Sunday, January 23, 2011

Filmmaker turns camera on B-movie king Roger Corman

Filmmaker turns camera on B-movie king Roger Corman


Filmmaker turns camera on B-movie king Roger Corman

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:25 PM PST

Reuters - An affectionate tribute to the not-quite-obscure Roger Corman, "Corman's World" breaks little new ground but serves as a lively primer for any film buff unconvinced of the low-budgeteer's lasting footprint on the American film biz.


Alaska drama "On the Ice" fails to sustain tension (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:37 PM PST

Reuters - Set in the Alaskan hinterlands, "On the Ice" occupies a solid-snow landscape where the whims of nature -- wind and snow patterns, cracking ice sheets -- can either bury or expose life-destroying evidence.


"Buck" a fascinating "horse whisperer" documentary (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:33 PM PST

Reuters - A quietly captivating portrait of an unlikely character, "Buck" is as modest as its subject and wins viewers over just as easily.


Bleak outlook for "The Future" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PST

Reuters - A film as fragile and miniaturist as its title is grandiose, "The Future" is just too terribly twee to embrace readily.


"Ledge" solidly acted, but has fundamental problem (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:26 PM PST

Reuters - A jumper and a cop occupy the ledge of a tall building for 100 minutes so writer-director Matthew Chapman can sort out issues concerning God, man and humanism in "The Ledge."


Filmmaker turns camera on B-movie king Roger Corman (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:25 PM PST

Reuters - An affectionate tribute to the not-quite-obscure Roger Corman, "Corman's World" breaks little new ground but serves as a lively primer for any film buff unconvinced of the low-budgeteer's lasting footprint on the American film biz.


Smith finds Sundance buyer for new film — himself (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:22 PM PST

Director Kevin Smith faces off with protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church as he arrives at the premiere of his movie 'Red State' during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)AP - Kevin Smith has premiered his latest movie at the Sundance Film Festival and sold it to the highest bidder — himself, for $20.



Stunning debut lifts the veil on life in Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:20 PM PST

Reuters - "Circumstance" is an amazingly accomplished and complex first feature from Iranian-American writer-director Maryam Keshavarz.


"Green Wave" fails to advance Iran conversation (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:19 PM PST

Reuters - "The Green Wave," a documentary about the "Green" explosion following the 2009 presidential election in Iran and the government's violent response, is intriguing but for the wrong reasons.


"Rebirth" a stirring 9/11 documentary (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:04 PM PST

Reuters - The impact of 9/11 on the United States has been filtering through our movies for nearly a decade now and will undoubtedly continue into the next century. At this point though, few if any have measured with more clear-eyed optimism and compassion the journey of those most immediately connected to the event than Jim Whitaker's "Rebirth."


Smith finds Sundance buyer for new film _ himself - The Associated Press

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:30 PM PST


ABC News

Smith finds Sundance buyer for new film _ himself
The Associated Press
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Kevin Smith has premiered his latest movie at the Sundance Film Festival and sold it to the highest bidder — himself, for $20. Smith had indicated he would auction off distribution rights to his fundamentalist horror film "Red ...
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Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96 in California

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:34 PM PST

Reuters - Jack LaLanne, a one-time sugar-holic who became a television fitness guru preaching exercise and healthy diet to a generation of American housewives, died on Sunday at age 96, his daughter said.


The Men of Kim Kardashian

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:33 PM PST


90210's Trevor Donovan: Teddy Steps Out of the Closet and (Eventually) Into Monogamy

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:00 PM PST

While the first half of 90210's second season focused on Teddy's road to discovering he's gay, the latter half features the tennis jock coming out and realizing he wants to settle down.

"He bounced around from girl to girl because there was always something missing," Trevor Donovan tells TVGuide.com. "Now he's starting to feel those emotions, sees why he was bouncing around and doesn't want to do that now."


Dark drama a starmaking turn for Olsen sibling (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:25 PM PST

Reuters - Bypassing the celebrity minefield navigated since childhood by her big sisters, Elizabeth Olsen steps onto the radar as a seriously accomplished actor in this mesmerizing drama, which also marks an assured feature debut for writer-director Sean Durkin.


"Pariah" offers fresh take on lesbian teen genre (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:20 PM PST

Reuters - A coming-out/coming-of-age story set in a world few moviegoers will have seen, "Pariah" offers themes and conflicts that are stereotypically Sundance-approved, but does so with a crisp restraint that avoids preciousness.


Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96 - CNN

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:06 PM PST


Fox News

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96
CNN
By the CNN Wires Staff (CNN) -- American fitness guru Jack LaLanne died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, according to his long-time agent, Rick Hersh. He was 96. The cause, said Hersh, was respiratory failure due to pneumonia. ...
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Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96New York Times
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Kim And Kourtney Kardashian's Love Lives Get Interesting In NYC - MTV.com

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:02 PM PST


Daily Mail

Kim And Kourtney Kardashian's Love Lives Get Interesting In NYC
MTV.com
'I just felt like I wanted to be single,' Kim says of her time filming 'Kourtney & Kim Take New York.' By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) , with reporting by Christina Garibaldi On Sunday (January 23), two of the Kardashian sisters will kick off the new ...
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Wiz Khalifa Reacts To Performing At Steelers-Jets Game - MTV.com

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:38 PM PST


MTV.com

Wiz Khalifa Reacts To Performing At Steelers-Jets Game
MTV.com
'It's like a dream come true,' Kush & OJ MC tells MTV News about hitting the stage. By Mawuse Ziegbe (@mawuseziegbe) , with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Regardless of the outcome of the AFC Championship Game on Sunday (January 23), ...
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Misguided experiment yields absorbing documentary (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:21 PM PST

Reuters - After weaving an audacious high-wire stunt into an inspiring account of artistic endeavor in his Oscar-winning "Man on Wire," James Marsh again proves himself a master storyteller in the unsettling but equally enthralling "Project Nim."


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