Oscar-Winner The Cove Not So Big in Japan After All
Last anyone heard, this year's Best Documentary Feature Oscar-winner The Cove was headed for limited release in Japan, where audiences would finally be given the chance…
Israel Loyalist Harvey Weinstein Picks Up Julian Schnabel's Palestinean Drama Miral
Were it not for their previous, successful collaborations on the 1996 biopic Basquiat and 2008's Lou Reed's Berlin, I would pay top freaking dollar for a ringside seat…
Delgo Distributor Going Legit With Bill Nighy/Emily Blunt/Rupert Grint Odd-Trio Comedy
Hey-ohhh, the economy is back! For evidence, look no further than the offices of Freestyle Releasing, whose responsibility for laying the single biggest wide-release egg…
Movieline's Week in Review: Diff'rent Strokes to Move the World
And so another week ends at Movieline, thus bringing our regular Friday retrospective into sharp, clear and unusually bittersweet focus. It's nothing a double bourbon…
Why Fox Searchlight's 'Movies For Black People' Experiment Failed
Give Fox Searchlight some credit, I guess, for attempting to navigate one of the more challenging markets in contemporary film: the "urban market," i.e. movies targeted…
Will Splice Finally Make the World Safe for Adorable Plush Mutant Dolls?
We all know what the Muppets did for Joe Biden, but what might a wincingly cute monster doll do for the new thriller Splice? How about making it the most adorable…
I Love You Phillip Morris' New Likely Release Date: Never
I remember January 15, 2009, like it was yesterday -- the first day of the Sundance Film Festival, where filmmakers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa had just checked in at…
Tyler Perry Blames Rainbow Quitter Mariah Carey For Ruining Vacation, Mai Tai
Nothing warms the heart quite like a note from Tyler Perry to his fans, who this morning took a break from pursuing his credit-card hackers to get the lowdown on his…
Attractions: The Weekend We Went to the Dogs
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or utterly debauched at the movies. And this week that debauchery comes in…
Muppet Entourage Manages to Make Even Joe Biden Look Adorable
Vice president Joe Biden and his wife Jill were the guests of honor at Wednesday night's eighth annual Sesame Workshop Gala, where the couple was recognized for their…
Moment of Truth: Living in Emergency Gets Real With Doctors Without Borders
Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline's weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. Today we hear from director Mark Hopkins and doctors Chiara Lepora and…
Q'orianka Kilcher Charged with Disorderly Conduct
So you might have heard New World and Princess Kaiulani star Q'orianka Kilcher was arrested at the White House on Tuesday during a political protest with her mother…
New Twilight MasterCards Make it Easier Than Ever to Blow Your Allowance
· Opening-night tickets to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: $12. · Special-edition Twilight Saga DVD box set: $70· Antidepressants while waiting for the opening of Breaking…
QUACK-QUACK! Where to Find This Week's Awesomest Critical Skirmish
So there's this documentary called Burzynski opening this week in New York City. I haven't seen it and had never even heard of it before last night. But oh, what an…
SHOCKER! Eat Pray Love Receives PG-13 on Appeal
Sony and director Ryan Murphy may not have had much to say about their strategy to reverse Eat Pray Love's initial R-rating, but either way it worked. Murphy and…
