Archive for August, 2008



‘Dark Knight’ swings past $500 million mark (AP)

Sunday 31 August 2008 @ 5:08 pm

In this file image originally released by Warner Bros., Heath Ledger starring as The Joker, is shown in a scene with Christian Bale, starring as Batman in 'The Dark Knight.' Film starts showing in Germany on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Stephen Vaughan)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman’s rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. “The Dark Knight” on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.


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“Thunder” still No. 1 at North American box office (Reuters)

Sunday 31 August 2008 @ 4:08 pm

Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in a scene from 'Tropic Thunder' in an image courtesy of DreamWorks Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Action film parody “Tropic Thunder”clung to the top spot at the North American box office for a third straight week as the summer moviegoing season sputtered to a lackluster close, Hollywood studios reported on Sunday.


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Japan’s Miyazaki keeps computers out of cartoons (Reuters)

Sunday 31 August 2008 @ 11:08 am

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki poses at the photo call for the movie 'Gake No Ue No Ponyo' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Reuters - Revered Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki has no intention of swapping his pencil for computer graphics and will keep hand drawing his films for as long as he can, he said on Sunday.


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Actress Beart, director defend new tsunami film (Reuters)

Sunday 31 August 2008 @ 9:08 am

Reuters - French actress Emmanuelle Beart and the Belgian director of her latest movie have defended “Vinyan,”amid concerns that the film which opens with the 2004 tsunami may be insensitive to people affected by the tragedy.

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Frank film looks at daily life in troubled Kashmir (Reuters)

Saturday 30 August 2008 @ 11:08 am

Reuters - A new film set in Indian Kashmir seeks to go beyond stereotypes of the troubled region as either the idyllic backdrop to Bollywood movies or the subject of news reports and documentaries into the violence.

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