weblogs.variety.com - 6/7/2008
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Now at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Bill Horberg has long considered his former boss at Mirage Entertainment, Sydney Pollack, to be his mentor. Here's his heartfelt tribute:
Sydney
Sydney Pollack was a teacher. How ironic that the character of the African dictator in the last film he directed, The Interpreter, was called The Teacher. That was the kind of contradiction he liked, and as ...
Snippet from Sky One's Lost Answers Show
spoilerslost.blogspot.com 6/4/2008 — Thanks to Nicole for the following snippets that appeared in Sky One's Lost Answers show which aired after the Season 4 Finale on Sunday. Some of these were obviously tongue-in-cheek. - The black smoke is "misunderstood" - Christian Shepard will ...
A Quickie: The Eye
reelwhore.blogspot.com 6/4/2008 — The Eye Release: 02.01.2008 DVD Release: 06.03.2008 Rated PG-13 1 hour, 38 minutes Second-Run Seats ($$) Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba, Idle Hands ) is a blind violinist who undergoes cornea transplant surgery. Once she opens her eyes to the world for the first time since childhood, she sees hazy apparitions that the doctors, her big sis Helen (Parker Posey, Blade: Trinity ), and her ...
Sydney Film Festival
sydneyfilmfestival.org 6/4/2008 — Deborah Kerr: Being kind Published: 31 May 2008 Guest writer Dan Callahan pays lyrical tribute to Deborah Kerr as he looks back at the star's career... In a promotional short for Fred Zinnemann's leisurely The Sundowners (1960), set in Australia, ...
'Elliot' on the move —
Variety.com 6/3/2008
Legit News: Sydney production takes show to Melbourne -- The first international production of London hit "Billy Elliot: The Musical" will wrap its Sydney run on Nov. 23, following 53 weeks of performances, before transferring to Melbourne.
'Happy' preem in Oz —
Variety.com 6/9/2008
Web Exclusive: Mike Leigh debuts new film in Sydney -- “Love and blessings to you all and a hideous curse on spontaneous strangulated hernias,” so went the pre-recorded video message from helmer Mike Leigh at the Oz preem of “Happy-Go-Lucky,” which ...