Something is not always better than nothing. A head cold is not better than no head cold.
When Benson reviewed "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" in 1982, she proclaimed it "the film of the double-decade."
"What happened to screenwriting in American movies?
Thank you for an insightful and timely examination of the cinema of the '80s.
The strangest cut of all was the omission of so many outstanding scores of the '80s, such as Jerry Goldsmith's inspired score for "Under Fire," featuring pan pipes and the guitar artistry of Pat Metheny.
This is in response to Lois McKinney's letter (May 16), "Sex in Movies."
Harvard assistant professor Jane V.
Sammy Davis Jr. was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in Oakland on Sunday and expressed regret at the differences he has had in the past with the black community.
The February issue of Bakersfield Lifestyle magazine is selling briskly because of rumors in town that the scantily clad woman in the cover photograph is adult movie star Marilyn Chambers.
Cinecitta, Italy's numero uno film studio, began its 50th birthday celebrations over the weekend with a special anniversary ceremony Friday attended by director Federico Fellini, actress Claudia Cardinale, other Italian film notables and Italian politicians.
Paramount Pictures Corp. is unhappy with a fledgling Salem, Ill., cookie company for selling a snack called Tribbles, the same name given to fuzzy aliens in an episode of the "Star Trek" television series.
Without a new funding source, "Sneak Previews," the Public Broadcasting Service show that pioneered the television movie review format, may pan its last film after nine years on the air.
"Cosby Show" or not, a New York appeal board for the Motion Picture Assn. of America, upheld Friday the "X" rating for the film "Angel Heart," which features a steamy interracial love scene between "Cosby" kid Lisa Bonet and Mickey Rourke.
Canada's first center for the advanced study of film has begun recruiting students and will open this fall, Oscar-winning film director Norman Jewison said in Toronto.
Meanwhile, in Urbana, Ill., another annual film festival--the Insect Fear Film Festival--closes today at the University of Illinois.
The West Berlin International Film Festival opened Friday, with Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" and Oliver Stone's "Platoon" representing the United States and several previously suppressed films representing the Soviet Union--yet another indication of the cultural thaw spreading over that country.
Tri-Star Pictures intends to appeal the X rating given to Alan Parker's "Angel Heart" by the ratings board of the Motion Picture Assn. of America.
A 1971 movie banned by Imelda Marcos because it features her husband's alleged mistress makes its Manila debut today.
The Walt Disney Co. will make its first venture into retailing later this month when it plans to open shop in the Glendale Galleria shopping mall, studio officials said.
Dino Di Laurentiis will pay $1 million to the moviegoer who can guess where the money is hidden in "Million Dollar Mystery," due this summer.