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(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:23)
Film News: Next 'Chipmunks' film to be in 3D -- Twentieth Century Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks" are plotting their third outing -- and this time, they'll be in 3D.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/c1uHX8lq1OU" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:12)
Film News: Unifrance hopes to excite U.S. buyers with latest films -- As the foreign arthouse market continues to shrink abroad, the Unifrance-sponsored Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New York is strengthening its role as a launchpad for French pics' distribution in the U.S.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/BMCbYSpVHGQ" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:07)
Film News: Acquisition faces off against three wide releases -- Warner Bros. has slotted Vincenzo Natali's "Splice" for a June 4 release, following its acquisition by Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/xEOOmM5cJ08" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:57)
Film News: Lineup mixes arthouse films with big budget fare -- This year's Rendez-Vous lineup reveals two recurring trends of contemporary French cinema: intimate, character-based dramas that have been the mark of Gallic films for decades, and bigger, more commercial-minded genre fare aimed at international markets.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/nA1bK0Cuy4M" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:22)
Film News: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard producing through Imagine -- Clint Eastwood is circling a biopic about FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, penned by Dustin Lance Black ("Milk") and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard through Imagine Entertainment.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/dH1sEvNkIk8" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:18)
Film News: Entertainment steady for new generation of investors -- When Qatari media shingle Alnoor launched a $200 million film fund last October, it became the latest of a growing number of Middle East-based players looking to enter the film biz.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/WzXu4Z1Nzl8" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:08)
Film News: Many projects put on hold until financial stability returns. -- While the likes of Qatar and Abu Dhabi have been relatively sheltered from the recent global economic crisis thanks in some part to their gas and oil wealth, respectively, neighboring Dubai has been much harder hit.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/BGf1GqabAPM" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 15:10)
Film News: 'Pierrot le Fou' to premier at L.A.'s festival of French films -- A restored version Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 classic "Pierrot le Fou" will have its international premiere at L.A.'s 14th annual City of Lights, City of Angels festival of French films, running April 19-25 at the Directors Guild of America Theatre Complex.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/gt7y5ofnnuc" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:15)
Film News: Helmer honored at Beaune Intl. Thriller Film Festival -- James Gray will receive a tribute at the second Beaune Intl. Thriller Film Festival.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/sNGEYnckTgM" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:08)
Film News: Charles Pierce helmed influential horror pic -- Indie filmmaker Charles Pierce whose "Legend of Bogey Creek" inspired later horror pics like "The Blair Witch Project" died March 5 in Dover, Tenn., of natural causes. He was 71.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/kkRdAt9fyJ8" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:40)
Film News: Studio to release 'Money Never Sleeps' on Sept. 24 -- Fox is pushing back the release of "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" from April 23 to Sept. 24.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/I95kKqT165s" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:00)
Film News: Selection includes 85 feature-length films -- Running April 21-May 2, this year's edition of Tribeca will showcase 85 feature-length films.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/UllH_Jcnwok" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 07:30)
Film News: Investment falls 26% to $1.4 billion -- The French film industry may be more resilient than its European neighbors, but it isn't recession proof.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/H0BtUCAhnMU" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 06:00)
Film News: Theater consortium lines up $660 mil for digital projectors -- A consortium repping North America's three largest theater circuits is expected today to finalize $660 million in funding that will be used to outfit 14,000 screens with digital projection systems, a prerequisite for showing 3D titles.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/Zit3XilhpTk" height="1" width="1"/
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 05:52)
Film News: 'Two Coreys' star dies at St. Joseph Hospital -- Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/X34jpBMGjGI" height="1" width="1"/
(Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:01)
Film News: 'Education' screenplay writer joins agency -- Author Nick Hornby, an Oscar nominee this year for adapted screenplay for "An Education," has signed with WME for representation in film and TV.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/-6KK3bZx3gE" height="1" width="1"/
(Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:00)
Film News: Film to come from Tower Hill -- Kevin Macdonald is set to direct the whodunit "Murder Mystery," the first feature from production company Tower Hill Entertainment.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/MWhmlohR5cU" height="1" width="1"/
Film News: Director, writer combo for King Arthur saga -- Warner Bros. is launching a King Arthur project with "Sherlock Holmes" helmer Guy Ritchie attached to direct and "Trainspotting" scribe John Hodge scripting for Atlas Entertainment and Hollywood Gang.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/Jq2pWv7W0oo" height="1" width="1"/
Film News: Next hearing date set for April 16 -- Following extensive objections by Writers Guild of America members, a state court judge has delayed for at least a month approval of the final settlement in the tangled WGA foreign levies case.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/RcvrrUm7vxo" height="1" width="1"/
Film News: Exec has spent 20 years at the TV and film funding agency -- Longtime Telefilm Canada staffer Carolle Brabant has been appointed executive director of the country's film and TV funding agency, it was announced Tuesday by federal Heritage Minister James Moore.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/variety/news/film/~4/Frec9zZhS3U" height="1" width="1"/
Upcoming Movies.
(Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:05)
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE follows a group of best friends whove become bored with their adult lives: Adam (John Cusack) has been dumped by his girlfriend; Lou (Rob Corddry) is a party guy who cant find the party; Nicks (Craig Robinson) wife controls his every move; and video game-obsessed Jacob (Clark Duke) wont leave his basement.
Jeff Kinneys hit tween book that straddles the fiction and comic-book genres makes a leap to the big screen with this adaptation.
In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union.
From the studio that brought you Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda comes How to Train Your Dragon. Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesnt exactly fit in with his tribes longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers.
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In a desperate attempt to promote his yet unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell (a remarkably sensitive and honest performance from Brian Geraghty) hits the road on a self-planned book tour with his younger, looser brother Sean (the sly and funny Kel ONeill). The brothers inherent disparity makes them discordant road buddies and after lukewarm audience receptions to his writing, Davy is left feeling lonely and without purpose.
The Man is a lonely, eccentric who works in a book store; amusing himself with his absurdist outlook on reality.
It's appropriately gritty, and soaked in the kind of palpable tension Antoine Fuqua delivers so well, but Brooklyn's Finest suffers from the comparisons its cliched script provokes.
Even among civil rights movies, Blood Done Sign My Name is remarkably earnest, but its big heart can't cover for the bland acting and TV-style melodrama that blunts the movie's impact.
It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.
With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean - Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household.
Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.
Small and intimate -- occasionally to a fault -- The Yellow Handkerchief rises above its overly familiar ingredients thanks to riveting performances from William Hurt and Kristen Stewart.
It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking.
Celine Dion, the international superstar and best-selling female artist of all time, has toured around the world and back again, and now, Sony Pictures Releasing's special programming division, The Hot Ticket, will let audiences follow her everywhere.
TROPIC THUNDER and KNOCKED UP scene stealer Jay Baruchel gets a well-deserved starring role in this comedy.
Precious is a grim yet ultimately triumphant film about abuse and inner-city life, largely bolstered by exceptional performances from its cast.
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched script and stock characters keep those methods from being as effective this time around.
Though the costumes are beautiful and the art direction impeccable, what stands out most from this debut by fashion designer Tom Ford is the leading performance by Colin Firth.
In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family.
Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalems ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of four children.
"Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception.
Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle.
Hye-ja is a single mom to 27-year-old Do-joon. Her son is her raison dêtre. Though an adult in years, Do-joon is naïve and dependent on his mother, and a constant source of anxiety, often behaving in ways that are foolish or simply dangerous.
Inspired by actual events, FORMOSA BETRAYED is the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's (James Van Der Beek) investigation of the brutal murder of a Taiwanese-American professor on U.S. soil.
John Pulliti is the new all American apple pie. Almost rich, almost thirty, he never lies or cheats.
Tim Burton's Alice sacrifices the book's minimal narrative coherence -- and much of its heart -- but it's an undeniable visual treat.
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