Background actors deserve better treatment than what happened on Gangster Squad. Extras are the human beings behind and around the actors, who provide the atmospheric illusion of the director's vision.

Welcome to the first MovieFilm episode of 2013! This week the gang's all here and with plenty to discuss, including Sean's surprising okay-ness wi...

New York Times film critic A.O. Scott is probably used to actors taking issue with his negative reviews. Last year, "Marvel's The Avengers" star Samue...

The Friday box office estimates for "Zero Dark Thirty" are in and they are looking good. While it has been playing in limited theaters since Dec. 19, ...

LOS ANGELES — "Gangster Squad" director Ruben Fleischer was stepping out of the shower on the night of July 20 last year when he received a chil...

Gangster Squad, a movie that is not about a squad of gangsters, opens -- finally -- this Friday. Gangster Squad stars Josh Brolin (Milk) as a Los Angeles cop placed in charge of taking down the operations of very animated gangster played by Sean Penn (Milk). Gangster Squad also stars Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Emma Stone (Crazy, Stupid, Love). As a service, we answer every question that you could have about Gangster Squad.

Gangsters have long held a special place in the lore of American cinema dating back to the silent film era. But, the gangster film, as we know it today, truly set its foundation during the 1930s -- a tradition of film that continues with this week's new gangster movie, Gangster Squad. Over the years, audiences have been treated to such gangster classics raging from Little Caesar to the Godfather trilogy. So, what are the best ten gangster movies of all time?

You get the feeling that Ruben Fleischer would have been happy to make an homage to the gangster movies of the 1940s (filtered through both a 1970s and a 21st-century perspective) when he was making Gangster Squad.

With the upcoming release of the all-star-cast film Gangster Squad, I spoke with author Paul Lieberman about the movie and his true-life book that inspired it.

In addition to answering listener emails and dissecting the trailers for Gangster Squad and Iron Man 3, the centerpiece of our show is the impact of George Lucas film's acquisition by the Disney company.

This is the least of Hollywood's worries, for my money. The major studios have a bigger problem -- such as the fact that they so seldom make movies with serious themes or content. And they never address actual political issues if they can avoid it.

Warner Bros. has reportedly shifted "Gangster Squad" to 2013 in the wake of the tragic shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in ...

"Gangster Squad": the new "Contagion"? Warner Bros. sure hopes so! The studio has finally settled on a release date for the Ryan Gosling-led gangs...

Crazy, stupid, love, indeed. "Gangster Squad" -- the "L.A. Confidential"-meets-"Untouchables" crime drama that Warner Bros. still seems set to release...

Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. That's what Warner Bros. is realizing, as the studio has to find room on its release calendar for two...