Chanel Film Slated by Critics

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The highly anticipated Coco Chanel TV film staring Shirley McLaine has been slated by critics. The film has been cruelly desribed as lacking in structure, full of factual innaccuracies and having 'wooden' acting, reports vogue. Submitted by: infogle | Visited 10 times | Comments 0

♦ Harrison Ford: 'i Don't Read Film Reviews'.

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Harrison Ford: 'i Don't Read Film Reviews'.... Harrison Ford isn't fazed by film critics' reaction to Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull insisting he won't read reviews of the film. The veteran actor attended the premiere of the Indiana Jones franchise's fourth installment at the Cannes International Film Festival in France on Sun... Submitted by: dav1e215 - Visited 26 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Cannes Film Festival: Day 7

1 vote	Yesterday Spike Lee descended on Cannes to unveil the first images and outtakes from his new picture miracle at St. Anna. Lee showed eight minutes of the film, which is written by James McBride, and shows the forgotten contributions to the Second World War by African American soldiers. Submitted by: GreenStalkDirectory - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Total Film editor Nev Pierce joins Empire

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Nev Pierce, the editor of Total Film magazine, is defecting to rival film title Empire. Pierce, who has edited Future Publishing's Total Film for two years, is expected to join Bauer Consumer Media's Empire as editor-at-large. He started contributing freelance reviews to Total Film in 1999 while production editor on current affairs magazine Third Way. Submitted by: Romlin - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrison Ford: 'I Don't Read Film Reviews'.

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Harrison Ford: 'I Don't Read Film Reviews'.... Harrison Ford isn't fazed by film critics' reaction to Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull insisting he won't read reviews of the film. The veteran actor attended the premiere of the Indiana Jones franchise's fourth installment at the Cannes International Film Festival in France on Sun... Submitted by: BuckBuck - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Carell's 'Get Smart' gets in on summer action

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Would you believe … a classic TV comedy cloaked as an action movie? That's the gamble of the new Get Smart film starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99. It opens Friday in a season when few comedies have been in theaters. In Get Smart , the emphasis often is more on fight sequences and chases than jokes. Of course, the tone of the film is undeniably silly... Submitted by: elmasry - Visited 345 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Critic's Corner Tuesday

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•You really do have to admire the American Film Institute's ability to milk ever more specials out of the same basic film-list idea. Tonight, the Emmy-winning organization brings us the latest twist in AFI's 100 Years series, AFI's 10 Top 10 (CBS, 8 ET/PT), a three-hour countdown of the 10 best films in 10 genres: animation, fantasy, science fiction, gangster, Western, sports... Submitted by: acsitesupport - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Carell's 'Get Smart' gets in on summer action

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Would you believe … a classic TV comedy cloaked as an action movie? That's the gamble of the new Get Smart film starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99. It opens Friday in a season when few comedies have been in theaters. In Get Smart , the emphasis often is more on fight sequences and chases than jokes. Of course, the tone of the film is undeniably silly... Submitted by: monty2002 - Visited 25 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Warner Brothers creating Heath's Oscar hype

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New York (ANI): Film director Terry Gilliam believes that the Oscar push for late actor Heath Ledger for his performance as the Joker in the film The Dark Knight is a publicity stunt. He says that veteran actor Michael Caine and critics' suggestion to award Ledger with an Oscar is nothing but Warner Brothers' scheme to publicize their film. Submitted by: QueenEve - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Top Film Critic: 'Ledger's Joker Is Oscar Worthy'.

