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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million
The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.

Review: Dinner for Schmucks Fails at The Funny
The inevitably unsurprising ending isn't enough of a reward for the price of a ticket.

Review: Charlie St. Cloud Represents Progress
Addresses mature ideas intelligently and doesn't pander too shamelessly to its core audience.

Review: Cats & Dogs Living Together Produces Only Mild Hysteria
Succeeds as a modestly funny midsummer diversion.

THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
Mark Wahlberg gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Festival announces 79 world premieres for Venice
Sofia Coppola's comic drama "Somewhere," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among 22 titles that organizers announced Thursday will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion.

Lineup of films competing at Venice Film Festival
A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 1-11.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
Hollywood Foreign Press gives away $1.5 million
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving away money.

French first lady filming in latest Allen flick
France's first lady, a former supermodel turned singer, is making her debut as an actress, filming Wednesday in the shadow of Notre Dame cathedral for Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."

Rare 3D film shows Warsaw devastated after WWII
An unusual 3D film created by Polish historians shows the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II, bringing the city's wartime history home to young people often unaware of the extent the destruction.

Jolie: 'I'm very concerned' about people of NKorea
Angelina Jolie says she's worried about the people of North Korea, particularly the persecution defectors face when repatriated to the reclusive state.

Woo joins cast of Chinese propaganda blockbuster
A-List filmmaker John Woo is the first celebrity to join the cast of the second major film in the leading Chinese state film studio's campaign to reform the propaganda genre with a heavy dose of star power.

TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
Gibson speaks to detectives about extortion claims
A sheriff's official says Mel Gibson has met with detectives to discuss his claims that his ex-girlfriend attempted to extort money from him.

Canadian actor Maury Chaykin dies at age 61
Canadian actor Maury Chaykin has died at age 61, his manager said Tuesday.

Kidman, Affleck films among Toronto fest debuts
A showcase for potential Academy Awards contenders and big fall releases, September's Toronto International Film Festival will feature titles starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman, Keanu Reeves, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.

Angelina Jolie says Pitt is 'wonderful father'
Actress Angelina Jolie, in Tokyo for the weekend opening of action thriller "Salt," brushed off rumors about her shaky relations with Brad Pitt.

Bond star Craig signs on for 'Dragon Tattoo'
Daniel Craig has a new mission. The current star of the James Bond films has signed on for the English-language remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

Disney star Selena Gomez cancels state fair shows
Disney teen star Selena Gomez has canceled appearances at state fairs in Delaware and Ohio because of strained vocal chords.

Predicting the Best Picture Nominees ... In July
It's never too early to start thinking about the Oscars. Sure, they're months away, but we're already nearing the end of what has been a fairly subpar summer movie season, and it's time to look forward to the fall, when Hollywood starts releasing its Oscar hopefuls.

MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010
Man pleads not guilty in Beverly Hills stabbing
A man accused of fatally stabbing a movie producer's son at a Beverly Hills home has pleaded not guilty to murder.

Correction: Comic-Con-Haunted Mansion story
In July 22 story about a panel discussion of a planned Disney film, "Haunted Mansion," The Associated Press, quoting the moderator, reported erroneously that Guillermo del Toro is set to direct the film. Del Toro is writing and producing the movie, but hasn't yet signed on to direct, the Walt Disney Studios said.

'Inception' lingers at No. 1 with $42.7M weekend
Leonardo DiCaprio's thriller "Inception" held on to the top berth at the weekend box office with $42.9 million, while Angelina Jolie's spy caper "Salt" debuted a solid No. 2 with $36 million.

Teamsters avoid Hollywood strike, approve contract
Teamsters drivers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a proposed contract from Hollywood movie and television studios, avoiding a potentially disruptive nationwide entertainment industry strike.

Comic-Con closes after 4 days of pop culture fun
Light cycles, wizards, vampires and superheroes made for another colorful Comic-Con.

