Lance Armstrong sells himself out in the trailer for 'The Program' with Ben Foster

Posted by · 11:31 am · June 11th, 2015

The first trailer for “The Program” has hit, with Ben Foster starring as disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

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CBS Films picks up 'Comancheria' with Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges

Posted by · 10:54 am · May 4th, 2015

CBS Films will be releasing David Mackenzie’s “Starred Up” follow-up, “Comancheria,” the distributor announced today.

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Real life 'Lone Survivor' and Mark Wahlberg discuss the cost and depiction of war

Posted by · 10:12 pm · October 30th, 2013

“Lone Survivor” tells the harrowing story of SEAL Team 10 and Operation Red Wings, a tragic story of Afghanistan warfare captured with grit and realism by director Peter Berg. Berg, two of the film’s stars, Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch, and real life “lone survivor” Marcus Luttrell reflect on the event, the film, the cost of war and the responsibility of immortalizing it on film.

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Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan in new 'Kill Your Darlings' photos

Posted by · 9:35 am · September 18th, 2013

A slew of new images from John Krokidas’s “Kill Your Darlings” featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Michael C. Hall, Dane DeHaan and Ben Foster. The Sundance Film Festival drama hits theaters in Oct.

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Mark Wahlberg and friends go to Afghanistan in the trailer for Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor'

Posted by · 1:14 pm · July 31st, 2013

Back in June it was announced that Universal would be slating Peter Berg’s Afghanistan drama “Lone Survivor” for an Oscar qualifying run. With only Ron Howard’s “Rush” to work with otherwise (a film I hear is a knock-out), the studio needed the extra firepower. Today a trailer for the film arrived.

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Review: The circle of lifelessness in '360'

Posted by · 1:45 am · October 13th, 2011

There are precious few good screenplays that begin with the words, “A wise man once said…”. Peter Morgan’s script for “360,” a vacuous theoretical spin on “La Ronde,” isn’t one of them.

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Off the Carpet: Wide open supporting actor race could be headlined by vets

Posted by · 9:39 am · October 3rd, 2011

The Best Supporting Actor race is beginning to slowly take shape as a wide array of veteran actors, from Christopher Plummer to Nick Nolte, are leading the conversation. Nevertheless, it’s still a wide open race with a lot of room for movement.

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