Well actually the title is purely satirical and I don’t claim, nor do I actually believe, that my favourite movie is somehow in a different league then yours. In fact, I don't really care what your favourite movie is. So why bring it up? Good question.
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Jan6
Patrick Swayze Admits He's Scared About His Cancer
Patrick Swayze has already reached one milestone: although the majority of patients with advanced stage pancreatic cancer die within six months of diagnosis, the actor has been battling the disease for nearly a year.
But despite defying the odds, Swayze tells Barbara Walters, in an interview to air Wednesday on ABC, that his road has been difficult. "You can bet that I'm going through hell," he said. "And I've only seen the beginning of it."
Swayze, 56, who went public with his diagnosis last March, says that that indigestion was the first indication that he might have been sick. Then, on New Years' Eve, 2007, he realized something was very wrong.
"I tried to have champagne, and it would be like pouring acid, you know, on an open wound," he says. "I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. And then when you see it in the mirror, you pull your eyes down and the bottom of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in – then you know something's wrong."
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Jan6
Anne Hathaway Just Wants a Good Husband
With her starring roles in Rachel Getting Married and the soon-to-be-released Bride Wars, it might appear that Anne Hathaway has wedding bells on the brain.
But in real life, the Golden Globe nominee rarely thinks about walking down the aisle.
"Weddings have never really been my thing," Hathaway, 26, told PEOPLE at Monday night's Manhattan premiere of Bride Wars.
Unlike the wedding-obsessed character she plays in her new comedy with Kate Hudson, Hathaway hasn't been dreaming about her nuptials since childhood.
"I really have never thought about it. I just want a good husband," she said on the Tiffany & Co. blue carpet, lined with pink rose petals.
‘Jonah Hex’ Movie To Be Helmed By ‘Horton Hears A Who’ Director Jimmy Hayward
We’re not quite sure what all the fuss is about, folks. A film about a horribly disfigured, brutal, ex-Confederate, bounty-hunting anti-hero of the outlaw west seems to us like a pretty natural follow-up to a film about a goofy elephant contracted to protect a microscopic kingdom of beings known as “Whos.” Right?
Well, you may not agree with us — but apparently Warner Bros. does. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news today that “Horton Hears A Who!” director Jimmy Hayward has been hired to direct the big-screen adaptation of DC Comics’ “Jonah Hex.” Best known for his work as an animator on such films and TV shows as “ReBoot,” “Finding Nemo,” “Robots,” “Toy Story” and several other animated features, the choice of Hayward will no doubt cause grumbling among hardcore “Hex” fans, but should be music to Josh Brolin’s (who may or may not be attached to star) ears after his recent comments about what he wants out of a “Jonah Hex” feature film.
Despite being a relatively unknown character to casual comic book readers, “Jonah Hex” has been creating quite a bit of a stir lately in Hollywood. In addition to Brolin’s “will he or won’t he?” stance on if he’ll take the lead role, co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor recently dropped out of the production, citing “creative differences.” Meanwhile, “Punisher: War Zone” director Lexi Alexander recently made her case for the then-vacant directing gig, but may have been doomed by the lackluster box office and universally-panned “Punisher” revamp.
'Marley & Me' remains top dog at the box off with weekend take of $24 million
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box-office bite.
The family tale "Marley & Me," starring Aniston and Wilson as owners of an adorably mischievous pooch, took in US$24.1 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The 20th Century Fox flick raised its total take a theatres in the United States and Canada to US$106.5 million since opening Christmas day.
An orphan boy from the ghettos of India grows up to bust the bank on his country’s version of the TV game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” How did this “slumdog” do it? Was it genius? Was it cheating? Was it written in the stars?
That’s the premise of “Slumdog Millionaire,” the riveting new movie from British director Danny Boyle (based on a 2005 novel) with an all-Indian cast of unknown actors. This international underdog tale has become a surprise hit in America, and justifiably so — it’s full of vitality, brimming with excitement and bursting with heart.
We follow the story of Jamal Malick (Patel), a tossed-about ragamuffin whose life of shocking harshness and hardship has led him to a most improbable spot. In front a cheering “Millionaire” audience in a television studio, he’s on his way to winning an astronomical haul of 20 million rupees by answering each question correctly over the course of two days.
