Nerdiness comes naturally to Dawson
LOS ANGELES -- Because we don't know Klingon, we'll spell it out in English: Rosario Dawson is a comics-adoring, Star Trek-worshipping geek.
'09 preview
What's a movie preview without superheroes, sequels, remakes and Oscar bait?
Rosario equals actingLOS ANGELES -- After resisting it for half her life, Rosario Dawson concedes she'll probably stick with acting after all.Full Story
'09 preview (Jan. 3, 2009)
What's a movie preview without superheroes, sequels, remakes and Oscar bait?
The best of the rest (Jan. 3, 2009)
From vampires to real American heroes to dinosaurs to musicals, here are more of the movies coming to a multiplex near you over the next 12 months:
MOVIES: Festive flicks (Nov. 16, 2008)
Animated dogs, regular mutts, Nazis, nuns, aliens that look like Keanu Reeves, superheroes and Miley Cyrus. Who needs Harry Potter anyway?
HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW 2008: They're the contenders (Nov. 16, 2008)
Along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, these are the films generating the most Oscar heat. But as with all things pertaining to buzz, a word of caution: except for Milk, no one's seen them yet.
MOVIES: The perfect popcorn fare (Nov. 16, 2008)
Not everyone wants an Oscar. Okay, actually they do. But even if the producers of these crowd-pleasers don't get to thank the Academy, they may be able to console themselves with mountains of cold hard cash.
MOVIES: Prestige pictures seek Oscar glory (Nov. 16, 2008)
Wondering who else is penning their acceptance speech, just in case Australia goes under or opinion sours on Milk? Look no further than these other prestige productions.
Great Scot! (Oct. 2, 2008)
Add this to the Star Trek "canon," Trekkers. We now know where Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott came from.
MOVIES: Perfect vision (Sep. 28, 2008)
Mark Ruffalo, an American actor with a global view and a serious side to his acting career, appreciates what Brazilian director Fernando Mereilles and a couple of eccentric, creative Canadians have wrought with Blindness.
Getting panned in Cannes 'unfair': Don (Sep. 28, 2008)
Fernando Mereilles' Blindness, a challenging and intelligent film about human nature during an apocalyptic crisis, got a bad rap from some media at the 2008 Cannes film festival.
MOVIES: Two for the Rodanthe (Sep. 21, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't quite love at first sight when Diane Lane met Richard Gere.
Tuya's Marriage
BRAUN: Tuya will make you laugh and break your heart
Features
DVDS: Feeling Blu (Jan. 5, 2009)
Blu-ray won the war. But the peace is a killer.
Nerdiness comes naturally to Dawson (Jan. 5, 2009)
LOS ANGELES -- Because we don't know Klingon, we'll spell it out in English: Rosario Dawson is a comics-adoring, Star Trek-worshipping geek.
Rosario equals acting (Jan. 5, 2009)
LOS ANGELES -- After resisting it for half her life, Rosario Dawson concedes she'll probably stick with acting after all.
BEST FILMS: Top of the scrap heap (Jan. 2, 2009)
Unless you guzzle blood, wear a cape or fetch, 2008 probably wasn't your year at the movies.
DVDS: Showing fit for a queen (Jan. 2, 2009)
Intelligent, beautiful, sensuous, talented and still so young: Keira Knightley belongs in the Oscar race for her dazzling performance in The Duchess.
2008 DVDS: Tough choices (Dec. 30, 2008)
This is torture time. Choosing my Top 10 has been a challenge because 2008 emerged as a sterling year for DVD.
DVD: A real Eagle Eyeful (Dec. 30, 2008)
The DVD for Eagle Eye does what the breakneck thriller cannot do for itself: It provides the political commentary that filmmaker D.J. Caruso had little time to indulge in during the movie.
2008 COMEBACK STORY: More than zero (Dec. 29, 2008)
There's no small irony in the fact Robert Downey Jr. landed a Golden Globe nomination, and may get an Oscar nomination, for his role in Tropic Thunder.
FILM: The last laugh? (Dec. 27, 2008)
All of this would have put a smile on Heath Ledger's face.
British bad boy finds money talks (Dec. 24, 2008)
Russell Brand, bad boy of British broadcasting, is fast learning what it means to be a rising Hollywood commodity.
Miller's tale (Dec. 23, 2008)
NEW YORK -- Apart from Marvel's Stan Lee, if there is a figure who represents the link between the comic books of old and the movies coming to a theatre near you, it's Frank Miller.
DVDS: Holiday Inn colour (Dec. 21, 2008)
Along with Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, the 1951 Scrooge/A Christmas Carol, and the Canadian-American classic A Christmas Story, Holiday Inn is among the most beloved holiday movies of all time.
MOVIES: How Valkyrie took flight (Dec. 21, 2008)
NEW YORK -- Writer-producer Chris McQuarrie says he had no visions of Tom Cruise in an eyepatch when he pitched a little project called Valkyrie to the heads of United Artists.
Stauffenberg clan not like Mafia: Grandson (Dec. 21, 2008)
On one hand, Berthold von Stauffenberg, the son of Valkyrie's real-life hero, was quoted last year objecting to his father being sullied by, variously, Hollywood, Tom Cruise and any association with Scientology.
Mummy takes on life of its own in DVD releases (Dec. 19, 2008)
The Mummy is no longer just a beloved, if creaky old horror movie that -- surprise, surprise -- was successfully re-made by Stephen Sommers in 1999.
Think positive (Dec. 18, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Maybe it felt like time to say yes to a comedy.
Tale of woman and her dog wins for year's best picture (Dec. 18, 2008)
Taking a walk on the wild side, the Toronto Film Critics Association has named American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt's big-hearted, low-budget, one-woman-and-her-dog film Wendy and Lucy as the best picture of 2008.
