MOVIE REVIEWS: 50/50

50/50 are the odds of surviving a rare form of cancer that the main character in the movie with those odds in the title is diagnosed with. It’s loosely based on screenwriter Will Reiser’s personal experiences. Given its premise the odds of its being praised by critics were probably a lot lower than those in […]

IT’S JENNIFER GREY’S PARTY NOW

Twenty-three years after she co-starred with the late Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey has made a triumphant comeback as the winner of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. In a storybook ending watched by 24.13 million viewers, the 50-year-old Grey defeated 20-year-old Bristol Palin, who had become a popular favorite if not the favorite […]

U.S. STUDIOS TO REMAKE FILMS IN JAPANESE

Concerned about the declining box office for Hollywood films at the Japanese box office, at least three studios, 20th Century Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros., are remaking some of their classic films with Japanese casts, the London Daily Telegraph reported today (Thursday). Paramount Japan marketing director Hisamichi Kinomoto said that the studio is remaking Ghost […]