Films

22 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- The vampire movie 30 Days of Night sank its teeth into last weekend's U.S. box office tally, besting a downbeat trio of Academy Award hopefuls.    » read more »

16 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Matrimonial moviegoers walked down the aisle in droves last weekend, propelling Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married to the top of the U.S. box office list. Lionsgate's ensemble release pulled in $21.5 million, according to October 14 studio estimates.

Perry's comedy-drama outdrew such big-ticket entries as George Clooney's Michael Clayton; Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and the Joaquin Phoenix-Mark Wahlberg crime drama We Own The Night.    » read more »

October 5, 2007, COLUMBIA, S.C. – “Unfettering the Falcons,” a short documentary film created by Columbia filmmaker Laura Kissel, will screen 7 p.m., Oct. 9 at the American Film Institute Silver Theater in Silver Springs, M.D., as part of a program of award winning shorts produced during the 2007 International Documentary Challenge.    » read more »

- “Bridging Communities through Movies”
- Opening Reception: Friday, October 12 at 5:00 PM, Sert Gallery at the Carpenter Center, Harvard University, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

San Diego, October 2, 2007 – Do young adults learn behaviors from movies? In a paper published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined the relationship between young adults (age 18-25) observing smoking in movies and the likelihood of starting to smoke. They found that more exposure to smoking in movies was significantly associated with young adults beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers.    » read more »

Dave Koechner, Carl Weathers, Andy Dick and Bradley Cooper Star In 'The Comebacks' Which Opens In Theaters Nationwide October 19

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 -- COMEDY CENTRAL(R) plays a mean game of football in "Reel Comedy: The Comebacks." This half-hour special premieres on Tuesday, October 16 at Midnight.*    » read more »

- 'Rooters: The Birth of Red Sox Nation' tells rich, remarkable history of Red Sox fans
- Feature film to be available for purchase on DVD beginning in October

BOSTON (Sept. 30, 2007) -- They see themselves as more loyal and more knowledgeable than any other fan base. Critics have called them "manic-depressive" and "the most obnoxious fans in sports." But as a new film makes clear, there's another way to describe the mercurial group commonly known as Red Sox Nation.

The originals.    » read more »

26 September 2007, Hollywood (By Alan Silverman) -- The short life of 24-year-old self-styled adventurer Chris McCandless, chronicled in a best-selling book by Jon Krakauer, became an inspiration for young people seeking to reconnect with nature and face the world on their own terms. The true story is now a feature film adapted from the book and directed by Sean Penn. Alan Silverman has a look at Into The Wild.    » read more »

Deal Includes "National Lampoon's Bag Boy," "National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son" and "National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas"

NEW YORK, Sep 24, 2007 -- COMEDY CENTRAL and National Lampoon Inc. (AMEX:NLN) today announced that they have reached an agreement for the first broadcast-window premiere rights to a multi-picture package of National Lampoon movies, it was announced today by David Bernath, senior vice president, programming, COMEDY CENTRAL and Tom Daniels, president of world wide distribution, National Lampoon.    » read more »

09.25.2007 -- CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS and CBS.A) today announced the top executive for its new film division, naming Amy Baer the President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Films. The announcement was made by Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation, to whom Baer will report.

In this new position, Baer will be responsible for charting the creative direction for CBS Films, overseeing the development, production, acquisition, distribution and marketing of its films.    » read more »

DreamWorks Animation's 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Expected to Be Released on March 27, 2009

GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE: DWA), together with Paramount Pictures Corporation, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), announced today that Monsters vs. Aliens, DreamWorks Animation's first-ever film produced in stereoscopic 3-D technology, will be released into theatres on March 27, 2009. The film had been previously slated for its domestic release on May 15, 2009.    » read more »

11 September 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Critically lauded Western '3:10 To Yuma' proved quick on the draw last weekend, becoming the top-grossing movie in the U.S.

The Lionsgate remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford film took in $14.1 million on a traditionally slow weekend. "We ended the summer on a strong note and we're starting off the fall in typical fashion," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. "It wasn't a huge weekend, but it was better than the same weekend in 2006."    » read more »

02 July 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- An animated rat feasted on last weekend's U.S. box office championship. Ratatouille, Pixar's computer-generated tale of a rodent who gets to cook in a French restaurant, topped the Stateside tally with $47.2 million.

This is the lowest opening figure for Disney's Pixar Animation unit since 1998, when A Bug's Life took in $33.3 million. The next five Pixar films, among them Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, and last year's Cars, enjoyed opening weekends between $57.4 million and $70.5 million.    » read more »

August 30, 2007 -- The Second Annual Jokara-Micheaux Film Festival takes place in Early and Miller Counties. A host of celebrities and film industry experts are expected to join educators, students, movie watchers, festival lovers and the local community in “Celebrating Film Southern Style”. It is an event to attend, to support, to enjoy and to be inspired.    » read more »