its praise between accessible, star-driven movies and a handful of challenging films, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. bestowed a leading seven Golden Globe nominations on Steven Spielberg's biography "Lincoln" while handing five nods apiece to...

Review: 'Playing for Keeps' scores a few points for Gerard Butler

2012-12-06 16:30:00

The idea underlying "Playing for Keeps," the new romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler, is basic: A well-toned guy who is good with kids is the ultimate aphrodisiac for sex-starved soccer moms. Three very good actresses are squandered to prove the point....

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...

From top left: "The Help," "The Artist," "The Descendants" and "Bridesmaids."

2012-02-26 15:22:22

Musical comedy group Garfunkel and Oates performed a medley featuring several of the nominated movies.

2012-02-25 21:52:59

"The Descendants" won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay. The Oscar went to Alexander Payne, top left, Jim Rash and Nate Faxon.

2012-02-24 17:33:20