Film Review: Public Enemies
Impressive filmmaking and a disarming lead performance by Johnny Depp bring luster to this stylish re-creation of Melvin Purvis’ pursuit of brazen ’30s bank robber John Dillinger. More »
Drama, on-screen and off: Documentaries generate talk at 15th Los Angeles Film Festival
The 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18-28) will likely be remembered as the edition when events off-screen were as dramatic as those on-screen. More »
How to lose a girl in 500 days: Marc Webb debuts with offbeat comedy of rocky romance
When (500) Days of Summer premiered at Sundance 2009, Marc Webb was nervous. “I was unsure how Sundance would treat this film because we all set out to make an uncynical movie. Even though it was made on an ‘indie’ budget and spirit and no big studio would touch it—it's a pop film.” More »
Reviews
Film Review: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Prehistory repeats itself in this dispiritingly slothful third installment. More »
Film Review: My Sister's Keeper
Tearjerker that aims for rarefied feelings as well as knee-jerk, sentimental moments. More »
Film Review: Cheri
A smart and lushly romantic film adaptation of a Colette story of a doomed love. More »
Film Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Autobots battle Decepticons, with Planet Earth at stake. Thunderous, chaotic sequel actually improves on the original. More »
Film Review: Year One
Just because the picture's setting is ancient doesn't mean the humor has to be too. More »
Blogs
Reel News
Wim Wenders stops Pina Bausch movie
Director Wim Wenders has stopped production on the planned 3D dance film "Pina" following the death of the film's subject -- the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch. More »
Rehearsal footage could yield Jackson film
A 30-second snippet of Michael Jackson rehearsing two days before his death was released Thursday, part of more than 100 hours of footage that could be turned into live albums, a movie and a pay-per-view special, the promoter said. More »
David Carradine died of asphyxiation
The medical examiner who oversaw a private autopsy on David Carradine said Wednesday that the "Kung Fu" star died from asphyxiation and the way the actor's body was bound allowed him to rule out suicide. More »
»Spotlight
Two sides of Europe: Exhibition sees positive results in both evolving and mature markets
Exhibition in Europe can be split into two distinct regions. On one hand there are the mostly mature markets of Western and Northern Europe; and on the other the still-evolving markets of Central and Eastern Europe. More »
Movie royalty: Cinema Expo crowns U.K.'s Odeon & UCI Cinemas
Like most royalty, Cinema Expo International Exhibitor of the Year Award honoree Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group—Europe’s leading circuit—has a fine pedigree and rich history. More »
Filmmakers
Making magic: Producer David Heyman nears finale of 'Harry Potter' series
“It’s really funny talking about Six because we’ve moved on—we’re deep into Seven now,” says David Heyman, who is the lead producer of all the phenomenally popular Harry Potter films. More »
Metal band: Kurtzman & Orci mastermind Transformers' 'Revenge of the Fallen'
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are having the kind of year most screenwriters dream about. In May, they helped their longtime collaborator J.J. Abrams re-launch the Star Trek franchise and watched proudly as the new Enterprise's latest adventure cleared $200 million at the domestic box office. More »
Ramis' realm: Comedy creator surveys career from Second City to 'Year One'
He ain't ’fraid of no ghosts—nor raunchy frat guys, smartass caddies, vacationing suburbanites, clones of Michael Keaton, psychoanalyzed mob bosses or, in his latest outing, cavemen wandering through Biblical times. Writer-director-actor Harold Ramis... More »
ReTaking 'Pelham 1 2 3': Tony Scott brings trademark style to update of subway hostage thriller
Ask director Tony Scott about the principal characters in any of his films, and he will describe the people they’re based upon. Scott doesn’t write scripts; he “researches” them. More »
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. | TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE.. | $108.96 |
| 2. | THE PROPOSAL | $18.57 |
| 3. | THE HANGOVER | $17.02 |
| 4. | UP | $13.06 |
| 5. | MY SISTER'S KEEPER | $12.44 |
Weekend of 06/28/2009 Estimates in millions | ||
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