Holding on from the previous week, the Jackie Robinson biopic “42” was the top-selling DVD, coming in ahead of “Evil Dead,” the remake of the 1981 cult horror favorite. Â Â Â Â
Other new releases: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines,’ ‘The Sapphires’ and ‘West of Memphis.’ Mud    Â
Some actors have faces that are known everywhere. Once seen, never forgotten.
Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” returned to the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its fourth week in release. Buzz around Universal’s “Despicable Me 2” continued to boost sales of the original, which took the No. 2 spot.
Black-and-white movies are having a moment, thanks to ‘Frances Ha,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ ‘Nebraska’ and more. So why now? When Hollywood began transitioning from black-and-white films in the early 1960s, the director Vincente Minnelli had a simple, dismissive reply to those who questioned the shift
Terrorist plots in movies including ‘Iron Man 3’ and ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ go where Hollywood once feared to tread to give real-life relevance to fantasy. Think you can escape the world’s troubles by heading to the multiplex this summer?
Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Texas Legislature may be stranger than them all.
There’s no tribute more fitting — or eerie — than a well-known actor who dies, then materializes months or years later on the movie screen.
When he’s not dropping albums, fathering babies with reality-show celebrities or feeling uneasy about answering questions, Kanye West has another pursuit: supplying songs to popular movies.    Â