Cheetah, a chimpanzee who was one of the most famous animal stars of the 1930s and appeared with Johnny Weissmuller in such Depression-era adventure films as “Tarzan the Ape Man” and “Tarzan and His Mate,” has died, The Tampa Tribune reported. Debbie Cobb, the outreach director at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla., where Cheetah lived, told The Tribune that Cheetah was about 80 years old and died of kidney failure on Saturday. In the Tarzan film series, whose golden age spanned 1932 to ... more→
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Best actor of Hollywood for the buck
The twilight movies are more than a cultural sensation, they are a financial phenomenon. The latest, breaking dawn, has ranked No. 1 in the U.S. box office for the last three weekends and has already worldwide earned $588 million. So far brought the entire franchise in $2.4 billion, and it is still a film for next year set. It was a lot of reward for relatively little effort. The first two films were for $37 and $50 million or produced. The newest video is the most ... more→
Apocalypse Now – review
Apocalypse Now - The 1970's was ten years of Coppola. He was involved in a succession of masterful films as Patton screenwriter, producer of American Graffiti, director of the first two Godfather films and The Conversation, and finally, in 1979 as the real author of "Apocalypse Now." Lights out time, and now we can see that Apocalypse Now is not simply the best film out of the Vietnam experience, but one of the great works on the ... more→
The 64th Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival - The French Riviera is the place to be this week, as movie stars flock to the 64 th Cannes Film Festival in the Mediterranean in southern France. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are both expected to attend, for different films. Jolie arrives Thursday (along with Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman) Kung Fu Panda 2. Pitt is due on Monday for the tree of life. The couple are expected to walk the red carpet ... more→
Movie Reviews Thor
Critics are almost equally divided on Thor, the latest Marvel superhero Factory Entertainment. Review Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal is typical of those who despise him. "Like the hammer of Thor," he writes, "this epic substitute batons victims in the presentation. Moreover, they are forced to look into the source of their punishment through 3D glasses." Another criticism that victims felt the New York Times' s AO Scott, who writes the output of the film ... more→
