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'Madagascar 2' an animal overseas
For the fourth time in five stanzas "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" won the No. 1 overseas boxoffice spot over the first weekend of 2009 thanks to an estimated $31.1 million grossed from 6,239 screens in 35 territories.
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:42 PM [GMT] – comment?
For the fourth time in five stanzas "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" won the No. 1 overseas boxoffice spot over the first weekend of 2009 thanks to an estimated $31.1 million grossed from 6,239 screens in 35 territories.
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:42 PM [GMT] – comment?
You review: The Spirit
Will Eisner's noirish 1940s comic strip was an inspiration for Frank Miller creations such as Sin City. So it's a little ironic that most critics reckon this big-screen adaptation of The Spirit looks like a pale facsimile of the comic-book-writer-turned-director Miller's 2005 reworkin ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
Will Eisner's noirish 1940s comic strip was an inspiration for Frank Miller creations such as Sin City. So it's a little ironic that most critics reckon this big-screen adaptation of The Spirit looks like a pale facsimile of the comic-book-writer-turned-director Miller's 2005 reworkin ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
What is the worst casting in movie history?
Apropos of the fact that Lost in Showbiz sat through an entire Colin Farrell movie last night - this is what we call a "news peg" - you are hereby invited to participate in a time-wasting Monday afternoon game.The majestic addition to the Farrell oeuvre was called The Recruit, and saw Coli ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
Apropos of the fact that Lost in Showbiz sat through an entire Colin Farrell movie last night - this is what we call a "news peg" - you are hereby invited to participate in a time-wasting Monday afternoon game.The majestic addition to the Farrell oeuvre was called The Recruit, and saw Coli ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
'Marley & Me' Sits And Stays Atop Box Office
"Marley & Me" remained top dog at the box office, bringing in $24.1 million over the holiday weekend; "Bedtime Stories" again held the #2 spot.
VH1.com – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
"Marley & Me" remained top dog at the box office, bringing in $24.1 million over the holiday weekend; "Bedtime Stories" again held the #2 spot.
VH1.com – Jan 5, 2009 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
Martin Scorsese supporting 'Gomorrah'
Martin Scorsese will lend his name to IFC Films' U.S. release of the Italian crime drama "Gomorrah."
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
Martin Scorsese will lend his name to IFC Films' U.S. release of the Italian crime drama "Gomorrah."
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
Regent acquires 'Departures' rights
Regent Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to "Departures," the latest film from Yojiro Takita and Japan's submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar.
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:02 PM [GMT] – comment?
Regent Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to "Departures," the latest film from Yojiro Takita and Japan's submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar.
The Hollywood Reporter – Jan 5, 2009 4:02 PM [GMT] – comment?
Andy Lau takes on case of Detective Dee
Sherlock Holmes it is not. Infernal Affairs' Andy Lau has signed on to play a seventh-century Chinese sleuth in the period martial-arts thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Lau will play the titular character, an exiled magistrate orde ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 3:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
Sherlock Holmes it is not. Infernal Affairs' Andy Lau has signed on to play a seventh-century Chinese sleuth in the period martial-arts thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Lau will play the titular character, an exiled magistrate orde ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 3:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
`Marley & Me' remains top dog with $24M weekendAP - Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite.
Yahoo! – Jan 5, 2009 3:09 PM [GMT] – comment?
Jazz age romance of Fitzgerald and Zelda heads for big screen
Their tempestuous relationship was reputedly the basis for some of his most famous works. Now the story of F Scott Fitzgerald and his novelist wife Zelda Sayre is to made into a Keira Knightley-starring film called The Beautiful and the Damned, reports Variety.Knightley has been attached for some ti ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 2:22 PM [GMT] – comment?
Their tempestuous relationship was reputedly the basis for some of his most famous works. Now the story of F Scott Fitzgerald and his novelist wife Zelda Sayre is to made into a Keira Knightley-starring film called The Beautiful and the Damned, reports Variety.Knightley has been attached for some ti ... more »
The Guardian – Jan 5, 2009 2:22 PM [GMT] – comment?
Universal sells horror/thriller studio Rogue to financing partner
Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime ...
USA Today – Jan 5, 2009 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime ...
USA Today – Jan 5, 2009 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
