Entertainment & Arts
Bollywood movies a bright spot for U.S. cinema industry
Oct. 26, 2009
Movies
“Survival Quest” (AMC Century 14) is set in the wilderness, in a breathtaking stretch of the Sierra that includes valleys, snowy peaks, waterfalls and rushing rapids--but its real location seems to be the eternal Saturday afternoon matinee of the mind.
March 27, 1990
THE MOVIE: “Days of Thunder” THE SET-UP: Speedster Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise, pictured) plays a rookie car racer who, with the help of the crusty car mechanic, Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall), goes through the NASCAR circuit, winning, losing and loving a sultry MD, Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman).
July 4, 1990
Business
Big Cinemas, India’s largest theater chain, is hoping to cash in on the fast-growing and affluent population of Indian Americans. It now manages 18 U.S. theaters, with some showing Indian films only.
Entertainment: Buyers from all over the world flock to American Film Market for nine days of nonstop screenings and deals.
March 6, 1996
Ready or not--and in some cases not--the Big One flung open its doors Wednesday, even before fire inspectors had given the OK for two of the 21 theaters planned in the massive complex to open, delaying those movies for hours.
Nov. 23, 1995
As “The Nasty Girl” (at the Port Theatre in Corona del Mar) opens, workers in the fictitious small Bavarian town of Pfilzing scrub furiously at graffiti that demands: “Where were you from 1939-45?
Nov. 6, 1990
As “The Nasty Girl” (Friday at Goldwyn Pavilion Cinema) opens, workers in the small, fictitious Bavarian town of Pfilzing scrub furiously at graffiti which demands, “Where were you from 1939-45?
Nov. 1, 1990
Ildiko Enyedi’s “My 20th Century” opens with wildly promising imagery.
April 28, 1994
Bit Player
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