Despite the success of ‘Bridesmaids’ and other female-driven movies, female representation in films is at its lowest level in five years, a USC report says. There’s one mountain in Hollywood that even “The Hunger Games'” scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen hasn’t been able to move: the number of roles for women.
Quentin Tarantino’s bloody slave revenge epic “Django Unchained†fought off gangsters, ghosts and a tsunami to hang on to the No. 1 spot in DVD sales and rentals — for the second week running. Also, with “Jurassic Park 3-D†in theaters and “Jurassic Park 4†in pre-production, the 1994 release of “Jurassic Park†made a surprise reappearance on the rental chart — in its 968th week.
Garth Brooks may have ended his three-year residency at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, but apparently, the relationship that led to the engagement is alive and well. Brooks will return to the Wynn’s Encore Theatre venue where he had held court for those three years for stints over Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends that will be filmed for subsequent DVD and Blu-ray release.
Director Quentin Tarantino’s fiery slave-revenge story “Django Unchained†broke out atop the DVD and Blu-ray sales and rentals charts, knocking holdovers “The Bible†and “Life of Pi†off their perches.    Â
The epic miniseries “The Bible†booked the top spot once again in DVD and Blu-ray sales last week, while the just-arriving “Life of Pi,†until now not available in all retail outlets, took the top rental spot.    Â
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Working Hollywood: The baseball coordinator, stunt coordinator and second-unit director for the Jackie Robinson biopic ’42’ once played football for USC and the L.A. Rams before segueing into stunt work. It may seem surprising that Allan Graf — the baseball coordinator, stunt coordinator and second-unit director for Warner Bros.’ Jackie Robinson biographical drama “42” — first made his name on …
Bringing classic films back to the screen has become big business at festivals such as those run by TCM and AFI. When it comes to old films, Robert Osborne is hard to stump. But this time he had to consult his notes.
The History Channel’s TV miniseries “The Bible” debuted at the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart, while Oscar best picture winner “Argo” held on to the top rental spot. Here are the top selling and renting titles for the week ending April 6 and April 7, respectively.
A San Diego-area firm enables the wealthy to show in their home theaters movies that are still at the multiplex. The cost: $35,000 in equipment and $500 to $600 a film