Opening in seventh place this weekend with just $5.0 million on 2,043 screens, "Movie 43" marks one of the poorest wide-release openings of Hugh Jackman's career. Or Kate Winslet's.

With the news that J.J. Abrams will be directing the much-anticipated new "Star Wars" film, we realized he's already demonstrated how the George Lucas series helped inspire his body of work. Daddy issues?

LOS ANGELES -- "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" cooked up $19 million in its opening weekend. The action film update on the classic children's tale starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton topped the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The anthology movie, as we outlined in a feature earlier this week, is only as good as the sum of its parts. Comedy anthologies, as exemplified by “Kentucky Fried Movie” and the underrated pseudo-sequel “Amazon Women on the Moon,” are even trickier -- sustaining laughs over a series of choppy little...

Well… It's here. After years of delays (production was completed in early 2011), which were blamed on everything from MGM's long-standing financial trouble to a late-in-the-game 3D conversion, "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is finally upon us.

So, J.J. Abrams is directing "Star Wars"? According to the Wrap, the filmmaker will be taking on the next chapter in the series. This contradicts earlier reports where Abrams stated he had turned down the chance to direct "Star Wars Episode VIII."

Sexual innuendo reaches an all-time high in the newest clip of "Parker." Based on the series of bestselling crime novels by Donald E. Westlake, "Parker" follows a thief (Jason Statham) with a finely tuned moral compass -- he never steals from the poor, and doesn't hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it ...

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Nominated For: Best Picture, Best Actress (Quvenzhané Wallis), Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Best Adapted Screenplay (Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar)

The Academy Award acting nominees continued to make news this week, whether or not they wanted to. Without lifting a finger, Jessica Chastain scored a coup at the box office by starring in the No. 1 and No. 2 movies over the weekend: the brand new horror film "Mama" and holdover "Zero Dark Thirty," ...

With the week winding down, you'll soon be faced with that familiar question: What are you doing this weekend? While we can't help you with your potential gym resolutions, or cleaning of attics, if you're at a loss for what movie to see this weekend, you've come to the right place.

Friday marks the release of "The Last Stand," an Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback vehicle in which the heroes include a well-armed citizenry, federal restrictions on paramilitary weaponry are openly mocked, and gunplay is frequent and plentiful. So much for Hollywood toning down gun violence out of se...

Inevitably, there are always wonderful moments and not-so-great moments in awards shows -- what matters is the ratio. At the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, after a hilarious start from co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, things got a bit slow.

It's award season again and Moviefone is here to provide you with live updates from the 2013 Golden Globes!

It's award season again and Moviefone is here to provide you with live updates from the 2013 Golden Globes!

Awards season has officially arrived -- and everyone's put on their Sunday best for the event! Tonight, the 70th annual Golden Globes is being broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.

LOS ANGELES — "Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office – and easily won it. Studio estimates Sunday show the controversial Osama bin Laden manhunt drama nabbed first place with $24 million in its first weekend as a wide release.

Could it be that the Golden Glboes actually have better taste than the Oscars? After all, Globe voters this year found room for critically lauded performances by Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone"), Rachel Weisz ("The Deep Blue Sea"), John Hawkes ("The Sessions") and Richard Gere ("Arbitrage") that t...

The formula for horror films has been pounded into our brains because of crap movies that make big bucks. (Horror is a great way to get cash). But if executed the right way, the formula can still get a reaction.

As the world gets ready to watch what's sure to be the funniest award show ever, BFF hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take a few minutes to explain why they chose to bestow their comedy on The Golden Globes. "We’ve fortunately been to a few of these awards show things now, and we’ve had some fun while...

Shocking omissions and inclusions are all but built into the Oscar nominating process. How could it be otherwise, when there are up to 10 possible Best Picture candidates but only five for Best Director?

After months of nail-biting speculation, and some voting hiccups, the 2013 Oscar nominees are here!