Thunder Jumps House Bunny, Death Race comes in Slow at Box Office
August 26, 2008
Bunny does $15m, Tropic Thunder still takes No. 1 with 16 million
By Keith Williams
HOLLYWOOD, CA (RUSHPRNEWS) 8/26/08 - With the no.1 position just about in its paws, The House Bunny got knobbled at the last second by Tropic Thunder elbowing it aside to retain the top slot for a second weekend.
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$10 million Sundance Acquisition Hamlet 2
August 26, 2008
For our critic, sitting through the $10 million Sundance acquisition Hamlet 2 was the equivalent of suffering the slings and arrows of (an) outrageous fortune.
By Richard Horgan
PARK CITY, UT (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 26, 2008–Imagine, if you are not a festivalgoer, trudging through sleet and snow at high altitude to read subtitles, decipher Romanian abortion dramas and bank nine murky short films for every memorable one. Read more
R.I.P. Star Wars Obsession 1977-2008
August 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 25, 2008–It has been said that all good things must come to an end and those words throughout the ages have always been proven true. The best one can hope for is when something “good” approaches its end, it gets the chance to go out in a blaze of glory. The hope that it will be allowed to go out on top, to exit the stage in its finest form and to leave us all wanting more and lamenting its finish.
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TIFF 2008 Cinematheque Ontario Organizes The North American Tour Of Nagisa Oshima’s Audacious Oeuvre
August 22, 2008
Toronto International Film Festival Group News Release
Cinematheque Ontario
Toronto, Canada (RUSHPRNEWS) 08/22/2008 - After years of research and preparation, Cinematheque Ontario’s Senior Programmer James Quandt brings to audiences In the Realm of Oshima: The Films of Japanese Master Nagisa Oshima, the first major Oshima retrospective in North America in 20 years.
‘The House Bunny’ to Open at $20 Million
August 22, 2008
Anna Faris Playboy bunny comedy set to win over aging ‘Rocker’ and violent ‘Death Race’.
By Robin Rowe
HOLLYWOOD, CA (RUSHPRNEWS) 8/22/08 - “It was fun to feel like I’m wearing the clothes that I used to dress my dolls up in when I was little,” says ‘The House Bunny’ star Anna Faris. ‘Legally Blonde’ screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz wanted to work with Faris after seeing ‘Just Friends’.
New U.S. Films Swell Toronto Film Festival Lineup
August 21, 2008
New U.S. Films Swell Toronto Film Festival Lineup
TORONTO,CANADA (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 21, 2008–An impressive lineup of new movies has been added to the list of films slated to make their North American debuts at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2008. Read more
“Green Producer” Greg Reitman and Best-Selling Author Josh Tickell to Screen Sundance Award-Winning Documentary “Fields of Fuel” at AREDAY
August 21, 2008
The film will be shown on Aug. 22, 8 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colo. A lively Q&A with Reitman and Tickell will immediately follow.
Los Angeles, CA (RUSHPRNEWS) August 21, 2008 — Hollywood’s “Green Producer” Greg Reitman (http://www.gregreitman.com/greg.htm) and best-selling author and environmentalist Josh Tickell will screen their documentary “Fields of Fuel” at AREDAY (American Renewable Energy Day), one of the nation’s most prestigious events advocating renewable energy solutions to global warming and climate change. Read more
Star Wars Creator Lucasfilm Loses IP Case Against London Affiliate of SimmonsCooper Law Firm
August 21, 2008
East Alton, Il. (RUSHPRNEWS) August 21, 2008 — The English High Court may be a long way from East Alton, Ill., but the SimmonsCooper law firm continues to make its mark in the legal industry, most recently winning a high profile intellectual property lawsuit (case #HC06C03813) with its London affiliate, SimmonsCooperAndrew LLP, against Lucasfilm of Star Wars film fame.
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Tropic Trespassing Disability Rights Group Arrested
August 20, 2008
Framingham, MA (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 20, 2008–A trio arrested for refusing to leave the lobby of a Massachusetts movie theater plan to invite other disability rights group members to join them in the courtroom the day of their arraignment. Read more



