Into the Wild
Sean Penn delivers a compelling, ambitious work that will satisfy most admirers of the book....
"3:10 to Yuma" is a tense, rugged redo of a film that was pretty good the first time around. James Mangold's remake walks a fine line in retaining many of the o...
With so many elements going for it, this big, fat Universal release is absorbing, exciting at times and undeniably entertaining, and is poised to be a major com...
Spare and unhurried, "Michael Clayton" features strong performances and a solid story....
Director-choreographer Adam Shankman's buoyant stage-to-screen translation of "Hairspray" may not equal the comic zest of its 1988 root source, John Waters' fir...

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Screen Actors Guild

'Into the Wild' tops SAG nominations
'Yuma,' 'Gangster,' 'No Country' also honored

With four bids, including ensemble cast, "Into the Wild" topped the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations in voting that only heightened the sense of uncertainty about the awards season.
 
Rainn Wilson to host Spirit Awards
WGA backs 'Office' actor for IFC telecast

Panel puts Technical Emmys on ice
Academy of TV Arts files petition against ruling

Frenzy over Globes uncertainty
Event organizers prepare for all possibilities

WGA winds down for the holidays
74% of Americans unaffected by work stoppage

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Juno
Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. expands dramatic category to include seven serious films, while music dominates the lighter side.
Analyses of Globes categories
Cable dominates Globe TV race
Oscar
As conflict in the Middle East continues to rage, many filmmakers have caught up with widespread disillusionment about an ill-defined war.
More boutiques battle for top awards
Academy bends on 'rule of three'
The Savages
Depicting family life has been a cinematic mainstay since the silent era. Yet among this year's Oscar contenders, the fractured family unit seems even more central.
Screenplays focus on fractured families
Screenwriter profiles
Award Central Poll
If the strike is still on come Oscar Night, should the writing nominees boycott the ceremony?
Yes, their absence will make a grand statement.
No, they deserve the honor despite any labor issues.
If the strike hasn't been resolved, the Academy should skip the writing awards this year.
I cannot answer this, I refuse to write. Or type. Or check a box.
They shouldn't boycott because if they did, no one would notice.