The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Hispanic Images In The Media: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Bratt

Stephen Palacios | Posted 03.11.2012

Stephen Palacios

It's fun to watch. But watching a well-known Hispanic actor, whose previous portrayals have added depth to the Hispanic image in American popular culture, play this role begs a question -- is this progress?

On Brad Pitt's Birthday: Watch His Super Cute First Big Break!

Posted 02.17.2012

Brad Pitt turns 48 years old on Sunday, which to us underscores two things: One, the guy looks good for his age; and two, he's been at this Hollywood ...

Top 10 Stories Of Transformation

The Guardian | Ali Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Stories about people transforming, often agonisingly, from one shape to another are not just ancient, they're primal. They occupied the earliest story...

Who Needs A "Fountain Of Youth"? 7 Great Tips For Self-Renewal

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Judith Rich

Ponce de Leon couldn't find it. Alexander the Great couldn't find it. F. Scott Fitzgerald could only imagine it. Human beings have been searching...

Movies for Grownups

Chuck Weinstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Chuck Weinstock

Movies for grownups seem to be in trouble. You can't pick up a newspaper without reading another article about the new studio decree: They're not making adult dramas anymore.

A Word To Hollywood: In Recessionary Times, Smaller, Better Films, Please -- And More Of Them!

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

John Farr

This year's gimmicky Benjamin Button cost $150 million, the superlative Milk cost just $15 million. Why not fund ten more Milk-type films and forego one Button?

Oscar Wild

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Tallulah Morehead

Could we just keep Tina Fey and Steve Martin, and send everyone else home? "Don't fall in love with me," said Martin. Sorry, Steve. You're 35 years too late.

This Year's Oscars: Predicting the Predictable

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Chattman

It's been fairly easy to predict the Oscars over the past few years. Sadly, this year's contest seems to be no different.

Jon Stewart Mocks "Benjamin Button," Hits Out At The Oscars (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Stewart hit out at the Oscars and the heavily nominated "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in two segments Tuesday night. Welcoming guests ...

Richard Jenkins in The Visitor

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.25.2011

Zorianna Kit

The Visitor has earned Jenkins wins and nominations from various film festivals, critics groups, Hollywood guilds and the now the golden goose itself, a nomination from The Academy.

Brad And Angelina Work The Japanese Junket (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Days after landing in Japan with their six children in tow, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are hard at work. Thursday Brad Pitt's "The Curious Case of B...

Academy to Slumdog Millionaire: Love Your Film, Hate Your Actors

Jason Notte | Posted 05.25.2011

Jason Notte

In keeping with the Academy's tradition of recognizing Indian contributions to the film industry, we pay tribute to Slumdog Millionaire by excluding it from our acting categories.

"Mall Cop" Still Box Office Champ, Despite Oscar Bumps

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" wasn't ready to turn over his box-office badge this weekend as the film about a bumbling shopping center se...

The Oscar Nominations: Yes, But... Melissa Leo is now an Oscar Nominee!

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

Melissa Leo is now an Academy Award-nominated actress. Ladies and gents, Melissa Leo, who has struggled to find decent roles in the past ten years now has an Oscar nomination.

Show Versus Tell in Hollywood

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Weissman

Three different directorial approaches to cinema storytelling? Gus Van Sant's Milk, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Note to the Academy: Why So Serious?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Lundegaard

The Dark Knight was a critically acclaimed, monster box office hit with tons of buzz. In terms of domestic, unadjusted dollars, it was the no. 2 movie of all time.

Oscar Nominee Odds, Ends, Facts And Figures

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

A collection of facts, figures and trivia about this year's Academy Award nominees: CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," with 1...

OSCAR NOMINATIONS: "Benjamin Button," Heath, "Slumdog," Winslet, "Milk,"

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is the Academy Awards heavyweight with 13 nominations, yet the shadow of Batman lo...

WATCH: The Amazing (Oscar Nominated) Effects Of Benjamin Button

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Lee Stranahan

I realized I'd been tricked by Button's digital performance, so I spoke to a number of other working visual effects people and almost all of them were fooled, too.

"Slumdog Millionaire" Leads British Academy Awards Nominations With 11

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — Underdog-turned-favorite "Slumdog Millionaire" picked up 11 nominations Thursday for the British Academy film awards, Britain's version...

The Uneven Case of Benjamin Button

Alex Remington | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Remington

It's a beautiful, and well-made, and at times remarkably sweet film, but its trope of seeing the world passively through a man-child's eyes... does not sustain the long running time.

'Marley & Me' Wins Again, 'Button' In Third

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's family dog tale "Marley & Me" nuzzled its way to another top finish at the box office, pulling ...

Kim Morgan's Top Ten Movies Of 2008

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Kim Morgan

2008, the year of death, decay and the wisdom of the beautiful loser. The year movie stars examined their own mortality and fading beauty via their on-screen persona.

Walking the Contradiction

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Chattman

I know it's "just the movies" and things can't happen like they do in them, but sometimes it'd be nice if these kinds of "message movies" held some concrete messages within them.

Brad Pitt On Getting Older And The "Natural Evolution" Of Fatherhood

LA Times, Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Pitt's role aging in reverse in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which opened on Christmas Day, has led to interviews in which the recently...