Famed Bollywood Actor Sentenced To Six Years

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 […]

The Simpsons Movie Scores Huge Opening Box Office

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 […]

Preview: Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan Bio “I’m Not There”

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 […]

The Simpsons Movie… and Other TV Cartoons

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 the […]

Summer 2007 Box Office Update

See our most recent update 
We’ve been getting requests for more summer box office news. It’s probably just Transformers disciples praying (oh, please, great god Optimus Prime) that it’ll be the year’s #1 movie …Consider this now a regular midweek report.
And put on some sunscreen before you go outside.
SUMMER MOVIE HITS 2007
1. Spider-Man 3: $335 […]

ESPN’s “The Bronx Is Burning”: Episode #3 Recap

The Bronx Is Burning — Episode #3 (aired 7/24)
Like any good movie miniseries, this one’s starting to ratchet up the soap opera scenarios… and the tension. This is easily the best episode: solid focus, fantastic use of file footage, and improved direction and editing. The special effects are still shockingly bad, but they’re sort of […]