Michelle MacLaren, seen here accepting an award as a producer on Breaking Bad, may direct the upcoming Wonder Woman movie. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
James Earl Jones was born in Mississippi and grew up in Michigan. He was adopted by his grandparents and eventually developed a stutter. "I'm still a stutterer," he says. "I just work with it." Stephen Chernin/AP hide caption
Over a span of six decades, Doris Payne has stolen some $2 million in jewels. She is the subject of a new documentary called The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne: A Tale of Carats, Cons and Creating Your Own American Dream. Courtesy of Treehouse Moving Images hide caption
Eddie Redmayne plays astrophysicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Liam Daniel/Focus Features hide caption
Eddie Redmayne plays Stephen Hawking in director James Marsh's The Theory of Everything. Liam Daniel/Focus Features hide caption
A black hole might be the key to humankind's future in Interstellar. Courtesy of Paramount hide caption
In Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway are part of a team of explorers who have identified several potentially habitable planets accessible via wormhole. Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures hide caption
A jaded politician plays hooky in Viva La Libertà, so his campaign replaces him with his identical twin brother. You know where this is going, right? Courtesy of Distrib Films US hide caption
Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar. Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures hide caption
Adam Driver starred in Tracks, This Is Where I Leave You and What If — all out this year. He says there are surprising similarities between two of his other biggest roles, on HBO's Girls and in the new Star Wars film. "If you think about breaking it down into moments ... and making them make sense as much as possible, it's actually not that far off," he says. Terry Richardson. hide caption
Amnesiac Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) struggles to trust her husband Ben (Colin Firth). Laurie Sparham/Clarius Entertainment hide caption
When Nightcrawler begins, Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is stealing scrap metal and struggling to get by. He lands a job as a stringer — a freelance cameraman for a local news station. Chuck Zlotnick/Open Road Films hide caption
Terrifying terrorramas so scary you'll need a nurse on standby! Bob Mondello says the 1993 film Matinee brought back memories of his days writing Halloween horror ad copy for a movie theater chain. Courtesy of Universal/The Kobal CollectionTION hide caption
Jean-Luc Godard's dog Roxy appears in his new film, Goodbye To Language. Kino Lorber hide caption