Gravity (Warner Brothers, M) I really wanted to agree with Time’s assessment of Gravity. Time called the film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, “the best movie of the year” before it won seven Oscars
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Quit the snow cone jokes, Hollywood: Albinos aren’t evil
A support group for people with the genetic condition albinism has slammed as offensive the comedy cop movie The Heat for labelling an albino character “snow cone” and “evil”. Shari Parker, secretary of the Albinism Fellowship of Australia, said she felt embarrassed and humiliated by the movie, which stars Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock
Into the wild blue yonder
Blue Man Group is one of the most popular and oddest left-field theatre experiences to come out of the United States. Every so often the call goes out for new Blue Men.
McKellen ‘looking for a husband’
The entire cast of X-Men thrilled fans at Comic-Con by uniting on stage
Batman, Superman team up in movie sequel
Superman is coming back, and he’ll have a caped co-star.
Only God Forgives is like a drug for Gosling
Ryan Gosling’s latest film, Only God Forgives, has deeply divided critics and the Canadian actor concedes that the blood-spattered crime thriller set in Bangkok’s underworld of boxing clubs and brothels may not appeal to everyone. “The film is kind of like a drug,” the former child star who appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club TV show, told reporters ahead of the film’s opening in New Zealand next Thursday.
‘Funny, original’ short film a winner
The story of a 10-year-old Wellington girl searching for her best friend has bagged top prize at the 48Hours Furious Film-Making Challenge. Wellington film-maker Dean Hewison, along with writers Sam Dickson and Richard Falkner – collectively known as Traces of Nut – were crowned grand national champions at the Civic Theatre in Auckland last night for their short film The Sleeping Plot
Decades of dance for Swan Lake
At 83, choreographer and former ballet dancer Russell Kerr has seen it all.
Cory Monteith was ‘Glee’s most improved’
He wasn’t a singer.
The British rom com quiz
The latest movie from the producers of Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually is out on DVD now.