Movie ticket prices slip in second quarter

2010-07-27 10:57:21

Here's a man-bites-dog tidbit: average movie ticket prices slipped during the second quarter.

Review: Fur flies with the jokes in 'Cats & Dogs'

2010-07-27 10:44:28

Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not so much.

DiCaprio's 'Inception' pounds 'Salt' at box office

2010-07-27 09:54:37

"Inception," the sci-fi thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, topped the North American box office for a second straight weekend, holding off a challenge by Angelina Jolie's spy action film "Salt," final receipts showed Monday.

'Inception' lingers at No. 1 with $42.7M weekend

2010-07-27 09:14:03

Leonardo DiCaprio's thriller "Inception" held on to the top berth at the weekend box office with $42.9 million, while Angelina Jolie's spy caper "Salt" debuted a solid No. 2 with $36 million.

Filmmaker Oliver Stone slammed for anti-Semitism

2010-07-27 09:13:04

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League on Monday slammed filmmaker Oliver Stone for comments he made to The Sunday Times of London, calling the film director's views "anti-Semitic."

Jolie spurs Russian patriotism at "Salt" Moscow show

2010-07-27 08:57:51

Angelina Jolie whipped up Soviet-era nostalgia and patriotism for Mother Russia at the Moscow premiere of her spy thriller "Salt."

Daniel Craig to star in "Tattoo" remake

2010-07-27 08:56:34

Daniel Craig will star in the English-language remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," plus the two potential follow-ups based on author Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy.

Louis Prima gets posthumous Hollywood star

2010-07-26 14:08:41

'King of Swing' Louis Prima has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a centennial celebration that included dancing in the street to his big-band sounds.

Angelina Jolie wows Moscow with Russian 'hero spy' film

2010-07-26 13:29:56

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie delighted Russians as she arrived in Moscow to promote her thriller movie where she plays a "big hero" Russian spy two weeks after a real-life espionage swap fascinated the world.

'Inception' trumps 'Salt' with $43.5M weekend

2010-07-26 13:29:26

Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception" has won a battle of superstar action thrillers over Angelina Jolie's "Salt" at the weekend box office.

Bosnian Oscar-winner's film opens Sarajevo festival

2010-07-26 13:29:18

The Sarajevo Film Festival opens on Friday with the world premiere of "Circus Columbia," a romantic saga set in the period that led to the region's 1992-95 war, by Bosnia's Oscar-winning film director Danis Tanovic.

"Scott Pilgrim" conjures a limp comic-book world

2010-07-26 13:28:58

Chore No. 1 is accomplished: The fanboys and girls gave a resounding shriek of approval to Universal's "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World" at Comic-Con following its "surprise" screening here at this event that has become a kind of Halloween for adults.