Movies about musicians starring Justin Timberlake and Matt Damon are among the 20 contenders for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Steven Spielberg will steer a nine-member jury.
Movies can always get an easy laugh by having a granny utter a swear word. “The Last Stand†gets the same laugh by having her take out a marauding killer with her shotgun.
Google Inc. (GOOG) ’s YouTube and Google Play video services will get more than 600 programs from News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox studio, adding TV shows and movies such as “Family Guy,†“Glee†and “X-Men.â€
Film premieres get all the attention in Hollywood while the cash cow for years has been selling those silver DVDs to a home video market far more predictable — and profitable — than the hit-or-miss theatrical release game. That’s why it was widely thought the movie business would take it on the chin as disc ownership gave way to digital distribution of content, just as the music business has …
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. reported DVD and Blu-ray sales of 3.8 million units for “The Hunger Games†in its first weekend, bolstering revenue for a film that brought in almost $700 million at theaters.
The most famous Olympics documentaries are Leni Riefenstahl’s “Olympia,†about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Kon Ichikawa’s 1965 “Tokyo Olympiad,†which is as almost as great as “Olympia†and has the added benefit of being Hitler-free.
Royal Philips Electronics NV (PHIA) said it was granted immunity from fines after the European Union sent makers of CD and DVD drives formal antitrust complaints over claims they colluded globally to fix prices.
New Yorkers can currently see fine, radically different approaches to Anton Chekhov’s masterwork, “Uncle Vanya.â€
Google is in talks with film studios to begin selling movies through Google Play, the search giant’s recently redesigned hub for exploring and buying apps, movies, books and music, a new report indicates.
As the baby boomers begin to enter the retirement years, the concept of retirement is being explored in a variety of films.