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Is Mark Cuban The New Ted Turner?

In New York Magazine, John Heilemann considers the similarities between Mark Cuban and Ted Turner:Cuban rolls into the lobby of the Royalton on the hottest day of the summer, looking chilled and crisp in dark slacks and a blue dress shirt. When I postulate that he's on his way to becoming the new Te...

"Gabrielle" and "Oblivion" Score a Wondrous Mid-Summer Weekend

An ingenuous example of alternative programming produced a "wondrous" result on this week's indieWire Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT), as Palm Pictures' "Wondrous Oblivion" came out of nowhere to take second place. The iWBOT is based on per-location grosses of independent/specialty films, which s...

Superman Says Don't Smoke

Can the Net Save Failed TV Pilots?

10 Films Set for Toronto's Midnight Madness Section

The world premiere of Larry Charles' "Borat: Cultural Leanings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Zazakhstan," featuring Sacha Baron Cohen's infamous character will lead the list of new films screening in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival. The program offers a mix of genre movies, including sci0fi, horror, comedy and docs. Organizers have unveiled a slate of ten midnight movies that will screen at the festival, including Jonathan King's "Black Sheep" from New Zealand, Jonathan Levine's "All The Boys Love Mandy Lane" from the U.S., the anthology "Trapped Ashes" by Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean C...

Toronto Midnight Madness Alive

R.I.P. Jack Warden

Shyamaladenfreude

In his weekly LA Times column, Patrick Goldstein reports from Hollywood of on a bit of glee following the disappointing opening of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Lady in the Water" and Michael Bamberger's new book about the director, The Man Who Heard Voices:Night has said that "Lady in the Water" began ...

Guardian: 'Stand Up to U.S., Voters Tell Blair'