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  • 'Skyfall's' Sam Mendes to direct new James Bond movie for fall 2015

    LOS ANGELES - After months of in-and-out reports on the new James Bond film, "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes is heading back to MI6.

  • Capsule reviews of feature films

    AFTER EARTH 2 1/2 stars. Will and Jaden Smith are intergalactic crash survivors, a father and son who must navigate an Edenic but inhospitable planet if they are to make it home. Based on a story by the Overbrook superstar, and directed in nicely unhurried fashion by M. Night Shyamalan, there's a lot of cheesy corn going on here, but the sci-fi yarn - about a young man's personal Outward Bound experience - has seamless visual effects, cool CGI beasts, and a hokey charm. 1 hr. 40 PG-13 (sci-fi action, violence, adult themes) - Steven Rea

  • 'Grown Ups 2' is a comedy without a plot � or laughs

    War, plague, pestilence, famine, tornadoes, drought, head lice, cold corn dogs, the fourth hour of the "Today" show, that Train song where the guy sings about wanting a two-ply hefty bag - all of these things are far, far worse than "Grown Ups 2." And yet sitting through this deluded, directionless, relentlessly puerile comedy somehow feels equally punishing.

  • FILE - In this June 25, 2013 file photo, director Sam Mendes arrives for the opening night of the musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," at the Drury Lane Theatre in central London. Mendes is coming back to direct another James Bond film with Daniel Craig following the enormously successful “Skyfall.” Mendes had suggested “Skyfall” would be his lone entry in the 007 canon, but Bond producers and Sony Pictures announced his return Thursday, July 11.

    Sam Mendes returning to direct 24th Bond film

    Sam Mendes is coming back to direct another James Bond film with Daniel Craig following the enormously successful "Skyfall."

  • A lost legend found � in his own words

    In the 1950s, Tomi Ungerer was one of the most famous children's book authors and illustrators in the world. In the early 1970s, he disappeared.

  • Film set signs specialize in misdirection to throw fans, paparazzi off track

    LOS ANGELES - Many people in Los Angeles know that those bright yellow rectangular signs that pop up periodically in their neighborhoods mean a TV show or movie is being filmed nearby.

  • The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

    The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:

  • FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes appears in court in Centennial, Colo. For the first time, lawyers for accused theater shooter James Holmes say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora movie theater last summer. But Holmes' lawyers say he was "in the throes of a psychotic episode" at the time. The admission came in a motion filed Tuesday, July 9, 2013, but made public Wednesday, July 10.

    Judge in Colorado theater shooting scolds defense

    The judge in the Colorado theater shootings has scolded defense lawyers for accusing him of having an improper conversation with the sheriff.

  • FILE - This May 16, 2013 file photo, director Ryan Coogler poses for photographers during a photo call for the film "Fruitvale Station" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station” _ his first dramatic feature and first project since graduating with a master’s degree in 2011 _ won both jury and audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival, and attended the Cannes Film Festival.

    Ryan Coogler brings heart, talent to `Fruitvale'

    Ryan Coogler is back on the University of Southern California campus for the first time since becoming one of the country's most promising young filmmakers, and he heads straight to the camera-rental center where he worked as a student. He runs into a former classmate, who high-fives and congratulates him, then asks for a photo. Coogler sheepishly obliges. Photo Gallery Available

  • 'Shawshank' celebration coming to Ohio filming locations

    If you are thinking about what to do on Labor Day weekend, consider a celebration of a movie classic.

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