Reuters - "Body of Lies," a terrorism thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, will likely take the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America, ending a run of bad luck for action movies dealing with the Iraq war.
Reuters - For a dozen years during the Cold War, accused members and former members of the American Communist Party were barred from working in the movie industry.
Reuters - A made-in-Germany Nazi satire which parodies 1981 submarine epic "Das Boot" will try to prove the Third Reich is no longer taboo terrain for German comedians. -- read full article
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:30:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - A new film devoted to the violent career of the Red Army Faction has drawn sharp criticism from both the daughter of one of the left-wing German terrorist group's leaders and the daughter of a prominent victim.
E! Online - Truth may be stranger than fiction, but no thriller is scarier than our current economic crisis. At least not according to the suits who run Hollywood.
AP - Robby Benson knows how it sounds. But his reason for making a movie about the life of a young Billy Graham, the director says, is simple: "I wanted to make a movie about goodness."
AP - Hollywood's biggest annual advertisement for itself the Academy Awards broadcast now can carry commercials for movies themselves. -- read full article
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:42:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - On the cusp of its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival on Friday, French director Agnes Jaoui's satirical drama "Let it Rain" has been acquired for U.S. distribution by IFC Films. -- read full article
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:20:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News