Wes Bentley

'Hunger Games': Philip Seymour Hoffman cast as Plutarch Heavensbee

2012-07-09 12:11:00

�Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has joined the cast of�"The Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, according to Lionsgate, the studio behind the movies. Hoffman will play the sly orchestrator of the 75th...

Review: 'The Hunger Games' a winning story of sacrifice and survival

2012-03-21 00:00:00

When you're talking about "The Hunger Games," it all comes down to Katniss. Like other strong-minded women who have driven book sales into the stratosphere — think Lisbeth Salander of the "Dragon Tattoo" triology and even Bella Swan of the...

'Hunger Games' trailer shows Katniss in action [video]

2011-11-14 16:37:07

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...

Movie review: 'There Be Dragons'

2011-05-06 00:00:00

"There Be Dragons," most of which is set during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, is supposed to be about the intersecting lives of a saint and a sinner. But it is a third man, a revolutionary, who nearly steals the show. Which might have been...

Katharine McPhee's 'House' call

2008-08-21 00:00:00

ON A hot summer afternoon in the Valley, " American Idol" finalist Katharine McPhee talks about her recent switch from singing to acting and boils down her role in " The House Bunny," which opens Friday, to two words: preggie suit. "That's what they call...

Free Friday: Lindt Chocolate Giveaway and Free Movie Weekend

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Each week we tell viewers what they can get for free. This week's free list: 1) Lindt Chocolate giveaway 2) Free Movie Weekend The Great Truffle Giveaway - One Million Free Bags of Lindor Truffles Tue, Oct 09 at 9:30PM - Sat, Oct 20 at 11:50PM New...

Miguel Arteta is in the bank: Helmer set for comic crime 'Robbers'

2012-07-13 21:45:10

Miguel Arteta is staging bank robberies for FilmColony and Mandalay Pictures. The "Cedar Rapids" helmer is attached to direct a bigscreen adaptation of Troy Cook's comic crime novel "47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers." FilmColony's Richard...

'Looper' in the loop to open Toronto: 'Cloud Atlas,' 'Much Ado,' 'Hyde Park' among fest screeners

2012-07-24 21:55:08

"Looper," helmer Rian Johnson's time-travel thriller starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, will open the 2012 Toronto Film Festival with a genre groove echoing the populist tone set by 2011 opener "From the Sky Down," Davis...

'The Hunger Games' adaptation hits the target ✭✭✭

2012-03-20 07:24:00

The hypocrisy at the heart of "The Hunger Games" is irresistible. Novelist Suzanne Collins, whose trilogy has been decreed "awesome" by, among others, my 5th grade son, indicts violence and organized brutality as tools of mass-audience manipulation. Yet...

'Gone'

2012-04-27 11:37:11

Known to have had emotional problems, a young woman (Amanda Seyfried) tries to convince others that the person who once kidnapped her has taken her sister (Emily Wickersham) in this suspense tale. Wes Bentley ("American Beauty") plays the one police...

Movies Opening and Now Playing

2012-02-24 03:54:00

Ana Serradilla and Wes Bentley star in "Hidden Moon."

2012-12-23 18:00:27

Who he is: Bentley was an up-and-comer when he starred in "American Beauty," but a debilitating drug addiction set him back. He's rebuilding his career in his 30s by taking on roles in Roland Joffe's "There Be Dragons" and Alejo Mo-Sun's "Hirokin.

2011-05-05 16:46:25

FICTIONAL: Wes Bentley portrays an adversary of the Opus Dei founder.

2011-05-05 15:18:07