Expectations were high for “The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay – Part 1,” and Director Francis Lawrence wastes no time getting straight to the point.
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From the Oscars to the classroom, associate film professor Sandra Lee’s influence spans large arenas.
Director Alejandro Iñárritu’s films have always followed a similar production method: a disjointed narrative to tell an epic tale of connection. But Iñárritu’s latest venture, “Birdman,” takes a turn to a linear production, yet it retains all the originality and complexities that his earlier features have exhibited.
Tracy Morgan is fighting to recover from a severe brain injury suffered in a highway crash more than five months ago, and it’s uncertain if he will be “the Tracy Morgan he once was,” his lawyer said Tuesday.
It’s no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe. The baseball great cried at her funeral and for 20 years had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week.
Director Christopher Nolan has often said that he won’t make something unless it’s completely original.
“Nightcrawler” is the story of Kurt Wagner, a mutant with a devilish appearance and the ability to teleport between– Whoops, sorry… wrong character.
Racial tensions in America have increased in the past year, making headlines in a major way that has caused some to wonder how to approach the topic. “Dear White People” has taken the guesswork out of the equation and done it for us all.
A video recording the comments a woman hears as she walks around the nation’s biggest city is a testament to the pervasiveness of street harassment women face, its creators said Wednesday.
A Chinese online video site says it is bringing the “Big Brother” reality TV show to China.
British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas.
St. Vincent offers nothing new or surprising in terms of plot, and the ending can be seen from a mile away. However, the stellar performances from the cast make the film worth watching. Bill Murray takes the lead role as Vincent, Melissa McCarthy plays single mother Maggie and newcomer Jaedon Lieberher plays her son Oliver.
After about a two year closure, the Waco Hippodrome will soon be back in action, theater officials said at a press conference at The Creative Arts Studio and Theatre Friday.
When “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy first contacted actor John Carroll Lynch about a possible role on the fourth season of his gleefully deranged hit, he was upfront about his aims for a new character, a silent, grinning killer straight out of a child’s nightmare.
Going into “Fury,” I expected a good war film: Brad Pitt starring, David Ayer (“End of Watch”) writing and directing, and the supporting cast filled by Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal and Michael Peña, all who have proved solid in the past.
By Patricia Sheridan Tribune News Service Her television career started as a contestant on “Survivor: Australian Outback,” but Elisabeth Hasselbeck…
I have a confession to make: this is my first David Fincher film.
The new David Fincher thriller “Gone Girl” and the low-budget horror film “Annabelle” scored big at the weekend box office, propelled by one key audience group: women.
Baylor alumnus William Bakke is using his natural talent and passion for filmmaking, along with the skills he acquired at Baylor, to spread a Christian message in an appealing yet unconventional way.
Baylor graduate Will Bakke will be on campus for a free screening of the movie “Believe Me” at 6:30 p.m. today in 101 Castellaw Communications Center.
Twenty-five years ago – in 1989, to save you the math – two situation comedies premiered, each destined to become American institutions, even as each regarded American institutions with a jaundiced and ironic eye. One was a cartoon, set in a midsized Anytown called Springfield, the other a seemingly standard sitcom set in a semi-mythic Manhattan.
The ex-boyfriend of actress Sarah Hyland was ordered to stay away from the “Modern Family” star after she said he choked and threatened her. An Oct. 10 hearing was set.
Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in the second season of “True Detective,” HBO confirmed Tuesday.
As film becomes an increasingly global business, a new study suggests that women are underrepresented both in front of and behind cameras worldwide.
Alan Gitlin, one of Hollywood’s most in demand digital imaging technicians gave a presentation to Baylor’s student chapter of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers on Thursday.
A former Baylor film student is bringing his first feature film to Waco’s big screen.
Hard to believe it has been 45 years of Sunny Days and Everything’s A-OKs, but PBS stalwart “Sesame Street” indeed turned 45 this month and expanded to include a second, half-hour daily show.
Nostalgia sometimes comes in a thick soup of buzzes, beeps, trills and, of course, wakka-wakkas.
Could action-packed TV fare make you fat? That’s the implication of a new study that found people snacked more watching fast-paced television than viewing a more leisurely paced talk show.
Two dozen white-clad Imperial Troopers and other Star Wars characters marched Wednesday down a stately, tree-lined avenue in Tunis — a site where activists once fought riot police during the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions.