February 2008
Published on: 16th February, 2008
Violent Brazil cop drama named best film in Berlin (Reuters) |
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Reuters – Ultra-violent Brazilian film “The Elite Squad” (“Tropa De Elite”) won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday in what is likely to be a controversial decision by the jury. Â
Published on: 16th February, 2008
Iran urges Dutch not to air Koran film: report (Reuters) |
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Reuters – Iran has urged the Netherlands to prevent the screening of a film in which a right-wing populist lawmaker plans to lay out his view of the Koran, a news agency in the Islamic Republic said on Saturday.
Published on: 16th February, 2008
Jack Black in comical tribute to film pioneers (Reuters) |
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Reuters – Actor Jack Black stars in a comical and nostalgic tribute to the pioneers of cinema and jazz in “Be Kind Rewind,” which brings the 2008 Berlin Film Festival to a fitting close on Saturday.
Published on: 16th February, 2008
Walken receives Hasty Pudding award (AP) |
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AP – Christopher Walken sang a song from “Hairspray” and spoofed a “Saturday Night Live” skit Friday night to earn Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award. Â
Published on: 15th February, 2008
Who needs an Oscar? Amy Ryan already is a winner (Reuters) |
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Reuters – She may be one of this year’s most unlikely Oscar nominees, and because of that, Amy Ryan believes she already is a winner even if she fails to take home the coveted award as best supporting actress in “Gone Baby Gone.”
Published on: 15th February, 2008
NY judge tosses out agents' lawsuit (AP) |
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AP – A judge has tossed out a lawsuit alleging that about 400 retired federal drug agents were defamed by a false statement on screen at the end of the film “American Gangster.”
Published on: 15th February, 2008
'Great Debaters' tops Image Awards (AP) |
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AP – Denzel Washington’s “The Great Debaters” and Tyler Perry’s TBS series “House of Payne” took top honors at Thursday night’s NAACP Image Awards.
Published on: 15th February, 2008
Delayed Streep film gets release date (AP) |
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AP – A Meryl Streep movie about a student who turns violent on a U.S. campus that was delayed following the Virginia Tech shootings will be released this spring, its distrubutor said Friday, just hours after another campus rampage that left five dead.
Published on: 15th February, 2008
Indiana Jones Trailer |
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I can’t wait. This looks awesome. May 22nd can’t get here fast enough for me. [youtube cQ60n9DiAEM]
Published on: 15th February, 2008
Another Garcia Marquez book being filmed (AP) |
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AP – The director of the latest Spanish adaptation of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, “Love and other Demons,” is hoping for a better reception than the English-language “Love in the Time of Cholera.”
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