Film
The Academy award nominations were announced on Jan. 10 with many surprises and snubs. While Lincoln led the way with 12 nominations, many films fell short of their expectations while some surprised pundits and critics. The following is a list of the biggest surprises and snubs at this years Oscar nominees.
Academy Award Nominee "Zero Dark Thirty" will expand nationwide on Jan. 11th.
On Jan 11th the highly anticipated mobster movie, "Gangster Squad" opens nationwide. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie and Sean Penn.
With only two days until the Academy Award nominations "Zero Dark Thirty" and Lincoln won best picture awards at Vancouver and North Texas. "Zero Dark Thirty" won its 13th accolade for Best Film at the prestigious Vancouver Film Critics. Lincoln picked up its second best film award at the North Texas Film critics.
On Monday January 7 at the New Film Critic's annual awards ceremony Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal took the opportunity while accepting their awards to fire back at congress over their new film "Zero Dark Thirty."
On January 11th "Struck by Lightning" will debut in theaters.
The winter film season will feature Latino superstars in a number of blockbusters and smaller Indie films.
On January 11th, the movie "A Haunted House" hits theaters.
The director recently spoke of Tarantino's latest film, 'Django Unchained,' calling it disrespectful to his slave ancestors.
With the 'Twilight Saga' coming to an end this year, upcoming films 'Warm Bodies' and 'The Host' may want to fill the void in fans' hearts.
On Wednesday, the Librarian of Congress announced the 25 films chosen in 2012 to be preserved by the National Film Registry.
As the world premiere of the epic fantasy trilogy “The Hobbit” unfolds in New Zealand, allegations of animal abuse plague the production.
The Gotham Award nominations have been announced and with them are a number of surprises.
After showing his body off in Magic Mike, actor Matthew McConaughey seems headed in the opposite direction for his upcoming film The Dallas Buyer's Club.
The film's finale will be unsatisfying to some as the two diverging plots never really unite satisfactorily, but the film is a thrill ride from start to finish that will have you fully engaged. The triumphant performance by Richard Gere and the supporting cast only furthers the experience.
