Reuters - Singapore will ease a 10-year-old ban
on films that promote a politician or political party next
year, the Straits Times reported on Saturday, citing a
government minister. -- read full article
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:38:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki of
Oscar-winning animated film "Spirited Away" has captured the
hearts of Japanese moviegoers again, this time with a tale of a
mermaid which will soon be seen around the world.
Reuters - It might wear its
derivative, "Legally Blonde"-meets-"Mean Girls" trappings like
a rhinestone thong, but strip away the second-hand attire, and
"The House Bunny" still manages to stand on its own two
skyscraper heels thanks to the comic force of nature that is
Anna Faris.
Reuters - Just when you thought
documentaries had effectively run out of subjects chronicling
the various ways in which our country has messed up, along
comes "I.O.U.S.A" to draw attention to yet another inconvenient
truth. -- read full article
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:25:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - The late, groundbreaking
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni will be honored at the
upcoming Venice Film Festival with a documentary about his
life, one of three nonfiction additions to the lineup.
AP - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Two billionaires used the screening of a documentary in theaters across the United States on Thursday to urge the country to come to grips with its staggering debt load.
Reuters - Nicolas Cage, British
actor Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca ("How I Met Your
Mother") will star in "Kick-Ass," Matthew Vaughn's adaptation
of the violent Mark Millar comic-book series.
Reuters - Canadian producer Peace
Arch Entertainment has picked up North American rights to the
Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring parody "JCVD" ahead of its North
American bow at the Toronto International Film Festival.