Reuters - "Arthur Christmas" and "Pirates!" will be the first two features produced under Aardman Animations' deal with Sony Pictures. -- read full article
AP - A new movie backed by the Chinese government about Japanese atrocities during the World War II-era, "Nanking Massacre," earned a strong $10 million in its opening week, its director said Monday. -- read full article
Reuters - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has been subjected to many indignities, from high school pageants to tired Hollywood remakes. But "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" makes you wish you do believe in ghosts so the old man can come back and sue somebody over the lamest and easily the worst revisionist take on his classic story. -- read full article
Reuters - Comedy writer Andrea Wachner hated the idea of going to her 10-year high school reunion so much that she hired a stripper to go instead, and what followed, she says, was a comical study in human nature. -- read full article
Reuters - Seeking its first sales breakout in four years, the Tribeca Film Festival appears to have found it in "The Eclipse," a character drama tinged with supernatural elements.
Reuters - The swine flu outbreak in Mexico has forced the nation's top movie-theater chains to shut down dozens of cinemas throughout the nation's capital. -- read full article
AP - A new movie backed by the Chinese government about Japanese atrocities during the World War II-era "Nanking Massacre" earned a strong $10 million in its opening week, its director said Monday. -- read full article
Reuters - When the coffin of Afghan journalist and "fixer" Ajmal Naqshbandi was carried through the streets of Kabul in 2007, locals wailed that the world didn't care. -- read full article
Reuters - "Obsessed," a new "Fatal Attraction"-style thriller starring R&B singer Beyonce Knowles, easily took the crown at the weekend box office in North America, selling an estimated $28.5 million worth of tickets, its distributor said on Sunday.
