“Yasukuni” - Chinese Documentary about Japan’s Tokyo Shrine
Japan’s Tokyo shrine is still a controversial symbol, which will be now exploited by the Chinese director Li Ying’s documentary “Yasukuni”. The shrine honors millions of Japanese people who died in the war, but from outside, especially by many countries from Asia, it is seen as the symbol of Japan’s past militarism. Li’s documentary would [...]
Torture Porn Movies not En Vogue Anymore
It seems that the movie watchers have become shier than in the past, as torture (and porn) has stopped to pay at the movie theater box office like it used to.
Although torture porn movie have been still produced and released, their popularity has gone down. The example movies such as the thriller “Hostel: Part II” [...]
Aaron Sorkin to Write a Screenplay about “Chicago Seven” for DreamWorks
The creator of the famous TV drama “The West Wing” has accepted DreamWorks Studios’ invitation to write the screenplay for a future movie about the sensational trial of the 1968 anti-war activists known as the “Chicago Seven”.
This script will be part of a three-picture deal between Aaron Sorkin and the DreamWorks Studios, while the film [...]
Vivica A. Fox and Rachel Miner to Star in “Street”
“Street” will be a movie about the true story of a 16-year-old runaway, in which Rachel Miner and Vivica A. Fox have already accepted to star. Toby Hemingway and Laura Ramsey too are in final negotiations for joining the cast for York Schackleton’s dramatic movie.
Vivica A. Fox is to play the role of a woman [...]
Naomi Watts to Star in “The International”
The actress Naomi Watts has accepted to star in “The International” alongside Clive Owen. The movie is an action thriller that Tom Tykwer will be directing for Columbia Pictures.
The story of the movie focuses on an obsessive Interpol agent, played by Clive Owen, who is trying to expose a high-profile and powerful banking institution for [...]
ThinkFilm Picked Up Rights to “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
The new company ThinkFilm has picked up the North American rights to “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”, Sidney Lumet’s crime thriller featuring Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney.
The story within the movie is that of a drug addict, played by Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, who will plan together with his [...]
RomaCinemaFest’s Offical Opening to Be Presided by Cate Blanchett
The international RomaCinemaFest that is to take place between the 18th and the 27th of October has been announced to be presided at its official opening by the Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett. The actress’s new movie, Shekar Kapur’s “The Golden Age” will also receive its world premiere at the RomaCinemaFest.
This will be the second time [...]
Canadian Nurses Free-Charged to Watch “SiCKO”
As director Michael Moore’s controversial documentary about the United States’ health care system has been already released, some other strange things has started to happen and to continue in making “SiCKO” rather a controversial business, than a worth-to-see movie.
Alliance Atlantis Motion Pictures Distributions, the Canadian distributor of Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” has recently decided to offer [...]
48 Social Issue Movies Being Preserve
The National Film Preservation Foundation will gather 48 movies about social issues during the first decades of the 20th century in its third “Treasures” series of DVD box sets. “Treasures III: Social Issues in American Films, 1900-1934” will bring together from cartoons to newsreels and documentaries and serials. The collection will be released on the [...]
Iggy Pop and Sean Penn to Voice “Persepolis’” Characters
Actor Sean Penn and artist Iggy Pop have been chosen to lend their voices to the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics’ French animated political drama “Persepolis”. This will be the first time for Sean Penn to voice an animation character. He will lend his voice to the father of a young girl who’s [...]