JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A film opening on World AIDS Day Thursday that mixes live action and animation is taking viewers inside a soccer player's body, showing how he becomes infected with HIV and spreads the virus.
If you think blacks and Asians have been given a raw deal in the way they've been portrayed in Hollywood pictures, then you should reflect upon the harmful depictions of Native Americans on film. For, this beleaguered ethnic group has generally been stereotyped in a very limited fashion, namely, as deserving of extermination or being driven to reservations.
Have you ever even heard of a smooth type of British music called Lovers Rock? Me either. But don't let that stop you from checking out this alternately entertaining and educational documentary detailing the history of what was actually a very influential, if underappreciated, genre.
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" put the bite on the weekend box office with a $138.1 million debut.
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
Weekly summaries of new releases
J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) served as director of the FBI from its founding in 1935 until his death in 1972. Over the course of that tenure, the legendary G-Man singlehandedly built the agency into an intimidating espionage and crime-fighting operation feared by gangsters and law-abiding citizens alike.
By the time Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) was charged with running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, it was already too late for the authorities to find the fortune that he had ostensibly hidden in offshore accounts. As a condition of being released on bail before trial, he was ordered kept under house arrest in his luxury penthouse at The Tower, an exclusive high-rise located on Central Park West.
Public Broadcasting will unveil a portrait of America's foremost choreographer, Bill T. Jones, Friday, November 11 at 9 p.m. The documentary 'Bill T. Jones: A Good Man' is broadcast as part of the American Masters 25th anniversary season.