Anton Yelchin
To Adele or Bruno, is the awards-show question
There are, broadly speaking, two ways to posthumously honor legends at an award show (and without award shows, as Tina Fey reminded us, how would we know which dead people to care about?)
There’s a way to evoke the late star themselves. Or there’s a way to honor the personality by giving them the most stellar tribute imaginable.
It’s a subject worth thinking about with the Oscars coming up in — can they get here already? — 13 days, when producers will remind us of a tragically long list of screen names who’ve died in the past year, including Gene Wilder, Carrie Fisher, Anton...
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To Adele or Bruno, is the awards-show question
There are, broadly speaking, two ways to posthumously honor legends at an award show (and without award shows, as Tina Fey reminded us, how would we know which dead people to care about?)
There’s a way to evoke the late star themselves. Or there’s a...
The big deals at Sundance: Why the movies sold and how they might succeed
Last year’s Sundance Film Festival saw two of the priciest deals in the history of this gathering: Fox Searchlight’s record-breaking $17.5 million for “The Birth of a Nation” and Amazon/Roadside’s not quite as Brinks-busting $10 million for “Manchester...
Guillermo del Toro wanted 'Trollhunters' to feel like it was from the '80s
Director Guillermo del Toro certainly knows his monsters. He’s choreographed battles between kaijus and giant robots; guided the heavy fist of Hellboy; filmed vampires, ghosts, even mythical fauns. But the creator’s next monstrous muse is something a...
Come for the new 'Star Trek Beyond' trailer, stay for the new Rihanna song
Rihanna and Sia previously penned a smash-hit tune about glittering objects floating in the infinity of space. So it’s a natural fit that they’d return to collaborating for the new “Star Trek Beyond” film.
Rihanna has released a new single,...
Fiat Chrysler speeds up gear-shifter recall after Anton Yelchin's death
Fiat Chrysler is speeding up a recall of 1.1 million vehicles with confusing gear shifters like one in the SUV that crushed and killed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin.
Yelchin, 27, known for playing Chekov in the rebooted film series, died Sunday after...
Essential California: 1 in 10 Cal State students is homeless
Good morning. It is Tuesday, June 21. A new luxury retreat in Malibu has a few rules — no television, no cellphones, no junk food and no alcohol. The price for such an escape: $10,000 for seven days. Here's what else is happening in the Golden State:
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'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin's SUV was recalled in April over rollaway risk
The model of the sport utility vehicle that lurched down a driveway and killed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin had recently been recalled after federal regulators found that its gear shifting could confuse drivers and possibly cause vehicles to roll away,...
Anton Yelchin's talent went far beyond 'Star Trek'
Anton Yelchin made a brilliant impression from the beginning.
One of his earliest films was Scott Hicks’ 2001 drama “Hearts in Atlantis,” in which he played Bobby, an 11-year-old boy who spends a fateful 1960 summer with a mysterious older neighbor who...
Anton Yelchin, actor in 'Star Trek' films, dies in freak car accident at age 27
Actor Anton Yelchin, perhaps best known for his role in the new “Star Trek” films, died early Sunday after his vehicle rolled down his Studio City driveway and trapped the actor against a brick post, authorities confirmed.
Friends went to the...
Hollywood reacts to death of 'Star Trek' star Anton Yelchin
“Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin died Sunday in an apparent freak car accident, according to police and his publicist Jennifer Allen. As the news spread, fellow Hollywood stars began sharing their condolences via social media.
Yelchin started small with...
A promising romance blooms in '5 to 7'
"5 to 7" stars Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe in a falling-in-love fantasy defined by clashing cultures, complex problems and lots of amused expressions.
It's springtime New York. Brian (Yelchin) is a struggling writer in his 20s. Arielle (Marlohe)...
Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Middle' on ABC
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'Dying of the Light': Prosaic, not poetic
If "Dying of the Light" becomes veteran writer-director Paul Schrader's last film — the "Taxi Driver" screenwriter recently announced he's devoting his energies to Web series — there will always be an asterisk next to it. That's because this spy thriller,...
A sneak peek at new movies during the holidays
NOV. 5
Interstellar
As mankind's time on Earth comes to an end, astronauts travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity. With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. Written by Jonathan Nolan and...
The Fall Movie Preview list of films
The 2014 Fall Movie Preview is a broad snapshot of films opening through Oct. 31. Release dates and other details, as compiled here by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change.
Sept. 10
My Old Lady
A down-on-his-luck New Yorker inherits a Parisian...
Review: 'Only Lovers Left Alive' is an elegant vampire love story
With the YA swoon of "Twilight" safely in the rearview mirror, movie vampires get their mojo back in the sensuous dreamscape of "Only Lovers Left Alive," one of the strongest films yet from Jim Jarmusch.
A filmmaker with a deep affection for outsiders,...
Jim Jarmusch on new ground with 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
It's not so much that Jim Jarmusch has edged toward the mainstream but rather that the mainstream has moved closer to him. Over the years the gravitational pull of his slant, laconic sensibility in films such as "Mystery Train," "Dead Man" and "Broken...
Tribeca 2014: Courtney Cox, Joss Whedon to unveil new films at festival
The Tribeca Film Festival will feature a number of celebrities in front of and behind the camera when it kicks off its 13th edition next month.
Chris Messina directs “Alex of Venice,” a marital drama that stars the filmmaker and Mary Elizabeth Winstead...
Review: 'Odd Thomas' gets the hero right, but not the tone
It's not easy for a fantasy franchise to nimbly establish an elaborate back story, but "Odd Thomas" pulls it off with breezy matter-of-factness in its opening scenes. The titular character, who goes by "Odd" (Anton Yelchin), is an average guy who can't...
Broken Bells feeling a sense of liberation with 'After the Disco'
Danger Mouse had his heart set on a glimpse of Jupiter.
On a recent evening, the sonic mastermind of L.A.'s Broken Bells was standing in line at the Griffith Observatory, waiting to peer through the giant Zeiss telescope there. As closing time...