The winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced during the live broadcast on NBC on January 15, 2012, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. While there were several surprises during the ceremony, including controversial host Ricky Gervais returning for third year in a row, some winners were completely expected. The movie awards were the most buzzed about during the evening, as several acclaimed films were nominated and honored. ‘The Descendants’ won the Best Picture Drama, beating out such favorites as ‘The Help,’ ‘Moneyball,’ ‘War Horse,’ ‘The Ides of March’ and Hugo.’ George Clooney also won for his portrayal of Matt King in ‘The Descendants,’ beating…

For those who like a thinker’s comedy with smart actors, “Carnage” might be your type of film. The comedy, starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, is in select theaters now. Here’s the listing of where it’s showing: NEW YORK CITY Angelika Film Center 6 Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Lincoln Plaza Cinemas LOS ANGELES Arclight Hollywood 15 The Landmark If you’re in these areas, happy day! Go and see it and, if the spirit moves you, tell us what you thought about after seeing it in the comments section–inquiring minds (as well as people who live in other parts of the country) want to know what…

Title: Carnage Sony Pictures Classics Grade: B+ Director: Roman Polanski Screenwriter: Yasmina Reza, Ropman Polanski, based on Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage” Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz Screened at: Sony, NYC, 12/9/11 Opens: December 16, 2011 In trying to make inroads into the broad movie audience, Broadway theater has for decades tossed aside the real purpose of drama and has opted instead to imitate movies. The latest in that unfortunate trend is “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark,” which, instead of showing how even an action-adventure story can employ rich dialogue. substituted a circus atmosphere its title character flying hither and thither above its audience….

Title: Carnage Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly Adapting an acclaimed, Tony Award-winning play that perfectly captures the satirizing of the human condition, parenting and marriage into an intriguing, true-to-life film is never an easy task. But director Roman Polanski effortlessly did just that with his new comedy-drama movie ‘Carnage,’ based on Yasmina Reza’s play ‘God of Carnage.’ The filmmaker, who co-wrote the film with the playwright, hired a respectable cast that brilliantly showcased how disengaged people really are from their relationships, and the disdain they hold towards the people who don’t share the same views as they do. ‘Carnage’ follows two…

Some people might not be keen on watching a film by Roman Polanski nowadays due to his sexual abuse scandal, but if you’re still interested in Polanski’s film career, you might want to know that his latest film, “Carnage,” will be screened in select theaters December 16, 2011. The film, based on Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage,” stars Jodi Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, and the synopsis, according to the press release, of the comedy is that the parents of two boys at odds come together in order to come to some solutions, but develops into an even bigger problem: “‘Carnage’ is a razor sharp,…

Title: Carnage Director: Roman Polanski The newest film from controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski is set to open this year’s New York Film Festival. And rightfully so, the New York Film Festival usually looks for high profile films to kick off the two week festival of Hollywood fare and Art House cinema. Last year, David Fincher’s “The Social Network” opened the festival to the delight of moviegoers and critics alike, also kicking off the fall Awards Season. This year, it’s Polanski’s turn. With “Carnage,” we see something we usually don’t see from this filmmaker, a comedy but moreover, a comedy of manners (of sorts). “Carnage” starts harmlessly enough, cast and crew…

For all her success as an actress, Jodie Foster has had one of the more strangely cursed modern-day careers as a director. She’s made some good movies (“Little Man Tate” remains underrated), but she’s also had countless projects fall apart, including a wonderfully scripted period piece circus tale which Russell Crowe was attached to for quite some time, before a shoulder injury finally scuttled production for good at the last moment. “The Beaver” represents Foster’s latest Waterloo, through no particular fault of her own. A unique and well regarded debut script from writer Kyle Killen made the rounds in Hollywood, and for a while had Steve Carell attached to star. When…

Happy Sunday, Shockya.com readers! Yes, another weekend has come to an end, but we’ve got quite the list of movie news to send you back to work with. The biggest of the bunch is certainly all of the updates pouring out of Disney’s D23 Expo. The event revealed details on a number of projects including The Muppets, The Avengers, Monsters University and so much more. We’ve also got some extensive casting news from some non-Disney productions like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. There are even some inspirational stories in the mix this week; not only did Tom Hanks step up and make amends for…

In this recent interview at Cannes, actor Mel Gibson talks with Variety about his film “The Beaver” by director Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones and Jodie Foster. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from The Beaver. Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award winner Mel Gibson in THE BEAVER – an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter…

Title: The Beaver Director: Jodie Foster Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones, Riley Thomas Stewart, Zachary Booth Off-screen, Mel Gibson may or may not be a deplorable human being — and I tend to think on a certain level he kind of is, with the caveat that I additionally understand he’s also very much a guy in deep, deep pain — but the fact remains that he and his new movie, “The Beaver”, are uniquely suited for one another. When Gibson, after a string of disastrous incidents in his personal life, mounted a comeback with last year’s “Edge of Darkness”, his first starring role in…