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Top Film Critic: 'Heath Ledger's Joker Is Oscar Worthy'.... One of America's most revered film critics has started championing Heath Ledger for a posthumous Oscar in his review of the tragic actor's final completed film. In his critique of The Dark Knight, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers calls Ledger's portrayal of The Joker "mad-crazy-blazing brilli... Submitted by: kloop - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ RGV drops his maiden Tamil Project

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Directed by Kona Reddy, the film's shooting was already launched and completed the first major schedule in Hyderabad film city. But then, financial constraints have forced the producer to withdraw his efforts from the film. Now Ramu has officially announced his failure to make the film in Tamil and the title of the same has registered by Aaskar Ravichandran for one of his forthcoming movies. Submitted by: ecommerce_guru - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Nigerian film producer in court

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A film producer in northern Nigeria has been charged with breaking stringent new Islamic censorship laws. Hamisu Lamido, known in the Nigerian film world as Iyan Tama, faces a jail term for releasing his film without allowing it to be censored. Mr Lamido says he did not release the film in Kano and denies he has broken any law or censorship regulation. Submitted by: Majnoon - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Spike Lee to film stage musical 'Passing Strange'

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Spike Lee will film Stew's rock musical journey, Passing Strange. NEW YORK — Spike Lee will film Passing Strange, Stew's rock musical journey of self-discovery, during performances next week at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, it was announced Wednesday. The movie, budgeted at about $2 million, will be shot July 19 at both the matinee and evening performances, Steve Klein, the film's producer... Submitted by: peacenlove - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Kunal with Ranbir's girl

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Bachna Ae Haseeno, directed by Siddharth Anand, is a young, frothy and very naughty film. Ranbir Kapoor's character spans 18 to 30 years of age in the film. The film has three heroines Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone who meet Ranbir at different stages of his life and are shown vying for his attention. The film is about love, life and relationships. Submitted by: buis - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Arts diary: BFI plans gallery of film memorabilia

1 vote	Where can you see Marilyn Monroe's dress from Some Like It Hot or the first ever script for Coronation Street? Nowhere yet but the BFI Southbank, which celebrates its 75th birthday this September, is hoping to open a new film centre to house all its TV and film memorabilia by 2015.As well as a gallery and five cinemas... Submitted by: VantagePoint - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Madonna to show film at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival

1 vote	AP Photo Michael Moore stands in front of the State Theatre in downtown Traverse City on Thursday, where Madonna is scheduled to appear Aug. 2 for a screening of her film... Submitted by: jon32000 - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Walt Disney grabs Taare Zameen Par

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Taare Zameen Par is without a doubt, one of the best films to come out from Bollywood. A film put together by creative geniuses was bound to touch millions of hearts. After coming off theatres, audiences were eagerly awaiting the film's DVD release. Finally, TZP has come out on DVD now. An interesting fact however is that Walt Disney has bought overseas home video rights of the film. Submitted by: fish - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Bala to direct a film for Zee TV

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Though the producers of Naan Kadavul has criticized Bala for crossing the budget limit heavily, the 'good talks' about the film has convinced them. Now some of the good friends of both Bala and Saimira are negotiating with both the sides to release the film for Aug 15. Meanwhile Zee TV approached Bala to make their maiden venture in Tamil. According to reliable source... Submitted by: dizajn - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Indiana Jones is back! And the Cannes Film Festival has him

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Welcome to France, Indiana Jones. You should find the accommodations here at the Cannes Film Festival, along the crystal waters of the Mediterranean, most pleasant. But be warned: There are critics in the midst. The intrepid archaeologist with a penchant for fistfights and fedoras has squared off against Nazis, flesh-melting spirits and monkey-brain-eating cult leaders. On Sunday... Submitted by: tribulus - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Barton Refuses To Promote You And I Film.

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Barton Refuses To Promote You And I Film.... Actress Mischa Barton has fuelled reports she is unhappy with her new movie You And I, after reportedly refusing to promote it. The former The O.C. star initially sparked rumours of her dissatisfaction when she failed to attend the film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this month (May08). Submitted by: vladm74 - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rehman to compose for Ponnar Shankar

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AR Rehman, the present numero uno in Indian Film Music, is going to compose for Kalaignar Karunanidhi's new project Ponnar Sankar, a historical film that was announced recently. Based on the famous historical novel written by the Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in the same title, this Prashanth starrer film is produced and directed by his father Thyagarajan. Submitted by: dapyx - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment