LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Lifetime will celebrate Black History Month with the world premiere of three original movies starring the likes of Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige and Toni Braxton, including a biopic on the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the network said Wednesday
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Lionsgate will convert a number of its movies to 3D for DVD and other home entertainment platforms as part of a new partnership with Samsung to expand 3D viewing at home. The studio will convert already released action films “Gamer,” “Crank,” “Bangkok Dangerous” and horror film “The Descent” to 3D for DVD, Blu-ray, electronic sell-through and video-on-demand.
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Josh Brolin is cautioning movie critics not to correlate violence in films too strongly to real-life events.
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From crime drama Gangster Squad to superhero blockbuster Man of Steel, a guide to the most promising new movies between January and June
NPR’s movie critic looks back on 2012 and his picks for the year’s best movies.
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Moviegoers rushing out to catch “Django Unchained” or “The Hobbit” over New Year’s should consider packing an overnight bag. The average length of a holiday movie has been larded up by nearly 10 minutes since 2011, according to a survey of the running times of the top 10 box office films of the final weekend of the year. They ran well over two hours
The eclectic list, which includes both gentle children’s films and bloody action epics, is a snapshot of the year in cinema
Because nothing says Christmas more than tuberculosis, revolution, and singing, the movie musical Les Misérables took the Christmas Day box office with a surprisingly high $18 million or so on Tuesday, according to Nikki Finke at Deadline. (The Hollywood Reporter put the film’s “expected take” at $17.5 million.) Following the tuneful and thoroughly depressing story of a man who stole some bread …