Vietnam Launches First International Film Festival

Vietnam’s first international film festival opened last night in Hanoi, the capital. The unprecedented event launched with a live red carpet broadcast by statecaster Vietnam TV throughout the country, followed by the curious screening of Luc Besson’s “Arthur and the Two Worlds War.” Considering the film is neither Vietnamese nor a new release, its procurement [...]

Luc Besson’s Company Fined $100k for Camerman’s Death

A Paris appeals court fined French filmmaker Luc Besson’s movie company, Europacorp, 100,000 euros ($140,580) on Monday for the death of Alain Dutartre, a 41-year-old cameraman, who was hit by a car during a 1999 stunt shoot on the film, “Taxi 2,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The court also decreed a  six-month suspended prison [...]

Home (2009)

“In 200,000 years on earth humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly 4 billion years of evolution.  The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: Humanity has barely 10 years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoilation of the [...]

Taken (2009) ★½