www.guardian.co.uk:
The UK has officially caught Stephenie Meyer fever after The Twilight Saga: New Moon's strident opening weekend, and the Coens' A Serious Man deals another little cut to star prestigeThe winnerWhen the original Twilight movie (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit En (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
The latest instalment of the Twilight Saga breaks box-office records and cements the power of female audiencesThe winnerA year ago the runaway success of Twilight put Summit Entertainment on the map as a North American distri (Read More)
The Guardian:
Observer Music Monthly starts the countdown to the 10 best albums of the decade with this melancholic masterclass from dubstep's dark knightIn an era when musicians revealed their private lives to the public via MySpace and T (Read More)
CNN:
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day (Read More)
FriendFeed:
Fantasy and SFCinema Is Doomed: New Moon Most Successful Opening Ever [Twilight] - http://io9.com/5410019...11 minutes agofrom io9- Comment- LikeThe reign of The Dark Knight is over: The Twilight Saga: New Moon is now officia (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
LOS ANGELES — Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight, (Read More)
New York Times:
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by “The Dark Knight.”
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/Film:
After concept work on Battlefield Earth, Red Planet, two Star Wars prequels and The Astronauts Wife, poor old Stephan Martiniere sure could use a break. Okay, that’s not entirely fair - he also got to contribue to I, Robot wh (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Rumours abound that JJ Abrams - if he is to helm the revamped Enterprise's second outing - will cast Lost hunk Nestor Carbonell in the role made famous by Ricardo Montalban. Is that playing too safe?Directors have their favou (Read More)
tor.com:
If you’re troubled and you can’t relaxClose your eyes and think of thisIf the rumors floating in your head all turn to factsClose your eyes and think of thisArmenia, city in the sky!The sky is glass, the sea is brownAnd ev (Read More)
The Guardian:
Modern Warfare 2 sold more than 1m copies on its day of release – more than double the previous record set by GTA IVCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the video game only officially released on Tuesday, has sold 1.23m units in i (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Inside the spartan federal prison cell where a brother of "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan was being held, officials allegedly found tools for a Batman-like escape: 31 feet of rope made from bedsheets, a harness, (Read More)
MSNBC:
This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's (Read More)
Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales:
Don’t be fooled by the man behind the curtain over there. That is your US Government blowing smoke to make the GDP jump up over 3%. Once again our government is trying to fix the economy and all they have done is pull forward (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Dark Horse just sent me a review copy of The Life And Times Of Martha Washington In The Twenty-First Century, a gigantic, slipcased hardcover containing the full run of the Give Me Liberty comics and associated titles.I have (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
Heath Ledger won a rare posthumous competitive Oscar for "The Dark Knight" in February. Could Tennessee Williams, who died in 1983, be the next?
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The Guardian:
• UK cinema admissions increased 1% to 164m in 2008• 20 cinemas could deliver earnings of £3m, analyst estimates"It's like two of your best friends getting married," gushed Four Weddings and a Funeral director Richard Curtis. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
So Tom Cruise was Christian Bale's model for alpha-male killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. Could it have been Corrie's Phyllis Pearce who was behind Bale's Batman?Even by Tom Cruise's standards, this hasn't been a par (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
I don't buy US reports of a new trilogy for George Lucas's space opera, but with Star Trek having been successfully rebooted, could Star Wars ever return to former glories?Like millions of others, I grew up on the Star Wars m (Read More)