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‘Public Enemies’ has star power

Anyone doubting the role “charisma” plays in the movies need look no further than “Public Enemies,” an old-fashioned gangster picture built on simple star power. Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis make this retelling of an oft-told tale from “the Golden Age of Bank Robbery” riveting, rousing entertainment.

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‘Ice Age’ gone cold

The blockbuster “Ice Age” movies have, to a one, left me cold. Toons reliant on a large cast of critters (Happy Meal friendly) with famous voices making sitcom wisecracks as their impromptu “herd” makes its way through the frozen (but melting, in the last film) landscape of the distant past, the films seem like Fox imitations of the Dreamworks style — verbal and scatological, with a message shoe-horned in as an afterthought.

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'Slumdog' kid star to move into new home next week - 07/05/2009

One of the impoverished child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday. "On Friday we got the keys," said Shameem Ismail, the mother of child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the young Sal

Potter star Rupert Grint recovering from swine flu - 07/04/2009

The agent for "Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu. Grint plays the boy wizard's best friend Ron Weasley in the hit film franchise. Christian Hodell of Hamilton Hodell management said Saturday that Grint took a few days away from the set of the latest film, bu

Best Sellers-Video - 07/03/2009

Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission: Top VHS Sales (Sales data compiled by Nielsen/VideoScan.) 1. "Hearts in Atlantis," Warner Home Video. 2. "Faerie Tale Theatre: The Snow Queen," St

Czech film fest opens with Milos Forman premiere - 07/02/2009

The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, including an award for French actress Isabelle Huppert and a world premiere by Milos Forman. The festival in the spa resort of Karlovy Vary features 220 movies this year, including Czech-born Forman's "A Walk Worthwhile,"