CinemaNow Allows Movie Rentals Via Cell Phone
For those who really, really like to plan ahead, the Web-based movie service CinemaNow has introduced a mobile feature that allows you to use your Web-enabled cell phone to download movies.
Not to your cell phone, though. No, the service called CinemaNow Mobile allows you to use your phone to [...]
US movie boss urges approval of free trade pact with Colombia
Hollywood’s top lobbyist called Monday for the U.S. Congress to pass a Colombia free trade agreement that has been held up by Democrats, calling trade the “lifeblood” of the movie business.
Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman, a former Democratic congressman and Agriculture secretary [...]
Iron Man: It’s not your average Superhero movie
If you heard Robert Downey Jr. and Jeff Bridges were thrown into a film directed by Jon Favreau, I’m guessing these are the last five words that would leap to mind: comic book superhero summer blockbuster. The formerly self-destructive Downey has survived drugs, guns, rehab, multiple arrests and [...]
Hollywood has broad summer range behind the blockbusters
LOS ANGELES – Along with the major blockbusters, Hollywood offers loads of other films this summer. A look at the highlights:
May:
“The Fall” — A bedridden man in early Hollywood spins wild fantasies to encourage a young girl at the same hospital.
“How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer” — [...]
Michelle Williams stars in first movie since Heath Ledger’s death
Michelle Williams is back on screen, just three months after ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger, the father of her daughter, was found dead in his SoHo apartment.
Her new film, “Deception,” opens in theaters on Friday, April 25. It also stars Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor.
In the movie, Williams [...]
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Patrick Dempsey tests his movie stardom
BEVERLY HILLS — During his writers’-strike-induced hiatus from Grey’s Anatomy, which returns with new episodes Thursday (ABC, 9 p.m. ET/PT), Patrick Dempsey whisked wife Jill away for a romantic Italian getaway. No kids. No cameras. And no reporters.
The couple, married since 1999, took in a fashion show [...]
Jason Segel takes full-frontal approach to comedy
An embarrassment of rich gags for longtime Apatow sideman
LOS ANGELES — Much like the hero of the new comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”—who is merrily undressed at home and expecting an entirely different purpose for his girlfriend’s visit than her dumping him—actor-screenwriter Jason Segel endured his own Naked Breakup.
But [...]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Action heroes Jackie Chan and Jet Li will grab the keys to the “Kingdom” at the North American box office this weekend.
“The Forbidden Kingdom,” a martial arts fantasy that marks their first onscreen pairing, is likely to bow at No. 1 with up to $20 million during its first [...]
Actor Billy Mumy known for the role of Will Robinson in the TV series Lost in Space was a Hamilton high school class mate of future actor Craig Cove. They had lots of conversations about music which is another one of Billy’s passions. Craig had family that worked at “the film studios” so “show business” [...]
From ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ to ‘Lord of the Rings’, New Line Cinema created some of Hollywood’s most influential blockbusters. But now its 40-year history is in tatters following a string of big-budget box-office flops. Andrew Gumbel charts the unlikely rise and fall of a Tinseltown institution, while Tim Walker identifies the films that did [...]
