Is 'Grand Budapest Hotel' the first Oscar contender of 2014?

Posted by · 11:01 am · February 6th, 2014

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood ponders if “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the first great movie of 2014 and whether it can be an awards season player with a March release date.

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Wes Anderson and an all star cast check in with new 'Grand Budapest Hotel' poster

Posted by · 12:25 pm · October 15th, 2013

Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Lea Seydoux, Saoirse Ronan

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The Lists: Top 10 performances in David Cronenberg films

Posted by · 11:52 am · August 21st, 2012

As ‘Cosmopolis’ goes wide on Friday, we round up Cronenberg’s best thesps

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The house Wes Anderson built: A look at the director's singular troupe

Posted by · 7:30 am · May 16th, 2012

Over the years, director Wes Anderson has established an impressive stable of acting talent, a dedicated troupe of personnel that can slip right into his singular world with ease.

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George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Michelle Williams and more turn out for Palm Springs awards gala

Posted by · 1:05 am · January 8th, 2012

I’ve never attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. It’s a key stop along the Oscar trail his time of year, very competitive with the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The two duke it out for honorees, one reticent to honor talent that the other has chalked up for an award. Which is obviously silly. But it seemed time to give it a go.

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