Reuters - A career award for Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino kicks off the Rome film festival on Wednesday, bringing a Hollywood veteran to the movie showcase which this year has a markedly European flavor.

Reuters - A film dealing with the suffering of women raped by Soviet officers after the end of World War Two hits German cinemas this week, winning both praise and criticism for its treatment of a long-ignored and painful issue.

AP - Everything about the dirty cop thriller "Pride and Glory" is formulaic and forgettable, even down to its generic title.

AP - Something more than a child goes missing in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," his tale casting Angelina Jolie as a real-life single mom whose young son vanishes in 1928.

AP - Terrence Howard says was surprised to learn that Don Cheadle would replace him in "Iron Man 2."

AP - A wild ride that led to Lindsay Lohan's arrest has sparked another lawsuit.

Reuters - Naomi Watts is in negotiations to star in "My Name Is Jody Williams," a drama based on the life of the Nobel Prize-winning campaigner against landmines.

Reuters - Teri Polo is set to star in the 3-D supernatural feature "The Hole."

Reuters - The enormous success of "High School Musical" and its sequel on Disney Channel made it practically inevitable that the studio would try to recycle the concept for feature films. If producers can make movie versions of such ancient TV shows as "Starsky and Hutch" and "The A-Team," it's a no-brainer to reproduce a kid-friendly franchise that scored phenomenal ratings in this millennium.

Reuters - Spike Lee has left his Hollywood talent agent of more than 15 years in the wake of the dismal box office performance of his latest movie.