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DVD of the week: Mamma Mia!

Few movies deserve the sobriquet 'so bad it's brilliant' but this rollickingly rubbish adaptation of an already transparently terrible stage show is an exception. Indeed, despite (or perhaps because of) its undeniable...

Jennifer opens war of word with Angelina

By Julia Molony Sunday November 16 2008 With impressively chilling reserve, Jennifer Aniston has finally intimated her real feelings about her nemesis, Angelina "husband thief" Jolie. It was Anna Wintour (as rendered by Meryl...

Holiday movies are the gifts that keep on giving

Plenty of surprises — and potential Oscars — wrapped inside holiday movie season E'RE SIX WEEKS AWAY FROM THE end of 2008, and Hollywood has failed to produce one bona fide awards contender (unless, of course, you count...

Sir David Hare: This knight is haunted by a sense of betrayal

He spent years raging against the dying of the Left, then thought he’d found a saviour in Tony Blair. From some higher place, above the squeals and burbles of common discourse, comes the reassuring rumble of Sir David Hare’s...

Tina Fey was Entertainer of the Year; Entertainment Weekly misses boat with choice of Robert...

The year is far from over, but Entertainment Weekly has named its Entertainer of the Year. And, boy, did the magazine get it wrong. Robert Downey Jr. earns the honor -- or as EW puts it, "The Iron Man is...

Hey, Dad, Can I Be in Your Movie?

Ever wonder how you can make it in Hollywood? It's easy—if your mom or dad is an Oscar nominee. These kids all got their big breaks by appearing in their parent's films, and now they have careers of their own.

Interview: Eden Star Eileen Walsh

Winner of the Best Actress award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Eileen Walsh is an Irish actress known largely for stage work and an Irish TV show, Pure Mule. But her new movie Eden, which won her the award at Tribeca...

Stalked: Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Marc Foster, Francis Lawrence

Matthew McConaughey is in The Grackle. Meryl Streep is starring with a cat. Marc Foster is directing World War Z. And Francis Lawrence is tackling prison riots....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to...

Will economy make crowds shun gloomy Oscar flicks?

Escapism comes in many forms, but clearly it doesn’t come in the form that most Oscar contenders take AP Los Angeles: Not long before he’s assassinated, Sean Penn’s Harvey Milk proclaims his key precept for social change: “You...