Film Review: From Paris with Love
Rookie spy joins with veteran killer to stop a terrorist plot in Paris. A slumming John Travolta is the biggest draw in an otherwise lackluster thriller. More »
2009: A Box-Office Odyssey: Leading exhibitors discuss record year and latest trends
2009! What a great year! And it wasn’t just assorted vintners and emerging China crowing about what has been for most an annus horribilis. In North America and even globally, the film industry also did mighty fine... More »
Wolfman in London: Joe Johnston resurrects a Universal horror legend
Werewolf? No, whenwolf…as in, when is director Joe Johnston's remake of the 1941 Universal classic The Wolf Man being released? More »
Reviews
Film Review: Frozen
Chiller about three friends stuck on ski resort chairlift has gory thrills but suffers from thin characterization. More »
Film Review: Dear John
A lame romance coupled with more handicaps and hardships than any film can survive without the charge of audience manipulation. More »
Film Review: District 13: Ultimatum
Kung fu rebels battle corrupt cops in a futuristic Parisian slum. Satisfying sequel to District B13 from the Luc Besson workshop. More »
Film Review: When in Rome
Run-of-the-mill diversion gets a boost from its deep supporting cast and quick pace. More »
Film Review: Edge of Darkness
You’ve seen it, but it’s still entertaining…a well-made genre-blender by professionals who know how to coax tears, deliver thrills. More »
Film Review: Legion
A rogue angel attempts to protect mankind from God's wrath in this silly but entertaining piece of hokum. More »
Blogs
Reel News
Oscar's short-film races could surprise
There are several Oscar races brewing that could result in genuine surprises -- even if those surprises will be fully appreciated only by those aficionados who track the three short-film categories. More »
Peter Bogdanovich boards 'Century' film
Peter Bogdanovich will write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 novel "Turn of the Century" for Das Films. More »
Anchor Bay nabs 'Solitary Man'
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Millennium Films' "Solitary Man," starring Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker and Danny DeVito. More »
»Spotlight
Expand and enhance: FJI's sixth annual survey of new cinema construction, part 2
Having commenced our Class of 2009 review of new theatre openings with full-scale food operations at the movies, our second report continues with a cinema that did away with meals in order to offer more screening opportunities instead. More »
Regal's remarkable year: New construction and conversions offer more amenities
Walking into Regal’s newest theatre may make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Sure, all of the latest amenities and technological advances are there. But the grand scale and attention to detail may remind some moviegoers of Hollywood’s golden age when visiting the Regal L.A. LIVE Stadium 14. More »
Filmmakers
Extraordinary challenge: Tom Vaughan directs Ford and Fraser in inspiring true drama
Based on a Wall Street Journal article and subsequent book The Cure by Geeta Anand, Extraordinary Measures describes a race against time to develop a treatment for Pompe disease, a form of muscular dystrophy. More »
Be Italian! Rob Marshall convenes gallery of Oscar winners for Fellini musical 'Nine'
There was no shortage of directors on the London set of Nine. They came in all sizes, shapes and dimensions: the real, the reel and the creatively imagined. More »
The Jackson Hive: 'Lovely Bones' caps a busy year for producer-director
Five years ago, while Peter Jackson was immersed in directing his large-scale remake of King Kong for Universal, executive Mary Parent mentioned a project the studio was developing based on the wildly popular video game Halo. More »
And now for something completely different... Terry Gilliam unveils his wild 'Imaginarium'
It's hard to think of another contemporary director who has faced as much adversity in the course of their career as Terry Gilliam. More »
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