Updated : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:40:48 GMT
AP - The Walt Disney Co. says it will sell Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:40:48 GMT
 AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:18:33 GMT
 AP - Zac Efron and the rest of the crew behind "Charlie St. Cloud" want their movie to be weepy, soulful, inspirational, cathartic, ethereal, life-affirming and who knows what else on the New Age emotional barometer.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:30 GMT
 AP - Gabourey Sidibe (GA'-buh-ray SIH'-dee-bay) is pinching herself over her unexpected life, which includes an Oscar nomination and a new TV series.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:35:10 GMT
Reuters - Australian director Phillip Noyce returned to directing Angelina Jolie in the new Russian spy action thriller "Salt," more than ten years after he worked with her in "The Bone Collector."
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:30:56 GMT
Reuters - Redbox officially has begun offering $1.50-a-night rentals of Blu-ray Discs.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:29:15 GMT
Reuters - Actor Mark Wahlberg received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday as part of the promotion for "The Other Guys."
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:52:12 GMT
Reuters - Len Wiseman, the filmmaker behind the "Underworld" movies, is in negotiations to direct "Total Recall," a remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:51:51 GMT
Reuters - World premieres by directors Sofia Coppola and Darren Aronofsky as well as the hotly anticipated adaptation of cult novel "Barney's Version" will be among the highlights of this year's Venice film festival.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:58:32 GMT
Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio is set to remain king of the North American box office for a third weekend, despite the arrival of three new films led by the 3D sequel "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore."
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:27:11 GMT
AP - For generations, Americans viewed films in stately, single-screen theaters that were pillars of city business districts — an experience that faded with the rise of suburban multiplexes and the decline of downtowns.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:34 GMT
Reuters - Every now and then a brave filmmaker can't resist the temptation to make a metaphysical movie that somehow will manage to portray everlasting love on the screen, that will somehow show a romantic idealism so great that it transcends even the boundaries between the living and dead.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:32:47 GMT
 AP - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:15:02 GMT
AP - A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 1-11.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:36:00 GMT
 AFP - From underworld figures and political activists to famous artists and star athletes, Bollywood is going biographical with a series of films based on, or inspired by, real lives.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:39:51 GMT
Reuters - After four years playing an exuberant young office worker on TV comedy "Ugly Betty," actress America Ferrera is all grown up and taking a decidedly more serious turn in a movie she worked tirelessly to make.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:41:43 GMT
Reuters - The title of "Who Killed Nancy" -- a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen -- is a little misleading.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:09:42 GMT
 AP - Sofia Coppola's comic drama "Somewhere," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among 22 titles that organizers announced Thursday will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:11:06 GMT
 AP - Chris Nolan's "Inception" has been the No. 1 film every day since it opened earlier this month. Yet it could face a formidable challenge from the debuting comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" for the top spot at this weekend's box office.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:04:19 GMT
Reuters - One of the more memorable lines from "Chinatown" said something to the effect that, with enough time, old whores, politicians and ugly buildings become respectable.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:04:19 GMT
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