Thursday, May 24 2012
Documents show Pentagon gave Hollywood special access for bin Laden movie
WASHINGTON — In the months after the successful U.S. military mission that killed Osama bin Laden, Pentagon officials met with Hollywood filmmakers and gave them…
Movies with distinctly American themes abound at Cannes festival
CANNES, France — Increasingly reliant on global audiences for box office success, many Hollywood studios are muting elements that might be considered too American. But…
Cannes 2012: Tom Hardy’s sliding into stardom with ‘Lawless’
CANNES, France — Consider Heath Ledger’s Joker. If you conduct a Twitter hash tag search using the phrase #reallytoughacttofollow, by rights Ledger’s performance in “The…
It’s been an epic ride to the screen for ‘On the Road’ director Walter Salles
CANNES, France — Walter Salles carefully raises the fingers of his right hand and gently strokes the back of his left. “These are characters,” he…
Monday, May 21 2012
Jean Renoir’s 1937 classic is glorious anti-war ‘Illusion’
LOS ANGELES — Jean Renoir’s 1937 “Grand Illusion,” one of the most admired — and one of the most feared — films ever made, returns…
The curse of ‘The Godfather, Part III’ — fuhgeddaboutit
Francis Ford Coppola is off the hook. After 22 years, the visionary director can hold his head high again. The world has forgiven him for…
‘Battleship’ is no match for ‘The Avengers’ at box office
LOS ANGELES — The box-office debut of “Battleship” — an attempt to transform the kids’ strategy pastime into a summer blockbuster — looked like a…
Friday, May 18 2012
Taylor Kitsch puts the ‘John Carter’ disaster behind him
LOS ANGELES — Three days after Walt Disney Studios said it would incur a $200-million loss on “John Carter,” the film’s star, Taylor Kitsch, was…
Cannes 2012: Weintein poised to buy bin Laden assassination movie
CANNES, France — The news Thursday that Harvey Weinstein was poised to buy an assassination-of-Osama bin Laden movie called “Code Name: Geronimo” brought a jolt…
