Every year, the Oscar nominations seem all sewn up. There are so many predictors – winners of critics’ awards, Golden Globe nominees and winners, BAFTA nominees and the SAG nominees. Yet somehow,...

Mickey Rourke added to his award season haul and stole the show at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday with a hilarious and rambling acceptance speech. A starstudded crowd at the Sa...

After months of speculation, it's finally time to man up and throw down with some hardcore Oscar predictions. But before we tell you who will and should win the Oscar on Sunday night, let's addres...

Alaska governor Sarah Palin has inspired two of Hollywood's top screenwriters to fight for the right to make a movie about her life. Republican Palin's role in the 2008 White House race divid...

There's nothing better than a good surprise on Oscar morning, and this year we had one in almost every category. Before we get to the snubs, the surprises and who shouldn't be nominated, let's tak...

The time has come, after several months of campaigning and voting, we're finally set for the big day. No, not the inauguration. Please. We're talking about Oscar morning. Those fifteen minu...

All this year we've used this space to chronicle the annals of pop culture. Specifically, whether or not certain members of this all-encompassing umbrella term are overrated or underrated. T...

The first major precursor award nominations were handed out this morning as the Screen Actors Guild revealed their 15th set of nominations. This marks the end point of the first phase of the...

In You Don't Mess With the Zohan, an Israeli commando fakes his own death so he can follow his dream -- to be a hairstylist in New York City. Also on DVD: The Happening and The Visitor.

With today's release of the Coen Brothers' "Burn After Reading" we can officially declare Oscar season open. The movie has everything that Oscar loves: big stars who are actually good actors (...

(Hollywoodchicago.com) – “The Visitor” is a subtle film. Created by the unique talent of writer and director Thomas McCarthy – who also generated the equally subtle world of “The Station Agent” – t...

A lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with depor...