Word: films
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...some critics thought “Avatar” was going to bomb—quite a lot of them, in fact. I even felt a little sorry for James Cameron, despite his tens of millions of dollars in personal wealth, and despite the fact that his previous films have become cultural icons, if not cinematic ones. Now that the industry’s pessimism has been mostly forgotten, I’d like to take a moment to imagine a different cultural landscape—one in which “Avatar” flopped, and the branch...
...instance, the publicity surrounding “The Last Station,” a film about Leo Tolstoy’s final days and his relationship with his wife Sofya (played by Helen Mirren) strongly evokes that of “The Queen,” the 2006 drama that also stars Mirren and also focuses on a short period in the life of an aging historical figure. I’m betting “The Last Station” will have a similar cinematic life trajectory as “The Queen,” which was nominated...
This is the first theatrical movie made by CBS Films, which serves as a reminder that the noble-suffering genre flowered in the disease-of-the-week TV movies that were a staple of '80s prime-time network schedules. Inspirationals are more at home at home. There, one can cry buckets without mortification; no one's around to notice. A movie theater, though, is a public, not intimate, space - a cathedral, not a confessional. Knowing this, Hollywood mostly avoids feature-length sentiment and concentrates on movies that can rouse a crowd. People in theaters don't mind laughing out loud...
...example, HUTV hopes to use J-term next year to produce and shoot a short film on campus—an opportunity for which all students can apply through a process that will ultimately select a 30-student team of producers, actors, and crew members, according to HUTV President Tiffany N. Fereydouni...
...France unfairly fingered a U.S. company in order to protect the Concorde's legacy? In late January, a documentary on the French network Canal+ argued that point. In the film, several eyewitnesses say they remembered seeing flames coming from the plane on the runway before it hit Continental's stray metal piece, suggesting that something was wrong with the Concorde itself. That is a key point in the defense strategy pursued by Continental's lawyers, who say they have 28 witnesses who can provide similar testimony. The lawyers told the Parisien newspaper last Friday that they intend...