Inception Holds Off Salt at Box Office
Salt spiced up the weekend box office, but it couldn't knock Inception from the top spot. Watch clips from Salt With $43.5 million, Christopher Nolan's mindbender stayed at No. 1 for the second week in a row, edging out Angelina Jolie's spy caper, which ...

SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010
The top 10 one-syllable movie titles
Ideally, a movie title should tell the viewer what the film is about without revealing too much. At the same titles need to be catchy and memorable (for the whole business side of things). But having a title be short and sweet is not easy.

FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010
The 5 best -- and 5 worst -- spy movies
With Angelina Jolie and Salt about to demonstrate that Russian spies are still hot -- even though the Cold War is colder than a corpse -- intelligence is confirming that espionage as an excuse for globetrotting action (and sometimes deeply terrible comedy) has never really gone out of style.

Review: Ramona and Beezus Pleases
The story is a jumble, and there are too many side characters, but golly if it isn't pretty darned infectious.

Review: Salt Has a Fault
Jolie does as well as she can with the twigs they've given her to make a plot house out of.

Review: The Kids Are All Right Is All Right
Sophisticated and funny.

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
Angelina Jolie's five best -- and five worst -- movies
For years the prevailing conventional wisdom in Hollywood was that after three bombs, you lost your seat at the table. Angelina Jolie tested that with a string of duds, misfires, and outright bombs early last decade.

DVD Review: The Red Shoes -- The Criterion Collection
For all artists who have felt compelled to create at any cost, and for the poor souls who choose to love them, The Red Shoes is beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time. Written, produced, and directed by the stunning team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes has long been ...

Eric's Bad Movies: Gooby (2009)
Canada is a magical, faraway land that few people have ever seen. Some scholars believe it is mythical, like Narnia. The "Canadians," as they are known, have many fantastical customs, such as putting the letter "u" in words that don't need it, and eating ketchup-flavored potato chips, and letting the ...

New 3-D 'Tron' film wows Comic-Con with footage

	Cast members of the movie "Tron" from left, Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund and Jeff Bridges pose for a photo during Comic-Con International Thursday, July 22, 2010 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010
Will The Town Define Ben Affleck's Career?
It doesn't matter how many Surviving Christmases there are, it doesn't matter how many Pearl Harbors... it's hard to hate anyone who -- like Andy Dufresne crawling through miles of toilet sludge -- went through Jenny From the Block, Gigli and "animal crackers" all in the span of one career. That's resilience ...

What's the Big Deal?: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Have you ever watched a film that's considered one of the best ever made and come away wondering what, exactly, the big deal is? I know I have. I even started writing a weekly column about those movies, called "What's the Big Deal?" You are reading "What's the Big Deal?" right now. And this week's topic ...

Blu-ray Review: Cop Out A Three-Hour Epic
What is there to say about Kevin Smith's Cop Out other than that it is just plain bad? In an era when so many directors are making their homage films dedicated to different periods in cinema history, Smith took the chance to make his -- an '80s-style buddy cop movie starring one of the kings of '80s ...

MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
Starlet Showdown: Kristen Stewart vs. Dakota Fanning
They've squared off in "Twilight's" big-screen saga and rocked out side by side on stage as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in "The Runaways," a biopic in which both starlets shone. We think it's about time for a Kristen Stewart vs. Dakota Fanning showdown.

Kevin Smith's Long-Term Fallout From the Cop Out Over Cop Out
"I gotta say that every day I hate film theory & film students & critics more & more. Where is the fun in movies?" With that tweet, and the resounding number that followed, Kevin Smith took his final steps down the road toward irrelevance. While he certainly didn't go full Mel Gibson, and ...

When Is It OK for the Producer to Trump the Director?
Recently I was sitting on a panel at a science-fiction/fantasy convention when a hand from the audience raised and asked, "What do you guys think of the new Robert Rodriguez Predator movie?" Before anyone else could answer, one of my friends put on a sour expression and launched into a rant about Rodriguez ...