The Movie Blog

Nicolas Cage is racing his silver Mercedes through the narrow streets of London when beer kegs suddenly start dropping from the truck in front of him.

Julian Schnabel’s latest piece of film art runs the filmmaker’s memories of his father’s final days through the notion that a stroke can engender a man’s spiritual rebirth.

Around the FilmStew water cooler, there were a lot of open-ended questions posed in 2007. Here are some for which we are still searching for answers.

Moviegoers slam actress for ‘I Know Who Killed Me’ role, ‘Georgia Rule.’

Mindy McCready, who was sentenced in September for violating probation from a 2004 drug arrest, has been released from jail.

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Also new: Clive Owen in ‘Shoot ’Em Up’ and ‘The Tudors’ first season

A former home of poet Robert Frost has been vandalized, with intruders destroying dozens of items and setting fire to furniture in what police say was an underage drinking party.

Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood’s year on a happy note. Cage’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks” with $30 million and Smith’s “I Am Legend” with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Her role in “Atonement” earned Saoirse Ronan a Golden Globe nomination, but she hasn’t read the Ian McEwan novel the movie is based on.