Oscar News

• Oscar winner Warren Beatty announced his long-awaited return to the big screen this week in a Howard Hughes biopic which he will direct and star in. Beatty won an Oscar for directing Reds.
• The Tree of Life, probably the first sure-fire Best Picture nominee of 2011, has garnered some unusual attention this week after a Connecticut movie theater had to post a sign that no refunds would be given just because you didn’t like the film.

Review Round-Up

• Like it’s predecessor, Cars 2 is getting Pixar some of the weakest reviews of its career. With a 58 on Metacritic, most critics agree that while the film will entertain small children, it doesn’t have the depth or humor of most Pixar films.

Oscar Box Office

• Super 8 continued to hold strong at the box office, with only a slight drop into second place. Meanwhile, the lowest drop of the week was Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, which continues to defy expectations for one of Allen’s films.

Oscar Farewell

• Peter Falk, who was twice nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, passed away at the age of 87. The five-time Emmy winner had back-to-back Oscar nominations for Murder, Inc. and Pocketful of Miracles.