Archive for September, 2007

MGM goes HD »

 

Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch a high-definition television channel this fall on the DirecTV satellite service with a mix of movies and original programs. 
The channel is MGM’s first stand-alone HD service in the United States and it marks a major expansion for the studio. Chief Executive Harry Sloan [...]

Ang Lee doesn’t play it safe with ‘Lust, Caution’ »

 

When the MPAA slapped Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution (which opens next week) with an NC-17 rating for “explicit sexuality,” the director and his writer-producer James Schamus said they wouldn’t “change a single frame.” We asked Lee to explain himself: Why did he sequester star Tony Leung and newcomer Tang Wei on a closed set, for [...]

Oliver Stone returns to sacred ground with new Vietman movie »

 

Oliver Stone honestly thought he was finished with the Vietnam War. With Best Director Oscars for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989), and with 1993’s Heaven & Earth to round out his Vietnam trilogy, the director had moved on to more current topics. Last year’s World Trade Center centered around rescue [...]

Matt Damon pulls a Bourne on his public image, says Peter Bart of Variety »

 

MEMO TO: Matt Damon
FROM: Peter Bart
Re: your missing public persona
TORONTO — You’ve been sounding off about the press lately, Matt. Oops — since you’re a Harvard man, perhaps I should phrase it more elegantly. You’ve been reiterating some sophistries, Matt, which suggest you’re becoming a borderline solipsist.
I realize you don’t like [...]