Summer 2012 film blockbuster, “The Dark Knight Rises” which he starred made over one billion dollars. He is part of the filmmaking trinity which embodies the Academy Award nominated classic film, “Full Metal Jacket” and director, Stanley Kubrick who is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. The American Film Institute placed “Full Metal Jacket” at #95 in their “AFI’s 100 Years...100 Thrills”. He is an award-winning actor who has appeared in over fifty feature films, numerous television shows and on the stage throughout the world. It is a tremendous privilege to have a candi...

Eco-warrior Matthew Modine wants kids to get on their bikes and pedal to school.

The Full Metal Jacket star fears Americans are too wasteful when it comes to gasoline and he'd like the government to be more forceful about rationing fuel.

He tells Paper magazine, "I would ban any frivolous use of gasoline. I would also enforce gas rationing on all citizens, encouraging carpooling and investment in the infrastructure of our country with light rail, trains and trolley systems.

"(And we should be) encouraging young people to ride bikes to school instead of buses and cars."

Director Christopher Nolan scrapped plans to film scenes for his new Batman film amid the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York because he didn't want to "trivialize" the demonstrations.

The Dark Knight Rises star Matthew Modine admits he was thrilled to hear he would be shooting scenes in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park around the chaos of the Occupy movement, because it would aid the financially-strapped activists.

However, he thinks Nolan made the right decision not to film there. Modine tells Indiewire.com, "It seemed like a good idea to give (the protesters) an opportunity for work (as...

Chances are, if you're anything like us you can't wait until July 20, 2012 when The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters, wrapping up Christopher Nolan's intense Batman trilogy.

The film's star, Christian Bale, was spotted donning a "new and improved" Batsuit while filming scenes on Wall Street in New York City on Monday. He was joined by co-stars Matthew Modine, who plays a corrupt cop named Nixon, and Tom Hardy who plays Bat super-villain Bane.

During the filming of one scene, several "Tumblers" - the desert-camouflaged version of the Batmobile - were spotted on the street during a key G...

"We think about the phrase ‘too big to fail’ in the context of big, financial institutions, but it’s really a story about people who themselves think they’re too big to fail." - Andrew Ross Sorkin

HBO Films presents Too Big To Fail, a film based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s bestselling book of the same name. Directed by Oscar®-winner Curtis Hanson (“L.A. Confidential”), the film offers an intimate look at the epochal Wall Street financial crisis of 2008 and explores the inner sanctum of the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centeri...

Melo madness reached its tipping last night as he finally made his debut in Madison Square Garden. After starting slow in the first half, Anthony got it going in the second. When his new partner in crime Amar’e Stoudemire fouled out, it was Anthony who would make two clutch baskets down the stretch to give the Knicks the win. Melo was only 10 for 25 accounting for 27 points and also had 10 boards but it was more about the shots that did fall compared to the ones that didn’t. This was a night to remember in the garden as it was a culmination from all the chaos that has surrounded Anthony for...

Johnny Depp's pirate skipper Capt. Jack Sparrow has topped a new online poll of movie mariners.

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The Pirates of The Caribbean rogue, which Depp based on rock star Keith Richards, beat Russell Crowe's Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Wind's Will Parker, played by Matthew Modine.

Also making the top 10 on the CNN sea-faring list are Kevin Costner's Mariner from Waterworld and Mutiny on the Bounty's Fletcher Christian, played by Marlon Brando in 1962.

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Actress Natasha Richardson will be buried in a private family ceremony near her Millbrook Dutchess County home in New York.

The star's husband Liam Neeson, their two sons, members of her family and close friends like Matthew Modine and moviemaker Mike Nichols gathered for a wake at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan on Friday and they'll say their farewells to the actress on Sunday.

Police are preparing for traffic congestion and huge crowds as fans head to Millbrook to pay tribute to the late star, who died on Wednesday after suffering a traumatic brain injury whi...

Movies tank all of the time. Just last weekend the new X-Files movie only managed to make a few dozen live chickens at the box office. Still that's not too bad, not really. Gillian Anderson might have some trouble getting work, but she's probably happy knowing that people still recognize her name. Some movies get a lot of press for their poor performances. Sure, Jessica Simpson's "Blonde Ambition" made about what The Dark Knight makes in an hour-but even that stinker wasn't a huge loss, not really. A genuine box office disaster is something special. The Anti-Dark Knight. Movies that bombard...

