Film fest to feature ‘Lust, Caution' and ‘Diva'
Herald-Leader Staff Report
The 2008 Rosa Goddard International Classic Film Festival starts in less than two weeks and includes a Lexington premiere and the star turn for a singer who is now a Lexington resident.
'The Rocker': A familiar tune that's a little flat
By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel
”Sweet“ and ”sentimental“ and ”rock 'n' roll“ aren't meant to be used in the same sentence. But that's the road the mildly amusing comedy The Rocker travels.
'Thunder' rumbles past 'Dark Knight' with $26M
By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer
It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" - with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise - debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
From Ky. to 'The Clone wars'
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
From Abraham Lincoln to George Clooney, Kentuckains have plenty of affirmation that you can be a Bluegrass State native and grow up to be anything, even president or a movie star. But a Jedi Knight?- 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars': Filling in the gaps artfully
- Family reviews: "Fly Me to the Moon,' "Star Wars: The Clone Wars'
- 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Woody Allen returns to better form
- 'The Wackness': Stirring the pot
- 'Mirrors': Kiefer, dude, you're better than this
- ‘Tropic Thunder': Stiller wins the war of epic spoofs
- Box office
- That's pretty !*%+&%$# funny!
- Family reviews: 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'
- 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' snags R rating
- 'Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2': Better than the first
- 'Pineapple Express': The stoner action comedy is born
- Heigl is blunt; Hollywood is irked
- Fast-forward filmmaking
- 'Brideshead Revisited': Excellent class, casting
- Latest 'Mummy' relies on cheese instead of fun
- 'Swing Vote': Political power
- Family reviews: 'The Mummy,' 'Swing Vote'
- 'Step Brothers': Silly, but successful
- Believe it: 'X-Files' is back
- Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup
- Harry Potter film pulls vanishing act on EW cover
- 'Thunder' rumbles past 'Dark Knight' with $26M
- 14th Sarajevo Film Festival opens with `Snow'
- An awkward love triangle: Kate, Leo and Sam Mendes
- Poof! Next `Harry Potter' flick moves to summer
- Paula Wagner leaving UA as chief executive
- Indian movie superstars end US leg of live tour
- Sid Ganis re-elected as film academy president
- Tale of bin Laden's driver to go Hollywood
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THE MOVIE MASOCHIST: Rocketed to sleep
In an age of video, film strips are probably a thing of the past. Those who attended elementary school before 1980 may remember a bored teacher quickly flipping through image after dull image in a dark classroom, delivering narration in a fast monotone in order to finish quickly and take a needed cigarette break outside.
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- "Mad Men" star Elisabeth Moss feels a close connection to the show's 1960s setting (:35)
- The daredevil who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers in 1974 is the star of a new documentary (:34)
- Here are Will Ferrell, Richard Jenkins, John C. Reilly and Mary Steenburgen in a scene from the new comedy "Step Brothers" (:40)
- "Nashville Star" contestant Ashlee Hewitt, who was eliminated from the show, might be getting some career help (:15)
- Three-time Tony Award-winning composer Charles Strouse talks about his new autobiography, "Put on a Happy Face," and his most successful shows (11:48)
- Sherri Shepherd says her comments to a black Christian women's magazine that suggested Barbara Walters needs to be saved didn't come out right (:13)
- Actress Estelle Getty, who played feisty octogenarian Sophia on "The Golden Girls," died this week at her home in Los Angeles (:34)