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...very agreeable Legally Blonde (written by two of this movie's screenwriters), falls down big time here. He gets no connection, let alone chemistry, between the two leads, and he botches that obligatory romantic-comedy trope, the falling-in-love-on-the-dance-floor scene. (The film's one decent moment: an elevator kiss.) And as long as he's doing an R-rated comedy, shouldn't he observe one off the genre's cardinal rules and have someone go topless? If not Heigl, then Butler, whose magnificently bulked-up chest was one of the attractions...
...When the film Blood Diamond came out in 2006, people were startled at the alleged origins of the precious stones from areas of bloody conflict and began asking whether the jewels on their fingers cost a human life. Will consumers soon find themselves asking similar questions about their cell phones and computers...
Political tension over the deadly riots that struck northwest China has spilled into an unlikely venue: the Melbourne International Film Festival. Three Chinese directors announced they were pulling their works from the event to protest the inclusion of a documentary about a Uighur activist. (Read "A Brief History of the Uighurs...
...Kadeer, who has denied any connection to the riots and accuses the Chinese state of economic, religious and cultural oppression of the Uighurs, is the subject of a documentary by Australian director Jeff Daniels. Entitled 10 Conditions of Love, the movie is showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), which begins July 24. Festival Director Richard Moore said that he refused demands by the Chinese Embassy to drop the film, and hung up on an official who called last week to insist he justify its inclusion. "MIFF stands firm by its decision to include the documentary in the program...
...decision to keep the film, and a likely appearance by Kadeer at its showing Sunday, prompted three Chinese directors to drop out. Jia Zhangke, who pulled his short film Cry Me A River, wrote the festival to say that most of the victims' families held Kadeer and the Uyghur World Congress exile association she heads responsible for the violence, China's state-run Xinhua News Service reported. Emily Tang, the director of Perfect Life, withdrew her film and cancelled a planned appearance. Director Zhao Liang, who spent a decade filming Petition, a dark and painful documentary about Chinese citizens...