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INTERVIEW: The writers of ‘The Dark Knight’ »

MoviesOnline sat down with screenwriters Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer to talk about their new movie, “The Dark Knight,” directed by Christopher Nolan. The follow-up to “Batman Begins” stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldham, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman.
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New “X-Files” movie the latest Hollywood reboot »

The truth is still out there — on billboards, in sci-fi chat rooms and, on July 25, in a few thousand movie theaters.
While the audience out there for “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” remains unknowable, Fox hopes the spooky sequel can become the latest example of a successful “reboot”: thawing out a dormant film [...]

INTERVIEW: ‘Sex and the City’ costar Jennifer Hudson »

Jennifer Kate Hudson was born in Chicago on September 12, 1981 to Darnell Hudson and Samuel Simpson.
At the age of seven, she started singing in her Baptist church’s gospel choir where she honed her vocal skills with the help of her late maternal grandmother, Julia.
After graduating from Dunbar Vocational Career Academy in 1999, the 5′9″ [...]

Many readers feel ‘Indy’ fails to fully deliver »

Were the critics being too critical when dishing out the so-so reviews of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”? According to many of our readers, no.
While there are plenty of die-hard Indy fans, many were left disappointed by movie’s end (some much earlier). “I saw it and wanted to leave just minutes [...]

Will Smith’s Hancock movie could be summer’s first super-flop »

 
WILL SMITH’S upcoming superhero movie Hancock could well have a bumpy landing at the box office, with reshoots reportedly under way seven weeks before release following negative reactions at test screenings.
In this comedy superhero film - not based on a comicbook - Smith plays a lazy, alcoholic, depressed, down-and-out super-loser with the abilities of flight, [...]

BEHIND THE SCENES TV: M. Night Shyamalan speaks of ‘The Happening’ »

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BEHIND THE SCENES TV: Behind the scenes for Audi R8 Stunt in ‘Iron Man’ »

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Sex and the City - The Movie: exclusive on-set report »

 
The day before I visit the set of Sex and the City: The Movie thousands of onlookers gathered to gawp at the cast as they shot a scene on the New York streets. Gangs of assistants barked at the crowds, ushering them away. ‘By the end of the television show,’ begins Sarah Jessica Parker, ‘we’d [...]

Peter Dinklage suffered for his ‘Narnia’ art »

Peter Dinklage wasn’t sure he wanted to play Trumpkin the red dwarf in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. So he flew to Los Angeles to see Andrew Adamson, who had directed the first Narnia movie three years ago and was in pre-production before directing the sequel.
“I wasn’t completely sold on the idea until I [...]

‘Sex and the City’ movie may lack wide appeal »

 
Hollywood worships so-called four-quadrant films: movies that draw males and females both young and old. “Sex and the City” might appeal to only a single audience slice, but its following among older women already is so robust that the film could soon prove its doubters wrong.
Few films have polarized audiences more than May 30’s long-awaited cinematic [...]