The host of the show smells a rat. So do the local police. How could a lowly slumdog know which U.S. President’s face is on a $100 bill? The singer of a song based on a poem written five centuries ago? Who invented the revolver? As Jamil knocks down each question, one by one, we see a series of dramatic flashbacks to moments — some of them wrenching to watch, warranting the film’s R rating —that have seared the answers into his brain.
Schwarzenegger's "The Terminator" is back. Forever
Time will not destroy "The Terminator" the way actor turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger mangled everything he encountered when he starred in the 1984 action movie.
The low-budget film, which spawned the popular catch-phrase "I'll be back", was one of 25 movies listed for preservation on Tuesday by the U.S. Library of Congress for their cultural, historic or aesthetic significance.
The other titles included "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "Deliverance" (1972), "A Face in the Crowd" (1957), "In Cold Blood" (1967) and "The Invisible Man" (1933).
The library said it selected "The Terminator" for preservation because of Schwarzenegger's star-making performance as a cyborg assassin, and because the film stands out in the science fiction genre.
"It's withstood the test of time, like 'King Kong' in a way, a film that endures because it's so good," Patrick Loughney, who runs the Library of Congress film vault, told Reuters.
Australian actor Heath Ledger beat all-comers in a 2008 movie poll released on Thursday, sweeping the biggest news story, most missed star and best villain categories thanks to his posthumous hit film "The Dark Knight."
Ledger, whose death at age 28 in January of an accidental prescription drugs overdose shocked the world, was voted the biggest movie news story of 2008 by 83 percent of votes in the poll by AOL's online movie site Moviefone.com.
The actor also topped the list of movie stars voters will most miss after their deaths, edging out the late Paul Newman by 56 to 20 percent of votes.
Ledger has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for his supporting actor role as The Joker in the Batman move "The Dark Knight", which was released six months after his death.
Judge Delays Ruling on Blocking Release of ‘Watchmen’ Film
Who’s watching the “Watchmen”? Come March 6, it may not be moviegoers.
A federal judge, having ruled last week that 20th Century Fox has distribution rights to “Watchmen,” an eagerly anticipated superhero movie shot by Warner Brothers, said he was inclined to decide after a hearing scheduled for Jan. 20 whether the release of the film should be blocked.
At a morning conference, lawyers for both studios heard the judge, Gary A. Feess, elaborate on his ruling, issued last Wednesday, that Fox owned an interest in “Watchmen,” a film Warner was preparing to release on March 6, in association with Legendary Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
“I thought we ought to talk,” Judge Feess told the lawyers in opening the session. In an exchange that quickly became testy, Steven A. Marenberg, a lawyer representing Warner challenged the judge’s decision to rule in Fox’s favor without a trial. But Judge Feess said he planned to move on to the question of remedies rather than fighting the issues again.
“I have spent more time than I think you can imagine working on your case at a time when I didn’t expect to be working on it,” Judge Feess said, referring to an expedited schedule that was intended to resolve the movie’s status before its planned release.
Hollywood ownership fights are not rare, but a dispute over a film that has already been shot and is on the verge of being released is highly unusual. In court, neither side gave any sign of a settlement. Mr. Marenberg said he believed a settlement would be even more difficult given the judge’s order.
The Warner Bros studio said on Wednesday it has canceled plans to release its blockbuster Batman movie "The Dark Knight" in China, citing "cultural sensitivities" surrounding the film.
The studio, a unit of Time Warner Inc, did not specify what Chinese audiences or censors might find objectionable about the movie.
"Based on a number of pre-release conditions that are being attached to 'The Dark Knight,' as well as cultural sensitivities to some elements of the film, we have opted to forego a theatrical release of the film in China," Warner Bros said in a statement.
The film includes a sequence in which Batman, the movie's comic book superhero played by Christian Bale, penetrates a criminal mastermind's skyscraper redoubt in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong.
Disney bows out of 3rd "Narnia" film, citing budget
The Walt Disney Co will not partner on a third film in the "Narnia" franchise it shares with Walden Media because of "budgetary considerations and other logistics," a Disney spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The two companies co-financed the 2005 hit, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", based on the first volume in the C.S. Lewis children's book series.
That film grossed $745 million at box offices worldwide and became a top-selling DVD for the year, leading Disney to tout it as a franchise with the potential for up to seven films.
The sequel, "Prince Caspian," was released in May 2008 but competition from "Iron Man" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" cut its global box office take to $420 million.
