Boston University mourned three study-abroad students killed in New Zealand while visiting locations where “The Lord of the Rings” movies were filmed.
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3 Boston University students die in New Zealand
Following the death of Vidal Sassoon this week, the director who made a film about the hair stylist shares his memories with the BBC.
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VIDEO: Sassoon film-maker recalls icon
Trivia question: Name this forgotten man, the subject of Ross Melnick’s eye-poppingly informative new book, “ American Showman ”: He was the most creative and most popular independent exhibitor of silent films at a series of movie palaces (seating up to 6,000 people) in New York during the 1920s. Read full article > >
Russell Brand — brash British comedian, star of films like “Get Him to the Greek,” former husband of Katy Perry and alleged iPhone smasher — has been tapped to host the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, to be held June 3. This is Brand’s first time hosting the Movie Awards, but his third time emceeing an MTV trophy show — he handled ceremonial duties at the MTV Video Music Awards in both 2008 and 2009. Read full article > >
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Russell Brand will host the MTV Movie Awards
Like a lot of Americans, Brandon L. Millett and his wife, Army Reserve Maj. Laura Law-Millett, are movie fans. But some years ago, they decided that something wasn’t quite right with Hollywood’s accounts of the military. Read full article > >
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D.C. film festival portrays soldiers in a better light
Johnny Depp talks to the BBC’s Lizo Mzimba at the premiere of his new film, Dark Shadows.
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VIDEO: Depp takes on vampire genre
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
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Humpbacks intervene in whale hunt
The BBC shrugs off claims that it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen from talk shows, as he promotes his new film The Dictator in character
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Dictator star ‘not banned’ by BBC
The BBC shrugs off claims that it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen from talk shows, as he promotes his new film The Dictator in character
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Dictator star ‘not banned’ by BBC
The owner of a Tunisian TV station is fined for showing a controversial and award-winning animated film, Persepolis.
More than 120 short films offering “snapshots of the UK’s cultural, sporting, industrial and political heritage” have been put online.
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British Council films put online
WITH MARVEL’S “The Avengers” opening just days away, film followers knew it was D.C.’s move. And like clockwork, DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. dropped the official trailer for that other ”most anticipated” superhero mega-flick of the year, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Read full article > >
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‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’ TRAILER LANDS: Clue by clue, intense new footage fans the fire of expectation
As first film nears $400 million at box office.
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Studio Readies Next ‘Hunger Games’
Actor Colin Firth says he felt “a little overwhelmed” by the enormity of the story to be told in his latest film The Railway Man.
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Firth overwhelmed by film’s story
Kenneth Lonergan made a memorably acclaimed directing debut in 2000 with the film “ You Can Count on Me ,” a deft, observant, funny-sad drama-comedy starring Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo. The film, about a brother and sister reuniting after a period of estrangement, was nominated for two Oscars, landed on several critics’ top-10 lists and seemed to assure Lonergan — already a celebrated New York playwright — a long and happy career in the movie business. Read full article > >
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Filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Margaret’ finds its way on-screen, after 7 years
Filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Margaret’ finds its way on-screen, after 7 years
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
