Browsing Month July, 2007
Famed Bollywood Actor Sentenced To Six Years
By Norm Schrager at July 31, 2007 | 9:48 am | 0 Comment
Of special interest to Indian cinema fans, or those of you curious about Bollywood... Sanjay Dutt, who's appeared in over 100 Indian films, was sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement with bombers who killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993. Dutt, who turned 48 on Sunday, currently has three films yet to be released including Kidnap, about a father searching more...
The Simpsons Movie Scores Huge Opening Box Office
By Norm Schrager at July 29, 2007 | 3:11 pm | 1 Comments
Is The Simpsons Movie a "D'oh!"? No way, dude. The animated wonder surpassed even the most optimistic predictions this weekend, with an estimated gross just under $72 million. Jeez Homer, that's a whole lot of donuts -- in fact, $2 mil. over the film's reported budget. The Simpsons Movie was so dominating the weekend's 2nd biggest movie was roughly $52 million more...
Preview: Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan Bio “I’m Not There”
By Norm Schrager at July 29, 2007 | 9:57 am | 3 Comments
QUESTION: Who do you picture playing Bob Dylan on film? TELL US Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan? Sure. And Christian Bale and Heath Ledger and Richard Gere. The film is I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' (Far From Heaven, Safe) first theatrical movie in five years, a Bob Dylan bio with various actors playing the songwriter-poet at different stages. This week, The Film Forum more...
The Simpsons Movie… and Other TV Cartoons
By Norm Schrager at July 28, 2007 | 9:55 am | 5 Comments
QUESTION: What's your opinion of The Simpsons Movie? What are your favorite animated series-turned-films? TELL US As Simpsons fans crowd into theaters this weekend to spy Homer, Marge and all of Springfield, we started thinking about other animated TV series gone Hollywood... South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (1999) The pinnacle of all TV animated series to hit more...



