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  • In this film publicity image released by Universal Pictures, Milla Jovovich, left, and Elias Koteas are shown in a scene from, 'The Fourth Kind.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Simon Vesrano)
    'Fourth Kind' is a half-baked mess AP - Wed Nov 4, 4:17 PM ET

    The flat-lining, alien-abduction thriller "The Fourth Kind" offers a close encounter that buries an interesting idea under a barrage of gimmicky, carnivallike hokum. The movie's unwieldy mix of degraded pseudo-documentary footage and "Unsolved Mystery"-style re-enactments is as unconvincing as it its distancing, making the small charms of "Paranormal Activity" all the more apparent by comparison.

  • A general view of Main Street in Old Town Park City is seen from the south at dusk during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 18, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
    Sundance expands outside Utah for one night Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 4:36 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sundance Film Festival organizers on Wednesday unveiled plans for a one-night expansion of January's event to theaters in eight U.S. cities, hoping to encourage a discussion about the role art and cinema play in people's lives.

  • In this film publicity image released by Disney, Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, is shown in a scene from 'A Christmas Carol.'  (AP Photo/Disney, ImageMovers Digital LLC)
    Review: `A Christmas Carol' suffocates in glitz AP - Wed Nov 4, 2:13 PM ET

    Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck.

  • Jennifer Beals celebrating "Christmas" Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 3:22 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Lie to Me" star Jennifer Beals has been cast in Hallmark Channel's original movie "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas."

  • Luis Betancourt puts a door in the restaurant called The American Sector while workers hurry to finish the Victory Theater in New Orleans Tuesday, NOv. 3, 2009 in time to show 'Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks opening on Friday. The theater is  part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)
    Tom Hanks-produced '4-D' film comes to WWII Museum AP - Wed Nov 4, 11:23 AM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday.

  • Julien Temple faking it for art forgery film Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 11:27 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Director Julien Temple, who shot the Sex Pistols faux-documentary "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle," is hatching another scheme.

  • Zach Galifianakis eyeing "Puss in Boots" Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 12:59 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Zach Galifianakis has had a great fall.

  • FILE - In this March 12, 2008 file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou clasps his hands to express hope for good weather while speaking about the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games during a press conference held as part of the annual legislature meetings at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhang said his first movie since the Beijing Olympics has shades of comedian Stephen Chow and marks the first time the 'Raise the Red Lantern' director shot in digital format, in an interview transcript posted on Sina.com on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
    Zhang says 'Blood Simple' has shades of Chow AP - Wed Nov 4, 5:48 AM ET

    HONG KONG - Zhang Yimou says his first movie in three years has shades of comedian Stephen Chow's outlandish humor and marks the first time the "Raise the Red Lantern" director shot in digital format.

  • Intriguing racial saga better as a documentary Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 8:39 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Some true-life tales are better suited to documentaries than fictionalized feature films.

  • U.S. actor Brad Pitt waves upon his arrival at Narita International Airport in Narita near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Pitt was in Japan to attend the Japan premiere of his latest film 'Inglourious Basterds' in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    Brad Pitt looking for new motorbike after LA crash AP - Wed Nov 4, 4:13 AM ET

    TOKYO - Brad Pitt says he is in the market for a new motorcycle.

  • Return "The Box" to sender Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 7:36 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Maybe the movie should be called "The Chinese Box."

  • Sony to adapt Risk for big screen Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 3:22 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony Pictures is taking on some Risk, acquiring the film rights to the classic Hasbro board game, in which players vie for world domination.

  • Actor Alec Baldwin arrives at the Tisch School of the Arts awards gala in New York November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Chernin
    Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars AP - Tue Nov 3, 8:55 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.

  • "La Danse" an elegant tribute to ballet stars Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 7:35 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Frederick Wiseman has been making documentaries for the last 40 years, turning a sharp eye on a huge number of social and cultural institutions.

  • "Amelia" struggled to get airborne Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 11:31 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A hijacking nearly brought "Amelia" crashing to the ground.

