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Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Son Nabs First Starring Role

Cooper Hoffman to star in film from Paul Thomas Anderson

(Newser) - The son of late Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman is following in his father's footsteps, set to appear in an upcoming film alongside Bradley Cooper. Cooper Hoffman, 17, plays the main character, a child actor, in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled coming-of-age drama, set in the San Fernando Valley...

Day-Lewis Goes Out on a High Note
Day-Lewis Goes
Out on a High Note
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 29, 2017 8:51 AM CST

Day-Lewis Goes Out on a High Note

Actor 'gives it his all' in 'Phantom Thread' romance

(Newser) - If Phantom Thread is indeed Daniel Day-Lewis' last film , the actor is going out on a high note. Working with writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, he plays 1950s London fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock, who gets more than he bargains for in a waitress-turned-muse. Here's what critics are saying:
  • Day-Lewis "
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12 Best Films of the 21st Century
12 Best Films of 21st Century
in case you missed it
Aug 27, 2016 3:24 PM CDT

12 Best Films of 21st Century

Time to revisit 'Mulholland Drive'

(Newser) - BBC set out to find the best films of the 21st century by polling 177 critics around the world. They've decided that David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive is the one most likely to end up a classic, as it sits atop the list of 100. The...

Lengthy Inherent Vice Is 'Offbeat'
 Lengthy 
 Inherent Vice 
 Is 'Offbeat' 
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Dec 12, 2014 11:22 AM CST

Lengthy Inherent Vice Is 'Offbeat'

Critics take on Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of novel

(Newser) - How many stars can you pack in a movie? When it comes to Inherent Vice, based on a 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, a lot. Alongside Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Martin Short, and Josh Brolin, Joaquin Phoenix stars as a stoner helping out his ex-girlfriend in 1970s California. Here's...

7 Celeb Couples You Didn't Know Were Married

Including a 'Mad Men' couple together in real life

(Newser) - Some celebrity couples are so famous they get a couple nickname—anyone remember Bennifer?—but the 14 rounded up by YourTango are so below the radar, you may not even have realized they were married (or practically married). A sampling:
  • Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel: They played doomed lovers in
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Reclusive Pynchon to Cameo in Film Version of His Book?

Director's lips are sealed about author's appearance, but Josh Brolin's aren't

(Newser) - The first movie adapted from one of Thomas Pynchon's novels, Inherent Vice will feature slapstick humor and starring turns from Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, and Reese Witherspoon—and, apparently, a top-secret cameo by the reclusive Pynchon himself, the New York Times reports. And while it may seem that getting...

Emily Blunt, John Krasinski Expecting Baby

Plus more celebrity babies

(Newser) - Emily Blunt is pregnant with her first child, her rep confirms to Us . She and husband John Krasinski, married in 2010, will welcome the baby in "just a few months," according to the magazine. "They both couldn't be more excited," says a source. In related...

The Master Is a Masterpiece
 The Master Is a Masterpiece 
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Sep 14, 2012 9:40 AM CDT

The Master Is a Masterpiece

Philip Seymour Hoffman brilliant in Paul Thomas Anderson film

(Newser) - Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film stars a stunning Philip Seymour Hoffman as a 1950s cult leader who offers followers therapy to cure their demons; the film focuses on his intense relationship with a shellshocked disciple, played by an equally impressive Joaquin Phoenix. Critics are raving:
  • AO Scott calls The
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Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology Movie Shelved

(Newser) - Director Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology project has stalled, according to Examiner.com. The movie was to feature actors Jeremy Renner and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Renner told TotalFilm that The Master, which would have focused on Scientology and an L. Ron Hubbard-like figure, has been postponed indefinitely.

There Will Be Blood Best of the Best: Critics
 There Will Be Blood 
 Best of the Best: Critics 
best of the decade
Dec 18, 2009 1:24 PM CST

There Will Be Blood Best of the Best: Critics

Eternal Sunshine and Lord of the Rings tie for second

(Newser) - Back in the day, P.T. Anderson’s There Will Be Blood wasn't even unanimously considered the best film of 2007. But it comes out on top in Gawker 's aggregation of critics’ “Best Films of the Decade” lists, “its straw in the whole damn cinema’s milkshake....

Clooney Sees No Country Sweep
Clooney Sees No Country Sweep
Feb 23, 2008 7:19 PM CST

Clooney Sees No Country Sweep

The actor shares his Oscar picks ahead of tomorrow's ceremony; tells Time he's never wrong

(Newser) - If you’re betting on Oscar results this weekend, Time has an odd piece of advice: Listen to George Clooney. The actor says he's never been wrong about winners, the magazine reports, and he shares this year’s picks: The Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men will sweep, netting...

There Will Be Blood Takes Top Honors

Grabs best picture, actor, director awards from US film critics

(Newser) - There Will Be Blood, a riveting movie about the greed and corruption of oil prospecting in America a century ago, captured several of the highest awards from the National Society of Film Critics yesterday. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of a 1927 Upton Sinclair novel earned awards for best picture,...

Treasure Shines Again
Treasure Shines Again
Dec 30, 2007 4:00 PM CST

Treasure Shines Again

National Treasure: Book of Secrets keeps top spot as Alvin out-sings Legend

(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets shone in the top spot again this weekend as filmgoers kept flocking to the movies, Variety reports. Alvin and the Chipmunks crooned its way into second, humbling I Am Legend, as Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War claimed fourth over Juno, an offbeat dramedy that nabbed...

Blood Makes Critics Swoon
Blood Makes Critics Swoon
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Dec 26, 2007 10:50 AM CST

Blood Makes Critics Swoon

Oil film impresses with strong performances

(Newser) - There’s no avoiding it: There Will Be Blood is another long, “indie-flavored, male-centric American art film,” says Variety’s Todd McCarthy. But the “boldly and magnificently strange” flick still has critics enthralled. Following an unsavory and maybe unhinged oil tycoon’s rise to power, the film...

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