5 September 2008, 4:08 pm
Why Is He Famous? Jason Statham is known as the star of The Transporter (2002) Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008), and for playing a career criminal in Guy Ritchie's hits Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). He's also worked on Crank (2006), The Bank Job (2008) an... read more
5 September 2008, 6:25 am
A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday.... read more
5 September 2008, 3:06 am
Hot town, summer in the city at the movies (from May through Labor Day) – shorts, T-shirts, sandals; popcorn, soda, Red Vines. The sunny season accounts for nearly half of Hollywood's annual ticket sales. This year's revenue was about even with last year's record $4 billion summer.... read more
5 September 2008, 2:18 am
See review on page 21. Twin filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang revisit their 1999 breakthrough with this English-language remake, about a lone-wolf hit man (Nicolas Cage) on assignment in Thailand, who bonds with his errand boy (Shahkrit Yamnarm) -- and falls for a deaf-mute shopgirl (Charlie Young).... read more
5 September 2008, 1:42 am
Looking for the road map that'll guide you toward next year's Academy Awards? Turn your gaze north. There's simply no better indication of the year's big movies than the annual lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival. (With photo gallery)... read more
4 September 2008, 6:15 pm
Opening Friday... read more