Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Tight security blanket over Hollywood
Authorities launched a massive security lockdown in Hollywood yesterday, closing off streets and beginning sweeps of the area ahead of next week's 78th annual Academy Awards.
'Brokeback' Hollywood's word of the year
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DreamWorks Moves To SOA
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. is expected to announce Tuesday a successful transition to service-oriented architecture (SOA) to simplify and consolidate key business operations.
Chinaplas 2006: Brckner to enhance competitive capacity for Chinese film producers
Business Brckner said it will focus on how to raise the competitive capacity for Chinese film producers at the Chinaplas 2006 (Booth W2 B55) show, which will take place between April 26 and 29, …
Sky, Disney Expand Agreement
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Workers hammer together Hollywood's biggest night
(02-28) 00:04 PST Los Angeles (AP) — A 26-foot-tall golden Oscar stands backstage at the Kodak Theatre amid a sea of black crates filled with miles of TV cables.
Apple is hush-hush on Disney – Merger rumors fly but many experts pooh-pooh the idea
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Madea's Family Reunion lords over the box office
Second in the list of the top 10 films based on estimates complied by Exhibitor Relations was 'Eight Below', whose super sled dogs delivered 15.9 million dollars in their second week.
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Kidulthood
A West London comprehensive is rocked by the suicide of a bullied 15 year-old girl.
King Lear (Korol Lir)
The elderly Lear, King of England (Jarvet), decides to break up the Kingdom equally among his three daughters, and agrees to abdocate to the daughter who flatters him the most. ( )
Beyond the Rocks
It took the Dutch museum, with help from Paramount, six months to restore and digitize the 1922 silent-era film. A new, interesting score by Henry Vrienten adds to the almost perfect restoration.
Last Holiday
Shy cookware salesperson Georgia Byrd (Latifah) is told she has three weeks to live.
Weather Man, The
Against the desolate backdrop of a Chicago winter, angst-ridden TV weather man Dave Spritz (Cage) tries to keep his career on track. ,
Deep Sea 3D
By Sheri Linden Bottom line: Wow. Many filmmakers speak of the need to decompress after making a movie, but the hardy Imax crew that spent a year shooting 'Deep Sea 3D' had to undergo physical decompression on a daily basis.
Taxi 9211 (Nau Do Gyarah)
In London you'd be lucky to hail a cab that didn't charge you the earth to transport you round the corner.
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Walk the Line (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)
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King Kong (2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition)
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Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition)
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Crash (Widescreen Edition)
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Proof
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Charmed – The Complete Fourth Season
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What the Bleep Do We Know!?
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The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
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24 – Season Four
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Full Screen Edition) (Harry Potter 4)
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24 – Season One
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Serenity (Widescreen Edition)
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King Kong (2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition)
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
What the Bleep Do We Know!? — $11.99
Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)
Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition) — $15.98
24 – Season Three
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24 – Season One
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24 – Season Two
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Proof
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The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
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Charmed – The Complete Fourth Season
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Crash (Widescreen Edition)
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24 – Season Four
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
A Hollywood ending's in store for trio's work (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Guests at the March 5 Hollywood gala will be saving elegant souvenir programs and booklets designed and produced by a three-person staff in a creative studio hidden on a farm near Williamstown in Grant County, Ky.
Hollywood anxiously awaits the Oscar envelope (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Hollywood is turning all eyes on its own brand of gold medal — Oscar gold — with more questions than answers about likely winners in the week leading up to the world's top film awards.
Harley goes Hollywood for marketing (BizJournals)
Harley-Davidson Inc. has hired the marketing arm of Creative Artists Agency Inc., an influential Hollywood talent agency, to develop entertainment-based marketing aimed at younger and more diverse consumers.
A tale as old as time — the Hollywood road movie (NorthJersey.com)
It's as old as Homer and as new as a Hummer. It's the quest tale, the hero or heroine's series of tests, a journey of discovery. Or, as Hollywood calls it, "the road picture."
Richardson blasts 'overpaid' Hollywood stars (Digital Spy)
Miranda Richardson has called Hollywood stars "overpaid and arrogant." The Blackadder and Harry Potter star called their pay "obscene," adding: "It makes monsters very easily. They sit in a caravan for eight hours, come out for twenty minutes and a limo is [then] provided for their tired limbs."
Los Angeles with the kids: hunting for all things Hollywood (Asbury Park Press)
THEY MAY BE EASTERNERS, but my children's hearts are in Hollywood.
