Were you disappointed that your Civil War movie didn’t have any battle scenes?No, I wasn’t, because it’s been done so much. There have been some wonderful films with beautifully done battles and gore and all that
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Sidney Lumet: Apostle of Streetwise Cinema
In the 76-year history of the New York Film Critics, only two moviemakers have been honored with life achievement awards: Jean-Luc Godard and Sidney Lumet. The French director is of course the prickly master of movie modernism, but Lumet was something Gotham critics could appreciate: the primary apostle of streetwise cinema, the torch-bearer of ground-glass realism and, for a half-century, the ultimate chronicler of New York City in all its agita and chutzpah.
Box Office: Wimpy Kid K.O.s Sucker Punch
The kid who’s wimpy whupped the teen girls whose couture is skimpy. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, second in the film adaptations of Jeff Kinney’s stick-drawn book characters, earned $24.1 million, according to early studio estimates
Sucker Punch Review: Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid
Sucker punch: In theaters where this movie is playing, it’s a beverage sold at the concession stand.
Indie Film Shakeout: There Will Be Blood
The economic recession may be ending but the independent film industry’s shakeout continues to roll, as we were recently reminded by Disney’s October decision to gut its Miramax division, cutting staff by more than 70%. It won’t be the last to fall under the knife, industry insiders predict, pointing to Universal’s Focus Features as the next likely victim.
Hammer glamour: A history of horror’s leading ladies
There is a special place reserved in the history of film for the gothic kitsch of “Hammer horror.”
Surprise hit ‘Paranormal Activity’ scares money out of moviegoers
The new horror movie “Paranormal Activity” could be filling movie studio marketing departments with fear.
Animation confronts Gaza breast cancer taboo
The harsh reality of life and death in Gaza is a common theme for Palestinian filmmakers. But it was the 2004 death of a young Palestinian woman — not at the hands of a militant attack or an Israeli incursion — that struck a note with two filmmakers.
Lauren Conrad admits she’s one bad actress
Though her days of battling Kristen Cavallari and Speidi in the realm of reality TV are officially behind her, no way is Lauren Conrad headed for the unemployment line.
Ex-prosecutor admits he lied about Polanski case
A retired prosecutor whose comments in a 2008 HBO documentary threatened to derail a 31-year-old sex case against film director Roman Polanski now says he lied. David Wells told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that he “buttered up” his role in the Polanski case for the documentary crew.