Movies

A Tony Award-winning musical that had Broadway audiences cheering 25 years ago has finally reached the silver screen and is having the same effect on movie theater crowds. In another parallel with the stage play, the film version could a major contender for Hollywood's top annual honors, the Oscars.

India's prolific Hindi movie industry, popularly known as Bollywood, recovered from a long slump in 2006. Not only did the industry produce a series of big hits, but market avenues such as Internet and television also began contributing more money to the trade.

The Nativity Story, a New Line Cinema release by director Catherine Hardwicke, avoids drowning out the "still small voice" of the divine in a pyrotechnic display of Hollywood glitz, creative imagination, and a Cecille B. DeMille-style biblical epic. Taking its cue from the Nativity itself, that understatement is a better way to emphasize what is truly significant, a troop of little-known actors recreate the world's best-known story.

Do you really think the multinational corporations bought the Hollywood studios for the theater gross? Absolutely not. In reality movie ticket sales represent a third of a movie’s earnings power. Viacom can lose money on a picture, and still make a fortune on DVD sales (a third), and future television and cable rights (a third).

The post summer buzz surrounding Clink Eastwood's epic ode to Iwo Jima suggested that big things were coming to the theaters. So why did the film only gross $33 million domestically?

A long-awaited wedding extravaganza and some shocking and not so shocking divorces all made for a very interesting year in entertainment. But the spotlight went to Hollywood's newest royalty -- the babies of some of the biggest stars. A look back at all the memorable entertainment moments of 2006.

Two women - one from England the other from Southern California - trade homes and lifestyles for a memorable winter vacation in a new romantic comedy co-starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. Alan Silverman has a look at "The Holiday".

Nominated for six Golden Globes and seven Emmys, including Outstanding Series - Comedy, Sanford And Son became one of the first shows in television history to be almost entirely centered around African-American characters.

Casino Royale is very different from your average James Bond flick. The action isn't as cartoonish, and the movie has a much darker feel than the others. For some, it's good news, and for others, it's bad news.

During the holiday season, studios launch their biggest family film releases and television networks crank out the traditional heartwarming classics of yesteryear. But who says the holidays are strictly for snuggling with the kids in front of a family film and warding off kisses from Aunt Mildred after she's had a little too much spiked egg nog?

The quintessential Christmas classic, It's A Wonderful Life has dominated the holiday TV landscape with its timeless story of love, friendship, and a kind man’s exceedingly relevant life.

John Lasseter breathed new life into family films by putting animators in front of computers. He launched an animation revolution with Toy Story in 1995 and has kept innovating and entertaining audiences around the world ever since, first as creative director of Pixar Films and now in that same capacity at the venerable Walt Disney Studio.

You might expect a film titled “Babel” to explore language barriers, miscommunications, and lack of communication. But would you expect a movie about communication to take an uncomfortably long 142 minutes to get the point across?

Sigmund Freud once wrote that going to the movies is much like going to sleep. You dim the lights, find a comfortable seat, and open your mind to whatever images pass in front of you. In writer-director Michel Gondry’s new film, “The Science of Sleep” he takes Freud’s idea one step further.

There's an old show business saying, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." But some "A" list, or top tier, Hollywood movie stars have been getting a lot of negative press lately, and experts say they are paying the price.