Archive for January, 2008



New DVD releases: `Across the Universe’ (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

AP - Selected home-video releases:

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Lightning strikes Pinkett Smith’s “Contract” (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith smiles at the premiere of 'The Kingdom' at the Mann's Village theatre in Westwood, California September 17, 2007. The movie opens in the U.S. on September 28. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Jada Pinkett Smith’s directorial debut, “The Human Contract,” has been picked up by Santa Monica-based sales and distribution entity Lightning Entertainment, which will handle international sales.


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“Trailer” a shaky construction of ramshackle laughs (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

The Trailer Park Boys (L-R) Ricky (played by Rob Wells), Bubbles (Mike Smith) and Julian (John Paul Tremblay) arrive for the red carpet premiere of 'Trailer Park Boys: the Movie' in Toronto October 3, 2006. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)Reuters - One of the less felicitous cultural exports in its history, the Canadian-made “Trailer Park Boys: The Movie” demonstrates that the country that has contributed so much to comedy isn’t exactly infallible in its instincts.


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`Ratatouille’ had best picture pedigree (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

AP - Among the tales of depravity and violence that dominate this year’s Academy Awards race sits the bright and shining “Ratatouille.” A rat never seemed so sanitized.

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Hollywood defends Ledger in video quash (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

A memorial to actor Heath Ledger, who passed away recently, is presented at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - It was a striking example of Hollywood protecting its own: After an aggressive lobby from powerful film industry figures, “Entertainment Tonight” decided against airing a video that shows the late Heath Ledger hanging out at a party where drugs were being taken.


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