With the awards season under way and the reveal of the 2015 Oscar nominations last Thursday, on-demand Internet streaming media available providers -- Amazon, Hulu and Netflix -- have once again treated moviegoers with a horde of some of the latest Oscar-nominated films. Here's your chance to check out the biggest critically acclaimed films and commercial successes of the year at home. Get that coffee pot ready and get ready to binge.
The Oscars take place on February 22nd and there are a number of Mexicans in contention for major awards. Among them are director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki. A win for either would continue Mexico's well-documented history at the big event. But how have Mexicans fared in the 87-year history of the Academy Awards?
Clint Eastwood's riveting Iraq war-drama, "American Sniper," which has been nominated for six Oscars, has pierced through the box office this weekend. The intense film was the top-grossing movie in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend, collecting $90.2 million in ticket sales and set a record for the month of January.
Critically acclaimed director Spike Lee recently spoke with The Daily Beast about his opinion on "Selma's" Oscar snub in the Best Director and Best Actor categories.
Rumor has it that President Obama plans to host a screening of the civil rights film “Selma” at the White House on Friday. Inside sources reportedly say that the film’s cast and crew are invited to the movie viewing as we kick off the Martin Luther King Day weekend.
As usual, there were a few major upsets. On Thursday morning, the Academy Award nominations were announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by president of the Academy Cheryl Boone Isaacs, blockbuster movie actor Chris Pine, Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón ("Gravity") and J.
Since its theatrical release in February 2014, the critical and commercial success of "The Lego Movie," the computer-animated adventure fantasy comedy film directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, has been hailed as one of the best films of the year. It's song "Everything Is Awesome" is now getting some attention of it's own thanks to its Oscar nomination.
Landing a role in "Cantinflas," a biopic about Mario Moreno, the most beloved comedic actor in Mexico was monumental for Mexican actress Gabriela De La Garza. In an exclusive interview with Latin Post, the Mexico City actress discusses how she challenged herself linguistically and physically for the role and her experience acting in the Oscar-buzzed film, which was released by Pantelion Films and will be available on DVD Dec. 2, 2014.
In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Academy award winning actress Angelina Jolie divulged that she was "open" to pursuing a life in public service as a politician or diplomat. However, she did not confirm that she would take a sabbatical from Hollywood.
Since winning an Academy Award last year, Lupita Nyong'o has quickly developed into one of Hollywood's brightest ingénues and fashion "It" girls. As a result, Glamour magazine has crowned her one of their Women of the Year.
Mexico's most beloved comedic film star of all time, Cantinflas (played by Mario Moreno) was considered to be "the best comedian alive," according to the great Charlie Chaplin. Today, his influence continues to thrive not only with Pantelion Films' recent release of his biopic, "Cantinflas," but with modern-day Latino comedic actors, such as Cheech Marin who recalled meeting Moreno in a Latin Post exclusive interview.
"Cantinflas" has been charming audiences with its release in around 400 theaters across the U.S. and soon in Mexico, Central and South America and the Dominican Republic. Now with the backing of the Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences, the film may go on to nab an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language film category.
The Toronto International Film Festival is known as the festival that begins awards season. This year a number of features will play at the festival in hopes of attracting raves reviews and garnering awards buzz.
But he's not the only with an interesting Oscar story. An Oscar may be the topmost award an actor can win, but Jared Leto doesn't really care about the trophy.
After the recent John Mayer Katy Perry breakup news, it seems that it only took three days before the "Gravity" singer to get over his former love and was seen getting a bit cozy with a mystery brunette.
Gravity was quite the force at Sunday's 86th Annual Academy Awards. Director Alfonso Cuarón took home two himself, one for Directing and one for Film Editing. The Mexican director, however, is trying to leave the Oscars behind, both literally and figuratively.
