SKY-HIGH CRITICAL PRAISE FOR SKYFALL
October 24, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Skyfall, the latest James Bond film — it’s the 23rd — had its world premiere in London on Tuesday. The red-carpet affair at the Odeon Leicester Square theater was attended by a slew of British film stars as well as Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. It was also a birthday celebration of sorts. The […]
PARIS PREMIERE OF DARK KNIGHT RISES CANCELED FOLLOWING SHOOTING
July 20, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
A red-carpet premiere of The Dark Knight Rises that was to have taken place in Paris tonight (Friday) has been canceled following the early-morning attack on a Denver-area theater showing the film that reportedly left 12 persons dead and about 59 injured. A news conference in which director Christopher Nolan and cast members Christian Bale, […]
CAMERON IN LONDON FOR TITANIC PREMIERE ONE DAY AFTER DIVE
March 28, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
James Cameron turned up in London Tuesday night for the premiere of his 3D-enhanced re-release of Titanic — just one day after completing his voyage to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, seven miles below the surface of the Pacific. “I felt like I literally, in the space of one day, had gone to another […]
WHY SPIELBERG IS OPENING LATEST FILM OVERSEAS FIRST
October 24, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
At the premiere of his latest film, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, in Brussels Saturday night, Steven Spielberg explained why he was releasing the movie in Europe first — it officially opens there on Wednesday — before bringing it to the U.S. in December. “To highjack Tintin and bring it to America […]
PAN AM: NICE TAKE-OFF, SO-SO DEPARTURE
September 26, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
ABC’S Pan Am, which attracted a solid 10.1 million viewers on its first flight Sunday, drew mixed reviews, with most critics complaining that it did not represent much of a departure from formula. Most compared it — unfavorably — with AMC’s Mad Men, which is also set in the early 1960s. “The difference is that […]
REPORT: WARNERS “FURIOUS” WITH RADCLIFFE
March 2, 2011 by admin · 4 Comments
Following what today’s (Wednesday) New York Post described as “tense negotiations,” Warner Bros. has agreed to buy up all the tickets at the Broadway theater where Daniel Radcliffe will be starring in a revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on several nights in July so that Radcliffe will be […]