Archive for: November 2007

November 27, 2007

The Red Awn wins at Thessaloniki Film Festival

Filed under: Film Festivals & Awards - 27 Nov 2007

The 48th annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival closed on Sunday. The main prize, the Golden Alexander for Best Film, went to Chinese drama The Red Awn, written and directed by Cai Shangjun. The Red Awn had previously won the FIPRESCI …

U.S. weekend box office November 23-25

Filed under: Film Industry News - 27 Nov 2007

Top ten movies at the U.S. box office this weekend and their ratings at Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Enchanted - $34,440,317 - 93% fresh

2. This Christmas - $17,958,183 - 55% rotten

3. Beowulf - $16,538,666 - 70% fresh

4. Hitman - $13,180,769 - 11% …

November 19, 2007

U.S. weekend box office November 16-18

Filed under: Film Industry News - 19 Nov 2007

Top ten movies at the U.S. box office this weekend and their ratings at Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Beowulf - $28,000,000 - 70% fresh

2. Bee Movie - $14,300,000 - 50% rotten

3. American Gangster - $13,200,000 - 79% fresh

4. Fred Claus - $12,000,000 …

November 17, 2007

WGA strike update: talks to resume after Thanksgiving

Filed under: Film Industry News, Television News - 17 Nov 2007

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) issued a joint statement last night, 12 days into the strike, saying that they will resume talks on November 26, after the Thanksgiving break, …

November 13, 2007

U.S. weekend box office November 9 - 11

Filed under: Film Industry News - 13 Nov 2007

Box office earnings over the weekend and the ratings at Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Bee Movie - $25,565,462 - 51% rotten
2. American Gangster - $24,028,445 - 79% fresh
3. Fred Claus - $18,515,473 - 23% rotten
4. Lions for …

November 11, 2007

Festival of Eastern European Cinema ends

Filed under: Film Festivals & Awards - 11 Nov 2007

The 17th Festival of Eastern European Cinema closed yesterday in Cottbus, Germany, after a five-day run. The leading event in promoting films from the region, the Cottbus Festival both lends international exposure to the best films that come out of …

November 10, 2007

Bruce Greenwood, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Morrison aboard Star Trek

Filed under: Film Industry News - 10 Nov 2007

Bruce Greenwood (Capote, 13 Days, Being Julia) has signed on to play Captain Christopher Pike and Winona Ryder will appear as Spock’s mother in the upcoming J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek prequel. Pike is the captain who commanded the Enterprise …

November 6, 2007

U.S. weekend box office November 2-4

Filed under: Film Industry News - 06 Nov 2007

Box office earnings and Tomatometer ratings:

1 American Gangster - $43,565,135 - 77% fresh
2 Bee Movie - $38,021,044 - 53% rotten
3 Saw IV - $10,348,646 - 17% rotten
4 Dan In Real Life - $7,870,196 - 64% fresh
5 The Game Plan - …

November 4, 2007

Cahiers du cinema: 100 most beautiful films in the world

Filed under: Best of Cinema - 04 Nov 2007

Cult French film magazine Cahiers du cinema has published the list of the 100 most beautiful films in the world. Here they are:

Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton
The Rules of the Game (La …

November 3, 2007

The writers’ strike fallout and what viewers can do about it

Filed under: Film Industry News, Television News - 03 Nov 2007

Michael Ausiello reports that the cast and crew of Heroes are filming an alternate ending to the episode scheduled to air on December 3. If an agreement is not reached between the writers and Hollywood film and television studios by …

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