Jac Hits Hollywood High Note (RedNova)
By Arni Abdul Razak Fresh from performing at TV3's Anugerah Juara Lagu 20, Jaclyn Victor is ready to hit another high note at Planet Hollywood, writes ARNI ABDUL RAZAK.
The Big Man Still Reigns in Hollywood (New York Times)
If you drill down into this year’s best picture nominees, you will find that they are guerrilla insurgencies backed by superpowers.
Hollywood does divorce (Independent)
"In Hollywood," Lauren Bacall once quipped, "an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting 50 per cent of the publicity." Her words are truer than they might sound. To most ordinary mortals, marriage might be a union of two people who do their level best to stay together until death do them part. But in Hollywood a marriage is many more things besides: it's a business proposition, a
Hollywood's most wanted (Independent Online)
From a Volvo-driving soccer mom in Desperate Housewives to a male-to-female transsexual in search of a son she fathered in Transamerica, it seems no role is beyond Felicity Huffman's chameleon powers. Charles de Olim finds out why this late bloomer is suddenly the hottest actress in Hollywood.
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
labbergastation! Why isn't this up for any…or all…awards? The antithesis, reversal, mirror image, Mexican standoff of Brokeback Mountain, this first-feature directorial masterpiece from Tommy Lee Jones took me totally by surprise.
Madea's Family Reunion
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
Movie Review Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion Brian Marder || Movie Info Showtimes&Tickets Hollywood.com Says Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion provides little more than very good acting.
Night Watch
Big question: Here's a fresh concept: A supernatural battle rages between good and evil. How in the world did this hollow nonsense smash Russia's box office records?
When a Stranger Calls
" Standard sister torture for my generation, really. So I wasn't prejudiced against the very idea of a remake; as a campfire story, it's a great one.
The New World
s they say, be careful what you wish for. My obsession with pictorial storytelling has peaked of late. Barefoot, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Love in Thoughts, Three Burials…,
The Matador
The MatadorDetails: 2005, Rest of the world, cert 15, 97 mins, Dir: Richard Shepard With: Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, What our users thought us a review or other users' reviews. Related articles11.2.
The Tollbooth
By Frank Scheck Bottom line: Telling an obviously lived-in tale, this small-scale indie drama suffers from a compendium of cliches.
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Seven Swords (Qi Jian)
Seven Swords (Qi Jian)Details: 2005, Rest of the world, 153 mins, Dir: Hark Tsui What our users thought us a review or other users' reviews. ( )
Running Scared
Movie Review Running Scared Kit Bowen || Movie Info Showtimes&Tickets Hollywood.com Says Running Scared is filled with plenty of blood-splattering violence, profanity, sexual perversions, and whatever other deviant behavior you can think of.
Madea's Family Reunion
Big question: This sequel to 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' is written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, who also stars as Madea, her husband, and her nephew. Excuse me, Mr. Perry: How 'bout you spread the wealth?
The Matador
The MatadorDetails: 2005, Rest of the world, cert 15, 97 mins, Dir: Richard Shepard With: Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, What our users thought us a review or other users' reviews. Related articles11.2.
Little Fish
Starring Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson and Sam Neill. Directed by Rowan Woods. Written by Jacquelin Perske. Produced by Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts and Richard Peddie. No distributor set. Drama. Unrated. Running time: 113 min.
Dirty
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr., Cole Hauser, Wyclef Jean and Keith David. Directed by Chris Fisher. Written by Chris Fisher, Gil Reavill and Eric Saks. Produced by Ash Shah, David Hillary and Tim Peternel. A Silver Nitrate release.
Madea's Family Reunion
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Running Scared
Big question: In the wake of 'Eight Below,' 'Running Scared' marks the second Paul Walker vehicle in two weeks (here, he plays a mob flunky in deep doo-doo). What did we, the movie-going public, do to deserve this?
16 Blocks
By Sheri Linden Bottom line: Sentimentality undoes a lean actioner. The setup is clear in '16 Blocks': Burnt-out cynic and imperiled idealist, forced together under life-threatening circumstances, will save each other, body and soul.
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Widescreen Edition) (Harry Potter 4)
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Dune (Extended Edition)
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24 – Season Two
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
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24 – Season Three
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Widescreen Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (Harry Potter 4)
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Full Screen Edition) (Harry Potter 4)
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