- "Happy Feet Two" features way too many happy feet Leah Rozen - Reuters - Thu, Nov 17, 2011
By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Happy Feet Two" may be set in Antarctica, but it's only a lukewarm effort. In this 3D sequel to the Oscar-winning, 2006 animated … More »"Happy Feet Two" features way too many happy feet
By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Happy Feet Two" may be set in Antarctica, but it's only a lukewarm effort. In this 3D sequel to the Oscar-winning, 2006 animated hit, the lesson all the characters learn, no matter their species, is that only when they all work together can problems -- including a shift in the …
- "Melancholia" a film for Lars von Trier haters Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After enduring "Antichrist" a few years ago and then listening to Lars von Trier shoot off his mouth with an ill-advised "joke" about Nazis … More »"Melancholia" a film for Lars von Trier haters
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After enduring "Antichrist" a few years ago and then listening to Lars von Trier shoot off his mouth with an ill-advised "joke" about Nazis this spring at the Cannes Film Festival, I wasn't exactly rushing into "Melancholia" with hopes raised. Von Trier's recent films feel like the work of a …
- No Zeus, "The Immortals" isn't supposed to be comedy Leah Rozen - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Somewhere, the gods are laughing. More »No Zeus, "The Immortals" isn't supposed to be comedy
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Somewhere, the gods are laughing.
- "Jack and Jill" confirms it: Sandler is the new Tyler Perry Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Grotesquely caricatured, over-the-top drag? Check. Schmaltzy, comedy-killing homilies about the importance of family? Check. Loud, stupid … More »"Jack and Jill" confirms it: Sandler is the new Tyler Perry
- Sachs targets elites, Reagan legacy in his new polemic Bernard Vaughan - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debt-laden and unbalanced United States economy faces a historic crisis that calls for fundamental changes including higher taxes and major political … More »Sachs targets elites, Reagan legacy in his new polemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debt-laden and unbalanced United States economy faces a historic crisis that calls for fundamental changes including higher taxes and major political reforms, economist Jeffrey Sachs argues in his new book.
- Florence + The Machine earns praise for "Ceremonials" Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Florence Welch may be indulging in her own ceremonial celebration on Tuesday after critics praised her widely-anticipated new album, "Ceremon … More »Florence + The Machine earns praise for "Ceremonials"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Florence Welch may be indulging in her own ceremonial celebration on Tuesday after critics praised her widely-anticipated new album, "Ceremonials."
- JFK's "ask not" line traced back to prep school Basil Katz - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy's most famous turn of phrase was inspired by the headmaster of his New England prep school, according to a new book on America's … More »JFK's "ask not" line traced back to prep school
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy's most famous turn of phrase was inspired by the headmaster of his New England prep school, according to a new book on America's only president to have won the Pulitzer Prize.
- NC-17 rated "Shame" shocks AFI audience Wednesday night Steve Pond - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The darkest, toughest and most explicit awards contender of the year came to the AFI Fest on Wednesday night. More »NC-17 rated "Shame" shocks AFI audience Wednesday night
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The darkest, toughest and most explicit awards contender of the year came to the AFI Fest on Wednesday night.
- For Herzog, "Into the Abyss" is tale of life and death Jordan Riefe - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On an October night in 2001, Michael Perry and Jason Burkett murdered Sandra Stotler in her home with a shotgun blast to the head as she baked … More »For Herzog, "Into the Abyss" is tale of life and death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On an October night in 2001, Michael Perry and Jason Burkett murdered Sandra Stotler in her home with a shotgun blast to the head as she baked cookies. Hours later, they killed her son and his best friend at nearby Crater Lake in Huntsville, Texas.
- Doctor turned serial killer in World War II Paris Elaine Lies - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nazi-occupied Paris was a terrible place to be in the waning days of World War II, with Jews, Resistance fighters and ordinary citizens all hoping to … More »Doctor turned serial killer in World War II Paris
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nazi-occupied Paris was a terrible place to be in the waning days of World War II, with Jews, Resistance fighters and ordinary citizens all hoping to escape. Disappearances became so common they often weren't followed up.
- Book Talk: The life of Kurt Vonnegut, a disenchanted American Nick Zieminski - Reuters - Fri, Nov 11, 2011
(Reuters) - Kurt Vonnegut liked to show visitors the dictionary. "Look me up," he would say. "Nothing. Now look up Jack Kerouac." More »Book Talk: The life of Kurt Vonnegut, a disenchanted American
(Reuters) - Kurt Vonnegut liked to show visitors the dictionary. "Look me up," he would say. "Nothing. Now look up Jack Kerouac."
- Sachs targets elites, Reagan legacy in his new polemic Bernard Vaughan - Reuters - Wed, Nov 9, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debt-laden and unbalanced United States economy faces a historic crisis that calls for fundamental changes including higher taxes and major political … More »Sachs targets elites, Reagan legacy in his new polemic
- Review: "Another Happy Day," another weepy wedding movie Leah Rozen - Reuters - Thu, Nov 3, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Weddings are the new funerals. More »Review: "Another Happy Day," another weepy wedding movie
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Weddings are the new funerals.
