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Eastwood's 'Trouble with the Curve' lacks a fastball

WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley says "Trouble with the Curve" is no "Moneyball."

Thursday - 09/27/2012, 11:54pm EDT
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Amanda Bynes pleads not guilty in hit-and-runs

An attorney for Amanda Bynes has entered a not guilty plea in a misdemeanor case that accuses the actress of two hit-and-runs.

Thursday - 09/27/2012, 01:08pm EDT

'Pink Panther' actor Herbert Lom dead at 95

Herbert Lom, the durable Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss in the comic "Pink Panther" movies, died Thursday, his son said. He was 95.

Thursday - 09/27/2012, 12:17pm EDT

Philippines' Oscar hope is drama on aging gay man

An independent drama that explores the loneliness and missed opportunities of an ailing, 70-year-old gay man is testing Philippine sensibilities about sexuality and hoping to advance in the Academy Awards' foreign-language film competition next year.

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 09:41pm EDT

More women are turning to alcohol to cope

Lori Butterfield, documentary filmmaker, "Lipstick and Liquor"

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 04:52pm EDT

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Review: `Pitch Perfect' is infectiously catchy

Cheeky and snarky but with an infectious energy, "Pitch Perfect," a comedy set in the cutthroat world of competing college a cappella groups, makes us fall in love with the very thing it's making fun of. It's ridiculous and predictable but also just a ton of fun, so you may as well give up and give in to your inner musical theater geek.

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 03:20pm EDT

Playful gender-bending at the Paris fashion shows

Blurring the lines between the masculine and feminine is as old as Shakespeare.

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 03:08pm EDT

'Star Wars' theme calms crying child (VIDEO)

The force appears to be strong with this one.

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 10:43am EDT

Review: 'Won't Back Down' fails to make the grade

The focus of the save-our-school drama "Won't Back Down" practically assures it will fail to join the ranks of great, or even good, education tales.

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 09:53am EDT

Drifters, seekers collide in 'The Master'

Anne Hornaday, Washington Post film critic

Wednesday - 09/26/2012, 07:19am EDT

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Review: `Looper' takes you to unexpected places

It's distracting at first: the fact that you're looking at Joseph Gordon-Levitt but he doesn't look exactly like the Joseph Gordon-Levitt you've come to know and love. Aren't his eyes brown? Isn't his nose longer and thinner? Even the blasé smirk on his face seems like an unfamiliar expression given his usual likable, boyish cool.

Tuesday - 09/25/2012, 09:54pm EDT

A last hurrah at the 50th New York Film Festival

When the playwright Tony Kushner recently grabbed a microphone and sat down for a post-screening Q&A with a filmmaker and the film's cast, he mumbled that he felt like Richard Pena.

Tuesday - 09/25/2012, 03:47pm EDT

Review: 'Hotel Transylvania' is scarily unfunny

Despite the proven talents of first-time feature director Genndy Tartakovsky ("Dexter's Laboratory"), writers Peter Baynham ("Arthur Christmas") and "SNL" vet Robert Smigel, and a voice cast headed by Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, the collaboration falls flat virtually from the get-go, serving up half-hearted sight gags that have a habit of landing with an ominous thud.

Tuesday - 09/25/2012, 11:01am EDT

'Beasts' director begins work on next film

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" director Benh Zeitlin is working on his next film _ a Louisiana-made fable about a hidden ecosystem where the aging process is "out of whack" and people can age quickly or very slowly.

Tuesday - 09/25/2012, 08:53am EDT

Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar gives birth to boy

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have added a boy to their brood.

Monday - 09/24/2012, 09:40pm EDT

Schwarzenegger back _ this time as think tank guru

He's been a governor, a movie star and the world's greatest body builder, but Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't done yet.

Monday - 09/24/2012, 08:45pm EDT

Shakespeare's Globe offers 3 plays at cinemas

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, which proudly has a foot in the past, is taking a bold step into the future.

Monday - 09/24/2012, 04:26pm EDT

Iran official says will boycott 2013 Oscars

Iran's culture minister said Monday that his country will boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam video made in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

Monday - 09/24/2012, 03:41pm EDT

Tips on maximizing a trip to the movies

Depending on what you are looking for, when you go to the movie theater can affect everything from your theater experience to how much you pay.

Saturday - 09/22/2012, 07:51am EDT

'Lone Ranger' crew member drowns on LA-area set

Authorities are investigating the apparent drowning of a crew member who was working on a set for upcoming "The Lone Ranger" film.

Saturday - 09/22/2012, 12:02am EDT
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