San Jose Mercury News: Movies
- Review: Tom Hanks and crew soar in 'Sully'
Tuesday - 09/06/2016 - 05:52 PMDirector Clint Eastwood is an efficient, restrained and methodical filmmaker, an approach that lends itself well to the temperament and character of Danville's Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, as he is portrayed by Tom Hanks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Orlando Bloom warned Miranda Kerr about nude photos
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 01:59 PMOrlando Bloom gave Miranda Kerr, his ex-wife, a heads up that photos of him, frolicking nude with Katy Perry, were about to be published.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Documentary screening focuses on Richmond
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 07:13 AM'Catching the Sun' is a new film about efforts to train workers for jobs in solar energy and the challenges the movement faces
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gene Wilder: Here are his best roles
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:00 AMGene Wilder, who died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's disease, left a bold and hilarious comedic legacy; here are the roles for which he is best known and loved
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Usher gets serious about acting with 'Hands of Stone'
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:04 AMUsher Raymond plays Sugar Ray Leonard in 'Hands of Stone,' a screen biography about Panamanian boxing champion Roberto Duran.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ben Affleck hints that Deathstroke is coming to big screen
Monday - 08/29/2016 - 03:50 PMBen Affleck posted video of Deathstroke on social media Monday, hinting that the the comic book villain may appear in upcoming Justice League film.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lessons of a celebrity hack
Monday - 08/29/2016 - 08:02 AMJones supporters outraged at breach of comedian's website
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - East Bay native returns home to film thriller
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 03:40 PMAnthony C. Ferrante of 'Sharknado' fame finds city has just the right small-town charm for his new movie.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnny Depp, Amber Heard bickering again over divorce settlement
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 06:40 AMAmber Heard claims that Johnny Depp violated the terms of their divorce settlement by seeking to get a hefty tax deduction from the $7 million he agreed to pay her.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Free drive-in movies! In San Jose and Concord this Thursday night
Thursday - 08/25/2016 - 07:38 AMIn appreciation for their loyal customers, San Jose's Capitol Drive-in and Concord's Solano Drive-in are offering free admission Aug. 25.
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- Gene Wilder made mark with film comedies spanning from 'The Producers' to 'Young Frankenstein' to 'Stir Crazy'
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 03:19 PMGene Wilder, who died Aug. 28, said of his frequent collaborator Mel Brooks, 'My job was to make him more subtle. His job was to make me more broad.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: 'In Order of Disappearance' -- bleakly funny revenge thriller
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 07:07 AMStellan Skarsgard plays a mild-mannered father and his town's Citizen of the Year, pursuing a brutal course of revenge for his son's death in the blackly comic Norwegian crime thriller 'In Order of Disappearance.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Artificial intelligence thriller 'Morgan' morphs from great to grisly
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 05:13 PMIn 'Morgan,' Kate Mara plays a troubleshooter sent to a remote lab facility to check on the status of a company 'asset' -- a young girl named Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy of 'The Witch'), the subject of an artificial intelligence experiment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gene Wilder wasn't Mel Brooks' first choice for 'Blazing Saddles' Waco Kid
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:00 AMMel Brooks thought Gene Wilder was too young and too New York to play a worn-out gunslinger but he had no choice after Dan Dailey, John Wayne, Johnny Carson and Gig Young didn't work out.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'War Dogs': Storytelling needs a battle plan
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:10 AMIt seems pretty obvious that no one behind "War Dogs" could decide what kind of movie to make.At times, it's a ridiculous comedy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gene Wilder dead at 83: 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles' actor
Monday - 08/29/2016 - 03:57 PMGene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in 'The Producers' and the deranged animator of 'Young Frankenstein,' has died.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ryan Reynolds sends Blake Lively hilarious birthday message
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 03:08 PMRyan Reynolds sends funny birthday wishes to Billy Ray Cyrus and wife Blake Lively.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dwayne Johnson tops Forbes' list of highest-paid actors
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 11:45 AMDwayne Johnson, Jackie Chan, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, and Johnny Depp are the five highest-paid actors, according to Forbes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Britney Spears didn't agree to Lifetime biopic
Thursday - 08/25/2016 - 12:32 PMBritney Spears insists she's not cooperating with a Lifetime made-for-TV movie that promises to revisit all the ups and downs of her tumultuous professional and personal story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Peterson: East Bay town the backdrop for Sharknado director's new movie
Thursday - 08/25/2016 - 07:39 AMAnthony C. Ferrante, who graduated from Antioch High and took a film class at Los Medanos College, films part of his new movie in Antioch's downtown
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- Review: 'The Light Between Oceans' beautiful, but hard to watch
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 02:48 PMIn 'The Light Between Oceans' Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander play parents with a terrible decision to make.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: 'Morris From America' captures teenager coming of age overseas
Wednesday - 08/31/2016 - 07:11 AM'Morris From America' captures the strangeness and promise of a teenager (Markees Chrismas) being a fish out of water in Germany. What from a distance may look like suffocation in an alien world turns out to be a young man taking the deepest, most life-giving breaths of his life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Charlie' pays tribute to Gene Wilder
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 05:06 PMPeter Ostrum says losing Gene Wilder is like losing a parent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nike heir Travis Knight followed dad's advice to forge his own path -- as animator, filmmaker
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:03 AMTravis Knight's first film as director -- the animated epic 'Kubo and the Two Strings,' now in theaters -- has gotten positive reviews for originality and style.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Writer-director Richard Tanne on his 'Southside With You,' drama about the Obamas' first date
Tuesday - 08/30/2016 - 08:07 AMAsked why he focused 'Southside With You' on the Obamas' first date, Richard Tanne says, 'I've always been taken by ... the way that they look at each other and the way that they flirt.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'Birth of a Nation' director addresses 1999 rape case
Monday - 08/29/2016 - 07:57 AMNate Parker, the actor-director dealing with a 17-year-old rape case casting a storm over his new film and career, opened up about the incident in a new interview.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Longtime Disney 'imagineer' Rolly Crump recalls Walt's magic
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 01:45 PMThough Rolly Crump's animation portfolio was disappointing, and he initially was hired at Disney as just a 'finisher' for cels created by better artists, he made a lasting mark with designs for Disneyland.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- See Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone in live talk at movie theater near you
Friday - 08/26/2016 - 11:45 AMNSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden appears in a live satellite talk with director Oliver Stone following a sneak preview of 'Snowden' at Bay Area movie theaters Sept. 14.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Leslie Jones hack: FBI is investigating
Thursday - 08/25/2016 - 11:26 AMAs the FBI reportedly leads the hunt for the person who hacked into the iCloud account of Leslie Jones, the 'Saturday Night Live' actress receives an outpouring of support from fans, public figures and other celebrities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winners and losers of the summer movie season
Thursday - 08/25/2016 - 07:47 AM'Captain America: Civil War' is the behemoth of the season (and of the year so far) -- earning $1.15 billion worldwide.
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