Sunday, January 29th, 2006
The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition)
The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition) — $15.99
24 – Season Four
24 – Season Four — $45.48
Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition)
Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition) — $19.96
Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)
Flightplan (Widescreen Edition) — $19.49
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
What the Bleep Do We Know!? — $11.99
The Notebook (New Line Platinum Series)
The Notebook (New Line Platinum Series) — $11.99
Pride&Prejudice (Widescreen Edition)
Pride&Prejudice (Widescreen Edition) — $16.98
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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Temple Black Returns to Hollywood for SAG Honor
It takes a lot for Shirley Temple Black to make a public appearance these days.And being chosen to receive the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award is a lot.The former child star who outgrew the 'Good Ship Lollipop' to become a U.S.
Oscar Historian Awaits Nominations Morning
By Sandy Cohen BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. ( AP) Weathered plastic crates crammed with papers, books and binders cover the floor. Cardboard boxes compete for space atop four large filing cabinets lining one of the walls.
Oscars historian ready for nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Weathered plastic crates crammed with papers, books and binders cover the floor. Cardboard boxes compete for space atop four large filing cabinets lining one of the walls.
And the Documentary Nominees Aren't
COME Oscar night, the nominees for best documentary will most likely be relegated once again to the back row of the orchestra.
Oscar contenders probe social issues
Friday, Jan 27, 2006 Movies reprint or license this Posted on Fri, Jan. 27, 2006 Oscar contenders probe social issues DAVID GERMAIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Western fans can rejoice once more.
Making a Killing in Human Potential
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Motley Crue get Hollywood shrine
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The Indie Boy in the Soundtrack Bubble
MUCH has been made of the oddities of Steven Soderbergh's 'Bubble': its use of non-professional actors and its unusual release pattern. ( It came out almost simultaneously in theaters, on cable television and as a DVD.)
'Brokeback Mountain'&'Walk The Line' Win Best Picture Prizes at Golden Globes
s 'Brokeback Mountain' won the best motion picture – drama award while 's 'Walk The Line' won the best motion picture musical or comedy prize. ' Brokeback' won four awards tonight, while 'Walk The Line' won three prizes.
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Hooah! It's Army's word for all reasons (The Charlotte Observer)
In the U.S. Army, which has so many acronyms, expressions and opaque phrases that it seems to deserve its own language, there is one word that is possibly uttered more than any other.
Two for the Money (filmcritic.com)
Two for the Money is so frustrating to watch because you can see it falling apart with every additional subplot, every misused actor, and every tectonic shift in the story.
Method actor Franciosa, 77, known for on-set antics (Contra Costa Times)
Anthony Franciosa, whose strong portrayals of moody, troubled characters made him a Hollywood star in the 1950s and '60s, but whose combative behavior on movie sets hampered his career, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 77.
Video/DVD Releases (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Al Pacino dives into his persona of manic intensity to the point of caricature with an over-the-top performance as a mogul in the high-stakes business of sports betting.
Rental Guide (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Nicolas Cage nicely plays the heavy as hero, or anti-hero, or bad guy with a heart of gold-plating in writer-director Andrew Niccol's taut thriller set in the underworld of international arms peddling.
Don't mess with Pacino, fans tell Flint 'Scarface' foe (MLive.com)
FLINT – Film legend Al Pacino doesn't need the muscle of the Corleone family or the firepower of Tony "Scarface" Montana to defend himself: His fans are ready to step right up.
Making you an offer you can’t refuse: Godfather game hits PSP (MobileMag)
Leave the gun, take the cannoli. Electronic Arts (EA) and Paramount Pictures are set to launch the video game version of the classic Godfather film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.
SUPER MEMORIES: The first 39 games (Detroit Free Press)
From its beginning in 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game to today, when it's known simply as the Super Bowl, next Sunday's game truly is one game to rule them all.
Now available on DVD (Contra Costa Times)
"TWO FOR THE MONEY": A former college football hero's (Matthew McConaughey) knack for foretelling games' outcomes becomes a valuable commodity to a sports betting mogul (Al Pacino) in this flashy drama. The athlete is seduced, at least initially, by the grand lifestyle he could lead for supplying lucrative information. Co-star Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven and Armand Assante also appear. DVD extras:
Rock of agents (Guardian Unlimited)
At the embassy press cocktail party on Tuesday, the gin came with tonic and the chatter between UK diplomats and journalists was watered down with "no comment".
