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Now showing, at last: Hollywood's 'new' releases this month are anything but
Cinema-goers who catch a glimpse of Youth In Revolt this week could be forgiven for thinking that its star, Michael Cera, looks distinctly more youthful than the man now promoting the film. They would be right. Youth In Revolt is one of many of 2010's "new" releases that is not quite as new as it sounds. When filming started on the quirky romantic comedy, Cera could still claim the title of teenager, but now he is approaching his 22nd birthday.
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Palm Springs Film Festival attracts stars with tributes
Sunday, 3 January 2010
A gala awards event will kick off the Palm Springs International Film Festival, presenting tributes to an illustrious group of actors and film talents, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The 21st annual event, January 5-18, will screen 200 films from 60 countries.
Slamdance gets Soderbergh and Sundance goes on the road
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Director/producer Steven Soderbergh will have a world premiere of And Everything Is Going Fine on January 23 at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The documentary portrays the life and work of his friend, the late performance artist Spalding Gray.
'Avatar' tops billion dollars, fastest ever: movie tracker
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" surged to a box office haul of more than one billion dollars globally on Sunday, faster than any other movie in history, an industry tracker reported.
'Avatar' opens new dimension for profits with $745m box office record
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Director James Cameron on course to break the $1bn barrier for the second time
Spain turns to Hollywood to boost tourism
Saturday, 2 January 2010
The film camera swept across the cobbled streets, taking in Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on a motorcycle as they raced behind a pack of bulls and dozens of men dressed in white with red scarves.
'Thriller' to be preserved by US Library of Congress, plus 24 more films
Friday, 1 January 2010
A selection of 25 films, including historical Hollywood classics, significant documentaries, and student films, were added for preservation by the US Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. The music video for Michael Jackson's song "Thriller" is also among the latest selections.
The secret's out: James McAvoy in the frame to play Bond creator Ian Fleming
Thursday, 31 December 2009
In his rise to the Hollywood A-list, James McAvoy has already donned a tuxedo, dabbled in intrigue and played an author.
Mexican prisoners livid over new Gibson film
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Mel Gibson has had troubles with the law before, but a new crisis that has brought him up against the wrath of hundreds of Mexican prison inmates and their families could soon make the attentions of the Los Angeles police seem like a pleasant memory.
Film critics and fan choices for best films of 2009 vastly different
Thursday, 31 December 2009
While the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards consider the best films of the year, LA film critics revealed their selections to be presented at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony on January 16, 2010.
Top Japanese movies of the decade
Thursday, 31 December 2009
The Japanese production Okuribito (Departures) caught the movie world by surprise in February when it won the Oscar for best foreign language film, becoming the first Japanese movie to win in the category for more than 50 years and bringing international attention to other productions.
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NOWHERE BOY
(15)
Sam Taylor-Wood’s film debut rewinds to the mid-1950s, when John Lennon was growing up in leafy Liverpool with his aunt Mimi, failing at school but just beginning to discover himself as a delinquent and heart-throb. It thrums to a fierce narrative beat and, even more importantly, it feels like something made with love.
Nationwide
THE WHITE RIBBON (15)
Michael Haneke's Palme d’Or-winner is a brooding, cool-handed and gripping parable about repression and violence, set in a Protestant German village before the First World War.
Nationwide
HUMPDAY (15)
Forget the buddy movie and the 'bromance' - this wryly provocative comedy takes man-love to a place of palm-sweating uncertainty. Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard are the two straight male college buddies who drunkenly plan to film themselves having sex.
Nationwide
THE QUEEN OF SPADES (PG)
This marvellously creepy Gothic romance, based on a short story by Pushkin and first released in 1949, stars Anton Walbrook as an arrogantly remote Tsarist captain who becomes obsessed with making his fortune.
Limited release
TOKYO STORY, (U)
Every shot of Yasujiro Ozu’s re-released 1953 domestic drama, about an elderly couple who visit their too-busy children in the city, is suffused with clarity, meaning, feeling and humanity.
Limited release