Monthly Archives: September 2008

Fans unite in auction to save Superman's house – Reuters

Superman's home planet Krypton was destroyed, but his house on Earth will live on thanks to loyal fans and an online auction that raised $100,000 to restore the rotting home where the Man of Steel was created.

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Bond film books passage to India – Reuters

James Bond is making an unprecedented side trip before his next adventure reaches the U.S.

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NYFF ’08 | Soderbergh’s “Che,” Leigh’s “Lucky” Make New York Debuts – indieWIRE

Steven Soderbergh’s 4-hour Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara biopic, “Che” and Mike Leigh’s much shorter “anti-miserablist” film, “Happy-Go-Lucky,” were among the films screened for the press in the past few days at the 46th Annual New York Film Festival. Both screenings were … Continue reading

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Review: Hathaway sizzles in dreary `Rachel’ – AP

Ever been to one of those weddings that just will not end?

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Blind activists plan protest of movie ‘Blindness’ – AP

Blind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, trading sex for food. For Marc Maurer, who’s blind, such a scenario as shown in the movie “Blindness” is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society.

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Blind activists plan protest of movie ‘Blindness’

The movie “Blindness” depicts society breaking down when blindness strikes en masse. An organization of blind activists is protesting the film, saying it paints them in a disturbing and incorrect light.

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In "Flash of Genius," greed is not so good – Reuters

"Flash of Genius" may not be the sexiest film to debut this fall, but its true tale of the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers poses a timely question of values and ethics in the current economic crisis.

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Thai film delves into murky Muslim insurgency – Reuters

Five years on, the insurgency in Thailand's mainly Muslim south continues to defy attempts to placate it and a new Thai documentary uses the brutal death of a young Buddhist art teacher to examine why.

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Annual Woodstock Film Festival kicks off this week – AP

Director Kevin Smith and ’60s troubadour Donovan will make appearances at the ninth annual Woodstock Film Festival this week.

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Audiences set sights on ‘Eagle Eye’ with $29.2M – AP

Movie-goers put “Eagle Eye” under surveillance, lifting the conspiracy thriller starring Shia LaBeouf to the No. 1 spot with $29.2 million over opening weekend.

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