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Hollywood moves toward digital movies in theaters (Detroit News)
HOLLYWOOD — Most moviegoers just want to know what films are playing. Michael Joe wants to know what's playing the films.
Hollywood? Hell’s better (The Telegraph)
New Delhi, Jan. 27 (PTI): Actor Shahrukh Khan would prefer to rule in Bollywood than serve in Hollywood.
Hollywood's tattletale nanny (San Jose Mercury News)
Here are three words I never thought I'd write: Poor Michael Ovitz. Ovitz, of course, is the legendary Hollywood agent, founder of Creative Artists Agency, storied super-negotiator and, most recently as the deposed head of Disney, embodiment of all that is wrong in the obscenely overpaid and hubristic executive suites of the movie industry. A frequent subject of showbiz legend and lore, Ovitz has
Hollywood expected to survive box-office drought (Centre Daily Times)
Los Angeles Times HOLLYWOOD — With apologies to "Chicken Little," one of the hit movies of 2005, the sky isn't falling on Hollywood. Yes, it's true that box-office receipts in the U.S. and Canada were down about 5 percent from a year earlier, to $8.9 billion. But that doesn't mean the movie industry is about to derail.
Motley Crue Gets Hollywood Star (AP via Yahoo! News)
It was girls, girls, girls Wednesday when Motley Crue, the bad boys of '80s heavy-metal music, received the 2,301st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Rodriguez featured magazine cover of first-ever 'New Hollywood' issue (USA Today)
Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Ana Lucia Cortez on the ABC's Lost, is on one of four celebrity covers of People en Espanol's "New Hollywood" issue, on newsstands Feb. 6. in the issue, she talks about ethics and respect.
Hollywood gains more access to South Korea (Orlando Sentinel)
South Korea said Thursday it will halve its quota for local films that must be shown in the country's cinemas, bowing to a U.S. demand to give Hollywood more access — a key issue in planned free trade talks.
Lost actress on cover of magazine's first-ever New Hollywood issue (Jam! Showbiz)
NEW YORK (AP) – Actress Michelle Rodriguez of Lost says she treats people with respect – unless provoked. "My family taught me about ethics and the importance of respecting everybody," Rodriguez tells People en Espanol magazine in its debut New Hollywood issue.
Turner criticises 'safe' Hollywood (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Kathleen Turner has hit out at Hollywood as she spilled the beans on the return of US hit show Friends.
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
King Leopold's Ghost
By Sheri Linden Bottom line: It's a hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality.
Wide Awake
By James Greenberg Bottom line: Visually impressive, confessional docu from Alan Berliner brings an imaginative flair to his personal struggles with a problem he shares with 70 million other Americans: insomnia.
An Inconvenient Truth
By Kirk Honeycutt Bottom line: Al Gore brings his campaign to reverse global warming to the big screen in this vivid and vital activist movie. PARK CITY — There are two agendas behind Davis Guggenheim's 'An Inconvenient Truth.'
Right At Your Door
By Kirk Honeycutt Bottom line: 'Right at Your Door' takes a viewer on a harrowing, distinctly uncomfortable journey. PARK CITY — 'Right at Your Door' takes a viewer on a harrowing, distinctly uncomfortable journey.
Sherrybaby
By Duane Byrge Bottom line: A moving drama of one young mother's drug addiction. PARK CITY — Freedom's just another course for everything else to lose.
Flannel Pajamas
By James Greenberg Bottom line: Provocative story of a marriage's rise and fall. PARK CITY — Who said there are no second acts in American lives?
Open Window
By Sura Wood Bottom line: There's decent film in here– along with a sensational and frightening rape scene that sadly could prove to be a draw — but director Mia Goldman is undercut by a flawed script from writer Mia Goldman.
Roving Mars
By Frank Scheck Bottom line: 'Roving Mars' is bound to inspire hordes of young science geeks to dream about sending in their resumes. It's easy to see why this large-screen film is being 'presented as a public service' by Lockheed Martin.
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
Alleged 'Hollywood Bandits' arrested in Kansas (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Two Colorado Springs men arrested in Kansas late Wednesday are allegedly the “military-style bandits” or the “Hollywood bandits” — named by FBI agents for the military clothing and assault rifles they used while robbing at least eight banks.
