International Business News - movies http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Over the years, TV's best-known movie review show has gone from hosts Siskel and Ebert to Ebert and Roeper to Roeper and guest critics--and now it's Lyons and Mankiewicz. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/at-the-movies-gets-news-hosts-lyons-mankiewicz.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:33 EDT Josephine Baker looks straight at you with bright eyes and shining smile, fearless and demanding attention. The time is 1935, and the St. Louis native who transfixed France and much of Europe with song and dance stares out from a poster advertising the film "Princess Tam-Tam." Baker starred as a simple African woman presented to Paris society as royalty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91682-black-cinema-stamps.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/new-us-postage-stamps-honor-early-black-cinema.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/new-us-postage-stamps-honor-early-black-cinema.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:20:46 EDT Better bring a book on flights. US Airways says it will start removing in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights in November to save about $10 million annually in fuel and other costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/us-airways-will-stop-movies-on-domestic-flights.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:53:21 EDT Better bring a book on flights. US Airways says it will start removing in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights in November to save about $10 million annually in fuel and other costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/no-movies-for-domestic-us-airways-flights.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:43:38 EDT A Saudi-owned media company on Wednesday launched a 24-hour satellite movie channel featuring subtitles in Farsi, making Hollywood films more widely available to non-English speaking Iranians. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/saudi-group-launches-farsi-movie-channel.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:44:54 EDT Defying forecasts for a slow summer after last year's blockbusters, films like "Sex and the City" and "Kung Fu Panda" had strong debuts. After a weak May, "Sex" got June off to a roaring start with the best opening ever for an R-rated comedy, says Soleil Research Associates analyst Marla S. Backer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/spotlight-the-movies.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:58:56 EDT One movie apparently isn't big enough for the outsized personality of Vincent "Buddy" Cianci. Two films are planned about the ex-convict and radio talk show host who was one of the longest-serving mayors in U.S. history and one of Rhode Island's most influential politicians. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/71668-dueling-cianci-movies.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/2-movies-about-former-providence-mayor-moving-forward.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/2-movies-about-former-providence-mayor-moving-forward.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:54:48 EDT One big screen apparently isn't big enough for the outsized personality of former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci. Two films are moving forward based on the life of the ex-convict and radio talk show host who was one of the longest-serving mayors in U.S. history and one of Rhode Island's most influential politicians. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/2-movies-in-works-about-former-providence-mayor.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:19:00 EDT India's Reliance Big Entertainment has signed deals with the production houses of top Hollywood stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Nicholas Cage to co-produce movies, the company said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/indias-reliance-to-work-with-some-of-hollywoods-top-stars.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 14:40:13 EDT Apple Inc. announced Thursday a new agreement with top Hollywood studios that will allow them to start selling movies through its iTunes Music Store on the same day as the titles are released on DVD. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43284-apple-itunes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/apple-itunes-movies-netflix-dvd.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/apple-itunes-movies-netflix-dvd.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 14:11:51 EDT Some notable films at this year's Tribeca Film Festival: _ "Baghead": Mark and Jay Duplass are part of the "mumblecore" movement specializing in authenticity and awkwardness. Their funny "The Puffy Chair" proved that they're young filmmakers to keep an eye on. "Baghead," which played at Sundance, takes them into horror. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41362-tribeca-film-festivals-movies.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/movies-of-note-at-this-years-tribeca-film-fest.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/movies-of-note-at-this-years-tribeca-film-fest.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:36:53 EDT A new study by The Nielsen Co. found that the PG-rated movies with the least profanity made the most money at the U.S. box office. Sexuality or violence in those films had less to do with success than the language, the Nielsen PreView group said in a study being released Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/study-profanity-affects-pg-box-office.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:00:36 EDT Among the films opening this weekend for moviegoers are Warner Bros. Pictures "10,000 BC" and Lionsgate release "The Bank Job," a no-nonsense heist thriller inspired by the 1971 robbery of a Lloyds Bank in London. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/ahead-of-the-bell-weekend-movies.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:12:59 EST Apple Inc. has fallen substantially short of its target of having 1,000 movies available for rent on its Apple TV set-top box by the end of February, and is blaming studios for the discrepancy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/apple-falls-short-of-rental-movie-target.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:55:37 EST A thousand feet above a wind-swept, drought-browned valley, a man steps out of a late-70s Ford Granada on a deserted two-lane. He is confronted by a second man, who raises a pneumatic bolt gun to his forehead and deals a fatal blow. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080217/oscar-town-marfa-texas.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:40:38 EST Heath Ledger's death has spiked sales and interest in late actor's films. As often happens after the death of a famous actor or musician, many have sought to revisit or simply discover his work. Three of Ledger's movies charted among the 25 best-selling DVDs on Amazon.com as of Friday afternoon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/sales-spike-for-heath-ledger-films.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:41:10 EST Bond is back _ and he wants revenge. Producers have revealed some of the secrets about the latest James Bond film, due for release later this year, including the inner turmoil that drives its suave superagent hero and its title: "Quantum of Solace." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13361-aptopix-britain-james-bond.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/quantum-of-solace-is-latest-bond-film.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/quantum-of-solace-is-latest-bond-film.htm Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:22:51 EST Bond is back _ and he wants revenge. Producers have revealed some of the secrets about the latest James Bond film, due for release later this year, including the inner turmoil that drives its suave superagent hero and its title: "Quantum of Solace." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13356-aptopix-britain-james-bond.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/new-bond-film-quantum-of-solace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/new-bond-film-quantum-of-solace.htm Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:03:34 EST "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure. The title was revealed to reporters Thursday at Pinewood Studios outside of London, where the movie is being filmed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080124/new-bond-film-titled-quantum-of-solace.htm Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:54:45 EST Two English-language movies, including Golden Globe winner "Atonement," have been cleared to show in China in February, amid recent worries that Beijing has imposed a short-term ban on Hollywood films, a film company official said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080118/2-english-films-cleared-in-china.htm Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:06:51 EST