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Anne-Marie Duff 'blown away' by Evening Standard film award
Anne-Marie Duff gave a loving "thank you" to her husband James McAvoy as she scooped the best actress gong at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards.
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New Year in Hong Kong means time for films with local flavor
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The tradition over Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is to spend time with family and friends, to gather them together -- and to head off to the cinema.
Sam Worthington to star in 'Texas Killing Fields'
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Australian actor Sam Worthington is to star in a mystery based on the true story of two detectives who probed a series of gruesome murders in Texas, Daily Variety reported Monday.
Damon, Law, Winslet and Cotillard join Soderbergh film
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
An all-star cast is catching on to Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, the director's next project with Matt Damon and Jude Law has Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard set to join the team.
Weekend US film releases: 'Valentine's Day' vs. 'The Wolfman' and 'Olympians'
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Three major releases arrive in US theaters for the upcoming holiday weekend. Presidents Day on Monday should especially give a boost to the family film, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, while the star-studded Valentine's Day will be a favorite for celebrating couples.
Berlin film festival rolls out 3-D red carpet
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Buyers at the Berlin film festival will be seeing triple this year, as 3-D productions such as "Avatar" transform the global cinema industry.
Man charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley
Monday, 8 February 2010
A man has appeared in court charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley.
'Dear John' dethrones box office king 'Avatar'
Monday, 8 February 2010
Romantic tearjerker "Dear John" overcame scathing reviews to end "Avatar's" seven-week reign at the top of the North American box office this weekend, estimated figures showed Sunday.
Berlin film fest looks back at 60 years of scandal
Monday, 8 February 2010
The Berlin Film Festival, now in its 60th year, was a child of the Cold War, a propaganda tool of the Allies, and a frequent political battleground that reached far beyond the cinema doors.
Asian vets to take on Hollywood greats at Berlin film fest
Monday, 8 February 2010
Asian movies will take pride of place this week at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, one of world cinema's top showcases, as new pictures by Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese make their red-carpet premieres.
Movies in main showcase at 60th Berlin Film Festival
Monday, 8 February 2010
The 60th Berlin International Film Festival kicks off Thursday with 20 productions vying for the coveted Golden Bear for best picture to be awarded February 20.
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The Princess and the Frog, U
A jolly take on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, hand-drawn in glorious 2D, about a hard-working waitress who dreams of opening a restaurant in olden-days New Orleans.
Nationwide
Tony, 15
Gerard Johnson’s low-budget streets-of-London downer is nominally about a serial killer, but so remarkable is Peter Ferdinando in the title role that it becomes rather more about urban loneliness and alienation.
Limited release
A Prophet, 18
A thrilling, visceral and intense prison-gangster drama, charting the rise to criminal prominence of a French-Arab man while he serves a six-year sentence.
Nationwide
Up in the Air, 15
George Clooney stars as a frequent-flying businessman in a smart comedy about the depersonalisation of corporate life by the director of Juno, which lightens its satire with the right amount of romanticism.
Nationwide
The White Ribbon, 15
Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner is a brooding, cool-handed and gripping parable about repression and violence, set in a Protestant German village before the First World War.
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