Motley Crue gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star (USA Today)
It was girls, girls, girls Wednesday when the bad boys of '80s heavy metal band Motley Crue received the 2,301st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Trump among three partners planning 40-story luxury condo in Hollywood (Sun-Sentinel)
Three of South Florida's most prolific developers have joined forces to build Trump Hollywood, a 200-unit luxury condominium on the beach in Hollywood where prices will start at $1.5 million.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix uninjured in Hollywood Hills car crash (KESQ)
LOS ANGELES Joaquin Phoenix's publicist says the actor was not hurt when his car flipped after the brakes failed this afternoon in the Hollywood Hills.
The Hollywood Reporter gets screened (UPI)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 (UPI) — Starz Entertainment Group has aligned with The Hollywood Reporter for a weekly half-hour news/entertainment show. "Starz The Hollywood Reporter" was set to debut Thursday night on the Starz premium channel.
Rockers Motley Crue enshrined in Hollywood (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bad boy US rockers Motley Crue were enshrined as Hollywood institutions when they received a star on its prestigious Walk of Fame.
Hollywood Poker, PokerListings Offer Bonuses (Rolling Good Times)
(PRESS RELEASE) — Innovative online poker guide, PokerListings.com and online poker room, Hollywood Poker, have announced the creation of three lucrative, world-class bonuses for the exclusive benefit of their loyal players.
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
A Cock And Bull Story (kamera.co.uk)
Cinema history is littered with attempts to film the unfilmable novel. Whether it's Ulysses, Apocalypse Now or Catch 22, labyrinthine plots, loquacious styles and rampant experimentalism have been adapted and brought to the big screen – with varying degrees of success.
Newsmakers | 'Survivor' winner guilty of tax evasion (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Surviving Borneo must seem like child's play compared to what's in store for Survivor winner Richard Hatch. The Rhode Island native, who took home $1 million and a Pontiac minivan for his efforts, was found guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Providence of not paying taxes on his hard-won loot. He was also tagged for not properly reporting income from his Boston radio show or from rental
Don't mess with Pacino, fans tell Flint 'Scarface' foe (MLive.com)
FLINT – Film legend Al Pacino doesn't need the muscle of the Corleone family or the firepower of Tony "Scarface" Montana to defend himself: His fans are ready to step right up.
DVD Check (Baltimore Sun)
Recent releases
Rental Guide (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Nicolas Cage nicely plays the heavy as hero, or anti-hero, or bad guy with a heart of gold-plating in writer-director Andrew Niccol's taut thriller set in the underworld of international arms peddling.
Life goes on – even in the movies (Newsday)
Whether you refer to it by its proper name, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" or prefer using the less cumbersome "Tristram Shandy," Laurence Sterne's 18th century novel about the difficulties of novel-writing is one of those books that most people recognize as a classic and relatively fewer people have read. The book's been credited with and blamed for succeeding decades of
D.J. Caruso Controls Disturbia (Coming Soon)
D.J. Caruso will direct Disturbia , a thriller expected to begin production by April. Steven Spielberg will executive produce the DreamWorks and Paramount project.
Well before `Brokeback,' films explored sexuality (San Jose Mercury News)
Though its popularity certainly indicates a new degree of acceptance by the moviegoing public of stories dealing with homosexuality, “Brokeback Mountain'' is hardly the first mainstream film to deal with or at least to touch on the theme. Here's a look back at some others:
NATPE Hears Pet Sounds (Broadcasting and Cable)
Culver City Studios, home to such classic films as Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane, and the original King Kong, is trying to get into the TV production business.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Rental Guide (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Nicolas Cage nicely plays the heavy as hero, or anti-hero, or bad guy with a heart of gold-plating in writer-director Andrew Niccol's taut thriller set in the underworld of international arms peddling.
Opera a hit at Sunrise – its new home (The Palm Beach Post)
The Treasure Coast Opera Society had a successful opening night on Saturday with a performance of Verdi's Rigoletto in Fort Pierce.
'Brokeback' equals its hype (Tribune Chronicle)
The logic behind platform releasing – opening a movie in major markets first and then slowly expanding it across the country – is to build interest for a film that might be tough sell otherwise.
Don't mess with Pacino, fans tell Flint 'Scarface' foe (MLive.com)
FLINT – Film legend Al Pacino doesn't need the muscle of the Corleone family or the firepower of Tony "Scarface" Montana to defend himself: His fans are ready to step right up.
NATPE Hears Pet Sounds (Broadcasting and Cable)
Culver City Studios, home to such classic films as Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane, and the original King Kong, is trying to get into the TV production business.
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