Topic “Movies”

By Sandy Cohen (The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES — Amid ongoing legal issues, a recent car crash and run-in with paramedics, Lindsay Lohan has secured her next movie role.

Producer Braxton Pope says Lohan will star in “The Canyons,” a film by “Less Than Zero” author Bret Easton Ellis about sex and ambition among 20-somethings in Los Angeles. Paul Schrader, who wrote “Taxi...

By Ann Hornaday (The Washington Post)

At the box office, the summer of 2012 may be about breaking records with movies about boys and their toys, but culturally, the season’s been all about the girls.

Beginning with “Snow White and the Huntsman,” continuing through “Brave” and with a dash of talk-worthy premium cable thrown in, girls seem to have taken over screens both large...

By Ben Fritz and Amy Kaufman (Los Angeles Times (MCT))

LOS ANGELES — “LOL” was supposed to represent a big step for Miley Cyrus’ movie career as she attempts to mature beyond her saccharine sweet image as Disney’s Hannah Montana.

Instead, it has turned into a tough lesson about how quickly a Hollywood studio can fall out of love with a movie.

An English-language adaptation of the hit...

By Colin Covert (Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT))

MINNEAPOLIS — From lethal Lara Croft of “Tomb Raider” to marauding Beatrix Kiddo of “Kill Bill,” pop culture has provided plenty of action figures with Barbie-doll forms.

But “The Hunger Games” might be a game changer, giving audiences the first megahit fantasy series led by a character whose soul is as important as her survival skills...

By Roger Moore (McClatchy-Tribune News Service)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gina Carano is the 29-year-old daughter of a former backup quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and a cheerleader-pretty mom. And those two ends of the gene pool have been having a knock-down drag-out fight in her from the get-go.

“Growing up, I was a big ‘Pride & Prejudice’ fan,” she says. “But I kind of got into ‘True...