LOS ANGELES — Woody Allen is returning to France for his next film and bringing Colin Firth and Emma Stone along as its stars. Producers Letty ...
Colin Firth has had a busy week and it's only Tuesday. Late Sunday night, Latino Review reported that Firth had grabbed one of the lead roles in Matth...
Over the years, I've developed what I refer to as the 20-minute rule. It basically says that a movie that hasn't hooked me in the first 20 minutes probably isn't going to.
This year's expertly-run festival gave the indies room to breathe, focusing on the massive treasure trove of new talent from the Middle East, Africa, and beyond. Of course it wouldn't be Dubai without some outrageous parties.
Michael Fassbender and Colin Firth go together like Thomas Wolfe and Max Perkins? Apparently so, as the two beloved thespians will play those roles, r...
How do you pay tribute to a star in the film industry, playfully dubbed "The Meryl Streep of Costume Design"?
Take the world's richest man, a disgruntled employee, a cowgirl and some fake art, and you've got the recipe for the Coen brothers' quirky, fun new mo...
When I met Colin Firth at his hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival, he immediately apologized for being, in his words, "fried" from je...
At the age of 70, Barbra Streisand continues to prove that she won't be defined by the an insanely catchy dance song that bears her name. Instead, she...
Writing about films is not something I often do, but as an old Cold Warrior who has covered intelligence matters for decades and been involved in a few, the thrilling book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is right up my dark alley.
A brawl broke out Wednesday on a London-bound British Airways flight, and was so bad crew could not break it up. Romantic comedy fans will be happy to...
Michelle Williams has come a long way since starring as Jen Lindley on "Dawson's Creek." The actress has earned three Oscar nominations in her young c...
The thing about watching the Academy Awards is it's only partially about watching the awards. Ask them what I served at my party and they will answer without hesitation. Cupcakes.
LONDON — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Aw...
It's doubtful that you're champing at the bit to see another chapter in the story of Bridget Jones, but that hasn't stopped Working Title from forging...
Last year, Colin Firth won a Golden Globe Award for his role in "The King's Speech." This year, he attended the ceremony as a presenter, which, he...
LONDON -- It's spry versus spy as frothy silent movie "The Artist" and moody thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" lead the race for the British Academ...
Absorbing and fully understanding this movie is work. You must give your full and undivided attention to process every minute detail -- it could be a clue! Better think twice before that large popcorn and soda.
It may seem silly to take marriage advice from Hollywood celebrities--a group who don't seem to take marriage vows all that seriously (really, Kim Kar...
Long for the heady, Cold War days of espionage? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy rallies a stellar cast to tell a tale deception and conspiracy. It's dark, it's tense, and it makes James Bond look like Maxwell Smart's less-incisive brother.
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" seems like the stuff of boyhood fantasies -- the type of movie that makes you want to buy a trench, peck away on a typewri...
The beauty of John le Carré's continuing canon is that his scrutiny of spies' lives is always a metaphor for humanity's broader existential predicaments.
Thrillers and spy tales have devolved in movies to a hash of slice'n'dice editing, prefabricated plots and outlandish action and gunplay that makes al...
From the somewhat hazy cinematography to the John Barry-ish score to the overtly cold and clinical nature of the narrative, this is a film that (appropriately) wants to take us back to what many consider to the peak of mainstream adult filmmaking.
Colin Firth is sexy, dashing, Academy award-winning ... and available? ...
