Hollywood’s Winners and Losers 2016: Why Movie Stars Flailed Next to Strong Women, African Americans, and Animated Heroes
Hollywood took steps forward and back in 2016, but this was a better year to be a singing hedgehog than to be Brad Pitt.
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Live by Night
It’s the Roaring `20s and Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing […]
Oscars 2017: Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd Will Produce the Academy Awards
The Motion Picture Academy took its time finding producers for the Oscar telecast on February 26, later than they have ever done before. But they found a smart duo to do the honors.
Ben Affleck’s ‘Live By Night’ Lands Oscar-Friendly Christmas Release
As expected, Ben Affleck is joining his brother Casey in the Oscar fray.
Ben Affleck’s ‘Live By Night’ May Enter Year-End Oscar Derby
Warner Bros. hasn’t yet decided whether to move up the opening for director Ben Affleck’s new film, which also stars Sienna Miller and Zoe Saldana. But Elle Fanning says it’s coming out in December.
Argo
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
The Town
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. But when a bank job leads to the group kidnapping attractive branch manager Claire Keesey, he takes on the role of monitoring her, but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to FBI Agent Adam Frawley who is on their case.
