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Film Weekly podcast: Jason Solomons meets Mark Strong and Paddy Considine

If I were a British film-maker and someone gave me a few quid to make a movie, I'd cast two British actors as my leads: Mark Strong and Paddy Considine. They're both always brilliant in whatever film they're in, powerful...

Elton John: When I met Sam Taylor-Wood, I fell in love with her

Elton John and artist Sam Taylor-Wood talk about what bonds them - and what drives them mad The British contemporary artist Sam Taylor-Wood and Elton John have been friends for more than a decade. Soon after they met in 1997,...

FOX411: Stiller, Deniro in 3rd 'Fockers'?

Thursday, November 13, 2008 By Roger Friedman Nov. 12: Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor attend the Museum of the Moving Image Salute to Ben Stiller at Cipriani's 42nd Street in New York. In the natural progression of...

DVD reviews: ‘WALL-E,’ ‘Tropic Thunder’

Also new: season one of ‘Hannah Montana,’ season three of ‘Bones’ The adorable little robot wheels his way onto home video. The film comes in one- or three-disc DVD versions and two- and three-disc Blu-ray sets, all featuring...

Hit films aren't all blockbusters

• Published November 13, 2008 F or 30 years or so, the general consensus has been that if a movie hits the magical nine-figure mark, it's considered a blockbuster. While $100 million is nothing to sneeze at, the dynamics of the...

6. Oscar could use a big hit

After this year's Academy Awards, the question was whether the Oscars were still relevant or if they were going the way of art galleries and modern dance, perceived as too elite and avant garde to appeal to the masses.

Oscar Eye: Predicting Best Supporting Actor And Actress

The supporting acting categories are some of the slipperiest the Oscars have to offer. Studios (and obsessive Oscar bloggers) spend months deciding which actors should go lead and which should go supporting, and movies without...

Comic Dan Kamin multitasks at Hawai'i Theatre

Posted on: Friday, November 14, 2008 Comic Dan Kamin multitasks at Hawaii Theatre Dan Kamin, a specialist in physical comedy, has taken a circuitous show-biz route, from Charlie Chaplin authority to mime, from actor to...

Men of Evil Bebos together 'til end

Sometimes you may feel that all you need in life is your friends. And even though the five men of Evil Bebos may disagree sometimes, the band of friends realize that all they need is each other. When the five young rockers met...

Fade to Black: A new criteria for quoting from films

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn if you are Inigo Montoya and I killed your father, because of all the gin joints in all the towns of the world, I knew it was you and you broke my heart. Hoo-ah! Here's lookin' at you, movie...