It might surprise those who know Michael Sheen from his portrayals of Tony Blair in the Peter Morgan-scripted “The Deal” and “The Queen” to see the 39-year-old actor looking downright rugged in his suit, long hair and scruffy beard.
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In the freezing forests of Belarus, as the Nazis swept through Europe, handfuls of Jewish refugees banded together under the leadership of the Bielski brothers to survive the killing winter and beyond.
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After the big gambles that paid off with “Casino Royale,” the makers of the James Bond series are now playing with the house’s money.
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Baz Luhrmann has a few points to make in “Australia,” his World War
II-era romantic epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman: points about the mixing of genres, untold stories of the country’s involvement in the war and that even in the most brutal part
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Viggo Mortensen doesn’t need prompting to talk about the modern resonance of “Good,” the film adaptation of
C.P. Taylor’s play about an ordinary man in 1930s Germany being slowly co-opted by the Nazis.
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When you’re the godfather of “Gypsy punk,” little fazes you.
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“Passengers” boasts a strong cast and feels well intentioned but ultimately suffers from being a trip audiences have taken too many times before.
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IF YOU didn’t know that the woman playing the role of simple, vulnerable May in the civil rights movement drama “The Secret Life of Bees” isn’t Southern, you wouldn’t guess it.
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The recovered-video genre of horror (“The Blair Witch Project,” “Cloverfield”) may still have legs, but if “Quarantine” is any indication, they’re wobbling.
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ONE CAN’T throw a rock while at multiplexes this weekend without hitting Mark Strong.
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