February 18, 2008
RT on DVD: Cram For The Oscars With Michael Clayton, In The Valley of Elah, And More Out This Week
Ready those Oscar ballots! With the Academy Awards around the corner, it's time to start catching up on what you missed in theaters. Snap up this week's offerings for award-nominated performances (George Clooney and Co. in Michael Clayton, Tommy... More...

November 15, 2007
Critical Consensus: Beowulf is Certified Fresh; Magorium Short on Magic; Cholera is Under the Weather
This week at the movies, we've got epic poems come to life (Beowulf, starring Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie), a magical toy shop (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman), and romance in the midst of... More...

October 25, 2007
Scripts Online for Oscar Hopefuls Into the Wild, Kite Runner, and More!
The folks at Paramount Vantage are wearing their Oscar contender hopes on their sleeves, posting the scripts for four of their strongest 2007 films online for public consumption. More...

September 13, 2007
Toronto Film Fest: Margot at the Wedding, Nothing is Private Reviews
Margot at the Wedding: "Brings out writer/director Noah Baumbach's misanthropy at its most unsalvageable." Nothing is Private: "[Its] reputation as Toronto's most subversive film is well-deserved." More...

September 05, 2007
RTIndie: Early Fest Reviews For Into the Wild, The Darjeeling Limited, and Margot at the Wedding
This week at RTIndie, we check out the early buzz from Telluride and Venice, where some of the fall's most anticipated indies have premiered. And our DVD Pick of the Week is a doc that takes a closer look at the Lost Boys of Sudan. More...

July 18, 2007
Ron Howard Signs On to Direct The Emperor's Children
We know he's already got adaptations like "Frost/Nixon" and "Angels & Demons" on the way, but what's another directorial assignment for the always-busy Ron Howard? More...

April 05, 2006
Luhrman's Period Piece Gets Bumped from Production Slate
Baz Luhrmann, director of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, was planning to get his 1930's period piece underway this September, but budgeting woes, and the tenuous availability of stars Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, have conspired to send the... More...

March 08, 2006
Kidman & Black Sign On for Baumbach's Next Movie
Noah Baumbach, writer/director of the critically admired "The Squid and the Whale," is gearing up to begin production on his next film, which is currently without a title but boasts a solid cast. Jack Black, Nicole Kidman, and Jennifer... More...

January 31, 2006
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted... More...

January 10, 2006
Online Film Critics Offer Their Annual Nominations
The OFCS, which is hosted right here at Rotten Tomatoes and (full disclosure) includes yours truly as a member, announced their year-end nominations yesterday ... and we hope you'll find a few solid surprises among the more familiar (yet obviously... More...

January 05, 2006
Writers' & Producers' Guilds Deliver Their '05 Noms
As usual we rely on Movie City News to bring us the "best of 2005" picks from the critics, and now come the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). More...

December 22, 2005
Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites
It's tough to keep up with all the critics' awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic's groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario. More...

December 13, 2005
Awards Season Gets Rolling with Crix Picks
If you're a fan of the late-year awards season, be sure to add Movie City News to your hit list, because they deliver some consistently excellent coverage. Mid-December is when most of the critics' groups start doling out their accolades, and so... More...

September 27, 2005
In Other News...Wedding Bells, Part II: Jennifer Jason Leigh & Noah Baumbach
They've kept it under wraps for weeks now, but another Hollywood pair has announced news of their nuptials. "Single White Female" star Jennifer Jason Leigh is single no more after marrying "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"... More...

February 09, 2005
"The Squid and the Whale" Swim Toward Distributors
The Sundance hit "The Squid and the Whale" has been purchased by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline,... More...