  • Stars switch on London's Christmas lights AP - Tue Nov 3, 4:06 PM ET

    LONDON - Jim Carrey, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins switched on London's Christmas lights on Tuesday and attended the world premiere of the 3-D film "A Christmas Carol."

  • "Fourth Kind" needs more paranormal activity Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 7:34 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Landing very closely on the sleeper heels of "Paranormal Activity" comes "The Fourth Kind," an alien-abduction thriller that combines purported raw case study footage with dramatic "recreations" to unsuccessful effect.

  • Johnny Depp traveling to "Tourist" Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 11:25 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Every tourist has some war stories.

  • In this film publicity image released by Overture Films, George Clooney, left, and Kevin Spacey are shown in a scene from, 'The Men Who Stare At Goats.'  (AP Photo/Overture Films, Laura Macgruder)
    Review: `Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision AP - Tue Nov 3, 2:46 PM ET

    A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

  • "Inferno" a definitive look at obsessive director Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 7:33 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anyone who believes that directorial self-indulgence is a new phenomenon will find Serge Bromberg's documentary, "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno," to be a revelation.

  • "Taken" director yields to "Signals" thriller Reuters - Thu Nov 5, 3:18 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - French filmmaker Pierre Morel, who most recently directed the $224 million worldwide hit "Taken," is moving on to another thriller.

  • Actor Jim Carrey speaks during an event opening the final stop on 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' train tour Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
    Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit AP - Tue Nov 3, 12:20 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

  • Martin, Baldwin to "ratchet up the funny" at Oscars Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 7:00 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year's Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said.

  • FILE - This is a Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo British movie prop designer Andrew Ainsworth,  who created the design for the Star Wars' stormtrooper white battle suits, arrives at the Royal Courts of justice in London.   The George Lucas empire has struck back against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the 'Star Wars' movies.  Designer Andrew Ainsworth has fought a long legal battle against Lucasfilm Ltd., which sued him over the replica suits and helmets he sold through a Web site.  (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
    Stormtrooper battle returns to British courts AP - Tue Nov 3, 12:16 PM ET

    LONDON - The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" movies.

  • Robert De Niro movie a "Fine" mess Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 6:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There isn't much that's fine in "Everybody's Fine," an embarrassing misfire for Kirk Jones, who once gave us the exhilarating comedy "Waking Ned Devine," and for Miramax, a storied company now reduced to little more than a film library.

  • File photo of Polish-French director Roman Polanski. Lawyers for Polanski will argue for the director's 1970s child sex conviction to be dismissed for judicial misconduct at a hearing in Los Angeles next month, legal sources said.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)
    Swiss court to assess Polanski bail appeal AP - Tue Nov 3, 11:31 AM ET

    GENEVA - Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director's protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.

  • FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, a pregnant Ellie the mammoth is tended to by her possums Crash and Eddie in a scene from, 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.' Media conglomerate News Corp. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 said its net income for the latest quarter grew despite analysts' expectations of a decline, thanks to strength at its cable networks and the box-office success of 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.' (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)
    News Corp. 1Q income posts surprising growth AP - Wed Nov 4, 6:46 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Media conglomerate News Corp. said Wednesday its net income for the latest quarter grew despite analysts' expectations of a decline, thanks to strength at its cable networks and the box-office success of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

  • Kate Winslet accepts damages from UK newspaper AP - Tue Nov 3, 7:26 AM ET

    LONDON - Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted 25,000 pounds (more than $40,000) in damages after the Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.

  • In this film publicity image released by Disney,  the Ghost of Christmas Present, left, and Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey are shown in a scene from 'A Christmas Carol.'  (AP Photo/Disney, ImageMovers Digital LLC)
    Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge AP - Tue Nov 3, 7:22 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.

  • Dafoe Is Foreman's 'Idiot Savant', Opening Off-Broadway at the Public Theater Playbill - Wed Nov 4, 5:39 PM ET

    Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe leads the world premiere cast of Richard Foreman's Idiot Savant, which officially opens at the Public Theater Nov. 4.

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