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Viggo Mortensen goes 'extreme' in 'Captain Fantastic' (and clears up that Peter Jackson CGI thing)
Since breaking through to stardom as Aragorn in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Viggo Mortensen has largely spurned the blockbuster route in favor of more idiosyncratic fare like David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises.” It’s fitting, then, that in his latest movie, “Captain Fantastic,” opening July 8, he plays a man determined to take the road less traveled, a single father who spurns the modern consumerist world to raise his six kids in the woods according to what he sees as purer, loftier values.
On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, Mortensen,...
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Viggo Mortensen goes 'extreme' in 'Captain Fantastic' (and clears up that Peter Jackson CGI thing)
Since breaking through to stardom as Aragorn in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Viggo Mortensen has largely spurned the blockbuster route in favor of more idiosyncratic fare like David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises.”...
New releases: Tina Fey’s ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ and Romanian road picture 'Aferim!' hit DVD and Blu-ray
New on Blu-ray:
“Aferim!” (Big World DVD, $29.95; Blu-ray, $34.95)
One of the best-reviewed films of 2016, the black-and-white Romanian road picture “Aferim!” takes an unusual approach to a harsh bit of Eastern European history. Set in 1835, the...
For the traditional theatrical window, the lines continue to blur
It's a debate that has raged in the movie business since the era of VHS tapes — how long should studios wait between releasing their movies in theaters and putting them out on home video?
The issue of "windowing"...
Locarno Film Festival to give producing prize to Participant Media CEO David Linde
The Locarno Film Festival will give its 2016 tribute award for independent producers, the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico, to David Linde, chief executive of Participant Media.
Running this year from August 3-13 in Locarno, Switzerland, the festival has...
CinemaCon: J.J. Abrams says movie theater owners 'have to adapt'
In front of thousands of cinema owners on Monday night, one of the most powerful filmmakers in Hollywood said the theatrical experience may soon be a thing of the past.
OK, he wasn’t quite that harsh. But J.J. Abrams did urge the crowd at CinemaCon —...
Will Napster co-founder Sean Parker's Screening Room disrupt the film industry?
Sean Parker stood in front of a whiteboard at Napster's dingy offices in San Mateo, Calif., and mapped out a hoped-for future for the besieged music file-sharing service.
It was late at night, and amid the detritus of discarded pizza boxes, a group of...
Published in Los Angeles Times on April 07, 2016 — Print headline: "COMPANY TOWN - Sean Parker's disruption - Napster co-founder takes on the film industry with Screening Room home-video service"
Cop thriller 'Baskin' turns into imaginative gore-fest horror film
Turkish director Can Evrenol's debut feature "Baskin" starts out as a gamy cop thriller then takes a hard right turn into horror. The pacing is slack and the splatter excessive, but this twisted cross-genre exercise should be red meat to...
Published in Los Angeles Times on April 01, 2016 — Print headline: "Barbarity takes over cop thriller - `BASKIN'"
The director and stars of 'Batman v Superman' on what we can expect from the R-rated 'Ultimate Cut'
Say what you will about "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (and people have said plenty), at 2 hours and a 33 minutes — packing in three of the comic-book realm's biggest icons, a psychotic supervillain, a giant...
European theater owners join those rejecting Sean Parker's controversial Screening Room service
The trade group representing European movie theater owners has rejected a proposed in-home film-screening service from technology investor Sean Parker.
Parker, an entrepreneur who served as Facebook's first president, is...
Why theater owners are rejecting Sean Parker's controversial Screening Room
Tech entrepreneur and Napster co-founder Sean Parker wants to shake up the movie industry, and theater owners are not pleased.
The investor known for his key roles in Facebook, Napster and Spotify is working on a home-video...
Why the #OscarsSoWhite fuss matters
After years of fighting dwindling ratings and patchy box office to prove their relevance, the people behind the Oscar ceremony had relevance thrust upon them.
Announced at a time already roiling with issues surrounding race and gender, the overwhelmingly...
'Trumbo's' Dean O'Gorman plays Kirk Douglas and earns praise from the legend
When Dean O'Gorman was cast in the plum role of Kirk Douglas in "Trumbo," the new biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, he decided to ask the legendary actor if he wouldn't mind offering up a few tips on how to play him.
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Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian hopes to give voice to her Armenian ancestors
In a profession dominated by Italian and German repertoire, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian has had the privilege of performing in two languages that are not normally associated with the standard operatic canon: Armenian and the Elvish tongue known as...
Kurt Sutter's 'Bastard Executioner' draws out a sword-and-sorcery tale to a painful degree
Fun fact: Wales has more castles per square mile than any other European country, which, according to many Welsh tourism websites, proves it is a country worth fighting for.
That could also be the reason Kurt Sutter set "The Bastard...
Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet is center of his own 'six degrees' game
Benedict Cumberbatch is the Kevin Bacon of the "Hamlet" universe.
The popular British actor is currently performing in Shakespeare's tragedy through October at the Barbican Theatre in London. On the big screen, he has...
Relativity Media sale could attract rival Hollywood moguls and far-flung billionaires
Relativity Media is for sale, but who's buying? Rival Hollywood moguls and far-flung billionaires are expected to take a peek at Ryan Kavanaugh's battered movie and TV studio as it goes on to the auction table.
Kavanaugh tried to shake up Hollywood...
What could possibly be in the 'The Hobbit' extended edition that warranted an R rating?
Apparently the extended version of "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" is lot more violent and/or full of Middle-earth innuendo. Because the extended version just got rated R.
The Motion Picture Assn. of America's R rating for...
TV This Week, Aug. 2 -8: 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' and more
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King Kong roars back to life with new ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure
The next generation of King Kong attractions at Universal Orlando will take riders into the jungle island home of the gargantuan beast rather than bring the colossal ape to civilization as a chained captive.
Skull Island: Reign of Kong is set to open...
Another 'Poldark,' and once again it's scything the fans
When the epic romantic TV series "Poldark" premiered this spring in England, its success took even the producers by surprise.
"The truth is you never know what's going to strike a chord with the viewing public," said executive...