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Brooklyn library restricts access to book (AP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:13:10 GMT

AP - The Brooklyn Public Library has restricted access to a book whose controversial title character will be featured in a Steven Spielberg movie.

'Vengeance' mixed effort to take Johnnie To global (AP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:40:00 GMT

AP - The idea was simple enough: Globalize director Johnnie To, the master of Hong Kong gangster thrillers, with an English-language production featuring a star from the West.

Eva Longoria to act in Spanish in Mexican movie (AP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:11:52 GMT

AP - Actress Eva Longoria Parker is taking on a Spanish-speaking role for the first time in a Mexican film about kidnapping.

Mob drama lands in hot water on way to the screen (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:52:09 GMT

Reuters - A mob drama film project finds itself at the center of a legal controversy after a real-life informant filed a lawsuit seeking damages as well as an injunction that would stop the release of a potential movie.

Jennifer Tilly, Justin Kirk join "Beats" (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:10:05 GMT

Reuters - Jennifer Tilly, Justin Kirk, Jason Day and Thomas Sadoski are starring in "30 Beats," an indie feature inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's classic play "La Ronde."

Director Zemeckis circles "Yellow Submarine" remake (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:49:11 GMT

Reuters - Robert Zemeckis is in negotiations to direct a remake of the 1968 animated Beatles feature "Yellow Submarine" for the Walt Disney Studios.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29 (AP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:47 GMT

AP - Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29:

"Ghost" screenwriter tapped for "Resurrection" (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:43:30 GMT

Reuters - The Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Ghost," Bruce Joel Rubin has been hired to write the DreamWorks adaptation of the Japanese cult hit "Resurrection."

Brian Dennehy finds "Redemption" behind the camera (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:36:48 GMT

Reuters - Film, TV and stage star Brian Dennehy will make his big-screen directing debut with the fact-based drama "Redemption."

Cops cross the line in taut Hong Kong thriller (Reuters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:13:55 GMT

Reuters - In "Overheard," three police surveillance officers on a corporate crime-busting mission cross the ethical line, triggering disastrous consequences.

Special effects go wild in kids' fantasy "Shorts" (Reuters)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:48:05 GMT

Reuters - "Shorts" finds filmmaker Robert Rodriguez in his "Spy Kids" mode, where the heroes are all kids and special effects go hog wild.

Documentary spotlights closing of Ohio GM plant (AP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:07:19 GMT

AP - Hundreds of autoworkers who lost their jobs when General Motors closed an Ohio sport utility vehicle plant cheered and cried Wednesday at a screening of a documentary film that profiled their lives during the plant's final days.

3-D version of "Yellow Submarine" on the way: report (AFP)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:28:36 GMT

AFP - Talks are underway to remake The Beatles' psychedelic animated classic "Yellow Submarine" in 3-D, according to trade magazine Variety.

Capsule reviews: `Inglourious Basterds,' others (AP)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:37:31 GMT

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Review: Spike Lee adapts vibrant `Passing Strange' (AP)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:15:21 GMT

AP - It's easy to see why Spike Lee was drawn to Stew, the one-named musician and mastermind behind the Broadway production "Passing Strange."

Tom Sherak excited to be president of film academy (AP)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:59:04 GMT

AP - For Hollywood veteran Tom Sherak, being president of the film academy carries practically the same honor and responsibility as leading a nation.

"Twilight" hits the road with fan convention tour (Reuters)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:19:35 GMT

Reuters - Tween vampire lovers could soon be descending on a city near you.

Review: `Shorts' could use some adult supervision (AP)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:04:06 GMT

AP - The basic structure of "Shorts" — advertised in its title — might make you think Robert Rodriguez has made the kids equivalent of "Pulp Fiction," the fractured narrative classic by his buddy and frequent collaborator, Quentin Tarantino.

Humdrum "Post Grad" earns middling grades (Reuters)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:05:29 GMT

Reuters - "Post Grad" is an innocuous -- to the point of blandness -- look at the "hardships" of a recent college grad as she struggles to land the perfect job and perfect boyfriend and wonders why it isn't easier, like getting an A on a history exam.

Penn and Wright agree to division of property (AP)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:02:30 GMT

AP - Robin Wright and husband Sean Penn have already agreed on how they will divide property in their divorce, according to court records.