The Swiss government agreed Thursday to release Roman Polanski on bail and place him under house arrest at his chalet in the Alps.
"Me and Orson Welles," which offers a sideways glance at the director and thespian, doesn't have anything close to the heft of Welles, but it's snappy enough that it might have conjured a wry smile or two from him.
The French first lady says she's agreed to be in the famed director's next film, but doesn't know what role he has in store for her and admits she could be a terrible actress.
The filmmakers want you to revere and rescue the ninja from the province of turtles. The film, however, has a funny way paying its respects to the sword-wielding saboteurs.
John Travolta and Robin Williams truly put some energy into their characters, but there's nothing there for them to play. "Old Dogs" is so empty-headed, all they can do is put on goofy faces and try to make observations about their aging bodies sound amusing.
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The movie isn't the second coming of "Beauty and the Beast" or "The Lion King." It's just plain pleasant, an old-fashioned little charmer that's not straining to be the next glib animated compendium of pop-culture flotsam.
Though the film mostly strives to stay close to the book, it fails to translate its essence and somehow feels more dreary than it should - which is saying something for a story about the apocalypse.
Auctioneer Christie's says the 22-inch skeleton was the one used in the climactic scene of the 1933 movie in which the giant ape climbs New York's Empire State Building.
Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Director Werner Herzog, working from a William Finkelstein screenplay, has summoned the spirit of the original "Bad Lieutenant" while making something fresh and gloriously insane.
Msnbc.com readers were considerably more impressed by "New Moon" than the critics, giving the movie largely rave reviews. However, a several fans were disappointed in the film and reported hearing boos in some theaters.
$26.3 million helps 'Twilight' sequel eclipse last Harry Potter film for No. 1.
Director Pedro Almodovar has made his 17th success full-length feature ,"Broken Embraces," but not not everything he has done has left him satisfied.
Film lacks any real cleverness, the movie piles on frantic slapstick and chases, which may go some distance in satisfying young children. But parents may find "Planet 51" as boring as an interstellar voyage.
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What fans are about to find out is that critics, present company included, don't care much for this adaptation of the second in Meyer's "Twilight" series. And those fans won't give a fig what these critics have to say about their beloved Bella and her beastie boy toys.
As they prepare for the Nov. 20 release of the anticipated sequel, "New Moon," Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner reflect on the ups and downs of newfound fame.
The redemption-minded sports flick serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist and that drains the film of the kind of subtle nuances that might have separated it from other Hollywood Hallmark-like efforts.
Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 have been selected for a short list of potential nominees.
Nicolas Cage figures he owes no apologies when critics gripe about all the Hollywood action flicks he's done.
Hollywood studios are now thinking twice about splurging on A-list movie stars and costly productions in reaction to poor economy, but also because of the surprising success of films with unknown actors.
Thousands of fans from as far away as New York filled the streets near the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite "Twilight" stars attending the evening premiere of the latest film in the vampire series - "New Moon."