Melissa Leo

February 22, 2009 at 12:14pm PST

Tags: Darren Aronofsky, Frozen River, Independent Spirit Awards, James Franco, Melissa Leo, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Penelope Cruz, The Visitor, The Wrestler

Photos: Fox Searchlight

Last night the Independent Spirit Awards were handed out and the winners were:

Best Feature: The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin

Best Director: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor

Best First Feature: Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman

Best First Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best Supporting Female: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Supporting Male: James Franco, Milk

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Ugly Betty Flushes Her Money Away

November 12, 2008 at 6:52am PST

Tags: America Ferrera, American Tragic, Body of Lies, In the Valley of Elah, June Diane Raphael, Melissa Leo, Rendition, Ryan O'Nan, Ryan Piers Williams, Stop Loss, The Lucky Ones, Ugly Betty

Photos: splashnewsonline.com

When you’re swimming in money, what better way to spend it then to finance your boyfriend’s dreams?

That’s what Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is doing by starring in and executive producing an Iraq War-related drama shooting in New Mexico starting in February.

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Law Abiding Citizen See It or Skip It

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

The Boys Are Back See It or Skip It

Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

Jennifer's Body See it or Skip it

Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.

See It or Skip It: World's Greatest Dad

Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!