Ohio Parker-Broderick surrogacy case goes to jury

'New Moon' midnight showings earn record $26.3 mil

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings.
Modified: 11/20/09 02:44:03 PM

Ninja Assassin'

In Japan, where the blades are shiny and sharp and if the fake blood isn't staining the lens, you're not trying hard enough, there' s a rich tradition of sword-and-splatter pictures. That's the tradition Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" leaned on, and it's the foundation of "Ninja Assassin," a more run-of-the-mill Hollywood ninja movie with "Matrix" ties.
Modified: 11/20/09 09:49:09 AM

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong

A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.
Modified: 11/20/09 11:29:20 AM

What's opening in theaters next week

Opening Wednesday:
Modified: 11/20/09 07:20:24 PM

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Wesley Snipes appeals 3 tax convictions in Georgia

Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.
Modified: 11/20/09 01:09:33 PM

Wes Anderson meets Roald Dahl in Fantastic Mr. Fox'

"Quirky." "Eccentric." "Whimsical." Critics trot out the synonyms for "playful" and "odd" when talking about Wes Anderson. A 40-year-old director of wistful character comedies peopled with lovable screwballs - "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" - he brings it all on himself, inviting the label "patron saint of moody hipster comedies" that Newsweek hangs on him.
Modified: 11/20/09 09:49:09 AM

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

Me and Orson Welles'

He swaggered, an outsize personality who filled a room figuratively decades before he did it literally.
Modified: 11/20/09 09:49:09 AM

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

'2012' a home run with patriotic fans in China

When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.
Modified: 11/20/09 11:04:16 AM

The Blind Side'

Uplifting. Heartwarming. Schmaltzy but effective. Watching "The Blind Side," I felt my emotions being stage-managed, but once or twice I got something in my eye. It's inspired by a feel-good true story of interracial adoption and gridiron glory. The project could have been designed by scientists synthesizing the crowd-pleasing-movie genome. Bullock + football + Kumbaya = Ka-ching!
Modified: 11/20/09 08:14:57 AM

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http://www.startribune.com

Antichrist'

Even by the sadistic standards of Lars von Trier ("Breaking the Waves," "Dogville"), "Antichrist" is a unique form of cruel and unusual punishment: an unrelenting orgy of graphic sex, violence and cynicism that also manages to be wildly pretentious.
Modified: 11/20/09 07:45:22 PM

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http://www.star-telegram.com

The Messenger'

In a sense, the soldiers at the center of "The Messenger" are engaged in house-to-house combat. Capt. Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) and Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) are unwelcome visitors, wary of what might detonate behind the next door.
Modified: 11/20/09 08:14:57 AM

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http://www.startribune.com

The Twilight Saga: New Moon'

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," also known as "Twilight: The Squeakquel," is actually pretty good - a tick better than the first "Twilight," which wasn't bad either. These are hardly superlatives on the order of "shattering" and "beautiful," but compared to the film versions of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons," the only two movies ever made with less sex than the first two "Twilights," they're matchless.
Modified: 11/20/09 03:14:04 AM

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/

James Caan files for divorce in LA

James Caan is seeking a divorce from his wife of 14 years.
Modified: 11/19/09 08:04:02 PM

Polanski's lawyer says director's family suffering

The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.
Modified: 11/19/09 05:34:02 PM

The Road'

The end, when it comes, may look a lot like this - grey skies shrouding the ash-covered ruins of civilization.
Modified: 11/20/09 09:49:09 AM

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

Director Pedro Almodovar is haunted by one taboo

Sex. Drugs. Prostitution. Pedophilia. Rape. Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humor.
Modified: 11/19/09 06:19:15 PM

Scientists: Despite rumors, the world won't end in 2012

As moviegoers across the nation watched the end of the world with the opening of "2012" last week, news of Earth's demise spread quickly across the Web. Scientists, fed up with the misleading prophecies, quickly set the record straight with their own series of articles and a YouTube video.
Modified: 11/19/09 03:19:05 PM

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http://tinyurl.com/dnj5wd

Bullock in New Orleans for 'Blind Side' showing

Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side."
Modified: 11/19/09 11:34:01 PM

Planet 51'

There are loads of references to other sci-fi movies in "Planet 51": "E.T.," "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Star Wars," even to a cute little mutt with a head shaped like the monster from "Alien" that squirts acid urine. The movie, about a far-flung planet of green aliens whose civilization resembles 1950s malt-shop and doo-wop America, is also crammed with subtexts about the era's paranoias, from UFO invaders to McCarthyism.
Modified: 11/19/09 07:08:59 PM

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