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12 YEARS A SLAVE, GRAVITY Top Winners of Online Film Gritics Awards
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 16, 2013


Steven McQueen's '12 Years a Slave' took home the prize in five categories at this year's Online Film Critics Society Awards.

HER Wins Best Film at 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards: Full Winners List Announced
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 13, 2013


The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the best of 2013 in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

Streep, FROZEN Among 2014 Golden Globe Nominations
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 12, 2013


Among this year's Golden Globe nominations were Tom Hanks for 'Captain Phillips,' Judi Dench, 'Philomena', Amy Adams, 'American Hustle', Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts for the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts' 'August: Osage County', Idina Menzel's 'Let It Go' from Disney's 'Frozen.'

BREAKING BAD, DOWNTON ABBEY Top 2014 GOLDEN GLOBE Nominations: Full List Announced
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 12, 2013


This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards 2014 ceremony. The awards honor the year's best in film and television, and are divided into the genres of comedy (or musical) and drama.

12 YEARS A SLAVE, GRAVITY Top 2014 GOLDEN GLOBE Nominations; Full List Announced
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 12, 2013


This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards 2014 ceremony.

BREAKING BAD, GAME OF THRONES Among Nominees of 20th Annual SAG AWARDS; Full List Announced!
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 11, 2013


Sasha Alexander, star of the TNT original drama 'Rizzoli & Isles,' and Clark Gregg, star of the ABC series 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' revealed the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® nominations this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood at 8:50 a.m. ET.

SAG Awards Holiday Auction Begins Today Benefitting Children's Literacy
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 5, 2013


The SAG Awards® Holiday Auction benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's Children's Literacy and Emergency Assistance programs begins online today at 6 p.m. (PST)

GRAVITY Rises to $44.2 Million at Weekend Box Office; CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Takes Second with $26M, MACHETE KILLS D.O.A.
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 13, 2013


Alfonso Cuaron's 3D space thriller GRAVITY, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, held strong this weekend, keeping the number one spot with $44.2 million. Since opening last weekend, the space epic has earned $123.4 million domestically, becoming one of October's highest-grossing films ever.

GRAVITY Holds Fast to No. 1 with Projected $44M in Weekend Two; CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Sails Toward Strong $26M Debut
by Movies News Desk - Oct 12, 2013


Alfonso Cuaron's 3D space thriller GRAVITY, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, is keeping its hold on the competition this weekend with $12.7 million Friday and headed toward $44 million in its second weekend, which would bring its overall fume to $124 million by Sunday, according to Deadline.

Review Roundup: Captain Phillips Sails into Theaters with High Expectations
by Sarah Bellet - Oct 11, 2013


Captain Phillips has quickly become one the year's hottest films of the season. Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, the film takes a story already known into new, uncharted waters.

VIDEO: 'Captain Phillips' Actor Barkhad Abdi Visits TODAY
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 10, 2013


Barkhad Abdi, a first-time actor who plays the lead pirate in CAPTAIN PHILLIPS stopped by this monring's TODAY show on NBC to chat about the film. 'No offense to Tom Hanks, in some ways, you stole this film,' anchor Matt Lauer told Abdi.

Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces NYFF Main Slate Official Selections
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 19, 2013


The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the 35 films that will comprise the main slate of official selections for the 51st New York Film Festival

Tom Hanks' CAPTAIN PHILLIPS to Open 57th BFI London Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 1, 2013


The 57th BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, is delighted to announce that this year's Opening Night will take place on Wednesday October 9 at the Odeon Leicester Square, with the European Premiere of Sony Pictures' Captain Phillips.

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