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What Will You Be Watching in 2009?

Proving that it's never too early to peer into the future, the Times Online has published their list of the 50 most anticipated films of 2009. We're onto next year already? We still have to catch up on all the things we missed...

The Class

NYFF coverage – Those expecting the Palme d’Or to signify something visually or narratively revolutionary will be underwhelmed by The Class. Instead what the film does offer — and I think this is a remarkable achievement indeed...

Review: 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8

Back in 1970, Dodge’s answer to the Pony Car Wars was the Challenger and its sister, the Barracuda. These twins could have been uttered in the same breath as Chevelle, Mustang and Camaro, but the trouble was that Chrysler was...

Shipped: Sukiyaki Western Django

Shipped on 11/10/08. In a strange land where East meets West, two rival gangs, the Heike Reds and the Genji Whites, are locked in a deadly feud over a fortune in gold. A lone hero (Hideaki Ito) comes to town, meets the gangs'...

The Films of Budd Boetticher

DVD Reviews: Budd Boetticher's life story is one of Hollywood's more unusual. A privileged Midwestern rich kid who found himself a bullfighter in Mexico and then, serendipitously, a film director more admired than famous,...

’Cha$e’ just goes around in circles

A hybrid of reality competition and video games, “Cha$e” (9 p.m., Sci Fi) is one of those high-concept ideas so bad and so obvious you have to wonder why it hasn’t been tried before. A dozen or so players try to survive for an...

'The B List' highlights obscure gems

Associated Press "The B List" (Da Capo Press. $15.95. 288 pages), edited by David Sterritt and John Anderson. The literary version of having a movie-critic friend intent on convincing you that there's a movie of which you've...

Italy fetes Morricone at 80

Rome, November 10 - Italy on Monday celebrates the 80th birthday of composer Ennio Morricone, who achieved international fame in the 1960's with his scores for the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone. The main event of the day...

Chiaki Kuriyama Is Asian Actress

Meet Chiaki Kuriyama, a Japanese actress and model, who is best known for her appearance in the movie “Kill Bill”. See photos, video and a biography of her below. Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama had her last appearance in the...

Reel profit drives Simens

Quentin Tarantino, Will Smith and Spike Lee are some of the Hollywood big guns who, to some extent, owe their success to professional film instructor Dov Simens. Simens took time to share with HIZREEN KAMAL the ins and outs of...