Actor Matthew Modine shocked TV viewers on Tuesday when he used the "N" word during a political debate. The star appeared on The Bill O'Reilly Show to talk about his work promoting liberalism.

Modine used the term after being asked his opinion of Rev. Jeremiah Wright - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor - who had held a press conference the day before to defend his controversial sermons. Wright hit the headlines last month when it was revealed his fiery sermons included nationalist leanings and racist undertones aimed at white America.

The Chicago, Illinois m...

David Bowie, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Durst and director Doug Liman have all been named as jury members at the Tribeca Film Festival - which kicked off in New York on Wednesday.

The announcement was made by Liman at a press conference in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday, which was attended by New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson.

The panels have been split into different categories, with Bowie and others, including actor Matthew Modine, judging the Documentary and Student Short Film group. Goldberg's panel - which also includes Padma Lakshmi - will review the...

Acclaimed actor Matthew Modine will join the cast of Showtime's top-rated comedy series Weeds for its third season, which premieres Monday, August 13th at 10pm ET/PT, it was announced today.

Modine will be featured in at least 10 of the season's 15 episodes and will portray Sullivan Groff, the mysterious land developer for Majestic, a new Christian, mega-church development being built right near Agrestic.

Groff and Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) will strike up a mutually beneficial business arrangement, but under the watchful, busybody eye of Celia (Elizabeth Perkins).

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"Walk the Line" star Reese Witherspoon (1976), "Into the West" star Matthew Modine (1959), actress/singer Stephanie Mills (1957), Swedish actress Lena Olin (1956), British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), jazz guitarist George Benson (1943), Swiss actor Bruno Ganz (1941), British singer/songwriter Roger Whittaker (1936), character M. Emmet Walsh (1935), "Star Trek" captain William Shatner (1931), American composer Stephen Sondheim (1930), French mime Marcel Marceau (1923), "The Streets of San Francisco" star Karl Malden (1912), and Marx Brother Chico Marx (1887; d. 1961).

Actor Matthew Modine lost his job when he first met his wife because he decided to take her on a date instead of going to work. The star was working in a restaurant when Caridad Rivera walked in asking for take-out. And when Modine, 47, spotted her a couple of days later, he didn't hesitate to ask her out - even though he was supposed to be working at the time. The couple married in 1980.

He says, "I was a chef at a restaurant and I met this girl. She came into the restaurant. She wanted to order something and we weren't really a take-out restaurant. So I came out of the kitchen weari...

Oscar-winner ("Walk the Line") Reese Witherspoon (1976), "Into the West" star Matthew Modine (1959), actress/singer Stephanie Mills (1957), Swedish actress Lena Olin (1956), British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), jazz guitarist George Benson (1943), Swiss actor Bruno Ganz (1941), British singer/songwriter Roger Whittaker (1936), character M. Emmet Walsh (1935), "Star Trek" captain William Shatner (1931), American composer Stephen Sondheim (1930), French mime Marcel Marceau (1923), "The Streets of San Francisco" star Karl Malden (1912), and Marx Brother Chico Marx (1887; d. 1961).

The WB announced today that the star-studded one-hour romantic comedy “Pepper Dennis” will headline an exciting midseason lineup. The show will be joined by controversial midseason drama “The Bedford Diaries” and the highly anticipated return of acclaimed drama Everwood.

“Pepper Dennis,” which stars Rebecca Romijn as a television news reporter, will kick off on Tuesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET). The series, which also stars Josh Hopkins and Brooke Burns, will follow Tuesday-night hit comedy, Gilmore Girls, (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). Regular encores of “Pepper Dennis” will air on Sundays...

Hollywood actor-turned-theatre director Kevin Spacey has denied his collaboration with seminal director Robert Altman at London's Old Vic theatre is in trouble. The director is working on an adaptation of Arthur Miller's play "Resurrection Blues," but insiders at Spacey's theatrical establishment have sparked speculation that chaos is rife behind the scenes.

Matthew Modine, Neve Campbell, and John Wood were announced to star in the play, but Wood has recently dropped out, and a source tells London's Evening Standard newspaper the remaining actors have still not read the script properly...