- Florence + The Machine earns praise for "Ceremonials" Bob Tourtellotte - Reuters - Tue, Nov 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Florence Welch may be indulging in her own ceremonial celebration on Tuesday after critics praised her widely-anticipated new album, "Ceremon … More »Florence + The Machine earns praise for "Ceremonials"
- JFK's "ask not" line traced back to prep school Basil Katz - Reuters - Tue, Nov 1, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy's most famous turn of phrase was inspired by the headmaster of his New England prep school, according to a new book on America's … More »JFK's "ask not" line traced back to prep school
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy's most famous turn of phrase was inspired by the headmaster of his New England prep school, according to a new book on America's only president to have won the Pulitzer Prize.
- "Anonymous" a welcome change of pace for Rhys Ifans Steve Pond - Reuters - Sun, Oct 30, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Much of the attention that "Anonymous" has drawn before its release has come from literary scholars aghast at the film's contention that William … More »"Anonymous" a welcome change of pace for Rhys Ifans
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Much of the attention that "Anonymous" has drawn before its release has come from literary scholars aghast at the film's contention that William Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays attributed to him.
- Spielberg's "Tintin" lands closing night at AFI festival Steve Pond - Reuters - Mon, Oct 31, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Monday afternoon's announcement that Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" will be the closing-night film at the AFI Fest would be … More »Spielberg's "Tintin" lands closing night at AFI festival
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Monday afternoon's announcement that Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" will be the closing-night film at the AFI Fest would be more newsworthy if the film won't already have been playing around the world for two weeks by the time it debuts in Hollywood on November 10.
- Review: "Like Crazy" an irritating tale of twits in love Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Thu, Oct 27, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In an era when the U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants are afraid to go to school in some states because of threatened roundups, and … More »Review: "Like Crazy" an irritating tale of twits in love
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In an era when the U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants are afraid to go to school in some states because of threatened roundups, and American gays and lesbians aren't allowed the option of marriage to provide citizenship for their foreign-born partners, it's hard to muster up much sympathy …
- Coldplay returns to lofty comfort zone with "Mylo Xyloto" Chris Willman - Reuters - Tue, Oct 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If nothing else, with "Mylo Xyloto," Coldplay may have succeeded in making the least conceptually developed concept album of all time. More »Coldplay returns to lofty comfort zone with "Mylo Xyloto"
- Review: Kelly Clarkson "Stronger" lives up to title Chris Willman - Reuters - Mon, Oct 24, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kelly Clarkson's new album has been subject to more delays than the NBA season. But apparently the perpetual tweaking was a matter of fine-tuning, … More »Review: Kelly Clarkson "Stronger" lives up to title
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kelly Clarkson's new album has been subject to more delays than the NBA season. But apparently the perpetual tweaking was a matter of fine-tuning, not desperation, since "Stronger" lives up to its title -- trumping not just the current pop-diva competition but all of Clarkson's previous albums, …
- Review: Tom Waits' 'Bad as Me couldn't be better Chris Willman - Reuters - Tue, Oct 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tom Waits has been called a lot of things, but "rockabilly cat" was probably never among them. That's just one of many guises the veteran … More »Review: Tom Waits' 'Bad as Me couldn't be better
- Reviewers praise new Steve Jobs biography Reuters - Mon, Oct 24, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The biography of late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' hit the bookstores on Monday, and reviewers wasted little time in heaping praise on the much-anticipated … More »Reviewers praise new Steve Jobs biography
- "Three Musketeers" gives swashbuckling a bad name Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Fri, Oct 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The creators of the umpteenth new adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" decided that the classic novel really needed a giant blimp battle, … More »"Three Musketeers" gives swashbuckling a bad name
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The creators of the umpteenth new adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" decided that the classic novel really needed a giant blimp battle, high-tech booby traps, bird droppings, "Matrix"-esque slo-mo fight scenes and scads of computer-generated French soldiers.
- Elizabeth Olsen steals show in horror flick Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Fri, Oct 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - While it lacks the gory monsters of "The Thing" and the gotcha scares of "Paranormal Activity 3," "Martha Marcy May Marlene" may be the most … More »Elizabeth Olsen steals show in horror flick
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - While it lacks the gory monsters of "The Thing" and the gotcha scares of "Paranormal Activity 3," "Martha Marcy May Marlene" may be the most terrifying movie opening in theaters this month. It slowly but assuredly packs on the dread and the discomfort in a style that Roman Polanski would admire, …
- "Paranormal" horror film hauntingly familiar Alonso Duralde - Reuters - Thu, Oct 20, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you're a glass-half-empty kind of person, the downside of the technological revolution that put lightweight, inexpensive video cameras … More »"Paranormal" horror film hauntingly familiar
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you're a glass-half-empty kind of person, the downside of the technological revolution that put lightweight, inexpensive video cameras in the hands of regular folks would have to include "America's Funniest Home Videos," the celebrity sex tape (see "Kardashian, Kim; career launch-pad of") …
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