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...Sundance Film Festival, held every year in Park City, Utah, has seen its share of celluloid villains. But when actor Robert Redford formally kicked off this year's fest on Jan. 21, he targeted Sundance's latest enemy: Paris Hilton...
...million in its first five days of release. Was the boffo gross due to brand recognition after the 2007 movie about Simon, Theodore and Alvin was a hit? But that's no guarantor of success; the Stuart Little, Scooby-Doo and Garfield sequels all tanked. Were parents seeking a celluloid babysitter over the Christmas holiday? They could have taken the cherubs to The Princess and the Frog or Disney's A Christmas Carol, worthy efforts that, together, took in only about a fifth of the Chipmunks' revenue in the same period. No, somebody - somebody young - must be enjoying this soul...
...tour that brought Michael Jackson's magic back - and sure enough, when This Is It the movie opens Tuesday night with simultaneous premieres in 16 cities across the globe, the King of Pop will take the world stage once more. Only in Hollywood could the unfinished dream become celluloid reality, in part because only in Hollywood do they know how to sell it. "This is a testament not only to Jackson's worldwide appeal and the outpouring of grief around his death but also to the marketing of this movie, which has been straight out of a business-school demo...
Newfoundland might fly under the radar - bar a starring role in the celluloid version of Annie E. Proulx's Shipping News - but Canada's easternmost province is astonishingly photogenic. Its blend of rugged landscapes (icebergs, mountains, forests, fjords, beaches and coastal trails) make it a playground for nature fiends. You don't have to be Grizzly Adams to enjoy a break there though: culture and revelry are on hand at the convivial capital, St. John's. Need more enticements? Here are five. (See pictures of Canada...
...shocking. “Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)” may be galvanizing, but it is not content with merely assaulting the viewer’s expectations; instead, it seeks to form a pact with the viewer. For his part, Fani-Kayode exposes his deepest struggles on celluloid. The viewer must fulfill his end of the bargain by keeping an open mind to the content of the photographs; otherwise, he cannot relate meaningfully to the ideas Fani-Kayode presents.Fani-Kayode understood that his audiences would be unaccustomed to the often spiritually and sexually infused nature of his photographs...