"Diary" no wimp when it comes to wit
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:32:30 GMT)
Reuters - "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is a likable movie for kids that will make adults chuckle as well because of the movie's key ingredient -- wit. This usually gets left off the To Do list by most filmmakers who aim at young audiences.

"Precious" tops DVD sales chart
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:57:13 GMT)
Reuters - "Precious," the double Oscar winner about an illiterate Harlem teen who turns her life around, debuted on home video atop the sales chart released Wednesday.

"Repo Men" an aggressively ridiculous thriller
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:57:33 GMT)
Reuters - The future looks awfully predictable (underscore "awfully") in "Repo Men," a blood-soaked, derivative and increasingly ridiculous sci-fi thriller in which Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play a pair of hotshot repossession agents who forcefully remove artificial organs from those who fall behind on their payments.

"Bounty Hunter" tracks down no laughs or thrills
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:58:11 GMT)
Reuters - "The Bounty Hunter" tries to lasso an action thriller into a marital comedy about battling former spouses to the detriment of both story lines. The mishmash ends up as a thoroughly unfunny adult cartoon where neither the heroes' lives nor their love lives are in any serious jeopardy.

Mesa emerges as bidder for Disney's Miramax: sources
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:30:23 GMT)
Reuters - Mesa Global, an investment banking firm co-founded by former Creative Artists Agency executive Mark Patricof, has emerged as a potential bidder for Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit ahead of an offer deadline on Friday, said sources familiar with the matter.

Former "Sunshine" star Breslin yearns for horror
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:12:36 GMT)
Reuters - Former "Little Miss Sunshine" star Abigail Breslin, currently bringing tears to the eyes of Broadway theater audiences as the blind and deaf Helen Keller, has a grown-up message for movie scouts. She's ready for much darker roles.

Review: Aniston and Butler in `The Bounty Hunter'
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:46 GMT)
AP - In Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez memorably created romantic sparks while huddled in the trunk of a car. By contrast, the action-laden romantic-comedy "The Bounty Hunter" begins with Jennifer Aniston bursting out a trunk in a smokey blaze of ignited flares as Gerard Butler chases after her.

Bullock cancels trip amid talk of marriage trouble
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:05 GMT)
Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock on Wednesday pulled out of the London premiere of her hit movie "The Blind Side" as a U.S. celebrity magazine published a claim that her husband cheated on her.

Ga. Senate to honor entertainment mogul Perry
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:47:39 GMT)
AP - Madea is coming to the state Capitol.

David Byrne's avant-garde dance film makes sense
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:46:55 GMT)
Reuters - "Stop Making Sense" is a tough act to follow, but David Byrne gives his younger self a run for his money with "Ride, Rise, Roar."