AP - Here's the one thing that makes "Max Payne" comparatively painless: Unlike most movies based on video games the entire filmography of German director Uwe Boll, for example it doesn't try to replicate the sensation of playing. It doesn't make you think you're controlling the characters, doesn't place you in the middle of their nausea-inducing world.
Reuters - If Barack Obama is elected U.S. President, he might just have Dakota Fanning to thank.
Reuters - The late Pope John Paul II was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.
Reuters - If Barack Obama doesn't get into the White House, it won't be for want of trying on the part of a good slice of the movie and music world.
Reuters - The latest film adaptation of a videogame hits theaters in the United States this week with the release of "Max Payne".
AP - J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie.
Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has never shied from controversy in his 30 years making movies, tackling issues ranging from the Vietnam War in movies like "Platoon" to violence and society in "Natural Born Killers".
Reuters - The global credit crisis has found echoes in an unlikely quarter, India's Bollywood, known more for its love of lavish musicals and racy thrillers.
Reuters - A film about a gang of poor Indonesian children who struggle to get a basic education has become an unexpected blockbuster in a country where many youngsters still don't have adequate schooling.