Movie News
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Mesa emerges as bidder for Disney's Miramax: sources (Reuters)
Mesa Global, an investment banking firm co-founded by former Creative Artists Agency executive Mark Patricof, has emerged as a potential bidder for Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit ahead of an offer deadline on Friday, said sources familiar with the matter. -
Sigourney Weaver bares her teeth in vampire comedy (AFP)
American actress Sigourney Weaver is going to play the queen of the vampires in the horror comedy "Vamps," trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.
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Bullock cancels trip amid talk of marriage trouble (Reuters)
Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock on Wednesday pulled out of the London premiere of her hit movie "The Blind Side" as a U.S. celebrity magazine published a claim that her husband cheated on her. -
Former "Sunshine" star Breslin yearns for horror (Reuters)
Former "Little Miss Sunshine" star Abigail Breslin, currently bringing tears to the eyes of Broadway theater audiences as the blind and deaf Helen Keller, has a grown-up message for movie scouts. She's ready for much darker roles. -
Review: Aniston and Butler in `The Bounty Hunter' (AP)
In Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez memorably created romantic sparks while huddled in the trunk of a car. By contrast, the action-laden romantic-comedy "The Bounty Hunter" begins with Jennifer Aniston bursting out a trunk in a smokey blaze of ignited flares as Gerard Butler chases after her. -
Review: The outer-borough farce `City Island' (AP)
Set in the Bronx during an eventful spring break and populated by sexual, dark-haired people, "City Island" could, on the surface, be confused for a "Jersey Shore" sequel.
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`Toy Story 3': Woody, Buzz face abandonment issues (AP)
Playtime is over for Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and friends.
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`Toy Story' creator Pixar earns theater award (AP)
The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize.
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Ga. Senate to honor entertainment mogul Perry (AP)
Madea is coming to the state Capitol. -
Review: `Hubble 3D' launches viewers on grand trek (AP)
Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man's cane and dark glasses when it went into orbit 20 years ago and immediately proved nearsighted?
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DVD film Image licenses Handmade Films library (Reuters)
Home entertainment distributor Image Entertainment has licensed the 30-plus-title Handmade Films library, which includes such movies as "Time Bandits," "The Long Good Friday" and "Mona Lisa." -
David Byrne's avant-garde dance film makes sense (Reuters)
"Stop Making Sense" is a tough act to follow, but David Byrne gives his younger self a run for his money with "Ride, Rise, Roar." -
Centurion an unpretentious swords-and-sandals film (Reuters)
A refreshing answer to filmmakers who believe any swords-and-sandals film must be epic or at least overwrought, Neil Marshall's "Centurion" delivers some large-scale action but plays almost like a Roman-era Western in its depiction of a few soldiers trying to get home alive after the slaughter of their comrades. -
"Precious" director hires Brit to play MLK (Reuters)
Lee Daniels is firming up the cast of "Selma," his civil-rights follow-up to "Precious," even as its funding is on shaky ground.
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Sigourney Weaver the queen in horror-comedy Vamps (Reuters)
Sigourney Weaver, who fought a monster queen in "Aliens," will now act as a vampire queen in "Vamps." -
Fox to mine "Avatar" DVD release three times (Reuters)
Twentieth Century Fox on Tuesday set Earth Day, April 22, for the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Avatar". But fans will have to wait until November for another disc with all the usual extras, and even longer for a 3-D version.
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`Avatar' to be released on DVD, but not in 3-D (AP)
"Avatar" is coming to DVD, but not yet in 3-D.
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'Alice' sparks debate over quick DVD releases (AP)
Disney's plan to quickly release the blockbuster "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD is sparking new heat in a debate between Hollywood studios and movie theaters over how quickly films move from the big screen to people's living rooms.
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Review: Stewart, Fanning glam it up in `Runaways' (AP)
The Runaways," chronicling the rise and fall of Joan Jett's first band, easily could have degenerated into a movie-length music video, with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning merely glam-rock poseurs.
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NYS film tax credit key economic driver: comptroller (Reuters)
New York state's film tax credit has generated about $7 billion in economic activity since 2004 and become a key economic driver, the state's comptroller said on Tuesday.
