James Gandolfini

Steve Carell, James Gandolfini to Star as Rival Paleontologists in HBO's 'Bone Wars'

April 5, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 7 weeks ago

Steve Carell and James Gandolfini will also executive produce "Bone Wars," about a pair of feuding dinosaur-diggers

  

'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' Review: Magician Comedy Has Nothing Up Its Sleeve

March 13, 2013 By Alonso Duralde 10 weeks ago

Despite the presence of Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey, the laughs get shackled up and suspended in a tank of repetitiveness and sentimentality

  

David Chase: 'Everybody Told Me Not to Make This Movie'

December 21, 2012 By Steve Pond 22 weeks ago

With the release of "Not Fade Away," "Sopranos" creator David Chase talks about rock 'n' roll dreams, using his clout and finding the spiritual difference between movies and television shows

  

'Not Fade Away': An Age Gap Defined by the Rolling Stones

December 21, 2012 By Brent Lang 22 weeks ago

David Chase argues that the generation that came of age in the 1960s had a choice between war and rock

  

'Killing Them Softly' Review: Crime Comedy Bludgeons Us Repeatedly With Subtext

November 29, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 25 weeks ago

Sharp performances (particularly James Gandolfini’s) and several good scenes can’t overcome the constant references to the economic crash of 2008

  

Brad Pitt Totally Guns it in New 'Killing Them Softly' Trailer (Video)

November 21, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 26 weeks ago

"Moneyball" star Brad Pitt plays a professional enforcer with an itchy trigger finger in Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly"

  

'Not Fade Away' Trailer: Wear a Tie to Dinner With James Gandolfini Or Else

October 8, 2012 By Brent Lang 32 weeks ago

"Not Fade Away" marks the directorial debut of David Chase, the creator of "The Sopranos"

  

James Gandolfini to Star in HBO's 'Criminal Justice' Pilot

September 19, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 35 weeks ago

Based on the BBC series, "Criminal Justice" will be co-written and directed by "Schindler's List" writer Steven Zaillian

  

David Chase's Rock Film 'Not Fade Away' to Premiere at New York Film Fest

August 15, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Film about '60s Jersey rock scene is directorial debut of "The Sopranos" creator David Chase, and will feature soundtrack produced by Steve Van Zandt

  

'Killing Them Softly' Trailer: Brad Pitt Delivers as a Bad-Ass Hitman (Video)

August 2, 2012 By C. Molly Smith 42 weeks ago

First trailer for Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" shows off Brad Pitt's darker side 

  

Brosnan, Franco, Gandolfini Back CAA and Sherry Lansing Education Startup (Exclusive)

July 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Empowered UCLA Extension will offer scholarships in the name of "celebrity messengers" like Sally Field, George Lopez and Geena Davis

  

Cannes Review: 'Killing Them Softly' Has Brad Pitt, Dirty Money and No Regrets

May 22, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

Lots of things go wrong in Andrew Dominik's Brad Pitt gangster movie "Killing Them Softly" -- but beneath it all, the film is a dark indictment of American capitalism

  

James Gandolfini Lands in a 'Big Dead Place' for HBO

September 1, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Former "Sopranos" star will produce and possibly star in the adaptation of Nicholas Johnson's memoir about life in the Antarctic

  

'Cinema Verite's' Diane Lane on the Filming of the Filming of 'An American Family'

June 15, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The star of HBO's "Cinema Verite" talks about playing the first reality show mom during TheWrap's Emmy Screening Series

  

Diane Lane on Playing Reality TV's First Real Star, Pat Loud

June 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"It's a different, different, different world today -- the past never dies, and the headlines win, in terms of what becomes history"

  

HBO's 'Cinema Verite': When Reality TV Was Real?

June 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The directors of the movie chronicling "An American Family" say documentary ethics aren't what they used to be

  

Pat Loud, Cinema Verite and the Birth of Reality Television

April 12, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Last night, HBO premiered a movie about the 1973 reality series that set the mold for a culture that is now comfortably uncomfortable living in public

  

James Gandolfini Gearing Up for New HBO Project

March 21, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

HBO Films is developing a project featuring the former "Sopranos" star as a restaurant-owner-turned-diplomat

  

David Chase Taps Brad Garrett for Suburban Drama

February 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

"The Sopranos" creator has already lined up James Gandolfini and Lisa Lampanelli to appear in the sixties era film

  

'Rileys' Review: See Tony Soprano & Bella Swan Try to Stretch Themselves

October 28, 2010 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

"Welcome to the Rileys" is a small pleasure with deft performances by two actors trying something different

  

Top Picks from the San Diego Film Festival

October 5, 2010 By Suzette Valle 2 years ago

This SoCal film fest had plenty of stars on screen, and some on the red carpet

  

Alexis Bledel to Play Teenage Assassin in 'Violet and Daisy'

September 22, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini also star in Geoffrey Fletcher's directorial debut

  

Callbacks: Gandolfini, Robbins Enter HBO's 'Cinema'; Kurt Russell's Back in Action

May 12, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 3 years ago

Charlize Theron does funny; Dave Annable joins "What's Your Number?"; IMAX lands "Sucker Punch"

  

Gandolfini Eyes Driver's Seat of HBO's 'Taxi' Comedy

May 6, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 3 years ago

"Sopranos" star will exec produce the network's half-hour adaptation of a French Canadian series

  

Deals for 'Welcome to the Rileys,' 'Tillman Story'

February 5, 2010 By Brent Lang 3 years ago

Sundance has ended, but two festival favorites find a home a week later

  
Columns