NBA team owner Cuban buys into Carmike Cinemas
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and co-owner of the Landmark Theaters cinema chain, has acquired a 9.4 percent stake in Carmike Cinemas, according to a regulatory filing.

David Denby: "Good," at Village East Cinemas.
C. P. Taylor?s celebrated 1981 play, ?Good,? about a literature professor in thirties Germany who drifts into complicity with the Nazis, is meant to be an indictment of moral cowardice and compromise, but the movie adaptation, written by John Wrathall and directed by Vicente Amorim (now playing at Village East . . .

Batman blockbuster won?t be released in China
Batman blockbuster ?The Dark Knight? won?t be screened in Chinese cinemas, Warner Bros. said in a statement Wednesday.

Terence Blacker: Myth and reality in the Outback
The opening of Australia across Australia was quite an event. At local cinemas, there were premieres for Baz Luhrmann's film, with red carpets and audiences of A-list dignitaries from the area. Despite an undeserved mauling by the Australian critics, it still seems to be doing good business weeks later. In the town of Albury in New South Wales, where I caught up with it, there was a distinct ...

BCS championship game to be shown live and in 3-D at Carmike Wynnsong 16 in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. -- Carmike Cinemas' Wynnsong 16 movie theater in Mobile will be one of only 81 theaters in the country to show the biggest game in college football live and in 3-D on Thursday. The game -- pitting the...

A sign of respect...
SUPERMARKETS, cinemas and nightspots across Bahrain will close tonight as a sign of respect for Ashoora. Although Geant and Lulu hypermarkets will remain open, all Al Jazira supermarkets and Jawad Dome, in Barbar, will close from 6pm this evening and reopen on Thursday.

Horse runs into movie theater
BOLDON, England, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Witnesses said an escaped farm horse shocked film-goers when it ran through the automatic doors of a Boldon, England, cinema.

Retail projects face delays
Developers made promises to Surprise residents in early 2008 about new retail projects but in the past few months many delayed their plans because of the economy and a nationwide drop in retail sales. Here are a few:

Classics to return to big screen
AUBURN - Andrew Poore hopes to reintroduce a dozen movie classics to Flagship Cinemas' giant screen. "I've never seen these on the big screen," Poore said, nodding to a calendar that includes "Casablanca," "The Godfather" and "The Wizard of Oz."

Storms hit box office takings for Jim Carrey and Will Smith
Will Smith and Jim Carrey were both defeated by the weather as the US box office suffered an insipid weekend due to appalling conditions, including a large storm in the country's north east. Carrey came out just on top in the battle of the A-listers, with his comedy Yes Man, in which he plays a man who tries to change his life by responding in the affirmative to every request made of him. ...

Rosario Dawson fears new film may upset mum
LOS ANGELES : Actress Rosario Dawson is worried that her mother will be affected by her latest film in which she plays a dying woman.

MADE-IN-MALAYSIA MOVIES: Moviegoers need to change mindset
?Antoo Fighter? was unable to meets its targeted ticket sales despite the use of computer-generated effects in the film. I REFER to the report, "Investing in imagery projects not always viable" (NST, Dec 27).

Marley still box office top dog
Comedy Marley and Me tops the US box office chart for a second consecutive week, pushing takings past $100m (£68.9m).

Wannabe suicide bombers beware: Chris Morris movie gets go-ahead
He has persuaded MPs to campaign to keep the fictitious drug "cake" off the streets, and musician Phil Collins to warn children against paedophiles while wearing a "Nonce Sense" T-shirt. Now the satirist Chris Morris is tackling his most controversial topic yet: wannabe suicide bombers.

The family that helped build Loudon Road
The new Walgreens advertises 7UP, 2LT $.99. A woman pushes a baby carriage into Shaw's. Valkyrie plays at Regal Cinemas. Even after Christmas, the mall is busy.

Jehan craves new challenges
Actor Jehan Miskin gives the lowdown on his latest movie Ransan and reveals why he?s more inclined towards TV productions. HIZREEN KAMAL writes.

Jelena Jankovic queen of silver screen
Queen of Serbia's silver screen sets sights on winning all four major titles.

Film bankers?
Blockbusters which could help industry cope with crisis

Hollywood banks on lucrative 2009
Hollywood will be hoping a number of eagerly awaited blockbusters will help it cope with the effects of the global financial crisis in 2009.

Adrian Lester: Back on the Hustle
On Thursday night, a tall, dark, handsome man will leap into an expensive sports car, blag his way into a super-swanky penthouse suite, charm his way into restaurants, con his way into wallets and bank accounts ? and win the hearts of millions of TV viewers. And he will do it all with an air of effortless ease and a flash of a sweet smile.