Tag: movies
New Zealand debuts Hobbit-themed currency as movie anticipation builds
The Hobbit will debut this winter, and in anticipation, New Zealand is turning itself into Middle Earth. Air New Zealand re-did its in-flight safety video and now the country is unveiling coins, legal currency, with hobbits pictured on them....
Documentary filmmaker examines reasons why Americans don't vote
Errol Morris makes political ads, among other TV and movie productions, and even made a series of commercials in support of John Kerry's losing campaign in 2004. His latest project, though, is apolitical, and looks at why Americans just don't vote....
Stella Rimington: The real woman behind James Bond's M
When the British government first decided to reveal the person behind their MI5 spy agency, many were surprised to find that the person was a she, not a he. That woman was Stella Rimington, who's become the basis of James Bond's M -- and a fiction writer in her own right....
Jack Black discusses surprisingly different role in 2011's 'Bernie'
Jack Black is a well-known Hollywood clown. He's been in bunches of movie, playing a role of the laughable jokester. But that's not his only side. In 2011, he played a serious murderer in Bernie. And amidst all of that, he's part of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D....
Journalist discusses details of real life story behind new movie 'Argo'
In the wake of the hostage crisis in Iran in 1979, six Americans managed to take refuge with Canadian diplomats. The Canadians and the CIA worked together to create a fake movie that would provide cover for them to leave the country. The whole matter is the plot for a new movie, out this week....
Composer discusses surprising origin of James Bond theme song
Monty Norman composed the theme song for the James Bond song, but it didn't come out of nowhere. Norman had put the song together for an opera that never happened. With a few tweaks and a bit of Sean Connery, the bond theme song was born....
'Taken 2,' 'The Paperboy' slated for box office debut this weekend
When the movie Taken was produced a few years ago, it would have been hard to predict a sequel could be made. But it has been, and it'll be joined by The Paperboy in new releases this weekend....
Andrew McCarthy's new book tells tale of transition from movie star to travel writer
From acting in Pretty in Pink to starring in St. Elmo's Fire to writing travelogues for National Geographic and The New York Times, Andrew McCarthy's career has been broad. He's had highs and lows, and his new book documents that journey....
North Korean documentary featured at county's film festival
If film isn't the first thing you think of when you think of North Korea, you're excused. But Pyongyang's film festival is this week, and it includes a homegrown film as well. A partnership of North Korean and west moviemakers, Comrade Kim Goes Flying is the highlight of the event....
Olivia Wilde discusses new Kristof documentary 'Half the Sky'
On Sunday, the PBS Documentary Half the Sky debuts. It's based on the best-selling book of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and includes well-known Hollywood actors and actresses in major roles. ...
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