A Sundance hit that is both absorbing and bleak, Frozen River is anchored by powerful performances, believable scenarios and excellent writing. Melissa Leo is superb as Ray Eddy, a desperate single mom whose addict husband has gambled the family’s meager savings and abandoned her and their two sons. Living in a battered trailer in a particularly bleak section of New York near the Quebec border, …

Even an army of the undead could not dislodge Batman from his box-office perch. The Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight hauled in $43.8 million to rank as Hollywood’s top movie for the third-straight weekend

Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins,” was the top film for a third weekend at U.S. and Canadian theaters, garnering $43.8 million in ticket sales and possibly challenging the all-time U.S. box-office record.

Director Alexander Dahm traveled 6,000 miles to catch a London performance of his occasional love interest, singer Kylie Minogue, a friend says.The unidentified friend of the couple said the film director has maintained close ties to the Body Language singer during her ongoing tour and traveled to meet up with her at London’s O2 Arena, The Mirror reports.Friday’s concert marked the second time …

Actor Robert De Niro may soon join the cast of Edge of Darkness, a Hollywood film starring actor Mel Gibson, Variety reports.The entertainment publication reports De Niro is in negotiations to play an operative orchestrating a corporate coverup related to the death of the daughter of Gibson’s lead character.Gibson is set to play a Boston police detective whose investigation causes him to become …

Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins,” was the top film for a third weekend at U.S. and Canadian theaters, garnering $43.8 million in ticket sales and possibly challenging the all-time U.S. box-office record.

The age rating given in Britain to the U.S. blockbuster movie The Dark Knight is inaccurate given its violence, a growing number of complaints contend.In addition to 70 complaints delivered to the British Board of Film Classification regarding the newest Batman film, Member of Parliament Keith Vaz criticized the government board for allowing young children to see it, The Sunday Times of London …

A pot-comedy/action-film seems like a bit of an oxymoron, but with the release this week of Pineapple Express, here’s a round on some of our favourite movie stoners who aren’t named Seth Rogen.

Vikas Kohli, who is the latest Indian-Canadian to enter Bollywood with his hit song ‘Apun Ke Saath’ in the recently released thriller ‘Mission Istaanbul’, says he wants to make it big in Indian showbiz.

By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, Aug 3 : Vikas Kohli, who is the latest Indian-Canadian to enter Bollywood with his hit song ‘Apun Ke Saath’ in the recently released thriller ‘Mission Istaanbul’, says he wants to make it big in Indian showbiz.

The Traverse City Film Festival in rural Michigan got some major Hollywood glitz Saturday when Madonna showed her documentary about Malawi orphans.In addition to showing I Am Because We Are, Madonna, a native of Michigan, held a question and answer session with the audience, The Detroit Free Press reported. The news media were barred from the session.The film festival in Traverse City was …

Toronto, Aug 3 (IANS) Vikas Kohli, who is the latest Indian-Canadian to enter Bollywood with his hit song ‘Apun Ke Saath’ in the recently released thriller ‘Mission Istaanbul’, says he wants to make it big in Indian showbiz.